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Murder: True Crime Stories

UNSOLVED: The Martin Family Mystery 2

Murder: True Crime Stories

Crime House

True Crime

4.6770 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After two of The Martin Family children were found in the Columbia River, investigators feared the worst and started asking tougher questions. In this episode, we explore the theories surrounding the Martins’ disappearance, the troubling behavior of their surviving son, and the shocking discovery, more than 60 years later, that may finally reveal what happened on that December day.

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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.

1:00.2

How far would you go to solve a mystery?

1:04.8

In 1958, the Martin family vanished along the Columbia River Gorge,

1:09.6

an 80-mile stretch of water that cuts through the

1:11.8

Cascade Mountains. But after decades without any new developments, it seemed like the

1:18.5

truth was just out of reach. Until more than 60 years later, when a local man breathed new life

1:27.2

into the investigation, by plunging into the

1:30.5

Columbia River's icy depths. In 2018, an artist and amateur diver named Archer Mayo became

1:39.6

determined to get to the bottom of the Martin family mystery. Just a few years later, he embarked on a one-man search operation,

1:49.5

and before long, he'd done the impossible.

1:54.3

But the question was, would it be enough to close the case once and for all?

2:01.6

People's lives are like a story.

2:13.6

There's a beginning, a middle, and an end. But you don't always know which part

2:20.3

you're on. Sometimes the final chapter arrives far too soon, and we don't always get to know the

2:28.0

real ending. I'm Carter Roy, and this is Murder True Crime Stories, a crime house original powered by Pave Studios that releases every Tuesday and Thursday.

2:40.7

At Crime House, we want to express our gratitude to you, our community, for making this possible.

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