On April 11, 2001, 20-year-old Branson Perry was cleaning his house in Skidmore, Missouri, when he stepped outside to return a pair of jumper cables and never came back. In this episode of District Dark, we examine the narrow timeline, the strange details left behind, the later suspect theories, and the disappearance that turned an ordinary errand into a lasting mystery.

On December 4, 1998, Yale senior Suzanne Jovin was seen near campus in New Haven. Less than thirty minutes later, she was found fatally stabbed nearly two miles away. In this episode, District Dark examines the timeline, the unanswered questions, and the case that still has no arrest.

On February 10, 1990, two gunmen entered a family bowling alley in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and turned a robbery into one of the state’s most haunting unsolved massacres. With surviving witnesses, a citywide manhunt, and decades of unanswered questions, this episode traces the moments that shattered a community — and the mystery that still refuses to let go.

A killer entered a family’s home in Tokyo, murdered all four people inside, and then stayed for hours — eating, using the bathroom, and leaving behind a trail of evidence. Nearly 25 years later, the Setagaya family murders remain unsolved.

Three women went into a house in Springfield, Missouri, late one June night in 1992. By morning, they were gone. Their cars, purses, and dog were all left behind — but Sherrill Levitt, Suzie Streeter, and Stacy McCall were never seen again.

In 1982, teenage couple Jerry Ambrozuk and Dianne Babcock took off in a small rented plane as part of a plan to disappear and start a new life together. But when the aircraft crashed into Little Bitterroot Lake in Montana, Dianne drowned inside the wreckage. Jerry survived, reached shore, and then vanished for nearly 24 years, living under assumed identities before authorities finally tracked him down. What makes the case so haunting is not just the crash itself, but the life he built after surviving it.

On May 14, 1986, two 12-year-old boys in Singapore — Keh Chin Ann and Toh Hong Huat — left for school in broad daylight and never arrived. What should have been an ordinary school day turned into one of Singapore’s most haunting unsolved mysteries. Despite nationwide searches, major publicity, a S$100,000 reward, and decades of speculation, the boys were never found.

A young realtor got a strange call about a million-dollar house. She told people something felt off. Minutes after walking into the vacant home with the prospective buyers, Lindsay Buziak was dead — and the couple had vanished.

In November 1978, 19-year-old Theresa Allore disappeared from Champlain College in Lennoxville, Quebec. Early on, some reportedly treated her disappearance like a runaway case. But months later, after the spring thaw, Theresa’s body was found in Compton — and the case became something far darker. Her death remains unsolved, and the mystery has continued to haunt Canada for decades because of the unanswered questions, the criticism surrounding the early investigation, and the possibility that Theresa’s murder may have been part of a larger pattern of violence.

In May 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson called his parents after his car went into a ditch on a dark rural road in Minnesota. He told them he was okay and stayed on the phone while walking through fields toward what he believed was a nearby town. For nearly 47 minutes, his parents listened as he moved through the darkness. Then Brandon suddenly said, “Oh, shit,” and the call went silent. He was never seen again.