Just after midnight on May 10, 1996, a motorist in Brown County, Texas called 911. They report that they’d been driving along Farm Road 2126 when they saw a burning car. It was parked just off the road, near the entrance to a gun range.
Minutes later, a second motorist called 911 to report they had spotted a body lying near the burning car.
When the fire de ... Show More
Oct 2
Solved: The Yogurt Shop Murders
In Austin, Texas, in 1991, the city was on the verge of becoming the place we know today, a tech hub, a cultural destination. But back then, it was still a big town that felt small, a place that believed itself safe from the kind of darkness that haunted bigger cities. At the Hil ... Show More
58m 4s
Oct 2
From Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders
We're sharing a preview of a new podcast we think you'll enjoy. It's from the new season of Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast, The Alabama Murders. Florence, Alabama. 1988. A preacher has an affair. A woman is murdered. One death cascades into more, stretching across ... Show More
34m 39s
Apr 2024
Unsolved Homicides: Updates In The Case Of Juan Leon Laureles
In 2021, we brought you a then little-known story: the unsolved case of Leon Laureles, a beloved brother and uncle who was murdered on the side of a rural Texas highway. Since then, his case has become a focus for cold-case advocates—especially his own niece, Arlene. At every tur ... Show More
41m 25s
Jan 2021
The Murder of Juan Leon Laureles
The first episode in our intermittent National Series covers the unsolved murder of Leon Laureles, who was living and working in Brown County, TX, at the time of his 1996 murder. Though it has never been officially labeled as such, many view his unsolved homicide as a hate crime. ... Show More
50m 51s
Feb 2024
the Story of Lionel Desmond
On Jan. 3, 2017, Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond bought a semi-automatic rifle, dressed himself in camo, and snuck through the woods to his family home.Inside he shot his mother, his wife, and his 10-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself.The factors that led ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2023
The Missing Dead: Sarah Stern
On a December evening in 2016, a man called 911 when he spotted an abandoned car on a bridge. Police discovered that 19-year-old Sarah Stern of Neptune City, New Jersey, usually drove the vehicle. She was now missing, and police needed to determine if she had left the car volunta ... Show More
37m 37s