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  • 29 Wolverton Street home connected to the Julia Wallace murder
    Old Houses

    25 Menlove Gardens East

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    A mysterious caller sent William Wallace to an address that did not exist. While he searched for it across Liverpool, his wife Julia was murdered at home.

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  • Hinterkaifeck farm connected to the 1922 murders
    Family Secrets

    The Footprints

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    Days before six people were killed on an isolated Bavarian farm, strange footprints appeared in the snow. They seemed to lead toward the house, but not away from it.

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  • Artemus Ogletree in the Room 1046 mystery
    Hidden Wills

    Room 1046

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    A young man checked into a Kansas City hotel under a false name in 1935. Two days later, Room 1046 became the center of a murder mystery that still has no answer.

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  • Chevaline murders crime scene BMW near Lake Annecy
    Inheritance Stories

    The Gun in the Lake

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    Four people were killed on a remote road above Lake Annecy in 2012. Fourteen years later, a pistol surfaced from the lake and sent investigators back to one of France’s most haunting cold cases.

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  • Ricky McCormick cipher note found in his pocket in 1999
    Inheritance Stories

    In 1999, a Man Was Found Dead in a Missouri Field. The FBI Still Cannot Read the Notes in His Pockets

    Hours August 21, 2026August 21, 2026

    In 1999, Ricky McCormick was found dead near a Missouri field. Hidden in his pockets were two pages of strange code. Years later, the FBI admitted its own experts could not decipher them.

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  • Gerard Ross murder unsolved 1997 Western Australia case
    Family Secrets Moral Justice

    In 1997, an 11 Year Old Walked Toward a Comic Shop He Never Arrived

    Hours August 18, 2026August 18, 2026

    In 1997, an 11-year-old boy walked toward a comic shop in Rockingham. His brother went ahead for only a few minutes. Gerard Ross never arrived.

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