Every day, stories unfold that have no resolution. Unresolved is an immersive look at those stories, as host Micheal Whelan tries to determine why these stories - unsolved crimes and other unexplained phenomena - have no ending. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support.
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Coming to you from The History Lab, also known as Room 12, we bring you student-created History Pods.
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We’re gonna be talking regulatory issues. Best practices. Investing strategies. All of it. About what it all means and, more important, what it means to you.
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The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders (Update: September 2025)
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15:15There has been an update in the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders (episodes #133 - #135 from 2020). In September 2025, authorities announced that they had identified a suspect in the 1991 murders of four teenage girls in Austin, Texas... If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider heading to https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod to beco…
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"State officials have probably noticed an increase as well as an unusual distribution of Medfly infestation in Los Angeles County since March 1989. This was no coincidence." The Mediterranean fruit fly, better known as the medfly, is about as unassuming as an insect can get. But the pest, native to sub-Saharan Africa, comes with enormous stakes. Th…
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"It was clearly part of our investigation that she was killed prior to the fire, and the fire was used to cover up her murder." On the morning of 20 October 2016, firefighters were called to a quiet suburban neighborhood in Lockport, New York. There, they found a small fire burning in the front bedroom of a duplex, which was easily quelled. However…
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"Serial killers in the past have often been found to have started with animal torture." In October 2017, the mutilated body of a cat was found in a rural area outside of Olympia, Washington. At the time, people tried to explain it away. Maybe it was a car. Maybe coyotes. Nobody wanted to consider the alternative. But as winter turned into 2018, mor…
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“... to date, there are no confirmed reports of any clowns actually abducting, harming, or killing kids… There just aren’t. There are zero.” Do you remember when there were a bunch of clown sightings a few years back? It seemed like every week brought new reports of creepy clowns lurking at the edge of woods, roaming neighborhoods, and leering from…
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This is a preview for the 24th episode of the Patreon-exclusive show Resolved. To access the rest of this episode - as well as the other bonus material available to supporters of Unresolved Productions - head on over to Patreon and help support this show. To learn more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/btk-part-three-135956817 Become a supporter of th…
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There has been an update in the GirlsDoPorn story (episode #156 from 2020). In June 2025, Michael James Pratt pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges. This follows guilty pleas from the rest of the conspirators linked to the site that was shut down by federal authorities in 2019... If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider he…
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The University of Idaho Murders (Final Update)
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11:44There has been an update in the University of Idaho murder case (episode #226 from 2022). Following his admission of guilt, Bryan Kohberger has been sentenced to four life sentences for the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalvez, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin... If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider heading to https:/…
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The Butcher Baker (Part Four: Unfinished)
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42:10“On this day we should only remember his many victims and all of their families... As far as Hansen is concerned, this world is better without him.” In August 2014, 75-year-old Robert Hansen took his last breath at a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska. The notorious serial killer spent his final decades alive incarcerated, first in Pennsylvania and then…
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The Butcher Baker (Part Three: In Plain Sight)
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43:02"You can't r*** a prostitute, can you?" In the Fall of 1983, Robert Hansen was arrested after the daring escape of 17-year-old Cindy Paulson. With Paulson’s testimony and an FBI profile pointing squarely at Hansen, Alaska State Troopers obtained a warrant and uncovered damning evidence in Hansen’s home. There, they found a hunting rifle linked to m…
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The University of Idaho Murders (Update: July 2025)
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18:26There has been an update in the University of Idaho murder case (episode #226 from 2022). In July 2025, Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalvez, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. While final sentencing won't take place until later this month, he is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars... Researc…
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Bardstown: Crystal Rogers (Update - July 2025)
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28:57There has been an update in the story of Crystal Rogers (episode #8 from 2016 as well as episode #88 from 2019). In July 2025, ten years after she went missing, three men were convicted of conspiring to kill Crystal Rogers. One of the men convicted was none other than Brooks Houck, Crystal's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance and father of …
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The Butcher Baker (Part Two: Catch & Release)
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44:03"Guys, I've got a map here... with a lot of X's." Just after 5:00 AM on 13 June 1983, police in Anchorage, Alaska arrive at a seedy motor inn on Gambell Street. Inside room 110 is a young girl huddled on the bed, barefoot, shivering, and still wearing a pair of handcuffs. Her name is Cindy Paulson, and minutes earlier she had made a run for her lif…
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The Butcher Baker (Part One: The Less Dead)
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28:16"Workers and drug dealers and dancers came and went, many with few ties to the state and no one to notice if they went missing..." In the early 1980s, a quiet pattern had begun to form: women were disappearing in the region surrounding Anchorage. Many had come to Alaska in order to escape their problems or to otherwise have a fresh start in the "La…
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"Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb." In November 1971, a man in a suit boarded a flight from Portland to Seattle, calmly handed a note to a flight attendant, and claimed he had a bomb. He demanded $200,000 in cash, four parachutes, and a fuel truck on standby. Hours later, somewhere over the dense forests of the Pacific Northwest,…
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"I don't believe in any nonsense... but I'll keep an open mind. Out here, who knows?" In July of 1970, an Athena RTV rocket was launched from Green River, Utah. Containing the radioactive element cobalt-57, the rocket was supposed to arc harmlessly down in White Sands, New Mexico. But instead it went rogue, streaking south over the Mexican border t…
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"We have no idea how many other victims are out there, past and present." In April 2013, relatives of 53-year-old Laura Howard began to grow concerned. She wasn't responding to any phone calls, and the tone of her text messages changed. It felt as if someone else was texting with her phone. She'd even failed to pick up her son from the airport and …
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"I believe it was a very personal, deliberate thing." On 16 November 1987, the three-member Dardeen family returned to their rural home in Ina, Illinois after a weekend away. As Thanksgiving approached, 30-year-old Elaine, 29-year-old Keith, and 3-year-old Peter spent two days visiting with Elaine's family in nearby Albion. Elaine, nearing the end …
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"There's absolutely no information in the signal." For decades now, an odd and mysterious audio signal has operated on the shortwave spectrum. Since the late 1970s, a strange pulsating sound has repeated at 4625 kilohertz. There is never a formal introduction. There are no hosts or music. Only on occasion will a voice step in, and when it does, it …
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"I have no doubt they died of an experiment with psychic forces for which they were ill-prepared and which turned out to be fatal." By the end of 1967, the official investigation into the Lead Masks Case was brought to a close. The final police report listed the cause of death for both Miguel José Viana and Manoel Pereira da Cruz as undetermined. T…
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The Lead Masks Case (Part One: Vintém Hill)
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34:44“16:30 be at the specified location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after effect protect metals await signal mask.” On 20 August 1966, a teenager was flying a kite on Vintém Hill, a rural location outside of Niterói, Brazil. He wasn't looking for anything unusual that Saturday afternoon, but partway up the hill, he discovered what looked like two mannequin…
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REWRITTEN HISTORY: How the Confederacy Won the Narrative (Post-Truth II)
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15:56Here is the second episode of Post-Truth. Make sure to subscribe to Post-Truth on your podcast app of choice to stay up to date on every new episode as it comes out. And if you want to get early access to new & bonus episodes, please support Unresolved Productions at the Patreon link below. https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod Become a supporter o…
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TEST SIGNAL: The First American Myth (Post-Truth I)
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15:04Hey y'all. Unresolved will return next week, but in the meantime, here is the first episode of the newest podcast from Unresolved Productions: Post-Truth. Hope you enjoy. If you do, please go and subscribe to Post-Truth on your podcast app of choice, or become a Patreon to get early access to new & bonus episodes. Thanks! https://patreon.com/unreso…
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There has been an update in the story of Toyah Cordingley (episode #169 from 2021). In February 2025, 40-year-old Rajwinder Singh's trial for Toyah's 2018 murder began, leading to an unexpected outcome... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider heading to https://www…
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"Finding her body has burnt an indelible image in my mind. It is something a father should never have to suffer." On the morning of 22 October 2018, family and friends of missing 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley would scour the area around Wangetti Beach, a quiet and secluded stretch of sand not too far away from Toyah's hometown of Cairns. There - par…
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There has been an update in the story of Susan & Jeffrey Klungness (episode #241 from 2023). This week, authorities in Pierce County announced that they were closing the case, having discovered remains belonging to Jeffrey Klungness back in October 2017... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to support this…
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"... they don't say whether she's still alive or where she is or what her name is. They don't tell you anything but that she was a middle-aged woman who was inspired by God and God spoke to her, so she started speaking God's word." In September 2021, a mysterious Reddit account surfaced, claiming to be the long-lost leader of a controversial religi…
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Truth isn't dead - it's been rewritten. A corrupted broadcast. A signal breaking apart. An urgent message struggling to get through. Post-Truth is a new podcast that uncovers the moments in American history when facts were distorted, reality was rewritten, and the truth became negotiable. From the first great American myth to deepfakes and the AI-d…
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"OFFICER SHOT. WHITE CHEVY VAN. NO PLATE." In the early morning hours of 27 October 2006, Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office told dispatchers that he was pulling over a white Chevy van off of rural Highway 16. Seven minutes later, his radio "keyed," a common sign of distress. After failing to respond to calls on his r…
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"... it's baffling. I've never come across a case where someone just vanished. And we have no clue, no reports of where she might be or what might have happened to her. I've not come across a case like that." On the afternoon of Monday, 20 December 2021, three-year-old Lina Sardar Khil was playing outside of her family's apartment in San Antonio, T…
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There has been an update in the story of Estrella Carrera (episode #222 from November of 2022). On Thursday, January 30th, 2025, agents with Mexico's FGR and Interpol announced that they'd detained Arnoldo Jimenez in Monterrey, Mexico... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to support this podcast and others…
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"His personal details were never known to him, and he could only assume his origins based on a nameplate he had as a child." On 24 June 1955, a Czechoslovakian State Security Patrol detained an unknown man near the Slovak-Polish border. Carrying no identification, the man communicated almost entirely through hand gestures. During interrogation, aut…
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"At this point, I just want closure for the family... I just want to be able to bury my friend." When 36-year-old Chip Campbell vanished from his Florida home in 2016, his life was already spiraling out of control. His house was found in disarray, his dog left outside, and his personal belongings scattered. Days later, he was last seen at a local g…
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"Do we believe that it was a random act and that there is a crazy person out there? Not necessarily. Can we rule it out? Not necessarily." In October 2003, 20-year-old Brandon Rumbaugh and 19-year-old Lisa Gurrieri were celebrating a milestone in their relationship. The Scottsdale couple planned a romantic camping trip in the Arizona desert, intend…
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There has been an update in the story of the Delphi Murders (episode #100 from May of 2019). On Friday, December 20th, Richard Allen was sentenced to 130 years in prison, bringing to a close the stories of Liberty German and Abigail Williams... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to support this podcast and…
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This is a re-release of the 2017 holiday special, in which I'm joined by a wonderful collection of podcast hosts as we try and determine whether or not Die Hard is, in fact, a Christmas movie. Happy Holidays! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support.…
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The Springfield Three (Part Five: "Closure")
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44:53"It's like those three missing girls from Springfield that still haven't been found... it's just been an ongoing thing." On 7 June 1992, Sherrill Levitt, 47, her daughter Suzanne Streeter, 19, and Suzanne’s friend Stacy McCall, 18, vanished without a trace. Despite decades of investigation and multiple efforts to revive the case, authorities have c…
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The Springfield Three (Part Four: No End)
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44:42"All we could say is missing. There's no end. There's no end to that story." In November of 1995, the Missouri Violence Crime Support Unit finalized a review of Springfield P.D.'s investigation into the disappearance of Sherrill Levitt, Suzanne Streeter, and Stacy McCall. During their analysis, they agreed with the suspect list developed by investi…
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The Springfield Three (Part Three: Steven Garrison and the Galloping Goose)
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29:53"... we've run out of leads to work... there's just nothing coming in." In 1995, authorities decided to suspend the investigation into the disappearance of three women from Springfield, Missouri. This decision followed years of sporadic progress, including a grand jury review in 1994 that ultimately concluded without issuing any indictments. Howeve…
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The Springfield Three (Part Two: 92-40169)
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32:41"I'm beginning to think they're probably at the bottom of a lake somewhere. If they were alive, I'm sure, surely by now, somehow they would have contacted us." In the days, weeks, and months following the disappearance of three women from Springfield, Missouri, a high-profile search ensued. Authorities attempted to turn over every stone in the wome…
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The Springfield Three (Part One: Disappeared)
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41:33"The only thing unusual about this house was that three women were missing from it. You had this feeling as you looked around that something was missing, that something had to be missing. But there wasn't. Just them." On the afternoon of Saturday, 6 June 1992, 19-year-old Suzanne "Suzie" Streeter and 18-year-old Stacy McCall graduated from Kickapoo…
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"Love for ever - Louise" Throughout 1935, investigators in Kansas City struggled to not only determine the identity of the man calling himself "Roland T. Owen," but also had to untangle the strange circumstances that had led up to his death. It was clear that someone had wished to inflict pain upon Owen, but police could only speculate why. Meanwhi…
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There has been an update in the story of the Delphi Murders (episode #100 from May of 2019). On Monday, November 11th, 2024, 52-year-old Richard Allen was convicted of killing both Liberty German and Abigail Williams... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider heading…
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"My impression of this man from the expressions on his face and from his actions was that he was either worried about something or afraid." On Wednesday, 2 January 1935, a young man arrived at the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri. Claiming to be from Los Angeles, he told the front desk his name was Roland T. Owen and requested an interior r…
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"They would feel the need to wait for higher blood pressure, wait for a higher fever - really got to justify this one - bleed a little bit more." On the evening of 18 August 2022, Amber Thurman was rushed to the Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia. The 28-year-old single mother had been experiencing cramping and bleeding for days, and w…
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Episode 7: How VAPPs Mitigate Risks of Traditional DB Plans
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19:29Get a crash course on Variable Annuity Pension Plans (VAPPs), a retirement plan design that some are calling the next big thing for addressing the retirement income gap for Americans. VAPPs are increasing in popularity because they offer the best of both worlds to retirement plan sponsors: the lifetime monthly income of traditional defined benefit …
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"It's like she vanished into thin air." On the evening of 31 October 2001, Hyun Jong Song - better known as "Cindy" - went with some friends to a costume party at a nightclub in State College, Pennsylvania. Having just started her senior year at Penn State, the 21-year-old was still getting over a recent breakup but had a fun Halloween with her fri…
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"A first responder unwilling to place the lives of the innocent above their own safety should consider another career field." School shootings have become a tragic and recurring part of American life, with events like Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Parkland forever altering how we think about safety in our schools. Each incident has reignited debates a…
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"Meet me at 2:00 PM at the Greyhound bus station. You know he's dead. If you want to know who killed him, I have the proof." In the summer of 1979, two youngsters in West Virginia struck up a fling. 25-year-old Mazie Mae Sigmon-Palmer was recently divorced and 18-year-old Jay Farley was fresh out of high school. Both were in transitory phases of th…
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"When I walked into the bedroom there was a huge stink in the room, like a real horrible aroma of sulfur and burnt motor. It was all around and it was coming out of his pores." The 1960s were a decade defined by exploration, both earthly and cosmic. As the world watched the space race unfold between the United States and the Soviet Union, public fa…
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