Ten‑month‑old Lisa Irwin vanished from her Kansas City home on October 4 2011 after her father returned to find the front door unlocked, lights on, and missing phones. Witnesses reported a man with a baby; a cadaver dog alerted near the mother’s bed. No body or suspect has been identified to date.

This Solved Saturday is short; there is not much information about Sharron's case, and I didn't want to cloud it with filler. But just because it is short, does not mean it is any less important. Sharron and her family still deserve the same support we show to all the victims featured.

An immersive look at Australia’s most infamous unsolved serial crimes, this episode unpacks the chilling saga of “Mr Cruel.” Beginning with the first home invasion on 22 August 1987 in Lower Plenty—where a masked gunman tied, gagged and assaulted an 11‑year‑old girl.

Georgia Tann (July 18 ,1891 – September 15, 1950) was a Mississippi‑born social worker who ran the Memphis branch of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society (TCHS). Using her legal training, political connections (including Judge Camille Kelley and the Crump machine), and a network of doctors and police, she turned the state‑funded orphanage into a black‑market adoption ring. Between the early 1920s and her death in 1950, Tann is estimated to have placed more than 5,000 children with affluent families—often after coercing or kidnapping the infants from poor, unwed mothers and falsifying adoption paperwork. The Society charged wealthy out‑of‑state adopters up to $5,000 per child, pocketing the majority of the fees while ignoring medical advice, allowing neglect, and causing the deaths of hundreds of infants. Her crimes were exposed in a 1950 state investigation; Tann died of uterine cancer three days before charges could be filed, but the scandal prompted major adoption‑law reforms and a lasting legacy of trauma for countless survivors.

On Mother’s Day, May 8 1938, four‑year‑old Marjorie West disappeared from a family picnic in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Forest. A massive 500‑man search, bloodhounds, and countless volunteers turned up nothing, spawning theories of a bear attack, a passing motorist’s kidnapping, a mysterious Plymouth sedan, and even a possible secret adoption. Decades later, DNA attempts, age‑progression studies, and a controversial claim that a woman named Sylvia London might be the grown‑up Marjorie keep the case alive. In this episode we trace the original disappearance, the frantic 1930s manhunt, the evolving leads, and the modern forensic hopes that still seek to solve one of America’s longest‑running missing‑child mysteries.

A concise, gripping episode that unravels the Casey Anthony case—from Caylee’s mysterious disappearance and the baffling web of lies, to the forensic clues, the shocking discovery of the remains, and Casey’s tumultuous early incarceration—offering listeners a clear, step‑by‑step look at one of America’s most polarizing true‑crime stories.

On a scorching June morning in 2021, 24‑year‑old field geologist Daniel Robinson left his Buckeye work site and never returned. Within hours his father, David Robinson, reported him missing, launching a multi‑agency search that spanned helicopters, drones, cadaver dogs, and dozens of volunteers. Days later a rancher discovered Daniel’s overturned Jeep Renegade in a remote desert ravine, seemingly confirming an accidental rollover. Yet the official Buckeye Police report concluded “no foul play,” citing crash‑data that appeared consistent with a simple accident.

In this episode, we unpack the police narrative—timeline, search efforts, crash‑data, and the FBI brief—and then dive deep into the family’s counter‑narrative. We hear from private‑investigator Jeff McGrath, who uncovered 46 extra ignition cycles, an 11‑mile odometer discrepancy, and red‑paint transfer suggesting the crash was staged. We explore digital forensics that revealed unauthorized access to Daniel’s laptop, the mysterious deletion of his Instagram, and the family’s relentless public campaign that exposed racial bias in media coverage.

In this episode of The Evidence Locker, we delve into the shocking 1971 familicide that forever altered the quiet suburb of Westfield, New Jersey. Accountant and devout Lutheran John Emil List murdered his wife, mother, and three teenage children in their grand Victorian mansion, leaving a meticulously staged crime scene and a five‑page confession letter to his pastor. After vanishing, List assumed the alias Robert Peter “Bob” Clark and eluded capture for 18 years, living a seemingly ordinary life in Colorado and later Virginia.

In this deep‑dive episode of The Evidence Locker, we travel back to March 26 1991, when five elementary school boys from Daegu vanished while hunting for salamander eggs. After a nation‑wide manhunt, their bodies were uncovered in 2002, revealing blunt‑force trauma, bullet wounds, and bound clothing—clear signs of homicide.

We unpack every major hypothesis that has emerged over the past three decades: accidental hypothermia, a stray military‑range shot, Vernier‑caliper attacks, leper‑cult rituals, accusations against a father, a cover‑up by the military, a single occupational killer, multiple perpetrators, serial‑killer links, government concealment, and more. For each theory we weigh the forensic evidence, witness accounts, and logical gaps, showing why most explanations fall short and which composite scenario best fits the facts.

Through meticulous analysis of the evidence, witness testimony, and later expert reviews, the episode asks whether Darlie Routier is a cold‑blooded killer or a victim of a flawed justice system—leaving listeners to weigh the facts and consider what true justice looks like.