The Unsolved Podcast

On the 23rd January 2006, Jennifer Kesse returned to work following a vacation in the British Virgin Isle with her boyfriend, Rob. Her colleagues said she appeared her usual self, glowing from her recent trip.On the 24th January - Jennifer didn't show up for work, made no call in to say she was sick or needing PTO. Due to how uncharacteristic this was for Jen, her boss called her Dad, who tried to call Jen - her phone went straight to voicemail. Her family jumped into their car to make the two hours trip from Tampa, FL to Orlando, FL - when they arrived, they found her new condo looking clean, tidy and like she had gotten up to get ready for work, with a wet towel in the bathroom and a selection of clothes on her bed, her car was also gone.Knowing this wasn't like their daughter to just vanish, the Kesse's called Orlando Police Department and the search for missing Jennifer began.Two days later, her car was found a mile away in an apartment complex parking lot and luckily, it was covered by CCTV - the police now had possession of the car being parked up AND the person walking away from the car...so why is it still unsolved? Well, despite having the surveillance, something happened which now Joyce Kesse states them to being "the luckiest criminal out there!"Was it one of the construction workers Jen had told friends were odd, when they stopped and stared at her? Was it the ex boyfriend who miraculously had been drinking in a bar across the road from Jen's condo the night before her disappearance? Or is it someone we haven't considered yet?We may soon find out, as in a development released this year, the Kesse's advised that AI is now being used in hopes of identifying the person caught on camera.Jennifer's GoFundMe

*This episode contains discussion of feeling suicidal, drugs and rape - due to quotes, there is also the presence of swearing by the host*Levi Davis was starting to become a household name throughout the UK, he played professional Rugby, he had starred on the Celebrity X factor and he was leading the way within sports as being the first openly bisexual rugby player in the mens game. But in October 2022, Levi's name was splashed across headlines, this time, for very different reasons - he had gone missing in Barcelona. However, four days before his disappearance, he posted a 15 minute long Instagram video talking about how he was being blackmailed, drugged and put into compromising sexual positions - Levi spoke of police corruption and his money going to them - when you then add this to the timeline of events that happened prior to his disappearance, it makes you ask the question? Was Levi trying to warn us? Over the years, investigations have taken place - but not so much by the Spanish police, who simply say there is no evidence of a crime. They didn't even post an appeal years later as there were no new lines of enquiry! There's something about Levi's case that doesn't "feel" right - what do you think? Levi's Full Video

It was August 1991 when 42 year old Vera Anderson answered a late night call from an unknown person, she then dropped her 7 year old son off to her neighbour and friend sitting she would be just 10 minutes - but 10 minutes soon turned into hours and Vera didn't return. At 3am the next morning, Vera's body was found in her Blue Ford Cortina - a bloody glove and a curtain sash were left at the scene, a brown hatchback car was seen leaving the scene and driving erratically, another witness claims to have seen Vera in The Crown and Cushion pub with a male companion, but family and friends dispute this sighting.After 34 years, police are still actively looking into Vera's murder, having promised the family to never give up - over the years, arrests have been made, and yet no charges brought before anyone. In 2014, a strange appeal by the police came about in the form of CCTV. To this day, it is still not known who killed Vera - despite an apparent cell confession!

Sage Smith was just 19 when she vanished in November 2012, she had just started learning to become comfortable with herself having come out as Transgender. She was living with two friends, hosting parties and hoping to get into cosmetology.On November 20th 2012, Sage left her apartment to go on a date in the early evening, but never arrived home. She had been spotted by her step sister at 6:30pm on the night of the date and was on the phone to someone, stating she would be with them in 5 minutes. When her disappearance was reported, police gained a subpoena to access her phone - but her father, Dean, couldn't wait the couple of days until this approval and managed to guess Sage's password correctly. The last person she had spoken too had come from an out of state number, so Dean used the power of social media to find out - and it worked! He learnt that Sage had been talking to Erik McFadden - but like Sage, he had disappeared from the area too - only making contact with his girlfriend via email. Thirteen years after Sage's disappearance, police finally caught up to Erik - but to this date, what has been discussed has not been disclosed - is he still the number 1 suspect in Sage's disappearance? Or do the other two theories make more sense?Tune in to find out more!

On this weeks episode, I cover the case of Tamla Horsford, who attended an adults sleep over in 2018 to celebrate a friends birthday, but who was found dead in the backyard the following morning after falling from a 15ft balcony. The case was deemed accidental and wasn't widely publicised, that is until 2020, when the death of George Floyd sparked the Black Live Matter protests and people began to share Tamla's case as they believed it hadn't been fully investigated - celebrities such as 50 Cent and Kim Kardashian signed and shared it, and suddenly, Tamla's case was widely discussed and scrutinised with many believing it was in fact a homicide. A reinvestigation was carried out - no further answers have been given.This episode uses AI - for a breakdown of the autopsy and the voice of R. Fernandes.

Rebecca Coriam was 24 and working onboard the Disney Wonder cruise line within the Youth Entertainment team, her bright, bubbly and always happy nature secured her the job with Disney.On the 21st March 2011, the Disney Wonder set sail for it's Mexican Riveria cruise, the magic of the horns rang out "When You Wish Upon a Star" as the ship left the Port of Los Angeles, guests were queuing for a picture with Mickey Mouse, and the staff began their work to entertain adults and children aboard.Rebecca Coriam had sent a Facebook message to her parents to say she would call them the following day, but that call never happened, because on 22nd March 2011, Rebecca vanished from the ship - the Captain claimed it be a rogue wave that swept Rebecca from Deck 5, others feel she may have jumped but friends and family strongly believe there to be a cover up. A pair of flip flops which were the main reason for the rogue wave idea, led to further questions being ask, but the main question was - Are Disney hiding something?Jon Ronson Article for The Independent

*WARNING* This episode discusses mental health, drug use and suicide. Kurt Cobain, a name that many people will know and maybe you're one of the 36 million monthly listeners on Spotify of Nirvana.Sadly, we've been left with three albums worth of music to listen to on a loop for 31 years because in April 1994, Kurt was found dead in his Seattle home. Police determined it to be a suicide, Kurt had taken a lot of Heroin and appeared to have shot himself - but for many years, this theory has been questioned, many people speculated as to whether he really did take his own life. Last week, in February 2026 - news broke that a team of specialist forensics had re-looked into Kurt's case, and they believe the evidence strongly suggest her was in fact murdered. In this weeks episode, we cover Kurt as a person, his life in the band, his death and these new theories.

This week, The Unsolved Podcast is giving you a three for one with the mini series of Gareth Williams. Gareth William's was a highly intelligent 31 year old, who was working for MI6 in 2010. In August 2010, following a call for concern, police visited Gareth's London flat, what they found would be the start of a story that to this day, is no closer to having a resolve, because in Gareth's bath was red holdall bag, that had been zipped shut and a padlocked. Inside the bag, was Gareth's naked body.Very little DNA was found at the scene, there were no fingerprints on or inside the bag, despite the city facing a heatwave, the flats thermostat had been left on high. Some items in the flat that were found flooded the news which led the story on a different path. There were three main theories for Gareth, we'll explore these plus other areas of Gareth's life, work and potential connections to similar deaths in the years before and after. Episode 1 covers who Gareth was, his intellegence and the job he held with GCHQ and MI6, plus the discovery of his body and the initial findings.

This week, The Unsolved Podcast is giving you a three for one with the mini series of Gareth Williams. Gareth William's was a highly intelligent 31 year old, who was working for MI6 in 2010.  In August 2010, following a call for concern, police visited Gareth's London flat, what they found would be the start of a story that to this day, is no closer to having a resolve, because in Gareth's bath was red holdall bag, that had been zipped shut and a padlocked. Inside the bag, was Gareth's naked body.Very little DNA was found at the scene, there were no fingerprints on or inside the bag, despite the city facing a heatwave, the flats thermostat had been left on high. Some items in the flat that were found flooded the news which led the story on a different path. There were three main theories for Gareth, we'll explore these plus other areas of Gareth's life, work and potential connections to similar deaths in the years before and after.  In Episode 2 we cover the three main theories considered to have happened to Gareth, from him getting into the bag himself, a consensual experiment or murder!