Cascadia Crime & Cryptids
110 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA true crime podcast with a sprinkling of spooky based in and focused on the Cascadia bioregion.
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Episode 55 (Minisode!): The Bandage Man of Cannon Beach
February 06, 2023 20:51 - 25 minutes - 20.2 MBApologies for the hum + crackle on the audio folks - Caro did her best to try and remove it in post but didn't make much progress. This has only impacted 2 recordings and we will be doing test runs to avoid it next recording session! We needed a little break from reality and a cute email from The Doug Fury's gave Caro the urban legend she didn't know she was looking for: come learn the tale of Cannon Beach's Bandage Man. The Doug Fury's Spotify Sources https://westsideportlandinsu...
Episode 54: The Victims of Ted Bundy, Part 3
January 26, 2023 03:39 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBPart 3 of Sara's Bundy series brings us to Florida, and the horrific crimes Bundy committed there. More importantly, this final episode of the Bundy series finally sees Bundy charged with murder, and his time finally runs out. The series Caro mentions when discussing bite mark evidence is called "The Innocence Files" and is available to stream on Netflix. Sources https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ted-Bundy https://www.biography.com/news/ted-bundy-timeline-murders https://www....
Episode 53: The Victims of Ted Bundy, Part 2
January 18, 2023 02:21 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBPart 2 of Sara's Bundy series takes us out of the PNW and into Idaho, Utah, and Colorado where Ted continues his murder spree, makes headlines, and winds up behind bars - more than once. Sources https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ted-Bundy https://www.biography.com/news/ted-bundy-timeline-murders https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a27179474/ted-bundy-girlfriend-elizabeth-kendall-kloepfer/ https://hiimted.blog/sherrods-1978/ https://thirdhour.org/blog/life/latter-day...
Episode 52: The Victims of Ted Bundy, Part 1
January 12, 2023 05:16 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBOur first episode of 2023 needs little explanation: Sara takes us into the Pacific Northwest chapter of serial killer Ted Bundy's horrific murder spree throughout the 1970s for part 1 of her Bundy series. Thanks so much for your patience with our end-of-the-year break, we are so glad you're still with us. Sources https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ted-Bundy https://www.biography.com/news/ted-bundy-timeline-murders https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a27179474/ted-bu...
Episode 51: Cryptid Twofer - The Ball-Tailed Cat and the Gumberoo
December 19, 2022 09:32 - 32 minutes - 25.7 MBOur last episode of 2022 is a cryptid episode! Lumberjacks in the 19th and early 20th century had quite a few tales of unique critters from the forests of the Pacific Northwest, so today we bring you not one, but two of them. First, the cougar's fierce cousin, the Ball-Tailed Cat - said to wield a multipurpose bony sphere at the end of its tail. Then, the Gumberoo - a combustible hairless bear with rubberized skin. Into the woods! See you in 2023 - thank you so much for listening! So...
Episode 50: The Unsolved Murder of Janet Lynn Shanahan
December 11, 2022 22:06 - 22 minutes - 17.8 MBThis week, Sara brings us a cold case from Eugene, Oregon in 1969 - Janet Lynn Shanahan never made it home after a family birthday celebration, and her body was found the next day in the trunk of her own car. Investigators have their suspicions, but Janet's murder remains unsolved to this day. If you have any information regarding Janet's case, please contact the Eugene Cold Case Squad at 541-682-5588 or email them at [email protected]. If you would like to remain anony...
Episode 49: The Murder of Keith Coffey
December 05, 2022 08:33 - 41 minutes - 33 MBOur first case for December takes us to the foggy beachside city of Pacifica, CA, which was rocked by a senseless murder in the early morning hours of October 17th, 2012 - the city's first murder in 12 years at that time. Keith Coffey was just 24 years old, friendly and vibrant, when a monster took his life. Special thanks to Savannah Kirby for helping us tell Keith's story authentically and purposefully. Note: early in the episode it sounds like Caro says "Keith was born in 1998" when...
Episode 48: The Murder of Esther Castellani
November 28, 2022 01:16 - 42 minutes - 33.9 MBEsther Castellani died under mysterious circumstances at just 40 years old in 1965. If not for the suspicion and tenacity of a hospital physician, her killer may have gotten away with murder. Thank you again to Eve Lazarus for her coverage and research of this case! Sources https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bizarre-murders-bc-history https://montecristomagazine.com/community/heartwrenching-clue-cracked-one-vancouvers-infamous-homicides https://www.nsnews.com/local-arts/murder-by-...
Episode 47: The Unsolved Case of Jimmy and Lily Ming
November 20, 2022 21:24 - 39 minutes - 32 MBJimmy and Lily Ming were kidnapped from their home shortly after a family wedding in January of 1985 in the Strathcona neighborhood of Vancouver, BC. The Ming family received a ransom note the next day with an impossible sum, but tried their best to not only raise the ransom money but reason with the kidnappers. 7 weeks later, the kidnapping would come to a tragic end, but investigators could only speculate about who was responsible. Today, the case of Jimmy and Lily Ming is still unsolve...
Episode 46: Missing - Alyssa Angelique McLemore
November 14, 2022 04:53 - 25 minutes - 20.7 MBAlyssa Angelique McLemore has been missing under (in our opinion) extremely suspicious and dangerous circumstances for over THIRTEEN YEARS. Sara takes us to Kent, WA to dive into the minimal information available about Alyssa and her case. What happened to Alyssa McLemore? If you have any information regarding Alyssa's case, please contact either of the below authorities: Washington State Patrol Missing Persons @ 1-800-543-5678 Kent Police Department @ 253-856-5807 Sources http...
Episode 45: Some of Oregon's Witchy History
November 07, 2022 07:10 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MBAs promised, another spooky episode (because it was supposed to be released on Halloween, sorry about that!) from Caro this time, focusing on just a few instances of "witchy" happenings in Oregon from the 1800s up to modern day! Sources https://www.thetravel.com/how-to-get-to-witchs-castle-oregon/ https://puzzleboxhorror.com/urban-legends-the-gypsy-curse-of-lafayette-or/?amp https://portlandghosts.com/top-10-most-haunted-places-in-oregon/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Ho...
Episode 44 (Minisode!): The Murder of Thelma Taylor and the Haunting of Cathedral Park
October 30, 2022 22:05 - 24 minutes - 19.6 MBToday's minisode takes us to Portland, Oregon for a spooky story: a tragic, real murder that became a local ghostly tale, and a reminder that ghosts were people too, at some point. This is the sad story of the tragic murder of Thelma Taylor. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Thelma_Taylor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre https://archive.ph/qCo1R https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13089920/thelma-anne-taylor/photo http://americashauntedroadtrip...
Episode 43: Haunted Hiking Trails of the PNW
October 24, 2022 05:58 - 50 minutes - 40.1 MBAs promised, Sara brings us a sampling of spooky from around Washington and Oregon's hiking trails! Have you hiked any of these trails? Seen or felt anything creepy, eerie, or was it just spooky enough to send a shiver down your spine? Sources https://www.wta.org/go-outside/seasonal-hikes/fall-destinations/haunted-hikes https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/photos/scariest-haunted-hiking-trails-us https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/iron-goat-trail-haunted-hike...
Episode 42: The Vampire of Sacramento
October 16, 2022 18:56 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBCW: this episode contains descriptions of cannibalism, abuse of a corpse, the murder of children, and animal cruelty; please take care when listening. The 1970s were a really rough time for Sacramento, CA - not only was the East Area Rapist (later coined the Golden State Killer) terrorizing the community, but a blitz of killings were committed from December 1977 to January 1978 that haunt the community to this day. A killer who only entered homes with unlocked doors because he felt that m...
Episode 41: Georgetown Haunts
October 09, 2022 23:45 - 51 minutes - 41 MBSara takes us to the spooky side of things and details some of the origin stories of Seattle's supposedly haunted Georgetown Morgue, now a haunted house that you can visit today (if you dare). Sources https://seattlehaunts.com/morgue-history/ https://www.dailyuw.com/features/the-georgetown-morgue-gruesome-true-story-or-fabrication/article_76fc03af-243f-5802-86bc-27e4e3ae2822.html https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/georgetown-morgue-haunted-house-wa/ https://komonews.co...
Episode 40: The "Halloween Horror Show" Murder of Doreen Erbert
October 02, 2022 22:28 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBCW: this episode contains graphic crime scene descriptions, the accidental death of a child, and the violent murder of a pregnant woman On Halloween night, 1984, police in San Jose, California responded to a scene one would later describe as a "Halloween horror show" in the front hallway of Charles and Doreen Erbert's suburban home. In the corner of the crime scene, near the door, lay a rubber mask in the shape of a cartoon wolf's head. This is a story of tragedy that lead to vengeful mu...
Episode 39: The Disappearance of Janet Farris
September 25, 2022 20:32 - 41 minutes - 33.1 MBJanet Farris went missing en route to a family wedding in British Columbia, Canada in October of 1992. Decades later, an underwater discovery on a family vacation would help finally give her family answers as to just what happened to Janet. Sources https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/09/canada-teen-gopro-missing-car-years/ https://www.today.com/news/teen-gopro-camera-helps-find-body-missing-woman-lake-t162382 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/body-missing...
Episode 38: The King Octopus of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
September 19, 2022 04:40 - 42 minutes - 33.9 MBA dramatic 1940 bridge collapse, giant tentacles bursting out of the water - is the Pacific Northwest legend of Tacoma's King Octopus based in fact, or are the Seattle Kraken the only reason to "fear the deep" in Washington state's coastal waters? It's another cryptid episode, folks. Sources https://www.knkx.org/other-news/2017-05-20/world-octopus-wrestling-championships-once-attracted-audience-of-thousands-to-shores-of-tacoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_wrestling https...
Episode 37: Missing - Leona Sharon Kinsey
September 12, 2022 03:36 - 34 minutes - 27.5 MBPuyallup Tribe member Leona Sharon Kinsey went missing on October 25, 1999 from La Grande, Oregon and still has not been found. Leona's daughter Carolyn still holds out hope, but she is frustrated by lack of law enforcement action on her mother's case. "John," aka Juan Pena-Llamas, likely the last person to see Leona before she disappeared, was deported to Mexico in 2006 and authorities have been unable to find or speak to him about Leona's disappearance. What happened to Leona Kinsey? ...
Episode 36: The Kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser
September 04, 2022 21:09 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBApologies for the audio quality in this episode, the incorrect microphone was selected during recording. On a May afternoon in Tacoma, WA in 1935, nine year old George Weyerhaeuser was snatched off the street in broad daylight - that night, his family received a ransom letter asking for the gigantic sum of $200,000 (~4 million dollars today!) in exchange for the safe return of their son. Only months after the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, the country was absolutely captivated with another...
Episode 35: The Murder of Jessica Lewis and Austin Wenner - the TikTok suitcase murders
August 28, 2022 20:20 - 36 minutes - 28.9 MBNote: Caro called this episode 36 in the recording because she got ahead of herself - this is episode 35! CW: this episode contains graphic body desciptions and instances of animal cruelty, please take care when listening. In the summer of 2020, a group of teens made the horrific discovery of human remains in a suitcase that had washed up on Alki Beach in West Seattle, Washington. After uploading the footage of this discovery, it quickly went viral, showing up even momentarily on many, ...
Episode 34: The Murder of Ingrid Lyne
August 21, 2022 17:07 - 1 hour - 50 MBCW: this episode contains descriptions of dismemberment of a human body, please take care when listening. Ingrid Lyne went on a date to Mariners' baseball opening night on April 8, 2016, but was reported missing by her mother and ex husband as of 10am the next day. To Seattle's horror, parts of Ingrid's body were found in a recycling bin later that Saturday afternoon. This is the appalling story of the murder of Ingrid Lyne. Sources https://www.tucsonlocalmedia.com/news/article_0e1...
Episode 33: The Unsolved Murders of Antoinette Whitaker and Joyce Gaunt
August 03, 2022 18:34 - 43 minutes - 34.9 MBTeenagers Antoinette Witaker (13) and Joyce Gaunt (17) were both found murdered in the greater Seattle area, about 9 months apart, in 1977 and 1978. Aside from their individual involvement in the foster system and some basic teenage rebellion, there aren't many obvious connections between their cases. A 2010 Seattle Times article brought these cases to Sara's attention and naturally she brought them to the podcast - what happened to Antoinette and Joyce, and are their cases connected? So...
Episode 32: The Hells Canyon Massacre
July 25, 2022 23:48 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBIn the early summer of 1887, bodies of murdered Chinese miners floated down the Snake River into Lewiston, ID. Racism and plain lack of care + compassion kept the story of the Hells Canyon Massacre threadbare for over 100 years. Justice was never achieved in this case, but 31 innocent Chinese men deserve to have their story told. This is the story of the Hells Canyon Massacre and a glimpse into life as a Chinese immigrant in America in the late 1800s. Sources Massacred for Gold: The ...
Episode 31: The Unique Case of Nimrod O'Kelly
July 18, 2022 23:57 - 43 minutes - 34.6 MBSara takes us back to the 1800s with Oregon's first officially recorded murder case! Nimrod O'Kelly found himself an accused liar and murderer after he admitted to shooting his neighbor, Jeremiah Mahoney, over a land dispute. But what really happened that day, and was O'Kelly really the liar all his neighbors thought he was? Sources https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/o_kelly_nimrod_1864_/#:~:text=On%20May%2013%2C%201852%2C%20he,to%20be%20hanged%20in%20August. https://www.ti...
Episode 30: The Brutal Murder of Dianna Mah-Jones and Richard Jones
July 13, 2022 16:28 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBCW: This is an extremely rough case with intense crime scene and body descriptions - please take care when listening. A coworker of Dianna Mah-Jones found a horrifying scene when he stopped by her house to check on her on September 27, 2017. Police found what would later be described as "catastrophic" and a "horror movie" inside. A monumental effort by investigators and the community revealed an unlikely killer less than a kilometer away from the Jones' residence. Sources https://bc....
Episode 29: The Disappearance of Lana Derrick
July 07, 2022 04:21 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBLana Derrick was last seen headed towards Highway 16 at 3:30am on October 7, 1995. She was supposedly headed to another party, but never arrived. When Lana did not return home to retrieve her bag or share the Thanksgiving holiday with her family, it became clear something was wrong. This is the story of the disappearance of Lana Derrick. Sources https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Lana_Derrick https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/lana-patricia-derrick h...
Episode 28: The Devil's Lake Monster & Ghost Ship of Lincoln City, OR
June 27, 2022 18:31 - 28 minutes - 23 MBContent begins around 6:34 if you'd like to skip the couple minutes we spend talking about the Roe v Wade ruling and a few related items - please do go read up on the SCOTUS ruling re: Miranda rights from 6/23, though - we should all be paying attention to this! We're talking about an Oregon cryptid and a ghost ship today! Sounds like Caro will be making a trip to Lincoln City sometime soon because by now, we know she loves a ghost tour. The world is really heavy right now, please re...
Episode 27: The Astonishing Survival of Mary Vincent
June 20, 2022 05:28 - 48 minutes - 38.5 MBIn 1978, 15 year old Mary Vincent survived a horrific attack and attempted murder at the hands of Lawrence Singleton. This is her incredible story. Sources https://people.com/archive/a-victims-life-sentence-vol-29-no-16/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-25-mn-22808-story.html https://morbidology.com/left-for-dead-mary-vincent/ https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/mary-vincent-attacker/ https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-victim-a-survivor-an-artist-...
Episode 26: Her Name Was January
June 12, 2022 23:49 - 49 minutes - 39.4 MBCW: This episode covers the murder of a trans woman and violence against trans people. Please take care when listening. January Marie Lapuz brightened and bettered her community with her vibrant, joyful personality and dedicated service as Sher Vancouver's social coordinator from 2009 until her horrific murder in 2012. Taken too soon, January's legacy lives on in Vancouver BC through her friends, family, and Sher Vancouver. This is her story. Note from Caro: I misspoke and said "Bang ...
Episode 25: A Brief History of WA State Abortion Rights
June 07, 2022 00:19 - 57 minutes - 46.1 MBCW: This episode discusses abortion history, abortion procedure, and deaths as a result of unregulated and illegal abortion practices. Please use caution when listening. Roe vs. Wade secured federal abortion rights in the United States in 1973 (or so we thought) but just what happened when a person wanted or needed an abortion before this landmark ruling? Sara brings us a history of abortion rights and a glimpse into the tragic deaths caused by so-called "back alley" abortions prior to sta...
Episode 24: The San Francisco Witch Killers Pt. 2
May 30, 2022 12:06 - 47 minutes - 38 MBTold you we wouldn't make you wait too long - this is the shocking conclusion to the wild story of Suzan and Michael Bear Carson, where their twisted luck finally runs out, but not before they take one more life in an extremely public way. Sources Cry for War by Richard Reynolds Snapped: Killer Couples, Season 2, Ep 10 The Devil You Know, Season 2, Ep 2 "A Serial Killer in the Family" Wicked Attraction, Season 2, Ep 1 "The Two Bears" Deadly Women, Season 6, Ep 1 "Hunting Humans"...
Episode 23: The San Francisco Witch Killers Pt. 1
May 27, 2022 23:36 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBA wild, confusing, manic ride from start to finish, this case seems to have it all. Mysticism, psychedelic drugs, forest hideouts, warped religious fanaticism, marijuana plantations, molotov cocktails, and horrific, cold-blooded murder; this is the story of Suzan and Michael Bear Carson - part 1. Sources Cry for War by Richard Reynolds Snapped: Killer Couples, Season 2, Ep 10 The Devil You Know, Season 2, Ep 2 "A Serial Killer in the Family" Wicked Attraction, Season 2, Ep 1 "The...
Episode 22: Missing - Shaylanna Brown Lewis of Haida Gwaii
May 17, 2022 04:55 - 39 minutes - 31.4 MBShaylanna Brown Lewis of Haida Gwaii, BC was reported missing by her family on March 21, 2020, after she failed to show up somewhere she was expected. She disappeared, apparently without any personal items, including her cell phone, and she is still missing today. What happened to Shaylanna Brown Lewis? Shaylanna's mother has graciously given us permission to use photos from her own Facebook posts as part of our Instagram post on this episode. If you have any information regarding Shay...
Episode 21: The History and Hauntings of Black Diamond Cemetery
April 20, 2022 16:15 - 39 minutes - 31.3 MBFounded in 1884, Black Diamond Cemetery is ranked today in the top 5 most haunted locations in Washington state. Join our first spooky episode exploring the origins of Black Diamond Cemetery's phantom whistling and bobbing lights! Sources https://www.historylink.org/File/3304 https://www.covingtonreporter.com/news/black-diamond-cemetery-lights-and-sounds-draw-puget-sound-ghost-hunters-read-document/ https://www.seattlepi.com/local/sound/article/Black-Diamond-Cemetery-pictures-sho...
Episode 20: The Legend of the Wechuge
April 16, 2022 04:35 - 31 minutes - 25.6 MBIt's another cryptid case! Buckle in for this creepy tale of the Wechuge, a nightmarish, cannibalistic creature from the legends of the Athabaskan people of Northern BC and Alberta. Sources https://ofmonstersandnothing.tumblr.com/post/645523059571408896/wechuge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo#:~:text=Wendigo%20(%2F%CB%88w%C9%9Bn,modern%20ethnology%20as%20speakers%20of https://abcbookworld.com/writer/ridington-robin/#:~:text=As%20a%20UBC%2Dbased%20anthropologist,Non%2DFict...
Episode 19: The Mysterious Case of Winston Arthur Maxey III
March 27, 2022 21:35 - 40 minutes - 32.2 MBOn July 29, 1971 two young boys were driving horses from one pasture to another when they found a body in the waters of Snedden Creek in Coos Bay. The John Doe was a teenager, and the body was too decomposed to determine cause of death or identity. Decades later, a young woman set out to find her birth parents, and disovered so much more than she ever expected to find. Sources https://kezj.com/50-yrs-later-idaho-cold-case-solved-bring-closure-to-family/ https://unidentified-aware...
Episode 18 (Minisode!): What happened to Barbara Ann Smith?
March 24, 2022 16:37 - 13 minutes - 10.9 MBCW: this episode contains descriptions of violence against a pregnant person Our first minisode features a case out of Stockton, CA that seems to have gone cold practically as soon as it began. Barbara Ann Smith's body was found behind a portable classroom on the grounds of Van Buren Elementary in 1991, and 30 years later, we still don't know anything else. What happened to Barbara Ann Smith? Sources https://www.abc10.com/article/news/crime/unsolved-california-chapter-story/103-09...
Episode 17: The Murder of Evelyn Hernandez + The Disappearance of Alexis Geraldo Hernandez
March 21, 2022 05:26 - 40 minutes - 32.4 MBCW: this episode discusses body descriptions of pregnant women and the concept of "coffin birth," please use caution when listening One week before her due date, 24 year old Evelyn Hernandez and her 5 year old son, Alex, went missing from her San Francisco neighborhood and were never seen alive again. Months later, Evelyn's body would be found in the San Francisco Bay, but her son Alex and her son-to-be, Fernando, were still missing. This is the case of the Hernandez family, and how Evelyn...
Episode 16: The Murder of Nikki Kuhnhausen
March 14, 2022 02:53 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBCW: descriptions of anti-trans violence and language, as well as graphic description of bodily injury Nikki Kuhnhausen was a bright, confident 17 year old who went missing after telling friends she was meeting someone she'd met on Snapchat in the early morning hours of June 6, 2019. Nikki was never heard from again, and the main suspect in her disappearance skipped town immediately after she vanished. Please use caution when listening as this episode contains quotations of anti-trans langu...
Episode 15: Babes in the Woods (Stanley Park, British Columbia)
March 07, 2022 04:51 - 56 minutes - 45 MBJust shy of 70 years ago, two little skeletons were found by a groundskeeper in Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC. From the very morning of their discovery, all the way until February 2022, the search for their identities and their killer stretched over 7 decades, multiple investigators, and threatened to remain just a Vancouver horror story until a young woman started asking questions about old family photos. This is the story of the 1953 Babes in the Woods case of Vancouver, BC. Sources ...
Episode 14: The Frustrating Case of Nicholas Francisco
February 27, 2022 00:11 - 59 minutes - 48 MBThis case is a bit of rollercoaster and Caro is riding it with you, listeners! Sara brings us the extremely frustrating case of Nicholas Francisco - an apparent family man who disappeared from the Seattle area in 2008. Our thoughts and hearts are with the people of Ukraine, please find below a list of recommended organizations to donate to if you are looking for ways to support from around the globe: UNICEF Doctors Without Borders Voices of Children Intl Committee of the Red C...
Episode 13: Ba na na na Batsquatch
February 14, 2022 05:03 - 41 minutes - 33 MBYou've heard of Sasquatch, but have you heard of Batsquatch? It hasn't been around long, but it sure has made some lasting impressions in Washington state after its mysterious appearance following the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens. Do you believe? Sources https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Batsquatch https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Orang_Bati https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2021/08/half-bat-half-sasquatch-nw-legend-explored-in-batsquatch-of-mount-st-helens.html https:...
Episode 12: The Suspicious Disappearance of Heather Leann Cameron
February 07, 2022 00:09 - 49 minutes - 39.8 MBDevoted mother of 4, Heather Leann Cameron (Haller), went missing after repeated distress calls to 911 about 20min outside of Redding, CA in August of 2012 while in the company of her ex boyfriend, Daniel Lusby. Heather is still missing today, nearly 10 years later. What happened to Heather Leann Cameron? Sources https://charleyproject.org/case/heather-leann-cameron https://www.smokesignals.org/articles/2017/10/30/still-seeking-answers-tribal-member-heather-cameron-has-been-missing-...
Episode 11: The Murder of Mulugeta Seraw
January 29, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBIn 1988, Mulugeta Seraw lost his life for simply being who he was: a Black man from Ethiopia. His murder by racist skinheads horrified Portland and exposed the deep roots of white supremacy in the community. This is Mulugeta's story. Sources Hate on Trial by Morris Dees A Hundred Little Hitlers by Elinor Langer http://media.oregonlive.com/history/other/2014/12/04/grandjurydecision1.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulugeta_Seraw https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020/10/...
Episode 10: The Shocking Story of Michelle Knotek
January 22, 2022 23:13 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBCW: This episode contains graphic descriptions of physical abuse against children and adults, please use caution when listening. Our longest episode yet tells the horrific, decades-long story of Michelle Knotek and her systematic pattern of abuse and manipulation of the people she was supposed to love and care for the most. Knotek is slated for release from prison in June of 2022, and this episode will have you asking - why should she ever be released at all? Sources If You Tell by Gr...
Episode 9: The Disappearance of Teekah Lewis
January 17, 2022 07:34 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBToddler Teekah Lewis vanished without a trace from a Tacoma, WA bowling alley the night of January 23, 1999. She is still missing, just shy of 23 years later. Where is Teekah Lewis? Find Teekah Lewis Facebook Page Missing Teekah Lewis Instagram Sources https://mynorthwest.com/12565/cold-case-detectives-refuse-to-give-up-solving-tacoma-child-disappearances/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuuZ6lCs9Mk https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/the-unsolved-abduction-of-teekah-lewis-1...
Episode 8: The Survival of Susan Walters (Kuhnhausen)
January 02, 2022 03:26 - 58 minutes - 47 MBA new episode for the new year! Sara brings us an astounding story of survival from Portland, Oregon. We bow down to the badassery of Susan Kuhnhausen (now Susan Walters). Sources https://blurredbylines.com/articles/susan-kuhnhausen-walters-survivor-hitman-portland/ https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/an-assassin-tried-to-kill-susan-kuhnhausen-it-went-poorly-for-him-f3b02fef5221 - Sara’s Winner of the best article title “An Assassin Tried to Kill Susan Kuhnhausen. It Went Poorly -...
Episode 8: The Survival of Susan Kuhnhausen
January 02, 2022 03:26 - 58 minutes - 47 MBA new episode for the new year! Sara brings us an astounding story of survival from Portland, Oregon. We bow down to the badassery of Susan Kuhnhausen (now Susan Walters). Sources https://blurredbylines.com/articles/susan-kuhnhausen-walters-survivor-hitman-portland/ https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/an-assassin-tried-to-kill-susan-kuhnhausen-it-went-poorly-for-him-f3b02fef5221 - Sara’s Winner of the best article title “An Assassin Tried to Kill Susan Kuhnhausen. It Went Poorly...
Episode 7: The Carnation Christmas Murders
December 25, 2021 05:33 - 1 hour - 60 MB1/16/2022 Update: Audio fixed and re-uploaded for better listening experience. Christmas Eve 2007 changed Carnation, WA and the Anderson family forever when Michele Anderson and boyfriend Joe McEnroe took the lives of nearly her entire family on the eve of her father's favorite holiday. Sources Banquet of Consequences: The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson by Paul Sanders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Carnation_murders https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Man-adm...