35 episodes
Unsolved USA TODAY and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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4.0 • 746 Ratings
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More often than we’d like to believe, people get away with murder. As cases grow cold, cops retire. Witnesses die. Evidence disappears. Unsolved, a true crime podcast series from USA TODAY and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, guides listeners through these real-life mysteries, uncovering new clues along the way.
Season four of Unsolved delves into the disappearance of Alexis Patterson, a 7-year-old girl who disappeared on her way to school in 2002. At first, there was a massive search and sympathy for her family, but that quickly changed as her parents became suspects. Over the years, there have been conspiracy theories and false leads and cases of mistaken identity. Still, her mom has never given up hope that Alexis will come home again someday.
Season three of Unsolved tells the story of Father Alfred Kunz, whose throat was slit inside St. Michael School in 1998. Some believe his death was linked to his battles against evil. Others believe his all-too-human flaws were to blame.
Season two of Unsolved, released in 2017, examines the case of toddler Michelle Manders, who vanished from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 1981. Did she wander alone into the darkness? Or was she kidnapped?
Season one of Unsolved, released in 2015, explores the circumstances surrounding the death of 14-year-old John Zera, who disappeared from Franklin High School in 1976. The seven episodes follow investigators through decades of dead ends as they hold on to hope of finding the killer.
Subscribe to Unsolved on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on the series, visit http://usatoday.com/unsolved.
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A double life
Some witnesses say they saw a red truck outside Alexis' school around the time she vanished. Could it have belonged to a serial killer?
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Where would she have gone?
Police come up with the theory that Alexis ran away after her mom tells them about an argument over cupcakes.
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A guilty man walked free
Alexis’ stepfather, LaRon Bourgeois, has a troubled history with police. That is enough to raise their suspicions after she disappears.
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She never made it to school
Despite Milwaukee’s history of segregation and distrust between Black residents and police, the whole city comes together to search for 7-year-old Alexis Patterson, who disappeared somewhere in the 242 steps between her home and school.
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S4: Coming May 3: Season 4
Alexis Patterson’s walk home from school was just 242 steps. But on May 3, 2002, the 7-year-old never made it. The story of Alexis’ disappearance started with a massive search and sympathy for her family, but that quickly changed as her parents became suspects. Over the years, there have been conspiracy theories and false leads and cases of mistaken identity. Still, her mom has never given up hope that Alexis will come home again someday.
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S4: We're working on season 4
I’m working on a new investigation about missing children of color, and one of them is going to be the focus of Season 4.
Customer Reviews
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Don’t Bother
Sad - really subpar. Poorly written. It makes me sad to say that since I live in this city, love it, and I remember these cases. The sound quality is poor and distracting. Journalists are not necessarily narrators or broadcasters; this narrator is not easy to stick with. In early episodes especially, speech is shockingly indistinct and monotone. Hers is just not a pleasant “radio” voice. There are no further resolutions to these cases at all, no more revelations. The people who participate are minor actors, most often old cops.These are cases investigated at a time when investigation methods were much less well developed. So essentially ineffective investigations are described. For me, the factor that I found most intolerable - at times the names of people never formally accused or arrested are used repeatedly. This podcast is truly a waste of time. I wish these family members, and, victims had be left in peace rather than dredging these up just for entertainment. (Actually sickening.) The podcast is on par with the production partners, Milwaukee’s “major” newspaper & USA Today. Their quality, like most newspapers now, also make them not worth the time or investment. Truly, a big disappointment.
Season 4 is just the race card ad nauseum
No real investigative journalism here; just wokery.