Unresolved: A True Crime & Mystery Podcast23 Syys 2025

The California Medfly Attack

"State officials have probably noticed an increase as well as an unusual distribution of Medfly infestation in Los Angeles County since March 1989. This was no coincidence."

The Mediterranean fruit fly, better known as the medfly, is about as unassuming as an insect can get. But the pest, native to sub-Saharan Africa, comes with enormous stakes. The medfly can infest more than 200 plant species, proving to be a nightmare for farmers everywhere. For farmers in California, though, they're an existential threat. That's why state officials treat every sighting like a five-alarm fire.

California has been fighting medfly invasions since the mid-1970s, throwing everything at them in an attempt to save their billion dollar agricultural industry. But in 1989, a strange outbreak of medflies were reported in Los Angeles and Orange counties. They appeared in clusters, as if they'd been placed there on purpose. Before long, a mysterious group calling themselves "The Breeders" claimed responsibility for this act of eco-terror...

Research & writing by Amelia White

Hosting, production, and additional research/writing by Micheal Whelan

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The Long Island Serial Killer (Update: April 2026)

There has been an update in the story of the Long Island Serial Killer (episodes #14-16 from 2016). On April 8th, 2026, 62-year-old Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, M...

11 Huhti 17min

West Memphis Three (Part Five: Alford Plea)

"When we told prosecutors we were innocent, they put us in prison for life. Now when we plead guilty, they set us free."On 19 August 2011, three men - Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskell...

10 Huhti 1h 11min

West Memphis Three (Part Four: Trials & Tribulations)

"When we saw Damien and Jason being chained up and taken off, it was just so emotional, because we felt the wrong guys were being carted off."In June of 1993, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky were two...

3 Huhti 59min

West Memphis Three (Part Three: The Devil In West Memphis)

“I think I was the closest thing he could come to conceiving of what he thought a Satanist would look like. All black was the only thing I ever wore. Ridiculous hairstyles. I was a stupid teenager.”On...

30 Maalis 1h 28min

West Memphis Three (Part Two: 93-05-0666)

"One of my officers found a tennis shoe, and, inquisitive, he just jumped in the water and felt one of them."On the evening of May 5th, 1993, three eight-year-old boys - Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, ...

27 Maalis 45min

West Memphis Three (Part One: Robin Hood Hills)

"As we face this shock... there's something that rises up and says it can't be, it shouldn't have happened."West Memphis, Arkansas was, in a lot of ways, the kind of American small town that people of...

23 Maalis 39min

Preview: Amityville

This is a preview for the 27th episode of the Patreon-exclusive show Resolved. To access the rest of this episode - as well as the other bonus material available to supporters of Unresolved Production...

13 Maalis 3min

Preview: The Van Meter Visitor

This is a preview for an Unresolved bonus episode, available for those that support the show on Patreon. If you'd like to listen along to this and other Patreon Exclusive bonus episodes, become a supp...

9 Maalis 2min