Echoes of the Unknown

• The Night the Farm Went Silent: The Hinterkaifeck Murders

  In today's episode, we're looking back at the Hinterkaifeck murders of 1922. It's one of Germany's most disturbing unsolved crimes, where six people were brutally killed on an isolated Bavarian farmstead. The case is particularly chilling — not just for its violence, but for the eerie events that preceded and followed the murders.

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• Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering

  In today's episode, we’re looking back at the Carroll A. Deering mystery, which represents one of maritime history's most baffling disappearances. It centers on a massive American commercial schooner that was discovered abandoned off North Carolina's coast in 1921. What makes this a story about a "ghost ship" is that all members of the crew had somehow vanished without a trace.

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• The Killer Who Stayed: The Setagaya Family Murder

  In today's episode, we’re traveling to Tokyo to delve into a crime known as the Setagaya Family Murder, one of Japan's most perplexing unsolved cases. What makes it stand out is that, instead of fleeing after committing a horrific mass murder, the killer remained in the victims' home for several hours, displaying behavior that can only be described as bizarre. More than two decades later, this case continues to haunt investigators.

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• Traces in the Dirt: The UFO Encounter at Trans-en-Provence

  In today's episode, we're traveling back to 1981, outside the French town of Trans-en-Provence, where an unidentified flying object reportedly left physical evidence in the form of burnt residue — along with other physical traces — in a farmer's field. The incredible UFO event was later described in a Popular Mechanics article as "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time."

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• The Boy in the Box: America’s Unknown Child

  In today's episode, we’re looking back at the tragic story of a 4-year-old boy — previously known as the "Boy in the Box" or "America's Unknown Child" — whose body was found in Philadelphia in 1957. His identity remained unknown for 65 years, until police detectives finally identified him through the use of DNA and genealogical databases. Despite multiple leads and several theories, the boy's killer still remains a mystery.

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