William Burke and William Hare teamed up to murder sixteen people and sell their bodies to Dr. Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures.

To celebrate our two-year anniversary, we have three unsolved cases to discuss. Brian Shaffer was 27yo when he seemingly vanished in thin air. Kendrick Johnson mysteriously died, was it an accident, a prank gone wrong, or murder? And the three members of the Jamison family disappeared, only to be found four years later. But what happened to them?

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Living in New Jersey with his wife and kids, Richard Leonard Kuklinski appeared to be a normal man in the 1980s. But, Richard was skilled in keeping his personal life separate from his work life. When he wasn't at home with his family, he was running his own burglary ring, selling bootleg movies, and murdering for profit.

The Murdaughs were once a prominent family in South Carolina for nearly a century. Within the last decade, the name has been tarnished by a litany of financial crimes and murder.

In 1976, 16-year-old Trenny Gibson went on a field trip with 38 other students and her horticulture teacher to the Great Smoky Mountains. The students hiked along a trail to observe the plants and trees. At 3:30pm, 38 students returned to the school bus. Trenny did not.

Colleen Ritzer was a vibrant, 24-year-old teacher killed in a place she loved and should have been safe for absolutely no reason.

Thelma Todd was an actress and businesswoman in the late 1920s and early 1930s. On the morning of December 16, 1935, Thelma's body was discovered in her convertible, inside a garage. She was found to have sustained physical injuries, as well as carbon monoxide poisoning. The cause of death was ruled an accident, but is that truly the case?

Mercy Brown died of tuberculosis in 1892 along with her mother and siblings. When her brother fell ill, the villagers believed that the only explanation was a vampire had been sucking the life out of the family. Mercy and her family members were exhumed and the villagers discovered the vampire.