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The Welch Girls Conspiracy | The Disturbing Case of Lauria & Ashley | UNSEEN Jan 23, 2024

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“Nobody was looking for the girls, except my family" --

On December 29th, 1999, as high schooler Ashley Freeman turns 16, she invites her best friend Lauria Bible for a fun sleepover, and what would happen to the entire family during that night, would become a 20-year mystery, involving the cartel, local rings, and even the entire police department as a suspect, a mystery that only Lauria's parents would be able to solve: where are the missing girls?

External Footage from: "A&E", "Crime Central", "Cold Cases Files", "Cold Ashes", "HLN", "CIN", "Hell In Heartland", "What Happened To Ashley And Lauria", "ID", "Discovery", "Disappeared", "Out Of The Ashes", "Lifetime", "Jupiter", "Vanished With Beth Holloway", "Kesse/Bible".

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The Halloween Roommate Murders | The Terrifying Case of Lauren, Adriane, & Leslie | UNSEEN Jan 18, 2024

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“Oh my God, we got attacked!” --

It’s Halloween night, 2004. 911 dispatch receives a distressing call from a woman saying her roommates need help: Lauren Meanza just survived a horrible home invasion that took the lives of her two friends. The hunt for their attacker begins, even going to psychics for potential answers, but nobody suspects that the killer is hiding in plain sight, and Lauren will do everything to stop him and get justice for Adriane & Leslie.

External Footage From: "48 Hours (Nightmare In Napa)", "CBS", "Snapped" (S21 E11, ERIC Copple)", "Oxygen", "Jupiter Entertainment", "20/20 (WHAT REMAINS)", "ABC", "Psychic Investigators (SE3 E14)", "Halloween Homicide", "Nextfilm", "Cineflix Productions".

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The Cherry Hill Serial Killer | The Case of Jennifer Wertz | UNSEEN Jan 11, 2024

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“I think I got mom’s blood on me.” -- On February 22nd, 1991, Dede Rosenthal disappeared from her Cherry Hill apartment: there were no signs of any disturbance, and the case grew cold, but no one ever expected that only 4 years later, another crime took place but this time, to Dede’s neighbor. However, 14-year-old Jennifer Wertz survived the night and would become the key to the mystery of Dede’s story.

External Footage from: "ID", "Peacock", "Dead of Night", "Redish", "NBC", "Lifetime", "Unsolved Mysteries", "Dede Rosenthal", "Weinberger", "On the Case", "The Cherry Hill Murders", "Discovery", "RMM", "Signs of a Psychopath".

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The Cyberstalking Killer Family | The Disturbing Case of Christine Belford | UNSEEN Jan 02, 2024

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“Mommy, I want to come home” --

It’s March 20, 2011, and a disturbing video entitled “Don’t hurt me mommy” is uploaded to YouTube, showing young mother Christine Belford with her 3 children in the street, being secretly filmed. 4 years earlier, in September of 2007, Christine frantically called the Newcastle police department, telling them her 3 daughters had been kidnapped. What had started in 2007 was a plan of revenge against Christine and her daughters that would end up escalating for over 8 years, ultimately becoming known as one of America’s worst cases of cyberstalking.

External Footage from: "Web of Lies: Web of Spies" (Blast! Films), "Evil Kin: A Mother's Fight" (Sirens Media), "WHYY", "WITN Channel 22", "ABC NEWS", "delawareonline.com", "Associated Press", "Firefighter Dispatch".

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The "Psychic Killer" | The Case of Lea & Maxx Porter | UNSEEN Dec 26, 2023

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“I would give up my life to find her” -- It’s June 3rd, 2014 and Maxx Porter is desperately trying to reach his little sister Lea, but she isn’t answering any of his calls. 8 days later, her family turns on the TV and there's a bizarre interview of a man with a disturbing story about Lea's disappearance. When the police fail to clear this man, Maxx decides to take matters into his own hands, ultimately finding himself face-to-face with a dangerous killer, who has spent years planning the perfect crime.

External Footage From: "Valley Of The Damned" (Season 1, Episode 3), "Killer Confession", "Investigation Discovery", "20/20" (Season 40, Episode 7), "How to Get Away With Murder", "ABC", "Brother Outsmarts His Sister's Killer in The Most Unexpected Way", "Explore With Us".

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Abduction in Altoona: The Disappearance of Teen Mom Sherry Leighty | The Disturbing Case of Shelly Nagle | UNSEEN Dec 21, 2023

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"I promised Dad I will find her" -- 13 years after her little sister disappeared, online detective Shelly Nagle receives a notification from an anonymous Facebook account, with a disturbing message reading “She’s still alive, but you’ll never see her again”. When the police refuse to investigate, Shelly knows it’s up to her to find her sister and the man responsible for her disappearance: a killer who is now watching her every move. To help support Shelly and her family, click the link here for their petition: https://bit.ly/3RuwbZO To learn more about Shelly & Sherry’s story, read their book here: https://amzn.to/3EPwgj7 Thanks to Riyandi Kusuma for the music in the opening: "Happy Birthday Piano - Horror Version (2019)" External footage from: "ID", "Britespark", "Welcome To Murder Town", "Buried Deep", "A&E", "Blumhouse", "Cold Case Files: Missing In Altoona", "NBC", "WJAC", "6NEWS: Father-In-Law Pleads Guilty", "CBS", "WTAK", "WTAJ NEWS: Leighty Mistery Solved".

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The Vanishing Of Marlene Oakes | The Case Of Lalana Bramble | UNSEEN Dec 19, 2023

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“He tried to hide it, but I know what I saw” -- On October 12th, 1980, 4-year-old Lalana and her older brother Donald are put on a plane to Rhode Island without their mom, who had vanished just a few hours earlier, with no evidence left behind. It would take years for Lalana to finally solve the case herself, uncovering disturbing family secrets over 20 years old, and answer the question that’s been on her mind all this time: what happened to Mom? Or rather, who wanted her to disappear?

External Footage from: "Catch My Killer", "Blood Sacrifice", "Investigator Discovery", "A&E Cold Case File" (Season 3, Episode 12, Daddy Knows Best), "Forensic Files" (Season 9, Episode 13), "A Daughter's Journey TLC", "Court TV", "TRUTV", "Reenactment Diary Recording", "Lilly Junod", "Vanished with Beth Holloway A&E Television Network LLC".

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The Disturbing Case of The James Bond Killer | The Story of Kristine Johnson | UNSEEN Dec 05, 2023

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“I was staring at the face of evil” -- It’s February 17th 2003, when Terry Hall calls the police to report her daughter Kristine Johnson missing, after not hearing from her for two days. When detectives talk to Kristine’s flatmate, she says her friend left for an audition in the Hollywood Hills for a big opportunity to be cast as a Bond Girl, but detectives quickly discover that the movie doesn’t actually exist. The only clue to help catch a serial predator, who has been escaping the law for more than 10 years, lies in what Kristine bought at the Century City Mall on the day of her disappearance.

External Footage From: "Dead On Arrival" (S1 E6, The Road To Hell, Investigation Discovery), "Death In The Hollywood Hills" (Dateline NBC, Justice For Kristi), "Murder In The Hollywood Hills (The Death Of Kristine Johnson, THELIPTV, Crime Time), On The Case With Paula Zahn (S3 E13, Dark Side Of a Dream, Investigation Discovery), "The Los Angeles Times", "Google Maps", "Getty Images", "Motion Array", "Audio Network".

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The Coca-Cola Family Murders | The Disturbing Case of Susan Goreck & the Carr Family | UNSEEN Nov 23, 2023

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“You and your so-called family have two weeks to move out of Florida forever or else you all die. this is no joke” -- It’s April 1989. Sherry Guin is at a Murder Mystery weekend and is playing a dangerous mind game with a killer who poisoned an entire family. Everybody plays their role but Sherry needs to stay more alert than anyone else: her name isn’t Sherry and she needs to take down the host of the party: the prime suspect of the Carr family murder.

External Footage From: "Murder She Solved: Lethal Poisoning" (OWN), "American Justice: Kill Thy Neighbor" (A&E), "Forensic Files: Bitter Potion" (Medstar Television), "Crime Stories: Mind Games" (Biography Channel).

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The Paynesville Killer | The Disturbing Case of Jared Scheierl | UNSEEN Nov 21, 2023

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“Somebody took Jacob” -- On October 22, 1989, 11 YO Jacob Wetterling bikes home and disappears with a gunman into the night. 9 months earlier, 12 YO Jared Scheierl gets ice cream and vanishes shortly after, but a few hours later, he makes it back home: 27 years later, he would be the key to finally solving Jacob’s disappearance, taking down one of the most terrifying men the state of Minnesota has ever seen.

External Footage From: "The Hunt with John Walsh" (S1 E8, "Justice Denied", CNN), "Moms Of Missing Kids: We'll Never Give UP" (CNN), "In The Dark" (S1 E3, The One Who Got Away, APM Reports).

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