Welcome to Buried Cases, a newsletter focused on the human stories behind true crime headlines.
My name is Thomas Grey, and my goal is find and share stories that explore the real, lasting impact of crime—and not the sensational or speculative noise that often drowns out the truth.
I started this newsletter because I love writing, history and deep research. I believe true crime can be told with respect and clarity—without the dramatic sound cues, wild guesses, or gratuitous detail that can overshadow the real people at the heart of these stories.
Behind every case are real lives, families, communities, and legacies. I try to keep that front and center.
Here are a few stories from our archives:
Missing in Green Bay
By the summer of 1998, Amber Wilde’s life plans were falling into place. But her disappearance that fall left behind a cold case that remains unsolved to this day.Heartache in Jackson
When Alisha Jackson was murdered in her own apartment, it would take seven years before authorities made an arrest. The suspect confessed, but he would never stand trial for what he did to the newly engaged Mississippi woman.The Woman in the Field
On Christmas morning 2002, a driver spotted a near lifeless body in an empty alfalfa field outside Carlsbad, New Mexico. It would take more than 15 years for authorities to bring the person responsible for the crime to justice.The Unsolved Murder of Jan Stackhouse
What began as a peaceful walk in the Berkshires for one labor union activist is still a cold case two decades later.The Cold Case of Maylon Johnson
When a city’s new cold case unit broke ground in 1998, two brothers asked detectives to find the person responsible for their mother’s 1971 murder.The Murder of Rose Twells
It would take decades for authorities to discover who killed a “first lady of the community” just days before Christmas 1979.
Thanks for reading.
—Thomas Grey
