In the fall of 1979 a young nurse’s aid in a small town in Missouri never showed up for her shift at work one morning. Family immediately reported her missing, and she was never seen or heard from again. For over a decade her family, police, and the public would not have a real answer in her case since there was never any physical evidence recovered. Even so, almost everyone had a pretty good idea of what happened all those years ago.

A young college couple is on a summer trip back home when they decide to take a drive to a secluded area outside of Dallas to get a little privacy one night. But their time alone doesn’t last long when they become the prey of a lifetime criminal after a chance encounter.

Today’s episode is the second half of the horrific case of one of New York’s worst automobile accidents. In it we are really digging into the aftermath of the crash and the family of Diane desperately trying to make sense of it all. Surveillance footage of Diane’s stop at the gas station to look for pain meds can be viewed at the following link: https://youtu.be/ala5nKrehEo

After a fun family weekend of camping in July 2009, a New York “super mom” trying to drive her family back home ends up entering the highway on an exit ramp, driving the wrong way at full speed after a series of bizarre phone calls. Her exact movements and headspace to this day are a mystery to her family, friends, and a shocked public who may never have answers…or at least the answers they are hoping for.

An 18 year old working and saving for college in a sleepy Alaskan town goes missing mysteriously in the Fall of 1991. What happened to her seems almost unsolvable with absolutely no physical evidence or real clues left that can help point the authorities in any real direction until someone who’d recently been in contact with her slips up.

Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme became BFFs in 1950s New Zealand when they bonded over similar childhood experiences. As teenage girls they quickly grew to be inseparable to the point that they would do anything to make sure no one and nothing could tear them apart.

Fair warning, this episode is A LOT to say the very least. Today we’re telling you about a supposed military sanctioned experiment that took place in the Soviet Union more than 70 years ago. That’s basically all I can say about it here without actually getting into the story. With that being said, we hope you enjoy!

The disappearance of a young Canadian college student first baffled the world. But footage from the infamous Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles that captured her strange behavior the last day she was seen only further troubled the authorities and the public. Her eventual discovery later would only add to the mystery which still has everyone scratching their heads today almost 10 years later. We still don’t know for sure what happened to Elisa Lam in her final hours of life and how she ended up where she did. The mysterious and now infamous footage can be seen in the following YouTube link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zDYFELi_Cgk&feature=share

We’re back AND on time with this week’s episode, our second half into our deep dive discussion of America’s first mystery, the lost colony of Roanoke. This episode picks up where we left off in part 1 so you’re gonna wanna go back and listen to it first if you haven’t already!

Happy birthday, Jenna! This episode is for you! ♥️ Also surprise! It’s a 2 parter! Today’s episode is our deep dive into the Lost Colony of Roanoke which was intended to be the first English Colony in the new world. Shortly after the arrival of 115ish Londoners in 1587 to the modern day Outer Banks of North Carolina, their governor returned to England to retrieve more supplies. But after getting stuck in England for almost 3 years longer than he intended, he finally returned to the Americas only to find that the colonists had vanished never to be seen or heard from again.

A native New Yorker who had grown up acting and in love with the craft from an early age found herself hitting an all time career high when she was 40.  But not just a career high, her personal and family life also couldn't have been any better.  It all came to a screeching halt in the fall of 2006 when this rising star was found dead in her apartment by her husband.  Had the pressure become too much for her and she snapped?  Did she have a crazed stalker? Learn more about the tragic and untimely death of Adrienne Shelly in this week's episode.

In the mid-2000s the Cantrell family moves into a quiet neighborhood in a suburb outside of Nashville, Tennessee where at first they think they have found neighbors that are exactly the same as their family, The Kennedys. It doesn’t take long for their friendship to go sour, though. In less than a year a feud between the 2 households escalates to a point of no return. Neither family will make it out of the neighborhood unscathed.

We all know those people who love and/or possibly need to be the center of attention at all times. Sometimes they may exaggerate or even flat out lie just to get some more attention. It’s a drug to them. But some people are willing to go much too far to satisfy their deeply narcissistic tendencies. This week we tell you about a woman like this who’s need for love and attention could never be truly satisfied. And because of her own selfishness, many United States military veterans have paid the ultimate price.

Three friends left their comfortable homes in the upscale suburbs of Chicago in March 1960 for a long weekend at the Starved Rock State Park about an hour and a half drive from their hometown. What started out as a relaxing girls trip would turn into anything but shortly after the women arrived at their destination.

In 1976 a group of 4 friends set out on a 2 week camping trip in the wooded area of Allagash, Maine. Soon into their excursion the young men would experience something not of this world that would bond them for life.

The horrific discovery of a local boy’s battered body just half a block from his home in a small New York community sent shock waves through the town. The only thing more shocking than the murder, though, is the murderer.

Early one Spring morning in 2016, participants in a fitness class started to arrive at the Creek Side Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas only to be met with a shocking and grisly scene. The small town in the suburbs of the Dallas/Fort Worth area was rocked by the devastating crime, one unlike any other in their small southwestern town in years.

On a hot summer day in the 1950s a well dressed man walked off a plane in Tokyo and showed his passport to a customs agent that raised some red flags. After hours of questioning the man, he was gone without a trace. Never to be seen again. Where did he go? Maybe more importantly, though, where did he come from?? Kristen takes the lead this week to tell you all about the man from Taured. Tell us your thoughts!

A well to do family is found by their housekeeper just days after Easter in 1992 gunned down in their California home. Family, friends, and neighbors are both heartbroken and shocked by the tragedy. The Ewell family was so well liked and respected in the community with no enemies to be had. Was there a serial killer on the loose? Why was this family the target of such an act? Who would be next? The answers to everyone’s questions would eventually be found. Well, maybe not ALL of their questions…

After moving out of state, a retired school teacher’s family realizes they haven’t heard anything from him in weeks. As an affectionate father and grandfather this is just totally out of his character no matter what. Local authorities follow up after multiple contacts from his family sharing their concerns, but they are reluctant to declare any foul play for a while. A daughter’s persistence eventually pays off, though, and everyone will finally learn the truth.