And Then They Were Gone

A three-year-old boy dressed in his favorite Spider-Man suit was playing with his older sister at his grandmother’s house. The home, in Kendall, New South Wales, Australia was in the woods and offered plenty of space for little William Tyrell to run around. But when his mother popped into the house to make a cup of tea, the delighted shrieks stopped, replaced by an eerie silence. William was gone....

Asha Degree was a bright, talented, happy 9-year-old living with her parents and brother in Shelby, North Carolina. She was an excellent student and the star of her basketball team. She was surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. There was no shortage of love in Asha’s life. But in the early morning hours of February 14, 2000, Asha took her backpack that she had packed with several...

Claudia Kirschhoch traveled for a living. The 29-year-old writer had her dream job at Frommer’s Travel Guide, her own apartment in Astoria, Queens, and her entire life in front of her. But when a planned travel junket got rerouted to Negril, Jamaica, the trajectory of Claudia’s life changed. Claudia spent the first few days of her trip lounging, dancing, and making friends at Negril’s Beaches Reso...

After facing a lifetime of abuse and instability. 15-year-old Yasmin Acree had managed to become a bright, athletic student at Chicago’s Austin Polytechnical Academy. She was getting ready to start her first job, and her life was on an upward trajectory. On January 15, 2008. Yasmin went to sleep planning to attend school the next morning. But when dawn broke on January 16, there were signs of forc...

In the early morning hours of Friday, December 8, 2000, the streets of Dublin, Ireland were rainy, cold, and quiet. 22-year-old Trevor Deely was making his way home after a night out with colleagues at their company Christmas party. Trevor was in a great mood and probably looking forward to a few hours of sleep before heading into his office at the Bank of Ireland. The next morning, however, Trevo...

One of television's most popular true-crime series is now adapted for your ears with the “48 Hours” podcast. Every week, award-winning CBS News correspondents investigate the most intriguing crime and justice cases. Here’s a preview of a new “48 Hours” episode, “The Night of the Idaho Student Murders”. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant sits down with family members of Kaylee Gonc...

In basic terms, Occam’s Razor states that given two theories, the simplest answer is often correct. But in true crime, that’s not always the case– especially when it comes to unsolved mysteries. On July 1, 1995, Erin Marie Gilbert attended the Girdwood Forest Fair in Girdwood, Alaska. She was on a first date with a man named David Combs. David later claimed that he had car trouble and that while h...

Selena Quintanilla was a force of nature. But when a loyal friend betrayed her, she met a fate she never deserved. Even the Rich is a podcast from Wondery that tells you the stories of the crazy lives of the greatest family dynasties to pop culture superstars. In their new season “¡Viva Selena!”, you’ll hear how she made a massive cultural impact, and became a legend the world will never forget. A...

This week we're featuring an episode of Murder and Mimosas , a fellow Darkcaast Network show. They're discussing the underreported case of Ieshia Jackson, who went missing from El Dorado, Arkansas on October 31, 2020. Ieshia is a black woman with black hair and brown eyes. She was 5'2" and approximately 135 pounds at the time of her disappearance. If you know anything about Ieshia...

Transgender people are over four times more likely to be the victim of a violent crime than their cisgender counterparts. The rates of murder, rape, and violent crime of Indigenous people are all higher than the national average. In fact, according to the CDC, indigenous females experienced the second-highest rate of homicide in 2020. Aubrey Dameron is a transgender woman of Cherokee descent. On M...

Every parent has done it. We’re out with our kids having a good time, and keeping an eye on them. We turn our heads for a second to order food or answer a question. We turn around, and our kids are still there, enjoying themselves. But deep down, we all have the same fear: we’ll look back and our child will be gone. On January 23, 1999, Theresa English lived every parent’s worst nightmare. That ev...

Challis, Idaho was idyllic. In 1993, it was the type of small town where everyone knew each other and kept their doors unlocked. The children played outside and only came home when it was time for dinner. Nothing can last forever though, and on October 11, 1993, everything in the small town changed forever. On that day, 9-year-old Stephanie Crane said goodbye to her friends at a bowling alley and...

We are also re-releasing our update episode on Akia Eggleston, which details Robertson's arrest and delves into the Probable Cause Affidavit. On May 3, 2017, Akia Eggleston, who was eight months pregnant, was planning to move into a new home with Michael Robertson, the father of her child. That day, she went to several banks and ATMs and withdrew large sums of money to pay expenses related to...

This is a re-release of our update episode from February 2022 on the arrest of Michael Robertson for Akia Eggleston's murder. We have huge news in the Akia Eggleston case. Akia was a 22-year-old pregnant woman who went missing from Baltimore, Maryland on May 3, 2017. While there was a clear suspect, no arrests were made, and her case went cold. Akia's story started gaining more notoriety t...

This is a re-release of our original episode on the disappearance of Alicia Navarro that originally aired in April of 2022. Alicia was found safe on July 26, 2023, after being missing for nearly four years. “I ran away. I will be back. I swear. I’m sorry.” Jessica Nuñez awoke on the morning of September 15, 2019, and found that note in her daughter Alicia’s room. Alicia Navarro’s 15th birthday was...

Alicia Navarro has been found! Alicia was 14 when she left her parents a note saying, "I ran away. I will be back. I swear. I'm sorry," and disappeared. Her family feared that she had been lured somewhere by an online predator. After nearly four years, the now 18-year-old Alicia walked into a police station in a small town in Montana, over 1,200 miles from her Glendale, Arizona home. W...

Join us for part two of Darkcast Network 's special presentation: Cruel Summer, where we tell you a selection of true crime and paranormal stories with a summertime twist. In this episode, we have: Rogue Darkness with The Eerie Legend of the Deer Lady F**k That with The McDowell Family Murders Mythical True Crime with The Lake Bodom Murders Castles & Cryptids with The Bain Family Murders C...

Join us for part one of Darkcast Network 's special presentation: Cruel Summer, where we tell you a selection of true crime and paranormal stories with a summertime twist. In this episode, we have: Horrifying History with The Ghost of Headless Mary Gallagher (no relation [I think]) Paranormal Peeps with Japanese Ghost Stories, Beyond the Rainbow with the Murder of Gay Navy Man, August Provost...

This Week, we're bringing you an episode from the Darkcast Network podcast, Freaky AF . In this episode, Syrai covers two unsolved missing persons cases: The Springfield 3 and DeOrr Kunz, Jr. --- For this episode, I want to revisit two missing persons cases that have just recently had their anniversaries. The case of Suzanne Streeter, Stacy McCall, and Sherrill Levitt has haunted the once quie...

We've also re-released our original episode on Codi Bigsby's disappearance, so you can listen to that one first for more context. 4-year-old Codi Bigsby was reported missing on January 31, 2022, when his father, Cory Bigsby, said he woke up and found his son’s bed empty. A search immediately ensued, and police took Codi’s father, Cory, down to the station for questioning. This interview tu...

This is a re-release of our original episode on Codi Bigsby from March 2023. 4-year-old Codi Bigsby was reported missing on January 31, 2022, when his father said he woke up and found his son’s bed empty. A search immediately ensued in their Hampton, Virginia neighborhood, and police took Codi’s father, Cory, down to the station for questioning. This interview turned into a brutal interrogation th...

Two little girls in Chicago are left home alone when their mom goes to work. This is not the first time 10-year-old Tionda Bradley has been left in charge of her three-year-old sister, Diamond. Their mother, Tracey, was raising them on her own, along with two other siblings. But on this day, Tracey would return home to an empty apartment with no sign of her girls, other than a mysterious note. Wha...

This week, we're bringing you an episode of Horrifying History about the disappearance of Granger Taylor. People thought that Granger Taylor was an eccentric, but also knew him as a mechanical genius. Over 40 years ago, Granger left a note for his parents saying that he boarded an alien spaceship, and he was never seen again. Welcome to Episode 130 - Granger Taylor. We got merch! Shop now: Hor...

On Mar 28, 2023, the trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West began. The couple stands accused of killing two of their adopted sons, Orrin, and Orson West, who were four and three at the time. According to the parents, the boys went missing from their California City, California backyard on December 21, 2020. The prosecution contends that the brothers had already been dead for months before that 911 c...

On December 21, 2020, Trezell and Jacqueline West called 911 and reported their two adopted sons, Orrin and Orson, missing. According to the Wests, the 4- and 3-year-old boys had been playing in the family’s fenced-in yard while Trezell had gathered wood. On one of his trips back, he noticed they were gone. An intensive search immediately commenced, but there was no sign of the boys. As the public...