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Some stories have no ending. Some questions never get answered. Since 2015, Micheal Whelan has made it his mission to ask them anyway. Unresolved is the podcast for those who...
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Some stories have no ending.
Some questions never get answered. Since 2015, Micheal Whelan has made it his mission to ask them anyway. Unresolved is the podcast for those who believe every story is worth following, no matter where it leads. Join us as we dive into the cases that keep investigators up at night... cold cases, unidentified serial killers, unsolved disappearances, and other mysteries that refuse to stay buried.
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Some questions never get answered. Since 2015, Micheal Whelan has made it his mission to ask them anyway. Unresolved is the podcast for those who believe every story is worth following, no matter where it leads. Join us as we dive into the cases that keep investigators up at night... cold cases, unidentified serial killers, unsolved disappearances, and other mysteries that refuse to stay buried.
Unresolved: A True Crime & Mystery Podcast
Unresolved: A True Crime & Mystery Podcast
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8 MAY 2026 · "Somebody needs to pay for what happened. To be disposed of like garbage is so sad."
On August 28th, 2019, a construction crew arrived at a property just north of Lake Tapps in Pierce County, Washington, to clear and tear down a dilapidated trailer that had been abandoned for years. The lot had been vacant for some time and the structure was already coming down. It was, by all appearances, routine demolition work.
An excavator operator working the site noticed a blue yard waste bin on the property. It was sealed shut. Screwed closed, in fact, which is not how yard waste bins typically come. When the operator managed to open it, he found a blanket inside, shaped unmistakably like a human body and held together with duct tape...
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4 MAY 2026 · “I try to picture where he was, what it might’ve been like, what circumstances would’ve made him sound like that.”
In September of 2015, 30-year-old Henry McCabe was preparing for a massive move. A Liberian immigrant living in Mounds View, Minnesota, Henry worked as a tax auditor for the state and was married with two children. His wife and he were preparing to move to California, and she'd already gone ahead with their two daughters while Henry wrapped some things up in Minnesota.
On the evening of Sunday, September 6th - Labor Day weekend - Henry decided to go out for a night with a pair of friends. Hours later, in the early morning hours of September 7th, he would place a phone call to his wife, leaving behind a strange voicemail that would baffle investigators and cast doubt on his final hours...
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1 MAY 2026 · "The plan is now delayed, but not canceled. Be careful. I can't identify myself because they may find out and stop letting information slip."
In April of 2003, 54-year-old Philip Shue was nearing the end of his decorated military career. Having spent more than three decades in the Air Force, Philip and his wife Tracy were already making plans to move to Birmingham, Alabama. In fact, they'd just put down a deposit on their dream home and Philip had been selected for a prestigious fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Alabama.
But on the morning of April 16th, Philip's car was spotted by witnesses driving erratically, before careening from the road and crashing into a patch of trees. Philip was found at the scene, having been killed instantly by massive head trauma. What looked, at first, like a tragic accident would later be ruled a suicide, a conclusion made all the more difficult to accept when the full condition of Philip's body came to light. Whatever happened to him that morning, it hadn't started on that road...
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25 APR 2026 · "At this point, investigators believe she was taken from her home against her will, possibly in the middle of the night."
At 1:47 AM on February 1st, 2026, a doorbell camera in the Catalina Foothills region of Tucson, Arizona transmitted disturbing images. It showed a masked figure wearing gloves, dark clothing, and a backpack approaching the front door. He had a gun holstered awkwardly near his groin and tried to obscure the camera before destroying it.
Hours later, the home's lone occupant, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, would fail to appear for her church's virtual Sunday service. Members of the church would contact Nancy's relatives, who were at her house within an hour. There, they discovered all of Nancy's important belongings inside and the back doors propped up, but could find no trace of her...
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21 APR 2026 · "People heard her screams, saw the car take off afterwards, were able to describe the car and able to provide images of the occupants of the car from their descriptions..."
On 24 November 1994, a warm summer evening in suburban Charlestown, New South Wales, a sixteen-year-old girl left a shopping center and began walking down a quiet, tree-lined street toward her aunt's house. She was carrying a plastic shopping bag with a new black dress and a pair of stockings inside, an outfit she planned to wear to her very first live concert just days away.
Somewhere along that road between the shopping center and her aunt’s front door, 16-year-old Gordana Kotevski was seized by at least two men, forced into a white Toyota Hilux, and driven away. Her family just inside the house heard her screams. She has never been seen again...
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17 APR 2026 · "We're talking about Katrina, Sandy, and Andrew combined, times maybe ten."
On 10:54 AM on 28 February 2001, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck western Washington. The epicenter was in the southern Puget Sound, but the quake originated roughly 32 miles beneath the surface, mitigating some shaking. While hundreds were injured and a woman even died as a direct result of the quake, many believe that the region got lucky that Wednesday morning and that the total damage (~$2 billion) could have been a lot higher had the quake's hypocenter been closer to the surface.
This region of the world is no stranger to the earth's whims. Lying in the shadow of the looming Mt. Rainier, there are a couple of active faults - the Seattle Fault Zone and the Cascadia Subduction Zone - that seem poised to devastate in the not-so-distant future...
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13 APR 2026 · "We know he didn't disappear. He had too much going for him here. It's not like him. It's 100 percent not like him."
For a young geologist with the right skills and the right tools, 1970s Wyoming was a place of opportunity. The oil crisis of 1973 had sent shock-waves through the American economy and suddenly, the vast mineral deposits beneath the west's plains and hills were incredibly valuable.
In May of 1976, a twenty-five-year-old geologist from Mead, Colorado, drove his specialized geological truck into the open country around Gillette, Wyoming to conduct a routine exploration trip and was never seen again...
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11 APR 2026 · There has been an update in the story of the Long Island Serial Killer (episodes #14-16 from 2016). On April 8th, 2026, 62-year-old Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Sandra Costilla, Amber Costello, Jessica Taylor, and Megan Waterman. He also admitted to an eight murder that he hadn't yet been charged with: 34-year-old Karen Vergata, who had been known as "Fire Island Jane Doe" for years...
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10 APR 2026 · "When we told prosecutors we were innocent, they put us in prison for life. Now when we plead guilty, they set us free."
On 19 August 2011, three men - Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. - were transported from their respective facilities to a courthouse in Jonesboro, Arkansas. They were there to plead guilty to a crime they had spent the better part of two decades denying. At the same time, they were asserting their innocence and obtaining their freedom in an unusual legal maneuver called an Alford plea.
What led up to that decision was the culmination of years of painstaking progress. What had started back in 1996 as a single HBO documentary had become a movement by 2011 heralded by celebrity backers and advocates pushing new DNA evidence. Yet at the end of the day, three men regained their freedom at a cost while questions continue to linger about the deaths of three boys...
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3 APR 2026 · "When we saw Damien and Jason being chained up and taken off, it was just so emotional, because we felt the wrong guys were being carted off."
In June of 1993, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky were two young filmmakers coming off their acclaimed breakthrough and looking for a new opportunity. That's when an executive from HBO told them about a new story that had just taken place down in West Memphis, Arkansas, in which three teenagers were accused of killing three eight-year-olds. They assumed it would be a pretty straightforward story of youth violence.
They spent their first few weeks with the victims' families and interviewed the prosecutors and police officials about the case. But then they met the defendants, everything changed for them. Over the next ten months, they were allowed unprecedented access to the courtroom, the families, the defendants, and the investigation...
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1 JUL 2024 · "The doctors tell us as long as he's being able to fantasize what he's done, he might not do it again. But the fantasy may wear off."
In the mid-1970s, a serial killer known as the BTK began to make his presence felt throughout Wichita. Sales of alarm systems in the area would skyrocket, as would the region's general sense of paranoia.
However, following his correspondence with law enforcement and the media at the end of the decade, the BTK grew silent. Years would pass without any word from the enigmatic killer, who investigators believed continued to lurk, waiting for his time to strike...
Research, writing, hosting, and production by Micheal Whelan
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1 JUL 2024 · "How many people do I have to kill before I get my name in the paper or some national attention?"
Throughout the mid-1970s, a serial killer began to terrorize the residents of Wichita, Kansas. Preying upon men, women, and children - young and old - this individual defied all expectations by purposefully going against what criminal profilers were taught to believe.
After disappearing for a couple of years, this offender then committed a series of brazen attacks on young women inside their homes. Afterward, this offender began corresponding with police through the media, beginning a game of cat-and-mouse that would carry on for decades...
Research, writing, hosting, and production by Micheal Whelan
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24 JUN 2024 · "For among the many excellent and indeed divine institutions which your Athens has brought forth and contributed to human life, none, in my opinion, is better than those mysteries..."
The Eleusinian Mysteries were ancient Greek rites held annually in Eleusis to honor the goddesses Demeter and Persephone. Spanning over two millennia, these ceremonies included secret rituals and the consumption of kykeon, promising initiates profound spiritual insights into life and death.
The exact nature of the Mysteries remains secret due to the vows of silence each initiate made. Scholars believe the rituals might have involved psychoactive substances, although their true origins and method remain unknown. These rites offered a transformative journey, their secrets continuing to intrigue and inspire millennia later...
Researched & written by Amelia White
Hosted & produced by Micheal Whelan
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17 JUN 2024 · "The family is living in fear. They are constantly watching their back looking over their shoulder wondering when the next shoe is going to drop."
Rickety Ranch, an animal sanctuary in Hollis, New Hampshire, billed itself as a safe space for children of all ages to come together and learn about animals. Having been built slowly over time by co-owners Gary and Diane Bergeron on their 2.6 acre property, the Rickety Ranch accepted all with open arms and tried to promote positivity.
But in 2017, a strange extortion campaign started. First came letters. Then came physical acts of vandalism, which soon progressed into something more sinister...
Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan
This is a Patreon & Supporter exclusive, and wouldn't be possible without all of you. Thank you for your continued support - it really means the world! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved-a-true-crime-mystery-podcast--3266604/support.
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7 APR 2024 · "Petronilla said she had several times at Alice's instigation and once in her presence, consulted demons and received answers."
Born into the bustling mercantile life of 13th century Kilkenny, Alice Kyteler was the offspring of a Flemish merchant and his Irish wife. Her early life was one of privilege and learning, a rarity for women in those times. But it was not just her family’s standing that would shape her destiny; it was her cunning, her charm, and her ambition that set the course of her life.
Alice Kyteler’s life, marked by prosperity and strategic marriages, took a dark turn in 1324 when she became the focal point of a historic trial for witchcraft. Her wealth and social standing, which had once shielded her, now made her a target for those who sought to make an example of her...
Research & writing by Amelia White
Hosted & produced by Micheal Whelan
This is a Patreon & Supporter exclusive, and wouldn't be possible without the support of you listeners. Thank you for all of your support! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved-a-true-crime-mystery-podcast--3266604/support.
Some stories have no ending. Some questions never get answered. Since 2015, Micheal Whelan has made it his mission to ask them anyway. Unresolved is the podcast for those who...
show more
Some stories have no ending.
Some questions never get answered. Since 2015, Micheal Whelan has made it his mission to ask them anyway. Unresolved is the podcast for those who believe every story is worth following, no matter where it leads. Join us as we dive into the cases that keep investigators up at night... cold cases, unidentified serial killers, unsolved disappearances, and other mysteries that refuse to stay buried.
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Some questions never get answered. Since 2015, Micheal Whelan has made it his mission to ask them anyway. Unresolved is the podcast for those who believe every story is worth following, no matter where it leads. Join us as we dive into the cases that keep investigators up at night... cold cases, unidentified serial killers, unsolved disappearances, and other mysteries that refuse to stay buried.
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