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Summer fun went sour for Jordan Holgerson when someone she thought was a friend pushed her off a bridge more than 50 feet in the air.  Jordan survived the fall, but that wasn't the end of the ordeal.  You might have seen the clip of this incident on your social media and wondered where it was, how things ended up - we have a few answers for you!   Sources https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=225990041350759 https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1i833fq/a_girl_pushed_her_friend_off_a_60foot_bridge_and/?solution=0984cab5e04d49650984cab5e04d4965&js_challenge=1&jsc_token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec3efface6e307160765b6f8f9bafee387&jsc_orig_r= https://www.today.com/news/teen-pushed-bridge-wants-friend-sit-jail-think-about-what-t135769 https://katu.com/news/local/teen-girl-describes-falling-from-bridge-says-friend-pushed-her https://www.facebook.com/today/posts/jordan-holgerson-opens-up-about-her-recovery-and-the-plea-deal-offered-to-her-fr/10157034547561350/ https://wcyb.com/news/nation-world/no-jail-time-for-teen-who-pushed-friend-off-bridge-in-washington-state https://www.yourtango.com/2019321737/who-is-jordan-holgerson-new-details-about-teen-who-was-pushed-off-bridge-by-friend https://time.com/5370575/washington-bridge-friend-pushed-video/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqSisqMLVig https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/b6btot/washington_teenager_who_pushed_friend_off_60foot/?solution=0b68e32f225489370b68e32f22548937&js_challenge=1&jsc_token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec6286c0e509a1ef33de4d024c816268c8&jsc_orig_r= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-who-pushed-friend-bridge-pleads-guilty-misdemeanor-reckless-endangerment-n984401 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-who-pushed-friend-bridge-sentenced-2-days-jail-n988056 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6aN6DA-LbE https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/woman-pushed-teen-friend-off-bridge-admits-didnt/story?id=57238510 https://www.today.com/video/teen-who-shoved-friend-from-washington-bridge-offered-plea-deal-1441180739770 https://www.wtol.com/article/news/national/teen-jailed-for-pushing-girl-off-bridge-in-washington/512-77fb3a0c-f782-461a-99c8-18c7b9c988d6

After a period of depression and denied PTO request, Jody Roberts disappeared from her home in Wauna, Washington after attending a house party the night before.  It wasn't until 12 years later that Jody was found, far from Washington, with a few new additions to her life.  This is the odd missing person's case of Jody Roberts/Jane Dee. Sources https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970717/2550033/jody-roberts-two-lives-come-together----details-emerge-about-her-in-colorado-and-alaska https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article167658427.html https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/when-missing-adults-dont-want-to-be-found-the-legal-fallout-of-a-staged-disappearance/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/740225469/?match=1&terms=%22Jody%20Roberts%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/740102342/?match=1&terms=%22Jody%20Roberts%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/673882093/?match=3&terms=%22Jody%20Roberts%22

Since 2007, shoes have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea containing human remains, much to the shock of beachgoers who discover them.  Speculation swirled as the first few discoveries were only days apart, and other shoes were found to be matching pairs; these are the Salish Sea Foot Discoveries. Sources https://komonews.com/news/local/remains-found-in-shoe-on-clallam-county-sequim-beach-solved-marly-nelson-county-park-on-port-williams-soft-tissue-bones-coronerurces https://www.khq.com/news/police-small-human-foot-washes-ashore-in-on-the-westside/article_41c6c12b-9e41-597f-bb1a-27584719f6b9.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pickton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/discovery-of-unattached-human-feet-baffles-b-c-police-1.671205 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/canada-human-foot-british-columbia https://web.archive.org/web/20180508034856/https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/human-foot-found-on-gabriola-island-sparks-investigation-1.3918943 https://web.archive.org/web/20170803220208/http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/severed-human-foot-vancouver-island/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/found-foot-1.4438912 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/another-severed-foot-washes-up-on-bc-shore/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2-of-5-feet-found-on-b-c-coast-belong-to-same-man-rcmp-1.738354 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305181247/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=7d788179-999b-4115-875b-d19b3b9868cc&k=61662 https://web.archive.org/web/20081206053915/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081205.wbcfeet1205/BNStory/National/home https://www.reddit.com/r/britishcolumbia/comments/s8m707/how_scientists_solved_the_mystery_of_feet_washing/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/how-science-solved-the-mystery-of-feet-washing-ashore-in-the-pacific-northwest-salish-sea?showLogin=true&cds_email=Y2Fyb2x5bmJsb29kQG91dGxvb2suY29t https://allthatsinteresting.com/salish-sea-severed-feet https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/salish-sea-foot-mystery https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/canada-severed-feet/

On August 10, 2018, 28-year-old Richard "Beebo" Russell stole an empty aircraft from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, with no formal pilot's license or flight training.  Richard's story has since been shared all over the world.   Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20180817210556/https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20180812X92421&AKey=1&RType=Prelim&IType=FA https://www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/i-worked-with-richard-russell-at-horizon-air-and-i-understand-why-he-did-what-he-did-30824665/ https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/seattle/news/press-releases/update-on-investigation-into-unauthorized-flight https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/we-were-all-screaming-oh-my-god%E2%80%8A-how-the-horizon-air-theft-and-crash-unfolded/ https://aviation-safety.net/asndb/319589 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/live-updates-airplane-taken-from-seattle-tacoma-international-airport-crashes/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45153535 https://www.twz.com/22807/oregon-f-15s-scramble-to-seattle-to-intercept-possibly-stolen-q400-airliner https://theaviationist.com/2018/08/11/f-15cs-intercept-stolen-dash-8-airliner-out-of-seattle-tacoma-airport-before-crash/ https://skyk.ing/richard SkyKing - Hulu documentary

Angela Lynn Chan was 19 years old at the time of her disappearance on March 27, 1989. She was a white female, 5'2", approximately 120 pounds, with short blonde/strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a scar on her chin, a rose or orchid tattoo on her left ankle, and a circle with an arrow tattoo on her left shoulder. Her ears were pierced at least twice in each ear. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a pink t-shirt with a Hot Tuna logo which is like a hot pink cartoon angler fish, and white sneakers — the sneakers were found in her abandoned car. She may go by the last name Carlstrom instead of Chan. If you have any information about Angela's disappearance, please contact the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office at 541-693-6911. Her NamUs case number is MP12063 and her agency case number is 89-0755. Sources https://charleyproject.org/case/angela-lynn-chan https://ktvz.com/news/2015/02/12/26-year-mystery-what-happened-to-redmond-teen/ https://sheriff.deschutes.org/services/detectives/cold-cases/ https://websleuths.com/threads/or-angela-chan-19-redmond-27-march-1989.157506/ https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP12063 https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/angela-lynn-chan https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/997dfor.html https://www.reddit.com/r/WithoutATrace/comments/1mzksq1/angela_lynn_chan_missing_from_redmond_or_in_1989/

Sara takes us to British Columbia via the wayback machine to talk about the origins of the legend of a long lost gold mine near Pitt Lake.   Sources https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-starved-out/144982415/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-another-good-indian/144981676/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/vancouver-daily-world-hanged-at-the-roya/144982539/ https://skeptoid.com/episodes/952 https://www.westcoastplacer.com/search-for-slumachs-lost-gold-mine-part-1-the-legend/ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/is-a-secret-gold-mine-hidden-in-the-b-c-mountains-this-treasure-hunter-says-so-1.5306383 https://tricitiesdispatch.com/lost-gold-curse/ https://mapleridgenews.com/2024/12/17/coquitlam-man-claims-to-have-found-slumachs-pitt-lake-gold/ https://www.slumach.ca/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/treasure-hunter-getting-close-unearthing-30956811

Sara brings us a unique anecdote in Lake Tahoe's property crimes history - guys, gals, nonbinary pals - let's hear the story of Hank the Tank.   Sources https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/tahoe-bear-hank-the-tank-rehoused-in-colorado/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/hank-tank-bear.html https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/bear-population-booming-amid-increasing-human-bear-conflicts/ https://tahoe.com/articles/keep-tahoe-bears-wild-tips https://animalrightschannel.com/2022/02/22/hank-the-tanks-real-story/ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-25/south-lake-tahoe-bear-hank-the-tank-spared-euthanasia-dna-evidence https://apnews.com/article/oddities-environment-and-nature-lakes-california-environment-88d0877a87956c563016476fc5e1c58f ​https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hank-the-tank-california-bear-b2390147.html https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/infamous-lake-tahoe-bear-hank-111222095.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJfJxUthRa3At4buRasG7gzqi7MxxV6EV0gPkhHe7xtWfNa9k52EEhIyuEZEXG6OFw_5I85UImV1Z0eBC0VboZutkXW5QOmjKELhuv_aEj-S9yEc5WuLrcAjh36GesjI3-8_YGxX_pMJiGUFlCFv85FQAtpjXLXWvcjiFeebCGee

We're back!  Sorry for ghosting - take care of your mentals!   Let's talk about the haunted Delta King Riverboat - darn near 100 years told and carrying at least a few ghostly passengers.   Sources ·       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_King ·       https://ghostedtravel.com/delta-king-riverboat-hotel/ ·       https://www.weirdfresno.com/2012/06/sacramento-river-boat-said-to-be.html ·       https://nightlyspirits.com/californias-most-haunted-hotels/ ·       https://www.comstocksmag.com/article/sacramentos-waterfront-beckons-paranormal-tourists ·       http://www.hauntedhoneymoon.com/hauntedplaces/deltaking.html ·       https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/the-haunted-delta-king/ ·       https://www.visitsacramento.com/blog/stories/post/us-ghost-adventures-sacramento/ ·       https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3154/dorothy-bern ·       https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paul-bern-the-mysterious-death-of-jean-harlows-husband/ ·       https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/dorothy-millette-paul-bern-death-mgm-13570508.php

Immaculate "Mackie" Basil was 26 or 27 at the time she went missing. She is described as 5'2" and 130lbs with brown eyes and long, black hair. She was wearing gray capri jogging or yoga pants, a blue shirt, a black zip up hoodie with a Maple Leaf on the front, and white running shoes. If you have any information regarding the disappearance or whereabouts of Immaculate Basil, you are encouraged to contact the RCMP E-Division at 250-649-3900. Sources https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/immaculate-basil https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/first-nation-offers-20k-reward-in-mmiw-case-1.3764106 https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/police-investigating-homicide-3724544 https://www.justicefornativepeople.com/2016/08/immaculate-basil-missing-from-british.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/search-continues-for-missing-northern-b-c-woman-1.1333543 https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/search-underway-for-missing-woman-3694948 https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/rcmp-still-seeking-answers-to-womans-disappearance-3723697 https://www.myprincegeorgenow.com/31909/news/mackie-basil-still-missing-three-years-later/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030637/http://tlaztennation.ca/communities/ https://thehueandcry.com/immaculate-basil https://thewalrus.ca/the-search-for-mackie-basil/ https://www.cfnrfm.ca/2025/06/13/twelve-years-later-family-still-seeks-justice-for-immaculate-basil/ https://websleuths.com/threads/immaculate-basil-26-kuz-che-reserve-14-june-2013.531879/

Sacramento is haunted haunted and Caro's starting us off with three locations of well-known spooky spots in California's capital city.   Sources https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/haunted-sacramento/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1efcsia/parts_of_sac_that_give_you_an_eerie_feeling/ https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2021/10/30/sacramentos-haunted-history-is-more-than-a-ghost-story/ https://www.kcra.com/article/stories-behind-4-haunted-buildings-in-old-sacramento/12441714 https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/18irka8/anyone_have_a_ghost_story_that_happened_in/ https://backpackerverse.com/dont-anger-the-ghost-of-iceland-skating-rink-in-sacramento/ https://insidesacramento.com/icelands-cold-legacy/ https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/iceland-ice-skating-rink/ https://skatesacramento.com/history/ (documentary) https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article312891454.html https://seeingsacramento.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/iceland-frozen-in-only-memory-now/ https://www.kcra.com/article/north-sacramento-ice-rink-rebuild-reopen/69448031 https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1ac1jde/paradise_beach/ https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/man-killed-in-drive-thru/103-02329882-75a2-41a5-b244-1d69d1079027 https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/florin-road-drive-thru-shooting/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/a8ri7u/fuckin_terrible_woman_shot_killed_in_robbery_on/ https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article238754973.html https://www.hauntedrooms.com/california/sacramento/haunted-places https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/hdfx66/dyer_road/ https://www.deltaking.com/

Episode content starts at 5:58 :) We delve into the spooky with ane episode covering the Pacific Northwest's longest continually-operating hotel in Wolf Creek, Oregon!  What or who is haunting the Wolf Creek Inn? Sources https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/back-issues/upload/Burmeister_Women-s-Lands_OHQ-Spring-2014_web.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womyn%27s_land https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/trip-ideas/favorite-trips/haunted-tales-wolf-creek-inn/#:~:text=The%20unexplained%20activity%20in%20the,sound%20of%20a%20piano%20playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guvDwUAPHjI https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/01/09/98876579.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Parkhurst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Lombard http://artscatter.com/general/interlude-on-wolf-creek-and-jack-london-and-a-literary-grocery-clerk/ https://offbeatoregon.com/1004aa_WolfCreekTav.html https://bigfoothikes.blogspot.com/2015/05/wolf-creek-inn.html https://rv-times.com/2025/09/18/rogue-wanderer-skeletons-in-the-closet-at-wolf-creek-inn/ https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/vampire-legends-and-tricksters-as-ghost-adventures-visits-the-wolf-creek-inn/ https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applegate_Trail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_Inn_State_Heritage_Site https://www.oregonhauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/wolf-creek-inn.html https://curlytales.com/built-in-1883-oregons-oldest-hotel-is-the-perfectly-spooky-getaway-spot-this-halloween-for-a-cosy-retreat-filled-with-ghostly-legends/ https://the-line-up.com/wolf-creek-inn https://www.hereisoregon.com/places/2024/10/why-oregons-oldest-hotel-is-also-a-great-halloween-getaway.html https://oneforthetable.com/travel/the-wolf-creek-inn https://medium.com/@loricjohnson1019/wolf-creek-inn-oregons-most-oldest-haunted-and-famous-hotel-25cec64a5e16 https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/stays/oregon/haunted-wolf-creek-inn-or https://www.reddit.com/r/GhostHunting/comments/yaay3z/ghost_hunting_at_one_of_the_most_haunted_places/ https://www.reddit.com/r/oregon/comments/1ijfys2/scariest_places_in_oregon/ https://thatoregonlife.com/2024/08/wolf-creek-inn-oregon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/oregon/comments/1m2z0gq/hey_guys_had_a_weird_question_about_wolf_creek/ https://wolfcreekinn.com/

Targeted for her political beliefs, Laura Law was murdered in her living room in Aberdeen in 1940.  The biased non-trial that followed sought to blame her husband, Richard.  Who killed Laura Law? Sources https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65545068/lea_laura-law#:~:text=Laura%20and%20her%20husband%20Richard,has%20not%20yet%20been%20solved. https://www.newspapers.com/image/773677872/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675458/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675458/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678276/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679631/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679690/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G986-2F7/lea-laura-luoma-1914-1940 https://unionsong.com/u107.html https://medium.com/journal-of-precipitation/lets-remember-laura-law-who-was-found-murdered-on-this-day-in-1940-january-5-221beb4438d8 https://www.historylink.org/File/9260?source=post_page-----221beb4438d8--------------------------------------- https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679756/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773674202/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773666875/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675072/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675993/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773677150/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678182/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679989/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773667792/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773673972/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773674135/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678842/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 "Census of Population and Housing". census.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen,_Washington#cite_note-15 https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/inquest#:~:text=An%20inquest%20is%20a%20judicial,not%20limited%20to%20while%20incarcerated.

From the Kahkwakilak and other Pacific Northwest coastal tribal lore comes the tale of the cannibal woman Dzunukwa, The Basket Ogress.   Sources https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=654159986283337 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzunukwa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuu-chah-nulth_mythology https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200323/http://archive.umista.ca/exhibits/collection.php?item=141&all=&pg=1 https://www.native-languages.org/basket-ogress.htm https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoSentenceHorror/comments/1663s7z/my_friends_never_understood_why_despite_my_vast/ https://nlpslearns.sd68.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Basket-Woman-Links-and-Lessons.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5imrrUj_0&t=5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79teOlXq_uU https://sqwal.hwulmuhwqun.ca/learn/stories/tthuwxelets-the-basket-ogress/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NmrApdNF87QF6UHf39P3dURUsMgG7QeH/edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgKI9CJNM8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79teOlXq_uU https://tacomalibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17061coll5/id/65/ http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/hilbert.html https://www.puyalluptriballanguage.org/literacy/docs/ChipmunkandBasketOgress.pdf https://www.angelfire.com/ca/Indian/CannibalWomansSister.html https://sqwal.hwulmuhwqun.ca/learn/stories/tthuwxelets-the-basket-ogress/

A missing teen, a story that didn't add up, a murder, and a biker gang - what the actual hell happened here?   Sources https://people.com/crime/teen-murder-suspect-vanishing-allegedly-sham-victim-was-mom-ex-boyfriend/ https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article278867199.html https://komonews.com/news/local/pierce-county-teenagers-gabriel-davies-justin-yoon-12-years-pierce-county-deputies-disappearance-charging-documents-home-security-system-orting-washington-thurston-county-biker-gangs-panther-lake-second-degree-murder https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/teens-plead-guilty-orting-mans-murder-sentenced/281-dff814d9-da1d-4cca-b972-6a039cc67e90 https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/gabriel-davies-justin-yoon-missing-thurson-county-teen-charged-with-murder-blames-victims-biker-buddies-for-burglary-gone-wrong

We've got another lake cryptid for you - and this one has very sharp teeth.  This is the legend of the Tsinquaw. Sources https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Tsinquaw https://superstitioustimes.com/what-lurks-in-cowichan-lake-stin-qua-adds-to-b-c-s-super-natural-mystique/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLGsl574k8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%27uubaa-asatx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan_Lake