District Dark

On April 11, 2001, 20-year-old Branson Perry was cleaning his house in Skidmore, Missouri, when he stepped outside to return a pair of jumper cables and never came back. In this episode of District Dark, we examine the narrow timeline, the strange details left behind, the later suspect theories, and the disappearance that turned an ordinary errand into a lasting mystery.

On December 4, 1998, Yale senior Suzanne Jovin was seen near campus in New Haven. Less than thirty minutes later, she was found fatally stabbed nearly two miles away. In this episode, District Dark examines the timeline, the unanswered questions, and the case that still has no arrest.

On February 10, 1990, two gunmen entered a family bowling alley in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and turned a robbery into one of the state’s most haunting unsolved massacres. With surviving witnesses, a citywide manhunt, and decades of unanswered questions, this episode traces the moments that shattered a community — and the mystery that still refuses to let go.

A killer entered a family’s home in Tokyo, murdered all four people inside, and then stayed for hours — eating, using the bathroom, and leaving behind a trail of evidence. Nearly 25 years later, the Setagaya family murders remain unsolved.

Three women went into a house in Springfield, Missouri, late one June night in 1992. By morning, they were gone. Their cars, purses, and dog were all left behind — but Sherrill Levitt, Suzie Streeter, and Stacy McCall were never seen again.

In 1982, teenage couple Jerry Ambrozuk and Dianne Babcock took off in a small rented plane as part of a plan to disappear and start a new life together. But when the aircraft crashed into Little Bitterroot Lake in Montana, Dianne drowned inside the wreckage. Jerry survived, reached shore, and then vanished for nearly 24 years, living under assumed identities before authorities finally tracked him...

On May 14, 1986, two 12-year-old boys in Singapore — Keh Chin Ann and Toh Hong Huat — left for school in broad daylight and never arrived. What should have been an ordinary school day turned into one of Singapore’s most haunting unsolved mysteries. Despite nationwide searches, major publicity, a S$100,000 reward, and decades of speculation, the boys were never found.

A young realtor got a strange call about a million-dollar house. She told people something felt off. Minutes after walking into the vacant home with the prospective buyers, Lindsay Buziak was dead — and the couple had vanished.

In November 1978, 19-year-old Theresa Allore disappeared from Champlain College in Lennoxville, Quebec. Early on, some reportedly treated her disappearance like a runaway case. But months later, after the spring thaw, Theresa’s body was found in Compton — and the case became something far darker. Her death remains unsolved, and the mystery has continued to haunt Canada for decades because of the u...

In May 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson called his parents after his car went into a ditch on a dark rural road in Minnesota. He told them he was okay and stayed on the phone while walking through fields toward what he believed was a nearby town. For nearly 47 minutes, his parents listened as he moved through the darkness. Then Brandon suddenly said, “Oh, shit,” and the call went silent. He was n...

On a dark, rainy morning in Midlothian, Texas, security cameras inside a church captured a strange figure in tactical gear wandering the empty halls before dawn. Minutes later, fitness instructor Missy Bevers arrived to set up for her early-morning class — and never made it out alive. In this episode, we examine the chilling surveillance footage, the unanswered questions, and the haunting mystery...

In 2014, 28-year-old Lars Mittank vanished from Varna Airport in Bulgaria after a holiday with friends took a strange turn. Injured, anxious, and acting increasingly afraid in the final hours before his flight, Lars was captured on airport surveillance suddenly running out of the terminal and disappearing into the surrounding area. He has never been found. In this episode, we trace Lars’s last kno...

In April 1991, 20-year-old Angela Hammond vanished from a payphone in downtown Clinton, Missouri while talking to her fiancé. During the call, she described a green pickup truck that had been circling the block. Moments later, she screamed, and the line went dead. Her fiancé raced to the scene, saw the truck speeding away with Angela inside, and chased it until his own transmission failed. In this...

The Al Kite case centers on the 2004 murder of 53-year-old Al Kite in Aurora, Colorado. After advertising a room for rent, Al accepted a tenant using the name “Robert Cooper.” Days later, Al was found murdered in his home. Investigators later discovered the tenant’s identity appeared to be completely fake. The suspect allegedly used false paperwork, false background details, and vanished after the...

On New Year’s Day 1998, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope disappeared after a party in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds. They were last seen in a water taxi with a lone man, heading toward a boat in the early hours of the morning. Their bodies have never been found. In this episode, we follow the case in order — the party, the final boat ride, the search, the police investigation, the trial, and the case...

He walks in, pulls a gun, forces the clerk into the back room, and shoots him execution-style in the back of the head… exactly the same method as the I-70 Killer. He takes very little money and calmly walks out.

In December 2017, 70-year-old Paddy Moriarty vanished from the tiny outback town of Larrimah in Australia’s Northern Territory. He was last seen leaving the Pink Panther Hotel on his quad bike with his dog Kellie riding behind him. He never came back. In this episode, we trace Paddy’s final day, the feud that divided the town, the search that found nothing, and the case that still has no body, no...

In 1989, Patricia Meehan disappeared after a crash on a lonely Montana highway near Circle. Witnesses saw her step out of the wreck, stare silently, and then walk away into the dark. She was never found. In the years that followed, there were thousands of reported sightings across Montana and beyond, but no clear answer ever emerged. In this episode, we follow the crash, the search, the sightings,...

In 1970, the burned body of an unidentified woman was found in Norway’s Ice Valley. She carried no ID, but police soon uncovered a trail of false names, coded notes, wigs, foreign money, and hotel stays across Europe. Witnesses remembered a woman who was elegant, private, and always seemed on guard. In this episode, we follow the evidence, the witness accounts, and the questions that still surroun...

In 2000, Ukrainian journalist Heorhiy Gongadze disappeared after leaving a colleague’s apartment in Kyiv. Weeks later, a body believed to be his was found outside the city, and the case exploded into one of the biggest political scandals in modern Ukraine. Secret recordings, accusations of state involvement, and years of obstruction turned one journalist’s disappearance into a national crisis. In...

In 1974, two men vanished in Iceland. Eighteen-year-old Guðmundur Einarsson disappeared after a night out, and months later, 32-year-old Geirfinnur Einarsson vanished after a phone call drew him to Keflavík harbor. Neither man was ever found. What followed was one of the most controversial criminal cases in European history: six confessions, no bodies, no forensic proof, and convictions that later...

Between 1918 and 1919, a series of brutal nighttime attacks left New Orleans terrified. Families were struck in their own homes, often while they slept, and the killer was never identified. Then came the letter — a message sent to the newspapers claiming the Axeman would spare any home playing jazz. In this episode, we break down the attacks, the fear, the suspects, and the mystery that turned the...

In 1993, Amarillo lawyer David Glenn Lewis vanished, leaving behind a home that suggested he planned to return. His watch and wedding ring were on the counter, sandwiches were in the fridge, and the VCR kept recording the Super Bowl after he was gone. Then, less than two days later, an unidentified man was killed on a highway near Moxee, Washington. It would take eleven years to learn they were th...

In November 1980, Granger Taylor, a 32-year-old mechanic from Duncan, British Columbia, disappeared after leaving behind one of the strangest notes ever found in a missing person case, telling his parents he was leaving on a 42-month journey through space aboard an alien ship. Taylor was well known in his community for restoring old machines, including a steam locomotive and a World War II Kittyha...

From 1982 to 1985, Belgium was terrorized by a violent group known as the Brabant Killers, also called the Nivelles Gang, who carried out a string of brutal robberies and mass shootings that left 28 people dead, including children. What made the case especially disturbing was that the violence often seemed wildly disproportionate to the small amounts of money stolen, leading many to believe the ki...