Box in the Basement
Arlene, Leah, Bree
"Box in the Basement" is a compelling new podcast created by Arlene, a woman whose life was forever changed by a family tragedy. The unsolved murder of her Uncle Leon Laurales serves as the catalyst for this investigative series. Disturbed by the lackluster investigation and the mystery that still surrounds his case, Arlene dives deep into the details of her uncle's story, uncovering the many problems that plagued the investigation. Her journey doesn't stop there, as she expands her focus to oth...
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Episodes (92)
They Were Safe in a Gated Community… Then Someone Executed Them in Their Sleep
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She Left a Downton Abbey Watch Party… Then Was Found Murdered in Her Own Home: T...
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Aliens, Espionage, or Murder? Inside Texas’s Most Bizarre Missing Persons Case:...
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A Child Gone in 1985. A Mother Gone in 2025. Why Are These Texas Cases Still Uns...
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A 12-Year Old Kimberly Norwood Walks Home & Vanishes Forever
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The Highway That Hunts: Canada’s Most Infamous Cold Cases - Highway of Tears par...
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The Stranger, the Job Offer, and the Family That Never Returned: More Mysteries...
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The Shocking Truth Behind 40 Missing Women: What’s Really Happening on Canada’s...
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The Mayor’s Sons and the Women Who Died: Alaska’s Unanswered Crimes
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She Tried to Leave Him. Then She Disappeared: The Cases of Senovia Medina & Ceci...
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Gone Without a Trace: How a Mother’s Disappearance Exposed the Dark Side of Texa...
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Vanished Without a Trace: The Unsolved Mysteries of Margaret Chauncy & Lisa Chan...
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America’s First Serial Killer? The Austin Servant Girl Murders, 1885 Part 2
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America’s First Serial Killer? The Austin Servant Girl Murders, 1885
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The Driveway Execution Caught on Camera: Who Pulled the Trigger on Elizabeth Ba...
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Attacked on Camera, Missing Without a Trace - Her Body Discovered 70 Miles Away:...
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Texas’s Oldest Unsolved Family Massacre: What Really Happened to the Arellanos?
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7-Year-Old Cortney Clayton Disappeared in Broad Daylight… Then Her Body Was Foun...
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He Vanished After a Party—Three Years Later, His Bones Were Found on a Hillside:...
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They Were in Love. He Was Watching. Then He Opened Fire.
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Utah’s Dark LGBT History—Who Murdered Anthony Adams?
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Trans, Two-Spirit, Missing & Murdered: Aubrey Dameron
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The Unsolved Murder of Leon Laureles: Crying For Justice
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Justice for Leon part 3: The Day of the Murder
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Justice for Leon part 2: Examining a Victim's Life
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Justice for Leon part 1: Arlene’s Journey of Heartbreak & Headaches
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A Pregnant Woman’s Final Call: Why Was D’Lisa Kelley Ignored?
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She Vanished on the 4th of July—Who Took Dannarriah Finley?
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Two Women. Two Holidays. Two Unsolved Murders: The Cases of Kristen Wilson & Ter...
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He Walked Into the Desert. She Left Her Apartment. Neither Were Seen Again: The...
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He Disappeared on Super Bowl Sunday… 1,600 Miles Away, a Body Appeared
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Luxury Home, Triple Deaths, No Answers—What Really Happened in Anaqua Springs?
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No Forced Entry, No Arrests—A Texas Cold Case That Won’t Rest
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A Feud, A Fire, and A Murder—The Twisted Case of Ira Tobolowsky
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She Went Jogging and Never Came Home—What Happened to Rachel Cooke?
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Caught on Camera: The Chilling Church Murder of Missy Bevers
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Slashed Tires, Shaky Alibis: The Vanishing of Tara Breckenridge
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No Shoes, No Money, No Goodbye—What Happened to Monica Carrasco?
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A Killer Set Free? The Frustrating Unsolved Murder of Brittany McGlone
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A Christmas Eve Tragedy: The 2015 Unsolved Murder of Henry Gutierrez
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Three Billboards & Still No Justice: The Unsolved Murder of Kathy Page
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13 and Gone: The Unsolved Murder of Hailey Dunn
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The Vanishing of Misty Copsey: A 14-Year-Old's Disappearance That Still Haunts W...
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The Tragic Indigenous Murders of Rachel Sloan and Lakota Renville
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Shining Light on Indigenous Women: The Disappearance of Ida Beard & Murder of Su...
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The COVID Pandemic Vanishing of Pepita Redhair
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When Domestic Violence Turns to Murder: The Cases of Takara Hightower & Suzanne...
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When She Decides to Leave: The Murder of Sophi Sullivan
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Living a Domestic Nightmare: The Murder of 10-month old Willow Grace Garner
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The Unsolved Murders of Randy Lee Cave & Candance Boley
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