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Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases Podcast

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.

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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · July 2026

A Wisconsin-focused cold case feed that treats open files, missing people, and unidentified remains with careful, practical reporting.

Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases Podcast is a Wisconsin-focused cold case feed built around open files, missing people, unexplained deaths, and unidentified remains.

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You want Wisconsin cold cases with receipts, restraint, and a tip-line conscience.

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  • local reporting that measures four-wheeler handlebars before letting a theory feel settled
  • cold-case patience, including the wait for DNA, genealogy, old records, and someone to call back
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Forgotten: Unidentified Remains - The Waiting Game

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.

Forgotten: Who Killed Deidre Harm?

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…

Forgotten: Christopher Revak - Deadly Connections

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.

Forgotten: Cassandra Ayon - Justicia Inconclusa

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.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Forgotten: Christopher Revak - Deadly Connections

    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.

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  2. 2

    Forgotten: Unidentified Remains - The Waiting Game

    Hidden gem

    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.

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    Forgotten: William Schnackel - The Bus in the Woods

    Hidden gem

    This episode investigates the 1980 disappearance of William Schnakel, a Wisconsin man who lived in a bus and collected scrap metal.

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    Forgotten: Who Killed Deidre Harm?

    Hidden gem

    Deidre Hearn went out in Wisconsin Rapids on June 10, 2006, and never came home.

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  5. 5

    Forgotten: Tara Sullivan - Digital Ghost

    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.

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    Forgotten: Who killed Gerald Mork?

    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.

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    Forgotten: John Doe 2000 - Testing for the Truth

    This episode investigates the unsolved case of John Doe 2000, whose skeletal remains were found in northern Wisconsin in 2000.

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  8. 8

    Forgotten: One year later - What did we learn?

    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.

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    Forgotten: Krista Sypher - Behind Closed Doors

    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.

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    Forgotten: Who Killed Deidre Week

    Hidden gem

    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.

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    Forgotten: Jacob T.S. Wenzel - Out of the Dark

    Cassandra Cepeda investigates the disappearance of 21-year-old Jacob T.S.

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    Forgotten: Namrud Tessema - A Journey into Darkness

    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.

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    Forgotten: Cassandra Ayon - Justicia Inconclusa

    Hidden gem

    This episode investigates the disappearance of 27-year-old Cassandra Ayon from Clark County, Wisconsin, who vanished on October 3, 2020.

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    Forgotten: Kayla Berg - Keeping Hope

    This episode of 'Forgotten' investigates the 2009 disappearance of 15-year-old Kayla Berg from Antigo, Wisconsin.

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    Forgotten: Susan Poupart - Secrets on the Reservation

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  16. 16

    Forgotten: Why discovering the remains of Cassandra Ayon hasn’t closed her case

    Jan 14, 2025·3m
  17. 17

    Forgotten: Marchelle Hansen - Single Mom Missing

    Jan 5, 2024·13m
  18. 18

    Forgotten: Cassandra Ayon - Unfinished Justice

    Dec 8, 2023·15m
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    Forgotten: Cassandra Ayon - Unfinished Justice

    Dec 8, 2023·15m
  20. 20

    Forgotten: Jon ”Jake” Morgan - Waiting for Answers

    Nov 2, 2023·15m
  21. 21

    Forgotten: Ben Wilberding - Small Town Crime

    Oct 5, 2023·11m
  22. 22

    Forgotten: Marie and Theodore Jost - Family Affair

    Sep 7, 2023·15m
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    Forgotten: Junelle Marquard, Dakota & Dayna Menger

    Aug 3, 2023·14m
  24. 24

    Forgotten: Mackenzie Marken - Keeping Hope

    Jul 6, 2023·16m
  25. 25

    Forgotten: Stacy Rudolph - Mailbox Confessions

    Jun 1, 2023·13m
  26. 26

    Forgotten: Cindy Jones - Buried Secrets

    May 4, 2023·16m
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    Forgotten: Edward Czerwony - Vanished Into Thin Air

    Apr 6, 2023·11m
  28. 28

    Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases - Intro

    Mar 17, 2023·2m