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“I want you for one more day” - On January 19th, 1999, 10-year-old Charlene Lunnon is walking to school with her best friend Lisa Hoodless when a car suddenly stops in front of them. Unbeknownst to them, the man behind the wheel is about to kidnap the two girls, and is one of the most disturbing serial predators the UK has ever known. In the days that follow, police and the girls' families will lead a frantic search—but Charlene and Lisa, through their brave survival, will be the ones to bring down their kidnapper for good. - To read the full story of Charlene and Lisa in their own words: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abducted-Charlene-Lunnon/dp/0141042176 - Credits: Written, directed & edited by Maxime Desrochers Written & edited by Alexandre Gendron Assistant edited by Hannah Alicbusan Researched & written by Manon Lafosse Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Salim Sader - Documentaries Getty Images “The Girls Who Were Found Alive.”Cutting Edge: Gecko Productions, 2008. (Channel 4) “Dead or Alive?” Snatched: © Independent Television News Ltd, 2024 (ITN Production for Paramount +) Book Lunnon, C., & Hoodless, L. (2009). Abducted. Penguin UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://rocketmoney.com/UNSEENPOD - “This is the crime of the century” - July 13th, 1966, Corazon Amurao comes back to her student dorm after a regular shift at the South Chicago Community Hospital, not knowing that in just a few hours, she would become a victim of the first mass murder in American history. That night, at 11 pm, a man broke in, and held all 9 student nurses at gunpoint. However, he made 1 crucial mistake, a mistake that would result in Corazon, 7 hours later, being the only living witness of the crime, who would ultimately take him down and bring justice to her friends. - Credits: Directed, written & edited by Zane Olson Researched by Steffi Mac Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources: Richard Speck, Biography, A&E Richard Speck: Born to Raise Hell, Crime Stories Serial Killer: Richard Speck, Serial Killer Documentaries The Oprah Winfrey Show: Corazon Amurao-Atienza ABC 7 Chicago Getty Images - BACKGROUND MUSIC by Fearless Motivation Instrumentals: AppleMusic/iTunes: https://goo.gl/2mF7gr Spotify: https://goo.gl/Uxmswh AmazonMP3: http://geni.us/BackgroundMusic MP3 Downloads: https://teamfearless.com/mp3-download... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“He wouldn’t take no for an answer” - On Valentine’s Day, 2020, cops respond to a 1 a.m. call in the Hollywood Hills, where they discover 38-year-old family therapist Amie Harwick fighting for her life, and her roommate Michael Herman, with blood on his hands. Michael is brought in for questioning but swears had nothing to do with it, and that the perpetrator must have fled into the night. What cops don’t know is that the man they have in custody is telling the truth, and that the real attacker is still out there. But, Amie’s best friend, Robert Coshland, is on the case: he’s determined to take down the man who’s been stalking Amie for years, & finally get justice.  - For more information about Justice 4 Amie, please see here: https://www.change.org/p/adam-b-schiff-justice-4-amie-domestic-violence-laws-updated  - Credits:Directed, written & edited by Matthew Rice Researched by Tiffany Loxton Co-written by Kat Gardilcic & Tiffany Loxton Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Salim Sader “The Final Hours of Amie Harwick.” 48 Hours: CBS Broadcasting Inc., 2022. (CBS News) “Justice for Amie Harwick.” 48 Hours: CBS Broadcasting Inc., 2024. (CBS News) “Celebrity Sexpert.” Death By Fame: Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., 2023 (AMPLE Entertainment) “Love, Death, and Obsession In Hollywood.” A Plan to Kill: Oxygen Media LLC, 2024 (Peacock) Man Walks Outside To Find Decapitated Roommate, Dr. Insanity, 2024. Nightline, ABC News,  CBS Mornings, CBS Broadcasting Inc. Inside Edition, CBS Broadcasting Inc. Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://rocketmoney.com/UNSEENPOD - “I think I spent all day with a murderer” - July 18th 2009, on a school trip to New Caledonia, 15 year-old Brenda Lin could never imagine that it would be the last time she would see her parents and siblings. The brutal Lin family’s massacre shocks Australia, as Brenda is orphaned overnight. With nowhere to go, Brenda turns to the nearest support she can find, but what she doesn't know, is that she is stepping into a trap set up by her family's killer, and only SHE holds the key to take him down. - Credits Directed & edited by Alexandre Gendron Researched by Tanvi Rajvanshi & Tianyi Zhang Written by Alexandre Gendron & Joshua Kamin Narrated by Will Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources 7News Spotlight – Brenda Lin: Sole Survivor 7News Australia – Robert Xie: Notorious MurdererAustralia Today – Life After MurderOz News Room – Brenda Lin’s Address To Her Family Cheltenham Girls High School – School Tour 2022 Truly Criminal – Murder In The Suburbs XKB – Lin’s Family: Funeral Coverage 7News Sydney – Brenda Lin’s Aftermath 9News Sydney – Robert Xie Sentence ABC News – Sydney Murders Investigation NSW Supreme Court – CCTV: Robert Xie Getty Images Motion Array Audio Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Mommy’s not coming home”  - On the morning of December 14th, 2023 Broomfield, Colorado police find mom of three, Kristil Krug, unconscious in her garage. But what first looks like an accident quickly turns into something far darker when police discover a fatal stab wound. As investigators piece together Kristil’s final hours, they realize that for months, Kristil, her husband, and 3 children had been targeted by an obsessed stalker. But, what no one realizes is that Kristil was already tracking her killer, and the evidence she left behind will be the key to exposing her stalker’s true identity, and getting justice. - To help support Kristil’s children, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-krug-family  - Written, directed and edited by Justin Chalifoux Researched by Bianca Yzabelle Tan Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Salim Sader - “He’s Right Behind You.” ABC 20/20: ABC Entertainment, 2025 “The Phantom.” Dateline: NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 2025. “The Setup Murder of Kristil Krug.” 48 Hours: CBS Interactive Inc., 2025. Bodycam Captures Wife’s Final Moments Before It All Went Wrong, Beyond Evil, 2025. Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Come with me, sweetie…” - On February 17, 1974, just past midnight in Fort Worth, Texas, 12-year-old Jim Walker is jolted awake by the sound of screeching tires in his front yard. He sees Rodney McCoy, his sister Carla’s boyfriend, stumbling toward the Walkers front door—badly hurt and covered in blood. But, one thing is immediately clear: 17-year-old Carla is nowhere to be found. This night marks the beginning of Jim’s nearly half-century-long battle to get justice for his sister and finally take down a serial killer hiding in plain sight.  If you have any information concerning any of these unsolved cases, please contact the Fort Worth Police Department: Fort Worth Police - Cold Cases: https://police.fortworthtexas.gov/Crime-Public-Info/Cold-Cases-Landing/Cold-Cases  Fort Worth Police - Tipline: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/coldcasetips - Credits Written, directed and edited by Alexandre Gendron Edited by Hannah Alicbusan Researched Bianca Yzabelle Tan Voiceover by Will Akana Produced by Salim Sader - Sources “The Last Dance.” Forensic Files II: Cable News Network, Inc., 2022. “The Night He Turned Bad.” Evil Lives Here: Discovery Communications Inc., 2024 “After the Dance.” Dateline: NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 2023. “Dance to Doom.” On the Case With Paula Zhan: Discovery, 2021. “Glenn McCurley.” World’s Most Evil Killers: Woodcut Media LTD, 2024. “High School Homicide.” The DNA of Murder With Paul Holes: Oxygen Media Productions, LLC, 2019. “Carla’s Last Valentine.” Bloodline Detectives: Peninsula Television, 2022. News Reports Teen's 1974 Murder Changed the Way Cold Cases Are Solved, Inside Edition Proposed ‘Carla Walker Act' could fund advanced DNA testing to solve cold cases, NBC Suspect in 1974 murder of Carla Walker pleads guilty, gets life in prison, WFAA The Promise Ring, Dateline NBC Getty Images Bill named in memory of North Texas teen Carla Walker would create funding to help solve other cold, WFAA, 2024 Glen McCurley Pleads Guilty During Trial To Murdering Carla Walker In Fort Worth In 1974, CBS Texas, 2021 Capital Murder Trial Underway in Carla Walker Cold Case, NBCDFW, 2021 Fort Worth police give update on officer-involved shooting, NBCDFW, 2024  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I could be dead right now, there is no other way to put it" - When 17 year old Ashley Reeves doesn’t arrive home before her curfew in April 2006, her mom knows something is wrong, especially after finding hundreds of incoming calls on her daughter’s phone records. No one knows where she could have gone, but the harassing caller would end up breaking the case entirely, and shed a whole new light on a neighborhood figure no one ever suspected, all while Ashley fights for her life, while her killer goes line dancing minutes after the murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/UNSEEN. Promo Code UNSEEN - “Ain’t she purty?” February 1, 2012 — it's a quiet night in Anchorage, Alaska, as 18-year-old Samantha Koenig finishes her shift at a coffee shop, waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up, when an unexpected customer barges in. Less than an hour later, Samantha's boyfriend arrives, but Samantha is nowhere to be found. In the weeks that follow, Samantha's father, James, leads the search to find his daughter, but what he uncovers is a sinister plot. Now, it is up to James to help put a stop to one of America's most disturbing serial killers, and get justice for his daughter.  - Written, directed & edited by Justin Chalifoux Researched by Amanda Hein Voiceover by Will Akana Produced by Salim Sader - Sources: Documentaries:  “Ain't She Purty”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “You’ve got your monster”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “Because they’re mine”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “Mask of sanity”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) 48 Hours: Tracking the Murders of Israel Keyes, 2020 (CBS Broadcasting Inc.) “The Cross Country Killer: He Could Make People Disappear” - Part 1 & 2, Very Scary People, 2022 (Investigation Discovery) Method of a Serial Killer, 2018 (Glass Entertainment Group/ Oxygen Network) News clips:   Anchorage Police Department released to Anchorage Daily News ABC Alaska Fox News CBS News KHQ Local News The Star Ledger Alaska Public Media CBS 11 News NBC 5 Youtubers:  Viktoria Evans Sotos DoWhit Yourself  Podcast: “The Israel Keyes Investigation” True Crime Bullsh**, 2018 (Studio BOTH/AND).  Book Maureen Callahan, “American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century”, Viking, 2021  Other: FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigations 'Send her home': Father of abducted barista pleads for her return - Kyle Hopkins (DailyMotion) Seeking Alaska’s Missing (S.A.M.) - Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/UNSEEN. Promo Code UNSEEN - “It was clear he had his eyes on her” - A few days before Christmas, the Tiede family arrives at their family cabin in Utah, buried deep in the snowy woods, but as soon as they set foot in the house, they quickly realize that they are not alone. The first day of their winter holiday would become infamously known as “The Utah Cabin Murders”, and during this disturbing invasion, sisters Linae & Tricia would quickly understand that the family needs each other, to survive. - Opening Theme by Myuu: Carol of the Bells, Dark Christmas Piano Version Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exclusive $45-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/UNSEEN. Promo Code UNSEEN - “I was just trying to protect my organs” On the early morning of July 23rd, 2013 in South Boston, Alexandra Cruz is violently attacked on her way to the Dunkin' where she works, but the man disappears into the night before cops can catch him. Just a few hours later, another young woman, Amy Lord, is caught on multiple ATM cameras all across town, emptying her bank account—she is badly injured, and with a masked man, who’s carjacked her black SUV. News of the criminal's spree spreads fear throughout Boston, but college student Kayleigh Ballantyne is unaware of the looming threat and as she walks home alone that evening, she will come face to face with the South Boston Slasher. But what he doesn't know is that Kayleigh has been watching him too, ready to take him down and fight to get justice for all of his victims. - Written, directed & edited by Alexandre Gendron Researched by Tiffany Loxton Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources: Facebook: Kayleigh Ballantyne Facebook: Boston Police Department (Official) Instagram: bpdbs (Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society) Impact of Murder: I Speak for Amy, Discovery Communications LLC, 2019 Impact of Murder: Kayleigh’s Angel, Discovery Communications LLC, 2019 See No Evil: Watching Amy Lord, SNE 2 Productions Inc./Arrow International Media, 2015 South Boston Shocked That Police Could Have Stopped Murder of Amy Lord, GBH News, 2013 Boston Police continue investigation into Wilbraham native, Amy Lord's murder, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Person of interest in Amy Lord case hospitalized, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Boston Police to make an announcement on the Amy Lord murder case, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Wilbraham residents still coping with Amy Lord's death, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Edwin Allemany indicted for murder of Wilbraham native Amy Lord, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Mother of Amy Lord speaks about 'unimaginable' suffering at killer's sentencing, WCVB Channel 5 Boston, 2015 Woman recalls attack by Alemany in hours before Lord's death, WCVB Channel 5 Boston, 2015 BPD unit to probe unsolved homicides, WCVB Channel 5 Boston, 2019 Edwin Alemany Trial Verdict 06/08/15, Law&Crime Network, 2015 The Survival Story of Kayleigh Ballantyne (Massachusetts), Dark Down East, 2021 One person stabbed in South Boston, suspect arrested, NBC Boston, 2025 Haystack Calhoun vs. Buddy Rogers (04/14/1961). Chicago Film Archives presents "Wrestling from Chicago", 2014 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“And I remember thinking that I was staring into the eyes of the devil” - On September 27, 1992, 19 year old Jennifer Asbenson accepts a ride from a stranger after missing her bus to work. When the man asks for her number, she gives him a fake one to be safe and forgets about it, unaware that she has just refused the advances of a deranged serial killer. At the end of her shift that morning, she does not make it back home. Jennifer escapes twice, yet no one believes what has happened to her, but 5 years later, his arrest would reveal the most shocking information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“He’s keeping me” - March 20th, 1984: 19-year-old Linda Grober walks into a Tallahassee, Florida mall to buy a gift for her and her boyfriend's anniversary, but doesn't come home. She is victim #4. April 4, 1984: 16-year-old Tina Risico vanishes from a mall in Southern California, last being seen getting into the car of a strange man. She is victim #9. April 10th, 1984, Merrillville, Indiana: 16-year-old Dawn Wilt meets a friendly photographer at her local mall... and steps into a nightmare that could change everything. She is victim #10. The FBI is continually one step behind this serial killer —better known as the Beauty Queen Killer— whose deadly spree across the country will force three women to fight to escape, stop one of the wildest manhunts in U.S. history, and see justice served for all the other victims. _ Co-directed, edited & written by Maxime Desrochers Co-directed, written & researched by Manon Lafosse Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources: Documentaries “A Model Killer” - The FBI Files: New Dominion Pictures, 1999 (Production in association with Discovery Channel) “Spring break nightmare” - Disappeared: Discovery Communication LLC, 2011 (Production: Peacock Production for Investigation Discovery / Distribution: Sky Crime) Mini-series “9 Days of Terror“ - The Beauty Queen Killer: ABC News Inc., 2024 (Production Company AMPLE/Distribution Disney+/101 Studios/ ®Hulu) News segment The Snapshot Killer: Inside the Wanda Beach murders 7NEWS Spotlight, originally aired 10 June 2018 _ Books Connelly, Michael. Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers. Little, Brown and Company, 2006. Byrne, Andrew. The Pretty Girl Killer: The Complete True Story of One of the World’s Most Horrifying Serial Killers Who Terrorised Both Australia and America. Penguin Random House Australia, 2019. "Driven to Kill." Most Wanted, edited by the Editors of Time-Life Books, Time-Life Books, 2005. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“He kissed me and threw me down the cubby hole” - 'Spaceplex' is 9 year old Katie Beers’ favorite spot, before she’s abducted at that same location in December 1992, just before her birthday. For 17 days, the investigators dig into the family’s lies, each more suspicious than the next, hoping to find the lost girl. Katie is trapped in the wall, but she still has her wits, which will eventually lead to justice against her kidnappers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“There’s a pyramid in the cow pasture” - In 1986, Niki Lopez lives with her family at 717 Bushwick Avenue, home to a secretive group called the Nuwaubian Nation in the heart of Brooklyn–alarmingly, in 1993, the whole community vanishes without a trace. Nearly ten years later, on May 8th, 2002, over 200 federal agents prepare to storm a seemingly “ancient Egyptian” compound in rural Putnam County, Georgia. Inside, nearly 200 families live under the control of Nuwaubian Nation leader, Dwight “Malachi” York. In order to get justice for all the victims before it’s too late, it’s up to Niki to escape, confront her past, and expose the truth behind one of the darkest cases in American history. Niki founded her organization “What’s Your Elephant”, which aims to empower individuals from all walks of life to use the arts to tell their stories: https://whatsyourelephant.org/ - Written, directed & edited by Matthew Rice Researched by Bianca Yzabelle Tan Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources The Nuwaubian Nation, How I Escaped My Cult: Freeform, 2025 United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, People Magazine Investigates: Cults: MMXVIII Discovery Communications LLC, 2018 Nuwaubian Nation, FOX5 Eyewitness News, 1998 Waco: The Inside Story, Frontline PBS, 2018 Mysteries Behind Closed Doors: The Dr. Malachi Z. York Case (The Untold Story), ImperialSevens, 2012 Open House visits to the Nuwaubian compound Tama-Re, Jay Humphrey, 2024 Getty Images Instagram, Niki Lopez The Waco Massacre: 30 Years On | DARK SIDE OF THE 90'S, VICE TV, 2023 Local Artist Shares Her “Elephant” to Help Empower Women, NBC 6 South Florida, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I told myself: I’m not going down without a fight” - On Friday the 13th, best friends Misty Cockerill and Tanya Smith are walking home from a high school party when they suddenly bump into a stranger, and things quickly go dark. While Misty wakes up in the hospital, investigators arrive at the crime scene and receive a disturbing phone call from a man claiming to be the attacker: time is running out almost as soon as the cat and mouse chase begins. This is what happened in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in 2002. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices