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The Facts in the Case of John List: The True Story Behind The Stepfather Film

It’s a Sunday evening on the 21st of May. Families across the United States relax and recline in front of their televisions sets awaiting the new episode of America’s Most Wanted. The television flick...

Victims Spotlight: Essex County John Doe (1992)

Despite possibly being the victim of a homicide and having one of the most realistic, artistic renderings on Unidentified Wiki, the case of the Essex County John Doe has yielded little in the way of r...

June 2022 Missing Persons of the Month: Bernard Rusness Jr. and Peggy Parmenter

The story of June’s missing person of the month begins with a deadly blaze in a small town. April 2nd, 1976, Wolf Lake, Minnesota. Between 11:30 PM and 12 AM, Kevin Mickelson was on his way home...

The True Story Behind The Town that Dreaded Sundown

The True Story Behind The Town that Dreaded Sundown

A cold case is an unsolved criminal investigation that remains open indefinitely pending the discovery of new evidence. There have been numerous unique cases throughout history, some of which remain u...

May 2022 Missing Person of the Month: Haydn Gomez

There are few details are available in the case of Haydn Gomez. But all investigating agencies have come to the same conclusion: Haydn was abducted. Haydn was only 2 years old when he was last seen on...

The Horrifying True Story Of The Scandal At Tri-State Crematory

On February 15, 2002, police were called to the Tri-State Crematory, an establishment built to properly cremate the dead located in Noble, Georgia. Investigators were called numerous times over the pr...

Victims Spotlight: The Suspected Victims of Alaska’s “Butcher Baker”

Robert Hansen was a compulsive liar. Even when confronted with evidence found in his home–including the damning aviator’s map with 37 “X” marks on it that matched sites where bodies ...

April 2022 Missing Person of the Month: Kevin Lamont McClam

April’s missing person of the month will take us to Goose Creek, South Carolina. It was after midnight on March 30th, 1997, when Tracy McClam saw her son 14-year-old son, Kevin, for the last tim...

Victims Spotlight: Remembering the Victims of Alaska’s “Butcher Baker”

Often, the public is told of cases falling through the cracks of the criminal justice system. However, the particularly devastating case of Robert Christian Hansen was a travesty of justice that did n...