Cold Case Murder Mysteries

Join host Ryan Kraus for a comprehensive psychological exploration of the unsolved murder of Faith Hedgepeth.

49-year-old Kelli Peters was a dedicated PTA mom who volunteered at her daughter's elementary school in Irvine, CA. One day in February 2011, shortly after arriving at the school for work, she received a call asking her to come to the main office. Fearing a family emergency, she was shocked to find a police officer who wanted to check her sobriety and search her car for drugs. Apparently, someone called 911 to report her erratic driving. That person also witnessed her placing a large bag that seemingly contained drugs behind the driver's seat. Defiant but cooperative, Kelli underwent a sobriety test and allowed a search of her car. The officer found the drugs, yet she swore they weren't hers. But the cop had heard it all before. If they weren't hers, he asked, whose were they? Kelli was silent a moment, as though peering back upon the past, and then spoke. It was just a name: Jill Easter. Join host Ryan Kraus for a social and evolutionary exploration of the power of transcendence to understand how one locked

Join host Ryan Kraus for an evolutionary exploration of the mysterious events surrounding the unsolved vanishing of 19-year-old Logan Schiendelman on May 19, 2016.

Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating psychological exploration of the baffling disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel.

Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating evolutionary excursion into the warped mind of serial killer Wayne Williams, the primary suspect in the mysterious Atlanta Child Murders that haunted America from 1979 - 1981.

Join host Ryan Kraus for a comprehensive psychological analysis of the Oakland County Child Killer.

Join host Ryan Kraus for a compelling journey into the tortured mind of infamous 2017 Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, whose murderous rampage ended abruptly in suicide, and subsequently left a stunned, silent nation without answers to the most important question one could ask: why?

In late 1982, a nurse from Richmond, BC, Canada started receiving calls from a mysterious man who would increasingly terrorize and stalk her over the course of the next 7 years in what amounted to nearly 100 encounters between the two of them. During this time, the police made every attempt possible to apprehend the culprit through extensive surveillance, but were never able to identify the presence of an outside party in these incidents. Accordingly, the situation continued to get worse, and Cindy eventually disappeared, only to be discovered dead two weeks later lying in the grass outside of an abandoned house. To this day, however, the nature of her fate remains a mystery, and the stalker's identity is unknown. Was it suicide… or murder? Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating exploration of the human psyche in an effort to bring the truth to light.

On the night of September 12, 1982, 21-year-old Kristina Nelson and her 18-year-old stepsister Jacqueline “Brandy” Miller left Kristina’s Lewiston, ID apartment on foot, heading out to do laundry and buy groceries. A note was found at the residence informing Kristina’s boyfriend to make himself at home because they’d be right back. They never returned. Later that same evening, only blocks away, 35-year-old janitor and set painter Stephen Pearsall was dropped off by his girlfriend at the Civic Theater, where he’d been working earlier in the night. He decided to return to do laundry and practice his clarinet. Once the door closed, though, he was never seen again. Authorities initially believed Stephen Pearsall might have abducted the young women, but it’s soon revealed another man was in the theater too. Intrigued by the possibility he might have been involved in Stephen’s disappearance, law enforcement investigated his whereabouts that night, only to learn that Kristina and Brandy would have crossed his path a

Join host Ryan Kraus for a very special episode as we delve deep into the darkest recesses of the human mind to uncover the truth about who we are. First is an extensive, in-depth discussion of the evolutionary trajectory of humanity, from the battlefield to the movie theater to creation of new universes. Following that, we’ll enter the weird, wacky, and strange mind of tomb raider Carl Tanzler, who preserved a dead young woman as his corpse bride in order to accommodate an irreconcilable emotional ailment that prevented him from being able to distinguish purpose in his work and passion in his love life, leading him to shortcut technology in search of a solution. But what resulted was an abomination of nature.

On the morning of June 26, 1981, 22-year-old college student Kristin David disappeared during a solo bike ride from Moscow, ID to Lewiston, ID. Despite numerous searches over the course of the next week, no trace of Kristin was found. But to the horror of the local community, her dismembered body was discovered in the Snake river on July 4, 1981, wrapped in newspapers that were stuffed inside trash bags. Join host Ryan Kraus for a strange psychological journey into the mind of a killer in an effort to bring his identity to light.

On the afternoon of April 28, 1979, 12-year-old Christina White disappeared after leaving a friend's home on her bike in the town of Asotin, WA. While no one could have known it then, this would be the first of at least five unsolved disappearances and murders from 1979 - 1982 that would haunt the surrounding community to this day. Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological journey through the evolutionary logistics of the crime in an effort to unveil the perpetrator's identity.

Join host Ryan Kraus for an in-depth psychological examination of the infamous wrongful conviction of the Central Park Five.

Join host Ryan Kraus for a strange journey into the sensational 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological exploration of the baffling, unsolved 1992 disappearances of Stacy McCall, Sherill Levitt, and Suzie Streeter in Springfield, MO.

On the night of July 12, 1994, friends Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay left the Rafay family’s Bellevue, WA home for some fun out on the town. When they returned hours later, however, what they discovered inside the house was nothing less than a massacre. Atif’s parents, along with his sister, had been brutally murdered with a baseball bat by at least one unknown assailant during a break-in. As the investigation proceeded, police began to suspect the teens might have been involved, which is something they vehemently denied. Without sufficient evidence to press charges, the RCMP intervened with a controversial tactic called Mr. Big to extract a confession. It’s illegal in the US where the crime occurred, but the suspects were both Canadian citizens who fled to their home country in the aftermath of the crime. Soon enough, the pair found themselves convicted of the crime. But in the years since, other motives and facts, combined with insufficient physical evidence, have cast doubt upon the result in this case. I

On January 26, 1996, police in Newtown Square, PA were called to the estate of John du Pont, a wealthy heir who'd become well known for starting the Foxcatcher wrestling team in recent years. He supported the dreams of future Olympians by offering training facilities, money, and housing they would otherwise be unable to afford. But on this day, the most prominent figure in the endeavor, head coach Dave Schultz, was gunned down in cold blood by Jon du Pont, who proceeded to engage in a standoff with the authorities. Soon after, the world would learn the utopia that seemed to exist within the gates of the estate was little more than a facade. In truth, du Pont was gradually losing his mind, and as the games he played became more dangerous with each passing day, tragedy was bound to follow. Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological exploration of John du Pont's descent into psychosis in an effort to understand what made him kill.

In August 1987, a local handyman named Harrison "Marty" Graham, who entertained kids with a Cookie Monster puppet, was evicted from his North Philadelphia apartment after residents repeatedly complained of a foul odor permeating the third floor of the building, a smell that seemed to originate from behind his locked door. While he complied with the order to vacate, Marty nailed the door shut and removed the handle, leaving all of his belongings inside with the promise he'd return for them. The landlord sent two of his people to the unit, instructing them to clean it out immediately. But when they arrived and peered through the keyhole, the secrets Marty had been hiding became all too real. Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological exploration of the life, home, and crimes of '"The Corpse Collector" aka "The Cookie Monster", serial killer Harrison Graham.

On the evening of April 8, 1997, attorney Jeffrey Smith waited for his wife, Judy, to meet him at a cocktail party hosted inside the DoubleTree Hotel in Center City Philadelphia. The couple had traveled from Boston the day prior, with Jeffrey scheduled to attend a conference while Judy enjoyed some sightseeing around town. But as 6pm came and went, Jeffrey quickly realized something was wrong. Judy failed to arrive that evening, and her husband's search efforts were fruitless, so he called the police for assistance. Despite the best effort of local detectives, Judy's absence remained a mystery. Five months, later, however, a father and son hunting in the mountains outside Asheville, NC discovered the remains of what seemed to be a middle-aged woman who was stabbed to death. Soon enough, her identity is revealed through dental work, and it's apparent the mystery woman is indeed Judy Smith. But how did she end up there, and, more importantly, who killed her? Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological exploration

On the night of June 3, 1995, a young woman was found deceased from a gunshot wound to the forehead on the 28th floor of the Oslo Plaza hotel in Norway. As she had just checked into the facility a few days earlier with her husband, it was initially thought some type of domestic dispute ended in murder. But as authorities began to investigate, they couldn't seem to validate the existence of the woman's husband. To make matters worse, they didn't know who she was either. And once the police concluded the death was likely a suicide, the forensics conducted in the aftermath seemed to suggest the woman had never fired the gun found in her hand. Twenty-five years later, the world is still trying to unravel the mystery behind the true identities of Lois and Jennifer Fergate. Were they a real couple, perhaps even spies? Was Jennifer Fergate really murdered? Or was it all a ruse, a plan devised to cover up the shame of one person's suicide? Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating journey into the psychology of the emo