The Abduction of Violet Ripken
Unresolved: A True Crime & Mystery Podcast
Unresolved Productions
4.5 • 190 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
That morning, 74-year-old Violet had set off on her morning routine, and was abducted from her own home by a masked gunman. For the next 23 hours, this mysterious kidnapper would proceed to drive around the Baltimore region, with Violet bound and blindfolded in the back seat.
Nobody would notice Violet's absence until later that evening, when a pair of eyewitnesses reported a strange incident to police. Soon, a massive search effort to find Violet was launched, with police hoping to locate the mother of baseball's most distinguished star...
Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan
Producers: Ben Krokum, Quil Carter, Laura Hannan, Astrid Kneier, Katherine Vatalaro, Damion Moore, Amy Hampton Miller, Timothy Stratton, Scott Meesey, Steven Wilson, Sara Willemsen, Scott Patzold, and Marie Vanglund
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Music Credits
ROZKOL - "Opening Credits"
Lee Rosevere - "Breathing"
The Pangolins - "Generate Silence"
Rotten Bliss - "Lighthouse"
Kai Engel - "Machinery"
ROZKOL - "Stay Quiet"
Rest You Sleeping Giant - "Dead Waters"
Blear Moon - "Cold Summer Landscape"
Other music created and composed by Ailsa Traves
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | From 20th century studios, we all know the fear. |
| 0:04.3 | There's something in my room. |
| 0:06.0 | You're just having a nightmare. |
| 0:07.8 | Sometimes it's nothing. |
| 0:09.4 | Master Check. |
| 0:10.4 | Complete sometimes. |
| 0:12.4 | It's him. |
| 0:14.4 | The boogie man from the mind of Stephen Kent |
| 0:17.4 | and producers of Stranger Things. |
| 0:20.0 | Dad, you have to listen to me. |
| 0:22.2 | Sweetheart, let me have you. |
| 0:23.6 | The boogie man, directed by Rob Savage, |
| 0:26.2 | in cinemas now, read 15. |
| 0:40.2 | On July 24th, 2012, just after 8 o'clock p.m., |
| 0:45.2 | a couple in White Marsh, Maryland spotted a silver sedan parked in a pull-off area |
| 0:50.7 | near the intersection of Ebenezer Road and the Polaski Highway. |
| 0:55.2 | This just so happened to be on property that they owned |
| 0:58.5 | in the small and unincorporated community in Baltimore County |
| 1:02.3 | in and around the silver sedan, |
| 1:05.0 | which again was pulled onto the shoulder of the road. |
| 1:07.7 | This couple could make out two figures. |
| 1:10.3 | There was a man outside of the car walking around |
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