25-year-old Chance Englebert vanished without a trace after a tense holiday weekend argument in July 2019. He walked away from his in-laws’ home in Gering, Nebraska, during a storm and was never seen alive again. For years, his case sat in that agonizing space between hope and heartbreak...until now.

In October 2025, remains were discovered at Scott’s Bluff National Monument. They have now been positively identified as Chance. After six long years of searching, Chance has finally been found, though his story is still far from answered. This heartbreaking update reshapes the case but does not resolve it. There are still countless questions about what happened that night, how he ended up there, and what he may have encountered on his walk.

In this episode of Serial Napper, I walk through the timeline of Chance’s final hours, his last known movements, and the clues that fueled one of the most perplexing searches in recent history. I also break down the discoveries made by a private investigator, conflicting witness accounts, and the leading theories that continue to swirl, including possible foul play.

We talk through the speculation, the community efforts, the emotional toll on Chance’s family, and the many unresolved threads that still demand answers. This episode was originally released as a Patreon exclusive, but with this new development, it is being made public in honour of Chance.

Sources:

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/06/30/new-leads-but-not-much-progress-finding-moorcroft-man-missing-for-5-years/

https://www.facebook.com/findchanceenglebert/

https://wyomingtruth.org/still-no-answers-for-family-of-missing-moorcroft-man-as-reward-expires/

https://wyomingtruth.org/arm-bone-recovered-in-nebraska-not-remains-of-missing-moorcroft-man/

https://uncovered.com/cases/chance-leslie-englebert#timeline

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On December 30th, 2000, the Miyazawa family murders shocked Japan and became one of the most chilling unsolved murder cases in Japanese history. In the quiet Tokyo suburb of Setagaya, 44-year-old Mikio Miyazawa, his wife Yasuko, and their children Niina and Rei were brutally killed inside their home — a crime now known globally as The Setagaya Family Murders or simply The Miyazawa Family Murder Case.

What makes this case infamous isn’t just that it remains unsolved.

The suspect stayed inside the home for hours.

This episode breaks down the facts, theories, and evidence behind one of Japan’s most haunting cold cases — a case that continues to baffle detectives 25 years later.

If you're interested in unsolved mysteries, Japanese true crime, cold cases, international murder cases, or the Setagaya murders, this episode is one you won’t forget.

Sources:

http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASHDX0FNNHDCUTIL02K.html 

http://web.archive.org/web/20150322223518/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150323/k10010024731000.html

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/setagaya-family-murders-remain-unsolved-after-24-years-1

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-29/the-house-of-horrors-in-setagaya-japan/11771304

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On New Year’s Night, 2008, fifteen-year-old Amy Fitzpatrick left her best friend’s home in Calahonda, Spain, for what should have been a short walk back to her house. She never arrived. No CCTV, no belongings left behind, no confirmed sightings. Just a child who stepped into the dark and vanished.

This episode dives deep into the chaotic months leading up to Amy’s disappearance, the instability at home, and the fractured relationships that made her so vulnerable. We examine the major theories, from the runaway assumption to the possibility of a stranger abduction, to darker suspicions involving gangland figures, and the complicated family dynamics that continue to shadow the case nearly two decades later.

Seventeen years on, Amy’s father continues to beg for answers. Her friends still hold suspicions they’re afraid to say out loud. And Spanish police still classify her disappearance as a “missing persons” case—despite everything.

Someone knows what happened to Amy Fitzpatrick. And it’s long past time they speak.

Sources:
https://www.searchforamy.com/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/article-14486469/The-eerie-case-child-went-missing-abroad-just-months-Madeleine-McCann-Amy-Fitzpatrick-disappeared-middle-night-family-Spain-17-years-no-answers.html

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/mother-missing-amy-fitzpatrick-needs-32239153

https://www.facebook.com/amyfor

https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/amy-fitzpatrick

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/amy-made-it-home-before-she-disappeared-pal-who-last-saw-her/39380329.html

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/amy-fitzpatrick-man-goes-back-12510493

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In 1995, 15-year-old Elyse Pahler disappeared from her home in Arroyo Grande, California. For months, police brushed her off as a runaway. Her family begged for answers. Rumours spread. Tips went nowhere. And meanwhile, the truth was sitting in the eucalyptus grove just a quarter mile from her house.

This episode dives into the disturbing case of Elyse Pahler, a story twisted by Satanic Panic headlines, Slayer lyrics, and courtroom theatrics, but at its core, it’s about a bright, ambitious teenager who trusted the wrong people. Three local boys, obsessed with violence, drugs, and a fantasy of satanic “power,” lured Elyse out one summer night with promises of drugs and friendship. What followed was an unthinkable murder that rocked their quiet community to its foundation.

We’ll walk through Elyse’s life, her disappearance, the boys’ bizarre motivations, the shocking confessions, the trials, the lawsuits against Slayer, and the emotional aftermath her family is still navigating almost 30 years later. Including recent updates: the 2025 parole releases of two of her killers, and the upcoming parole hearing for the third.

This is one of those cases people think they know — but behind the sensationalism is a real girl who deserved so much more.

Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Sources:

https://morbidology.com/the-satanic-sacrifice-of-elyse-pahler/

https://www.timbercreektalon.com/2021/10/horror-hotspot-the-murder-of-elyse-pahler/

https://religion.fandom.com/wiki/Elyse_Pahler

https://people.com/satanic-ritual-murder-death-metal-elyse-pahler-royce-casey-prison-release-11801921

In the Name of Satan by Wensley Clarkson (highly recommended but difficult in parts)

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In the early hours of September 29th, 2021, seventeen-year-old Benjamin Elliott called 911 sobbing, saying,

“I just killed my sister… I thought it was a dream.”

When police arrived, they found Benjamin covered in blood, clutching a knife, and his twin sister, Meghan dead in her bed.

What followed was one of the most haunting and divisive murder cases Texas has ever seen. Benjamin claimed he was sleepwalking when he stabbed his twin, and expert witnesses argued that parasomnia — a rare sleep disorder — could explain everything.

But prosecutors saw it differently. Two stab wounds. No sleep disorder diagnosis. And one quiet “hmm” when told his sister was gone.

Was this a tragic accident committed by a brain on autopilot? Or the coldest cover story imaginable?

In this episode of Serial Napper, we dive deep into the science, the psychology, and the heartbreak of a case that asks one impossible question:
How much control do we really have over ourselves?

Sources:

https://www.courttv.com/news/tx-v-benjamin-elliott-sleepwalking-twin-murder-trial/

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/murder-trial-houston-man-twin-sister-death/285-66c1d559-4f1c-419e-bf88-10cb4a0e3f6a

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/jury-rejects-sleepwalking-defense-of-man-who-fatally-stabbed-his-twin-sister-in-the-neck-with-survival-knife/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/benjamin-elliott-texas-twin-sister-sleepwalking-murder-trial-48-hours/

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On the night of March 17th, 1995, six teenage boys from Pickering, Ontario: Jay Boyle, Michael Cummins, Danny Higgins, Chad Smith, Robbie Rumboldt, and Jamie Lefebvre — walked into the cold darkness near Lake Ontario and were never seen again.

It was supposed to be just another night of partying over March Break. But by morning, the boys were gone...no calls, no sightings, no trace. Their footprints led down to the marina, and security footage captured three of them wandering near the docks just before 2 a.m. Two boats went missing that same night… but neither the boats nor the boys were ever found.

For thirty years, families have begged for answers, only to be met with red tape, misplaced evidence, and vanishing video footage. Police say the boys likely drowned. But without a single piece of wreckage, not one body, or even a floating life jacket, that theory feels paper-thin.

In this episode, I’m revisiting the haunting case of the Pickering Lost Boys, breaking down the investigation, the red flags, and the disturbing missteps that still leave families questioning what really happened that night.

Were they victims of a tragic accident?
Or did something much darker unfold on that dock in 1995?

Anyone with information on the case can call Durham police at 905-579-1520, or anonymously contact Durham Regional Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or going online to www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca.

Sources:

https://www.durhamregion.com/news/the-lost-boys-of-pickering-a-haunting-cold-case-remains-open-after-30-years/article_bd0ab683-9a7c-5a54-ab0c-7411291c613e.html

https://www.durhamregion.com/news/the-mystery-of-the-lost-boys-part-1/article_fbf8b83c-e889-5ce1-8f8a-d87d62dfb340.html 

https://www.ucfiles.com/Files/1995/lost-boys/

https://www.facebook.com/lostboys95

https://www.durhamregion.com/news/private-investigator-seeks-new-witnesses-in-lost-boys-of-pickering-case/article_8a8bcc63-de32-50ac-9027-5cbe27793652.html

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In October 1975, Ottawa was a picture of calm - polite, predictable, and almost boring in its safety. But that illusion shattered when 17-year-old Robert Poulin, a Catholic school student, carried out one of Canada’s first modern school shootings. Before walking into Saint Pius X High School with a sawed-off shotgun, he set fire to his own home, where firefighters would later discover the body of 17-year-old Kimberly Rabot, his friend and neighbour.

In this episode, we dig into the hidden life of Robert Poulin: the quiet boy with good grades and a polite smile who was secretly drowning in shame, repression, and violent obsession. His diaries revealed a mind twisted by guilt, pornography, and resentment, and a plan for destruction no one saw coming.

We’ll explore how the Catholic Church and Ottawa’s media handled this tragedy - or more accurately, buried it. Because in 1970s Canada, people didn’t talk about teenage sexuality, mental illness, or male violence. They whispered, denied, and moved on. And in that silence, the lessons from this case were lost.

Sources:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/the-murder-of-kim-rabot-and-the-st-pius-x-school-shooting-all-our-coverage-of-the-tragedy-s-50th-anniversary-9.6956730

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/50-years-later-an-ottawa-high-schoolers-violent-unravelling-still-leaves-deep-scars-9.6931797

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/who-is-kim-rabot-remembering-the-first-victim-of-a-faded-canadian-tragedy-9.6937685

https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/2021/10/09/the-pius-x-high-school-tragedy/

https://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/types-of-crime/school-violence/robert-poulin/

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/raymond-j-de-souza-companions-ensure-evil-will-not-prevail

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In August of 1993, ten-year-old Holly Kristen Piirainen vanished while visiting her grandparents’ cottage in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. She’d walked just a few hundred yards down a dirt road to see a neighbour’s puppies...and never came back. Seventy-nine days later, hunters discovered her remains in the woods of nearby Brimfield.

More than thirty years later, Holly’s killer has never been caught. In this episode, we retrace that summer day, the massive search that followed, and the decades of leads, suspects, and heartbreak. From the Stanger brothers’ eerie connection to the Molly Bish case, to convicted rapist Gerald Battistoni’s proximity to the scene, and the mysterious “Boston” tank top found near Holly’s body — every clue feels close but never close enough.

Now, with modern DNA testing and genetic genealogy back in the spotlight, investigators are hoping technology will finally reveal what time has buried. The Hampden District Attorney’s Office is even hosting another FIGG DNA drive on November 9, 2025, inviting locals to provide cheek-swab samples that could generate long-overdue answers.

Because somewhere in those quiet Massachusetts woods, the truth is still waiting to be found.

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Sources:
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/da-to-release-new-details-in-1993-killing-of-10-year-old-mass-girl/2960667/ 

https://www.helpholly.com/

https://www.facebook.com/hollypiirainen 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/investigators-link-dead-mass-man-to-site-where-body-of-10-year-old-holly-piirainen-was-found/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1505090837301831/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

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It’s the urban legend every parent has whispered at least once: “Check your candy, you never know what could be inside.” But in 1974, that warning wasn’t just a myth. In Pasadena, Texas, eight-year-old Timothy O’Bryan was poisoned by a Pixy Stix laced with cyanide, handed to him by his own father.

This is the horrifying true story of Ronald O’Bryan, the man the media dubbed The Candyman Killer. He wasn’t a stranger lurking in the shadows or a neighbour with bad intentions. He was a dad in financial ruin who saw his son’s life as a quick payday.

Sources:

https://texasarchive.org/2017_03761 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/halloween-killer-ronald-clark-o-bryan-candy-man/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/01/us/killer-of-son-is-executed-in-texas-after-asking-forgiveness-for-all.html 

https://www.hcdistrictclerk.com/Common/HistoricalDocument/pdf/COTM_Oct_2021.pdf

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To ring in 150 EPISODES, Kaydra invites some friends to the show to read some of their favorite spooky stories from the internet. Happy Halloween!

This episode was produced and edited by Kaydra Brannan, the host of Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast. https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/

Show Notes:

Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/

Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1dgll4w/my_wife_and_i_saw_our_5_year_old_daughter_but/

Believing the Bizarre https://believingthebizarre.com/

Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/ParanormalEncounters/s/pSiiHaLfSw

Lets Get Haunted: letsgethaunted.com 

Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackwoodsCreepy/comments/esx890/my_first_time_backpacking/ 

All video assets purchased/licensed from here: https://www.pexels.com 

All sound effects purchased/licensed from here: https://artlist.io/sfx  

Music: “Scary Forest Ambience” by DL Sounds, purchased here: https://www.editingsounds.com/royalty-free-music/scary-forest-ambience/

Drinking the Koolaid https://www.dtkpod.com/

Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/s/ecZb8zhu6R

Live, Laugh, Larceny https://www.livelaughlarceny.com/

Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/creepyencounters/comments/lv0ifn/i_heard_a_creepy_voice_whisper_help_while_walking/ 

Music: Experia / Brain Hurts from the Memories / Courtesy of Epidemic Sound

Serial Napper https://serialnapper.com/

Story: https://www.wattpad.com/594413960-short-horror-stories-look-at-me

Scare You To Sleep https://www.scareyoutosleep.com/

Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/ke896c/i_died_last_night_but_im_still_here/

Lets Not Meet https://letsnotmeetpodcast.com/

Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/ParanormalEncounters/comments/16uxnlg/something_in_my_house_perfectly_mimicked_my_sons/

Truly Twisted, Twisted & Uncorked Podcast  https://open.spotify.com/show/6Pvr5mpNCgvToOehPV8xEE

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truly-twisted-where-real-stories-take-a-twisted-turn/id1800597032?i=1000700047299

https://www.twistedanduncorked.com/

Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/8kh2WHUxet

Scared All The Time Podcast https://scaredallthetimepodcast.com/

Story: http://web.archive.org/web/19981203004349/http:/www.ghosts.org/stories/tales/evil-kids.html

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