Welcome to this episode-TRACES, PLACES, AND CASES: Where the Clues Don't Add Up!

In this special, high-octane episode, we break down three of the most bizarre and frustrating UNSOLVED mysteries in American history, proving that the truth is often hidden in the last place you look—or in the clues that make the least sense.

We investigate:

The mystery of Brandon Lawson starts and ends with a chilling, garbled 911 call. We analyze the audio that captured his final, terrifying moments on a desolate highway. What did Brandon see that night in Texas? Why did his brother, Kyle, miss him by mere minutes, and how did a suspected homicide remain unsolved after his body was identified 11 years later? A true missing person nightmare.

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75-year-old Ruby Akers vanished without a trace from a nursing home while recovering from a minor injury. She left behind her eyeglasses and dentures—items she couldn't live without. We discuss the shocking, anonymous tip that suggests Ruby didn't walk away, but was accidentally killed and hidden in a deadly cover-up involving a powerful drug, Thorazine. A baffling Texas cold case.

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A century-old murder that remains one of the greatest unsolved homicides in US history. An Episcopal priest and his choir mistress are found murdered and posed under a crab apple tree. We explore the central trace—the damning love letters—and the way high society wealth and influence shielded the main suspects from justice. It was the original tabloid true crime circus of the Roaring Twenties.

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1. The Vanishing of Brandon Lawson (West Texas, 2013)2. The Disappearance of Ruby Akers (Sherman, Texas, 1986)3. The Hall-Mills Family Murders (New Jersey, 1922)#podcast #crime #subscribe