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Murder . Kidnapping . Cults Where the trail goes cold... we keep digging.  We're your hosts, Erica Memphis and Pete Bonnebaigt, best friends and true crime addicts.  Each week, we unravel unsolved cases of murder, disappearances, and mysteries that never seem to end.  This is Dead Ends. 

  1. 4d ago

    DE025: The Shooting of Alistair Wilson

    On the evening of 28 November 2004, 30-year-old bank manager Alistair Wilson was at home with his wife and two young sons in the quiet Scottish town of Nairn. At around 7pm, a stranger knocked on the door and asked for Alistair by name. The man handed him a blue envelope marked with a single word: Paul. The envelope was empty. Alistair went back outside to speak to the visitor, and moments later, three gunshots were heard. He died in hospital that night. Ten days later, the murder weapon was discovered in a nearby drain: a rare, decades-old German pocket pistol. But despite the gun, an eyewitness description, thousands of enquiries and more than 20 years of investigation, no one has ever been charged. Was Alistair murdered because of his work at the bank? Was the killing connected to his objection to decking outside the hotel opposite his home? Was the man at the door acting alone, or was this a carefully planned two-person operation?   0:00 Introduction 6:43 Case Overview 8:19 Who Was Alistair Wilson 13:39 The Havelock Hotel 19:37 The Day of the Murder 22:23 The Man at the Door 29:46 The Gun is Found 36:07 Theories 44:25 The Prime Suspect 50:25 Solving the Case   Join the conversation in the comments Instagram: @DeadEndsPod TikTok: @DeadEndsPod Email: deadendspod2025@gmail.com

    DE025: The Shooting of Alistair Wilson

  2. Jul 27

    Mini008: Missing in the Appalachian Mountains

    The Appalachian mountains are one of the oldest and most mysterious mountain ranges in the world. Running from Canada right down the east of America to Alabama, they have been home to cultures from across the world. Each culture has brought their own traditions and beliefs, contributing to the growing legends surrounding the mountains. They hold secrets of entities and animals intent on drawing you away from the correct path. Whistles, songs, even the voices of people you know will call to you from the darkness. Which of these legends are true? Which are simply folk tales? Whatever the answer is, one thing we do know - people really do go missing forever in the Appalachian wilderness, never to be seen again.   0:00 Introduction 2:34 How do you say Appalachian? 5:41 Background to the Appalachian Mountains 8:07 The Appalachian Trail Hiking Route 9:28 The Haunted Background to the Appalachian Mountains 13:45 The Cherokee Heritage Surrounding the Appalachian Mountains 15:09 How Folklore and Celtic Culture influenced the Appalachian Mountains 16:19 The Story of Rhys, Llewellyn, and the Tylwyth Teg 17:32 The Hunter and the Mimic 19:09 Don't Look Outside 23:31 The Brown Mountain Lights - America's Oldest Unexplained Light Mystery 29:04 The Bell Witch - the only Paranormal Death Ever Recorded 38:13 Did Bigfoot take this Child? 40:13 Cults in the Appalachian Mountains - The Hellier Goblins 46:35 Final Thoughts and Theories   Join the conversation in the comments Instagram: @DeadEndsPod TikTok: @DeadEndsPod Email: deadendspod2025@gmail.com

    Mini008: Missing in the Appalachian Mountains

  3. Jul 13

    DE024: The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

    On 3 May 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from Apartment 5A at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents were having dinner nearby with friends. What followed became one of the most famous missing child investigations in the world - a case filled with missed opportunities, contaminated evidence, disputed sightings, police mistakes, forensic controversy, and suspects whose names would become permanently tied to the mystery. Was Madeleine taken by an intruder? Was she targeted? Did the investigation lose its best chance in the first few hours? And does the current suspect, Christian Brückner, finally point towards the truth, or is this case still trapped behind too many dead ends?   0:00 Introduction 9:30 Case Overview 12:15 The McCanns 14:48 The Tapas Seven 18:38 The Ocean Club Layout 22:53 Where was Madeleine? 25:42 The Lead-up to the Disappearance 29:46 The Day Madeleine was Taken 38:28 Kate Finds Madeleine is Gone 44:36 The Crime Scene is Contaminated 46:25 Did this Man Take Madeleine? 48:35 Was the Window Closed? 51:52 The Cadaver and Blood Dogs 57:28 Did Robert Murat Take Madeleine? 1:02:48 The McCanns Become Prime Suspects 1:08:03 Was Madeleine Abducted? 1:16:07 Was Madeleine Trafficked? 1:19:36 Did the McCanns Kill Their Daughter? 1:24:29 Did Christian Bruckner Kill Madeleine? 1:30:19 Final Thoughts and Theories   Join the conversation in the comments Instagram: @DeadEndsPod TikTok: @DeadEndsPod Email: deadendspod2025@gmail.com

    DE024: The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

  4. Jun 29

    DE023: DeOrr Kunz, Vanished at Timber Creek

    In July 2015, two-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr. disappeared from a remote campsite in Idaho. He was there with his parents, his great-grandfather, and one other man. Within minutes, he was gone. Searchers combed the creek, the reservoir, the campground, and the surrounding wilderness. No body. No clothing. No boots. No confirmed trace. What began as a search for a missing toddler soon became one of Idaho’s most unsettling unsolved cases - a case filled with conflicting accounts, difficult questions, and theories that still divide people today. In this episode, we look at the disappearance of DeOrr Kunz Jr., the four adults at Timber Creek, the search that found nothing, the changing investigation, and the question that remains more than ten years later: What really happened to DeOrr?   0:00 Introduction 4:31 Case Overview 9:39 What happened on the day DeOrr Disappeared? 13:10 The Moments DeOrr Went Missing 15:28 The Search Begins 21:53 The Bird Theory 24:05 From Lost Child to Abduction 32:29 Was Issac Involved? 35:56 The Parents and Private Investigators 42:32 The Disappearance of Bobby Bizup 44:42 The Disappearance of Jaryd Atadero 48:44 The Disappearance of Samuel Boehlke 51:12 What Really Happened? 1:00:24 Final Thoughts and Theories   Join the conversation in the comments Instagram: @DeadEndsPod TikTok: @DeadEndsPod Email: deadendspod2025@gmail.com

    DE023: DeOrr Kunz, Vanished at Timber Creek

  5. Jun 15

    DE022: Ben Needham, Vanished from Paradise

    In July 1991, 21-month-old Ben Needham disappeared outside a farmhouse on the Greek island of Kos. His family believed he was only a few steps away. Within minutes, he was gone. For more than three decades, Ben’s disappearance has haunted his family and investigators. Was he abducted? Did he wander away? Was there an accident involving machinery near the farmhouse? And why have so many leads, sightings, searches, and theories failed to bring him home? In this episode of Dead Ends, we take a deep look at the disappearance of Ben Needham: the family’s move to Kos, the events of 24 July 1991, the early investigation, the white car sighting, the airport and ferry questions, the later digger theory, the false sightings, the DNA disappointments, and the unanswered questions that still remain.   Join the conversation in the comments Instagram: @DeadEndsPod TikTok: @DeadEndsPod Email: deadendspod2025@gmail.com

    DE022: Ben Needham, Vanished from Paradise

  6. Jun 1

    MINI007: Alien Encounters That Don’t Sit Right

    Three of the most unsettling alien encounter stories ever reported. A couple lose two hours on a lonely road in New Hampshire. A logger vanishes from an Arizona forest while his crew are suspected of murder. And in Britain, military personnel enter Rendlesham Forest after strange lights appear near an airbase. From Betty and Barney Hill, to Travis Walton, to Rendlesham Forest, these are the UFO cases that helped shape the way we imagine alien encounters: missing time, abduction, military witnesses, official explanations, and stories that refuse to go away. Were they hoaxes, misidentifications, psychological episodes, military secrets - or something harder to explain? In this episode, we dig into the timelines, the witnesses, the official accounts, and the theories behind the alien encounter cases that still don’t sit right.   0:00 Introduction 17:20 Rendlesham Forest, 1980, Britain’s Roswell 30:06 Betty and Barney Hill, 1961, the first famous alien abduction 46:20 Travis Walton, 1975, vanished in front of coworkers   Join the conversation in the comments Instagram: @DeadEndsPod TikTok: @DeadEndsPod Email: deadendspod2025@gmail.com

    MINI007: Alien Encounters That Don’t Sit Right

  7. May 18

    DE021: Murder, Money, and the Vanishing Count

    In April 2011, a respectable family home in Nantes, France, sat silent behind closed shutters. Letters claimed the Dupont de Ligonnès family had vanished into witness protection, but beneath the terrace, police would discover something far darker. Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès and her four children were found buried under the house. Their father, Xavier, a man from an old aristocratic French family, was gone. Was this a family annihilation followed by suicide? Or did “the vanishing count” stage one of the most chilling escapes in modern true crime? In this episode of Dead Ends, we look at the murders, the strange letters, the missed police searches, Xavier’s final movements through southern France, and the question that still haunts the case: Where is Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès?   0:00 Introduction 6:24 Case Overview 7:35 Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès 10:36 The Dupont de Ligonnès Family 15:18 Financial Struggles 19:18 The Gun 20:49 The Timeline 28:58 The Letters 35:00 The Police Visit the House 37:38 The Bodies are Discovered 46:20 Tracking Xavier 49:41 The Last Confirmed Sightings of Xavier 51:39 Where is Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès? 59:18 Final Thoughts and Theories   Join the conversation in the comments Instagram: @DeadEndsPod TikTok: @DeadEndsPod Email: deadendspod2025@gmail.com   #truecrimestories #coldcase #unsolvedmysteries

    DE021: Murder, Money, and the Vanishing Count

  8. May 4

    DE020: Lindsay Buziak: Murder at the Million Dollar Showing

    In 2008, 24-year-old real estate agent Lindsay Buziak arrived at a vacant luxury home in Saanich, British Columbia, for what should have been a high-value property showing.   The buyers were a mysterious couple. The phone number was fake. The appointment felt wrong. And within minutes of entering the house, Lindsay was dead.   In this episode of Dead Ends, we look at the full case of Lindsay Buziak: who she was, how the showing was arranged, why she felt uneasy before she went, the mystery couple seen at the house, the possible drug-bust theory, the question of whether she was specifically targeted, and why the case remains unsolved nearly two decades later.   Was Lindsay the victim of a professional hit, a personal vendetta, mistaken informant retaliation, or something even closer to home?   0:00 Introduction 8:38 Case Overview 11:53 The Phone Call 15:24 The Day of the Murder 19:23 Jason Zailo Enters the House 23:11 The Killers 26:35 The Drug Theory 28:23 The Burner Phone 30:32 Thoughts and Theories   Join the conversation in the comments Instagram: @DeadEndsPod TikTok: @DeadEndsPod Email: deadendspod2025@gmail.com

    DE020: Lindsay Buziak: Murder at the Million Dollar Showing
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Murder . Kidnapping . Cults Where the trail goes cold... we keep digging.  We're your hosts, Erica Memphis and Pete Bonnebaigt, best friends and true crime addicts.  Each week, we unravel unsolved cases of murder, disappearances, and mysteries that never seem to end.  This is Dead Ends. 

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