The Missing Candy Heiress
In 1977, Helen Brach vanished without a trace. Her disappearance has haunted Chicago for nearly five decades—a mystery entangled in greed, deception, and the underworld of the gang known as the horse mafia. Through never-before-heard tapes, exclusive interviews with Helen’s family, law enforcement, and reporters, and unsealed police files, The Missing Candy Heiress re-investigates what really happened to Helen—and what became of her $100 million fortune. This limited series blends investigative reporting with cinematic storytelling to unravel the power, secrets, and lies behind one of Chicago’s most enduring unsolved mysteries.
Episodes
In the final episode of The Missing Candy Heiress, the investigation reaches a turning point as long-standing narratives are reexamined and new questions come into focus. Drawing on previously unseen documents and firsthand accounts—including rare, exclusive interviews with Richard Bailey—our on-the-ground reporting takes us to Glenview, Illinois, where we visit Helen Brach's estate for the first time, sit down with Glenview P...
This episode contains explicit descriptions of murder and crimes against children.
It is intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion advised.
A late-night phone call.
A confession.
And potential answers in a decades-old murder investigation.
In this episode, ATF agent John Rotunno recounts the moment a confidential informant reached out with a chilling admission about the disappearance of Helen Brach—25 years ...
On New Year’s Eve 1976, Helen Brach dances beneath the chandeliers of New York's Waldorf Astoria—just weeks before she vanishes without a trace.
In this episode, the investigation centers on Richard Bailey—a dance instructor turned horse trader who becomes a key figure in the case. Through exclusive interviews, court records, and firsthand accounts, a pattern emerges: a calculated scheme targeting wealthy, often widowed women t...
A prison inmate named Maurice “Slab” Ferguson claims he can lead investigators to the body of missing candy heiress Helen Brach—sparking a nationally televised search that sends police and reporters racing to Minnesota. But investigators begin to question Ferguson’s motives—and the people who may have been influencing him.
That trail leads to one of the most feared figures in Chicago’s horse world: Silas Jayne. In this episode, the ...
Seven years after Helen Brach vanished, the courts must decide what to do with the fortune she left behind. As lawyers inventory her $20 million estate, new questions arise about what really happened in the days after she disappeared.
Meanwhile, a controversial book reshapes public perception of the case, and troubling details emerge about evidence that may have been destroyed.
Then in 1984, a judge makes a ruling that changes everyt...
Three months after Helen Brach vanished, investigators focused on the last person to see her alive: her longtime houseman, Jack Matlick.
In this episode, we release never-before-heard police recordings from inside Helen’s Glenview estate and exclusive interrogation tapes of Matlick himself.
As detectives retrace Helen’s final days, troubling details emerge—conflicting flight plans, forged checks, a witness who saw something at Helen&...
A candy heiress. A sudden disappearance. An enduring mystery.
In February 1977, Helen Brach — heir to the Brach’s Candy fortune — vanished without a trace.
She was one of the wealthiest women in America. A widow dividing her time between Chicago, Florida, and her small Ohio hometown.
Then she disappeared.
There was no body. No confirmed crime scene. Almost no physical evidence.
Nearly twenty years later, a horse trader named R...
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