Echoes of the Unknown Podcast
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Welcome to Echoes of the Unknown, the podcast where we’ll be exploring some of the world’s most fascinating real-life, unsolved mysteries. Written and produced by Jon Cooper. Host: Jack Montgomery.🕵️♂️🎙️🎧
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Today’s episode delves into the Setagaya Family Murder, one of Japan's most perplexing unsolved cases. What makes it stand out is that, instead of fleeing after committing a horrific mass murder, the killer remained in the victims' home for several hours, displaying behavior that was truly bizarre.
The Killer Who Stayed: The Setagaya Family Murder
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 11/25/2025 · 18m
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today’s episode delves into the Setagaya Family Murder, one of Japan's most perplexing unsolved cases. What makes it stand out is that, instead of fleeing after committing a horrific mass murder, the killer remained in the victims' home for several hours, displaying behavior that was truly bizarre.
Today’s episode travels back to 1981, near the French town of Trans-en-Provence, where a UFO reportedly left physical evidence in a farmer's field. The incredible event was described in a Popular Mechanics article as "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented UFO sighting of all time." 🛸
Traces in the Dirt: The UFO Encounter at Trans-en-Provence
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 11/18/2025 · 13m
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November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Today’s episode travels back to 1981, near the French town of Trans-en-Provence, where a UFO reportedly left physical evidence in a farmer's field. The incredible event was described in a Popular Mechanics article as "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented UFO sighting of all time." 🛸
🎙️Today’s episode looks back at the tragic story of a 4-year-old boy — previously known as the "Boy in the Box" or "America's Unknown Child" — whose body was found in Philadelphia in 1957.
After 65 years, he was finally identified through the use of DNA, but his killer still remains a mystery. 🔎
After 65 years, he was finally identified through the use of DNA, but his killer still remains a mystery. 🔎
The Boy in the Box: America’s Unknown Child
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 11/11/2025 · 20m
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November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎙️Today’s episode looks back at the tragic story of a 4-year-old boy — previously known as the "Boy in the Box" or "America's Unknown Child" — whose body was found in Philadelphia in 1957.
After 65 years, he was finally identified through the use of DNA, but his killer still remains a mystery. 🔎
After 65 years, he was finally identified through the use of DNA, but his killer still remains a mystery. 🔎
Today’s episode revisits one of the most haunting maritime disappearances of modern times. It's the story of Amy Bradley, a woman who vanished in 1998 aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean. 🚢
After nearly three decades, far more questions than answers remain in this truly perplexing case. 🔎
After nearly three decades, far more questions than answers remain in this truly perplexing case. 🔎
Vanished at Sea: The Haunting Mystery of Amy Bradley
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 11/04/2025 · 26m
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November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today’s episode revisits one of the most haunting maritime disappearances of modern times. It's the story of Amy Bradley, a woman who vanished in 1998 aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean. 🚢
After nearly three decades, far more questions than answers remain in this truly perplexing case. 🔎
After nearly three decades, far more questions than answers remain in this truly perplexing case. 🔎
Today’s episode looks back at one of the strangest, most inexplicable events in television history. The Max Headroom Signal Hijacking is the most famous — and most bizarre — TV broadcast intrusion that has ever taken place.
🚨CAUTION: Contains language that may be inappropriate for young children.🚨
🚨CAUTION: Contains language that may be inappropriate for young children.🚨
Phantom Broadcast: The Max Headroom Signal Hijacking
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 10/28/2025 · 14m
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October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today’s episode looks back at one of the strangest, most inexplicable events in television history. The Max Headroom Signal Hijacking is the most famous — and most bizarre — TV broadcast intrusion that has ever taken place.
🚨CAUTION: Contains language that may be inappropriate for young children.🚨
🚨CAUTION: Contains language that may be inappropriate for young children.🚨
In today’s episode, we’re delving into the brutal 1986 murder of Cindy Blazek. She was a 23-year-old elementary school teacher who lived and worked on the Onion Lake Cree Nation reserve, a First Nation community in Saskatchewan, Canada.
It’s one of the province's most haunting unsolved cases. 🔎
It’s one of the province's most haunting unsolved cases. 🔎
Whispers from Onion Lake: The Brutal Murder of Cindy Blazek
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 10/21/2025 · 18m
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October 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In today’s episode, we’re delving into the brutal 1986 murder of Cindy Blazek. She was a 23-year-old elementary school teacher who lived and worked on the Onion Lake Cree Nation reserve, a First Nation community in Saskatchewan, Canada.
It’s one of the province's most haunting unsolved cases. 🔎
It’s one of the province's most haunting unsolved cases. 🔎
In today’s episode, we’re revisiting the 2008 disappearance of college student Brandon Swanson. It remains one of Minnesota's most baffling missing persons cases.
Brandon vanished during a phone call with his parents, leaving investigators and family members with more questions than answers. 📱🔎
Brandon vanished during a phone call with his parents, leaving investigators and family members with more questions than answers. 📱🔎
The Call from the Ditch: The Vanishing of Brandon Swanson
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 10/14/2025 · 16m
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October 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In today’s episode, we’re revisiting the 2008 disappearance of college student Brandon Swanson. It remains one of Minnesota's most baffling missing persons cases.
Brandon vanished during a phone call with his parents, leaving investigators and family members with more questions than answers. 📱🔎
Brandon vanished during a phone call with his parents, leaving investigators and family members with more questions than answers. 📱🔎
In today's episode, we're traveling to a quiet road in rural Wisconsin that’s become infamous for dozens of eyewitness sightings—stretching back decades—of a strange creature known as the Beast of Bray Road. The entity has become one of America's most enduring cryptid stories.
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Creature in the Cornfields: The Beast of Bray Road
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 10/07/2025 · 16m
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October 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In today's episode, we're traveling to a quiet road in rural Wisconsin that’s become infamous for dozens of eyewitness sightings—stretching back decades—of a strange creature known as the Beast of Bray Road. The entity has become one of America's most enduring cryptid stories.
On ALL pod platforms.
On ALL pod platforms.
Today’s episode digs into the tragic disappearance in 2001 of 15-year-old Erin Pospisil — one of Iowa's most haunting unsolved cases. It's a truly perplexing mystery that has endured for more than two decades. 🔎
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
The Last Ride: What Happened to Erin Pospisil?
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/30/2025 · 14m
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September 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today’s episode digs into the tragic disappearance in 2001 of 15-year-old Erin Pospisil — one of Iowa's most haunting unsolved cases. It's a truly perplexing mystery that has endured for more than two decades. 🔎
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Today’s episode looks back at the chilling case of the Ardenwald Axe Murders, a brutal crime that shook the small, tight-knit community of Ardenwald, Oregon in 1911. It stands as one of the state's most horrific and perplexing unsolved crimes. 🔎
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Chopped Silence: The Ardenwald Axe Murders
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/23/2025 · 13m
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September 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Today’s episode looks back at the chilling case of the Ardenwald Axe Murders, a brutal crime that shook the small, tight-knit community of Ardenwald, Oregon in 1911. It stands as one of the state's most horrific and perplexing unsolved crimes. 🔎
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Today’s episode will give you a taste of the world's sweetest diamond heist. A customer at a bank in Antwerp's Diamond District befriended the staff by bringing them weekly gifts of Belgian chocolates. One day, he calmly walked into a bank vault and walked out with $28 million worth of diamonds. 💎
Chocolates and Carats: The World's Sweetest Diamond Heist
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/16/2025 · 11m
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September 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today’s episode will give you a taste of the world's sweetest diamond heist. A customer at a bank in Antwerp's Diamond District befriended the staff by bringing them weekly gifts of Belgian chocolates. One day, he calmly walked into a bank vault and walked out with $28 million worth of diamonds. 💎
Today’s episode delves into one of the most enduring missing persons cases in American history—the baffling disappearance of Judge Crater. He hailed a cab in the heart of Manhattan, and vanished without a trace. The case became so famous that he earned the nickname "the missingest man in America.” 🕵️♂️
The Missingest Man in America: What Really Happened to Judge Crater?
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/09/2025 · 16m
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September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today’s episode delves into one of the most enduring missing persons cases in American history—the baffling disappearance of Judge Crater. He hailed a cab in the heart of Manhattan, and vanished without a trace. The case became so famous that he earned the nickname "the missingest man in America.” 🕵️♂️
30,000 downloads now … and counting!! 🎉
September 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
30,000 downloads now … and counting!! 🎉
Today’s episode looks back at the brutal slaughter of four people in 1981 at the Keddie Resort in Keddie, California. This tragic case was indelibly marked by investigative failures, compromised or destroyed evidence, and persistent rumors about possible law enforcement protection of the killers. 🔎
Horror in Cabin 28: The Keddie Murders
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/04/2025 · 19m
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September 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today’s episode looks back at the brutal slaughter of four people in 1981 at the Keddie Resort in Keddie, California. This tragic case was indelibly marked by investigative failures, compromised or destroyed evidence, and persistent rumors about possible law enforcement protection of the killers. 🔎
Today’s episode delves into the puzzling disappearance of a 29-year-old woman who vanished into the darkness just before a planned July 4th getaway, after clocking out of the night shift at the local Honda manufacturing plant.
It stands as one of Ohio’s most perplexing unsolved disappearances. 🔎
It stands as one of Ohio’s most perplexing unsolved disappearances. 🔎
July 4th Getaway: The Disappearance of Patti Adkins
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 08/26/2025 · 13m
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August 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today’s episode delves into the puzzling disappearance of a 29-year-old woman who vanished into the darkness just before a planned July 4th getaway, after clocking out of the night shift at the local Honda manufacturing plant.
It stands as one of Ohio’s most perplexing unsolved disappearances. 🔎
It stands as one of Ohio’s most perplexing unsolved disappearances. 🔎
Today’s episode digs into one of the most bizarre, tangled, and controversial unsolved murders in Canadian, and Bahamian, history.
This is the story of a wealthy gold baron, a tropical paradise, a botched investigation — and a murder so mysterious, it drew in British royalty. 🔎🕵️♂️
This is the story of a wealthy gold baron, a tropical paradise, a botched investigation — and a murder so mysterious, it drew in British royalty. 🔎🕵️♂️
Blood and Gold: The Murder of Sir Harry Oakes
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 08/19/2025 · 13m
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August 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Today’s episode digs into one of the most bizarre, tangled, and controversial unsolved murders in Canadian, and Bahamian, history.
This is the story of a wealthy gold baron, a tropical paradise, a botched investigation — and a murder so mysterious, it drew in British royalty. 🔎🕵️♂️
This is the story of a wealthy gold baron, a tropical paradise, a botched investigation — and a murder so mysterious, it drew in British royalty. 🔎🕵️♂️
Today’s episode revisits a chilling crime that left an indelible scar on the close-knit suburban community of Bowie, Maryland.
This is the tragic story of the murder of a teenage girl following a party — and the painfully frustrating effort over the next five decades to find her killer. 🔎
This is the tragic story of the murder of a teenage girl following a party — and the painfully frustrating effort over the next five decades to find her killer. 🔎
The Final Party: Who Killed Donna Dustin?
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 08/12/2025 · 14m
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August 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Today’s episode revisits a chilling crime that left an indelible scar on the close-knit suburban community of Bowie, Maryland.
This is the tragic story of the murder of a teenage girl following a party — and the painfully frustrating effort over the next five decades to find her killer. 🔎
This is the tragic story of the murder of a teenage girl following a party — and the painfully frustrating effort over the next five decades to find her killer. 🔎
Today’s episode looks back at one of Canada's most perplexing unsolved murders. A young man from British Columbia was found dead — half naked and brutally battered — in the parking lot of a hotel under contruction in Knoxville, Tennessee. The truly bizarre case continues to baffle investigators. 🔎
Cross-Continental Enigma: The Bizarre Murder of Blair Adams
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 08/05/2025 · 20m
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August 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Today’s episode looks back at one of Canada's most perplexing unsolved murders. A young man from British Columbia was found dead — half naked and brutally battered — in the parking lot of a hotel under contruction in Knoxville, Tennessee. The truly bizarre case continues to baffle investigators. 🔎
Today’s episode travels back to 2006 to delve into the disappearance in Orlando of Jennifer Kesse. It remains one of the most baffling missing persons cases in modern American history.
The only clue was a haunting surveillance video the FBI dubbed "the luckiest and unluckiest footage ever." 🔎
The only clue was a haunting surveillance video the FBI dubbed "the luckiest and unluckiest footage ever." 🔎
The Unluckiest Footage Ever: Who Abducted Jennifer Kesse?
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 07/29/2025 · 14m
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July 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today’s episode travels back to 2006 to delve into the disappearance in Orlando of Jennifer Kesse. It remains one of the most baffling missing persons cases in modern American history.
The only clue was a haunting surveillance video the FBI dubbed "the luckiest and unluckiest footage ever." 🔎
The only clue was a haunting surveillance video the FBI dubbed "the luckiest and unluckiest footage ever." 🔎
Today’s episode delves into one of Vermont's most perplexing cold cases — the mysterious disappearance of Brianna Maitland. Two decades ago, the teenage girl's car was found abandoned in front of a collapsing farmhouse. The case presents a complex web of theories and unanswered questions. 🔎
Backcountry Farmhouse Mystery: What Happened to Brianna Maitland?
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 07/22/2025 · 12m
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July 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Today’s episode delves into one of Vermont's most perplexing cold cases — the mysterious disappearance of Brianna Maitland. Two decades ago, the teenage girl's car was found abandoned in front of a collapsing farmhouse. The case presents a complex web of theories and unanswered questions. 🔎
Today’s episode digs into the mysterious death of trailblazing media figure Dorothy Kilgallen, who died from a lethal combination of alcohol and sleeping pills. Officially ruled an accidental overdose, many believe she was MURDERED to stop her from revealing new evidence about the JFK assassination.
Silenced Secrets: The Mysterious Death of Dorothy Kilgallen
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 07/15/2025 · 17m
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July 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Today’s episode digs into the mysterious death of trailblazing media figure Dorothy Kilgallen, who died from a lethal combination of alcohol and sleeping pills. Officially ruled an accidental overdose, many believe she was MURDERED to stop her from revealing new evidence about the JFK assassination.
20,000 downloads now … and counting!! 🎉
July 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
20,000 downloads now … and counting!! 🎉
Today’s episode revisits a haunting case from the emerald green woods of western Oregon. In July 2005, two respected educators hiked into the pine forest for a peaceful weekend camping trip. They never made it home, and were later found brutally murdered. The tragic case still baffles detectives. 🕵️♂️
Campsite Nightmare: Double Murder at Staley Creek
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 07/08/2025 · 14m
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July 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today’s episode revisits a haunting case from the emerald green woods of western Oregon. In July 2005, two respected educators hiked into the pine forest for a peaceful weekend camping trip. They never made it home, and were later found brutally murdered. The tragic case still baffles detectives. 🕵️♂️
Today’s episode revisits the baffling disappearance of five children in Fayetteville, WV on Christmas Eve 1945. A festive holiday evening for the Sodder family was transformed into an inexplicable tragedy that became one of the most discussed unsolved cases in American history.
Truly haunting. 🔎💔
Truly haunting. 🔎💔
Christmas Inferno: What Happened to the Sodder Children?
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 07/01/2025 · 23m
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July 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Today’s episode revisits the baffling disappearance of five children in Fayetteville, WV on Christmas Eve 1945. A festive holiday evening for the Sodder family was transformed into an inexplicable tragedy that became one of the most discussed unsolved cases in American history.
Truly haunting. 🔎💔
Truly haunting. 🔎💔
In today’s episode, we’re traveling to Bulgaria, where a young German man named Lars Mittank was vacationing. In one of the strangest disappearances in recent history, the climactic moment was captured on surveillance video.
Lars ran out of an airport in broad daylight — never to be seen again!🕵️♂️
Lars ran out of an airport in broad daylight — never to be seen again!🕵️♂️
The Man Who Ran: The Baffling Disappearance of Lars Mittank
Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 06/24/2025 · 12m
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June 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In today’s episode, we’re traveling to Bulgaria, where a young German man named Lars Mittank was vacationing. In one of the strangest disappearances in recent history, the climactic moment was captured on surveillance video.
Lars ran out of an airport in broad daylight — never to be seen again!🕵️♂️
Lars ran out of an airport in broad daylight — never to be seen again!🕵️♂️