You Can't Unhear

In October 2009, 19-year-old University of Shimane student Miyako Hiraoka vanished after leaving her part-time job in Hamada, Japan. Eleven days later, her remains were discovered around Mount Garyu in neighboring Hiroshima Prefecture, launching a massive murder investigation that remained unsolved for seven years. In 2016, police finally identified 33-year-old Tomiharu Yano , a man with previous...

In Episode 6 of our Family Tragedy Series , we examine the Van Breda family axe murders , one of South Africa's most infamous criminal cases. On January 27, 2015, Martin and Teresa van Breda and their eldest son, Rudi, were killed inside their highly secured Stellenbosch home. Sixteen-year-old Marli survived devastating injuries, while her brother Henri van Breda claimed a masked intruder had...

In August 2026, a family of six was found shot dead inside their home in Winfield, Kansas , after 53-year-old Ronald Williams Sr. called 911 and said he had killed his family and intended to kill himself. The victims included four children: Carol Williams, 9, Ronald Williams Jr., 7, Sarah Williams, 5, and Kelly Magee-Williams, 3 . Initially, authorities believed Ronald alone was responsible. Three...

In Episode 5 of our Family Tragedy Series , we revisit one of France's most mysterious criminal cases. In April 2011, Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès and her four children, Arthur, Thomas, Anne and Benoît , were found shot and buried beneath the terrace of their Nantes home. Investigators believe husband and father Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès carefully prepared the killings before creating elaborate co...

Mexican influencer César Daniel Nolasco Gastélum , known as Cesarín and Compasexor , was shot dead during a livestream outside a KFC in Culiacán, Sinaloa, on August 4, 2026. Two helmeted men approached on a motorcycle before one gunman opened fire at close range, killing the young TikTok creator as his camera continued recording. Mexico's Federal Attorney General's Office has since taken o...

In the next episode of our Family Tragedy Series , we examine the extraordinary survival story of Wang Nan, also known as Wang Nuannuan , a pregnant Chinese businesswoman whose husband, Yu Xiaodong , pushed her from a 34-metre cliff at Thailand's Pha Taem National Park on June 9, 2019. Wang survived the 110-foot fall with 17 fractures, but later lost her unborn child. Thai courts ultimately fo...

Pakistani TikTok creator Shamso Bibi , known online as Ayesha Gilamana , was shot dead in Taxila near Islamabad on August 14, 2026. The 28-year-old influencer, who had more than 1.3 million TikTok followers, was traveling with her brother and 15-year-old sister after allegedly receiving a phone call asking her to leave her home. Two men on a motorcycle then approached the vehicle and opened fire,...

In November 1971, accountant and Sunday school teacher John List murdered his wife Helen, mother Alma, and three children inside their 19-room Westfield, New Jersey mansion, Breeze Knoll . He left behind a five-page letter claiming financial ruin and fears for his family's souls drove his decision, then vanished before the bodies were discovered nearly a month later. For almost 18 years, List...

Part 2 of Ohio's "House of Horrors" case examines major new developments involving Gary and Elizabeth Siders and the 16 children rescued from their Hamden, Ohio home in June 2026. On August 21, a grand jury returned expanded child-endangerment indictments against Gary Jr., Elizabeth, Gary Sr. and Christina Siders. Gary Jr. and Elizabeth were also indicted on sexual battery and unlawful...

Five-year-old Shaniya Davis was reported missing from Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November 10, 2009. Investigators soon discovered hotel surveillance showing her with Mario McNeill , a man prosecutors said her mother, Antoinette Davis , had given access to Shaniya in connection with a $200 debt. Six days later, Shaniya's body was found near the Lee-Harnett County line. Authorities determi...

In this episode of You Can't Unhear's seven-day Family Tragedy series , we revisit the disappearance and murder of Laci Peterson , who vanished from Modesto, California, on Christmas Eve 2002 while eight months pregnant with her son, Conner. Her husband, Scott Peterson , said he spent that morning fishing at Berkeley Marina. Months later, Laci and Conner's remains washed ashore near th...

On June 15, 2023, Chad Doerman killed his three young sons, Clayton, 7, Hunter, 4, and Chase, 3 , at their family home in Monroe Township, Ohio. Prosecutors later reconstructed the hours before the murders, revealing cryptic comments, an aborted visit to a health clinic, disturbing behavior around the family's gun safe, and the desperate attempts of Doerman's wife and teenage stepdaughter...

Disneyland content creator Toni Kulusich, known online as Baby Toni , became the center of a viral TikTok controversy in August 2026 after videos documenting her long-running love of Disney's Peter Pan character exploded online. Critics accused the 27-year-old Disney fan of stalking performers, while increasingly dramatic rumors claimed she hid an AirTag inside a crocheted gift, had been banne...

On December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel ahead of the company's investor conference. Five days later, Luigi Mangione was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, allegedly carrying a 3D-printed firearm, suppressor, false identification and writings critical of the health insurance industry. What followed were overlapping...

TikTok influencer Mason Hull , known online as Hullo , was arrested in Sarasota, Florida, in May 2026 after his former girlfriend allegedly discovered Telegram conversations while searching his phone because she suspected he was cheating. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office says a forensic examination subsequently uncovered child sexual abuse material involving girls and led to 15 felony possessi...

After covering the Rachel Nickell murder , we're taking a deeper look at the man eventually identified as her killer: Robert Napper , the British serial sexual offender linked to the notorious Green Chain attacks across southeast London. Years before Rachel's 1992 murder, Napper's own mother had contacted police after he allegedly confessed to rape. Neighbours later identified him as r...

In July 1992, 23-year-old Rachel Nickell was sexually assaulted and stabbed 49 times on Wimbledon Common while her two-year-old son Alex witnessed the attack. Police soon focused on Colin Stagg , despite having no forensic evidence linking him to the murder, and launched the controversial Operation Edzell honeytrap in an attempt to obtain a confession. The case collapsed in 1994, but Stagg spent y...

Lucy Letby , the former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others between 2015 and 2016, receiving 15 whole-life prison orders. This episode follows the complete Lucy Letby timeline, from the first unexplained neonatal deaths and doctors' warnings to Operation Hummingbird, her arrests, controversial handwri...

In June 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City bedroom while her nine-year-old sister, Mary Katherine, witnessed the kidnapping. For approximately 280 days , Elizabeth was held captive by religious extremist Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee , while investigators pursued false leads and missed crucial opportunities to find her. Mary Kathe...

Former OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney pleaded guilty on August 10, 2026, to manslaughter with a deadly weapon in the 2022 stabbing death of her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli , inside their Miami condominium. Clenney had spent four years awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge while maintaining that she acted in self-defense during a violent confrontation. Prosecutors, however, pointed to...

Professional cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson was becoming one of America's brightest gravel-racing stars when she was murdered in Austin, Texas, on May 11, 2022. Hours after swimming and having dinner with fellow cyclist Colin Strickland, Wilson was found shot inside her friend's apartment. Investigators soon focused on Strickland's longtime girlfriend, Kaitlin Armstrong , unco...

Seven-year-old Athena Strand disappeared from her family's home near Paradise, Texas, on November 30, 2022, shortly after a FedEx contractor delivered a package containing Barbie dolls intended as her Christmas present. Investigators traced the delivery to Tanner Horner , whose FedEx truck cameras captured crucial evidence showing Athena alive before she was abducted. Two days later, investiga...

Old Changi Hospital is one of Singapore's most famous haunted locations, an abandoned former military and public hospital whose history stretches back to the British colonial era and World War II. After Changi Hospital closed in 1997, stories of unexplained footsteps, shadow figures, ghostly soldiers, mysterious nurses and a silent child wandering its corridors helped transform the building in...

On August 1, 2026, a mass shooting erupted at the newly opened In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho , when 24-year-old Chad Williams opened fire in the drive-through before moving through the surrounding commercial area. People were killed and others were injured. Newly released surveillance footage also reveals the extraordinary actions of people caught inside the attack. In this episode of You C...

In August 2018, Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, in Frederick, Colorado , before hiding their bodies at an oil site connected to his work. Eight years after the Watts family murders , Chris Watts is back in the headlines over a reported prison relationship with Lizzie Henderson. In this episode of You Can't Unhear , we revis...