A loose, funny recap that keeps the mystery unsettled.
The episode turns an unsolved mystery into a messy, side-eyeing exchange that keeps returning to what happened and why it still feels unresolved.
A Rude, A Prude, and an Unsolved Mystery
Brown and Easter
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Brown (the rude one), and Easter (the prude one), are two middle school teachers who have always loved Unsolved Mysteries and Robert Stack. Starting with the first season, every week they will recap and discuss two wild stories.
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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Brown and Easter bring close attention, candid uncertainty, and an argumentative comic rhythm to their reexamination of familiar unsolved cases.
Brown and Easter make case recaps sound like an argument between friends who keep pausing to question the evidence, the wording, and each other's assumptions.
Why you'd press play
A root canal before an Unsolved Mysteries case: exactly your kind of conversational whiplash.
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- to hear someone question what a blood alcohol reading proves, then admit they need to look it up
- to enjoy Brown and Easter arguing over the word "peddler" on the way back to bloody clothes
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Best episodes of A Rude, A Prude, and an Unsolved Mystery
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A loose, messy mystery recap with peddler debates, bloody clothes, and long detours.
The episode folds a roadside mystery into a longer talk about language, animal cruelty, and one especially grim stretch involving bloody clothes.
A messy, funny, grim recap that keeps the case at the center.
The episode opens in school-week chaos, then shifts into a grim account of Charlie Sigmin's murder and the details around it. The hosts keep things loose and reactive, which gives the discussion a lived-in feel instead of a polished one, and their disbelief lands hardest when…
An honest, loose reset that sounds like the hosts talking their way back in.
The episode lands as a return visit shaped by a long pause: the hosts acknowledge the break, frame it around mental health, and connect it to a rough school year, teacher strain, and the weight of recent events. Its strength is the honesty.
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Episodes
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Unsolved Mysteries Episode Nine: Unexplained Death of Kurt Sova / John Nellis' Search for His Family
Root canal dread opens the room.
·1h 33m·4 clips - 2
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Ten: The Murder of Charlie Sigmin & Updates on the deaths of Don Henry & Kevin Ives
Hidden gemCharlie ignores the warning signs.
·1h 8m·5 clips - 3
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Nine: The Murders of Fr. Reynaldo Rivera and Fr. John Kerrigan / The Lucky Rock
Bloody clothes, no caution.
·1h 20m·5 clips - 4
Apology & Bonus Content
Hidden gemThe Prude starts with a disclaimer, then the hosts apologize for disappearing.
·39m - 5
(Bonus Episode) A Rude, A Prude, and Banned Books: Antiracist Baby
May 4, 2022·20m - 6
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Eight: Steven Cox Investment Fraud / Murder of Barbara Jean Horn
Apr 15, 2022·1h 9m - 7
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Eight: "Disappearance" of Christi Nichols / Mark Adams Escape from San Quentin
Apr 9, 2022·1h 13m - 8
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Seven: Haunted General Wayne Inn / Murder of Gretchen Burford / Abduction of Annie Laurie Hearin
Apr 1, 2022·1h 38m - 9
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Six: The Missing Heir of Curly Green / The Murders of Harold & Thelma Swain
Hidden gemA Rude, A Prude, and an Unsolved Mystery examines Walter “Curly” Green, an Omaha man who died in 1978 leaving more than $200,000, no will, and an unidentified heir.
Mar 25, 2022·1h 6m·4 clips - 10
Unsolved Mysteries: Son of Sam, Part 2
Mar 18, 2022·1h 9m - 11
Unsolved Mysteries: Son of Sam, Part 1
Mar 11, 2022·59m - 12
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Five: Unexplained Deaths of Don Henry & Kevin Ives / Missing Million Dollar Sports Memorabilia
Mar 4, 2022·1h 11m - 13
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Five: "Sky-jacker" D.B. Cooper
Feb 25, 2022·1h 4m - 14
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Four: Disappearance of Gail DeLano
Feb 18, 2022·1h 13m - 15
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Four: Queen Mary Ghost Ship / Murder of Roxanne Woodson
Feb 11, 2022·1h 26m - 16
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Three: Disappearance of Diane Brodbeck / Treasure in Bedford Virginia
Feb 5, 2022·1h 17m - 17
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Three: Attack on Susan Laferte & the Murder of Doreen Picard / Crimes of Luis Carlucci
Jan 28, 2022·54m - 18
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Two: Death of Kurt McFall / Missing Letters of WWII
Jan 21, 2022·1h - 19
Unsolved Mysteries Episode Two: The Murder of Elmer DeBoer / Wrongful Conviction of Michael Martin
Jan 14, 2022·1h 3m - 20
Unsolved Mysteries Episode One: The Disappearances of Glen & Bessie Hyde / "Disappearance" of Dottie Caylor
Jan 7, 2022·50m - 21
Unsolved Mysteries Episode One: The Murders of Shannon Davis and Aileen Conway
Dec 31, 2021·44m