Dead Ends

The Appalachian mountains are one of the oldest and most mysterious mountain ranges in the world. Running from Canada right down the east of America to Alabama, they have been home to cultures from across the world.

Each culture has brought their own traditions and beliefs, contributing to the growing legends surrounding the mountains. They hold secrets of entities and animals intent on drawing you away from the correct path. Whist...

On 3 May 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from Apartment 5A at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents were having dinner nearby with friends.

What followed became one of the most famous missing child investigations in the world - a case filled with missed opportunities, contaminated evidence, disputed sightings, police mistakes, forensic controversy, and suspects whose names would become pe...

In July 2015, two-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr. disappeared from a remote campsite in Idaho. He was there with his parents, his great-grandfather, and one other man. Within minutes, he was gone.

Searchers combed the creek, the reservoir, the campground, and the surrounding wilderness. No body. No clothing. No boots. No confirmed trace.

What began as a search for a missing toddler soon became one of Idaho’s most unsettling unsolved ...

In July 1991, 21-month-old Ben Needham disappeared outside a farmhouse on the Greek island of Kos. His family believed he was only a few steps away. Within minutes, he was gone.

For more than three decades, Ben’s disappearance has haunted his family and investigators. Was he abducted? Did he wander away? Was there an accident involving machinery near the farmhouse? And why have so many leads, sightings, searches, and theories...

Three of the most unsettling alien encounter stories ever reported.

A couple lose two hours on a lonely road in New Hampshire. A logger vanishes from an Arizona forest while his crew are suspected of murder. And in Britain, military personnel enter Rendlesham Forest after strange lights appear near an airbase.

From Betty and Barney Hill, to Travis Walton, to Rendlesham Forest, these are the UFO cases that helped shape the way we im...

In April 2011, a respectable family home in Nantes, France, sat silent behind closed shutters. Letters claimed the Dupont de Ligonnès family had vanished into witness protection, but beneath the terrace, police would discover something far darker.

Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès and her four children were found buried under the house. Their father, Xavier, a man from an old aristocratic French family, was gone.

Was this a family annihilat...

In 2008, 24-year-old real estate agent Lindsay Buziak arrived at a vacant luxury home in Saanich, British Columbia, for what should have been a high-value property showing.

The buyers were a mysterious couple.

The phone number was fake.

The appointment felt wrong.

And within minutes of entering the house, Lindsay was dead.

In this episode of Dead Ends, we look at the full case of Lindsay Buziak: who she was, how the showing was a...

In this episode of Dead Ends, we look into one of the strangest and most unsettling unidentified person cases in Pennsylvania.

In December 2014, a severed human head was discovered in Economy Borough, western Pennsylvania. The woman had been embalmed. She had undergone post-mortem preparation. And despite forensic work, national attention, and years of investigation, she still has not been identified.

Who was she? How did her remai...

Four people. Four vanishings. No clear answers.

In this episode of Dead Ends, we look at four deeply unsettling disappearance cases that still leave huge questions behind: the Sodder Children, Brian Shaffer, Brandon Swanson, and Danny Filippidis.

From children who disappeared during a house fire, to a man who walked out of a bar and was never seen again, to a student who vanished after a late-night phone call, to a skier who someho...

The Zodiac Killer is one of the most infamous unsolved serial killer cases in history. In this episode of Dead Ends, we break down the confirmed murders, the 408 cipher, the letters sent to the press, and the main suspects including Arthur Leigh Allen and Richard Hoffman.

From Lake Herman Road and Blue Rock Springs to Lake Berryessa and Presidio Heights, this is a full deep dive into the Zodiac case, the timeline, the evidence, and...

In this episode, we dive into one of Unsolved Mysteries’ most unsettling cases — The Ghost in Apartment 14. What starts as a seemingly classic haunting quickly spirals into something far more disturbing, blurring the line between paranormal fear and real-world danger.

A woman moves into Apartment 14 hoping for a fresh start, but almost immediately begins experiencing strange and escalating disturbances. Unexplained nois...

As we close out the year, we’re stepping away from a single case and opening the files on Dead Ends itself. This Christmas special is a looser, more reflective episode — a chance to look back at the stories that stayed with us, the moments that shocked us, and the cases we still can’t stop thinking about.

We revisit some of the most memorable investigations we’ve covered this year, share our favourite moment...

This week’s mini episode explores two haunting cases that continue to raise the same question: how can something so shocking remain unresolved?

Erica covers the disappearance of Suzie Lamplugh, a 25-year-old London estate agent who vanished in broad daylight in 1986 after arranging a house viewing with a man she referred to as “Mr Kipper.” Despite a prime suspect and decades of investigation, Suzie was never found...

On a freezing January night in rural Northumberland, 28-year-old taxi driver Evelyn Foster picked up a male passenger for what should have been a routine fare. Hours later, she was found severely burned beside her smouldering car on a remote stretch of road.

Before she died from her injuries, Evelyn gave a disturbing account of an attack — one involving a mysterious man, a struggle, and a fire that consumed everything except ...

In this week’s episode, we dive into one of the most unsettling and complex cases we’ve ever covered — a story involving a missing mother, a wealthy family, an unsolved murder, and a son at the centre of it all.

When 54-year-old Linda Carman vanished during a fishing trip with her son Nathan in 2016, the incident was initially labeled a tragic accident at sea. But as investigators dug deeper, troubling inconsisten...