Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases Podcast

An officer’s death in 1985 shocked a community. An investigation began into who pulled the trigger, but it left more questions than answers. 

It’s been nearly a quarter of a century since the remains of a man were discovered on October 4, 2000, along an old logging road just north of an unincorporated community in Northern Wisconsin.

While her killer was behind bars, Cassandra was still missing — until November 30, 2024.

In 2019, for friends, family, and investigators, the ruling against Jason Sypher meant putting a killer behind bars, but knowing what really happened or where his victim is, is still a mystery. 

Two sheriffs in two states are certain Christopher Revak is responsible for the deaths of two women. Now a third investigative agency is actively looking into him on another unsolved case.

This episode, we’re going to do something we typically don’t. We are sharing with you upfront who investigators believe killed a Wisconsin Rapids woman in June 2006.

Since October 2023, family, friends, and law enforcement have been searching for a man who stepped into the woods in northern Wisconsin, never to be seen again.

For years, the Vilas County Sheriff’s office has worked to learn what they can about the 1990 disappearance and death of Susan Poupart.

With each case throughout this podcast, we were able to tell you their names and show their faces. This time though, that’s not the case.

William Schnackel of Price County has been missing for 44 years, and investigators still don’t know where he is or what happened to make him disappear.

For 29 years, the death of a little girl in central Wisconsin has gone unsolved.

For one year, the investigation into a Weston woman’s disappearance has been kept private, but now, investigators are sharing what they’ve learned after taking a deep dive into her digital data.

As we "celebrate" our one-year anniversary of this podcast, we are answering your most common questions and highlighting what we have coming up.

For 16 months, the mother of an Oconto man says she's been kept in the dark about her son's disappearance. Now, her silence is over and she’s ready to bring the truth to light.

When people ask about what case we are working on next, not one person doesn’t know at least a little bit about 15-year-old Kayla Berg.

3 de Octubre de 2020. Amigos de una mujer del condado de Clark dicen que ella tenía miedo por su vida, siendo acosada por su exnovio y padre de su hijo. Más de tres años después, su asesino está tras las rejas… pero ella sigue desaparecida.

In 1987, a Price County mom-to-be left her home and abandoned her car in northern Wisconsin and was never seen again.

October 3, 2020, friends of a Clark County woman say she was scared for her life and being stalked by her ex-boyfriend and father of her son. Her killer is sitting behind bars, but she is still missing.

On March 6, 2020, a missed ride to work raised the first red flag into the disappearance of a young man from Waushara County that has left his family devastated and determined to find the truth.

On May 24, Ben Wilberding was last seen leaving work in Lincoln County, WI and was never seen again.

Little did Lt. Kropidlowski and the Portage County Sheriff’s Office know, their request would trigger an investigation that would expose a messy and deceitful family tree leaving authorities questioning what really happened on a rural property so many years ago.

On August 20, 1999, two women and a toddler were last seen at a babysitter’s on the outskirts of Nekoosa, Wisconsin, but it would take years for an investigation to begin.

In October of 2015, a 14-year-old girl disappeared from the safety of her home in Marathon County, and no one has heard or seen her since.

In December of 2000, Duane Rudolph received a letter in the mail saying his daughter has been taken, and the abductor signed their name admitting to the crime. 

A 27-year-old mother of three from Wausau, WI goes missing on June 29, 1984, after a domestic incident with her then-husband Norman. Join us as we dig into what we know, what happened, and what could've been.