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Uncover what true crime documentaries don't show you: real cases and real people, but with a new twist. This is Unseen.
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The 9 YO Detective: Kidnapper Gets Manipulated After His Victim Remembers True Crime TV Show | The Disturbing Case of Jeannette Tamayo | UNSEEN

“Jeannette, if you can hear us, know that we’re looking for you” -- June 8th 2003, in the city of San Jose, a ‘Little Caesars’ staff member receives a pizza order from a young girl, unaware that the caller is actually 9 year old Jeannette Tamayo, who has been missing for 3 days. Held captive in a small room in his house, her kidnapper brings back the food with a nasty smile: she knows that this could be her last dinner before he “gets rid of her tonight.” The memory of watching CSI with her brot...

Mar 14, 202321 min

You Know Her Name: The Disturbing Case of The Hagerman Family | UNSEEN

You know her name. -- You’re on your way home and suddenly, your phone buzzes. Everyone around you looks down at their screen, and you know it is now everywhere: on your social media feed, on TV, even on traffic boards. You don’t pay much attention to all of it but still skim through the description while walking, just in case. When you finally look up from your screen, a weirdly familiar car catches your eye and you call 911. A kidnapped child has been saved thanks to the alert on your phone. T...

Mar 07, 202318 min

The Bonebreaker: When a Teen Killer Kidnaps the "Wrong Boy" | The Disturbing Case of Thadius Phillips | UNSEEN

"Oh... he's still alive?" -- July 31st 1995, Baraboo police department receives a 911 call in which a teenager calmly claims he is trapped in a house and has both his legs fractured. Little do they know, the caller, 13 year old Thad Phillips, is two hours away from death due to internal bleeding, in the house of a school mate. After two days of torment and two failed escapes, he becomes the only survivor in the hand of the notorious teen serial killer Bonebreaker, carrying the key to solving ano...

Feb 28, 202322 min

The Texas Family Farm Killings: The Disturbing Case of Robin Doan | UNSEEN

“Do I really need to talk about what happened?” -- September 30th 2005, at her home in Pampa, 10 year old Robin Doan wakes up to a nightmare of gunshots and realizes it is not a dream. She hears her mother’s screaming, bullets shooting off, and before she could react, the heavy footsteps approaching her door. Robin’s family becomes victim to one of the most deadly home invasions in Texas, and the police officers don’t understand how they find the 10 year old girl unharmed. Her “perhaps too calm”...

Feb 08, 202321 min

The Bleach Monster: The Disturbing Case of Lydia Tillman | UNSEEN

"He used bleach to do what?" -- July 4th 2011, arriving on the scene of a burned down house, the Fort Collins Colorado police are shocked by what they are seeing: the fire is so hot that all of the metal handles are melted down but even so, a strong smell of bleach remains. The Bleach Monster has reappeared, but this time, she survived: Lydia Tillman jumped from the second floor and is now in a coma, but nobody expected her to be the one who would solve the case, and find the one responsible for...

Jan 31, 202328 min

Serial Killer Breaks in 10 YO Girl's Slumber Party... and Doesn't Know 1 of Them Survived: The Disturbing Case of Krystal Surles | UNSEEN

“I saw what he did to Katie and was scared he’d do it to me” -- On one of the last nights of 1999, Krystal is tucking herself into bed after a fun sleepover with her best friend Katie, but they are suddenly woken up by a window creaking open. As Krystal opens her eyes, a man holds a knife to Katie’s neck near the edge of the bunk bed. From that moment on, two things are on Krystal’s mind: surviving through the night, and making sure serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells is brought to justice. Footage f...

Jan 24, 202320 min

Ex Tries To Hire a Hitman, But Doesn't Know He's Actually a Cop: The Disturbing Case of Tiffany Mead | UNSEEN

“Shh, don’t scream.” -- On the night of July 23rd 2013, Tiffany calmly calls the police asking for help after she injured her own neck in an attempt to take her life, while her ex-husband Kris simply watches her. When the detectives arrive on the scene, it’s clear to them that she didn’t do this herself. Her ex Kris says the opposite, and calls her a liar. As they dig more into the case, time is running out as Kris carries out his own plan to “finish the job”. Footage from: 48 Hours (CBS), "Don'...

Jan 10, 202323 min

The Friday the 13th Murders: The Disturbing Case of Misty Cockerill | UNSEEN

“I told myself: I’m not going down without a fight” -- On Friday the 13th, best friends Misty Cockerill and Tanya Smith are walking to a high school party when they suddenly bump into a stranger, and things quickly go dark. While Misty wakes up in the hospital, investigators arrive at the crime scene and receive a disturbing phone call from a man claiming to be the attacker: time is running out almost as soon as the cat and mouse chase begins. This is what happened in Abbotsford, British Columbi...

Jan 03, 202318 min

Kidnapper Tells 8 YO “Say Your Prayers” | The Disturbing Case of the Rivazfar Sisters | UNSEEN

"Hello? I found a little girl with her neck... uh..." -- Sayeh Rivazfar is the oldest of her siblings at only 8 years old and takes care of putting her little sister Sara to bed one night, but they are suddenly woken up by a man carrying them out of their bedroom, that Sayeh immediately recognizes. After a brutal attack, their abductor leaves them in the woods for dead, and only one thing is one Sayeh’s mind: avenging her little sister’s death. Footage from: 13WHAM (Deerfield Media Inc.), Canand...

Dec 27, 202215 min

The Killer Gym Teacher Who Kidnapped a Teen Girl | The Disturbing Case of Ashley Reeves | UNSEEN

"I could be dead right now, there is no other way to put it" -- When 17 year old Ashley Reeves doesn’t arrive home before her curfew in April 2006, her mom knows something is wrong, especially after finding hundreds of incoming calls on her daughter’s phone records. No one knows where she could have gone, but the harassing caller would end up breaking the case entirely, and shed a whole new light on a neighborhood figure no one ever suspected, all while Ashley fights for her life, while her kill...

Dec 07, 202219 min

The Girl in the Bunker: The Disturbing Case of Elizabeth Shoaf | UNSEEN

“It was like a vacation for her” -- On September 6, 2006, 14 year old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped by a man who claimed to be a police officer. Handcuffed, and “arrested”, she is taken deep into the woods where she discovers a secret underground bunker. For ten days, investigators look everywhere for the missing teen, without any clues, until Elizabeth is able to outsmart her captor, and her mom receives a shocking text message from Elizabeth herself. Footage from: Surviving Evil (Cineflix - In...

Nov 22, 202217 min

The Toy Box Killer: The Disturbing Case of Cynthia Vigil | UNSEEN

“Are you comfortable now? I doubt it.” -- On March 20th, 1999, Cynthia meets up with her friend, never expecting she is minutes away from being abducted. When she wakes up, a chilling voice speaks to her – it's coming from a recording. As her tears dry up, the early memories of her tough childhood revive, and a voice in her heart tells her: escape. Footage from: I Survived a Serial Killer (A&E), House of Horrors: Kidnapped (Investigation Discovery), Wicked Attraction (Investigation Discovery...

Nov 08, 202220 min

The Ex-Marine Turned Serial Killer: The Terrifying Case of Jennifer Asbenson | UNSEEN

“And I remember thinking that I was staring into the eyes of the devil” On September 27, 1992, 19 year old Jennifer Asbenson accepts a ride from a stranger after missing her bus to work. When the man asks for her number, she gives him a fake one to be safe and forgets about it, unaware that she has just refused the advances of a deranged serial killer. At the end of her shift that morning, she does not make it back home. Jennifer escapes TWICE, yet no one believes what has happened to her, but 5...

Oct 25, 202214 min

The Girl in the Wall: The Disturbing Case of Katie Beers | UNSEEN

“He kissed me and threw me down the cubby hole” 'Spaceplex' is 9 year old Katie Beers’ favorite spot, before she’s abducted at that same location in December 1992, just before her birthday. For 17 days, the investigators dig into the family’s lies, each more suspicious than the next, hoping to find the lost girl. Katie is trapped in the wall, but she still has her wits, which will eventually lead to justice against her kidnappers. Footage from: Fox Nation (Lost, then Found), ABC News (Buried Mem...

Oct 18, 202222 min

The Only Survivor of the Terrifying Railroad Killer: The Shocking Case of Holly K. Dunn | UNSEEN

"She basically came back from the grave to nail him" -- On August 28, 1997, college student Holly Dunn doesn’t know that a sweet date with her friend Christopher Maier at a campus party would take the darkest turn: Chris and Holly are attacked by a notorious serial killer ‘The Railroad Killer’. What happened that night had to be kept a secret for years, until the start of the trial, where Holly could finally face her attacker, the first time since that deadly night, and ultimately bring him down...

Sep 15, 202217 min

Stalked by Her Obsessed Student: The Disturbing Case of Mary & Beth Stauffer | UNSEEN

“I'm not saying it's right, I know it's not right, but that's the way I've chosen it.” -- On June 15th 1980, 8 year old Beth Stauffer calls her dad to wish him a happy father’s day, the first clue police got after she went missing on May 16th. After quickly hanging up, she returns to the tiny closet where her and her mother Mary have been chained and imprisoned by an obsessed man who has been stalking Mary for years. The captor, Ming Sen Shiue, believes that the longer they are kidnapped, the mo...

Aug 30, 202220 min
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