Unseen

https://rocketmoney.com/UNSEENPOD - “I think I spent all day with a murderer” - July 18th 2009, on a school trip to New Caledonia, 15 year-old Brenda Lin could never imagine that it would be the last time she would see her parents and siblings. The brutal Lin family’s massacre shocks Australia, as Brenda is orphaned overnight. With nowhere to go, Brenda turns to the nearest support she can find, but what she doesn't know, is that she is stepping into a trap set up by her family's killer, and only SHE holds the key to take him down. - Credits Directed & edited by Alexandre Gendron Researched by Tanvi Rajvanshi & Tianyi Zhang Written by Alexandre Gendron & Joshua Kamin Narrated by Will Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources 7News Spotlight – Brenda Lin: Sole Survivor 7News Australia – Robert Xie: Notorious MurdererAustralia Today – Life After MurderOz News Room – Brenda Lin’s Address To Her Family Cheltenham Girls High School – School Tour 2022 Truly Criminal – Murder In The Suburbs XKB – Lin’s Family: Funeral Coverage 7News Sydney – Brenda Lin’s Aftermath 9News Sydney – Robert Xie Sentence ABC News – Sydney Murders Investigation NSW Supreme Court – CCTV: Robert Xie Getty Images Motion Array Audio Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Mommy’s not coming home”  - On the morning of December 14th, 2023 Broomfield, Colorado police find mom of three, Kristil Krug, unconscious in her garage. But what first looks like an accident quickly turns into something far darker when police discover a fatal stab wound. As investigators piece together Kristil’s final hours, they realize that for months, Kristil, her husband, and 3 children had been targeted by an obsessed stalker. But, what no one realizes is that Kristil was already tracking her killer, and the evidence she left behind will be the key to exposing her stalker’s true identity, and getting justice. - To help support Kristil’s children, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-krug-family  - Written, directed and edited by Justin Chalifoux Researched by Bianca Yzabelle Tan Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Salim Sader - “He’s Right Behind You.” ABC 20/20: ABC Entertainment, 2025 “The Phantom.” Dateline: NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 2025. “The Setup Murder of Kristil Krug.” 48 Hours: CBS Interactive Inc., 2025. Bodycam Captures Wife’s Final Moments Before It All Went Wrong, Beyond Evil, 2025. Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Come with me, sweetie…” - On February 17, 1974, just past midnight in Fort Worth, Texas, 12-year-old Jim Walker is jolted awake by the sound of screeching tires in his front yard. He sees Rodney McCoy, his sister Carla’s boyfriend, stumbling toward the Walkers front door—badly hurt and covered in blood. But, one thing is immediately clear: 17-year-old Carla is nowhere to be found. This night marks the beginning of Jim’s nearly half-century-long battle to get justice for his sister and finally take down a serial killer hiding in plain sight.  If you have any information concerning any of these unsolved cases, please contact the Fort Worth Police Department: Fort Worth Police - Cold Cases: https://police.fortworthtexas.gov/Crime-Public-Info/Cold-Cases-Landing/Cold-Cases  Fort Worth Police - Tipline: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/coldcasetips - Credits Written, directed and edited by Alexandre Gendron Edited by Hannah Alicbusan Researched Bianca Yzabelle Tan Voiceover by Will Akana Produced by Salim Sader - Sources “The Last Dance.” Forensic Files II: Cable News Network, Inc., 2022. “The Night He Turned Bad.” Evil Lives Here: Discovery Communications Inc., 2024 “After the Dance.” Dateline: NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 2023. “Dance to Doom.” On the Case With Paula Zhan: Discovery, 2021. “Glenn McCurley.” World’s Most Evil Killers: Woodcut Media LTD, 2024. “High School Homicide.” The DNA of Murder With Paul Holes: Oxygen Media Productions, LLC, 2019. “Carla’s Last Valentine.” Bloodline Detectives: Peninsula Television, 2022. News Reports Teen's 1974 Murder Changed the Way Cold Cases Are Solved, Inside Edition Proposed ‘Carla Walker Act' could fund advanced DNA testing to solve cold cases, NBC Suspect in 1974 murder of Carla Walker pleads guilty, gets life in prison, WFAA The Promise Ring, Dateline NBC Getty Images Bill named in memory of North Texas teen Carla Walker would create funding to help solve other cold, WFAA, 2024 Glen McCurley Pleads Guilty During Trial To Murdering Carla Walker In Fort Worth In 1974, CBS Texas, 2021 Capital Murder Trial Underway in Carla Walker Cold Case, NBCDFW, 2021 Fort Worth police give update on officer-involved shooting, NBCDFW, 2024  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I could be dead right now, there is no other way to put it" - When 17 year old Ashley Reeves doesn’t arrive home before her curfew in April 2006, her mom knows something is wrong, especially after finding hundreds of incoming calls on her daughter’s phone records. No one knows where she could have gone, but the harassing caller would end up breaking the case entirely, and shed a whole new light on a neighborhood figure no one ever suspected, all while Ashley fights for her life, while her killer goes line dancing minutes after the murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/UNSEEN. Promo Code UNSEEN - “Ain’t she purty?” February 1, 2012 — it's a quiet night in Anchorage, Alaska, as 18-year-old Samantha Koenig finishes her shift at a coffee shop, waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up, when an unexpected customer barges in. Less than an hour later, Samantha's boyfriend arrives, but Samantha is nowhere to be found. In the weeks that follow, Samantha's father, James, leads the search to find his daughter, but what he uncovers is a sinister plot. Now, it is up to James to help put a stop to one of America's most disturbing serial killers, and get justice for his daughter.  - Written, directed & edited by Justin Chalifoux Researched by Amanda Hein Voiceover by Will Akana Produced by Salim Sader - Sources: Documentaries:  “Ain't She Purty”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “You’ve got your monster”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “Because they’re mine”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “Mask of sanity”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) 48 Hours: Tracking the Murders of Israel Keyes, 2020 (CBS Broadcasting Inc.) “The Cross Country Killer: He Could Make People Disappear” - Part 1 & 2, Very Scary People, 2022 (Investigation Discovery) Method of a Serial Killer, 2018 (Glass Entertainment Group/ Oxygen Network) News clips:   Anchorage Police Department released to Anchorage Daily News ABC Alaska Fox News CBS News KHQ Local News The Star Ledger Alaska Public Media CBS 11 News NBC 5 Youtubers:  Viktoria Evans Sotos DoWhit Yourself  Podcast: “The Israel Keyes Investigation” True Crime Bullsh**, 2018 (Studio BOTH/AND).  Book Maureen Callahan, “American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century”, Viking, 2021  Other: FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigations 'Send her home': Father of abducted barista pleads for her return - Kyle Hopkins (DailyMotion) Seeking Alaska’s Missing (S.A.M.) - Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices