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More often than we’d like to believe, people get away with murder. In cold cases, cops have retired. Witnesses have died. Evidence has disappeared.
Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast is a true crime podcast series powered by investigative journalism from USA TODAY and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, guides listeners through these real-life cases, uncovering new clues along the way. The series features new unsolved cases and true crime cases each season.
Season four of Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast delves into the disappearance of Alexis Patterson, a 7-year-old girl who disappeared on her way to school in 2002. At first, there was a massive search and sympathy for her family, but that quickly changed as her parents became suspects. Over the years, there have been conspiracy theories and false leads and cases of mistaken identity. Still, her mom has never given up hope that Alexis will come home again someday.
Season three of Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast tells the story of Father Alfred Kunz, whose throat was slit inside St. Michael School in 1998. Some believe his death was linked to his battles against evil. Others believe his all-too-human flaws were to blame.
Season two of Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, released in 2017, examines the case of toddler Michelle Manders, who vanished from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 1981. Did she wander alone into the darkness? Or was she kidnapped?
Season one of Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, released in 2015, explores the circumstances surrounding the death of 14-year-old John Zera, who disappeared from Franklin High School in 1976. The seven episodes follow investigators through decades of dead ends as they hold on to hope of finding the killer. For more information on the series, visit usatoday.com/unsolved.
For more reporting on cold cases, unsolved cases and true crime detectives, as well as additional true crime stories and investigative journalism, visit witness.usatoday.com. Crime reporter and investigative reporter Gina Barton is also host of Untested: A true crime podcast. Subscribe here (art19.com/shows/untested) for the story of how Annie Harrison joined the ranks of true crime detectives and hunted a possible serial rapist.
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Be careful what you wish for: S4 Ep8
After more than 20 years of turning us down, the Milwaukee Police finally release more than 10,000 pages of records on their investigation of Alexis’ case. Some of the contents are completely unexpected. For more information on the true cri
A DNA discovery: S4 Ep7
After a three-year delay in reporting due to the pandemic, we ask the experts to evaluate the DNA profiles of Alexis' mother and the woman in Ohio to figure out, once and for all, whether the two are related. For more information on the tru
The road trip: S4 Ep6
Two reporters travel to Ohio to see if they can get to the bottom of the claims that a young woman there is Alexis Patterson. For more information on the true crime series Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, visit http://usatoday.com/unsolv
A package from Ohio: S4 Ep5
Fourteen years after Alexis Patterson disappeared, a man from Ohio comes forward to say he believes his estranged wife might be the missing girl. For more information on the true crime series Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, visit http:/
A double life: S4 Ep4
Some witnesses say they saw a red truck outside Alexis' school around the time she vanished. Could it have belonged to a serial killer? For more information on the true crime series Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, visit http://usatoday.
Where would she have gone? S4 Ep3
Police come up with the theory that Alexis ran away after her mom tells them about an argument over cupcakes. For more information on the true crime series Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, visit http://usatoday.com/unsolved. For more rep
A guilty man walked free: S4 Ep2
Alexis’ stepfather, LaRon Bourgeois, has a troubled history with police. That is enough to raise their suspicions after she disappears. For more information on the true crime series Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, visit http://usatoday.
She never made it to school: S4 Ep1
Despite Milwaukee’s history of segregation and distrust between Black residents and police, the whole city comes together to search for 7-year-old Alexis Patterson, who disappeared somewhere in the 242 steps between her home and school. For
Coming May 3: Season 4
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Bonus episode: Unsolved Live: S3 Ep11
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'Forgive offenses': S3 Ep10
Twenty years after Kunz’s murder, members of his former parish gathered at Mass to pray for his soul. Police, who had launched a social media campaign in connection with the anniversary, scanned the crowd for their suspects. For more inform
'Bear Wrongs Patiently': S3 Ep9
Detective Wayne Honer was among those who did not believe teacher Brian Jackson killed Father Kunz. While Detective Kevin Hughes was chasing Jackson, Honer focused on a different suspect. For more information on the true crime series Unsolv
'Comfort the Sorrowful': S3 Ep8
Immediately after Father Alfred Kunz’s death, St. Michael teacher Brian Jackson moved in with Kunz’s best friend, Father Charles Fiore. Detective Kevin Hughes was convinced Jackson was the killer. Support for this episode comes from Audible
Introducing: Case Closed
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'Shelter the Homeless': S3 Ep7
A Dane County sheriff’s deputy came to believe his nephew, Joe Cavanaugh, was Father Kunz’s killer. The attack on Kunz was similar to one Cavanaugh was believed to have committed against his grandfather. For more information on the true cri
'Counsel the Doubtful': S3 Ep6:
St. Michael had been robbed in the months before Father Alfred Kunz’s death, and police believed the robbery and Kunz’s murder may have been connected. For more information on the true crime series Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, visit
'Pray for the Living and the Dead ': S3 Ep5
Police have evidence that Father Alfred Kunz had performed exorcisms without the support of the church hierarchy, which official Catholic exorcists characterize as risky and foolish. Support for this episode comes from Care/Of. For 50% off
'Admonish the Sinner': S3 Ep4
Father Alfred Kunz and Father Charles Fiore had reportedly been investigating sexual misconduct by priests without authorization from church leadership. Their efforts crossed the state line into Illinois. For more information on the true cr
'Feed the Hungry': S3 Ep3
Father Alfred Kunz met Mora Smith at Brian’s Diner, where she often served him breakfast. The two became close, with him helping her spiritually and financially. After Kunz’s death, police interrogated her and her two young sons. Support fo
'Instruct the Ignorant': S3 Ep2
On the last night of his life, Father Alfred Kunz taped a radio show with co-host Peter Kelly and best friend Father Charles Fiore. Sometime after 10 p.m., Kunz was involved a struggle, which ended with an unknown assailant cutting his thro
'Bury the Dead': S3 Ep1
Father Alfred Kunz was murdered on the night of March 3, 1998. His throat was slit and his body was found in a hallway at St. Michael School in Dane the next morning. Kunz clung to the Latin Mass and the old ways of the Catholic church. His
Season Three: The Devil You Know
The body of Fr. Alfred Kunz was found on the floor of St. Michael School in Dane on March 4, 1998. Twenty years later, his murder remains unsolved. For more information on the true crime series Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast, visit http
'I'll see her in heaven': S2 Ep8
Police investigate Edward Wayne Edwards in connection with Jefferson County’s unsolved deaths. Edwards once worked at the Concord House, where Timothy Hack and Kelly Drew disappeared from while attending a wedding reception. Edwards, a con
