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True Crime Episodes

Explore real-life criminal cases that have shocked communities and remain unresolved. This category covers the darker side of human behavior and the mysteries that surround unsolved crimes.
Three Women, One House, Zero Trace — The Springfield Three
June 27, 2026

Three Women, One House, Zero Trace — The Springfield Three

In 1992, three women vanished from a locked Missouri home, leaving behind their personal belongings and a single shattered porch light. Tonight, we step into the quiet rooms of 1717 East Delmar to piece together their final hours.

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The Ghost in the Mailbox: The Circleville Writer
June 15, 2026

The Ghost in the Mailbox: The Circleville Writer

In 1976, the quiet community of Circleville, Ohio, was shaken by a wave of vicious, anonymous letters. The writer knew everyone's darkest secrets, launching a targeted smear campaign that quickly escalated from malicious gossip to a deadly nightmare.

What followed is a bizarre web of tragedy: a suspicious fatal car crash, a loaded pistol rigged as a roadside booby trap, and an ensuing investigation that raised far more questions than answers. Even when a local man was convicted …

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THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT ERASURE OF BRANDON SWANSON
May 25, 2026

THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT ERASURE OF BRANDON SWANSON

In this episode of Static After Dark, we explore the chilling 2008 disappearance of 19-year-old Brandon Swanson, who vanished into thin air in rural Minnesota after driving his car into a ditch. While on a real-time, 47-minute phone call with his parents trying to guide them to his location, Brandon suddenly uttered a final "Oh, shit!" before the line went completely dead. Join us as we unpack the baffling 25-mile geographical illusion that misled his family, the mysterious red lig…

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GHOST PLANE: The Vanishing of N844AA
May 20, 2026

GHOST PLANE: The Vanishing of N844AA

On May 25, 2003, a massive Boeing 727-223, registration N844AA, taxied down the runway at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola. It had no clearance from the tower, its lights were off, and its transponder was completely silent. With an uncertified mechanic and a Congolese national on board, the commercial airliner took off into the sunset—and vanished forever. In this episode of Static After Dark, we dive into one of the most baffling aviation mysteries in history. Was it an insuran…

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Kenneth Hearn: The Final Fare
May 17, 2026

Kenneth Hearn: The Final Fare

Episode SummaryIn Episode 2 of Static After Dark, host Chris takes listeners back to May 19, 1956, to uncover the tragic and unsolved murder of 21-year-old Adelaide taxi driver Kenneth Hearn. After picking up a late-night fare in Port Adelaide, Hearn was driven to a quiet stretch of Golden Grove Road in Salisbury, where he was executed with a $.22$ caliber bullet and robbed of his earnings.Despite an intensive initial investigation involving more than 50 interviews, the trail went completely…

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The Missing Beaumont Children
May 16, 2026

The Missing Beaumont Children

The episode covers one of Australia’s most haunting and enduring unsolved mysteries: the disappearance of siblings Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont.

On a normal summer day in January 1966, the three children walked to Glenelg Beach in South Australia and vanished without a trace. The incident deeply impacted the nation, permanently changing how Australian parents supervised their children.

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The mysterious man was spotted with the children before they d…

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