The Butcher, The Box & The Girl Who Escaped: The Case of Brook Weber | UNSEEN

"When you cross the line, you pay for it"

Brook Weber is just 18 years old in August of 1996 when she and her boyfriend Jeffrey Wolfe find themselves in the most disturbing home in all of Mississippi. Gary Carl Simmons, a local butcher in Moss Pointe, has been waiting for someone like Brook to fall into his clutches after his ex-wife Lori Simmons fled with their children in fear of her life. In fact, Gary has a perfect human-sized box hidden in his house, waiting to make his fantasies come to life. Little does Gary know that the Butcher’s Box is no match for Brook, and with a little luck and a lot of skill, not only will she escape, but she’ll make him pay for his crimes.

Credits

Directed, written, & edited by Justin Chalifoux

Curated by Tianyi Zhang

Research by Tiffany Loxton

Voiceover by William Akana

Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader

Sources

Shattered: The Box (Red Marble Media)

Evil Lives Here: Butcher and the Box (Red Marble Media)

The Horrific Crimes of Gary Simmons (Vocal Media)

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• No. of episodes: 92
• Latest episode: 2025-04-21
• True Crime

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