True Crime All The Time Unsolved

On September 25th, 1981, 58-year-old Polly Melton went hiking with two friends along the Deep Creek Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As the women headed back toward their campsite, Polly suddenly picked up her pace, rounded a bend, and disappeared from sight. Her friends were only moments behind her, but when they reached the bend, Polly was gone. An extensive search involving park rangers, volunteers, and tracking dog...

In May 2000, 29-year-old travel writer Claudia Kirschhoch traveled to Jamaica after a planned work trip to Cuba was unexpectedly canceled. Claudia decided to remain at a resort in Negril, but on May 27th, she vanished after being seen walking along the beach. Her passport, credit cards, cash, cell phone, and other belongings were left behind, and her family immediately believed something terrible had happened.

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In November 2000, 44-year-old Terry “Dale” Fetner was living in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, after a suspicious fire damaged his home just months earlier. On the evening of November 26, Dale returned from working on a mountain home he was building and was attacked near the entrance to his apartment. A neighbor later found him face down outside the complex, stabbed 15 times. Nothing was stolen, and investi...

On November 17th, 2011, 33-year-old Michelle Parker disappeared in Orlando, Florida, shortly after dropping her twins off at her ex-fiancé’s home. Her Hummer was found abandoned the following day, and weeks later her cell phone was recovered from a lake, but Michelle has never been found.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Michelle Parker. Police named her ex-fiancé, Dale Smith, their primary suspect, but he has denied invol...

In part two of the Mitrice Richardson case, her remains are discovered in a remote section of Malibu Canyon nearly a year after her disappearance. The handling of the scene and evidence raised troubling questions, while Mitrice’s family challenged the official explanations surrounding her death and pushed for further investigation.

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In September 2009, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson was arrested at a Malibu restaurant after she couldn’t pay an $89 bill and was acting strangely. Despite her unusual behavior and concerns expressed by her family, Mitrice was released from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station around 12:15 a.m. without her car, phone, money, or transportation. She was 40 miles from home in an unfamiliar area. Her mother reported her m...

In 1967, 54-year-old Alfred Swinscoe disappeared after leaving the Miners Arms pub in Pinxton, England. For 56 years, his family had no idea what happened to him until human remains were discovered in a nearby farmer’s field in 2023 and DNA confirmed they were Alfred. Investigators determined he had been murdered, suffering stab wounds, blunt-force trauma, and a broken hand believed to have occurred while fighting his attacke...

Today we’re sharing something a little different: it’s the first episode of a new podcast from our friends at ABC Audio and 20/20 called “What Happened to the McStays?” You may remember we covered this case last year. The gist: In 2010, in a quiet suburb of San Diego, a family of four seemingly vanished into thin air. When investigators searched their home, they found the family’s two beloved dogs unat...

On February 3, 1976, Michigan attorney Peter Kensler left his office in Manchester and headed home to his rural property in Sharon Township. The 36-year-old lawyer was shot twice with a 20-gauge shotgun outside his home, including a fatal point-blank shot to the face. His briefcase was missing, and investigators quickly discovered several possible motives, including Kensler’s bitter split from prominent attorney James Hendley...

8-year-old Zachary Bernhardt went missing nearly 26 years ago on September 11th, 2000, from the apartment where he was living with his mother. Zachary has never been found, and his case is the longest-running Amber Alert in Florida.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance of Zachary Bernhardt. Zachary's mother, Leah Hackett, has received some bad press over the years, and the police have even called her uncooperative ...

Jodie Lynn Campbell Bordeaux was 28 years old and seven months pregnant when she was murdered at her home in Powhattan, Kansas, on November 21, 1997. Jodie and her husband, Shawn, worked at the Golden Eagle Casino, where Jodie had become a supervisor and was responsible for hiring and firing employees. After disciplining and eventually firing an employee, Jodie lost her job after a grievance was filed against her. She believed the ...

Patricia "Patti" Adkins disappeared after leaving work at the Honda plant in Marysville, Ohio, in the early morning hours of June 29, 2001. She believed she was leaving for a week-long vacation to Canada with a married coworker with whom she had been having an affair. Patti never returned, never contacted her family, and has never been seen again.

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In this episode, Mike and Gibby examine the tragic and still-unsolved murder of Paula Sladewski, a 26-year-old model whose burned body was discovered in a dumpster in North Miami, Florida, on January 3, 2010. After an argument with her boyfriend at the famous Club Space nightclub, Paula vanished. Sixteen years later, investigators are still searching for the unidentified man seen with her shortly before her death.

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On December 2, 2005, 10-year-old Adre'anna Jackson left her home in Tillicum, Washington, expecting to walk the short distance to school. Due to a snowstorm, school had been canceled, but her family never received the notification. When she failed to return home, a massive search began.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance of Adre'anna Jackson. Four months after Adre'anna disappeared, her skeletal remains were foun...

In 1980, 17-day-old Kevin Verville Jr. was abducted after a woman posing as a representative of a family assistance program convinced his young military parents to trust her. Kevin Sr. and Angelina Verville thought they would be receiving aid, which was sorely needed. Instead, this woman drove Angelina and Kevin Jr. to a house and asked Angelina to knock on the door. When Angelina got out of the car, the woman sped away with her ba...

Today, we have something a little different for you: it’s the first episode of The Snare, from ABC News and 20/20.

The Snare examines the gruesome murder of 18-year-old Angie Dodge, who was killed in her apartment in Idaho Falls in 1996. As investigators hunted for her killer, DNA recovered from the crime scene pointed to an unidentified suspect. Despite the evidence, police built their case against another man, Chris Tapp, se...

On July 28, 2021, Katie Janness and her dog, Bowie, were brutally stabbed to death while on a late-night walk in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. Nearly five years later, the case remains unsolved despite an extensive investigation involving the FBI, DNA analysis, and thousands of tips.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murder of Katie Janness. Experts disagree whether this was a personal attack on Katie or an attack by a stranger. Th...

In 1981, Marlene Hayes, a beloved wife, mother, and business owner, was attacked and murdered after unexpectedly interrupting a burglary at her home in Bel Air, Maryland. More than four decades later, the case remains open, although investigators continue to pursue new forensic testing.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murder of Marlene Hayes. Just two months before the murder, Marlene's husband was lured to his car dealershi...

On August 18th, 2010, Ben McDaniel went cave diving at Vortex Spring, a popular tourist spot in the Florida Panhandle. He never resurfaced. Over a dozen expert divers spent days searching for Ben, but didn’t find him. Some came to believe he was not in the cave at all. 

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Ben McDaniel. Despite extensive searches by some of the world's most accomplished cave divers, neither Ben nor his equ...