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  • 29 - What Happened to the Baby: The Case of The Clouse Family

    33:12||Season 2
    In 1980, a young couple disappeared together with their baby daughter. They left everything behind, their families, their lives, every trace of themselves. For more than four decades, their relatives held on to one explanation: that the couple had been drawn into a religious group and had chosen to disappear voluntarily. Years passed. But there were no signs of life. No proof. No answers. Only silence. Then, more than 40 years later, a shocking discovery was made. Two unidentified bodies, found murdered shortly after the disappearance, were identified through groundbreaking DNA technology, as Dean and Tina Clouse. And that raised a new, even more frightening question: What happened to the baby?

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  • 28 - The Body On The Beach: The Murder of David Guy

    22:30||Season 2
    In early July 2012, two horrifying discoveries were made on the beach in Southsea, in southern England. More specifically, human remains that were later identified as belonging to a 30-year-old man who lived in the area. The discovery marked the beginning of a major murder investigation, a highly controversial trial, and a case where one of the key pieces of evidence would turn out to be something as unusual as cat DNA.
  • 27 - The Clown By The Door: The Murder of Marlene Warren

    27:44||Season 2
    Clowns are supposed to make us laugh. Colourful wigs, exaggerated expressions and oversized red shoes are things we associate with birthday parties, circuses, and children’s entertainment. But what happens when a clown knocks on your door carrying flowers, balloons, and a gun? Marlene Warren seemed to be living a safe and comfortable life with her family in an upscale neighbourhood in Florida. But one morning in May of 1990, she was shot and killed inside her own home, right in front of her son. The person behind the trigger? A clown.
  • 26 - The Turning Point: The Murder of Caren Koslow

    35:52||Season 2
    In the early hours of 12 March 1992, Jack and Caren Koslow were woken by two unknown men entering their bedroom. Within minutes, their home in the affluent Rivercrest neighbourhood of Fort Worth, Texas, had become a brutal crime scene. At first, it looked like a violent break-in that had spiralled out of control. But as the investigation continued, it became clear that the truth was far more shocking than anyone had first imagined.
  • 25 - Driving in Darkness: The Case of Jason Landry

    38:13||Season 2
    On the night of December 13 into December 14, 2020, 21-year-old Jason Landry got into his car to begin the three-hour drive from college back to his parents’ home for Christmas break. Investigators were later able to trace his route through GPS data until contact was lost about 30 minutes before he disappeared. Just over an hour later, his crashed car was found on a remote rural road. His clothes were lying in the roadway, but there was no sign of Jason. More than five years have passed, and the questions remain: was it an accident? Was a crime committed? And above all, where did Jason go, naked and alone in the middle of the night?
  • 24 - Darkness Over Friesland: The Murder of Marianne Vaatstra

    31:48||Season 2
    During the night between 30 April and 1 May 1999, 16-year-old Marianne Vaatstra cycled home after a night out in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. It was a route she already knew well, through an area generally considered quiet and safe. But that night, she never made it home. What began as the brutal murder of a teenage girl would soon become one of the most politically charged cases in modern Dutch history, and the starting point for one of the country’s most extensive and groundbreaking DNA investigations.
  • 23 - Predicting Her Murder: The Case of Rebecca Bliefnick

    33:59||Season 2
    "If something ever happens to me, please make sure the number one person of interest is Tim, as that is who would do something to me. I'm putting this in writing that I'm fearful he will somehow harm me, come after me, or will try to do something to me that takes me away from the kids or the kids away from me". This is part of a text message that 41-year-old Rebecca Bliefnick sent to her sister in September 2021. A year and a half later, her own words would, tragically, come true.