Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
On the morning of July 12, 2009, in the Rye Brook Hilton Hotel, May Abad receives a frantic call from hotel security, urging her to rush to her parents’ suite. As she races down the hallway, her mother, Narcy Novack’s, screams cut through the silence—her father, Ben Novack Jr., millionaire and heir to Miami’s famous Fontainebleau hotel, has been brutally murdered. Now, May is on a desperate hunt for the truth. But what she doesn’t realize is that the killer is much closer than she ever imagined.
Credits
Directed & edited by Matthew Rice
Writing & research by Bianca Yzabelle Tan
Revisions by Kat Gardilcic
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
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Sources
Dateline NBC, “Family Affair”
CNBC, Deadly Rich, “Bound for Murder”
48 Hours, “Crazy Love”
Dying to Belong, “Narcy Novack”
The Criminal Mind Unveiled, “My Dirty Little Secret”
Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
On Christmas Eve 2008, just before midnight, 911 operators scramble as every phone rings off the hook in the city of Covina, California. All the callers frantically report a massive explosion on East Knollcrest drive—the Ortegas' family home— but what the survivors themselves tell 911 is even more disturbing: the nightmare actually began before the house went up in flames, when a man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire during the family dinner. Now, the surviving Ortega family must get justice, but also figure out how to rebuild each other after an unimaginable tragedy, and keep their Christmas spirit alive.
In her journey to rebuild, Leticia Yuzefpolsky now shares empowering stories about healing, love, & family on her blog: https://leticiashope.com/about/
Credits
Directed, written & edited by Alexandre Gendron & Justin Chalifoux
Researched by Manon Lafosse
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
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Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
It’s the early hours of June 7th, 1995, when Detective Bill Lindsey arrives at a grim crime scene in a small Arkansas town. The scene is one of devastation: 34-year-old Mary Phillips and her 11-year-old daughter, Lacey, are believed to have been brutally murdered in Mary’s office. Carefully, Detective Lindsey begins documenting the tragedy, taking photographs of the bloodied aftermath to piece together the events of the horrific crime.
He moves methodically, starting with Mary, whose lifeless body lies still. Then he turns his attention to the small figure slumped in a chair—the young girl. Her head hangs down, her body smeared in blood, and she appears to be lifeless, just like her mother. But as Lindsey positions his camera and the flash illuminates the room, something incredible happens. Lacey’s eyes flutter open, shocking the detective. Against all odds, the little girl is alive--and she'll be key to bringing down serial killer Jack Jones.
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Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
On the early morning of December 4th, 1997, in the small town of Santa Claus, Georgia, 10-year-old Amber Daniels found herself standing in the middle of a desolate dirt road, barefoot and in her pajamas, faced with an impossible choice. Her heart racing, she had to decide whether to run away from the man who had kidnapped her—or stay with him to protect her sisters. The decision she made that night would ultimately change the course of her life and lead to the unraveling of one of the most chilling crimes in history.
The previous night, Amber's family had been torn apart in what would later be called the "Santa Claus Killings." As Amber fought to protect her sisters and escape her captor, she would become the key to solving the case and bringing the killer to justice.
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Driven by the belief that there’s always more to the story, Unseen delves beyond the headlines to uncover the quiet resilience, courage, and humanity at the heart of real cases. With a focus on the untold and the overlooked, Unseen shines a light on what’s often left in the shadows, creating moments of connection and understanding.
On November 20th 2000, in San Diego, 7-year-old Breea Renee notices something strange and calls to her mother: “Mom, there’s someone outside the window”. Michelle, a single mother who just built a peaceful life for two of them, thinks it’s just the child’s imagination, but her worst nightmare soon comes true only a day later. In a terrifying turn of events, 3 masked men break into the single mom's house and hold her and her daughter at gunpoint, before strapping young Breea with dynamite. Michelle is given an unimaginable mission: rob the bank, or your daughter will be blown up. Michelle only has hours left to say goodbye to her daughter, before she sets off to Bank of America for the dangerous heist. However, this mother won't back down, and will do whatever it takes to make sure her daughter is safe.
To read Michelle’s book, click the link here, and for Michelle’s new book from this year, see here