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The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole

Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole don’t just report on true crime, they’ve lived it. And every Monday, they bring those personal perspectives to The Final Hours, a series that scrutinizes the details investigators may have overlooked. An untouched dinner, an unmade bed…. an unsent text. These tiny details could give us the whole picture. The Final Hours is a Crime House Original, powered by PAVE Studios — listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Tom Brown: A Teenage Secret Jun 22, 2026

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On the night before Thanksgiving 2016, eighteen-year-old Tom Brown left his home in Canadian, Texas to go cruising with friends. But he never came home. When his red Dodge Durango turned up the next morning at a sewage treatment plant on the edge of town, there was a bullet casing on the floor and a drop of his blood on the door handle, but no sign of Tom. What followed was two years of strange discoveries: his backpack found miles away across the Canadian River, his phone resurfacing in near-perfect condition, and security footage of someone driving his car around that tiny town for hours while people were out looking for him. When a deputy finally stumbled across some of Tom's remains in 2019, the bones gave up nothing. No cause of death. No answers. The case was shelved, and Tom wasn't buried until nearly nine years after he vanished. Somebody knows what happened that night in Canadian. They just haven't said.

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Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon: What the Camera Saw Jun 15, 2026

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In April 2014, Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, two Dutch women in their early twenties, went for a daytime hike on a trail near Boquete, Panama. They never came back. Weeks later, their backpack was found on a jungle riverbank with their phones, camera, and cash still inside. What was on that camera changed everything: photographs taken in total darkness, including what appears to be an SOS signal and one photo that seemed to be deliberately deleted. Partial remains found months later were scattered miles from where their distress calls began and the official verdict of accidental death hasn't satisfied everyone. Was it a tragic accident, or did someone find them first?

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Ben McDaniel: Into the Deep Jun 08, 2026

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In August 2010, 30-year-old Ben McDaniel suited up for a dive into Vortex Spring, a celebrated cave diving site in Florida, and descended into a narrow underwater passage. He never returned. One of the employees claimed to have watched Ben enter a restricted section of the cave, a passage that required advanced certification that Ben didn't have. Despite exhaustive underwater searches, his body was never recovered. Some believe Ben orchestrated his own disappearance. Others suspect he's still down there. But the cave may hold secrets that will never surface.

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Dale Kerstetter: Heist or Homicide Jun 01, 2026

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On September 12, 1987, 50-year-old security guard Dale Kerstetter clocked in at Corning Glass Works in Bradford, Pennsylvania and was never seen again. Surveillance footage captured him calmly walking off-camera beside a masked intruder, pausing only to look directly into the lens. When the masked man reappeared hours later, he dragged a large bag from the building and left with $220,000 worth of platinum. Thirty-five years later, investigators still don't know whether Dale was a victim or a willing accomplice.

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Jelani Day: The River Never Gave Him Back May 25, 2026

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In August 2021, 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was last seen leaving a dispensary in Bloomington-Normal, far from his apartment and with no clear reason to be there. His car was found abandoned miles away. Weeks later, his unclothed body was recovered from the Illinois River. The coroner ruled accidental drowning, but his mother refused to accept that answer. She launched a relentless public campaign that put a spotlight on how missing Black men are treated by investigators and the media. How did a focused, driven graduate student end up in a river with no explanation?

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Kristal Reisinger: The Commune on the Mountain May 18, 2026

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In the summer of 2016, 29-year-old Kristal Anne Reisinger vanished from a remote Colorado gathering in the wilderness, leaving behind her young daughter. Those who knew her described a young mother navigating addiction and drawn to alternative spiritual communities. When her remains were eventually recovered years later in a remote canyon, they raised more questions than answers. Her case sits at the intersection of countercultural silence, rural law enforcement limitations, and a daughter still searching for what happened to her mother.

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Kurt Sova: The Last Halloween Party May 11, 2026

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In October 1981, 17-year-old Kurt Sova stepped outside a Halloween party in Cleveland to get some fresh air while his friend ran back in for their jackets. By the time that friend returned two minutes later, Kurt was gone. Five days later, his body was found in a nearby ravine, posed with his arms outstretched and both shoes missing, with no clear cause of death. Decades later, the police department that botched the investigation has been exposed for corruption.

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Bryce Laspisa: The 30-Hour Drive to Nowhere May 04, 2026

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In August 2013, 19-year-old college sophomore Bryce Laspisa gave away his most prized possessions, broke up with his girlfriend, and spent 30 hours driving aimlessly through California. He sat motionless in parking lots, for hours, before his SUV was found crashed and empty at the bottom of a 15-foot embankment near Castaic Lake. He had shattered the rear window from the inside, leaving behind his wallet, phone, and laptop, but no trace of himself. Was Bryce running from something he never got the chance to tell his parents?

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Leah Roberts: 3,000 Miles Alone Apr 27, 2026

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In March 2000, 23-year-old Leah Roberts left her North Carolina apartment in the middle of the night, drove nearly 3,000 miles alone, and stopped at an Oregon gas station where security cameras caught her glancing back at the parking lot. Five days later, her white Jeep Cherokee was found wrecked at the bottom of a ravine in Washington State. Investigators discovered the engine had been deliberately tampered with. Twenty-five years later, no one knows what happened after she walked out of a Bellingham restaurant.

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Ray Gricar: The DA Who Drove Away Apr 20, 2026

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On April 16, 2005, 59-year-old Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar called in to work, took a scenic drive, and parked his Mini Cooper outside an antique mall in Lewisburg. Then, he vanished. No note, no signs of a struggle. Months later, his laptop turned up in the Susquehanna River, its hard drive missing, raising urgent questions about what secrets it may have held. Why would a respected, soon-to-retire prosecutor walk away from everything?

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