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Jennifer Kesse was everything you'd expect from a successful 24-year-old: college graduate, financial manager with multiple promotions, homeowner, and surrounded by loving family and friends. Then, on January 24, 2006, she simply disappeared.

The case quickly unraveled into a web of haunting details that still perplex investigators today.

The disappearance of Jennifer Kesse forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about safety, vulnerability, and how quickly someone's entire existence can vanish without explanation.

If you have information about Jennifer's case, visit the website linked below to help a family still waiting for closure after 19 long years.

https://jenniferkesse.com/

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Some mysteries begin with the smallest clues. For Betty Ketani, justice started with a few sheets of paper hidden beneath a carpet tile.

Betty was more than just a missing person statistic. A devoted mother of three, she left her hometown in the Eastern Cape for Johannesburg in search of better opportunities.

On May 20th, 1999, Betty vanished after her evening shift. Police barely investigated.Her family searched desperately, but for thirteen years, Betty's disappearance remained an agonizing mystery.
The breakthrough came unexpectedly in 2012 when neighbors renovating a Johannesburg home discovered a hidden confession letter beneath carpet tiles.

Betty's story reminds us that justice can arrive from unexpected places, even from beneath dusty carpet tiles when we least expect it.

Featuring insights and details based on Cold Case Confession by Alex Eliseev — an in-depth investigation into Betty’s case and the trial that followed.

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At just 10 years old, Natascha Kampusch vanished on her way to school in Vienna. For eight years, the world searched above ground—while she remained hidden below it, locked in a cellar by her captor. This is the story of her survival. Of a child forced into darkness, a mind pushed to its edge, and a young woman who, against all odds, made it out alive.

In this episode, ClueTrail explores the haunting case of Natascha Kampusch — based largely on her own words, through interviews and her memoir 3,096 Days.

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In 1930s Detroit, men checked into Rose Veres boarding house, and never left. Branded “The Witch of Delray” by the press, she was accused of multiple murders. But was she a killer… or a scapegoat?

Uncover the truth behind fear, prejudice, and one of Detroit’s most haunting legends.

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April 2025 brought chilling headlines from around the world. In this special ClueTrail Bulletin episode, we recap the biggest and most unsettling crime stories of the month—from violent cult leaders and international manhunts, to school stabbings and shocking conspiracies. True crime in real time.

Dive into the latest with ClueTrail: where every headline has a hidden story.

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Eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs had Type 1 diabetes—a condition that’s manageable with proper care. But her parents, guided by a fringe religious sect called The Saints, chose prayer over medicine. Over six days, Elizabeth’s health deteriorated. No one called for help. And by the time they did—it was far too late.

In this episode of ClueTrail, we take you inside the tragedy that shook Australia. You’ll hear the story of Elizabeth’s final days, the ideology behind The Saints, and the courtroom reckoning that followed.

This is the story of Elizabeth Struhs. And the community that let her die.

Content Warning: This episode discusses child neglect, religious extremism, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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In Victorian England, Amelia Dyer promised desperate mothers she’d care for their babies. Instead, she became one of history’s most prolific killers. In this episode of ClueTrail, we uncover the chilling truth behind “The Angel Maker,” baby farming, and a system that failed its most vulnerable.

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In a remote Romanian monastery in 2005, a chilling ritual led to the death of a young nun—and shocked the world.Was it a case of religious zeal gone too far, or something even more sinister?

This is the story of the Tanacu Exorcism: a haunting collision of faith, fear, and fatal consequences.

On this episode of ClueTrail, we explore the tragedy that gripped Romania, the trial that followed, and the questions that still linger.

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