On the Labor Day weekend of 1982, 12-year-old Johnny Gosch disappeared from West Des Moines, Iowa. He was last seen collecting newspapers for his paper route from a paper drop in the early morning. But Johnny never finished the route or made it back home. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious disappearance of Johnny Gosch. This is a case that has fascinated amateur sleuths for years as much as it has baffled the investigators who have worked the case. Many believe, including Johnny'...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the fall of 1944, Georgette Bauerdorf's body was discovered in her apartment in West Hollywood, California. The 20-year-old socialite was a volunteer hostess at one of Los Angeles's most iconic wartime entertainment venues, the Hollywood Canteen. But Georgette's young life was cut short when she was brutally raped, beaten, and asphyxiated. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murder of Georgette Bauerdorf. There were many persons of interest that the police had to investigate. Georgette en...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1980 six women vanished in Tynong North and Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Their bodies were found weeks, months, and in one case, years later. Their killer has never been identified. Despite multiple suspects, a six million dollar reward, and the pleas of family members over the decades, no one has confessed, and no one has come forward with any information. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss this heartbreaking but intriguing unsolved case. We'll dive into the details of the six murder vic...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In early 2003, 4-year-old Sofia Juarez disappeared from Kennewick in southeast Washington state, where she lived with her large extended family. Sofia was last seen by her mother just before she left the house one evening to go to the store with her grandmother's boyfriend. But Sofia never made it to the store or came back home. The first her family knew of her disappearance was when her grandmother's boyfriend arrived home without Sofia. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance of ...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On December 7th, 2003, 19-year-old LaQuanta Riley went out driving with an unknown male in Alabama and was never seen again. LaQuanta disappeared without a trace. Eighteen years later, there are very few leads and almost no evidence pointing to what happened to her. Join Mike and Gibby as they talk about the disappearance of LaQuanta Riley. She had everything going her way and a lot to look forward to, including a full college scholarship. The police eventually called this a missing person's cas...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast In late 1994, Revelle Balmain disappeared from the suburb of Kingsford in Sydney, Australia. The talented dancer, model, and part-time escort was due to meet up with a friend for a drink after seeing a client. But Revelle never made it. When her belongings were found scattered about residential streets in Kingsford a couple of days after she went missing, concerns for her welfare grew. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance of Revelle Balmain. Many people have criticized the autho...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1985, 28-year-old nurse Debbie Wolfe was found dead in a pond outside of her home. The authorities ruled her death an accidental drowning. But, Debbie's family has stated over the years that the facts just don't line up with that ruling. Their version of events differs greatly from what the police have stated. The authorities didn't start searching for Debbie until 5 days after she disappeared which further complicated matters. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious death of Debbi...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the summer of 1976, the bodies of a young man and woman were found off the side of a secluded dirt road outside the town of Lynchburg in Sumter County, South Carolina. The victims had both been shot several times. Police were unable to identify the victims and they became known as the Sumter County Does. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysteries surrounding the case of the Sumter County Does. 44 years after the couple was found, DNA testing finally confirmed that they were 29-year-old...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In June 2010, 7-year-old Kyron Horman disappeared from Portland, Oregon. Kyron was last seen by his stepmother after she walked him inside the school to drop off a project for the school science fair. But Kyron never made it to his first class. The first his family knew of his disappearance was when he failed to arrive home on the school bus. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance of Kyron Horman. This is a case that has drawn a lot of interest and much speculation over the years....
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast From 1993 to 1998, at least eight women disappeared within an 80-mile radius of Dublin. Police were stumped at the complete lack of evidence suggesting where the women could be or who could be involved. Irish police undertook searches and made widespread public appeals for information in most cases. Law enforcement treated each case individually, but in the eyes of the public, there seemed to be a possible connection. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the baffling mystery of Ireland's vanishin...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 2006, 17-year-old Candace Hiltz was found murdered in the family home by her mother. Candace's brother James became the prime suspect. James had an extreme anxiety disorder that left him unable to even live in the family home. He lived in a building by himself behind the house. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious murder of Candace Hiltz. There were a couple of disturbing incidents that preceded Candace's murder. One involved a Freemont County deputy named Robert Dodd where Cand...
Jan 24, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast The 2013 disappearance of a 19-year-old college sophomore, Bryce Laspisa, has sparked debate and controversy since it happened and there are a lot of opinions online about this case. Bryce's car was found at the bottom of a California ravine and police believe he deliberately drove it over the cliff. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious disappearance of Bryce Laspisa. Bryce apparently walked away from the crash and has never been seen again. His best friend and girlfriend have said...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1969, 23-year-old Jane Britton was a graduate student at Harvard University specializing in Archaeology. Jane was extremely bright and goal-oriented and she came from a very academic family. But, Jane was found raped and murdered in her apartment after returning to school after Christmas break. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious murder of Jane Britton. Jane had no known enemies and police were unable to find her killer. Police had some good evidence from the crime scene but DN...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 2015, 35-year-old Crystal Rogers, a mother of five, disappeared from Bardstown, Kentucky. At the time, Crystal lived with her boyfriend Brooks Houck, who was the last person to see her. When Crystal's car was found a few days after her disappearance with her belongings inside, things became even more ominous. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance of Crystal Rogers. Crystal's boyfriend Brooks Houck has been squarely on police radar. Several members of his family have also been ...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast From 2003 to 2009, 10 women and one man disappeared from the Edgecombe County area of North Carolina. Many of the victims had been stabbed, beaten, or strangled before a large number were dumped along a stretch of the Seven Bridges road. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss The Edgecombe County Serial Killer, also known as the Seven Bridges killer. One man, Antwan Pittman, was arrested, charged, and convicted for the murder of Taraha Nicholson. But, prosecutors have not yet been able to put toget...
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1999, a neighbor of Jill Dando called first responders after Jill was found slumped outside the front door of her home in southwest London. The popular, charismatic, and famous TV journalist had been shot in the head at point-blank range. At the time of her death, she was a highly respected broadcaster for the BBC, known to millions of viewers around Britain. The brazen murder of someone so high profile in broad daylight outside their own front door shocked and appalled the nation. Join Mike ...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1970, the bodies of Therese Crawford and her children Katherine, James, and Karen were discovered hidden in the family car at the bottom of a gorge off the southwestern coast of the Australian state of Victoria. Police couldn't locate husband and father, Elmer Crawford, and he quickly became their prime suspect. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the brutal murders of the Crawford family. Elmer Crawford as never been found, but clues inside the house pointed to the fact that the murders occu...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1972, in New Jersey, 16-year-old high school student Jeannette DePalma was found dead. Officials couldn't be sure but it was theorized that she was strangled to death. Local rumors quickly surfaced that Jeannette was murdered by Satanists and was a human sacrifice as pat of a devil-worshipping ceremony. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious death of Jeannette DePalma. In the 1970s, and into the 1980s, Satanic panic was a huge topic in the mainstream media. But, as is true in this...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1912, in Villisca, Iowa, eight people were murdered with an ax inside the Moore family home. Six members of the Moore household and two sisters from the Stillinger family, who were staying overnight, were killed. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the infamous unsolved case known as the Villisca Ax Murders. There have been a number of suspects who have been looked at over the years. This is a case that continues to fascinate true crime sleuths in the online community. But, the question remai...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast On a late summer afternoon in 2012, three members of the al-Hilli family from Britain, and a French bicyclist named Silvain Mollier, were brutally executed along a popular tourist road in the picturesque Combe-D'Ire Forest near Lake Annecy in France. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss this mysterious shooting. Four people lost their lives that day, while two of the Al-Hilli children survived. But, the girls were very young and unable to give the police any information to go on. Investigators fr...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast A serial killer targeting young girls and women was at work in the Dayton, Ohio, area in the early 1900s. He was known as the Dayton Strangler. Capitalizing on the interest in the Jack The Ripper case, some newspapers also referred to this killer as Jack The Strangler. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the case of The Dayton Strangler. This case is about five sexually motivated murders and one man that got in the way of the strangler. Not everyone was convinced that the same killer was respons...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1980, Maria James was found murdered in her Melbourne, Australia residence. 38-year-old Maria owned a bookshop in Thornbury, and her home was in the back of the shop. Maria was on the phone with her ex-husband when, suddenly, the call went silent. Her ex rushed over to find her dead. Join Mike and Gibby as they travel to Australia to discuss the mysterious murder of Maria James. The police investigation into Maria's murder has been heavily scrutinized over the years. Persons of interest were ...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast On April 1, 2006, 27-year-old pre-med student Brian Shaffer disappeared after a night out with friends around the Columbus campus of the Ohio State University. CCTV footage shows Brian that night at a bar that only had one exit. But, police say that have accounted for everyone in the bar that night except for Brian. So, what happened to Brian Shaffer, and who was involved? Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance of Brian Shaffer that occurred in their home state of Ohio. While the ...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1987, two hunters stumbled across the body of a young woman in the woods outside of Augusta, Georgia. Following that discovery, three more bodies were eventually discovered, indicating to investigators that they had a serial killer on their hands. More than 30 years later, two of the women remain unidentified, and the killer remains at large. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the serial killer that has been called The Shaw Creek Killer. The killer used an area near Shaw Creek to dispose of ...
Oct 25, 2021•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin Brame was a police officer with the Dayton, Oh police department. He was estranged from his wife Carla and worked hard to have a good relationship with his two children. But, on November 1st, 1999, Kevin was ambushed at Carla's house and shot in the neck at close range with a shotgun. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the cold-blooded murder of Kevin Brame. Many people around the Dayton area still remember Kevin's murder almost 22 years later. The police looked at his wife Carla. They ha...
Oct 18, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast A man, believed to be a long-haul truck driver, was killing women along the I-71 interstate corridor, leaving their bodies in his wake as he drove across the Midwest and East coast from 1981 to 2004. Almost all of his victims were sex workers lured from truck stops. Adopting the CB handle Dr, No, he left at least nine victims horribly murdered, in multiple states. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious Dr. No. This man operated for many years and during that time there were a number ...
Oct 11, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lars Mittank was a young German engineer on holiday in Bulgaria with his friends when he went missing from the Varna Airport. His case became well known when CCTV footage of Lars sprinting in terror from the airport was shared on social media. The sensational nature of the video overshadows many details of his case, but Lars remains missing, and his family is seeking answers to his fate and current whereabouts. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious disappearance of Lars Mittank. A n...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1975, Michelle Wedge was just seven years old when she went missing from the town of Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada. She was playing outside when her family noticed that she was gone. Witnesses came forward and said that she got into a small dark green car. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance of Michelle Wedge. Despite the statements that were made by a number of witnesses, the police have refused to classify Michelle's case as an abduction. Several other children disappea...
Sep 27, 2021•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast The house at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey has had a strange history in its over 100 years of existence. It has sold over the years a number of times for the price of just a dollar. In 2014, the Broaddus family bought the house for 1.3 million dollars. After they bought the house, the Broaddus family discovered that they had a watcher. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the strange twists and turns surrounding this case of The Watcher of Westfield. Derek and Maria Broaddus, along with ...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 11-year-old Shannon Paulk disappeared on August 16, 2001 from the Prattville, Al trailer park where she lived. Everyone in the park knew Shannon as a little girl brimming with personality. Her family said that she had never met stranger and she often helped her elderly neighbors with chores. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance and murder of Shannon Paulk. Her disappearance shocked the community but the discovery of her body seven weeks later rocked it to its core. The investiga...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast