Starting in 1987, villagers in the central African nations of Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) began to float rumors of a vicious crocodile haunting the Ruzizi River. 

This crocodile - a large male Nile Crocodile - was spotted several times over the next several decades. Eventually, his fearsome appearance and ferocity made him an urban legend throughout the region.

Named Gustave by herpetologist Patrice Faye, this crocodile has become a reminder that monsters still roam the Earth. He is rumored to have killed more than 300 people, making him one of the most fearsome killers in history...

 

This is a small bonus episode to help tide you over until Unresolved returns in a couple of weeks. Thank you for your patience and support. 

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Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

 

Music Credits

Graham Bole - "We Are One"

BOPD - "New England is Interesting"

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On the evening of July 24th, 2018 - a Wednesday - 39-year old Andrya DeGhelder was a no-show for her shift at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. This was very unlike Andrya, a divorced mother of one, who had a reputation for being reliable and punctual.

Her coworkers contacted a friend, who tried to get in-touch with Andrya. Eventually, after paying Andrya an unsuccessful house call, this friend contacted the local sheriff's office, who paid a visit to Andrya's home in Grovetown, Georgia.

There, police would find a chaotic crime scene, which they believe pointed to an abduction. Over the next week or so, investigators and volunteers would work to raise awareness for Andrya's disappearance, highlighting her past struggles, but a shocking discovery just a week later would shock this quiet community...

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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Music Credits

Chris Zabriskie - "Oxygen Garden"

A.A. Aalto - "Balloons Rising"

Borrtex - "Hope"

Blue Dot Sessions - "Chilvittle"

ROZKOL - "Opening Credits"

Rotten Bliss - "Under the Branches"

Kai Engel - "After Midnight"

The Gateless Gate - "Limitless Blue"

Daniel James Dolby - "Longing"

ROZKOL - "On the Run"

Joao Picoito - "Palavras de Silencio"

Ailsa Traves - "Unresolved Mysteries"

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On May 7th, 1982, 54-year old Joan Kipp returned home from her job as a guidance counselor. She was planning to spend the weekend away with her husband, at their Connecticut summer home, to celebrate Mother's Day. But when she arrived home, she saw that she had received a package in the mail: a cookbook, which she believed to be an early Mother's Day gift.

Unfortunately for Joan, the cookbook had been hollowed out. Inside, a three-barreled "zip gun" had been created, which shot out at her as soon as she opened it.

Joan would become the only casualty of an unknown assailant, who mailed out several of these packages between 1982 and 1996. Despite police developing a couple of leads, they were never able to determine the identity of the Zip Gun Bomber... or their motives...

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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Music Credits

Lee Rosevere - "Breathing"

ROZKOL - "Spider's Web"

Sann Gusmo - "Sono Sonho Pausa"

ROZKOL - "Turn the Whole World to Rust"

Joao Picoito - "Third Floor"

Vitus Von Degen - "Black Gloves"

Blue Dot Sessions - "Levanger"

Dexter Britain - "Seeing the Future"

Ailsa Traves - "Unresolved Mysteries"

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On November 1st, 2008, a 9-page whitepaper found its way online. Titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-To-Peer Electronic Cash System," the whitepaper's author clearly articulated their goal to create a decentralized digital currency. 

The only catch was: this author, named "Satoshi Nakamoto," was a complete unknown. Whoever they were, they had registered a domain for "bitcoin.org" in August of that year, and the publication of this whitepaper predated the official launch of Bitcoin by a mere two months. 

In the decade since, Bitcoin has grown to be the world's leading cryptocurrency. However, its founder remains a complete enigma, despite becoming one of the wealthiest individuals in the entire world...

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Special thanks to the host of the podcast Swindled for their participation

Learn more about this podcast at unresolved.me

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Music Credits

Vitus Von Degen - "Black Gloves"

ROZKOL - "To the Water's Edge"

Chris Zabriskie - "Air Hockey Saloon"

ROZKOL - "Happiness, Free, For Everyone, and Let No One Be Forgotten"

Chris Zabriskie - "Oxygen Garden"

Graham Bole - "Nae Shaam"

Artem Bemba - "Respiratory Waves"

BOPD - "New England is Interesting"

ROZKOL - "Cold Breath in the Alleyway"

Blear Moon - "Cold Summer Landscape"

ROZKOL - "Turn the Whole World to Rust"

Ailsa Traves - "Unresolved Mysteries"

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Women get assaulted. Women get attacked. Women get harassed, manipulated, intimidated, but women are survivors. Time and time again, she persists, even against all odds.

Hosts Jenna Brister and Wagatwe Wanjuki share their stories, and those of the men and women who fought back, who won, and who live rising above the trauma of their experiences. 

Subscribe to I, Survivor today at www.wondery.fm/isurvivor

In the mid-2000's, an Australian man named Fred Pattison moved to Thailand. He had recently fallen in love with a Thai woman named Vanidda, who had two daughters from a prior marriage: Siri ("Pang") and Siriyakorn ("Bung").

In 2008, the family moved to the area of Melbourne, Victoria. They began working towards a better future, and the two girls - Pang and Bung - began attending Australian schools (which they hoped would give them a leg up in the future).

All was fine for a time, until the morning of June 2nd, 2011. At around 8:15 that morning, Bung left for school; a walk that normally took her ten minutes. In the distance between her home and school, she disappeared... and has not been seen since.

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me

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Music Credits

Ailsa Traves - "Third Corridor"

Artem Bemba - "Red Shore"

Graham Bole - "We Are One"

Blue Dot Sessions - "Olivia Wraith"

ROZKOL - "Hell Slime"

noiseonport - "Spectre"

Kai Engel - "After Midnight"

Magna Ingress - "Anahata I"

Forlon - "Roembden Crater"

Daniel James Dolby - "Longing"

Ailsa Traves - "Unresolved"

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In October of 1990, a man named David Scott Campbell was arrested in Philadelphia, Mississippi... the same city where, 30 years prior, three civil rights workers had been abducted and murdered by members of the KKK. On his first night in prison - which, coincidentally, was also his 21st birthday - Campbell took his own life.

Two years later, in August of 1992, a young man from Jackson, MS met a same fate. Andre Jones, the eighteen-year-old son of a NAACP chapter president and a Nation of Islam minister, was arrested and transferred to a neighboring county. There, he also met his unfortunate end.

These two young men were just endemic of a larger problem plaguing Mississippi jails and prisons over a six-year period, from 1987 to 1993. During that time span, an unusually-high number of inmates/prisoners ended up taking their own lives... and the cause is still unknown.

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me

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Music Credits

Graham Bole - "Nae Shaam"

Gallery Six - "Hydroscope"

ROZKOL - "Redrick's Lament"

Ryan Little - "Summer Dreams"

Kai Engel - "Soli"

Rest You Sleeping Giant - "Themes From Frost"

Pulse Emitter - "Moonlit Valley"

Magna Ingress - "The Glow"

Organoid - "Cassini"

Krackatoa - "Long White Cloud"

Ailsa Traves - "Unresolved"

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On the morning of November 6th, 2001, a customer walked into a Florence, Montana hair salon. Just inside, she would make a shocking discovery.

Inside the salon, just waiting to be discovered, were the bodies of three women: 62-year old Dorothy Harris, 44-year old Brenda Patch, and 71-year old Cynthia Paulus. All three were the last you'd expect to find in the middle of a murder investigation.

Over the next two decades, the investigation would focus on a number of connections: an "oddly-dressed man" seen leaving the salon that morning; a similar murder that took place in Great Bend, Kansas; and finally, a local illegal narcotics operation. But to this day, the case remains unresolved...

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me

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Music Credits

Rotten Bliss - "Under The Branches"

Graham Bole - "Nae Shaam"

The Gateless Gate - "Mvatn"

Noiseonport - "Spectre"

ROZKOL - "Hell Slime"

Parvus Decree - "Threatening Places"

Blear Moon - "Cold Summer Landscapes"

Parvus Decree - "Thoughts About Future"

Percival Pembroke - "North Atlantic Trade Organization"

Rest You Sleeping Giant - "Themes From Frost"

Graham Bole - "Theme For Rosa"

Ailsa Traves - "Unresolved"

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In October of 1974, a young woman named Arlis Perry was brutally murdered in the Stanford Memorial Church. Over the years, her case has been bandied about as a potential cult-based murder, has been tied to unrelated offenders such as the Son of Sam, and even became the focus of many "Satanic Panic" theories in the 1980s.

I covered this story in one of the first episodes of the podcast, back in March of 2016. Now, some new information has surfaced which points to a resolution.

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me

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Music Credits

The Gateless Gate - "Mvatn"

Daniel James Dolby - "Longing"

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On September 11th, 2001, a massive attack brought America to a screeching halt. 

In the immediate aftermath - while everyone was trying to figure out what had happened, and if it could happen again - another series of events began to play out. Originating in Florida, and then spreading into other populated areas along the East Coast, anthrax-laced letters made every American question their safety.

Over the next decade, federal investigators tried to determine who was behind this biological attack, which left seventeen infected and five dead in its wake. But even now - close to 17 years later - the same doubts continue to linger... 

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Learn more about the podcast at unresolved.me

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Music Credits

Fabio Keiner - "El Canto Tercero"

ROZKOL - "On The Run"

Kai Engel - "After Midnight"

Breath Before The Plunge - "End Of All Things"

Scott Holmes - "Everest"

Pulse Emitter - "Triangulum Galaxy"

ROZKOL - "Opening Credits"

Daniel James Dolby - "Yearning"

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