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Code 18: Unsolved

The Blade
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**About the podcast:** There are nearly 400 unsolved homicides in Toledo dating back to 1950. What’s it going to take to finally solve them? Maybe a podcast. The Blade is launching a new audio series, Code: 18: Unsolved, to take a deep dive into these mysteries in an attempt to help solve them.
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Episodes

Episode 9: Where is the case now?

More than a year removed from when we last heard from reporter Kaitlin Durbin about Alvin’s Darrow’s disappearance, the case gets some movement and some hope for the family.

Oct 15, 2021•16 min•Ep. 9

Episode 8: Somebody Knows

We recap all we know about Alvin’s Darrow’s disappearance and where the trail runs cold. Police and family make their final pleas for information leading to Alvin’s body, because “somebody knows what happened to him." ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/09/04/753b895e-57ea-4eff-8380-7e040eb2c664.jpg)

Sep 06, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Episode 7: The Barrel

A mysterious tip reported from the Wood County jail led police on a hunt for a barrel dumped in a secluded field in southern Michigan. Could it be Alvin’s final resting place? ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/28/34918146-93ff-40f9-aea5-5daa098644d5.jpg)

Aug 29, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Episode 6: Searching

How did the investigation unfold? Five search warrants provide clues about where police were searching for Alvin Darrow and who they were looking at. ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/08/19/103b2527-9a39-4d0f-851b-80f95312cd51.jpg)

Aug 22, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Episode 5: Tim Darrow

Tim Darrow is the last known person to see his father alive. We interview him for an hour about what he recalls about their fight over a stolen motorcycle and why Alvin’s blood may have ended up on the bike. ![text](http://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/08/10/48b44fff-947b-4cba-aaa1-1db88f0d2550.jpg) ![text](http://www.toledoblade.co/.media/101/2020/08/10/82c0ebd7-2e35-4476-ba4d-40722c94ce2c.jpg)

Aug 15, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Episode 4: Father and Sons

Alvin Darrow had a turbulent past and had spent most of his adult life in and out of jail, but he’d seemed to have turned things around in the last five years. Why, then, did he have a stolen motorcycle? And what might his relationship with his sons tell us about his disappearance? ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/30/2e7f1a36-0b1d-49ad-b70e-394d3c03ee67.jpg)

Aug 08, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Episode 3: The Last Day

We retrace Alvin Darrow’s steps on July 27, 2017, narrowing down the timeline until he vanishes. Where did he go, who was he with, and where did the blood come from? ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/30/ecb5c8b4-3d3f-45af-a1d1-c76012d617ea.jpg) ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/28/34918146-93ff-40f9-aea5-5daa098644d5.jpg)

Aug 01, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Episode 2: The Stolen Motorcycle

This story starts with an expensive motorcycle that was stolen two days prior to the victim going missing. What do we know about that burglary and the bike? What does it have to do with Alvin? ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/23/152c93f1-1424-4a88-9e8e-22d778a60439.jpg) ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/23/5a60ff99-ba02-4993-ae4e-b5c232be2a27.jpg)

Jul 23, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Episode 1: Presumed Dead

Officially, Alvin Darrow is missing, but it’s presumed he’s dead, his body never recovered. A strange series of events followed his disappearance, including two 911 calls, a fake lead and immediate suspicions of a violent end. Hear the first clues about what happened to Alvin Darrow.

Jul 02, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Trailer: Alvin Darrow is missing

In season one, *Code 18: Unsolved* investigates the mysterious disappearance of Alvin Darrow from his home in Toledo, near the Ohio/Michigan border, on July 27, 2017. Two days earlier, he'd acquired a stolen motorcycle; there was fight over the bike and then, Alvin was gone. Join Blade reporter Kaitlin Durbin in this 8-part series as she pieces together what may have happened using interviews with law enforcement and his friends and family.

Jun 23, 2020•2 min
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