Crime Junkie

Described as one of the first antique hunters in the Anderson, South Carolina, area and beyond, this 35-year-old entrepreneur looked to the past to build his future. When on the hunt for his next treasure, Nick had two main things to consider: where did it come from, and what was it worth? More than 20 years later, present-day detectives are considering those same questions when figuring out which tips to follow in the investigatio...

Kent Leppink was murdered in 1996 near Hope Alaska. Many media sources attribute his death to a love triangle gone wrong but the truth is so much more complicated. After decades have passed, multiple trials, convictions and appeals, no one is currently being held responsible for his death.
 

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A young man disappears in the depths of an underwater cave system in 2010. A father mysteriously vanishes seemingly right outside of his daughter’s apartment complex in 1971. Both men, decades and miles apart, left their families, lives… and troubles… without a trace, leaving their families with more questions than answers. But whether it was by choice or otherwise, one question looms the largest – what happened to Ben & Kenneth?

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On June 8, 1989, the quiet Vancouver, British Columbia, suburb of Richmond was shocked when a body was found lying in the yard of an abandoned house. The victim was a 44-year-old nurse named Cindy James. She had been drugged and strangled. Her hands and feet had been tied behind her back. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police believed that Cindy’s death was either an accident or suicide. But in the seven years before she died, Cindy re...

When a 30-year-old woman is found shot to death under the strangest of circumstances, police try to figure out exactly what happened, while her family is convinced there’s only one person who knows the truth… her husband.

• If you have any information about the death of Jane Neumann in 1993, please contact the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office at 715-386-4606. You can also email them at [email protected].
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Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka’s wedding day was a lavish affair, horse-drawn carriage and all. While their guests toasted to the happy couple’s new life together, fishermen and boaters on Lake Gibson were making a gruesome discovery: human remains encased in cement…10 pieces in all. Those remains belonged to 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy, who had gone missing from the backyard of her family’s home. She wasn’t the first teenager to d...

When a young woman and her dog go mysteriously missing, only to be found dead in the Chesapeake Bay, police must untangle a series of events to determine if this was an accident or something far worse… murder.

• If you have any information about the death of Robin Pope in March of 2013, please contact the MD State Police at 410-822-3101, or the Metro County Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-866-756-2587. You can also anonymously con...

When a young South Dakota couple goes missing from the scene of a car accident in 1992, local police launch a large-scale investigation that ultimately ends in tragedy. Despite multiple leads, the deaths of Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier have remained a mystery and a source of controversy for the last 20 years.

• If you know anything about Ruby and Arnold’s deaths, please contact the Charles Mix County Sheriff’s Department at...
  

Kelly Disney disappeared without a trace in 1984, leaving behind a devastated family brimming with questions and grief. Ten years later, some of those questions are answered; but the most important one remains: who killed Kelly Disney?

• If you have any information about the murder of Kelly Disney, please call Lincoln County cold case investigators at 541-265-0284, or submit a tip online.
   

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We wanted to give you an Unsolved Mysteries recap Crime Junkie style – You’re watching it, we’re talking about it, you’re talking about it, let’s all talk about it together!  

• If you have any information on any of these cases, you can submit information to Unsolved.com. 
   

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A 22-year-old IT worker attends his company holiday dinner party in downtown Dublin… and then vanishes into the night, setting off one of the most infamous missing persons cases in Irish history.

• If you have any information about the disappearance of Trevor Deely on December 8th, 2000, please contact the Garda at 01-666-9000. Crimestoppers is offering a reward of 100,000€ to anyone with information that significantly assists the...

When an experienced hiker vanishes from one of her favorite trails, her friends and family are forced to wonder – Did she walk away from her life? Did she underestimate the danger of the great outdoors? Or did she fall prey to a threat of a more sinister nature? 

• If you know anything about the disappearance of Barbara Bolick, call the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office at (406) 375-4060.
   

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Roberta Lee, or "Bibi" to her friends, vanished while on a run with her boyfriend and friend. When her body was discovered weeks later, her boyfriend was arrested and charged with her murder. But without any physical evidence, and a lackluster confession, the question of who killed her still remains.

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When detectives discover a mysterious death in the desert southwest of Tucson, Arizona, questions immediately start swirling. Was this self-inflicted or an execution? As detectives dig deeper into the case, the plot thickens with alleged fraudulent land transactions and potential gold scams...  

 It's been over 45 years since this mysterious death. And once you hear about the conspiracies circling Tucson and Phoenix in the 70s and 8...

When a young woman goes missing in November 1995, no one knew just how close they were to a monster lurking in the area. What starts as a night out after an argument with her husband… ends in tragedy that’s left the family with so many questions.

• If you or anyone you know is thinking about suicide, emotional support can be reached by calling or texting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, or by calling the National Suici...

We have two stories for you today. Two separate cases that both need one thing – people to talk. Thomas and Geetha’s cases are both in desperate need for more information, and we’re certain someone out there holds key details that could solve these cases. We’re hoping by sharing each of their stories, someone out there will do the right thing and speak up.

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• The death of Thomas Bearson in North Dakota in...

A vibrant young woman from North Carolina decides to spend the summer between her freshman and sophomore years clear across the country, in the Bay Area. But alarm bells start going off when she leaves her job at a coffee shop… and is never seen again.

• If you know anything about the disappearance of Kristen Modafferi from the Bay Area in June of 1997, please contact the Oakland PD Missing Persons Unit at 510-238-3641.
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In the early morning hours of November 2, 2007, Justin Gaines walked out of a popular nightclub on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia and was never seen again. The investigation into Gaines' disappearance quickly went cold and remained so until 2015, when a man confessed to taking part in his murder. Though this detailed confession described what happened to Justin Gaines, who was involved, and where his body was placed, no arrest h...

When three Aboriginal children go missing in a span of several weeks in the small town of Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia, a community is divided, and a long battle for justice begins.

• If you know anything about the murders in Bowraville, NSW, Australia, in the 1990s, please contact the New South Wales Crime Stoppers at nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.
   

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