In the early morning hours of November 24, 1997, four-month-old Sabrina Aisenberg vanished from her crib in Valrico, Florida. There were no signs of forced entry, no witnesses, and no clear explanation for how a baby could disappear from her own home overnight. What followed was a massive investigation that would soon shift its focus inward. Sabrina’s parents were placed under intense suspicion, their home secretly wiretapped, and criminal charges eventually filed—only for the case against th...
Everyone knows the cases of Maura Murray and Bryce Laspisa—two people who vanished under mysterious circumstances after crashing their cars in places that made no sense for them to be. Those same eerie patterns appear in the disappearance of 34-year-old Haruchika Miyagi. Exactly ten years ago, for reasons still unknown, Haruchika drove nearly 500 miles from his home in Utah before crashing his car on a remote ranch in Arizona. Why was Haruchika in an area where he had no known ties? Where was...
Nelda Hardwick disappeared in 1993 after leaving her home in Lake Charles, Louisiana. What was supposed to be a quick trip to the store turned into devastating mystery for her family that is still on-going. Nearly five years after Nelda left home, an unidentified woman was struck and killed along Interstate 10 in Hancock County, Mississippi. Many believe that Jane Doe was Nelda, and the similarities were striking—but when her body was exhumed years later, the truth revealed something no one e...
Bryce Laspisa was a college sophomore with a bright future, close friends, and a life that seemed firmly on track. But in the days leading up to his disappearance, his behavior took a troubling turn—leaving family and friends worried and confused. A late-night drive soon spiraled into a chain of unsettling events, ending at a lonely crossroads off a California highway. What followed remains one of the most haunting unsolved mysteries in recent memory. Join returning guest Joann and I as...
On a warm July day in 2015, Diamond Bynum and her young nephew King Walker vanished without a trace from their Gary, Indiana home. Ten years later, questions remain—and answers are still out of reach. In this episode, we retrace their last known steps, explore the heartbreaking search efforts, and uncover the haunting silence that followed their disappearance. If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Diamond Bynum and King Walker, please contact the Gary Police Departm...
30-year old Mahfuza Rahman was a married mother of a 9-year old girl when she went missing without a trace from New York City in December of 2015. She worked a shift at her job as a nurse, then went to a class at Hunter College where she was working on obtaining a nursing degree. And then just like that, Mahfuza was gone. When she failed to show up for work the next day, her colleagues raised the alarm. She was one to be punctual and reliable so they feared something was wrong. What wou...
15 years ago to the day of this episode's release, 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless drove away from a party in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 23 and hasn't been seen since. Toni was an intelligent, driven woman who also struggled with bipolar disorder. On the night of her disappearance she was spending a rare night out with an old friend and all was well until things took a turn. Toni may have been having a manic episode on the night she vanished. In today's episode, join returning...
Jesse Ross had so much going for him. A 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, he was headed to Chicago for the second time to take part in a model United Nations program. But when Jesse got up and walked out of the conference room at about 2:30 AM during a break for a mock emergency meeting, a real-life disaster was in the making. Alarms were raised the next day when it came time for fellow students to head back to Kansas City and Jesse was nowhere to be f...
31-year-old Joan Risch was educated, successful, and by all accounts a loving wife and mother. She seemed to have everything together. But sometimes things are not always as they seem. Something sinister happened to Joan on the afternoon of October 24, 1961. Her young daughter stumbled upon a troubling scene, and investigation would reveal puzzling clues including some strange items in the trash, a questionable collection of library books, and some sightings of a woman thought to be Jo...
A tragic suicide in a motel bathroom, a man on a beach in Ireland, and the victim of a violent crime in a dark alleyway in Chicago--what do they all share in common? The fact that the deceased in each case has sadly not been identified. As of 2023, there were around 14,000 unidentified remains in the United States alone--all people with pasts, with names, with stories waiting to be told. In today's episode, Amber, Elaine and I highlight three compelling cases of John/Jane Does--...
Two women named Mary Morris, both in the Houston, Texas area are murdered in a violent way--both of their bodies being found in their cars. They share similar physical features. And these events while separate, occur within four days of each other. Mary Lou Henderson Morris left for work on the morning of October 12, 2000 as she typically did. For reasons unknown, she never showed up at work. It wasn't until her husband called her place of employment that he found out she had never arrived, ...
It was September 11, 2001 in New York City. Americans everywhere woke up that Tuesday morning and went about their day. It was business as usual for the thousands of New Yorkers who made their way into lower Manattan to go to work at the World Trade Center. Then, as we all know, the world changed. Between the purposeful attacks on the two towers, the Pentagon, and the downed flight in Pennsylvania, 2,977 lives were officially claimed that day to terrorism. But as the smoke cont...
This episode is a little different than most, and unlike most mysteries we cover. While much has been done to understand and trace the origin of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, there is still some uncertainty and misinformation about the once mysterious and (if untreated) deadly disease. Many people likely know HIV/AIDS to have begun in the early 1980's in the United States among homosexual men in large cities, but data shows that the virus was already making its' way around the world in th...
Tamla Horsford, loving wife and mother of five, was excited to spend some time with some of the Moms from her sons' school on the night of November 3, 2018. She was celebrating a birthday for one of these Moms, and although she didn't know the other women at the gathering well, she was happy to join in on the festivities. But what was supposed to be a joyful celebration in the form of an adult slumber party ended in absolute horror when Tamla was discovered deceased in the backyard the next ...
Have you ever pondered about the chilling mysteries that remain unsolved? The ones that make your spine tingle and your hairs stand on end? This episode is dedicated to exploring two such enigmatic cases - the disappearances of Larisha Deanna Walker and her mother, Wanda Faye Walker. The unsettling circumstances - locked doors, lights left on, and stereos left blaring – only deepen the mystery around Deanna's disappearance. Even more intriguing is the untraceable car that she was supposed to ...
Who knew that a discarded rental application and a burner phone could hold the key to a gruesome murder investigation? Join Elaine, Amber and I as we pull back the curtain on the chilling case of Oakey "Al" Kite's murder in 2004. A riveting tale of a man's life and work, a move to Aurora, Colorado, and a gruesome murder that would leave even seasoned crime buffs restless. The details we reveal are not for the faint-hearted, as we recount the horrifying discovery of Al, who was tortured in the...
30-year old Ben McDaniel was an avid scuba diver and had enjoyed partaking in the underwater activity since he was a teenager, so when he disappeared 13 years ago today after going on an evening dive, most people assumed that he drowned. But Ben's disappearance would prove to be anything but straightforward. At the time of his disappearance, Ben was working on overcoming some rough circumstances: He had just lost his younger brother at the young age of 22, he was in debt after a busine...
In this episode, Amber, Elaine and I continue our discussion on the disappearance of Center County, PA attorney Ray Gricar in 2005. We explore the theories and all the conflicting clues that may or may not have been a factor in him going missing. Part 2 of 2. Please refer to prior episode for part 1 of our discussion. Check us out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@143mysteries For sources and episode information: http://143mysteries.com For photos: https://www.instagram.com/143my...
Ray Gricar was a successful man. He was a lawyer who ended up serving as District Attorney for Center County, Pennsylvania for many years. Not too long before he disappeared, Ray announced that he would not be running for re-election and would be retiring, just before his 60th birthday. Those familiar with the mysterious case of Ray Gricar will know how many strange and fascinating details surround his strange disappearance. Oftentimes in cases, one theory stands out as most probable. ...
July 28, 2023. The true crime world is buzzing about Carlee Russell, an Alabama woman who disappeared after calling 911 to report a child on the side of the street on her way home from work. At a recent press conference, it was announced via her attorney, that Carlee had made the entire story up. Her motive for this, remains a mystery. But while time and resources were spent investigating what ultimately turned out to be a hoax, thousands of people remain missing in the United States al...