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Unresolved

Laura Howard

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

"We have no idea how many other victims are out there, past and present."

In April 2013, relatives of 53-year-old Laura Howard began to grow concerned. She wasn't responding to any phone calls, and the tone of her text messages changed. It felt as if someone else was texting with her phone. She'd even failed to pick up her son from the airport and wasn't responding to any of her neighbors' knocks at the door. Her curtains were drawn and her vehicle was missing.

Police, having briefly dropped by Laura's home in April, returned again in early May. Entering inside, they were shocked at what they found: Laura's decomposing body covered with towels in her bathtub, the air conditioner set to its lowest setting. The house had been carefully staged to avoid detection for as long as possible. Missing from the scene, though, was Laura's new housemate, an enigmatic man calling himself "Simon Storm"...



Research and writing by Ira Rai

Hosting, production, and additional writing by Micheal Whelan

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0:00.0

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0:23.0

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0:25.8

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0:28.6

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0:37.8

This episode contains graphic content that may not be suitable for all ages.

0:40.1

Listener discretion is advised.

0:44.7

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available.

0:50.9

Call or text 988 or chat with someone at 988 lifeline.org. Those outside of the U.S.

0:52.8

reach out to someone at your local crisis center or hotline.

0:56.2

Please do not suffer in silence.

1:08.0

It is a warm spring day in Fort Myers, Florida in early May 2013.

1:13.6

Two police officers stand on the stoop of a modest home, responding to a desperate welfare

1:18.6

check call from a family halfway across the country.

1:21.6

After days of unanswered phone calls and a gut feeling that something is horribly wrong,

1:25.6

authorities have finally forced

1:27.6

their way inside. As the front door swings open, a blast of frigid air pours out. The air

1:33.4

conditioning has been set unnaturally low. The officer's eyes adjust to the dim light. All the

1:39.0

curtains have been drawn shut. The fine layer of condensation clings to the inside of the windows, dripping

1:44.9

slowly. A tell-tale sign that the cool air inside has been battling the Florida heat outside.

1:51.0

The house is eerily silent.

1:53.6

Carefully, the officers move from room to room through the tidy residence. Nothing seems obviously

1:59.2

out of place at first glance. There are no signs of

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