Unresolved

In March of 2014, 26-year old Chase Massner disappeared. Chase, an Iraqi war veteran who was married with two kids, was last seen at the home of his friend, named Brad Clement.  Because of the content, this will likely be the last update I make on the story for quite some time.    Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan.  Music by T. Nordgren.  Additional music provided by Ailsa Traves.

By 1997, Miguel Ricart had been a prisoner of the Spanish Civil Guard for over four years. He had been in their custody since January of 1993, awaiting trial for the murder of three teenage girls from Alcasser.  Ricart would find an unlikely ally in one of the victim's parents, Fernando Garcia. Garcia wasn't interested in saving Miguel's life; rather, he was concerned that the prosecutor had developed tunnel vision on Miguel, and ignored any other potential leads or clues.  In this episode, I focus on everything that happened after the initial police investigation, including the trial of Miguel Ricart, Fernando Garcia's partnership with an esteemed true crime author, and the theories that have cropped up in the decades since.    Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan Music and production by T. Nordgren   Additional music provided by:  Parvus Decree - "Thoughts About Future"

It has now been weeks since the bodies of Toni Gomez Rodriguez, Desiree Hernandez Folch, and Miriam Garcia Iborra were found in the Spanish hills of La Romana. One suspect has been in custody for over a month, while the other has escaped justice... seemingly forever.  Miguel Ricart confesses to the rape, torture, and murder of the three teenage victims multiple times, but his confessions always contrast in stark details. More often than not, his confessions line up with what police knew at the time, based off of the autopsies of the victims and their exhaustive investigation. But each subsequent confession painted a muddled picture: one that gives credence to Miguel Ricart's later claims that the confessions were coerced. This episodes explores how those confessions evolved over time - with and without police involvement.  Part four of five.   Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan.  Music and production by T. Nordgren.    Additional music credits: Graham Bole - "We Are One" The Gateless Gate - "Endless Grey" Pipe Choir - "Fortress (Instrumental)"

On January 27th, 1993, the bodies of Toni Gomez Rodriguez, Desiree Hernandez Folch, and Miriam Garcia Iborra were found. The Spanish teens, from a small town named Alcasser, had gone missing in November of 1992 under mysterious circumstances.  Within hours of their discovery, police had a suspect in-mind. Hours after that, they had a full detailed confession, which the suspect - Miguel Ricart - claims was coerced. This confession pointed most of the blame at another man: one of Miguel's friends, a local drug dealer named Antonio Angles, who had recently been convicted for a violent offense and escaped from prison.  This episode details the ongoing investigation, as it began to consider a second autopsy and further confessions from Miguel, and goes into the Spanish Civil Guard's hunt for Antonio Angles... who continued to outsmart them at every turn.  Part three of five.    Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan  Music and production by T. Nordgren    Additional music provided by:  Soft And Furious - "Melancholic Ending"  Marcos H. Bolanos - "Stranger In The City" Murmurous - "Fathom"

In 2014, 26-year old Iraqi War Veteran Chase Massner disappeared while visiting a friend in Kennesaw, Georgia. He has not been seen since. I addressed his story back in May, when I spoke to Nancy Grace about the details of his disappearance and the theories that have cropped up since. Now, however, it appears that a body has been found in one of the locations he was last seen.  Learn more about the Unresolved Podcast at unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan. 

On January 27th, 1993, the bodies of three teenage girls were found in the mountainous region of La Romana, Spain. Investigators quickly surmised that these were the missing girls that had disappeared from Alcasser seventy-five days beforehand.  Quickly, the investigation pieced together some evidence at the scene to produce a suspect. The clues began to paint a brutal picture of how the three girls met their fate, but many have critiqued this investigation for damaging the case forever.  Part two of five.    Learn more about the podcast by visiting unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan Music and production by T. Nordgren   Music credits: Lullabelle - "Somos Magneticos" Blue Dot Sessions - "Levanger"

On November 13th, 1992, three girls from a small Spanish town called Alcasser set off in the early evening. Their names were Toni Gomez Rodriguez, Desiree Hernandez Folch, and Miriam Garcia Iborra. They never made it to their destination - a nightclub located in a neighboring town - despite being seen just down the block. Over the next two months, the police had to rely on some spotty eyewitness testimony as their only way of finding the girls.  The next seventy-five days would be torture for the family of the girls, who would receive a crushing blow when a couple of middle-aged beekeepers made a gruesome discovery in the final days of January.  Part one of five.   Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan Music and production by T. Nordgren   Music credits: "Thunder" by Air Waves "Glacier" by Marcos H. Bolanos 

In April of 1990, the body of a young woman would be found alongside an Oklahoma City highway. Her name was Tonya Hughes. Her husband, an older man named Clarence Hughes, would put the couple's young son into foster care on a temporary basis - which became permanent when police discovered that "Clarence Hughes" was just an alias for wanted fugitive Franklin Delano Floyd.  Over the next few years, a story would unfold that would reveal the monster that Floyd was hiding. And Michael Hughes, the young boy that he called his son, would be at the center of the unfolding mystery.  Part three of three.    Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan   Music credits: "Olivia Wraith" by Blue Dot Sessions "Peaceful Mind" by Borrtex "Humming Ghost" by Haunted Me "Subway Reflections" by Parcus Decree "Tree Lined Asphalt" by Pulse Emitter "Every path but your own is the path of fate" by Robert Farmer "Old Oak Tree" by Scott Holmes

In April of 1990, the body of a woman calling herself Tonya Hughes was found on the side of an Oklahoma City highway. Police discovered that the woman was an enigma, and this suspicion was confirmed when her older husband - named Clarence - went to redeem two life insurance policies with the social security number of wanted fugitive Franklin Delano Floyd.  The backstory of Franklin Delano Floyd revealed a complicated lifelong criminal, whose moral compass had been shattered decades beforehand.  Part two of three.    Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan   Music credits: "We will not be shipwrecked on a vain reality" by Robert Farmer "spectre" by ['noiseonport] "Chilvittle" by Blue Dot Sessions "One Moment" by Borrtex "The Idea of North" by The Gateless Gate "Frustration" by Joao Picoito

Suzanne Sevakis, born in 1969, was the oldest of four children. When her mother went to prison for a minor infraction, Suzanne and her siblings were overseen by their guardian, newfound stepfather Brandon Cleo Williams. Sadly, that was just an alias for a wanted fugitive known as Franklin Delano Floyd.  As she moved throughout the country, growing up with the man that she would call both father and husband, Suzanne would go by many names: Suzanne Davis, Sharon Marshall, and Tonya Hughes among them. But her story reached an end when she was murdered in Oklahoma City in 1990, a crime that is unsolved to this day.  However, that tragic hit-and-run accident would unearth a can of worms, a decades-long mystery that investigators are still trying to piece together today...  Part one of three.    Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan   Music credits:  "Basscoast Weekend" by Artem Bemba "Triangulum Galaxy" by Pulse Emitter "Limitless Blue" by The Gateless Gate "Rec008 - Contemplation"by Lo-Fi Fidelity "Themes From Frost" by Rest You Sleeping Giant "Melancholic Kid" by Marcos H. Bolanos

In March of 2014, 26-year old Chase Massner disappeared from a friend's home. Chase, an Iraqi war veteran who lived in Canton, Georgia. Struggling to make ends meet and provide for his family, Chase took a job at a Quik-Trip in Kennesaw, located just a mile or so away from one of Chase's friends named Brad Clement.  Chase and his wife, Amanda, had been having issues in the months before Chase's disappearance. Constant financial pressure put a strain on their relationship, and Chase was spending less time with both her and their two daughters. In the days before his disappearance, he had been spending time with his mother, Stephanie Cadena.  On March 27th, Amanda dropped Chase off in Kennesaw. He went to stay the night with his friend, Brad. By Brad's own recollection, Chase was looking for a drug known as roxicodone. The next day, March 28th, Chase was gone. Brad claimed that Chase disappeared, but allegations would continue to sniff around Brad for years afterwards.    Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan  Music and production by T. Nordgren 

In the early 1980s, Adelaide police were struggling to find a suspect after the bodies of five young men were found - each showing signs of sexually abuse before their murders. But they finally zeroed in on a suspect: a man named Bevan Spencer von Einem. He remains the only man convicted in the crime, but police are still convinced that he did not act alone. Their scope reached out into the associates of von Einem's that they think were involved in some way. This unknown, mysterious group has been etched in Australian history as "the Family," and if they exist, they have escaped justice for over three decades. Part two of two.   Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan  Music and production by T. Nordgren  Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me

In 2122, the USCSS Nostromo was on a regular, run-of-the-mill freight run when it picked up a distress call from a nearby planet, catalogued as LV-426. However, things then went dark, and no survivors escaped... with the exception of the aptly-named Ellen Ripley, who would surface again decades later. Written and hosted by Micheal Whelan.  Music and production by Tyson Nordgren. 

In 2122, the USCSS Nostromo was on a regular, run-of-the-mill freight run when it picked up a distress call from a nearby planet, catalogued as LV-426. However, things then went dark, and no survivors escaped... with the exception of the aptly-named Ellen Ripley, who would surface again decades later.   Written and hosted by Micheal Whelan  Music and production by T. Nordgren 

From 1979 to 1983, the bodies of five young men were found in the area around Adelaide. All of them showed signs of sexual wounds, and led police to the doorstep of one man: Bevan Spencer von Einem. However, evidence only linked von Einem to one crime, leading the world to believe that he didn't act alone.  Part one of two.    Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan.  Music and production by T. Nordgren Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me