Shadows Uncovered Podcast

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? 20 years ago, Kent Heitholt was beaten, stabbed and strangled in the parking lot of his job the Columbia Tribune. 2 people charged for the crime which turns out to be a total coercion confession!  Let’s pull back the shadows that have kept these cold cases in the dark for far too long. Piece by piece, we’ll work to rebuild the truth...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved?  A midnight fireworks display at Lake Nasworthy marks the last time anyone sees 16-year-old Shane Stewart and 18-year-old Sally McNelly alive. By dawn, Shane’s Camaro sits abandoned at a nearby reservoir. doors unlocked, keys missing, and no sign of a struggle. As a frantic search consumes the small town of San Angelo, Texas, whispe...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? The most massive Cult murder the world has ever seen. Over 900 bodies and a "investigation" that really never happened.  Manipulative leaders vanished and the followers were lost to there "obedience".  How can this case be handled with negligence since the start of this. Let’s pull back the shadows that have kept...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? In a small town of Villisca Iowa eight people settled down and went sleep for the night. 2of them were friends of the daughter and they were having a sleepover that night. They never woke up again and to this day there brutal mutilation will never be forgotten. But we are no closer to a suspect.  Let’s pull back the shadows that hav...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? This is the full story of the Gilgo Beach Murderer with several victims and a calculated murder blueprint. Also one of the victims found on his dumping grounds a unknown John Doe. Will they ever know his full body count ?  Let’s pull back the shadows that have kept these cold cases in the dark for far too long. Piece by piece, we’ll...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? In 1972, 14-year-old Lora Jean Dugan walked away from her Montana home after a family argument, intending to hitchhike across state lines. Three weeks later, her body was discovered 250 miles away in the rugged North Dakota Badlands—a cross necklace left dangling from a nearby tree. Decades after the case went cold, modern genetic g...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? The " Boy in the Box " is 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli , identified in December 2022, 65 years after his body was found in a cardboard box in Philadelphia on February 25, 1957. Known for decades as "America's Unknown Child," he was murdered, with his body showing signs of physical abuse. While named us...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? Over a 100 year old case and to this day never solved. This iconic story of a case took place over Memorial Day weekend. Which resulted in 4 tries to convict the husband who in turn was a free man who made a name for himself and died a a rich Hollywood producer. What really happen in that bathroom? I had to do this one guys because...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved?  Can you believe it, everyone — Season 2 drops THIS Wednesday ! I’m beyond excited, and I can’t thank my listeners enough. Your support is the reason these cold cases are being pulled out of the shadows and brought back into the light. Together, we’re giving victims a voice and their families a chance at long‑overdue answers. Stay t...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? At 4:18 AM on April 18, 2016, fitness coach Missy Bevers was murdered inside the Creekside Church in Midlothian, Texas. The killer, captured on haunting surveillance footage, wore full police tactical gear and spent 30 minutes wandering the halls with a pry bar before Missy arrived. Was this a random "burglary gone wrong,"...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? The Case of the Quilt Murder In March 1989, 38-year-old mother Cathy Zimmer vanished after classes at San Jose State. Two days later, her body was found strangled in the back of her car at the San Jose Airport, wrapped in a mysterious patchwork quilt that no one recognized. Yet 36 years later who did it? Where did this quilt come fr...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of unsolved poisoning deaths that fundamentally changed consumer safety and corporate crisis management in the United States. Seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with potassium cyanide, triggering a nationwide panic! To this day no of...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? The Hook: It was a routine 36-mile bike ride on a sunny New Mexico morning. 19-year-old Tara Calico left her home in Belen on September 20, 1988, telling her mother to come get her if she wasn't back by noon. She never returned. The Case: What started as a missing persons search turned into one of the most haunting mysteries of...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? Two sisters walk out of a Chicago movie theater on a snowy December night in 1956… and are never seen alive again. What begins as a simple missing‑child search quickly spirals into one of the most baffling and haunting mysteries in Illinois history. Conflicting sightings, a coerced confession, and a dump site that raises more questi...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? This case is almost a perfect puzzle and yet no conviction, no answers and still Sara is missing?  2023 and to this day no answers.  Let’s pull back the shadows that have kept these cold cases in the dark for far too long. Piece by piece, we’ll work to rebuild the truth not just for the story, but for the victims and the families st...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? On a cold December night in 2018, 20 year old Christian J. Olivarez stepped out of his car in a quiet Kansas City neighborhood, and within moments, his life was taken. No witnesses willing to speak. No suspect named. No clear motive. Just a young man’s final steps and a trail of questions that have haunted his family ever since. Let...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? In this episode, we dive into two of the most haunting names in American true crime the Zodiac Killer, the elusive predator who terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s, and Dr. George Hill Hodel, the controversial Los Angeles physician whose name has surfaced in multiple high‑profile murder theories. We trace the Zodiac’s c...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? A quiet Los Angeles morning. A vacant lot. And a discovery so strange the witness thought it was a mannequin. When the truth emerged, the city was thrust into one of the most chilling mysteries in American history. This is the story of Elizabeth Short known to the world as the Black Dahlia and the secrets that still refuse to stay b...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? In September 1985, 16-year-old Kimberly Simon set out for a short walk to meet a friend in Marcy, New York. She never arrived. Her body was found the next day, sparking a frantic investigation that eventually led to the arrest of 19-year-old Steven Barnes. Convicted on "junk science" and a controversial jailhouse confessio...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? In 1937, New York City was shaken by the brutal Easter Sunday murders of 20  year old model Veronica Gedeon, her mother Mary, and their boarder Frank Byrnes. Veronica known for her work in pulp detective magazines was found strangled, while Mary and Byrnes had been stabbed, a crime so shocking it ignited one of the largest manhunts...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved?  Sherry Culp was a young mother-to-be, just days away from a new chapter of her life, when she was gunned down in broad daylight in a quiet neighborhood. Despite a trail of witnesses and a community in shock, the gunman vanished into thin air. Thirty years later, the question remains: was this a random act of violence, or a calculat...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? Fifteen‑year‑old Laralee Spear stepped off her school bus on a warm April afternoon in 1994  and never made it home. What should have been a ten‑minute walk turned into one of Volusia County’s most haunting mysteries. Abducted and fatally shot just a quarter‑mile from her house, Laralee’s life was stolen in broad daylight, leaving b...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? Happy St. Patrick guys I thought I would surprise you guys with a little special ed]episode of this prominent 35 year old cold case of this poor girl. Who murdered Rachel Hurley? Let’s pull back the shadows that have kept these cold cases in the dark for far too long. Piece by piece, we’ll work to rebuild the truth not just for the...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? This case is brand new with a lot of details still untold yes this happened a 100 miles away from Tucson AZ. No it is not related to Nancy Guthrie investigators have stated.  Let’s pull back the shadows that have kept these cold cases in the dark for far too long. Piece by piece, we’ll work to rebuild the truth not just for the stor...

Got a lead? or a story of your own that need helped being solved? More updates of the disappearance on Nancy Guthrie. Still no answers for the family and  Mrs. .Nancy Guthrie is still missing.  Please use the resources that are being shared for the public to help with any leads 1-800-CALL-FBI Let’s pull back the shadows that have kept these cold cases in the dark for far too long. Piece by piece,...