The Unforgotten
The Unforgotten is a true crime podcast that investigates unsolved murders and mysterious deaths. Each season delves into a different case, from the killing of a fitness instructor in a Texas church to the death row case of Charles Flores. The show examines evidence, witness testimonies, and systemic failures that allowed crimes to go unpunished.
Episodes
20. Texas Justice Tour: The Unsolved Murder of Shelley Watkins
Carol Dawson reveals new details about Shelley Watkins' unresolved murder case during a live show with journalist Claire St. Amant in Kerens, Texas. This episode was first published on Final Days on Earth with Claire St. Amant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
NEW SERIES: BABY: The Melissa Highsmith Story
How do you know you're lost if you don’t even know you're missing?The remarkable story of Melissa Highsmith being found 51 years after being kidnapped as a baby made global headlines, but the shocking details of what actually happened to her and the family that never stopped looking for her have never been fully told – until now.Listen to the first episode now and don't forget to subsc
19. A Note from Carol and Wes
Wes and Carol reunite to preview a live Labor Day Ghost event featuring new revelations about Shelley Watkins's murder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6. A Dark Place
Ten years after Missy’s murder, the Bevers family opens up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5. Tammy and the Tribute Bands
An alleged confession takes the investigation into the world of rock ‘n' roll. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4. Leads to Nowhere
Police and internet sleuths alike try to find someone to hold accountable for Missy’s murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3. Bad News Bevers
The Bevers family makes an innocent — or careless — mistake that puts them back under the microscope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2. The Target List
Police issue a warrant for the phone data of some unexpected people, and the rumor mill starts churning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1. Murder at the Church
A killer wearing police tactical gear murders a fitness instructor just before her early morning class … and security cameras catch the whole thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing ... The Unforgotten: Who Killed Missy Bevers?
Ten years ago, a fitness instructor was murdered inside a Midlothian church just before her early morning class. The killer — caught on security cameras wearing tactical gear — has never been identified. A decade later, police still have no suspect. Was it a robbery gone wrong … or was Missy Bevers the target all along? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bonus: Christopher's Body
An anonymous source reveals new details about the night Christopher Whiteley's body was discovered in the woods. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6. Charlie Flores vs. Charles Don Flores
The two halves of Charles Flores’ life so far have been drastically different. The first: A life of drugs, theft, and raging tempers. The second: A life of reform, reflection, and reaching out through the bars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5. Injustice Anywhere
Charles Flores and a rotating cast of lawyers beg the courts to look at what they say are major flaws in the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4. May the Record Reflect
The State of Texas lays out its case against Charles Flores, and a mid-trial bombshell changes everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3. Fight and Flight
Charles Flores makes a decision that will later help seal his fate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2. In Your Mind’s Eye
Police use an odd and controversial investigative tool to try to identify the passenger in the VW Bug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1. The Guys in the Bug
An elderly woman and her dog are found shot to death in a quiet North Texas suburb. Police focus on the bizarre crime scene—and the victim’s unlikely connection to the Dallas-area drug scene. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing ... The Unforgotten: Riding Shotgun
In 1998, a key witness in a murder case underwent police hypnosis to identify who she saw. A year later, her description had completely changed. The guy she identified? He’s been on death row for nearly three decades. Did the witness get it wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bonus: The Wild Hog Theory
Feral pigs killed and ate a woman in Southeast Texas. Were pigs involved in Christopher Whiteley's death as well? One wildlife expert believes it's possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8. What Really Happened
With the case officially closed, Wes and Charlie confront the questions that refuse to go away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bonus: Cougar Bebop
Ben Masters goes deeper on mountain lion moms, their cute cubs, and what we still don't know about these ghosts of the wild. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7. The Scapegoat
Christopher Whiteley's death lands right in the middle of an even bigger controversy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6. Naming Names
Asking questions around Lipan, we uncover one of the biggest secrets surrounding the death of Christopher Whiteley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5. The Shank
That time Christopher turned a tree trimmer into a homemade weapon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bonus: Devil Town
Kill Site is off this week, so we're sharing the first episode of Wes's other podcast Devil Town. Local teenager Kelly Wilson tells friends she’s going to a party after work. Instead, she vanishes from the town square in Gilmer, Texas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4. Falsehoods and Chaos
Scandals in the medical examiner's office collide with the search for answers in Christopher Whiteley's death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3. The Showdown
The dispute over Christopher Whiteley‘s cause of death turns hostile as medical examiners pivot to a different theory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2. The Ghost
A Texas sheriff blames a mountain lion for the death of Christopher Whiteley, but the search for a killer cat exposes disagreements — and a deeper mystery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1. Just Do It
Christopher Whiteley makes a desperate phone call, then vanishes into the woods, igniting one of Texas' strangest and most controversial true-crime cases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tony Rocha on the Family's Search for Dolores
Adam and Kyle talk with Dolores’s cousin, Tony Rocha, about the early warning signs in her relationship, the lengths the family was prepared to go while searching for answers, and how he processed the full story after hearing the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing ... The Unforgotten: Kill Site
Five years ago, deputies found Christopher Whiteley's body in rural Texas. They said a mountain lion killed him. Experts said that was impossible. So ... what really happened? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Five Years Later with Detective Kenny Hart
Adam and Kyle talk with retired detective Kenny Hart about the fifth anniversary of identifying Dolores, his bond with the family, and his plans to continue solving cold cases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Remembering Slick with David and Mat Jr.
Hosts Adam and Kyle talk with Slick Rocha's sons, Mat Jr. and David, about their father's military past, legendary softball skills, and his impact as a youth coach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9. Coming Home
Dolores' family gathers near Woodland to celebrate her life, 42 years after she went missing. In a powerful return to key locations, Adam and Kyle revisit the past to reckon with all that happened — and all that never will. The story ends, but Dolores' memory endures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8. Making Sense of It All
An identification Dolores' family never expected brings a mix of relief, anger, and disbelief. But why didn't the answers come sooner? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7. 41 Years
A detective stumbles upon the case of a Jane Doe and begins to reassemble a mystery that law enforcement had long abandoned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6. Moving On
As Carl’s health declines, can his children coax a confession from him? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5. Catch and Release
Six years after Dolores disappeared, the pressure from her family pays off when a suspect is charged with her murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4. Uncle Slick
From Little Rock 9 protector to pre-Vietnam War assassin, Mathew "Slick" Rocha carved a place in American history. But he takes on an even more important role after his sister goes missing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3. This Way to the Murderer's House
Dolores' family shifts its search into high gear, stopping at nothing to get answers from the prime suspect, Carl Wulff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2. Afraid of the Dark
Dolores' disappearance leaves her family stinging, but not surprised. As the official investigation begins, her family launches its own probe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1. Life of the Party
California mom Dolores Wulff has a big smile, a kind heart, and a large and loving family. But her life also has a darker side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18. The Crossover
In this bonus episode, Wes introduces Carol to our new co-hosts Adam Rittenberg and Kyle Bonagura, a pair of ESPN staff writers who have spent years covering the disappearance of Dolores Wulff.Season 3 of The Unforgotten: Finding Dolores Wulff is coming August 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing ... The Unforgotten: Finding Dolores Wulff
A mother vanishes. A boy grows up with questions. Forty years later, the answers begin with a single phone call: “We found your mom.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17. Rest in Peace, Larry
Honoring an investigator who never let go of Shelley Watkins' case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16. Linking the Chains
Carol reveals two witness accounts that have never been disclosed to the public before now — including a deathbed confession that may explain how Shelley Watkins' death was covered up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11. The Final Vote
After years of pushing lawmakers to close the loopholes that Billy Chemirmir used to murder dozens of North Texas seniors, the Texas Legislature takes a final vote on regulations for senior living communities. But are there still cracks in the senior care system? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15. The Boy Who Found Shelley
The story of a fisherman who discovered Shelley Watkins' body in the Trinity River. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10. The Lawmakers
A decade after Billy Chemirmir’s killing spree allegedly began, state legislators in Texas are once again considering measures that would close some of the loopholes that allowed him to kill. That, plus more updates to the case since season two ended in December.Connect with the group Secure Our Seniors' Safety at secureourseniorssafety.org, and look up the state lawmakers who represent you at wrm
14. Shelley's Last Days
A witness says she saw Shelley Watkins and her husband Jerry Mack screaming and shoving each other at the lake on the day Shelley was murdered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13. RIP, E. Ray
E. Ray Andrews has died. In this bonus episode, Carol and Wes explain why E. Ray's passing will unlock a central mystery of the bribery scheme that helped Jerry Mack Watkins go free after the murder of his wife Shelley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12. Your Questions, Answered
We talk about Jerry Mack's son from a previous relationship, Kay's first husband Dennis, and whether the district attorney will retry Shelley's case in this bonus Q&A episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11. Update on Shelley's Murder Case
DNA from an unknown male was on the materials when Shelley Watkins' body was recovered from the Trinity River. We finally found out what the Sheriff's Office has done with that DNA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9. The Unknown
How many people did Billy Chemirmir actually kill? Will we ever know? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8. The Second Trial of Billy Chemirmir
After the shocking mistrial of November 2021, families go back to the courthouse in Dallas. Will justice be served this time? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7. The Missed Clues
Why did so many well-trained investigators miss the killing spree of Billy Chemirmir? And what does that mean for other unsolved murders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6. The Loopholes
Was Billy Chemirmir a brilliant criminal mastermind? Or just lucky enough to slip through the cracks of a broken patchwork system? More importantly, which reality is more terrifying? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5. The Prosecution
Should Billy Chemirmir be put to death for killing dozens of older adults in and around Dallas? That's what prosecutors had to decide in early 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4. The Refugee
The morning after Mary Bartel was attacked, police identify a suspect in her attempted murder. His arrest leads them to one last body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3. The Sisterhood
Despite suspicions from several grieving daughters, nobody realizes there's a murderer roaming the halls of another luxury senior community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2. The Caregivers
Years before serial killer Billy Chemirmir was arrested, a lone security guard began putting the puzzle pieces together. But he was ignored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1. The Unlocked Door
When two women are left for dead in a Dallas apartment building, one of the women survives, leading police on the unexpected trail of the city's worst serial killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing ... The Unforgotten: Unnatural Causes
The Unforgotten, Season 2: Unnatural Causes investigates the worst serial killer in Dallas history. In 2016, healthy, active women began to drop dead in Dallas's most exclusive senior living communities and their own homes. Because of their age and where they lived, officials assumed that heart attacks, strokes and other natural causes were to blame. It wasn't until years later, after a woman surv
Introducing: Final Days on Earth with Claire St. Amant
Sharing a special preview episode from Final Days on Earth with Claire St. Amant. Greg Williams was a successful tech entrepreneur living a quiet life with his family in a Fort Worth suburb. Until one night in 2011, when his whole world came crashing down. Greg had been shot in cold blood, as he lay sleeping in bed. His wife and business partner, Michele, called 911, alleging an intruder had fired
10. The Business Card
Our investigation brings us to Jerry Mack's front door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bonus: Pardon Our Take
A sports talk show changes the conversation about Jake Feldt, the estranged son-in-law of murder suspect Jerry Mack Watkins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9. Jake
Jerry Mack's son-in-law breaks his silence in a tell-all interview about Shelley Watkins' murder and the inner workings of the Watkins family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8. The Breakthrough
An interview with the county sheriff reveals a tantalizing lead in the quest to get justice for Shelley Watkins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7. Penny-Ante Thugs
Shelley's sister Sandy takes matters into her own hands following the collapse of the murder case against her former brother-in-law, Jerry Mack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6. The Sting
A stunning twist upends the case against Jerry Mack Watkins in the brutal murder of his wife, Shelley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5. E. Ray the D.A.
Prosecutor E. Ray Andrews is loving all the publicity from Jerry Mack Watkins’ murder case — but not as much as he loves goose liver sandwiches and Wild Turkey whiskey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4. Nothing but Blood
Months after Shelley’s murder, investigators finally search her house and discover potent clues on the garage floor. A key document goes missing. A grand jury must decide whether to indict Jerry Mack Watkins for his wife's death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3. Compromised from the Start
When Shelley Watkins goes missing, her husband Jerry Mack's behavior draws the suspicion of law enforcement. An autopsy reveals how Shelley was killed.https://link.chtbl.com/unforgottendevil Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2. The Fairy Tale
Shelley Watkins seemed to have the perfect life. An argument with her husband took a mysterious turn on the night of Labor Day in 1993. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1. The River
Who killed Shelley Watkins? Who wrapped her up and threw her in the Trinity River? Thirty years after Shelley's brutal murder in Corsicana, Texas, it's finally time to get some answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing: The Unforgotten
In 1993, fishermen discovered the body of Shelley Watkins floating in the Trinity River in Texas. The young, wealthy mom had been wrapped in black plastic and weighed down by concrete blocks. Investigators say they know exactly who killed Shelley and threw her in the river. They say they have strong evidence to back up their claims. If so, why has no one ever been held accountable for Shelley's mu
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