In 1986, a young Navy Seaman went missing from Gibraltar, a British naval base, after the ship The Illustrious docked for a few days. Simon Parkes’s grief-stricken parents would search for him for more than fifteen years, until 2001 when a connection was made between Simon and two other young cadets who went missing. Their bodies would surface, but Simon’s w ... Show More
Feb 2023
The Origin of Moby Dick, Part Two: Horrors At Sea
Captain George Pollard Jr. was just 29 years old when his whaling vessel, the Essex, met with disaster. As the hapless crew struggled (and largely failed) to survive their horrific time at sea, they encountered starvation, madness, exposure and some fates arguably worse than deat ... Show More
45m 3s
May 2020
The Coulthurst Family Massacre
The Coulthurst family lived in Washington state and came from a long line of fisherman. In 1982, John and Sally Coulthurst purchased an $800,000 fishing boat that was anchored in Craig, Alaska. They tapped their son Mark as the co-owner and skipper of the boat. Mark, his wife Ire ... Show More
57m 11s
Jun 2019
Ep117 - The St. Aubin Massacre
In 1929, Benny Evangelist, his wife and their four children were brutally murdered with an axe inside their Detroit home. This case is 90 years old and remains one of Detroit's most baffling and brutal unsolved murders. While researching this case, we found two other solved mass ... Show More
1h 7m