Underestimated - Bobcat Media

About Underestimated - Bobcat Media

A group of high school students from southwest Michigan set out to prove to the world that they are capable of making a difference in the world.  Their Investigative Journalism teacher, Bob Ruff, tasked this group of teenagers with finding an unsolved case to investigate over the course of the school year and to produce a podcast that will impact the lives of the people involved.   The podcast will feature 5 different groups of students, producing 5 different serialized stories about their cases.

Publisher

Underestimated - Bobcat Media

Category

society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Feb 2025

Latest episode

24 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

45 of 46 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S2 Ep19: Is this the end?

   Tegan, Mackenna, Brenden, and Emery investigate if unsolved disappearances from the same era connect to the Oakland County Child Killer, revealing a potential pattern of predators.

2. 

   19 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S2 Ep18: A Chess Match With A Killer?

   Detective Kenneth Robinson shares his investigation into Kim Larrow's disappearance and interviews with convicted murderer Arthur Ream, unraveling a haunting Michigan cold case.

3. 

   17 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S2 Ep17: A Voice For The Missing Angels

   Host Bobcat Media interviews Emma Abney as she shares her spiritual connection to Arthur Ream and the "Missing Angels," offering profound insights into their stories.

Inside a recent episode

S2 Ep19: Is this the end?

Published 24 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] They were kept. In several instances, victims were held for days or even weeks in what can only be described as a captive domestic environment. The investigation that followed remains one of the largest and most grueling in American history, generating over 16,000 tips and a haunting profile of a killer nicknamed the Babysitter, or better known as the Oakland County Child Killer, who seemed to move through these wealthy communities like a ghost. He didn't leave bodies in hidden graves or dark woods. He placed them in highly visible locations, often just feet from busy roadways or in plain sight of businesses, almost as if he were daring the world to look at what he had done. […]

Who has been a guest on Underestimated - Bobcat Media

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kenneth Robinson
• Emma Abney
• Janette
• Jason Joiner

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

525 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

23

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

91