Crime Clueless

In November 2012, what looked like a messy breakup in Omaha, Nebraska slowly grew into one of the strangest digital stalking cases investigators had ever seen. At first, it appeared to be a story about jealousy. A woman who had recently dated a man suddenly began sending threatening messages. The texts escalated, the accusations spread, and people close to the situation found themselves dragged in...

On a quiet mountain road above Lake Annecy, a British family’s camping trip ended in less than five minutes. Twenty-one rounds were fired from a rare antique handgun. Four adults were killed with chilling precision. A local cyclist lay dead beside their car. And somehow, two young girls survived. Was this a targeted assassination? A case of mistaken identity? Or something even more unsettling? In...

On a quiet Sunday morning in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Stephen Allwine returned home from church and made a call no one ever expects to make. His wife, Amy, had been shot in the basement of their home. There were no shattered windows. No forced entry. No obvious sign of a struggle. Just a stunned husband, a nine-year-old son upstairs, and a tragedy that felt sudden and impossible. Amy Allwine was...

When 58-year-old Roger “Fred” Farmer told his family he was heading out for a hunting trip in late 2019, no one questioned it—he was an outdoorsman, a routine guy. But weeks passed with only a few strange text messages from Fred, and his loved ones began to sense that something wasn’t right. He wasn’t returning calls. He missed the holidays. And those texts? They didn’t sound like him at all. As F...

Blair Adams was a 31-year-old construction foreman from British Columbia. By all accounts, he was responsible, hardworking, and grounded. Until suddenly… he wasn’t. In the summer of 1996, Blair began telling friends and family that someone was trying to kill him. He withdrew his savings. He emptied his safe deposit box. He packed cash, gold, and jewelry into a fanny pack. And then he ran — across...

If you havent yet, listen to part 1 first, then join us here for part 2 of 2. A man crosses borders in fear. Changes plans without warning. Trusts no one. And leaves behind a trail that still doesn’t make sense nearly thirty years later. In Part Two of the Blair Adams case, we step into the questions that investigators have been trying to answer since 1996. What do the forensic details actually te...

In 2008, a young real estate agent in Victoria, British Columbia, received what should have been a career-defining opportunity: a million-dollar home showing for new clients eager to buy. Instead, it became one of Canada’s most haunting unsolved murders. After a series of calls from a woman with a foreign accent, Lindsay agreed to show a vacant luxury home to a couple she had never met. She told p...

Dorothy Jane Scott was a 32-year-old single mom — steady, devoted, and the kind of person who wouldn’t think twice about helping someone in trouble. But in the months leading up to her disappearance, Dorothy started receiving anonymous phone calls that didn’t sound like a prank… they sounded like a warning. The caller knew her routines. What she wore. Where she’d been. And he made it clear he wasn...

The murder of Missy Bevers is one of the most haunting unsolved cases in Texas — not just because it happened inside a church before dawn, but because the suspect was caught on camera… and still has never been identified. On April 18, 2016, Missy arrived at Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian to prepare for her early morning workout class. Later, students arrived to find police tape, broken g...

This is part two of the Crystal Rogers Case, if you haven't listened to part one, do that first. Years after Crystal Rogers vanished, the case remained cold—until the FBI descended on Bardstown with dozens of search warrants and a mission to find the truth. What followed unraveled a hidden conspiracy: secret phone calls, a burned-out car, grand jury testimony, and a trail that pointed directly to...

When 35-year-old Crystal Rogers vanished over Fourth of July weekend in 2015, her abandoned car—with her phone and purse still inside—was the only clue left behind. As her family launched a desperate search, suspicion quickly turned to the man she lived with: Brooks Houck, the father of her youngest child. But what followed would expose a tangled web of lies, silence, and fear that gripped the sma...

On the morning of January 24, 2006, Jennifer Kesse didn’t show up for work. Her phone went straight to voicemail. Her car was missing. And within hours, her life — and her case — would become frozen in time. What followed was an investigation filled with unsettling contradictions: security footage that captured a suspect but hid their identity, evidence that was abundant yet inconclusive, and earl...

On the morning of December 21st, 1992, 25-year-old schoolteacher Christy Mirack never arrived to her class. What followed would become one of Lancaster County’s most haunting cold cases — a violent crime with no suspects, no motive, and no answers for over two decades. In this episode, we revisit the life of Christy Mirack — a passionate educator with a bright future — and the devastating timeline...

This week, Crime Clueless is taking a brief holiday pause. Instead of a full case, we’re sharing a short check-in with updates on several cases we’ve previously covered — including Patti Adkins, Brianna Maitland, Ellen Greenberg, and Robert William Fisher — along with a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who listens, shares, and helps these stories stay in the light. As we close out the year, we’re r...

Drew Peterson had a story—and it never changed. Stacy ran off. She left her kids. She’ll turn up. But behind closed doors, a very different narrative was unraveling. In Part Two, we track the unraveling cover-up, the blue barrel tip, the reopened investigation into Kathleen Savio’s death, and the bold legal strategy that let two murdered women speak from beyond the grave. Featuring courtroom drama...

In this two-part deep dive, Crime Clueless unpacks one of the most chilling domestic cases in suburban America. Part One traces the twisted path to the 2007 disappearance of 23-year-old Stacy Peterson. From her troubled childhood to her whirlwind relationship with Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson, a man twice her age and with a long history of control, manipulation, and escalating abuse....

Trigger warning, this episode contains extensive discussion on suicide. When 21-year-old artist Molly Young was found dead from a gunshot wound in her ex-boyfriend’s bedroom in Carbondale, Illinois, the explanation seemed to arrive before investigators did: “She just committed suicide.” But nothing about the scene — or the timeline — ever truly added up. No fingerprints on the gun. No gunshot resi...

Two days before Christmas in 1996, French television producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found brutally murdered outside her remote holiday cottage in West Cork, Ireland. Her death shocked the quiet community and ignited an investigation that would span decades, crossing borders and dividing public opinion. In this episode, we unravel the chilling mystery of Sophie’s final days — from her solit...

This episode was originally released on our sister podcast Vanished Voices , where we focus on under-reported cases and victims who too often go unheard — including Indigenous women, LGBTQ+ victims, and other marginalized communities. For crossover week, we’re sharing it here on the Crime Clueless feed so our listeners don’t miss this powerful story. If you connect with this episode and want more...

On a sunny morning in June 1991, Penny Bell left her beautiful home in Buckinghamshire and told the builders she was late for an appointment. She never came back. Just a couple of hours later, she was found brutally stabbed more than fifty times inside her powder blue Jaguar — parked in broad daylight, in a busy West London car park. No weapon found. Purse left in the car. No witnesses who could s...

A respected attorney in Texas sets his VCR to record the Super Bowl… and vanishes. A day later, a John Doe is found dead over 1,600 miles away on a desolate Washington highway—no ID, no car, and dressed in clothes that weren’t his. For eleven years, no one connects the two. In this episode, we dive into the bizarre disappearance of David Glenn Lewis, a man whose story defies logic at every turn. F...

On the early morning of June 3, 2011, 20-year-old Indiana University student Lauren Spierer walked out of a friend’s apartment barefoot — leaving behind her phone, shoes, and purse — and vanished somewhere between College Avenue and her apartment just three blocks away. What followed was one of the most exhaustive missing person investigations in college-town history: thousands of tips, national h...

In October 2014, 22-year-old Chelsea Bruck put on her handmade Poison Ivy costume and headed to a massive Halloween party in rural Michigan. She never made it home. What started as a night of fun among hundreds of costumed guests ended with Chelsea vanishing into the dark — and a six-month search that gripped her community. In this episode, we unravel the full story: the missteps that left Chelsea...

In the tiny Colorado mountain town of Silver Plume, population barely 200, two men vanished — a year apart — under eerily similar circumstances. The first was Tom Young, a quiet shopkeeper who disappeared with his dog, leaving behind a locked store and no note. A year later, Keith Reinhard, a journalist writing a novel about a man who mysteriously disappears , walked into those same mountains… and...

Tucked high in the Colorado Rockies stands a hotel that glows like a ghost against the mountain backdrop — elegant, eerie, and unforgettable. Built by an inventor who came to Estes Park searching for life and may have found something that never dies. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park looks peaceful from the outside — all white siding, red rooftops, and old-world charm — but step inside, and you’ll f...