Brandon Embry: The Phone Call That Raised More Questions (E152)

Austin Yogurt Shop Murders: Four Girls, One Night, and a City Changed Forever (E160)

On a December night in 1991, four teenage girls in Austin, Texas were finishing a shift and making plans for the rest of their evening. Hours later, a fire inside a yogurt shop would reveal one of the most devastating crime scenes in the city’s history. For decades, the case generated theories, false confessions, overturned convictions, and painful questions that refused to disappear. What happened inside that shop became a mystery that haunted investigators and reshaped countless lives. Recent DNA developments have changed the conversation around the case, but the tragedy itself still echoes through Austin.

Faith Hedgepeth: The Apartment, the Note, and the Unanswered Questions (E159)

In September 2012, 19-year-old university student Faith Hedgepeth was found murdered inside her apartment in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Near the scene was a handwritten note, unusual forensic evidence, and a timeline that generated years of speculation, suspicion, and internet theories. For nearly a decade, the mystery surrounding Faith’s death fueled discussions across online communities as people questioned the meaning of the note, analyzed strange voicemail recordings, and debated who might have been responsible. Then years later, DNA evidence brought a major development but even with an arrest, some questions surrounding the case still remain. Faith’s story is not only about a crime. It is also about grief, persistence, and how a single unanswered question can echo for years.

Lisa Irwin: The Baby Who Disappeared from Her Crib (E158)

In October 2011, a family in Kansas City, Missouri woke to every parent’s nightmare. Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin had vanished from her crib during the night, leaving behind a house filled with questions, missing phones, and a timeline investigators would scrutinize for years. As search efforts expanded across the country, theories began spreading online. Was Lisa taken by a stranger, did someone familiar with the family know more than they revealed, or had critical details been missed from the very beginning? More than a decade later, Baby Lisa’s disappearance remains one of the most debated missing child cases in recent memory.

Brandi Wells: The Night Out That Turned Into a Mystery (E157)

In Longview, Texas, 23-year-old Brandi Wells went out for what should have been a normal evening in 2006. But after a series of confusing sightings, unanswered phone calls, and conflicting accounts about her final movements, Brandi seemingly disappeared without explanation. As investigators tried to piece together the timeline, friends and family were left questioning who she was with, where she intended to go, and whether someone close to her knew more than they ever admitted. Years later, Brandi Wells’ disappearance remains a haunting East Texas mystery, one shaped by uncertainty, rumor, and the silence left behind after a single night out.

Andrew Bagby: A Killing, A Custody Battle, and a System Failure (E156)

In 2001, young physician Andrew Bagby was found murdered in a Pennsylvania park shortly after ending a troubled relationship. What followed was not only a homicide investigation, but an international legal and custody battle that would leave families shattered and raise painful questions about how justice systems can fail the very people they are meant to protect. As Andrew’s loved ones fought to keep his memory alive, the case became known around the world through heartbreaking court proceedings, emotional recordings, and a documentary that exposed the devastating consequences of delayed action and legal loopholes. More than two decades later, the story of Andrew Bagby remains one of the most emotionally powerful true crime cases ever documented.