Code 18: Unsolved

The Blade
  • 4.9 (128)
  • TRUE CRIME

**About the podcast:** There are nearly 400 unsolved homicides in Toledo dating back to 1950. What’s it going to take to finally solve them? Maybe a podcast. The Blade is launching a new audio series, Code: 18: Unsolved, to take a deep dive into these mysteries in an attempt to help solve them.

Episodes

  1. 10/15/2021

    Episode 9: Where is the case now?

    More than a year removed from when we last heard from reporter Kaitlin Durbin about Alvin’s Darrow’s disappearance, the case gets some movement and some hope for the family.

    16 min

  2. 09/06/2020

    Episode 8: Somebody Knows

    We recap all we know about Alvin’s Darrow’s disappearance and where the trail runs cold. Police and family make their final pleas for information leading to Alvin’s body, because “somebody knows what happened to him." ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/09/04/753b895e-57ea-4eff-8380-7e040eb2c664.jpg)

    27 min

  3. 09/03/2020

    Bonus Episode 7.5: Michael Johnson steps forward

    Michael Johnson shares his memory of the night he helped Tim Darrow dump a barrel in Michigan.

    38 min

  4. 08/29/2020

    Episode 7: The Barrel

    A mysterious tip reported from the Wood County jail led police on a hunt for a barrel dumped in a secluded field in southern Michigan. Could it be Alvin’s final resting place? ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/28/34918146-93ff-40f9-aea5-5daa098644d5.jpg)

    23 min

  5. 08/22/2020

    Episode 6: Searching

    How did the investigation unfold? Five search warrants provide clues about where police were searching for Alvin Darrow and who they were looking at. ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/08/19/103b2527-9a39-4d0f-851b-80f95312cd51.jpg)

    35 min

  6. 08/15/2020

    Episode 5: Tim Darrow

    Tim Darrow is the last known person to see his father alive. We interview him for an hour about what he recalls about their fight over a stolen motorcycle and why Alvin’s blood may have ended up on the bike. ![text](http://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/08/10/48b44fff-947b-4cba-aaa1-1db88f0d2550.jpg) ![text](http://www.toledoblade.co/.media/101/2020/08/10/82c0ebd7-2e35-4476-ba4d-40722c94ce2c.jpg)

    39 min

  7. 08/08/2020

    Episode 4: Father and Sons

    Alvin Darrow had a turbulent past and had spent most of his adult life in and out of jail, but he’d seemed to have turned things around in the last five years. Why, then, did he have a stolen motorcycle? And what might his relationship with his sons tell us about his disappearance? ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/30/2e7f1a36-0b1d-49ad-b70e-394d3c03ee67.jpg)

    33 min

  8. 08/01/2020

    Episode 3: The Last Day

    We retrace Alvin Darrow’s steps on July 27, 2017, narrowing down the timeline until he vanishes. Where did he go, who was he with, and where did the blood come from? ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/30/ecb5c8b4-3d3f-45af-a1d1-c76012d617ea.jpg) ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/28/34918146-93ff-40f9-aea5-5daa098644d5.jpg)

    23 min

  9. 07/23/2020

    Episode 2: The Stolen Motorcycle

    This story starts with an expensive motorcycle that was stolen two days prior to the victim going missing. What do we know about that burglary and the bike? What does it have to do with Alvin? ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/23/152c93f1-1424-4a88-9e8e-22d778a60439.jpg) ![text](https://www.toledoblade.com/.media/101/2020/07/23/5a60ff99-ba02-4993-ae4e-b5c232be2a27.jpg)

    16 min

  10. 07/02/2020

    Episode 1: Presumed Dead

    Officially, Alvin Darrow is missing, but it’s presumed he’s dead, his body never recovered. A strange series of events followed his disappearance, including two 911 calls, a fake lead and immediate suspicions of a violent end. Hear the first clues about what happened to Alvin Darrow.

    26 min

  11. 06/23/2020

    Trailer: Alvin Darrow is missing

    In season one, *Code 18: Unsolved* investigates the mysterious disappearance of Alvin Darrow from his home in Toledo, near the Ohio/Michigan border, on July 27, 2017. Two days earlier, he'd acquired a stolen motorcycle; there was fight over the bike and then, Alvin was gone. Join Blade reporter Kaitlin Durbin in this 8-part series as she pieces together what may have happened using interviews with law enforcement and his friends and family.

    2 min
  • 11 Episodes

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About

**About the podcast:** There are nearly 400 unsolved homicides in Toledo dating back to 1950. What’s it going to take to finally solve them? Maybe a podcast. The Blade is launching a new audio series, Code: 18: Unsolved, to take a deep dive into these mysteries in an attempt to help solve them.

Information

  • Creator
    The Blade
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    Copyright © The Blade
  • Show Website
    Code 18: Unsolved

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