On September 25th, 1981, 58-year-old Polly Melton went hiking with two friends along the Deep Creek Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As the women headed back toward their campsite, Polly suddenly picked up her pace, rounded a bend, and disappeared from sight. Her friends were only moments behind her, but when they reached the bend, Polly was gone. An extensive search involving park rangers, volunteers, and tracking dogs found no trace of her.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Polly Melton's mysterious disappearance. Polly knew the area well, carried no purse, money, cigarettes, or identification, and had left dinner preparations waiting back at her campsite. Over the years, theories have ranged from a medical emergency or abduction to the possibility that Polly deliberately vanished to begin a new life. More than four decades later, no remains have been found, and her disappearance remains unsolved.

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In May 2000, 29-year-old travel writer Claudia Kirschhoch traveled to Jamaica after a planned work trip to Cuba was unexpectedly canceled. Claudia decided to remain at a resort in Negril, but on May 27th, she vanished after being seen walking along the beach. Her passport, credit cards, cash, cell phone, and other belongings were left behind, and her family immediately believed something terrible had happened.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Claudia Kirschhoch. The investigation was complicated by missing or destroyed potential evidence, conflicting accounts, and numerous unconfirmed sightings. Investigators eventually focused attention on a resort employee Claudia had spent time with shortly before she disappeared, but no one has ever been charged. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious disappearance of Claudia Kirschhoch, a case that remains unsolved more than twenty-five years later.

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In November 2000, 44-year-old Terry “Dale” Fetner was living in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, after a suspicious fire damaged his home just months earlier. On the evening of November 26, Dale returned from working on a mountain home he was building and was attacked near the entrance to his apartment. A neighbor later found him face down outside the complex, stabbed 15 times. Nothing was stolen, and investigators believed Dale had been specifically targeted and had fought fiercely with his attacker.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murder of Terry Fetner. Despite extensive interviews, large rewards, DNA testing, and renewed attention from Greenville’s cold case unit, police have never publicly named a suspect. Investigators have also questioned whether the suspicious fire at Dale’s home could be connected to his murder. Nearly 26 years later, Dale’s family is still waiting for answers, and authorities hope advances in DNA testing or the right tip may finally reveal who killed him and why.

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