30 Most Frightening Unsolved Mysteries Episodes
It was a lot creepier when Robert Stack was introducing the mysteries! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at chilling episodes of “Unsolved Mysteries” from the original run all the way through the Netflix revival.
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00:00 "For every mystery, there is someone, somewhere, who knows the truth. Perhaps it's you."
00:06 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at chilling episodes of unsolved mysteries
00:11 from the original run all the way through the Netflix revival.
00:14 "Many of the case files and much of the physical evidence has been misplaced or long since discarded."
00:19 Number 30. Dreamy Disappearance
00:22 Few events are more perplexing than a mysterious, unexplained disappearance.
00:26 What makes Legal Secretary Cindy Anderson's case even more bizarre are the events that
00:30 led up to her 1981 disappearance. Beginning the year before,
00:34 Cindy started having nightmares of her own abduction.
00:37 "Where are you taking me?"
00:39 Then, shortly after the unsettling dreams began, someone graffitied a message addressed to Cindy
00:47 on the wall of the shopping center where she worked. It was signed "G.W.", but Cindy couldn't
00:52 think of anyone she knew with those initials. When the message was painted over, it reappeared
00:57 in even larger lettering. "Within weeks, the same message reappeared.
01:03 This time, it was even larger." The morning she vanished began like any other,
01:08 with Cindy working alone in the office. By the time her co-workers arrived,
01:12 Cindy's car was still out front, but she was gone.
01:16 "Were Cindy's dreams premonitions of a terrible fate, or were they just a coincidence?"
01:21 29. Body in Bags This disturbing Unsolved Mysteries episode
01:26 will have you scanning the faces of strangers everywhere you go. After failing to show up for
01:31 work for three days, David Carter's co-workers knew something was wrong. When his family checked
01:36 his apartment, they were shocked to find an apparent bullet hole in the wall and a dark
01:40 splotch on the floor. "I walked around, there was a hole in the bottom left-hand
01:45 corner of the closet door." David had recently started dating a woman named Tammy Williams,
01:50 but there were signs of trouble in paradise, and in the days after David vanished, Tammy seemed off.
01:56 "And she showed no concern as to me telling her that he was missing."
02:01 When David's remains were located, police questioned Tammy, but she went on the run
02:06 before an arrest warrant could be issued. It's thought by some that Tammy could have
02:10 connections helping her evade authorities. "I have faith that somehow, someway,
02:15 somebody's gonna see Tammy, and she's gonna be caught."
02:18 28. Queen Mary Ghost Ship
02:21 What's more eerie than a haunted ship? Once a luxury transatlantic ocean liner,
02:26 the Queen Mary is now retired and permanently docked in California.
02:30 "On her decks and in her corridors, people have seen and heard things they can't explain."
02:35 But accounts of apparitions, ghosts, and spooky encounters on the ship date back to her glory days.
02:41 Crew members and guests have heard strange sounds, particularly deep within the boat
02:46 and near the engine room and the first-class pool.
02:48 "I heard giggling, the sound of a little girl or a child playing in the area."
02:53 At one time, the Queen Mary was the grandest ship on the sea,
02:57 hosting famous Hollywood stars and royalty. However, she also has a more storied history,
03:02 full of economic setbacks and tragic accidents. During World War II, the ship was even commissioned
03:08 as a troop ship and dubbed "Grey Ghost." With such a history, is it any wonder some
03:13 guests report feeling uneasy on board? "Whatever the explanation,
03:17 the Queen Mary seems to be inhabited by something ethereal that has been seen and heard,
03:23 but not explained."
03:26 Number 27. Missing Witness
03:28 This Unsolved Mysteries episode delves into some truly twisted family dynamics.
03:33 When Lena Chapin vanished in 2006, leaving her possessions and young son behind,
03:38 her mother insisted Lena simply move to Florida. Her sisters were not so sure.
03:43 "It just seemed crazy. She didn't take any of her clothes. Lena didn't take any of her photo albums."
03:47 Lena had recently made a shocking revelation about their mother, Sandy Klemp.
03:51 Lena's childhood was troubled. Sandy frequently jumped from one relationship to another,
03:56 and relocated the family often. When she married Gary McCullough, her daughters hoped for stability.
04:02 Unfortunately, the marriage fell apart after Sandy started yet another affair.
04:06 To add insult to injury, Gary discovered Sandy had also forged checks in his name.
04:12 Then suddenly, Gary was gone. "And then the next thing I knew of was
04:17 that Gary went missing." A few years later, Lena confessed on tape that Sandy murdered him.
04:23 Did Lena meet the same fate? "Who killed Gary?"
04:26 "Walker."
04:30 Number 26. Lady in the Lake
04:32 On a cold, snowy evening after attending a church prayer service, Joanne Romaine walked across the
04:37 street, navigated a rocky embankment, and disappeared into Lake St. Clair. At least,
04:42 that's what police say happened. "The footprints and the butt prints were seen.
04:46 It was confirmed immediately by all three officers on the scene. They sincerely believe there was a
04:51 person in the water." In the days following her disappearance, there were no visible signs of
04:56 Joanne in the half-frozen lake, which was shallow. And, despite several Coast Guard searches,
05:01 her body was not recovered. For Joanne's children, there was more to the story.
05:06 "She's not going anywhere near water that she could possibly slip and fall into. That's not her."
05:12 Before she went missing, Joanne had been locked in a contentious 30-year-long inheritance dispute
05:17 with her family. Did the long-running feud take a deadly turn? Some two months later,
05:22 Joanne's body was found in the Detroit River, a full 30 miles downstream from where she
05:27 supposedly entered the water. "I want justice for Joanne. That's the bottom line."
05:32 Number 25. Up in Smoke
05:34 Anyone who grew up terrified of spontaneous human combustion can probably blame Unsolved Mysteries.
05:40 The infamous Up in Smoke episode convinced an entire generation they could burst into flames
05:45 at any given moment. "Kendall was confronted by a ghastly sight.
05:48 Fire had reduced his father to a scattering of ashes." While other episodes had you losing sleep
05:54 over mysterious disappearances or grisly unsolved homicides, this one fueled nightmares of a
05:59 different kind. According to one survivor, Kay Fletcher, as she prepared coffee one morning,
06:04 smoke began billowing from her back. "Mike!"
06:07 "The Fletchers say that smoke suddenly began to billow from Kay's body."
06:12 Although she and her husband searched, they could not determine what could have started the fire.
06:16 While Kay lived to tell her tale, George Mott and Irving Bentley were less fortunate.
06:21 Both perished in intense, unexplained house fires. Is there a more rational explanation,
06:27 or were these actual cases of spontaneous human combustion?
06:30 "When I got to the bottom of the steps, there was a pile of ashes on the floor."
06:34 Number 24. Miraculous Escape
06:37 In 1978, a string of murders began in the Connecticut River Valley area near the New
06:42 Hampshire and Connecticut border. "Bernice Cottermosh sets off for her
06:46 boyfriend's house. She is never heard from again." The creepiest part about this Unsolved Mysteries
06:52 segment is that it first aired in 1991, but to this day, no one has ever been arrested in
06:58 connection to the killings. While a few promising suspects have emerged over time, no one has been
07:03 identified as the elusive Connecticut River Valley killer. "With no witnesses and little physical
07:08 evidence, investigators were to stand still." One woman is believed to have narrowly escaped
07:13 his clutches in the summer of 1988. Jane Borosky stopped at a convenience store around midnight to
07:18 buy a soft drink from a vending machine. Suddenly, she was under attack. Despite suffering several
07:24 injuries, Jane survived the harrowing ordeal. "He just looked at me and just kept driving."
07:31 Number 23. Ready Teller Robbery
07:33 This episode will have you thinking twice before using an ATM at night. Matthew Chase set out to
07:38 deposit his paycheck at a nearby ATM around midnight. He never returned. "Five months later,
07:44 his friends and family are still searching for him." By tracking the activity on his bank card,
07:49 investigators learned of several attempts to withdraw money throughout the evening and early
07:53 morning after Matthew disappeared. Most alarmingly, they also recovered some grainy security footage
07:58 of Matthew at the ATM. Another man is clearly visible in these chilling images, peering over
08:04 Matthew's shoulder. "According to these surveillance cameras at the branch, the person standing next to
08:10 Matt was somewhat shorter, somewhat stockier." Police speculate the other man abducted Matthew
08:16 when he deposited his paycheck. Eventually, $400 was successfully taken from Matthew's account.
08:22 Sadly, Matthew's remains were later discovered in a ravine. Authorities believe he was robbed
08:27 and killed by a gang member named David Meza. Number 22. Dial A for Abduction
08:33 The 1991 abduction and near-rescue of Angela Hammond is possibly the most heartbreaking
08:38 Unsolved Mysteries episode of all time. Just past 11 p.m., Angela called her fiancé Rob from a payphone.
08:45 As they talked, a man in an old green truck circled the block several times before parking
08:50 and using the phone beside Angela. Although she wasn't overly worried, she described the man and
08:55 the truck to Rob. Suddenly, she screamed. "Talked about other things, we weren't too worried about it.
09:00 And that's when I heard her scream on the phone."
09:05 Rob jumped in his car and rushed for the payphone. On the way, he saw the truck Angela had described.
09:11 He threw his car into reverse and pursued the truck. Tragically, he severely damaged his car's
09:18 transmission in the process, and it eventually gave out. The truck sped off into the night.
09:33 Number 21. Getaway Photo Nothing was unusual about the morning of
09:37 September 20, 1988, when Tara Calico left her New Mexico home for her regular bike ride.
09:43 She never returned. Eyewitnesses saw a truck following close behind Tara as she traveled her
09:48 typical route, but otherwise, there were few clues in the case. "She was being followed by a 1954
09:54 light-colored Ford pickup truck with a camper attached." Almost a year later, someone discovered
09:59 an unsettling photo in a Florida gas station parking lot. The now-notorious picture has
10:04 divided experts and amateur sleuths for decades, with some claiming it shows Tara Calico and
10:10 another missing person, Michael Hanley, in the back of a van. "It appeared to have been taken
10:14 inside a white van. The woman took the picture to the police." Others claim it's fake. There were no
10:21 significant developments in Tara's case until 2023, when authorities announced they had enough
10:27 evidence to pursue charges. No further details were released.
10:30 Number 20. A Salon Owner Goes Missing in 13 Minutes
10:40 Some fans are split on the 2020 Netflix reboot of Unsolved Mysteries, a much more serious-minded
10:46 and true-crime-focused take on the classic spooky series. This case seems to garner universal
10:51 interest from viewers, specifically the death of Georgia salon owner Patrice Andres.
10:56 "When the police took me to my mother's hair salon,
10:58 there was detectives and crime scene investigators, and they were going in and out.
11:04 And then they said, 'Yeah, she's missing.'" Police claimed there was only a 13-minute window
11:11 within which Andres could have been abducted from her business, and her killer has never been found,
11:16 even though remains were found relatively close to the salon more than a year later.
11:21 The kicker here is how guilty her husband Rob comes across in the episode, and how much of
11:26 an outlier it is compared to the stoic nature of the season's presentation on the whole.
11:29 Number 19. Stockton Arsonist
11:45 There's just something creepy about finding some lost, obscure footage on an old VHS tape.
11:49 This is made doubly disturbing when it's also an actual unsolved mystery.
11:53 The Stockton Arsonist episode of the series followed a family whose car broke down on the
11:58 side of the road, during which time the young son found an abandoned jacket with a tape inside the
12:02 pocket. On the tape is what appears to be an intentionally set home arson, which is bad
12:13 enough, but the voice speaking on the tape makes mention of Satanism, while a search of the site
12:18 later by police turned up ritualistic paraphernalia. Updates in later episodes reveal that two
12:32 underage suspects were ultimately tried, but it's the Satanic implications - including the
12:37 discovery of a ceramic skull - that are hard to forget.
12:40 Number 18. The Tallman House
12:54 Ghost stories and creepy reenactments are absolutely essential aspects of a classic
12:59 unsolved mysteries episode, and this one certainly delivers the goods. It all started with a second
13:04 hand bunk bed for the Tallman family - a seemingly innocuous purchase that would turn their lives
13:09 upside down. For it was soon after bringing the bed into their home that the Tallmans experienced
13:14 all sorts of unexplained paranormal phenomena, from disembodied voices calling out in the home,
13:19 to household items operating strangely and dangerously, as well as unexplained fires in
13:24 the garage. The reenactment clicks all the boxes for a classic unsolved mysteries fan,
13:29 guaranteeing unsettled dreams and a questioning over what might lie beyond.
13:34 Number 17. The Lizzie Borden House
13:47 The tried and true murder mystery always makes for creepy night time viewing when it comes to
13:51 die hard fans of unsolved mysteries. And what better true crime tale than the infamous case
13:56 of Lizzie Borden? This episode not only detailed facts about the horrible double murder from New
14:10 England, but also goes into the present day history of the Fall River home that Lizzie shared
14:14 alongside her father, stepmother, and live-in maid. "They claim that Lizzie, Abby, and Andrew
14:19 still walk these halls and haunt these rooms. Chained forever to this place by the horrific
14:25 events of over a century ago." The house may be a popular bed and breakfast for the brave and the
14:30 bold, but there are also plenty of late night ghost stories that keep us awake wondering whether
14:35 or not Lizzie still prowls the hallways, axe steadily in hand. "And after a long day of sightseeing,
14:41 you can drift off to sleep in the same bedroom where Abby Borden's pummeled body
14:46 was discovered lifeless on the floor." Number 16. The Vampire Cult Murders
14:51 While we admit there's something comfortingly nostalgic about the early internet footage
14:55 present within this episode of Unsolved Mysteries, there's nothing remotely funny about the actual
15:00 case. "Generally speaking, we're looking at kids who are usually intelligent children and want to
15:07 belong, want to be a part of something, want to participate. And so this comes along and reaches
15:13 out to them and says, 'There are no rules.'" Richard and Naoma Wendorf were the victims of a
15:19 local gang who were obsessed with vampirism, to the point where one of the men arrested for the
15:23 murders was actually convinced he was immortal. The Wendorf's daughter Heather was supposedly
15:28 involved with the group, but any charges against her were eventually dropped. The episode itself
15:33 points out the vampire's cultural significance over the years as a media symbol, while also doing
15:37 a good job of presenting the real-life creepiness of those real-life fans who take their obsession
15:42 too far. "Is vampire make-believe inherently evil and dangerous? Probably not. Does it create an
15:49 atmosphere where aberrant behavior is promoted? There's no way to know." Number 15. The Tatum
15:56 House Okay, so it isn't as if Unsolved Mysteries needed an excuse to be creepy, but this Halloween
16:01 episode delivered the supernatural goods with a host of frightening tales. "At first I thought
16:06 it was my husband. And I went into the bedroom and there my husband was in the bed." The Tatum
16:12 House segment dealt with poltergeist activity in a home owned by a retired married couple,
16:16 who reported continued unexplained noises in the house. The reenactments forego cheesy theatrics
16:22 and overacting, and instead describe the Tatum's experiences with a basic, matter-of-fact delivery
16:27 that makes it all the more real. As a result, we can identify much more with how the couple must
16:41 have felt, particularly Jim Tatum, who becomes increasingly upset as he described what happened
16:46 to the camera. Number 14. The Allagash Abductions Okay, we admit it, sometimes the recreations on
17:11 Unsolved Mysteries and other similar shows are more, well, humorous than frightening. Thankfully,
17:16 this is not the case with our next entry, a harrowing tale of an alleged contact with the
17:21 extraterrestrial. The Allagash Abductions doesn't play it light, or for laughs, but instead presents
17:27 the four subjects as men who definitely seem to be shaken by a collective experience. As a result,
17:35 we can put ourselves in their shoes, and imagine how we might feel if we felt we were abducted by
17:40 visitors from outer space. It's here that Unsolved Mysteries has always shined,
17:45 and an example of why this episode continues to give us the creeps.
17:49 Number 13. The Blind River Killer We sometimes take solace in the fact that
18:02 many notorious killers have been caught by police and brought to justice. But what about the ones
18:07 who get away? Sadly, there was no justice during the lifetime of Gordon McAllister,
18:12 who passed away in 2012 without discovering the identity of the Blind River Killer.
18:16 This unidentified man accosted and robbed McAllister and his wife Jackie while they were
18:20 parked for the night in their RV at a rest stop. The reenactment in this episode really drove home
18:25 the tragedy of when McAllister's wife, as well as a good Samaritan at the rest stop, were shot and
18:30 killed by the gunman, and we can't help but wish things could have turned out differently.
18:34 Number 12. Prison Mystery Speaking of reenactments, the updated version
18:45 of Unsolved Mysteries hosted by Dennis Farina featured increased production values when it
18:50 came to staging these sequences. As a result, this episode from the iteration's second season has aged
18:55 pretty well all things considered. The murder mystery which serves as the centerpiece to this
18:59 episode deals with Judge James Michael Franke, who was hired by the Oregon State Prison System to try
19:05 and increase inmate capacity. The reenactments do a great job of stressing how Franke was murdered
19:16 outside of his office in an apparent robbery gone wrong, while also lending credence to the theories
19:21 that he might have been the victim of an inside hit by corrupt government officials. Either way,
19:25 it's truly chilling stuff. Number 11. Edward Bell and Larry Dickens
19:43 Many A-list actors come from humble origins, and Matthew McConaughey is no exception,
19:48 with one of his first on-screen roles being here reenacting a terrible 1978 murder case.
19:53 McConaughey plays Larry Dickens, who was the tragic victim of what can only be described as
19:58 a senseless rampage by one Edward Bell. Bell, who was thankfully captured years later thanks to
20:04 viewer tips, attacked the Dickens family with no apparent motive, and seemed to be a career
20:08 criminal with offenses dating back years before the incident. What's troubling about this episode
20:13 isn't only the reenactment, but the fact that Bell was out on bail only two months after his arrest,
20:18 thus allowing him to slip through the system for far too long before he was brought to justice.
20:23 Number 10. Resurrection Mary
20:31 There's a tinge of sadness to the next entry on our list, The Tale of Resurrection Mary.
20:43 It's a ghost story about a young life taken too soon, and the people who swear they've seen her
20:47 spirit prowling the streets near Resurrection Cemetery in Illinois.
20:50 Mary Bregovy was her name, and she was a girl who's said to have died in a car accident during
21:06 the mid-1930s. Multiple folks claim to have encountered her over the years, some of whom
21:11 have even attempted to give her rides, only for her to disappear. The episode itself possesses
21:16 a dreamlike allure, and captures well the tragedy of Mary's story. This is perhaps in part why the
21:22 story of Resurrection Mary has survived to this day.
21:25 Number 9. Ray Rivera and the Mystery on the Rooftop
21:40 The case of Ray Rivera is the very first to be covered on Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries reboot.
21:45 Rivera's death seems to be self-inflicted on the surface, but forensic evidence and medical
21:50 examiner data led many to believe that this finance writer was the victim of foul play.
21:54 A letter found near Rivera's computer complicated matters further with its talk of secret societies
22:12 and Hollywood bigwigs, while Ray's employer placed a gag order that forbade anyone to speak
22:17 of the case to police. With all of these loose ends involved, one might think that there would
22:34 be a stronger push for the truth. But the unsolved nature of this crime and the police's backpedaling
22:39 into once again calling it self-inflicted, leaves us awake at night wanting some closure.
22:44 Number 8. The Circleville Letters
22:46 The word "chilling" doesn't even begin to describe what happened to the residents of Circleville,
23:01 Ohio during the late 1970s. Small-town gossip turned deadly when residents of this otherwise
23:06 unassuming small town began receiving threatening letters about their personal lives, increasing
23:11 exponentially to the point where the entire community was turned upside down with paranoia,
23:16 fear, and anger. The reenactments do a great job of presenting how tense and on edge the whole
23:33 affair made the community, and the voiceover of the Circleville writer is delivered in an
23:37 ultra-creepy monotone. Finally, it's revealed that even the crew behind Unsolved Mysteries
23:51 wasn't safe from being harassed, as they received a threatening postcard prior to airing the episode.
23:56 The card read, "Forget Circleville, Ohio. Do nothing to hurt Sheriff Radcliffe.
24:01 If you come to Ohio, you el sicos will pay. The Circleville Writer."
24:07 Number 7. Friends to the End
24:23 Not every unsolved mystery can be resolved during the lifetime of a family member,
24:27 friend, or in this case, a dedicated prosecutor. Richard Garrett was determined to uncover what
24:33 happened to Kevin Ives and Don Henry, two popular teenagers who were tragically run over by a train
24:38 under mysterious circumstances. It took multiple autopsies and the testimony from witnesses as
24:43 bizarre as former professional wrestler Billy Jack Haynes to discover that the boys were murdered
24:48 and brought to the tracks, not accidentally run over while under the influence of marijuana.
24:54 The episode detailing their demise is a somber and sad affair, a story that haunts us almost as
25:14 much as it seemed to haunt Garrett, who died in 2018 without receiving an answer to his investigation.
25:20 Number 6. Danny Casolaro
25:32 We would need a lot more time to fully detail all of the twists in the story of Danny Casolaro,
25:46 because this thing reads like a paranoid thriller from the 1970s.
25:50 Casolaro's body was found in a West Virginia hotel, and his death was considered self-inflicted.
25:55 The thing is, Casolaro was a computer industry writer, hot on the heels of a story that he felt
26:00 involved upper-level government officials, organized crime, and lucrative contracts for
26:05 law enforcement software. Casolaro's
26:16 family felt that his fear of blood made his method of supposed self-inflicted demise unlikely,
26:21 and the local investigation into the case seems skewed against letting anyone else in on any
26:26 specifics. Honestly, we suggest doing a deep dive into this case yourself. It's compelling stuff.
26:31 Number 5. War of the Depews
26:34 Once a happy couple, various issues would later culminate in Dennis Depew assaulting his wife
26:39 Marilyn. While he told his children that he was taking her to the hospital, a few days later,
26:43 police would find Marilyn's body off a deserted road. Now, here comes the biggest twist of the
26:57 episode. The night that it aired, a woman named Mary came to her house to find that her boyfriend
27:02 Hank was in a hurry to leave the house. After he left, it wasn't long before she discovered who her
27:07 boyfriend really was. Later that evening, police were able to track Dennis down, and after a brief
27:23 standoff, he took his own life. Number 4. Spirits at the Comedy Store
27:35 Sometimes, buildings have personalities all their own. Case in point, California's classic
27:40 stand-up venue, the Comedy Store, which possesses a history dating all the way back to the 1940s and
27:45 50s. The Comedy Store was known as "Ciro's" during these days, and was a hub for criminal
27:50 activity for the local mobsters. As a result, some people claim to have witnessed paranormal
27:54 activity and other mysterious occurrences, such as inanimate objects being moved around by an
27:59 unknown force. Given the fact that so much comedy seems to come from pain, we're not entirely
28:04 ruling out the possibility that the Comedy Store walls have some sort of bad juju lurking deep
28:08 inside. Number 3. Scared to Death
28:16 There's harassment, and then there's what reportedly happened to Cindy James. The nurse
28:21 claimed to be the victim of threatening phone calls, letters, and behavior for over seven years.
28:26 So much so, she told friends that she feared she was going to be, quote, "scared to death."
28:32 Still, James' reluctance to reveal specific details about the case
28:43 has raised suspicion about what exactly happened leading up to her death in 1989.
28:47 The unsolved mystery's take on her tale raises more questions than answers about how she was
29:00 bound, hand and foot, with a lethal dose of morphine found in her system. Yet, it's the
29:04 evidence and mystery behind the death of Cindy James that continues to haunt our dreams every
29:09 time we rewatch the episode. Number 2. The Son of Sam
29:14 The name of this pic is probably a familiar one, even if you've never seen an episode of
29:18 Unsolved Mysteries. David Berkowitz was known as the Son of Sam when he terrorized New York
29:22 City during the late 70s, stalking and killing young couples who were parked out in cars late
29:27 at night. Berkowitz, who also bore the moniker "The 44-Caliber Killer," claimed satanic leanings
29:40 in letters, and confessed that he was driven to commit these heinous acts by a dog owned by his
29:44 neighbor Sam. Serial killer stories are always uneasy listening, so it just goes to show that
29:49 this episode of Unsolved Mysteries had us reaching for the nightlight when it was bedtime.
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30:08 Number 1. Shane Stewart, Sally McNally, and Satan
30:13 Satanic panic refers to a period during the 1980s where moral outrage over the occult,
30:19 heavy metal, and Dungeons and Dragons spilled over into accusations of satanic ritual abuse.
30:24 Shane Stewart and Sally McNally were teenagers whose disappearance and violent deaths were
30:29 attributed to their involvement in a local cult. Although today, satanic panic is
30:49 largely seen as a reaction to Christian conservatism, misinformation, and paranoia,
30:54 those involved at the time seemed to be searching for something to blame for this tragic loss.
30:57 A person of interest in the murders didn't emerge until 2017, when a Texas Sheriff's office named
31:10 John Gilbreth as someone who possessed "biological material associated with the case." Sometimes
31:15 reality is much scarier than anything associated with imagination or the devil.
31:20 Which unsolved mystery segment disturbed you to your core? Let us know in the comments.
31:25 Join me next time for another edition of Unsolved Mysteries.
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