Who killed Eddie Wells?
New Orleans Unsolved is a new true crime podcast franchise that examines the more mysterious and complex cases of unsolved crime in the historic city of New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana. In the first season, the wife and husband team of Anna Christie and Thanh Truong take on the case of a 17-year old whose body was found floating in the Mississippi River. Turns out, the couple lives in the same neighborhood where that disturbing discovery took place decades ago. Join them as they answer the complicated question of who killed Eddie Wells?
Episode 18: Raleigh
The finale to season one has been more than a year in the making. Will Stanley Burkhardt remain in prison or go free? The judge's ruling finally comes down.
Episode 17: Urquhart Street
In the season finale, Stanley Burkhardt gets arrested again, but will he stay in prison? His testimony in a court hearing weighs heavily in that decision. The testimony includes details in Eddie Wells’ case.
Episode 16: The Lower 9th Ward
On the very same day of the jailhouse interview, a second interview followed. It was unexpected and took place in the Lower 9th Ward. What did one of Eddie's closest friends say to him before he disappeared?
Episode 15: St. Bernard Parish
A man who says he was one of Eddie Wells’ best friends cautiously shares what he knows of a fateful day in 1982. He claims he was with Eddie the day he disappeared. To get his story, we go inside a parish jail.
Episode 14: Haney Drive
New Orleans is in the 1980’s was a very dark place and time for one man. As a boy, he lived in New Orleans East, not far from Stanley Burkhardt’s home. His memories of certain events are some of the most detailed we’ve heard so far, including details of a disturbing photo of Eddie Wells.
Episode 13: Southeast Louisiana
Robert details a set of serial killings that predates the death of Eddie Wells. He believes all the cases could be linked to Stanley Burkhardt, but is there evidence to support any of it?
Episode 12: Orleans Parish
Two people with intimate details of Stanley Burkhardt’s career as a New Orleans police detective are coming forward. They both believe Burkhardt is capable of murder. They only agreed to speak under a cloak of anonymity.
Episode 11: The Upper 9th Ward
After revealing her story about her time with Stanley Burkhardt, Kristin now is ready to detail what she knows about the death of Eddie Wells. Her accounts seem to build a stronger connection between Burkhardt and Eddie’s mysterious death in 1982.
Episode 10: Florida
A woman who has never spoken publicly about her alleged ordeals with Stanley Burkhardt finally comes forward. Her revelations about Burkhardt and Eddie Wells are shocking. We travel to Florida to get her story.
Episode 9: Kenner
As the current cold case investigation into Eddie Wells’ death continues, we hear from a woman who has intimate knowledge of the man whom multiple people believe had a role in Eddie’s death in 1982. She is also the man’s niece, and a victim of his criminal side.
Episode 8: Dallas
In the aftermath of the prison system releasing Stanley Burkhardt multiple times, Richard decides to go on the offensive. He begins what he calls “the crucible.” It set off a chain of events that ultimately leads to the cold case investigation of Eddie Wells’ death.
Episode 7: Vaughan's Lounge
The law catches up with Stanley Burkhardt, but not before a shocking a conversation Richard says he had with Burkhardt. That conversation supposedly took place at Vaughan’s Lounge in the Bywater, and it revolved around the death of Eddie Wells.