Unseen

“You can’t blame me for doing this” - On December 3, 2016, at 2:46 a.m., Neptune City police discover 19-year-old Sarah Stern’s abandoned car on the Route 35 bridge with the keys still inside. Officers head to Sarah’s home and check in with friends and family, but she is nowhere to be found. For over a month, there is no sign of Sarah—until investigators receive a call from an old classmate living more than 1,000 miles away from the Jersey Shore. Anthony Curry, an aspiring filmmaker, recalls a movie idea his best friend, Liam McAtasney, shared with him—one that reveals the disturbing truth behind what happened to Sarah. Now, with the case going cold, Anthony will do whatever it takes to bring Sarah’s killer to justice. - Credits: Director, editor & writer: Alexandre Gendron Researchers: Amanda Hein & Bianca Yzabelle Tan Voiceover: Will Akana Producer: Salim Sader Assistant editor: Hannah Alicbusan Distribution manager: Kat Gardilcic - Sources: Getty Images “With Friends Like These.” ABC 20/20: American Broadcasting Company, Inc. 2019. “The Disappearance of Sarah Stern.” On the Case with Paula Zhan: Weinberger Media and Scott Sternberg Productions. 2019 “Friends Til the End.” American Justice: A&E Television Networks, LLC. 2021 “The Interrogation Tapes: A Special Edition of 20/20”, American Broadcasting Company, Inc, 2024. “The Betrayal of Sarah Stern” Dateline: NBC Universal Media, LLC, 2019. “Fatal Friendship.” Crime Files: N12N, LLC. 2024. “Make Me Not Look Guilty” Signs of a Psychopath, Red Marble Media, 2025. “Liam's Shocking Secret Unveiled...You Won't Believe His Arrogance!” True Psych Ward, 2023. “Betrayal of Sarah Stern - Body Cam Footage Part 1” True Psych Ward, 2023. “How police set up sting operation to record Sarah Stern's killer confessing to murder” ABC News, 2019. “Sarah Stern Search Effort” Alan Katana, 2016. “Search For Sarah Stern's Body To Start Friday”, CBS New York, 2017. “20/20 Mar 1 Pt 3: Community comes together to search for Sarah Stern” ABC News, 2019. “Anthony Edward Curry's TRAP Official Trailer” Anthony Curry, 2025. Instagram: anthonyedwardcurry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“They could see it sticking out” - In the fall of 2017, Alicia Villegas' little brother Omar Medina suddenly disappears. Cops tell Alicia there’s not enough evidence to open a case, but Alicia begins her own investigation, convinced he is in grave danger. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, a mysterious barrel is found floating in the San Diego Bay. Inside, is something no one is prepared for—something that will only serve to fuel Alicia in her quest to find answers and take down one of the most dangerous men in Chula Vista. - Director, editor & co-writer: Matthew Rice Researcher & co-writer: Tiffany Loxton Voiceover: Will Akana Producer: Salim Sader Assistant editor: Hannah Alicbusan Distribution manager: Kat Gardilcic - - - - Sources: “Body in a Barrel” See No Evil: SNE 9 Productions Inc. / Arrow International Media Limited, 2023. (Saloon Media Inc., Blue Ant Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. & Bell Media Inc.) “Omar and Marena” Killers: Caught On Camera: Back to Back Productions Limited, 2022. (FilmRise) “Omar Medina vs Tim Cook Sentencing. 01062020” R “Foggia Painting” Sanchez, Jan 7, 2020. (YouTube) Man accused in drum body murder arraigned (CBS 8) Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://rocketmoney.com/UNSEENPOD - “I think I spent all day with a murderer” - July 18th 2009, on a school trip to New Caledonia, 15 year-old Brenda Lin could never imagine that it would be the last time she would see her parents and siblings. The brutal Lin family’s massacre shocks Australia, as Brenda is orphaned overnight. With nowhere to go, Brenda turns to the nearest support she can find, but what she doesn't know, is that she is stepping into a trap set up by her family's killer, and only SHE holds the key to take him down. - Credits Directed & edited by Alexandre Gendron Researched by Tanvi Rajvanshi & Tianyi Zhang Written by Alexandre Gendron & Joshua Kamin Narrated by Will Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources 7News Spotlight – Brenda Lin: Sole Survivor 7News Australia – Robert Xie: Notorious MurdererAustralia Today – Life After MurderOz News Room – Brenda Lin’s Address To Her Family Cheltenham Girls High School – School Tour 2022 Truly Criminal – Murder In The Suburbs XKB – Lin’s Family: Funeral Coverage 7News Sydney – Brenda Lin’s Aftermath 9News Sydney – Robert Xie Sentence ABC News – Sydney Murders Investigation NSW Supreme Court – CCTV: Robert Xie Getty Images Motion Array Audio Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Come with me, sweetie…” - On February 17, 1974, just past midnight in Fort Worth, Texas, 12-year-old Jim Walker is jolted awake by the sound of screeching tires in his front yard. He sees Rodney McCoy, his sister Carla’s boyfriend, stumbling toward the Walkers front door—badly hurt and covered in blood. But, one thing is immediately clear: 17-year-old Carla is nowhere to be found. This night marks the beginning of Jim’s nearly half-century-long battle to get justice for his sister and finally take down a serial killer hiding in plain sight. If you have any information concerning any of these unsolved cases, please contact the Fort Worth Police Department: Fort Worth Police - Cold Cases: https://police.fortworthtexas.gov/Crime-Public-Info/Cold-Cases-Landing/Cold-Cases Fort Worth Police - Tipline: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/coldcasetips - Credits Written, directed and edited by Alexandre Gendron Edited by Hannah Alicbusan Researched Bianca Yzabelle Tan Voiceover by Will Akana Produced by Salim Sader - Sources “The Last Dance.” Forensic Files II: Cable News Network, Inc., 2022. “The Night He Turned Bad.” Evil Lives Here: Discovery Communications Inc., 2024 “After the Dance.” Dateline: NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 2023. “Dance to Doom.” On the Case With Paula Zhan: Discovery, 2021. “Glenn McCurley.” World’s Most Evil Killers: Woodcut Media LTD, 2024. “High School Homicide.” The DNA of Murder With Paul Holes: Oxygen Media Productions, LLC, 2019. “Carla’s Last Valentine.” Bloodline Detectives: Peninsula Television, 2022. News Reports Teen's 1974 Murder Changed the Way Cold Cases Are Solved, Inside Edition Proposed ‘Carla Walker Act' could fund advanced DNA testing to solve cold cases, NBC Suspect in 1974 murder of Carla Walker pleads guilty, gets life in prison, WFAA The Promise Ring, Dateline NBC Getty Images Bill named in memory of North Texas teen Carla Walker would create funding to help solve other cold, WFAA, 2024 Glen McCurley Pleads Guilty During Trial To Murdering Carla Walker In Fort Worth In 1974, CBS Texas, 2021 Capital Murder Trial Underway in Carla Walker Cold Case, NBCDFW, 2021 Fort Worth police give update on officer-involved shooting, NBCDFW, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/UNSEEN. Promo Code UNSEEN - “Ain’t she purty?” February 1, 2012 — it's a quiet night in Anchorage, Alaska, as 18-year-old Samantha Koenig finishes her shift at a coffee shop, waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up, when an unexpected customer barges in. Less than an hour later, Samantha's boyfriend arrives, but Samantha is nowhere to be found. In the weeks that follow, Samantha's father, James, leads the search to find his daughter, but what he uncovers is a sinister plot. Now, it is up to James to help put a stop to one of America's most disturbing serial killers, and get justice for his daughter. - Written, directed & edited by Justin Chalifoux Researched by Amanda Hein Voiceover by Will Akana Produced by Salim Sader - Sources: Documentaries: “Ain't She Purty”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “You’ve got your monster”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “Because they’re mine”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) “Mask of sanity”, Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls, 2024 (ABC News/Hulu) 48 Hours: Tracking the Murders of Israel Keyes, 2020 (CBS Broadcasting Inc.) “The Cross Country Killer: He Could Make People Disappear” - Part 1 & 2, Very Scary People, 2022 (Investigation Discovery) Method of a Serial Killer, 2018 (Glass Entertainment Group/ Oxygen Network) News clips: Anchorage Police Department released to Anchorage Daily News ABC Alaska Fox News CBS News KHQ Local News The Star Ledger Alaska Public Media CBS 11 News NBC 5 Youtubers: Viktoria Evans Sotos DoWhit Yourself Podcast: “The Israel Keyes Investigation” True Crime Bullsh**, 2018 (Studio BOTH/AND). Book Maureen Callahan, “American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century”, Viking, 2021 Other: FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigations 'Send her home': Father of abducted barista pleads for her return - Kyle Hopkins (DailyMotion) Seeking Alaska’s Missing (S.A.M.) - Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exclusive $45-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/UNSEEN. Promo Code UNSEEN - “I was just trying to protect my organs” On the early morning of July 23rd, 2013 in South Boston, Alexandra Cruz is violently attacked on her way to the Dunkin' where she works, but the man disappears into the night before cops can catch him. Just a few hours later, another young woman, Amy Lord, is caught on multiple ATM cameras all across town, emptying her bank account—she is badly injured, and with a masked man, who’s carjacked her black SUV. News of the criminal's spree spreads fear throughout Boston, but college student Kayleigh Ballantyne is unaware of the looming threat and as she walks home alone that evening, she will come face to face with the South Boston Slasher. But what he doesn't know is that Kayleigh has been watching him too, ready to take him down and fight to get justice for all of his victims. - Written, directed & edited by Alexandre Gendron Researched by Tiffany Loxton Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources: Facebook: Kayleigh Ballantyne Facebook: Boston Police Department (Official) Instagram: bpdbs (Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society) Impact of Murder: I Speak for Amy, Discovery Communications LLC, 2019 Impact of Murder: Kayleigh’s Angel, Discovery Communications LLC, 2019 See No Evil: Watching Amy Lord, SNE 2 Productions Inc./Arrow International Media, 2015 South Boston Shocked That Police Could Have Stopped Murder of Amy Lord, GBH News, 2013 Boston Police continue investigation into Wilbraham native, Amy Lord's murder, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Person of interest in Amy Lord case hospitalized, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Boston Police to make an announcement on the Amy Lord murder case, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Wilbraham residents still coping with Amy Lord's death, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Edwin Allemany indicted for murder of Wilbraham native Amy Lord, WWLP-22 News, 2013 Mother of Amy Lord speaks about 'unimaginable' suffering at killer's sentencing, WCVB Channel 5 Boston, 2015 Woman recalls attack by Alemany in hours before Lord's death, WCVB Channel 5 Boston, 2015 BPD unit to probe unsolved homicides, WCVB Channel 5 Boston, 2019 Edwin Alemany Trial Verdict 06/08/15, Law&Crime Network, 2015 The Survival Story of Kayleigh Ballantyne (Massachusetts), Dark Down East, 2021 One person stabbed in South Boston, suspect arrested, NBC Boston, 2025 Haystack Calhoun vs. Buddy Rogers (04/14/1961). Chicago Film Archives presents "Wrestling from Chicago", 2014 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“He’s keeping me” - March 20th, 1984: 19-year-old Linda Grober walks into a Tallahassee, Florida mall to buy a gift for her and her boyfriend's anniversary, but doesn't come home. She is victim #4. April 4, 1984: 16-year-old Tina Risico vanishes from a mall in Southern California, last being seen getting into the car of a strange man. She is victim #9. April 10th, 1984, Merrillville, Indiana: 16-year-old Dawn Wilt meets a friendly photographer at her local mall... and steps into a nightmare that could change everything. She is victim #10. The FBI is continually one step behind this serial killer —better known as the Beauty Queen Killer— whose deadly spree across the country will force three women to fight to escape, stop one of the wildest manhunts in U.S. history, and see justice served for all the other victims. _ Co-directed, edited & written by Maxime Desrochers Co-directed, written & researched by Manon Lafosse Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources: Documentaries “A Model Killer” - The FBI Files: New Dominion Pictures, 1999 (Production in association with Discovery Channel) “Spring break nightmare” - Disappeared: Discovery Communication LLC, 2011 (Production: Peacock Production for Investigation Discovery / Distribution: Sky Crime) Mini-series “9 Days of Terror“ - The Beauty Queen Killer: ABC News Inc., 2024 (Production Company AMPLE/Distribution Disney+/101 Studios/ ®Hulu) News segment The Snapshot Killer: Inside the Wanda Beach murders 7NEWS Spotlight, originally aired 10 June 2018 _ Books Connelly, Michael. Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers. Little, Brown and Company, 2006. Byrne, Andrew. The Pretty Girl Killer: The Complete True Story of One of the World’s Most Horrifying Serial Killers Who Terrorised Both Australia and America. Penguin Random House Australia, 2019. "Driven to Kill." Most Wanted, edited by the Editors of Time-Life Books, Time-Life Books, 2005. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“There’s a pyramid in the cow pasture” - In 1986, Niki Lopez lives with her family at 717 Bushwick Avenue, home to a secretive group called the Nuwaubian Nation in the heart of Brooklyn–alarmingly, in 1993, the whole community vanishes without a trace. Nearly ten years later, on May 8th, 2002, over 200 federal agents prepare to storm a seemingly “ancient Egyptian” compound in rural Putnam County, Georgia. Inside, nearly 200 families live under the control of Nuwaubian Nation leader, Dwight “Malachi” York. In order to get justice for all the victims before it’s too late, it’s up to Niki to escape, confront her past, and expose the truth behind one of the darkest cases in American history. Niki founded her organization “What’s Your Elephant”, which aims to empower individuals from all walks of life to use the arts to tell their stories: https://whatsyourelephant.org/ - Written, directed & edited by Matthew Rice Researched by Bianca Yzabelle Tan Voiceover by William Akana Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader - Sources The Nuwaubian Nation, How I Escaped My Cult: Freeform, 2025 United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, People Magazine Investigates: Cults: MMXVIII Discovery Communications LLC, 2018 Nuwaubian Nation, FOX5 Eyewitness News, 1998 Waco: The Inside Story, Frontline PBS, 2018 Mysteries Behind Closed Doors: The Dr. Malachi Z. York Case (The Untold Story), ImperialSevens, 2012 Open House visits to the Nuwaubian compound Tama-Re, Jay Humphrey, 2024 Getty Images Instagram, Niki Lopez The Waco Massacre: 30 Years On | DARK SIDE OF THE 90'S, VICE TV, 2023 Local Artist Shares Her “Elephant” to Help Empower Women, NBC 6 South Florida, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices