Clueless Crime

In August of 2016, The Tromp Family quickly decided to flee their home in Silvan, Victoria making a 9 hour drive to NSW. As members of the family started to return home in unusual circumstances (Stolen Cars, trains from Sydney), the nation was engrossed as to why a seemingly normal farming family were afraid enough to flee the state. 

Theo Hayez was 18 years old when he went missing from the popular tourist town of Byron Bay, New South Wales in 2019. He was last seen leaving the well known backpackers bar, Cheeky Monkey. He disappeared a week before he was due to fly home to Belgium.  https://www.looking4theo.com/ Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000

20 year old Angela Hammond from Clinton Missouri, was talking to her fiancé Rob from a payphone in the Food Barn parking lot at 11:15 pm on April the 4th 1991. Moments later, Rob heard Angela scream through the phone. She has not been seen or heard from since. 

The Jamison Family we're ready to live a simpler life in Red Oak, Oklahoma so they decided to pack up their car to go and look at a plot of land they were hoping to purchase. A few days later, their pick up truck was found abandoned with all of their belongings inside (including their family dog) but the family was no where to be found. 

22 year old Revelle Balmain was working in Sydney as a model, dancer and escort when she mysteriously disappeared from the suburb of Kingsford on the 5th of November 1994, and has never been heard from or seen since. After being missing for 25 years, the NSW police have released a $1m dollar reward for information which has brought to light a few leads in the case.

This week we discuss the disappearance and murder of 19 year old Sarah Stern, whose car was abandoned on a bridge in Jersey.

This week we discuss the high profile missing persons case of William Tyrrell, a 3 year old boy who disappeared from his foster grandmothers yard on the morning of September 12th 2014.

This week we discuss the case of Johnny Lewis, an actor who was most known for his role on Sons of Anarchy. Johnny suffered a severe personality shift after a serious head injury in a motorcycle accident. A few years later his body would be found, along with the body of his land lady and her cat.

This week we delve into Australia’s longest missing persons case; the Beaumont Children. Three siblings who disappeared from a South Australian beach on Australia Day 1966.

This week we discuss the murder of Jim Melgar, whose nude and beaten body was found in his closet. Not far away away his wife, Sandra, remained alive, tied up in rope. She has since been charged with his murder, and sentenced to 27 years in a Texas State prison.

The story of the infamous ‘Girl in a Box’. Colleen Stan was 20 years old when she hitchhiked from Oregon to California. Picked up by a young married couple with a baby, Colleen’s life was about to change for the next 7 years.

In April 2016, Wife and mother, Missy Bevers arrived at Creekside Church to teach an early morning fitness class. When her students arrived at 5 am, they found her lifeless body laying on the ground of the church. Missy was murdered by an unknown person.

This week we discuss the horrific death of the ‘girl in the chute’, Phoebe Handsjuk. Who plummeted to her death down a garbage chute. Her death was deemed a suicide. Did Phoebe kill herself or was she placed in the chute?

28 year old Lars Mittank was enjoying a holiday in Varna, Bulgaria when, after acting a strangely for a few days, has disappeared from the Varna airport never to be seen again. This week we discuss the case dubbed the most famous missing persons case on YouTube.

This week we discuss the high profile missing persons turned murder case of Gabby Petito, who’s remains were found near the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, after her fiancé returned from their cross country road trip alone.

DISCLAIMER: this weeks episode has a few audio issues. 20 year old Lauren Spierer disappeared after a night out with friends following the conclusion of classes for the semester. Footage shows Lauren so intoxicated she can barely walk on her own. 10 years later her body is yet to be found and investigators aren’t any closer to finding out what happened to Lauren.

Elizabeth Smart was 14 years old when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah in the middle of the night. With time not on their side, police worked tirelessly to find her and her abductor.

48 year old Susan Cox Powell was a wife and mother living in Utah when she disappeared the night of December the 7th 2009. Her disappearance remains a mystery to this day.

This week we discuss the shock Australian true crime story of Katherine Knight, the first woman to be sentenced to life without parole in Australia.

Mollie Tibbetts was a university of Iowa student, who went missing after going for a job. Her body would be found 1 month later and an undocumented migrant charged with her murder.

This week we discuss the case of Keli Lane and her missing 2 day old baby, Tegan. Is Keli Lane an incredible liar, or has she suffered a huge miscarriage of justice? (Reference for this episode: Exposed: the case of Keli Lane)

This week we discuss the missing persons case of Zebb Quinn, an 18 year old that went missing from Asheville, North Carolina in 2000.

In February 1993 James Bulger, 2 years old, was abducted from the New Strand Shopping Centre in Merseyside, England. A few days later his battered body was found on a railway track, just 4 km away.

This week we discuss the brutal Van Breda Family Murders which happened in South Africa in a gated, highly secure estate.

This week we talk about the mysterious disappearance of Rebecca Coriam aboard the Disney Wonder cruise ship