unsolved cases

James Oliver Unick, 64, was convicted on February 13, 2026, for the 1982 murder of Sarah Geer, a 13-year-old girl strangled to death in Cloverdale, California. Advanced DNA technology and a discarded cigarette butt finally brought justice after 44 years.

Over the past decade, social media has transformed how violent crimes are documented and discovered, with killers posting evidence and confessions on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. These cases have captivated millions of true crime followers worldwide, raising questions about digital evidence, platform responsibility, and the public's appetite for real-time crime coverage.

Denmark's criminal history contains cases that shocked the nation and reshaped its legal system. Three particularly significant cases—spanning from 1920 to 2022—reveal patterns of violence that prompted major reforms in child protection and criminal investigation.

True crime audiences hunting for in-depth missing person coverage have several standout podcast options. From award-winning productions like The Missing to established series such as True Crime Garage, these shows deliver investigative storytelling on real cases that have captivated international listeners.

True crime podcasts have transformed how audiences engage with real criminal cases, offering in-depth investigations that often span multiple seasons and jurisdictions. These seven series showcase the genre's best work, combining meticulous reporting with gripping narratives.

True crime podcasts have become a dominant force in digital media, with millions of listeners worldwide tuning into investigative series focused on unsolved cases. Several standout shows have built dedicated audiences by exploring cold cases, missing persons, and unexplained crimes across international jurisdictions.

Netflix has become the streaming home for some of the world's most gripping true crime investigations. From the hunt for New York's Son of Sam to the case of Lucy Letby, these series explore real crimes that shocked communities and challenged justice systems across the globe.

From Alabama death rows to Nordic courtrooms, at least ten people have been exonerated for crimes they did not commit. These cases reveal a troubling pattern: investigative bias, procedural failures, and the transformative power of DNA analysis in correcting judicial errors across the Atlantic.

Arlene Fraser, a 33-year-old mother of two from Elgin, Scotland, disappeared from her home on 28 April 1998. Despite a murder conviction, her body has never been found, and questions about the case persist to this day.

On Halloween Eve 1975, Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old Connecticut student, was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her family's Belle Haven backyard. Nearly five decades later, the case remains a tangled web of wealth, power, and allegations involving the Kennedy family.

Cari Farver, a 37-year-old computer programmer from Iowa, vanished on November 13, 2012, after spending the night at her new boyfriend's home in Omaha, Nebraska. Three years of obsessive impersonation and harassment would follow—before digital forensics revealed the stunning truth about who killed her.

On 28 August 1976, Elizabeth Plunkett was abducted from Brittas Bay, County Wicklow, by two English serial killers planning a spree of rape and murder across Ireland. Her body was found a month later—but she never saw justice in court.

Emilie Anine Skovgaard Meng, 17, vanished in the early hours of 10 July 2016 after leaving a railway station in Korsør, Denmark. Her body was discovered six months later in a lake 60 kilometres away. In June 2024, a marketing manager and youth football coach was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder.

Between April and July 1981, Clifford Olson murdered 11 children across British Columbia. His subsequent confession came with an unprecedented and deeply controversial condition: the Canadian government would pay him $100,000 for the locations of his victims' bodies.

Charles Edmund Cullen, a registered nurse, murdered at least 29 patients—and possibly far more—across multiple hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania between 1988 and 2003. Operating under the cover of medical care, the 'Angel of Death' administered lethal drug overdoses while healthcare systems failed to stop him.

Herbert Richard Baumeister, a successful German-American businessman, operated one of America's most prolific killing sprees from the late 1980s until his 1996 suicide in Canada. Police discovered the remains of at least 11 men buried on his 18-acre Indiana estate, with evidence suggesting he may have killed at least 25 victims overall.

Robert Durst, the eldest son of a New York real estate dynasty, died in prison in January 2022 after being convicted of murder. Despite investigations into three deaths across multiple states, Durst was convicted of only one crime—yet his name remains synonymous with evasion and privilege.

In April 2008, Austrian police discovered Elisabeth Fritzl locked in a hidden cellar beneath her father Josef Fritzl's home in Amstetten, Lower Austria, where she had been imprisoned and repeatedly raped for 24 years. Her escape came only after one of her seven children—all fathered by Fritzl himself—fell dangerously ill and was taken to hospital.

In 1998, Marion Barter sold her house, told her family she was traveling the world, and vanished without a trace. Nearly three decades later, her daughter Sally Leydon is using podcasting to solve what authorities couldn't—or wouldn't.

Rozanna Purcell, former Miss Universe Ireland, has become the voice of an unsolved injustice. The model and charity worker now hosts *Stolen Sister*, a new RTÉ podcast that reopens the case of Elizabeth Plunkett, a 23-year-old killed by serial killers John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans in 1976—men who confessed but were never convicted of her murder.