Credit: gargantuenCC BY-SA 2.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenKingsbury Run, Cleveland, Ohio · 1930s
Between 1935 and 1938, at least twelve people were killed and dismembered in Cleveland, Ohio, with remains left in the Kingsbury Run area; the case remains unsolved despite an investigation once led by Eliot Ness.
UNSOLVEDListenCleveland, Tennessee · 2009
Marsha Brantley, a Cleveland, Tennessee woman, disappeared around May to June 2009; her car, phone, and other valuables were left behind, and no direct evidence of what happened to her has ever been found. Her then-husband, Donnie Brantley, was charged with her murder in 2013 and again in 2016, but both charges were later dismissed for lack of evidence, and her disappearance remains unsolved.
SOLVEDListenHigbee's department store, Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio · 1971
On December 21, 1971, a line dispute at a Higbee's department store Santa display in Cleveland, Ohio, escalated into a physical altercation between Tyrone Howard and Jack Fitzpatrick; Fitzpatrick was fatally stabbed and Howard was later convicted of manslaughter.
SOLVEDListenLorain Avenue / West 38th Street area, Cleveland, Ohio · 1933
On March 6, 1933, Herman Klink shot 11 people in Cleveland, Ohio, killing five, before being shot dead by police detective Jay Cook after a brief standoff.
The files run from 1933 to 2023. The 1930s hold the most, with 2 files. The oldest is 1933 Cleveland shootings, from 1933.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (7), kidnapping and abduction cases (3) and disappearance cases (2).
3 files of the 9 have coverage attached: 3 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 3 creators. Bailey Sarian, 48 Hours and Truly Criminal have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
This page updates from the published files, so counts and statuses change the day a record does. Open any file for its timeline, its sources and the coverage worth your time, or play it as a narrated case file.
Rose Wallace — Credit: gargantuenCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Seymour Avenue - panoramio — Credit: Michael A. OrlandoCC BY-SA 3.0Source
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9. By status: 3 unsolved, 1 ongoing and 5 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
1933 Cleveland shootings, from 1933. Open the file
Cleveland Torso Murders, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
Bailey Sarian (1 case), 48 Hours (1 case) and Truly Criminal (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
