True Crime Missing Persons

Black girls and women disappear every day, but not without a trace. Join actress and activist Erika Alexander in a neo-noir, true crime drama as she searches for Tamika Huston, a 24-year-old Black woman from Spartanburg, SC who went missing in 2004. Her case became a rallying cry for other missing Black women in America and led to a growing demand to expose a system that ignores missing girls and women of color.

Some disappearances don’t end in bloodstains or headlines. They end in paperwork. Filed Without Resolution is a collection of true-crime cold case stories drawn from public court records, municipal filings, and regulatory logs, cases where people didn’t vanish into darkness, but into systems that quietly moved on without them. Each story is told in first-person by the professionals who witnessed the disappearance from the edges: a process server taping an eviction notice to an empty door, a probate attorney declaring a death with no body, a zoning inspector clearing a shelter that ...

For decades, Sandra Brown’s life has been intertwined with someone she has never met: an eleven year-old girl named Moira Anderson – who disappeared from their hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1957. It became one of the oldest cold cases in Scottish history. Sandra lived just around the corner from Moira. She grew up hearing about the missing girl, whose memory haunted the town. But she never imagined that, one day, she would be the one trying to uncover what happened. Or that her search for answers would reveal secrets and lies so close to home.

Gone: Mysterious Disappearances is an enthralling book series that delves into the chilling and unresolved mysteries of people who have vanished without a trace over the years. Each volume in the series explores a collection of famous and lesser-known disappearances, presenting the known facts with a gripping narrative style that brings the stories to life.

Where do travelers go when they vanish abroad—and why do so many cases remain unsolved? Gone Without a Trace: True Stories of Missing Travelers is a powerful work of true crime nonfiction that investigates real disappearances from around the world, written by Anne Brown—a solo female slow traveler writing under a pen name for personal safety. From Lars Mittank in Bulgaria to Tiphaine Véron in Japan, Ophélie Bretnacher in Hungary, Madeleine McCann in Portugal, and Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic, these are the true stories of travelers whose adventures ended in mystery. Each...

On 13th February 2017, the small town of Delphi, Indiana, was forever changed. Best friends Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, set out to explore the Monon High Bridge trail on a day off from school. They never returned. The next day, their bodies were discovered near the trail, and a haunting audio clip captured by Libby on her phone—of a man saying, "Down the hill"—became a chilling clue in a case that would grip the nation. Down the Hill delves deep into the investigation that spanned years, baffled seasoned detectives, and drew amateur sleuths from around the world. With ...

The lights are strung. The gifts are wrapped. But for these families, the guest at the door wasn't Santa Claus. For most, December is a season of warmth, reunion, and joy. But for homicide detectives, the winter break is often a time of high stress, simmering resentments, and tragic outcomes. In TRUE CRIME - Holiday Horror, author Logan Carter pulls back the curtain on the dark side of the festive season. From frozen rural fields to the neon-lit panic of modern cities, this collection documents twenty of the most harrowing cases ever opened under the cover of the season. Inside, you will ...

"Real people. Vanished without a trace. Their stories demand to be told." Missing Persons Archives: Volume 1 is a gripping and poignant collection of true stories about individuals who vanished without a trace, drawn from the haunting investigations of the YouTube channel Missing Persons Archives. This chilling compendium explores disappearances that defy explanation—children gone in an instant, couples erased without a clue, hikers lost to the wilderness, and even public figures who inexplicably ceased to exist. Spanning decades and continents, each case is united by a profound lack of ...

In the heart of the rolling green hills of Ireland a huge abandoned psychiatric asylum looms large and holds its secrets close, until one family fights to find the truth about their long lost great grandmother. Presented by Irish celebrity and mental health advocate Niall Breslin - this is the untold story of the quest to find patient Julia Leonard, alongside many others, who came to die in St Loman’s Hospital near Dublin. Why was Julia in St Loman’s? And what happened to her and other patients who found themselves within its walls?

They vanished without warning. Some were stolen in the night. Others disappeared in plain sight. Their stories shocked the world. True Crime – Taken! plunges readers into fifteen of the most haunting abduction and kidnapping cases in modern history. From Elizabeth Smart’s chilling captivity to the mysterious disappearance of Maura Murray, from the milk carton heartbreak of Etan Patz to the jaw-dropping tale of Colleen Stan’s years in a box—this collection leaves no stone unturned. Logan Carter weaves deeply immersive, narrative-driven accounts of survival, mystery, endurance, and ...

Without A Trace explores the haunting mysteries of individuals who vanished without explanation between the late nineteenth century to the late 20th century, blending historical research with the emotional weight of unresolved loss. The book delves into the lives of Percy Fawcett, a British explorer who disappeared in 1925 while seeking a lost city in the Amazon with his son and a friend, sparking theories of hostile tribes or a hidden utopia; Etta Place, the enigmatic companion of outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who vanished after 1925 in Argentina, her true identity and fate ...

Step right up to the darkest show on Earth. The rides aren’t the only things that’ll make your heart race. Behind the screams of joy and flashing lights lies a bloodstained underworld of terror. True Crime: Amusement Parks dives deep into the unsettling true stories of real-life murders, disappearances, and unspeakable acts committed within the gates of America’s most beloved amusement parks. From predators hiding in plain sight to unsolved mysteries that haunt park grounds to this day, Logan Carter exposes the shadowy truth behind the fun. Each chilling case will leave you ...

Some disappearances don’t make headlines. They don’t trigger manhunts or documentaries or late-night specials. They leave behind paperwork. This unsettling true-crime–inspired collection tells the stories of people who vanished not through mystery alone, but through systems that noticed them briefly, and then moved on. Each story is narrated in first person by the last professional who officially interacted with the missing: a legal aid volunteer filing a restraining order, a tow-yard manager rotating an unclaimed car, an intake nurse waiting for a patient who never arrived, an ...

“No badge, no problem. Michael Lister’s first swing at the modern private eye novel is a home run. The Night Of is an instant classic with rich characters and storytelling that grips your heart from first page to last.” - #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly Lucas Burke and Alix "Blade" Baker: A Pair of Determined Detectives In the sun-soaked expanse of Panama City Beach, Florida, Lucas Burke and Alix “Blade” Baker are the area's most tenacious private investigators. Specializing in missing persons cases, their work is more than just a job—it’s a personal ...

Some disappearances don’t start with a scream. They start with a checkbox. In this cold-case true-crime compilation, each story is told in a first-person, conversational voice by the people who didn’t expect to become witnesses, a payroll supervisor who touched the last proof of life, a union steward who knows receipts can be legal records, an HR manager trapped inside “process,” and a floor supervisor who learns how easily time off can become a disguise. Names and locations are changed for privacy, but the spine stays faithful to public case-file structures: timelines, logs, ...

La comunidad unida de San Miguel de Allende, México, se vio afectada por una serie de sofisticados secuestros durante casi una década. Cuando la policía finalmente realizó un arresto, los habitantes del pueblo se sorprendieron al saber quién estaba acusado de ser el cerebro de la organización criminal. Se trata del vecino favorito de todos y un pilar de la comunidad, Ramón Guerra. Excepto que Ramón no es quien dice ser.

After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined.

They’re here one second, and then they’re gone. Without rhyme or reason, people going about their mundane day-to-day affairs vanish without a trace. Sure, missing person cases may be a dime a dozen, but some are just a little stranger than others. Because there are disappearances—and then there are mind-bogglingly mysterious disappearances.

Shadows in the Case Files is a chilling collection of first-person true-crime narratives inspired by real public cold-case records. These are the confessions, recollections, and haunted testimonies of people who walked into the edges of unsolved America, and emerged carrying pieces of stories the system left behind. Told with intimate realism, emotional precision, and atmospheric tension, Shadows in the Case Files explores how ordinary lives fracture under extraordinary mysteries. If you love true crime, cold cases, forensic oddities, and emotionally raw storytelling, this collection will ...

The Ocala National Forest is vast, quiet, and unforgiving. On one weekend in 1994, it became a killing ground. In this standalone true crime investigation, the 1994 abduction and murder of Florida State University student John Edwards is reconstructed alongside the harrowing survival of his sister, Pam Edwards, in a case that has remained largely confined to court records and regional reporting. What was meant to be a quiet weekend of camping in the Ocala National Forest became a nightmare when two fugitives approached the siblings under the guise of friendliness. Offering help, ...