35-year-old Ellie Mizon Tran was an immigrant from Vietnam who came to America in search of a new life and better opportunities. While establishing herself in the states, working two jobs at different nail salons in Virginia Beach, Ellie had endured one failed marriage. However, her second husband would turn out to be far worse than the first. On Valentine’s Day of 2017, the surveillance cameras Ellie Tran had just installed for the sole purpose of protecting herself against 29-year-old Joseph Merlino, captured video of a man running up from behind her in her driveway, while holding a syringe…

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. Special thanks to Sheriff Rocky Holcomb and Kathy Hieatt of the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office. 

View the full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/liquiddeath

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16-year-old Brianna Ghey was a transgender teen from Birchwood, Cheshire - located about 15 miles west of Manchester, England. Online, she portrayed herself as a confident and fierce role model for LGBTQ+ teenagers everywhere. But despite having thousands of followers on TikTok, offline, Brianna privately struggled with anxiety and depression. In February of 2023, she thought a new friend had come into her life when a 15-year-old named Scarlett Jenkinson transferred from a neighboring school…However, something that neither Brianna nor the faculty at Birchwood High knew was that Scarlett had a dark past, as well as a growing desire to kill… and Brianna Ghey would soon become her first victim…

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/boyygirlx 

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27-year-old Karina Castro was a single mother of two living in San Carlos, CA. She was in the process of looking for a new apartment following an ugly breakup with her estranged boyfriend, 33-year old rapper, Jose “Rafa” Solano Landaeta. According to Karina’s family, she was excited to get away from Jose and start a new life with her girls. However, just before noon on September 8th, 2022, Karina was stripped of any opportunities the future might bring, when onlookers witnessed a 300+ lb. man approach her outside of her home, wielding a massive samurai sword…

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. Special Thanks to Mya, Tanner, & Audra. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/specialcircumstances

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On May 23rd, 2014, social butterfly Nichole “Nikki” Burgess stopped replying to calls and texts. It was so unlike her, that her friends and boyfriend immediately grew concerned and reported her missing. When police searched her home, they found signs of a struggle – but no indication of what had actually happened to the aspiring Instagram model. And while they found abundant circumstantial evidence pointing at a possible homicide culprit, investigators’ greatest challenge may have been proving that Nikki was even dead… 

Written by Angela Jorgensen, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View the full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/nobody 

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fairfield, Iowa is home to just over 9,000 residents. It’s a place that feels more like a small town than a city. There’s a sense of community here, which was a main draw for Nohema Graber and her husband Paul when they decided to move to the Midwest and start a family. Nohema was born and raised in Mexico, and after settling down in Fairfield, she decided to make a career change in her fifties- eventually taking a position teaching Spanish at Fairfield High School. In 2020, Mrs. Graber was introduced to Willard Noble Chaiden Miller- a freshman student who’d just transferred from a local private school. But when Mrs. Graber was reported missing after failing to show up to work on November 3, 2021- investigators quickly learned that Willard Miller had a long lasting grudge toward his Spanish teacher, after Mrs. Graber gave him a bad grade…

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. Special thanks to Diane Bekel. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/theprep 

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

68-year-old Akron, OH antiques dealer Mary Kay “Katie” Wohlfarth mysteriously vanished while preparing for an upcoming auction with her friend and business partner on June 17th, 2019. As her family and business partner begin piecing together her last known movements, they are left with only a single vague clue. A cryptic voicemail about a handyman… 

Written and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/securestorage 

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When 48-year-old Floyd East Jr., a Texas Tech University police officer, responded to a disturbance call at the Talkington Residence Hall on October 9th, 2017- he couldn’t immediately locate the suspect. But while conducting a search, authorities did find a small pharmacy of illegal controlled substances inside of a dorm room. When 19-year-old college sophomore Hollis Daniels arrived back at his quad-style suite hours later, police conveniently met him at the door. He was patted down and carefully searched, however, by some bizarre circumstance, officers missed the one thing that would have prevented a campus tragedy just hours later… 

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/pills 

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Melissa Howard was found dead in her Crestview, FL home on January 6th, 2006, the case left investigators stumped. There was no shortage of possible suspects with motive to kill her. But there was a near total lack of physical evidence. Melissa would wait over a decade for justice, as her case proved impossible to solve until investigators used technology that wouldn’t be developed until long after her murder.

Written by Angela Jorgensen, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/coldjustice 

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson was a 25-year-old prodigy who’d taken the professional gravel cycling world by storm. In a span of just two years, Mo was projected to be one of the sport’s top riders in the world. However, just as the universe was preparing to give Mo her flowers, her loved ones were forced to prepare her funeral arrangements, after the rising star had inadvertently found herself wrapped up in a love triangle from hell…

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/unconflict  

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Wednesday, April 20th, 2022, 67-year-old Stephen Reid was supposed to play in his weekly tennis match in Concord, New Hampshire but never showed up. When he and his wife, 66-year-old Djeswende Reid, stopped answering calls and texts, their family became worried. No one had heard from the couple in two days. After a massive manhunt through the nearby hiking trails by their home, a gruesome discovery was soon made, but not before police ran into a suspicious man living in the woods. A man they would eventually deem the “Mountain Dew Man.” 

Written by Michael Dunphy Jr., Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/mlooptrail 

Visit Invisible Choir on the web: 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices