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Murder: True Crime Stories

UNSOLVED: The Martin Family Mystery 1

Murder: True Crime Stories

Crime House

True Crime

4.6770 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In 1958, the Martin family left their Portland home for a Sunday drive...and never returned. In this episode, we explore the baffling disappearance of Ken and Barbara Martin and their three daughters along Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge. As the search unfolds, investigators uncover troubling evidence, and a theory that one of their own family members may know more than they’re saying.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, Carter Roy here.

0:04.4

If you're loving murder, true crime stories, you need to check out Crimes of, the newest show from Crime House.

0:11.7

Crimes of is a weekly series that explores a new theme each season, from crimes of the paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more. Their first season is

0:23.3

Crimes of Infamy, the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains. Crimes of is a

0:32.2

crimehouse original powered by Pave Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or find them on YouTube at Crimehouse Studios.

0:41.0

New episodes out every Tuesday. This is Crime House.

1:00.8

Missing person cases are always unsettling.

1:05.3

One moment, someone's here, the next.

1:08.0

They're just gone.

1:10.1

Not only is it heartbreaking for those left behind, but it's also

1:14.2

incredibly frustrating, especially when they vanish without a trace. In 1958, Ken and Barbara

1:22.9

Martin loaded up their station wagon and set off for a day trip with their three daughters.

1:29.0

They were driving along the Columbia River in Oregon and planned to return home to Portland

1:33.8

that evening. Instead, they were never seen again. In the wake of their disappearance, the

1:41.5

authorities searched tirelessly for any sign of the family, but it was like

1:46.5

they'd vanished into thin air. And decades later, we still don't have the full story. In place of

1:55.4

answers, the public has come to their own conclusions. Some believe it was nothing more than a tragic accident that the family was swept away

2:05.5

in the river's powerful current.

2:08.3

Still, others think there was something more sinister at play.

2:13.1

They believe the Martins weren't victims of Mother Nature, but victims of a stone-called

2:20.3

killer.

2:21.3

People's lives are like a story.

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