Join hosts Jenny Goodmote and Carrie Magnan as they dive into three gripping true crime cases featured on the classic TV show "Unsolved Mysteries." From notorious fugitives and secret rooms to decades-old cold cases finally solved, this episode explores the twists, turns, and real-life consequences behind some of the most compelling unsolved mysteries in American history.

Mary Yoder, a chiropractor from Buffalo, NY died at the age of 60. How did she die? ....Poison

Who would want to kill the chiropractor? Dive into the episode the learn the unlikely suspect.

TW: murder discussion; , violence,

Sources:

"Little Miss Innocent: Passion, Poison, Prison" ABC News Studio

"Poison Twist" Dateline

On the morning of March 31, 1995, the American singer Selena Quintanilla- Perez was fatally shot and wounded at the Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas. Although paramedics tried to revive Selena, she was pronounced dead of hypovolemic shock at Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital. The shooter was American nurse and the president of Selena's fan club Yolanda Saldivar. Although Ms. Saldivar has been convicted of the murder, she has told many versions of the events that led the the fatal shooting against current evidence. What is the real motive?

TW: murder discussion;

Sources:

“Summary of Chris Perez’s to Selena, with Love” on hoopla

“Selena” the series on Neflix

“The Queen is Dead” Texas Monthly article, May, 1995

“How Did Selena Quintanilla Die?” People Magazine article, March 28, 2025

Corpus Christi Caller-Times articles

During the early morning of January 29, 2022 Boston Police Office John O' Keefe was found dead outside the home of another Boston Police Office Brian Albert. His body was discovered by his girlfriend, Karen Read. Read had dropped O'Keefe off at the Albert residence the night before and had not heard from him since. Read was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide, and leaving the scene of a deadly crash. Prosecutors allege that Read hit O'Keefe with her SUV and left the scene She faced a criminal trial in the Summer of 2024 which resulted in a mistrial as a result of a hung jury. She is currently facing her second trial which began April of 2025. Did she do it? What's your theory?

TW: murder discussion;

Sources:

"The Prosecutor: A True Crime Podcast"

"A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read" HBO Imax

"Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue" Dateline

"ABC 2020"

"Dateline"

On March 18th, 1990 one of the largest art thefts in history took place in Boston. 13 priceless artworks were taken. Despite decades of investigations, these pieces remain missing. Who did it and why?

Jerry and Rita Alter were a retired New York city couple was believed to have been involved in several art thefts, including the theft of Woman-Ochre by Willem de Kooning from the University of Arizona Museum of Art. after the stolen painting was found in their New Mexico home. The FBI has confirmed that two other paintings stolen from the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico, were also in the Alters' possession. Did they do it? Are they linked to any other crimes?

Sources:

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/theft

The Theft | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Isabella Stewart Gardner theft at fbi.gov

“This is a Robbery: the World’s Biggest Art Heist” on Neflix

https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/bostons-greatest-unsolved-mystery-the-gardner-museum-art-heist/

“The Thief Collector” documentary

“The Gardner Heist” by Ulrich Boser

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/Gardner-Museum-art-heist/

wikipedia

In 1989 Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills home. Following the murders Lyle and Erik claim that two intruders were responsible for the murders sharing that it was a potential mob killing. The two are still in jail but up for appeal. The real question is.....Did they do it?

TW: murder discussion; issues of sexual abuse, violence,

Sources:

"The Menendez Brothers" Netflix Movie

"Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" Netflix Movie

"The Menendez Brothers: Chance at Freedom" Dateline

"Murder and the Menendez Brothers", A Court TV Mystery

"Menendez +Menudo Boys Betrayed", Peacock

In December 1991, four teenagers were brutally murdered inside a yogurt shop. The victims had been strangled, stabbed, and burned in a fire, to the point of being unrecognizable. To this day, no killer has been found.

And Jimmy Hoffa an American Labor union Leader who disappeared in July 1975. He has never been found. What ever happened to Jimmy Hoffa?

Source:

Jimmy Hoffa:

Wikipedia

The Detroit Free Press articles

Mythbusters “Buried in Concrete”

“I Hear you Paint Houses” by Charles Brandt

Jeffery MacDonald and American former medical Doctor and US Army Captain was convicted of murdering is pregnant wife and two children in August of 1979. Did he do it as evidence may suggest or was it the four intruders that he proclaims?

TW: murder discussion; issues of murder; domestic violence,

Source:

“Fatal Vision” audiobook on hoopla

“Final Appeal from the Files of Unsolved Mysteries” on youtube

Raleigh News & Observer articles

“Reflections on the Jeffrey MacDonald Case”

“Morally Indefensible” 8 episode podcast on apple podcasts

“Fatal Vision” TV movie on youtube

Summer of July 1976-July 1977 an American Serial Killer terrorized the streets of New York, killing six people and wounding seven others. Berkowitz eluded the biggest police manhunt in the city's history while leaving letters mocking the police and promising further crimes, which were highly publicized by the press.

TW: murder discussion; issues of religion, issues of race

Sources:

Unsolved Mysteries epsiodes on the Son of Sam

New York Times, New York Post and New York Daily News articles

“The Sons of Sam” on Netflix

“Son of Sam” by Paul Brody available on hoopla

On August 28, 2003, pizza delivery man Brian Wells robbed a PNC Bank near his hometown in Erie, PA. upon being apprehended Wells died when an explosive collar locked to his neck explodes. Who were the masterminds behind the robbery? Was Brian involved?

TW: murder discussion

Sources:

"Pizza Bomber: The Untold Story of America's Most Shocking Bank Robbery" by Ed Palattella and Jerry Clark (Book)

"Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist" 2018 True Crime Documentary Series

"Time Suck w/ Dan Cummins" (Podcast)