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Sheena Gibbs had endured a lot, but she was a survivor. A battle with cancer,  troubled relationships, and the stress of a sick family member were weighing on her mind in late 2021. But she remained grateful and dedicated to her family, and was living in Chicago, IL. When she failed to make contact with her family, who lived in rural Iowa, her family wasn't immediately alarmed. It wasn't...

It was supposed to be a fun night of celebrating followed by a day of leisure when Tyler Davis and his wife, Brittany dropped their young son off at Tyler's parents and headed to nearby Columbus, Ohio to celebrate Brittany's birthday in February of 2019. After all, the pair worked hard and rarely had any time for fun.  But what was supposed to be a relaxing time and a break from reality...

In the early morning hours of November 24, 1997, four-month-old Sabrina Aisenberg vanished from her crib in Valrico, Florida. There were no signs of forced entry, no witnesses, and no clear explanation for how a baby could disappear from her own home overnight. What followed was a massive investigation that would soon shift its focus inward. Sabrina’s parents were placed under intense suspicion, t...

Everyone knows the cases of Maura Murray and Bryce Laspisa—two people who vanished under mysterious circumstances after crashing their cars in places that made no sense for them to be. Those same eerie patterns appear in the disappearance of 34-year-old Haruchika Miyagi. Exactly ten years ago, for reasons still unknown, Haruchika drove nearly 500 miles from his home in Utah before crashing his car...

Nelda Hardwick disappeared in 1993 after leaving her home in Lake Charles, Louisiana. What was supposed to be a quick trip to the store turned into devastating mystery for her family that is still on-going. Nearly five years after Nelda left home, an unidentified woman was struck and killed along Interstate 10 in Hancock County, Mississippi. Many believe that Jane Doe was Nelda, and the similariti...

Bryce Laspisa was a college sophomore with a bright future, close friends, and a life that seemed firmly on track. But in the days leading up to his disappearance, his behavior took a troubling turn—leaving family and friends worried and confused. A late-night drive soon spiraled into a chain of unsettling events, ending at a lonely crossroads off a California highway. What followed remains one of...

On a warm July day in 2015, Diamond Bynum and her young nephew King Walker vanished without a trace from their Gary, Indiana home. Ten years later, questions remain—and answers are still out of reach. In this episode, we retrace their last known steps, explore the heartbreaking search efforts, and uncover the haunting silence that followed their disappearance.  If you have any information regardin...

30-year old Mahfuza Rahman was a married mother of a 9-year old girl when she went missing without a trace from New York City in December of 2015. She worked a shift at her job as a nurse, then went to a class at Hunter College where she was working on obtaining a nursing degree.  And then just like that, Mahfuza was gone. When she failed to show up for work the next day, her colleagues raised the...

15 years ago to the day of this episode's release, 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless drove away from a party in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 23 and hasn't been seen since. Toni was an intelligent, driven woman who also struggled with bipolar disorder. On the night of her disappearance she was spending a rare night out with an old friend and all was well until things took a turn...

Jesse Ross had so much going for him. A 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, he was headed to Chicago for the second time to take part in a model United Nations program. But when Jesse got up and walked out of the conference room at about 2:30 AM during a break for a mock emergency meeting, a real-life disaster was in the making.  Alarms were raised the next day when...

31-year-old Joan Risch was educated, successful, and by all accounts a loving wife and mother. She seemed to have everything together. But sometimes things are not always as they seem.  Something sinister happened to Joan on the afternoon of October 24, 1961. Her young daughter stumbled upon a troubling scene, and investigation would reveal puzzling clues including some strange items in the trash,...

A tragic suicide in a motel bathroom, a man on a beach in Ireland, and the victim of a violent crime in a dark alleyway in Chicago--what do they all share in common? The fact that the deceased in each case has sadly not been identified.  As of 2023, there were around 14,000 unidentified remains in the United States alone--all people with pasts, with names, with stories waiting to be told.  In toda...

Two women named Mary Morris, both in the Houston, Texas area are murdered in a violent way--both of their bodies being found in their cars. They share similar physical features. And these events while separate, occur within four days of each other. Mary Lou Henderson Morris left for work on the morning of October 12, 2000 as she typically did. For reasons unknown, she never showed up at work. It w...

It was September 11, 2001 in New York City. Americans everywhere woke up that Tuesday morning and went about their day. It was business as usual for the thousands of New Yorkers who made their way into lower Manattan to go to work at the World Trade Center.  Then, as we all know, the world changed. Between the purposeful attacks on the two towers, the Pentagon, and the downed flight in Pennsylvani...

This episode is a little different than most, and unlike most mysteries we cover. While much has been done to understand and trace the origin of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, there is still some uncertainty and misinformation about the once mysterious and (if untreated) deadly disease. Many people likely know HIV/AIDS to have begun in the early 1980's in the United States among homosexual...

Tamla Horsford, loving wife and mother of five, was excited to spend some time with some of the Moms from her sons' school on the night of November 3, 2018. She was celebrating a birthday for one of these Moms, and although she didn't know the other women at the gathering well, she was happy to join in on the festivities. But what was supposed to be a joyful celebration in the form of an...

Have you ever pondered about the chilling mysteries that remain unsolved? The ones that make your spine tingle and your hairs stand on end? This episode is dedicated to exploring two such enigmatic cases - the disappearances of Larisha Deanna Walker and her mother, Wanda Faye Walker. The unsettling circumstances - locked doors, lights left on, and stereos left blaring – only deepen the mystery aro...

Who knew that a discarded rental application and a burner phone could hold the key to a gruesome murder investigation? Join Elaine, Amber and I as we pull back the curtain on the chilling case of Oakey "Al" Kite's murder in 2004. A riveting tale of a man's life and work, a move to Aurora, Colorado, and a gruesome murder that would leave even seasoned crime buffs restless. The d...

30-year old Ben McDaniel was an avid scuba diver and had enjoyed partaking in the underwater activity since he was a teenager, so when he disappeared 13 years ago today after going on an evening dive, most people assumed that he drowned. But Ben's disappearance would prove to be anything but straightforward.  At the time of his disappearance, Ben was working on overcoming some rough circumsta...

In this episode, Amber, Elaine and I continue our discussion on the disappearance of Center County, PA attorney Ray Gricar in 2005. We explore the theories and all the conflicting clues that may or may not have been a factor in him going missing.  Part 2 of 2. Please refer to prior episode for part 1 of our discussion. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@143mysteries For sources and...

Ray Gricar was a successful man. He was a lawyer who ended up serving as District Attorney for Center County, Pennsylvania for many years. Not too long before he disappeared, Ray announced that he would not be running for re-election and would be retiring, just before his 60th birthday.  Those familiar with the mysterious case of Ray Gricar will know how many strange and fascinating details surrou...

July 28, 2023. The true crime world is buzzing about Carlee Russell, an Alabama woman who disappeared after calling 911 to report a child on the side of the street on her way home from work. At a recent press conference, it was announced via her attorney, that Carlee had made the entire story up. Her motive for this, remains a mystery.  But while time and resources were spent investigating what ul...

In episode 29, we touched upon the unsolved murder of 29-year old Elizabeth Barraza, who was shot to death in her own driveway while setting up for a garage sale in 2019. It seemed to happen in a flash--one minute she was setting up items to sell and not five minutes later, a stranger emerged from a nearby truck, shooting her at point blank range.  Despite this mysterious person and their vehicle...

On Tuesday, May 24, 1994, the body of a young black woman was found in an alleyway in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. She had been raped and strangled.  Two years later, police arrested serial killer Gregory Clepper who confessed to picking up the woman and later killing her. He had apparently been terrorizing the residents of Chicago's south side for three years, ofte...

By all accounts, it looked like Ellen Greenberg, a 27-year old first grade teacher living in Philadelphia, had her life together. She was loved by her students and engaged to be married to her boyfriend of three years, Sam Goldberg. But looks can be deceiving. Because in the weeks leading up to her puzzling death, Ellen wasn't herself. She confided in her family that she was incredibly stress...