Trace Evidence
243 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsTrace Evidence is a weekly true crime podcast that focuses on unsolved cases, from chilling murders to missing persons. Join host Steven Pacheco as he examines each case, diving deep into the evidence and exploring the theories which revolve around them. For each unsolved case, there are the victims and their families, who want answers and the abductors and murders who hide the truth.
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222 - UPDATES - Ylva Hagner & Diamond Bradley
May 26, 2023 03:13 - 45 minutes - 36 MBSponsored by: Nom Nom! Visit TryNom.com/Trace to save 50% on your no-risk two week trial! In this week's special update episode, we look back on two cases previously covered that have seen developments inside of the last month. First, we begin with the Disappearance of Ylva Hagner (Episode 179.) The forty-two year old vanished from Belmont, California in October of 1996. Now, nearly thirty years later, a new search is underway at the home of a familiar name. Then, we turn our attention tow...
221 - The Disappearance of Susan Wolff Cappel
May 13, 2023 04:20 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBSponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and download the App today for FREE! | Use promo code "TRACE" to save 10% on your pass at CrimeCon.com Nineteen year old Susan Wolff Cappel was in the middle of a divorce and custody battle, but she wasn't going to let that slow her down. After moving back in with her parents she picked up two jobs, started purchasing supplies to take care of her son and had just begun repainting her childhood bedroom for him. Then, she mysteriously vanished. Jus...
220 - The Vanishing of Ann Riffin
April 28, 2023 14:05 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBSponsored by: HelloFresh! Visit HelloFresh.com/Trace50 and use promo code Trace50 to save 50% and your first box ships free! Thirty-three year old Ann Riffin was searching for something. She'd never found a place where she felt she truly belonged, and after so many years, she believed she may have found her new home in the small village of Ruidoso, New Mexico. A poet, writer and artist, Ann fell in love with the beautiful scenery, bustling community and local art scene. For three months she...
219 - UPDATE - Anthonette Cayedito
April 15, 2023 04:05 - 39 minutes - 31.8 MBSponsored by ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and find the right doctor today! Thirty-seven years ago, nine year old Anthonette Cayedito mysteriously vanished from her family's Gallup, NM apartment. Initially it was reported that the child went to answer a knock at the door sometime during the night and it was theorized that whoever had been knocking abducted Anthonette when she opened the door. However, thirty-seven years later, new information has emerged which flips the entire case on its ...
218 - The Murder of Leslie Zaret
April 06, 2023 17:37 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBVisit CrimeCon.com and use promo code "Trace" to save 10% today! On the evening of Friday, August 16th, 1974, seventeen year old Leslie Zaret set off on a walk she'd made many times before. Leaving her best friend's home, the Queens, NY native had twenty-six blocks to cross before she'd arrive home. She never made it and less than ten hours later, her body was discovered in the playground of PS 203 - more than six miles off course from Leslie's walk. The initial investigation struggled with...
217 - UPDATES - Robert Baron & Danielle Stislicki
March 31, 2023 01:06 - 40 minutes - 32.1 MBVisit CrimeCon.com and use promo code "Trace" to save 10% today! In this special update episode we examine new information revolving around two cases previously covered on Trace Evidence. BREAKING NEWS: Episode 210 - The Disappearance of Robert Baron: This week there have been major advancements in this investigation searching for pizza restaurant owner who vanished from Old Forge, PA in 2017. Multiple agencies have been involved in the recovery of human remains not far from where Robert's ...
216 - The Disappearance of Barbara Holik
March 11, 2023 06:56 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBSponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and download the app for FREE! | Visit CrimeCon.com and use promo code "Trace" to save 10% today! Barbara Holik fell in love with the American west. Drawn to New Mexico, she emigrated to the states in late 1989 and ultimately settled in Taos. There she established herself as an artist, selling hand crafter jewelry and finely painted pottery. She made friends, delved deep into the history of the region and often led tours through the towns and surr...
215 - The Vanishing of Chief Mel Wiley
March 02, 2023 07:06 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBVisit CrimeCon.com and use promo code TRACE to save 10% on your pass today! In January of 1982, Melvin Wiley was appointed Chief of Police in Hinckley Township, Ohio. With a law enforcement career spanning nearly twenty years and a background in military intelligence, Mel was considered by most the be a prime candidate for the position. For more than three years, they had no reason to question that choice. Then on a warm summer afternoon in July of 1985, Chief Wiley mysteriously vanished. A...
214 - The Murder of Tom Roche
February 11, 2023 08:40 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBSponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and download the app for FREE! On a cool, September afternoon in Burbank, California, thirty-six year old Tom Roche dropped off his girlfriend, Barbara Rondeau, at her office. Promising to return for lunch later that afternoon, Barbara would never see her partner of sixteen years ever again. Six days after filing a missing person's report, Barbara received a grotesque letter in the mail. In it, the writer claimed to have murdered Tom and dumped h...
213 - The Disappearance of Dori Ann Myers
February 04, 2023 00:45 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBSponsored by: Daily Harvest! get up to $40 off your first box! | Magic Mind! Visit and get up to 56% off your subscription! | NomNom! Visit and get 50% off today! Listen to Donajean's interview on Unfound On a cool Tuesday night in January of 2006, forty-three year old Dori Ann Myers left her Fort Pierce, FL home to play poker in a local tournament. Arriving late, she missed her chance to get a seat at the table and went off to spend the night elsewhere. Dori then stopped in at the St. Luc...
212 - Who is Victim Number 5?
January 21, 2023 07:25 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBSponsored by: Suspect Season 2, available wherever you listen to podcasts! Between 1990 and 1991, four unsolved homicides occurred in and around the city of St. Louis. Robyn Mihan, Brenda Pruitt, Sandy Little and Donna Reitmeyer had been murdered, kept for some period of time and then disposed of by an unknown predator referred to as the "Package Killer." More than thirty years later, in the winter of 2022, DNA analysis of evidence found at one of the scene finally returned a hit. This led ...
211 - The Disappearance of Diana Braungardt
January 13, 2023 22:40 - 1 hour - 79 MBSponsored by: Magic Mind! Visit https://www.magicmind.co/traceevidence and get 56% off your subscription with my code TRACEEVIDENCE | ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/TRACE and download the app for FREE! | Suspect Season 2, available wherever you listen to podcasts! Eighteen year old Diana Braungardt was smart, funny, caring and popular. She performed well in school, worked a part time job and had just enrolled in modeling classes as high school graduation approached. Then, she vanished. After fini...
2022 Wrap Up Q&A
January 07, 2023 01:16 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBSponsored by: Magic Mind! Visit MagicMind.co/TraceEvidence for 56% off your subscription using the code TRACEEVIDENCE | Nom Nom Now! Visit TryNom.com/Trace for 50% off your no-risk two week trial! In this week's episode, we kick of a new year of Trace Evidence by taking a look back at 2022 and answering listener questions about the show, the cases, the host and everything in between! Let's kick off 2023 with a bang and keep the ball rolling. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted questi...
210 - The Disappearance of Robert Baron
December 24, 2022 13:13 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBSponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and download the ZocDoc app for FREE! | MasterClass! Visit Masterclass.com/Trace today and get a free annual membership when you gift one! | Exhibit C - join now by following Wondery Exhibit C on Facebook or on the web at WonderyExhibitC.com*** On a cold winter morning in January of 2017, fifty-eight year old Robert Baron was reported missing from Old Forge, Pennsylvania. A lifelong resident and pillar of the community, Robert owned the highly pop...
209 - The Vanishing of Syble Brumley
December 09, 2022 16:43 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBSponsored by: NextEvo! Visit NextEvo.com/podcast and use code "trace" for 25% off your subscription of $40 or more! | Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace to signup for a free trial! Seventy-six year old Syble Brumley was a kind, caring and beloved member of her community. A widow for more than twenty-years, she continued living in the home she'd shared with her late husband while attending to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Until one April night in 1997 when she mysteriousl...
208 - The Disappearance of Leichia Reilly
November 19, 2022 04:20 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB**Sponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and download the ZocDoc app for FREE! | Talkspace! Visit Talkspace.com and use code "TRACE" to get $100 off your first month! | Masterclass! Visit Masterclass.com/trace to give one annual membership and get one free!*** On a bitterly cold winter night in January of 1985, twenty-one year old Leichia M. Reilly left her family home to visit a popular, local nightspot. She never made it home and early the next morning, her parents reported her missi...
207 - New Hope Jane Doe
November 12, 2022 01:20 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB***Sponsored by: Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace to signup for a free trial! | NextEvo! Visit NextEvo.com and use promo code trace for 25% off subscription orders of $40 or more! *** Who is New Hope Jane Doe Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WhoIs1990OrangeCountyNCJaneDoe/ On a cool Wednesday morning in September of 1990, three roadside workers discovered the badly decomposed remains of an unidentified female. Murdered via strangulation, her body was dumped just over a guardrail...
206 - The Vanishing of Richard Bendele
October 28, 2022 13:17 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB***Sponsored by: ZocDoc.com/Trace | Everlywell.com/trace | Talkspace.com code Trace | The End Up Podcast | MasterClass.com/trace *** On a cold, November afternoon in 1996, twenty-nine year old Richard Bendele left his mother's home to do a little hunting where his recently deceased father used to take him. Hours later, Richard called his mother in a panic. He couldn't get his truck started and due to the darkness, he couldn't give specific directions to where he was. Planning to mark the...
205 - The Disappearance of Kelly Wright Sims
October 07, 2022 12:05 - 1 hour - 79.4 MB***Sponsored by: Canva Pro! Visit Canva.me/trace for FREE 45 day extended trial! | Everylywell! Visit Everlywell.com/trace for 20% off your next at-home lab test! | Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace to sign up for a FREE trial! | The End Up Podcast - available wherever you listen to podcasts!*** Unfound: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/2019/05/10/kelly-sims-conjecture-coincidences-and-crimes/ Twenty-seven year old mother of three, Kelly Wright Sims was heading out for a night on the town. ...
UPDATE - The Fort Myers 8 - New Identification
September 23, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MB***Sponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/trace and download the FREE app today!*** In Episode 129, Trace Evidence features the case of the Fort Myers 8. In March of 2007, the skeletal remains of 8 unidentified men were found in a wooded lot in southwest, Florida. Investigators managed to identify three of the victims, but the remaining names were unknown. A few years earlier, in nearby Charlotte County, investigators discovered the remains of several men. Some of the bodies were found...
204 - The Disappearance of Paresh Patel
September 16, 2022 08:05 - 1 hour - 96.4 MB***Sponsored by: Everlywell! Visit Everlywell.com/trace to save 20% on an at home test today!*** Thirty-six year old Paresh Patel was on top of the world. Smart, rich and powerful, Patel was the owner of three separate clubs on Austin's famous Sixth Street. Outside of his own clubs, Patel was tied into several others run by friends and business associates. Many loved Paresh and called him a great person and a smart businessman; others believed he was corrupt and went out of his way to t...
203 - The Vanishing of Peggy Reaves Mock
September 09, 2022 17:25 - 1 hour - 50.4 MB***Sponsored by: Canva! Visit Canva.me/trace for a FREE 45 Day Extended trial! | Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace for a FREE 14 day trial! | The End Up Podcast, available where you listen to podcasts! *** On Christmas night, 1992, Boaz, Alabama resident Peggy Reaves Mock left the home she shared with her mother for a night of drinks and celebration with friends. She never made it home, and for months following her disappearance, investigators didn't have a single clue. Then, in March, se...
202 - Update - The Murder of Irina Yarmolenko
August 26, 2022 21:05 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MB***Sponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and download the app FREE! | The End Up podcast. Subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts! | Talkspace! Visit Talkspace.com and use code Trace to get $100 off your first month!*** In May of 2008, the body of twenty year old Irina Yarmolenko was discovered along the shore of the Catawba River, in North Carolina. Initially, investigators were baffled as they found Irina with three ligatures tied around her neck. Hoping to locate witn...
201 - The Disappearance of Angela Gray Hamby
August 19, 2022 20:18 - 1 hour - 99.5 MB***Sponsored by: The End Up podcast. Subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.*** October 29th, 1982 -- Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Twenty year old Angela Gray Hamby had a big day planned with her mother. Together, the two women were set to head out on an all day shopping trip where they'd hit all the clothing stores, share lunch and just be together. Sadly, however, Angela never made it to the store that day. At approximately 9:30am, Angela headed out to run some errands. She ...
200 - The Shocking Murder of Betty Williams
August 12, 2022 09:05 - 3 hours - 169 MB***Sponsored by: Shopify! Visit shopify.com/trace for a free 14 day trial and full access to the entire suite of features! | TalkSpace! Visit Talkspace.com and use promo code Trace to get $100 off your first month!*** In episode 200 of Trace Evidence we examine one of the most shocking, disturbing and haunting murders in Texas history -- The Shocking Murder of Betty Williams. Odessa Texas, 1961. Seventeen year old Betty Williams goes missing from her bedroom sometime during the night. ...
Special Q&A Episode
July 22, 2022 03:50 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBSponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and download the ZocDoc App for FREE! | Gobble! Visit gobble.com/trace to get your first 6 Gobble meals for just $36!*** Episode 200 - Q&A Special. In this week's episode, as we prepare for the release of episode 200, host Steven Pacheco answers listener submitted questions covering everything you want to know from details about case, creation of the show and overall views of podcasting and true crime in general. FB: https://www.facebook.com/T...
199 - The Disappearance of Jie Zhao Li
July 16, 2022 04:05 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB***Sponsored by: Gobble! Visit gobble.com/trace to get your first 6 Gobble meals for just $36! | Upside! Download the FREE Upside App and use promo code tracepod to get $5 or more cash back on your first purchase of $10 or more!*** February 11th, 1988 - twelve year old Jie Zhao Li walks out of her family's Honolulu home to sell tickets for a school fundraiser. She never makes it back home. Within hours she's reported missing and investigators begin massive searches trying to track down ...
3 Major Case Updates
July 08, 2022 21:22 - 1 hour - 49.6 MB***Sponsored by: Canva Pro! Visit Canva.me/trace to get your FREE 45 day extended trial! | Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace for a FREE 14 day trial! | Talkspace! Visit Talkspace.com and use promo code TRACE for $100 off your first month!*** This weeks episode takes a look at three major updates regarding cases previously covered on Trace Evidence. First we examine the details surrounding Annandale Jane Doe who, after twenty-five years, has positively been identified as Joyce Marilyn M...
198 - The Murder of Laura Ann Parker
June 17, 2022 07:06 - 1 hour - 71.1 MB***Sponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/TRACE and download the ZocDoc app for FREE! | CanvaPro! Visit Canva.me/trace to get your FREE 45 day extended trial! | AcornTV! Visit Acorn.tv and use promo code trace to ger your first 30 days for FREE! | Upside! Download the FREE Upside App and use code tracepod to get $5 or more back on your first purchase of $10 or more! | Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace for a FREE 14 day trial and get full access to Shopify's entire suite of features!*** ...
197 - The Vanishing of Barbara Barkley
June 10, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB***Sponsored by: Canva Pro! Visit Canva.me/trace to get your FREE 45 day extended trial today! | Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace for a FREE 14 day trial and full access to Shopify's entire suite of features!*** Nineteen year old Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Barkley arrived for a normal day of work at the pipe furniture store in Pinellas Park, Florida on Friday, May 29th, 1981. Less than three hours later she had mysteriously vanished. There were no signs of a struggle, no indications of where...
196 - The Disappearance of Pamela Tinsley
May 21, 2022 20:32 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB***Sponsored by: ZocDoc! Visit ZocDoc.com/Trace and download the App FREE! | Shopify! Visit Shopify.com/trace for a FREE 14 day trial and full access to Shopify's entire suite of features! | AcornTV! Visit Acorn.tv and use promo code trace to get your first 30 days for FREE! | Manscaped! Visit Manscaped.com and use promo code TRACE to get 20% off and FREE Shipping!*** On a warm, lazy Sunday afternoon, nineteen year old Pamela Tinsley decided to take a ride down to one of her favorite Ok...
195 - The Mysterious Death of Robert Hamrick
May 13, 2022 23:29 - 1 hour - 135 MBOn a cold winter morning in March of 1970, Rock Creek, Ohio Police Chief Robert Hamrick radioed in that he was involved in a high speed pursuit. He never called in again. Hours later a deputy moving through the area came upon the scene of a hideous accident. Chief Hamrick was found lying across the front seat of his cruisers whose lights and engine were off. He had sustained massive head and chest injuries and was barely clinging to life. Despite being flown to Cleveland for emergency brain ...
Special Q&A
April 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBThis week I'm crisscrossing the country, making my way to CrimeCon in Last Vegas. Taking a break from our usually scheduled episode releases, Trace Evidence brings to you an episode driven by you, the listener. Host Steven Pacheco answers questions submitted by listeners and also addresses the progress being made on Episode 195, set to release next week! Trace Evidence Facebook Instagram Twitter Official Website Official Merch Music Courtesy of: "Lost Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.co...
194 - The Disappearance of Irina Malezhik - Part 2
April 14, 2022 20:12 - 55 minutes - 44.5 MBOn a cool October afternoon in 2007, forty-seven year old Irina Malezhik walked out of her Brighton Beach apartment and mysteriously vanished. Nearly two years later, the FBI finally identified the prime suspect: Dmitriy Yakovlev. However, what they believed was an investigation into identity theft would quickly become something much more hideous. While the FBI dug into Dmitriy they quickly uncovered a complex history in which Yakovlev had been the last person to see Irina alive, but also tw...
193 - The Disappearance of Irina Malezhik - Part 1
April 08, 2022 23:52 - 54 minutes - 43.6 MBForty-seven year old Irina Malezhik mysteriously disappeared from Brooklyn after leaving her Brighton Beach apartment in October of 2007. Employed at the time as a Russian translator for the Federal Court system, tackling cases involving the Russian mafia, many were concerned that Irina had been targeted by someone from the mob. However, as the FBI began digging into the case they quickly discovered that someone was using Irina's identity to make large purchases; expensive clothes, watches a...
192 - The Disappearance of Sandra Prince - Part 2
March 25, 2022 04:49 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBSandra Prince was well known throughout Florida's Bay Avenue for her dedication to the community, her craft real estate acquisitions and for being one of the nicest and kindest friends and neighbors you could ever want. For much of Sandra's life, things had gone just the way she'd wanted them to until the night she vanished. For months investigators struggled to gain a foothold on Sandra's life. Notoriously private, few people knew exactly what she was up to nor who she spent time with. Even...
191 - The Disappearance of Sandra Prince - Part 1
March 18, 2022 02:15 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBIn late December of 2005, fifty-nine year old Sandra Prince went missing from Temple Terrace, Florida. For several days, friends and neighbors assumed she had gone out of town to celebrate the New Year but when January rolled around and Sandra didn't appear, they grew concerned. Detectives working the case noted that they hadn't found any signs of a struggle, nor indications of forced entry at her home but the cell phone she always carried was left behind while her purse was missing. A notor...
190 - The Murder of Walter Page
March 11, 2022 08:14 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBSeventy-six year old Walter Page was a pillar of the community in Manchester, New Hampshire. A resident for nearly fifty years, he and his wife Fae had built their home, raised a family and were now slowing down to enjoy a little more of their golden years. Just over a week before Christmas, in December of 1995 however, a series of threatening phone calls and a fiery attack would forever change their lives. Believing he had discovered banking inconsistencies, Walter began digging in to his L...
189 - The Vanishing of Lynn Burdick - Part 2
March 04, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBEighteen year old Lynn Burdick mysteriously vanished from her evening shift at the Barefoot Peddlar, a small convenience store in her hometown of Florida, Massachusetts. After weeks of grueling searches headed up by law enforcement and Lynn's family, no trace of the high school senior could be found. By the beginning of summer, the senior prom Lynn hoped to attend had come and gone and, at what should have been her graduation ceremony, only an empty chair and a bouquet of yellow flowers mark...
188 - The Vanishing of Lynn Burdick - Part 1
February 25, 2022 09:12 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBEighteen year old Lynn Burdick was born and raised in the small Massachusetts town of Florida. Throughout her life she worked hard in school earning high marks, dedicated her free time to volunteering for different fundraisers and charitable organizations and helped look after her mother. She was always there, reliable and trustworthy until the night she vanished. Scheduled to work the closing shift at a local convenience store, The Barefoot Peddlar, Lynn began her night without a worry. How...
187 - The Disappearance of Naomi Wilson
February 12, 2022 00:49 - 53 minutes - 43 MBOn a warm Sunday afternoon in April of 1981, thirty-two year old Naomi Wilson walked out of her Cedar Rapids home, climbed in to her Ford Fairmont and drove off never to return. Two days later, her car was found abandoned at a local K-mart just a few miles away. There was no sign of foul play, no evidence of a crime and no trace of Naomi. Despite large searches through the area and a media barrage -- Naomi has never been found. As the years progressed, her story slowly evolved into one of th...
Four Major Case Updates
January 27, 2022 09:59 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBIn this Special Update Episode we will revisit four cases previously covered on Trace Evidence which have had major breakthroughs in the past few months. In September of 2021, Chapel Hill police announced they had arrested and charged a suspect in the 2012 murder of UNC Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth. Just last month, in December, investigators with the Miami-Dade Police officially closed the case of seventeen year old Daniel Jess Goldman who was abducted from his family's home in Marc...
186 - The Disappearance of Gail Joiner
January 21, 2022 22:19 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBOn the first day of Fall in 1972, thirteen year old Gail Joiner rushed home from school to her parents house in Thonotosassa, Florida. An hour later, the teen attached a leash to her beloved pet racoon's collar and strode out of the house to take him on his daily walk. She never returned. Despite exhaustive searches involving more than 200 people, not a trace of Gail was ever found. Within a month of her disappearance the case had grown cold and the investigation was scaled back. For the nex...
2021 Wrap Up and Q&A
January 08, 2022 01:39 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBTake the Trace Evidence Survey today: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RXB9HZW 2021 Wrap Up and Listener Submitted Q&A! Trace Evidence Facebook Instagram Twitter Official Website Official Merch Music Courtesy of: "Lost Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
185 - The Stolen Grave of Paula Ream
December 24, 2021 22:48 - 53 minutes - 43.2 MBOn August 7th, 1962, nine year old Paula Ream passed away following complications from Cerebral Palsy. Her mother, father and three sisters were devasted by her death and struggled to make it through their grief and pain. On a quiet afternoon, the child was laid to rest beneath a simple stone in Riverside Burial Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. There she remained for forty-eight years. Then the unthinkable happened. In early August of 2010, long after Paula's parents had been laid to rest be...
184 - The Mysterious Death of Chad Langford
December 16, 2021 07:39 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBTwenty year old Chad Langford had been working as a Military Police officer at the Redstone Arsenal, just outside Huntsville, Alabama. A bright, driven and accomplished soldier, Chad was planning to re-enlist when his term of service ended but he'd never get that chance. On Thursday, March 12th, 1992, Chad radioed that he was investigating a stalled vehicle at the base. Several minutes later, when they were unable to get a response from Chad, all MPs were directed to track him down. At 8:20p...
183 - The Disappearance of Star Boomer
December 03, 2021 05:16 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBThirty-nine year old Star Boomer was turning over a new leaf. In the midst of a divorce, she was studying to obtain her GED to put herself on the path to fulfilling her dream of opening her own business. She wanted, more than anything, to be able to provide a good and happy life for her young son, but a casual stop at a local bar would turn deadly. On the afternoon of February 23rd, 1999, Star walked into Uncle Mike's, a local dive bar in Kansas City, Kansas. Observing an argument between an...
182 - The Vanishing of Bruce Falconer
November 27, 2021 23:19 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBTwenty-one year old Bruce Falconer had finally gotten his life on track. Enlisting in the Marine Corps at the age of sixteen, Bruce returned home to his native North Dakota on leave. Assigned to a new post in Arizona, Bruce was excited for his military future when suddenly he and his childhood best friend, Timothy Jewell, mysteriously vanished on a cold, February night in 1981. In addition to Bruce's case, this episode also touches on the underpublicized disappearances of three women: Rebecc...
181 - The Murder of Teresa Gilcrease - Part 2
November 19, 2021 00:51 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBTeresa Marie Gilcrease walked out of an Alexandria, LA bar with an unknown man and was never seen alive again. Five hours later her body was found off a rural road southwest of town; she had been stabbed and run over. Early on, investigators received a deluge of tips but by year's end, the calls were drying up. At the same time, a task force operating in Baton Rouge was back on the hunt for a serial killer after the arrest of Derrick Todd Lee showed he was not the only monster stalking the s...
180 - The Murder of Teresa Gilcrease - Part 1
November 13, 2021 03:29 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBJune, 2002 - At the tail end of a month long trip to visit family in Louisiana, forty-four year old Teresa Marie Gilcrease went missing. She had driven a friend of her daughter's home that night, but never made it back to her parents home in the town of Boyce. The next morning, as her family began trying to track down their missing daughter, sister and mother, investigators with the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office announced they had found the body of a woman along a rural stretch of road on t...