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Send us a text On the morning of March 26, 1997, Deborah was at home, getting ready for school. Her eleven-year-old cousin stopped by to walk her to class, but she wasn’t quite ready yet. The last words ever known to be spoken by Deborah were: “I’ll be right there. Go on ahead”. She never made it to school that day, and for the next twenty-nine years, her small hometown has been haunted by the question: Who took Deborah Palmer? Sources:  1) https://www.fox13seattle.com/washingtons-most-wanted/little-girl-doesnt-show-up-for-school-but-shows-up-days-later-dead-on-a-beach 2) https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/oak-harbor-police-renew-search-for-deborah-palmers-killer/ 3) https://www.timesargus.com/news/fears-grow-that-sex-offender-had-other-victims/article_9a271d2a-4aba-5c80-b7e4-5d1e8f61c5aa.html 4) https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/sunday-marks-20-year-anniversary-of-murdered-girls-disappearance/ 5) https://www.seattlepi.com/local/sound/article/Mother-of-Deborah-Palmer-holds-out-hope-that-892534.php 6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Harbor,_Washington Support the show

Send us a text Take a listen to Part 1 from last week if you want all the background info on this case! Before Cindy died, she reported about 100 incidents of various kinds of harassment/stalking to police...but police could never find any evidence of it. Cindy first reported instances of harassment/stalking in 1982. In the 7 years leading up to her death, Cindy reported about 100 incidents which consisted of harassment, stalking, vandalism, home invasions, and physical attacks. Cindy went missing on May 25, 1989. Two weeks later, on June 8, 1989, she was discovered deceased and in the yard of an abandoned house, with her hands and feet tied behind her back. She had been drugged and strangled. Cindy’s cause of death is heavily debated.  Spoiler: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) determined that Cindy had tormented herself and self orchestrated all of the incidents. She then elaborately committed suicide but staged it to look like a murder. Many strongly disagree with this theory, including her family, who believe she was murdered.  This week, we wrap up some stalking incidents and discuss Cindy's disappearance, as well as theories on what the heck happened to Cindy James. Trigger warnings: stalking, abuse, and animal cruelty.  Sources:  1) https://unsolved.com/gallery/cindy-james/ 2) https://evelazarus.com/the-bizarre-case-of-cindy-james/ 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Cindy_James Support the show

Send us a text Before Cindy died, she reported about 100 incidents of various kinds of harassment/stalking to police...but police could never find any evidence of it. Cindy first reported instances of harassment/stalking in 1982. In the 7 years leading up to her death, Cindy reported about 100 incidents which consisted of harassment, stalking, vandalism, home invasions, and physical attacks. Cindy went missing on May 25, 1989. Two weeks later, on June 8, 1989, she was discovered deceased and in the yard of an abandoned house, with her hands and feet tied behind her back. She had been drugged and strangled. Cindy’s cause of death is heavily debated.  Spoiler: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) determined that Cindy had tormented herself and self orchestrated all of the incidents. She then elaborately committed suicide but staged it to look like a murder. Many strongly disagree with this theory, including her family, who believe she was murdered.  For part 1, we are mostly covering the incidents leading up to her death. Tune in next week to part 2 to hear about her disappearance and theories on what the heck happened to Cindy James. Trigger warnings: stalking, abuse, and animal cruelty.  Sources:  1) https://unsolved.com/gallery/cindy-james/ 2) https://evelazarus.com/the-bizarre-case-of-cindy-james/ 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Cindy_James Support the show

Send us a text When Bobby Jo Manley arrived at her sister’s home on April 22, 2016 in Sunfish Township, Ohio, she expected to go in, feed the pets, give them some love, and then leave – probably see her sister, as well. Socialize a bit. What Bobby Jo found would change the trajectory of her life forever – and the lives of dozens of others. Bobby Jo first found two bodies inside the home, immediately calling 9-1-1. She then found two additional bodies in a separate trailer on the property – and after calling her brother, panicked, her brother James arrived and tried to find their sister. What he found instead was a THIRD crime scene, with three more bodies. A fourth crime scene was identified 5 hours later, in a home in nearby Pikeville.  There were 8 victims in total – and one glaring connection between them. All 8 victims were either born into or married into the Rhoden family. And all 8 of them were dead. Sources:  1)https://web.archive.org/web/20161028144512/http://www.kfvs12.com/story/33446144/pike-county-drug-cartel-speculation-were-wearing-that-label-now 2) https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/04/25/exclusive-we-aint-no-revenge-our-hearts-pike-co-family-says/83517330/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z118036u115936d00----v118036&gca-ft=249&gca-ds=sophi 3) https://www.wishtv.com/news/family-tree-released-of-8-ohio-shooting-victims/ 4) https://www.wlwt.com/article/no-arrests-made-in-pike-county-slayings/3564698 5) https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-shooting-eight-family-members-killed-451348 6) https://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-family-killings-evidence-consistent-cockfighting-found-scenes/story?id=38674426 7) https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/jake-wagner-back-in-pike-county-court-for-sudden-hearing 8) https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2024/04/15/what-happened-in-pike-county-in-2016/73293649007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119036d00----v119036d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=195&gca-ds=sophi 9) https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/state/2021/04/22/jake-wagner-rhoden-family-homicides-pike-county-ohio-pleads-guilty/7333052002/ 10) https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/09/10/legal-analyst-30-year-sentence-conspirator-pike-county-slayings-fair/8281747002/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119036d00----v119036d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=202&gca-ds=sophi 11) https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/April-2016/Pike-County-Multiple-Homicide-Investigation 12) https://www.foxnews.com/us/autopsies-completed-in-shooting-massacre-that-killed-8-ohio-relatives Support the show

Send us a text When a 92-year-old with dementia disappears, all clues point to her granddaughter and her granddaughter's husband. Without a body though, the case grows cold. Until, that is, an unlikely detective waddles by... Sources:  1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candler,_North_Carolina 2) https://disability-memorial.org/nellie-sullivan  3) https://people.com/crime/pet-duck-helps-police-find-body-woman-vanished-two-charged/ 4) https://katv.com/news/nation-world/pet-duck-leads-to-discovery-of-womans-body-under-home-suspects-charged-with-murder-north-carolina-investigation-disappearance 5) https://wlos.com/news/local/pet-duck-leads-to-discovery-of-womans-body-under-home-suspects-charged-with-murder-candler-nellie-sullivan-angela-wamsley-mark-barnes-concealing-death- 6) https://www.facebook.com/buncombesheriff/posts/358810132957797?ref=embed_post 7) https://abc7ny.com/post/cold-case-solved-duck-as-a-pet-nellie-sullivan-dead-body-found/11809214/  8) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/04/28/duck-locates-missing-grandmother-north-carolina/9568080002/ 9) https://wlos.com/news/local/i-just-hope-this-is-her-woman-hopeful-human-remains-confirmed-to-be-her-missing-friend-neighbor-nellie-sullivan-mark-barnes-angela-wamsley-candler-concealing-death  Support the show

Send us a text When one man bullies an entire town into turning a blind eye to his numerous crimes over several decades, what else can a town do but finally enact some good old vigilante justice? Sources:  1) https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/us/16bully.html 2) https://www.nwmissourinews.com/news/article_ff2ddc1c-b317-11ef-ac2c-d706c09832af.html 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy 4) https://www.shortform.com/podcast/episode/stuff-you-should-know-2024-01-24-episode-summary-the-strange-unsolved-murder-of-ken-mcelroy-stuff-you-should-know 5) https://medium.com/@darkvibestruecrime/the-ultimate-who-dun-it-who-killed-ken-mcelroy-83c1b78f8f68 6) https://allthatsinteresting.com/ken-mcelroy Support the show

Send us a text Today we are traveling to Tennessee, specifically to the unincorporated community of Drummonds, Tennessee. Here, the brutal murder of 36-year-old Starr Harris shook the small, tight-knit community.  Sources: 1) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/spr-crt-ten-at-jac/1748758.html 2) https://www.actionnews5.com/story/17296068/jury-deliberating-in-starr-harris-murder-trial/ 3) https://scotblog.org/2015/11/in-controversial-3-2-decision-tennessee-supreme-court-affirms-death-penalty-conviction-that-is-virtually-certain-to-be-subsequently-overturned/ Nightmare Next Door, Season 8, Episode 10: Fallen Starr 4) https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/TN/Delta/Drummonds-Demographics.html#:~:text=FAQs%20about%20Drummonds%20demographics,Drummonds%20are%20U.S.%2Dborn%20citizens? 5) https://www.actionnews5.com/story/13720983/frinds-of-starr-harris-remember-her-as-christmas-approaches/ Support the show

Send us a text Today we're going to be talking about the murder of Shirley Ann Duguay, who went missing in 1994 and was later found dead in a shallow grave.  Shirley Ann Duguay was from Canada and a 32-year-old mother of five. Most reports don’t go into any sort of detail about who she was as a person or really anything about her personal life, mostly due to the nature of her death and the fact that her case marked a “first” in a legal trial. Sources:  1) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183574170/shirley_ann-duguay 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shirley_Duguay 3) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/doug-beamish-released-2025-halfway-house-1.7591226 4) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-doug-beamish-parole-1.7344995 Support the show

Send us a text On the morning of November 15, 2004, Peter Porco woke up as usual and carried out his typical morning routine: he packed a lunch, he filled the dishwasher, and he wrote and signed a check to his son Christopher. He even locked himself out of the house, found his spare key, and let himself back in.  And then, Peter Porco fell over and died. It would seem so random – he had a completely normal morning, after all – except for the fact that Peter had been struck in the head 16 times with an axe prior to getting out of bed and somehow carried on with his day despite the horrific blood trail he left throughout his home.  Sources: 1)https://web.archive.org/web/20090606011130/http://www.timesunion.com/specialreports/porco/ 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pc8B9PQ0To 3) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/an-unfamiliar-face-in-a-distant-courtroom-578517.php 4) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/porco-trial-prosecutors-point-to-unusual-alarm-580228.php 5) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/porcos-son-indicted-578542.php 6) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/peter-porco-s-death-detailed-580264.php 7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Peter_Porco 8) https://spotlightnews.com/news/2006/07/20/jurors-see-video-of-yellow-jeep-leaving-campus/ 9) https://spotlightnews.com/news/2006/08/03/former-neighbor-who-saw-jeep-testifies/ 10) https://allthatsinteresting.com/christopher-porco 11) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/E-mails-reveal-Porco-family-rift-578537.php Support the show

Send us a text On September 7, 1978, Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian defector living in London, was on his way to work. He left his car and crossed the Waterloo Bridge, which was part of his everyday routine. While waiting for the bus, Markov felt a stinging sensation in his right thigh. When he turned around, he saw a man picking up an umbrella from off the ground and running away. Not feeling well, Markov checked himself into the hospital on September 8. He was convinced there was something wrong with him. Markov was running a fever and complained of nausea and vomiting. He kept pointing to an area on his right side, stating that it was swollen and causing great pain. 4 days after the run in with the man with the umbrella, Georgi Markov was dead, at the age of 49 years old.  Sources:  1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVRYhLLPCM 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov 3) https://www.usagm.gov/news-and-information/threats-to-press/georgi-markov/ 4) https://spyscape.com/article/spy-murder-the-poisoned-umbrella-mystery-georgi-markov 5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Gullino 6) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/17/poison-umbrella-documentary-sheds-new-light-infamous-spy-killing-cold-war 7) https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/georgi-markov-murdered-by-a-bulgarian-secret-service-assassin#:~:text=No%2Done%20was%20ever%20charged,destroyed%20to%20remove%20hard%20evidence. 8) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-11/bulgaria-to-end-umbrella-murder-probe-after-35-years?embedded-checkout=true Support the show

Send us a text Today, we’re going to Norway! We’ve got another international case on our hands this week, with some parallels to The Somerton Man, which was recently covered. This one goes back to the autumn of 1970, to a place nicknamed “The Ice Valley”. It is the story of the (still unidentified) Isdal Woman -- a woman with no name, two suitcases, and perhaps a secret. Sources:  1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdal_Woman 2) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39369429 3) https://www.aetv.com/articles/isdal-woman 4) https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/who-was-the-isdal-woman-and-what-do-we-know-about-her-death/  Support the show

Send us a text Did this famous Brazilian television presenter and politician really murder for more views? Let's talk about it on this new episode of Small Town Mysteries. Sources:  1) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-10785494 2) https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32377654 3) https://www.mamamia.com.au/wallace-souza/ 4) https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32573467 5) https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/wallace-souza-the-journalist-who-orchestrated-the-murders-he-covered-6d59a01388f1 6) https://www.thetimes.com/world/latin-america/article/wallace-souza-and-the-incredible-true-crime-drama-behind-netflixs-killer-ratings-kkwvwd5xt 7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Souza#cite_note-Times_Online-4 8) https://agenciacenarium.com.br/justice-dismisses-accusation-of-wallace-souzas-son-in-case-of-plot-to-kill-judge/?lang=en Support the show

Send us a text The murder of teenager D'Andre Green remains unsolved - and someone knows who his killer is.  Sources:  1) https://www.wdel.com/news/video-7-years-on-family-of-teen-killed-in-brookside-community-center-shooting-still-seeking/article_9f234312-3f20-11eb-a652-6b6d733d7c1c.html 2) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/31/delaware-teen-killed-seeking-community-help/4262275/ 3) https://www.newcastlede.gov/DocumentCenter/View/60047/DAndre-Green- 4) https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/baltimore/news/press-releases/fbi-offers-10-000-reward-for-information-in-murder-of-teenager-at-community-party Support the show

Send us a text Today we're talking about The Somerton Man - a case that reads like a novel and frustrated investigators for over seventy years. Sources: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Man  2) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/27/somerton-man-mystery-identity-solved-identified-australia 3) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-enduring-mystery-somerton-man-one-of-australias-most-puzzling-cold-cases-50795611/ 4) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/somerton-manfamily-photographs-revealed-/101643524 5) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555 Support the show

Send us a text The 1970s and 80s was a hotbed of excellent paranormal horror films – The Exorcist, the original Amityville Horror, Halloween, Carrie, Eraserhead, Dawn of the Dead, Suspiria, Invasion of the Body Snatchers…. I could go on. It was quite the era of film – and remarkably, some of these legendary tales are based on true stories. One of the lesser known films of this era is The Entity. It’s sort of your run-of-the-mill poltergeist film: single mother, claims she’s being attacked and harassed physically and sexually by a ghost or demon or something… But! It was based on the true story of Doris Bither…whose case was, in fact, rather unique for an alleged haunting. Sources:  1) https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/10/a-closer-look-at-the-entity-photographs/ 2) https://laghosttour.com/the-entity-house/ 3) https://www.themysticmedium.com/the-entity-haunting-the-doris-bither-story/ 4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Bither_case 5) https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/paranormal-activity-ucla-haunting-story Support the show