The Call from the Ditch: The Vanishing of Brandon Swanson
In today's episode, we’re traveling back to 2008, where we'll revisit the disappearance of college student Brandon Swanson. It remains one of Minnesota's most perplexing missing persons cases. Brandon vanished during a phone call with his parents, leaving investigators and family members with more questions than answers. The case has become notable not just for its baffling nature, but also for the legislation it would later inspire.
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Creature in the Cornfields: The Beast of Bray Road
In today's episode, we're traveling to the heart of America's Dairyland, where a quiet road in rural Wisconsin has become infamous for sightings, stretching back decades, of a strange creature known as the Beast of Bray Road. The entity has become one of America's most enduring cryptid stories, and dozens of eyewitness accounts have spawned regional folklore that persists to this day.
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The Last Ride: What Happened to Erin Pospisil?
In today's episode, we'll be digging into the tragic disappearance in 2001 of 15-year-old Erin Pospisil — one of Iowa's most haunting unsolved cases. When she vanished one summer night, she left behind a devastated family, and a community searching for answers that remain elusive to this day. It's a truly perplexing mystery that has endured for more than two decades.
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Chopped Silence: The Ardenwald Axe Murders
In today's episode, we’re looking back at the chilling case of the Ardenwald Axe Murders, a brutal crime that shook the small, tight-knit community of Ardenwald, Oregon in 1911. It stands as one of the state's most horrific and perplexing unsolved crimes.
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Chocolates and Carats: The World's Sweetest Diamond Heist
In today's episode, we'll be getting a taste of the world's sweetest diamond heist. It was carried out in 2007 by a trusted customer at a bank in Antwerp's Diamond District, who had become friendly with the bank staff by bringing them weekly gifts of Belgian chocolates. One day, he calmly walked into a sophisticated, high-security bank vault, and walked out with $28 million worth of diamonds.
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