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
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...
At just 10 years old, Natascha Kampusch vanished on her way to school in Vienna. For eight years, the world searched above ground—while she remained hidden below it, locked in a cellar by her captor. This is the story of her survival. Of a child forced into darkness, a mind pushed to its edge, and a young woman who, against all odds, made it out alive.
In this episode, ClueTrail explores the haunting case of Natascha K...
In 1930s Detroit, men checked into Rose Veres boarding house, and never left. Branded “The Witch of Delray” by the press, she was accused of multiple murders. But was she a killer… or a scapegoat?
Uncover the truth behind fear, prejudice, and one of Detroit’s most haunting legends.
April 2025 brought chilling headlines from around the world. In this special ClueTrail Bulletin episode, we recap the biggest and most unsettling crime stories of the month—from violent cult leaders and international manhunts, to school stabbings and shocking conspiracies. True crime in real time.
Dive into the latest with ClueTrail: where every headline has a hidden story.
Eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs had Type 1 diabetes—a condition that’s manageable with proper care. But her parents, guided by a fringe religious sect called The Saints, chose prayer over medicine. Over six days, Elizabeth’s health deteriorated. No one called for help. And by the time they did—it was far too late.
In this episode of ClueTrail, we take you inside the tragedy that shook Australia. You’ll hear the story o...
In Victorian England, Amelia Dyer promised desperate mothers she’d care for their babies. Instead, she became one of history’s most prolific killers. In this episode of ClueTrail, we uncover the chilling truth behind “The Angel Maker,” baby farming, and a system that failed its most vulnerable.
In a remote Romanian monastery in 2005, a chilling ritual led to the death of a young nun—and shocked the world.Was it a case of religious zeal gone too far, or something even more sinister?
This is the story of the Tanacu Exorcism: a haunting collision of faith, fear, and fatal consequences.
On this episode of ClueTrail, we explore the tragedy that gripped Romania, the trial that followed, and the questions that still ...
In 1974, siblings John and Giannina Colonna Aponte vanished on their way to the beach and were never seen again. Nearly five decades later, their disappearance remains one of the most haunting unsolved mysteries from Puerto Rico.
In this episode we explore the story behind the headlines, the devastated family left behind, and the chilling theories that continue to surround their fate.
If you have any information that ...
Today, we’re revisiting a case that rocked the UK to its core, this is the case of Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, a story known as the Babes in the Woods.
There are many articles about this case, but the books 'Babes in the Woods' by Graham Bartlett and Peter James and 'my Girl' by Karen Hadaway truly capture the full depth of this tragic story - a case where justice was finally served after 32 y...
In this episode we travel to the misty moors of Devon, England, to unravel the legend of Kitty Jay—a young woman whose tragic story has echoed through time. Buried at a lonely crossroads with no name and no justice, her grave is still adorned with fresh flowers… but no one knows who leaves them. Was Kitty Jay a victim of heartbreak, cruelty, or something darker?
Join us as we uncover the folklore, the facts, and the e...
In 2012, Elaine O’Hara vanished from Dublin without a trace. At first, police believed she had taken her own life—until a series of chance discoveries uncovered something far more disturbing. This episode of ClueTrail unravels the haunting case that exposed a secret life, a dangerous obsession, and Ireland’s most chilling modern murder.
Follow us as we piece together the story of trust, control, and a crime hidden in p...
Today we are taking you to the mysterious lands of Eastern Europe, in Romania where, a vile monster kept the police on their toes for years. A name whispered in fear, a serial killer whose crimes spanned across decades and several countries. Who was the person behind the name? What drove him to commit such unspeakable acts? And how did he evade capture for so long?
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