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*** Content warnings: Animal cruelty ***

On a hot summer?s day in 1989, a father and son travelling through Stockton, California, discover a VHS tape left by the side of a road. When they take it home and decide to watch it, they make a disturbing discovery. The tape contains footage of a house burning to the ground and was apparently filmed by the arsonist who lit the fire.

When investigators looking into the tape hit a series of dead ends, they enlist the help of popular television series Unsolved Mysteries, and the case becomes known as that of the infamous Stockton Arsonist.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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In early January 2000, residents of Asheville, North Carolina were told to be on the lookout for 18-year-old Zebb Quinn after he failed to return home after finishing his shift at Wal-Mart. A co-worker of Zebb?s, Robert Jason Owens, claimed that Zebb had sped off after receiving a mysterious message on his pager. 

Two weeks later, an unexpected breakthrough in the case presents some bizarre clues. But as twist after twist emerges, the prevailing question remains - did Zebb Quinn leave of his own accord, or was he the victim of foul play?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warnings: Child victim, sexual assault ***

[Part 2 of 2]
Colin Ross maintained his innocence for the murder of Alma Tirtschke right up until his execution. Could he have been telling the truth?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warnings: Child victim, sexual assault ***

[Part 1 of 2]
When 12-year-old Alma Tirtschke failed to return home after running an errand for her family, they were immediately concerned. Alma was a dutiful child who did what she was told and respected her elders.

Alma?s final movements were retraced to an infamous saloon in the heart of Melbourne and its problematic owner, a man named Colin Ross.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, domestic violence ***

Jeff and Tim Slaten woke on the morning of Friday, September 4 1981, to find their home teeming with police. Their mother, Linda, had been raped and murdered during the night. Neither brother heard a thing, and despite the killer having left pivotal evidence behind, it quickly became clear that this wasn?t an open-and-shut case.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso 
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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May 3 1991, was a typical Friday for 58-year-old Margaret Penny. In the afternoon, she visited the Old London Coiffure in the heart of Portland, Victoria, for her weekly hair appointment with 49-year-old Claire Acocks. But when the two women are found stabbed to death in the salon?s shampoo room, the Portland rumour mill goes into overdrive. 

Who could be motivated to commit such a brazen and vicious crime in the middle of the day, in the busiest part of town? And who was the ?horrible man? with a hatred of hairdressers who had tormented Claire in the weeks before the crime? 

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill   
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking ***
When Angela Connell met Ian Diaz, the pair began a whirlwind romance that quickly led to marriage and a growing family. But their newfound happiness was soon disturbed by a cyberstalking campaign with real world consequences.

Angela and Ian told detectives from the Anaheim Police Department that they knew exactly who was behind the scheme: Ian?s ex-girlfriend, Michelle Hadley. But all was not as it seemed?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro & Eileen Ormsby
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Child victim ***
On November 16 2001, two state troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police arrived to conduct a welfare check at the Poconos Mountains home of 52-year-old Benjamin Amato. Friends and neighbours had reported their concerns after noticing Ben?s car in his driveway for several days, but no sign of Ben himself.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Child victims, serial rapist, stalking ***
When the Koneva family fled to England to escape the war-torn Balkans, their hopes for a peaceful new beginning were soon shattered. In May 1997, an unknown intruder entered their London home and claimed the life of 12-year-old Katerina Koneva. The subsequent investigation spanned multiple countries and unravelled a frightening and prolific figure known as ?The Beast.?
 
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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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On September 5 2012, a cyclist driving through the French Alps came upon a shocking scene. Married couple Saad and Iqbal al-Hilli, along with Iqbal?s elderly mother Suhaila al-Allaf, were shot execution-style while sitting in their BMW in a secluded parking spot in the woods surrounding Chevaline. 7-year-old Zainab al-Hilli clung to life on the ground nearby, while 4-year-old Zeena al-Hilli was nowhere to be seen. A local cyclist, Sylvain Mollier, was also fatally shot in the brutal killing spree. 

An international investigation quickly raised more questions than it did answers. What were the victims doing in this isolated area? Had they been targeted as part of some sinister activity or were they killed at random by a lone psychopath? 

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Child victim, child sexual assault, sexual assault/rape ***
When six-year-old Bonnie Clarke is murdered in her bed in the middle of the night just four nights before Christmas in 1982, Melbourne detectives are certain they know who?s responsible: Bonnie?s mother, Marion.

Yet Marion insists an intruder must have broken into their home while she was sleeping. It would take 20 years, two other crimes, and an undercover investigation for the truth to unravel?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
For 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, spending a year studying in Italy was a dream come true. But within months of arriving in the medieval town of Perugia, that dream quickly turned into a nightmare.

What unravelled next was one of the most polarising murder cases in Italy?s history, with one young American woman at the centre of it all ? 22-year-old Amanda Knox.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Animal cruelty ***
In May 2021, residents of the affluent Athens suburb of Glyka Nera were left shaken by news of a violent home invasion. Three masked intruders had killed 19-year-old Caroline Crouch as she slept beside her 11-month-old daughter before ransacking the house. 

Caroline?s husband, Babis Anagnostopoulos, was the only witness, but he?d been bound and blindfolded during the attack. The desperate search for those responsible led investigators down a path no one saw coming.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Extreme sexual violence, captivity ***
[Part 2 of 2]
As the years of abuse, torture and confinement to the bed box continued for Colleen Stan, she remained paralysed by her fear of The Company. But one thing changed. Her captors Cameron and Janice Hooker slowly started granting Colleen small privileges, including time outside of their Red Bluff trailer. Did this mean they were finally going to set their slave free?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Research ? Jessica Forsayeth
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Extreme sexual violence, captivity ***
[Part 1 of 2]
When Colleen Stan?s family received an unexpected phone call from Colleen in June 1980, they were stunned. No one had seen or spoken to Colleen since she hitched a ride to California from her home in Oregon three years earlier. Colleen assured her family that all was well, but they could tell something wasn?t right. What exactly was Colleen Stan trying to hide?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Research ? Jessica Forsayeth
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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In the spring of 2005, two 18-year-olds met in an online chat room and immediately hit it off. Jessi went by the username TalHotBlond, while her new friend Tommy called himself MarineSniper. It wasn?t long before the two had fallen in love and gotten engaged? But less than a year into their relationship, the romance would be destroyed by a shocking revelation that ultimately led to devastating consequences?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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In March 1977, school bus driver Mary Gillespie started receiving threatening letters delivered to her home in Circleville, Ohio. It wasn?t long before her husband, Ron Gillespie, also received the letters which accused Mary of having an affair with the local school superintendent, Gordon Massie.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Jessica Forsayeth
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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For Marea Yann, two things mattered most in life - family and community. When the 69-year-old was found violently bludgeoned to death in her Healesville home, the small Victorian town was left shaken. It seemed impossible that anyone would want to hurt this doting grandmother and dedicated volunteer worker. But as investigators learned more about Marea?s life, it quickly became clear that Marea had been living in fear of one person in particular.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Child victim, child abuse, suicide, grooming ***
When 14-year-old Andrew Gosden mysteriously disappeared from his home in the UK suburb of Doncaster, evidence emerged to indicate that he?d left of his own free will. But Andrew was a gifted, intellectual teenager who came from a loving and supportive family ? not your typical teenage runaway.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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When Brian and Beverly Barry returned from a weekend away to discover their 19-year-old daughter Kim was gone, they initially assumed she was out with friends. Then news broke that a body had been found in some bushland south of their home in Wollongong, New South Wales, and it wasn?t long before the truth came out...

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Domestic violence, sexual assault ***
In Pakistani culture, arranged marriages are common.  So when the parents of Samia Shahid chose a husband for her, Samia agreed to the marriage. Despite being raised in England, Samia took her Pakistani heritage very seriously and would do anything to make her family proud. 

But Samia?s arranged marriage to her first cousin, Choudhry Shakeel, was far from what she expected. Samia was determined to build a better life for herself, but at what cost?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Holly Boyd
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
[Part 2 of 2]
When nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was abducted from the front of her family?s trailer in Richland County, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns that her kidnapping could be linked to the recent murder of Lexington teenager, Shari Smith. Those fears were confirmed when Shari?s sister Dawn received a chilling phone call directing authorities to Debra May?s body. 

The news that a serial killer was on the loose had South Carolina residents gripped by fear. As the investigation ramped up, a breakthrough clue finally emerged.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
[Part 1 of 2]
When 17-year-old Shari Smith disappeared from the end of her family's driveway in Lexington, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns for her wellbeing. Shari had a rare medical condition that could turn fatal without her medication. 

But any concerns that Shari?s illness could have caused her disappearance were quickly quashed after the Smith family received an odd phone call, prompting the largest manhunt in South Carolina?s history. As the taunting calls continued, the question remained - where was Shari? And was she still alive?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill 
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Elder abuse ***
The Director of Nursing at the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was thrilled when Catherine Wood and Gwen Graham joined their team of nursing aides in the mid-1980s. They were hard-working, enthusiastic and well-liked. But soon after they started, some residents of Alpine Manor began telling the staff that their lives were in peril. When those same residents began to pass away, their deaths were put down to natural causes. Was it old age that killed these residents? Or was there a more sinister explanation?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Jessica Forsayeth
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Child victim, child sexual abuse ***
When eight-year-old Jamie Lavis failed to return home on Monday, May 5 1997, his family quickly raised the alarm. Soon, it seemed as though all of Greater Manchester was searching for the missing boy ? including a bus driver named Darren Vickers...

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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On November 16 2009, a 911 call was placed to the Utah County Sheriff?s Department by 34-year-old Pamela Mortensen. According to Pamela, her father-in-law Kay Mortensen was brutally murdered in his own home...

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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After a routine check on suspicious activity turns to tragedy for Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz, Fox Lake locals struggle to come to grips with the loss of their hero cop. A statewide manhunt ensues, but when the perpetrators aren?t immediately apprehended, the question is raised - could this have been a targeted attack?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Crimes against children, child abuse, domestic abuse, alcoholism ***
On April 27 1964, young mother Dora Fronczak was in her hospital bed feeding her one-day-old son, Paul, when a nurse entered the room and said she had to take Paul back to the nursery. Dora handed her baby over, and the nurse hurried out of the room. Still carrying baby Paul, the nurse fled the hospital through a rear entrance and disappeared into Chicago?s city streets.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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When 52-year-old German farmer Rudolf Rupp failed to return home from a night out drinking in the town of Neuburg an der Donau, several questions were raised. Had Rudolf accidentally driven into the nearby Donau River? Had he taken his own life? Or was he the victim of something more sinister? 

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: child victim ***
On the afternoon of January 14, 2012, 15-year-old Winsie Hau was attacked with a knife by a 14-year-old boy. Winsie's father was also attacked, and while he survived his injuries, Winsie did not. 

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Holly Hoyd
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: child victim, sexual assault ***
When Rajesh and Nupur Talwar went to wake their 13-year-old daughter Aarushi on the morning of Friday, May 16 2008, the couple were shocked to find her brutally murdered in her bed.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: serial rapist and killer, sexual assault, stalking ***
When Melbourne women Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis and Nicole Patterson were found brutally murdered in the late 1990s, police didn?t immediately link the crimes. The killer left behind no incriminating evidence, indicating he was an experienced offender who knew how to beat the system. Little did investigators know, the story began almost 30 years earlier, when a 15-year-old boy knocked on his neighbour?s door and asked to borrow a knife.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Child victim, animal cruelty ***
When single mother Nadja Medley met an older man named Mike Bullinger, she finally found happiness after a difficult few years. As well as being a fun, kind-hearted partner, Mike was a wonderful father figure to Nadja?s 14-year-old daughter Payton. In May 2017, the three of them moved from Ogden, Utah, to a farmhouse Mike had just bought in Caldwell, Idaho.

But when a woman by the name of Cheryl Baker arrived unannounced at the property one day, tragedy ensued.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Mental illness, stalking, gun violence ***
Amy Boyer was a popular teen in her hometown of Nashua, New Hampshire. Her life was busy between school, work and social commitments. Full of joy and love, Amy naturally drew in those around her ? including a troubled young man named Liam Youens.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
When trainee nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans failed to return to work in Sydney after a holiday around Australia in 1974, fears arose that they could have fallen victim to the so-called Gold Coast Hitchhiker Murderer. But when a discovery is made in the rural town of Murphy?s Creek years later, an even more disturbing possibility emerges...

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Content warning: Gun violence ***
When 41-year-old Abraham Shakespeare won the 30 million dollar Florida Lottery prize, his underprivileged life changed overnight. Yet, he quickly realised his newfound wealth was a curse. Despite showing limitless charity, he became demoralised by the pressure and expectations thrust upon him by those seeking his money...

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Milly Raso
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
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In the summer of 1980, Theodosius Glukharev received a series of harrowing deliveries to his home in Kishinev, Soviet Moldova. The contents ultimately unravelled the murders of three women ? Nina Puganova, Irina Trasyn & Anastasia Mikhailova...

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[Part 2 of 2]
*** Content Warning: child victim ***

After grieving father Jean-Marie Villemin takes revenge for his son?s death into his own hands, the investigation into Grégory Villemin?s death takes a series of unexpected turns.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

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[Part 1 of 2]
*** Content Warning: child victim ***

The extended Villemin family lived in the Vosges region of north-eastern France. From 1981, several members of the family started to receive anonymous, threatening phone calls from a mysterious caller they eventually labelled The Crow.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

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When married mother of two, Sherri Papini, goes missing near her home in Redding, California, the community is gripped by fear. Suspicion immediately falls on Sherri?s husband, Keith Papini, but an even darker theory emerges ? what if Sherri was the victim of a human trafficking ring?

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***
On April 5 2008, 10-year-old Engla Höglund went missing while cycling home from soccer practice near the small Swedish town of Stjärnsund. As news spread, a witness came forward who had captured Engla in a photograph just moments before she disappeared.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Holly Boyd
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***
On April 14 1973, the Kennedy family awoke in their Ipswich, Queensland unit to discover the unthinkable. 16-month-old Deidre Kennedy was missing from her cot, having been abducted by an intruder overnight.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill 
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*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***
On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 7 1982, residents of the tiny Alaskan fishing village of Craig noticed smoke across the harbour. A fishing vessel was on fire. It belonged to successful Washington fisherman Mark Coulthurst, who was travelling with his wife Irene, their two children, Kimberley and John, and four teenage deckhands: Dean Moon, Michael Stewart, Jerome Keown and Chris Heyman.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
Creative direction ? Milly Raso
Production and music ? Mike Migas
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On February 10 1993, East Sussex police were summoned to conduct a welfare check at the Wadhurst cottage of newlyweds, Harry and Nicola Fuller. What they found inside left the tight-knit community in shock.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
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*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***

By late 2016, Jason and Brandi Worley?s marriage was crumbling. Regardless of what happened between them, they promised to always put their two children, Tyler and Charlee, first. 

Meanwhile, a user going by the name of JasonInHell logged onto Reddit and clicked on a forum titled: relationship_advice.

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Research & writing ? Milly Raso
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When 41-year-old waitress Peggy Carr succumbed to a mysterious illness in October 1988, doctors in Alturas, Florida struggled to figure out what was wrong with her. As other members of Peggy?s family became sick too, one neurologist came to suspect they were dealing with a case of poisoning. Tests soon confirmed the family had been deliberately poisoned with the rare heavy metal thallium, but no one could understand why.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Erin Munro
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Production and music ? Mike Migas
Music ? Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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20-year-old Renae Marsden was a bright and bubbly young woman who valued her family above all else. Her mother Teresa Marsden was therefore shocked when she received a message from Renae?s boyfriend, Brayden Spiteri, on August 5 2013 warning: ?Sort your daughter out. Threatening to kill herself.?

Criminalising Catfishing Petition

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Elsha McGill
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In February 1960, the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, was rocked by the violent murder of teenager Sandra Valade. Three years later, another teenager, Pamela Mason, was killed in the same manner. A quiet housewife named Rena Paquette confided to police that she knew who murdered the two teens. Just days after coming forward, she was found dead under mysterious circumstances by her son, Danny Paquette.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
Research & writing ? Jessica Forsayeth
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When residents of the affluent Southfields area of south-west London notice foul smelling smoke coming from a home on Wimbledon Park Drive in September 2017, firefighters arrive to make sure the house isn?t in danger. Nothing could prepare them for what they find instead ? the burning human remains of French au pair, 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet.

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Narration ? Anonymous Host
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[Part 3 of 3]
More disturbing secrets are unearthed at 25 Cromwell Street as the investigation into Fred West leads detectives into the remote English countryside. Fred steadfastly asserts that his wife knew nothing of his crimes, and tight-lipped Rose maintains her innocence...

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