ClueTrail
Uncovering forgotten cases, chilling mysteries, and overlooked truths from around the world. From hidden histories to modern investigations and unsettling disappearances, each episode follows the clues...wherever they lead.
Episodes
The highways of post-communist Romania held a deadly secret. For years, a predator lurked along rural roads, targeting women who were simply trying to get from one place to another. They called him "The Husi Monster" - a nameless, faceless threat that haunted the countryside around the town of Husi.
We journey back to the early 2000s, when Romania was still finding its footing after decades under co...
Two bright children vanish without a trace on their way to a Puerto Rican beach, leaving behind bedrooms that would remain untouched for nearly 50 years. This is the haunting mystery of John and Janina Colonna.
Someone, somewhere, knows what happened to John and Janina Colonna. If you have any information about this case, no matter how small, please come forward. After nearly 50 years, this family deserves an...
Ever wondered what happens when well-meaning bureaucrats tackle an eight-ton problem with half a ton of dynamite? Welcome to the legendary tale of Florence, Oregon's exploding whale disaster.
November 9, 1970 started like any other day until a 45-foot sperm whale corpse appeared on the beach. As curious locals gathered, fascination quickly turned to disgust as the massive carcass rotted under the autumn ...
A family lunch ends in tragedy when a homemade beef wellington serves up more than just a gourmet meal. Three dead, one critically ill, and a small Australian town left reeling in shock.
Dive deep into the case of Erin Patterson, whose 2023 lunch invitation to her former in-laws turned deadly when death cap mushrooms made their way into her beef wellington. The quiet town of Leongata, Victoria became the epic...
Something walked across Devon, England on a snowy February night in 1855, leaving behind a mystery that has endured for over 165 years. The Devil's Footprints, as they came to be known, weren't ordinary animal tracks – they followed perfectly straight lines for reportedly 100 miles, crossing rooftops, scaling walls, and even appearing to pass through solid structures.
Victorian-era locals immediatel...
You might think you've heard every strange human feat possible, but the story of Michel Lotito will make you question everything you thought you knew about the human body's limitations. This isn't just about a man with an unusual appetite – it's about someone whose physiological makeup defied medical understanding.
Born in 1950s France, Michel discovered his peculiar ability to consume gla...
The camera flash was just a distraction. Behind the lens stood one of America's most prolific serial killers - Rodney Alcala, a man whose charm and seemingly legitimate profession as a photographer allowed him to approach women in broad daylight and lure them to their deaths.
We trace Alcala's disturbing evolution from troubled military serviceman to calculated predator. Discharged from the Army aft...
The mist-shrouded moors of Dartmoor harbor countless secrets, but few as poignant as the lonely grave at a windswept crossroads. Here lies Kitty Jay, a young woman whose tragic story bridges centuries and continues to haunt those who encounter it.
The legend has grown darker with reports of strange phenomena and several unsolved murders near the grave site. Shadowy figures glimpsed in the mist, ancient s...
Have you ever experienced something so bizarre that it defies all explanation? The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876 might top your list of strange phenomena after you hear this tale.
On a perfectly clear March day in Olympia Springs, Kentucky, Mrs. Allen Crouch was simply making soap in her front yard when the unimaginable happened—chunks of raw meat began falling from the cloudless sky. This wasn't a halluc...
Some prisons break bodies—Pitești Prison was designed to break souls. In communist Romania's shadowy post-war years, a horrifying experiment unfolded behind thick walls that would push human psychology beyond recognition.
The Pitești experiment (1949-1951) represents one of the most methodical attempts at destroying human identity ever documented.
Though Romania has since established a memorial ...
A mother's desperate prayer for answers leads to one of the most extraordinary criminal cases in American history. When young Zona Heaster Shue was found dead at the bottom of her staircase in rural West Virginia in 1897, her new husband Erasmus "Trout" Shue quickly attributed it to a fainting spell. The local doctor, intimidated by Trout's excessive grief and strange behavior, performed only a cur...
Darkness. Floodwaters. A mountain closing in around them. When twelve young Thai soccer players and their coach entered Tham Luang Cave after practice, none imagined they would spend the next eighteen days trapped in its depths, becoming the focus of one of history's most complex rescue operations.
What followed was a rescue so audacious it seemed impossible on paper – sedating each boy, fitting the...
Death isn't always the end of one's journey, as proven by the bizarre tale of Elmer McCurdy. After being killed in a 1911 shootout following a failed train robbery in Oklahoma, this unremarkable outlaw embarked on an extraordinary posthumous adventure that lasted over six decades.
When no one claimed his body, an enterprising funeral director embalmed McCurdy and turned him into a paying attraction....
A baby monitor test becomes the thread that unravels one of the most disturbing cases in modern Czech history. When Edward Trdy's new device accidentally intercepts video showing a confined, distressed child, he alerts authorities—triggering a sequence of revelations that defy belief.
Behind the charming facade of a countryside home in Kurim, police discover eight-year-old Ondrej and his older brother Ja...
Ever wondered what happens when a modern military faces off against birds? The Great Emu War of 1932 stands as one of history's most bizarre military campaigns, where Australia's government deployed soldiers with machine guns against 20,000 emus devastating wheat crops in Western Australia.
The true solution came years later with the extension of the "emu fence"—a barrier stretching thousa...
The quietest murderer in Ohio history wasn't a mastermind, but a misunderstood mind.
Born in 1873, Ceely Rose struggled with cognitive limitations that modern medicine would recognise as a developmental disability. When she fixated on Guy Berry, a neighbours son who showed her kindness, Ceely constructed an elaborate fantasy of their engagement. Her family's attempts to discourage these delusions becam...
Ever wondered what would happen if your skin turned permanently blue? Meet Paul Karason, an ordinary redheaded man whose quest for better health led to one of the strangest medical transformations documented in recent history.
What makes this story truly fascinating isn't just the physical transformation but Paul's remarkable reaction to it. Rather than hiding away, he embraced his new appearance, ...
A trusted FBI agent who sold America's greatest secrets for over two decades. Robert Hanssen's story represents the ultimate betrayal from within, a tale so astonishing it challenges our understanding of loyalty and deception.
From his unremarkable beginnings in Chicago to becoming the most dangerous mole in FBI history, Hanssen's journey reveals a man driven not by ideology but by wounded ego ...
Jennifer Kesse was everything you'd expect from a successful 24-year-old: college graduate, financial manager with multiple promotions, homeowner, and surrounded by loving family and friends. Then, on January 24, 2006, she simply disappeared.
The case quickly unraveled into a web of haunting details that still perplex investigators today.
The disappearance of Jennifer Kesse forces us to confront...
Some mysteries begin with the smallest clues. For Betty Ketani, justice started with a few sheets of paper hidden beneath a carpet tile.
Betty was more than just a missing person statistic. A devoted mother of three, she left her hometown in the Eastern Cape for Johannesburg in search of better opportunities.
On May 20th, 1999, Betty vanished after her evening shift. Police barely investigated.Her family searc...
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