Kassandra Sepeda/WSAW
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Every month, join WSAW’s Kassandra Sepeda as she takes a deeper, investigative look into the often forgotten cold cases and missing people in central Wisconsin.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed local reporting connects unresolved Wisconsin cases to the evidence, agencies and public information that could still move them forward.
Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases Podcast follows unresolved Wisconsin cases through investigative narration that stays close to police work, witness accounts and the people at the center of each case.
A locked gate and a four-wheeler give your inner case-file annotator plenty to think about.
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A careful cold-case reconstruction where geography, testimony, and lingering doubt keep Deidre Week's last ride unresolved.
Deidre Week's 1995 death is handled as a measured reconstruction of an 11-year-old's last bike ride, shaped by disputed testimony, uneasy geography, and a family still pressing for clarity.
A family-centered review of Jacob Wenzel's disappearance, where revenge allegations sit beside unanswered questions about the search.
Jacob Wenzel's disappearance is told through the people still trying to make sense of it, especially his mother, Tanya Sampley, who says he was taken on Halloween night in 2022 and killed in Adams County.
A patient cold-case report that treats unidentified remains as people first and mysteries second.
The episode takes on the hard edge of unidentified-remains work: partial records, difficult evidence, and the long effort to give two Jane Does a name.
A careful cold-case walk through the clues, the roads, and the unresolved ending.
This episode treats the Wisconsin Rapids cold case as something to be rebuilt from the ground up, piece by piece. It opens by naming the person investigators believe killed Deidre Hearn, then follows the roads, the bar night, the four-wheeler, and the witness statements that led…
A careful, unsettling path from one Wood County case toward possible links across several states.
Forgotten follows a Wood County death into the wider possibility that Christopher Rebeck may be tied to unsolved cases in Wisconsin, Missouri, and Iowa.
A cold case that stays open because the hardest questions are still unanswered.
This episode follows the disappearance of a 27-year-old woman from Clark County and keeps pushing past the arrest to ask what still is not known.
NHPR's Jason Moon investigates the Bear Brook barrel murders and a New Hampshire wrongful-conviction case.
A former cop's DNA, a dropped case, unreliable memories.
Host Kassandra Sepeda investigates suspected serial killer Christopher Revak, connecting his involvement in the deaths of Deidre Harm and Renee Williams to potential links in other cold cases across multiple states.
This episode investigates 13 sets of unidentified human remains in Oneida and Vilas Counties, Wisconsin, focusing on two specific cases: Jane Doe 1947, a strangled woman buried in a shallow grave, and Jane Doe 2021, a skull used as a Halloween prop before being identified as real.
This episode investigates the 1980 disappearance of William Schnakel, a Wisconsin man who lived in a bus and collected scrap metal.
Deidre Hearn went out in Wisconsin Rapids on June 10, 2006, and never came home.
This episode investigates the disappearance of Tara Sullivan, a Weston woman whose case went private for a year before detectives revealed findings from digital data.
This episode investigates the 1985 unsolved murder of Officer Gerald Mork in Iola, Wisconsin, focusing on suspicious evidence involving the police chief and the lack of closure after nearly 40 years.
This episode investigates the unsolved case of John Doe 2000, whose skeletal remains were found in northern Wisconsin in 2000.
In this anniversary episode, host Kassandra Sepeda reflects on the Forgotten podcast's first year, discussing the emotional impact of missing persons cases in Wisconsin, sharing key statistics, and previewing future investigations while highlighting the collaborative effort behind the series.
This episode investigates the disappearance of Krista Sypher in Plover, Wisconsin, focusing on her husband Jason Seifer's conviction for her murder despite her body never being found.
Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases Podcast examines the 1995 death of 11-year-old Deidre Week after she was struck near Vesper, Wisconsin, while riding home from 4-H practice.
Cassandra Cepeda investigates the disappearance of 21-year-old Jacob T.S.
This episode investigates the mysterious disappearance of Namrud Tessema, a devoted father from New York who vanished in northern Wisconsin after embarking on a spiritual journey with a Native American activist.
This episode investigates the disappearance of 27-year-old Cassandra Ayon from Clark County, Wisconsin, who vanished on October 3, 2020.
This episode of 'Forgotten' investigates the 2009 disappearance of 15-year-old Kayla Berg from Antigo, Wisconsin.