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This episode of Searching For Ghosts is brought to you by The Uncommon Podcast With B-Pop and Duff In the mid-1980s, law enforcement was scrambling to figure out if a series of murders of red-haired women from Texas to Pennsylvania was the act of a serial killer. The state of Tennessee, specifically, seemed to be a hotbed for the murders. Law enforcement was even questioning Henry Lee Lucas, the convicted serial killer, but stopped when an article was released claiming that Lucas fabricated more than 200 confessions to murders he claimed to partake in. There is little doubt that if the article had not been released, Lucas would have confessed to the red head killings as well. This sets the stage for the climate that was West Tennessee in the 1980s when Nancy Lynn Blankenship, a woman with red hair, disappeared. A very special thanks to WBIR Channel 10, Knoxville, Tn, for their reporting over the years on the Red Head Murders.  WBIR-Jerry Johns WBIR-Tina Farmer Identified A special thank you to LOLFIELDANDLOVE for the Henry Lee Lucas clip. Henry Lee Lucas A very special thank you to https://twitter.com/ameangelofsin   for the woman screaming sound effect. Thank you to Voice Actor Julia Hamra for voicing The Jackson Sun article. Thank you to Voice Actor Zack Taylor for his reading of the AP article on Lucas.

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Just a week before Christmas in 1993, a couple of fishermen who were undoubtedly on the hunt for striped bass in the cold December waters of the Tennessee River got more than they bargained for when they discovered human remains near a boat dock in Decatur County.   They didn’t know it at the time, but those fishermen just closed one chapter and opened another in a ten year old mystery. They had found Nancy Lynn Blankenship.   Ten years earlier and fifty miles away in Lavinia, Tennessee, John and Rachel Sanders didn’t think too much of it when Nancy didn’t come to the door to catch a ride to Wednesday night church service. The Sanders’ just thought that the twenty-year old newlywed who suffered from epilepsy and couldn’t drive, had gotten a ride with someone else.   But when Nancy never showed up to church that night, people started to worry. The Blankenship home was found with freshly made brownies, Nancy’s pocketbook, coat and her recently filled epilepsy medicine all in the kitchen area. Further inspection revealed Nancy’s curling iron in the bathroom—still plugged in and hot to the touch.   Oh and it should be noted: Nancy found out that she was two months pregnant the day before she went missing.   Theories have come and gone about what happened to Nancy over the course of 38 years,  including her being one of the Red Head Murders—which is an unconfirmed theory of serial killer that hunted down women with ginger hair…many of them in Tennessee.   I’m Brandon Barnett, and this is Searching For Ghosts: Season Three—The Case of Nancy Lynn Blankenship   Be a part of the team and support Season 3 by becoming a member of The Searching For Ghosts Patreon page where you will get early access to episodes, case discussions from all three seasons, as well as exclusive interviews and episodes. Come get in on the action at patreon.com/searchingforghosts

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  The SFG Store The vehicle Bethany was last seen in was purchased just six days before she went missing, and was sold just two months later. It stayed off the grid until 2 1/2 years later and popped up...in Puerto Rico. A shovel purchased the day of Bethany's disappearance was found in the cemetery next to the overflow parking lot at the Old Hickory Mall. Surveillance video shows the man purchased the shovel, along with rope and two five gallon gas cans.   This is the end of the weekly episodes on Bethany Markowski. But this is just Phase One. We will be back after further investigation.   If you have any information about Bethany Markowski, no matter how small you think it is, call 1-800-THE-LOST National Center For Missing And Exploited Children

SFG Store Four different sightings in three days in one town. A composite sketch from a failed school enrollment. A woman who TBI questioned because of the sketch. Jonnie learns new information about the case. Montel Williams jogs Jonnie's memory.   Mugshot/Sketch Side By Side If you have any information on Bethany Markowski, no matter how small it is, call 1-800-THE LOST

SFG Store  I want to lay out everything we have found out so far in a single episode. Having this compiled together will give us a better understanding of just how much circumstantial evidence there is that points in one direction. The second thing I want to drive home is the fact that all of this happened in roughly a two month time frame.   And the last thing I want to shine some light on is this: There was a reason why Jonnie and Lori were so perceptive about the exact times that certain things happened in 2001. Apparently everyone, including Bethany herself, had an uneasy feeling about this second visitation with Larry. If you have any information about Bethany Markowski, no matter how small you think it is, call 1-800-THE LOST National Center For Missing And Exploited Children Tennessee Missing Children's Day Vigil