True Crime Unwind

Episode 81: Jason Knapp - Clemson, SC | The Last Trace at Table Rock His car was locked. His fingerprints were on a park ticket. But Jason Knapp was nowhere to be found. What happened between an ordinary Easter weekend and a disappearance that still leaves his family searching for answers? Episode Summary In April 1998, twenty-year-old Jason Knapp was studying mechanical engineering at Clemson Uni...

Episode 80: JahMarcus Washington - Parsons, KS | A young man’s death labeled a suicide, despite being found shot in a trash bag JahMarcus Washington was 17 years old when he was shot and killed inside a friend’s home, but what happened next would leave his family questioning nearly everything about the investigation. His death was initially ruled a homicide before being changed to suicide, and two...

Episode 79: Cindy Wanner - Granite Bay, CA | A Crying Baby, a Missing Mother Her car was outside. Her shoes were inside. Her baby was crying in a high chair. But Cindy Wanner was gone, and the search for answers would stretch across decades. Episode Summary On November 25, 1991, 35-year-old Cindy Wanner brought her baby daughter along while she cleaned her sister’s home in Granite Bay, California....

Episode 78: Lindsey Schobelock - Chillicothe, OH | A mysterious phone call makes a young mom leave work, never to be seen alive again A young mother abruptly leaves work, and a day later her abandoned vehicle is found in a remote area. What happened to Lindsey Schobelock? Episode Summary Lindsey Schobelock was a creative, artistic mother of two who disappeared from Chillicothe, Ohio, in February 2...

Episode 77: The Resendez Family - Moultrie, GA | The Highway 37 Murders: Five Lives and a Vanished Verdict Five people were murdered inside a Georgia home. A man received five consecutive life sentences; then, thirteen years later, he walked free. What happened to the case against Alexander Woods III, and where does that leave the family still fighting for answers? Episode Summary On November 8, 2...

Episode 76: MISSING: Shariece and Joanna Clark - Baltimore, MD | Mother and Daughter Go Missing Just Hours Apart A mother and daughter go missing from the same town, just hours apart. A history of domestic violence, conflicting stories, and a community reluctant to talk would leave their family searching for answers that, nearly a decade later, still haven’t come. Episode Summary In February 2017,...

**Bonus Minisode** Rita Cornutt - Rainbow City, AL | Murder at the Rainbow Mini-Mart In August 1984, Rita Cornutt was stabbed to death while working at the Rainbow Mini-Mart in Rainbow City, Alabama. Her murder remains unsolved, and a surprising name found in her case file led us directly to the Guest Service Station murders. In this bonus minisode, we return to the case that started it all and as...

Episode 74: Rebecca Ledbetter, David Robinson & Larry Thomas Jr. - Gadsden, AL | The killer on the run In August 1986, a quiet night inside a Gadsden, Alabama, mobile home turned into a triple murder that would leave three people dead and send their killer on the run. Episode Summary On the night of August 24, 1986, Rebecca Ledbetter was at home with her boyfriend, David Robinson, her son, She...

Episode 73: La’son & Edson Brito, Johntavious & Ameer Newell, & Noe Medina, Jr - Brockton, MA, Chicago, IL, & La Habra, CA | Before there was Lindsey Clancey... Lindsay Clancy's case has received so much attention, but why we weren’t having this conversation before her? In this episode, we look at three mothers who also encountered severe mental illness, crisis, and missed opportun...

Episode 72: Guest Service Station Murders - Attalla, AL | “There Was Going to Be Trouble” On August 25, 1984, four people were killed at a service station on U.S. Highway 431 north of Attalla, Alabama. They were Ronald Michael “Mike” Guest, Wilbur Tilden Nelson, William Robert “Bobby” Payne, and Nancy S. Brandon Payne. Episode Summary Guest Service Station was owned by Mike’s father, Alvis Guest....

Episode 71: Mia & Sophia Johns and Victoria Vincent - Orem, UT | Family Abduction or something more? When six-year-old twins Mia and Sophia Johns disappeared with their mother, Victoria Vincent, what appeared to be a family abduction quickly became a case filled with conflicting accounts and unanswered questions. More than a year later, there are still no confirmed sightings of the girls. Epis...

BONUS Episode 70: Allen and Rachelle Fischer - Monteview, ID | Three siblings, two disappearances, one cult Two Idaho teenagers vanish after asking to spend a quiet evening watching videos online, but this case is about far more than a disappearance. It’s a story of religious control, family separation, and a mother who fears her children believed disappearing was the only way to save their souls....

Episode 69: Kenneth Van Buskirk - Lusk, WY | The man on tank hill He said people were trying to kill him. Then he disappeared. When Kenneth Van Buskirk’s body was finally found, investigators were left with a mystery that still hasn’t been solved. Episode Summary On the night of July 28, 2014, 54-year-old Navy veteran Kenneth "Ken" Van Buskirk made a series of alarming phone calls from his home in...

Episode 68: Nicole Bell Palmer - Kingston, NY | How the horrific murder of a young girl led to the discovery of a missing young mom The summer of 1995 a young mother of 3 vanished without a trace. No leads, no suspects, no media coverage. Two months later she was found because of the tragic murder of 7 year old Rickel Knox, but what should have led to closure and answers only led to disappointment...

**BONUS EPISODE** Lived To Tell: Kayleigh - "There Was Not a Single Chance I Was Coming Out Of This" 17-year-old Kayleigh White was walking to her best friend's house when she crossed paths with a strange man with a knife. What happened next would completely change the course of her life. Kayleigh's Instagram: @knfecrimekay Kayleigh's TikTok: @knfecrimekay Show Instagram: @LivedToTellPodcast TikTo...

Episode 66: Rose Twells - Woodbury, NJ | A Murder Between Mayors An elderly widow murdered inside her historic mansion, rumors involving the mayor’s teenage son, and a secret that remained buried for more than two decades. When witnesses finally began talking, Woodbury’s oldest unsolved murder would end with three defendants and three very different outcomes. Episode Summary Rose Kathrine Twells w...

Episode 65: Thomas “Duncan” Callens - Corinth, MS | Security cameras saw everything...except what happened next On a freezing January morning in Mississippi, 38-year-old Thomas “Duncan” Callens walked away from his girlfriend’s house wearing shorts, leaving behind his truck and everything he owned. Hours later, a gas station clerk helped warm him up with clothes, coffee, and a phone charger, but a...

Episode 64: Dr. Krishan Arora - River Bluff, KY | Murder on Cherry Tree Lane A wealthy neighborhood. A brilliant physician. Two gunshots. Zero arrests. What happened inside Dr. Krishan Arora's home on June 22, 1998? Episode Summary A respected kidney specialist. An affluent Kentucky neighborhood. A killer who vanished without a trace. On the evening of June 22, 1998, 54-year-old nephrologist Dr. K...

Episode 63: Malaiyah Wickerson & Ashton Mitchell - Berkeley, MO | Cults, Murder & the Missing Six What started as a missing child flyer at the bottom of a grocery store mailer turned into one of the strangest cases we’ve covered yet. Two mothers. Two small children. Two separate families. The same “spiritual journey.” The same house in Berkeley, Missouri. And then… they all disappeared. Ep...

Episode 62: Michael Gilman - Paradise Valley, AZ | Murder in Paradise, who killed Michael Gilman? Michael Gilman was found stabbed nearly 50 times inside his Paradise Valley home. His BMW was stolen, set on fire, and abandoned just miles away. More than a decade later, Arizona investigators are still searching for answers. Episode Summary Michael Gilman was a 68-year-old businessman living in an e...

Episode 61: Austin Kanuch - Cy-Fair Copperfield, TX | A bicycle ride that led to murder A young father violently attacked in the middle of the night, a perpetrator caught on camera, and a family left shattered. Who killed Austin Kanuch? Episode Summary Austin Kanuch was a 39-year-old husband, father, and Houston native who had just purchased his family's "forever home" in the Cy-Fair Copperfield a...

Episode 60: Donald Allison - Lenado, CO | From John Doe to Donald Allison: Unmasking the Lenado Man A man dumped in the Rocky Mountains, a pocketful of clues, and a name that was lost for decades. Who killed him, and why did nobody notice he was gone? Episode Summary On August 18, 1979, mushroom hunters exploring a remote forest road near Lenado, Colorado, discovered the body of an unidentified ma...

Episode 59: Jeff McQueen, Dante Crump, Kaireem Meeks, and Jonté Clark - Saugerties, NY | Before there was Mackenzie Shirilla, there was Meredith McSpirit The Netflix documentary The Crash has reignited conversations about the controversial case of Mackenzie Shirilla. But years before that case made headlines, another devastating crash left four young men dead, one young woman alive, and a communit...

Episode 58: Jennifer Harris - Bonham, Texas | Missing evidence, a missing mother, and a murder that left a town with more questions than answers A young mother vanishes after a night out. Days later, she’s found murdered. But as investigators begin putting the pieces together, questions start piling up. Missing evidence. Conflicting stories. Gaps in the investigation. More than twenty years later,...

Episode 57: MYSTERIOUS DEATH: Tom Brown - Canadian, TX | Suicide, Murder or Cover up? The night before Thanksgiving in 2016, 18-year-old Tom Brown left to hang out with friends in the tiny town of Canadian, Texas, and never came home. What followed was a years-long mystery involving scattered evidence, investigative errors, shocking theories, and a case that raises more questions than it answers....