S2 Ep10: The Shadow of a Predator: The Pattern and Legacy of Arthur Ream

Underestimated - Bobcat Media

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we pivot from the disappearance of fifteen-year-old Kim Larrow to examine the dark history of the man whose name permanently altered the investigation: Arthur Ream. While Ream was only ever convicted of one murder, the 1986 slaying of thirteen-year-old Cindy Zarzycki, his documented pattern of manipulation, isolation, and violence against young girls forced law enforcement to ask a chilling question: Was Cindy truly his only victim? This episode explores the thin line between strong investigative suspicion and definitive proof, examining how a convicted killer's shadow stretched across Michigan's coldest cases, and why he may have taken the ultimate answers to the grave.

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0:00.0	They think we're lazy.
0:05.0	They think we're we're weak-willed. They think we're lazy.
0:22.0	They think we're weak-willed.
0:24.2	They think we're entitled.
0:26.7	They think we're selfish.
0:29.3	They think we don't care about anybody about ourselves.
0:37.3	We are compassionate.
0:40.1	We are resourceful.
0:42.7	We are capable.
0:45.4	We want to make a difference in the world.
0:48.8	We are underestimated.
0:50.0	We are underestimated. Welcome back to the second episode of Michigan's Missing Angels with the Underestimated podcast. I'm Teigen.
1:07.5	I'm McKenna. I'm Brendan. And I'm Emery.
1:10.0	In episode one, we told the story of Kim Lerro,
1:12.7	a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from Cam, Michigan in June of 1981. We talked about who Kim was,
1:18.6	what we know about the night she vanished, and how her case eventually became connected to a
1:23.5	much larger investigation involving convicted killer Arthur Reem. But before we can understand
1:28.6	why Ream's name keeps coming up in these cases, we have to understand who he was.
1:33.2	This episode is not about proving Arthur Ream killed Kim Laro. That has never been proven. Kim's
1:39.2	case remains unsolved, but Ream was not just a random name in a file. He was a convicted predator and murderer who confirmed history gave investigators a reason
1:48.4	to ask whether other missing girls from the same era may have crossed his path.
1:53.4	So today, we are looking at Arthur Reem himself, his background, his known crimes, the murder
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