The Deck

By: audiochuck
  • Summary

  • For years, some law enforcement agencies have replaced the faces of traditional playing card decks with images of missing and murdered people and distributed those cards in prisons hoping inmates would come forward with information needed to crack these cold cases wide open. Now, audiochuck is dealing you in. Each week, we will be working with investigators and family members to bring you the details of some of the coldest cases from around the country in hopes that someone listening can finally bring these victims the justice they deserve.
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  • Nikole Bakoles (3 of Hearts, Utah)
    Oct 30 2024

    Our card this week is Nikole "Niki" Bakoles, the 3 of Hearts from Utah.

    When duck hunters discovered human remains in an area called Saltair near The Great Salt Lake in Utah in the fall of 2000, investigators began the difficult task of trying to learn the real name of the woman they called “Saltair Sally". It took 12 years for the remains to be identified as those of Nikole “Niki” Bakoles, a 20-year-old mom originally from Washington state. Now, nearly another 12 years have passed, and investigators are still trying to figure out what happened to Niki and who left her by that lake.

    • Investigators are still looking to talk to anyone who knew Niki Bakoles or Joel Chaudoin in the greater Salt Lake City area in early 2000. If you or anyone you know knew them, or if you have any information about Niki’s death, please contact Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Detective Ben Pender at 385-468-9816 or bpender@saltlakecounty.gov.


    View source material and photos for this episode at: thedeckpodcast.com/niki-bakoles

    Let us deal you in… follow The Deck on social media.

    • Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuck
    • Twitter: @thedeckpodcast_ | @audiochuck
    • Facebook: /TheDeckPodcast | /audiochuckllc
    • To support Season of Justice and learn more, please visit seasonofjustice.org.

    The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers.

    • Instagram: @ashleyflowers
    • TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie
    • Twitter: @Ash_Flowers
    • Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF

    Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

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    34 mins
  • Elisa Gano (Queen of Diamonds, Arizona)
    Oct 23 2024

    Our card this week is Elisa Gano, the Queen of Diamonds from Arizona.

    At just 30 years old, Elisa had already lived a lifetime of ups and downs. She often found herself experiencing homelessness while battling her own personal demons. All the while struggling to be a mother to five children. Despite her difficulties, Elisa’s family felt she would come out on the other side. The problem is she never got that chance.

    • If you know anything about the murder of Elisa Gano in October of 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona, please contact Silent Witness at 480-948-6377 or toll-free at 1-800-343-TIPS. If you prefer to remain anonymous you can leave a tip at silentwitness.org.
    • If you have any information regarding Timothy Edwards, who, before his death, was described as Native American, with dark hair and hazel eyes, standing between 5’4-5’6 and weighing about 155 pounds, Detective Roestenberg wants to hear from you. You can reach him directly at 602-534-5920 or email him at dominick.roestenberg@phoenix.gov.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: thedeckpodcast.com/elisa-gano

    Let us deal you in… follow The Deck on social media.

    • Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuck
    • Twitter: @thedeckpodcast_ | @audiochuck
    • Facebook: /TheDeckPodcast | /audiochuckllc
    • To support Season of Justice and learn more, please visit seasonofjustice.org.

    The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers.

    • Instagram: @ashleyflowers
    • TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie
    • Twitter: @Ash_Flowers
    • Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF

    Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

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    28 mins
  • Anne Paetz (7 of Clubs, Michigan)
    Oct 16 2024

    Our card this week is Anne Paetz, the 7 of Clubs from Michigan.

    When 23-year-old Anne Paetz went out for cigarettes after midnight on July 2nd, 1999, no one in her family thought much of it. But while out, she crossed paths with the wrong person, and never made it back home. The next morning, Anne was found dead on the side of the highway. Nearly 25 years later, her family is still desperate for answers.

    • If you know anything about the 1999 murder of Anne Paetz in Michigan, or if you have any information regarding possible criminal activity relating to Jack Duane Hall, you can anonymously report information to Crime Stoppers of Flint & Genesee County at 1-800-422-5245 or on their website www.Crime StoppersofFlint.com.
    • If you don’t mind revealing your identity and want to speak to a detective directly you can email msp-coldcase@Michigan.gov to get in touch.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: https://thedeckpodcast.com/anne-paetz/

    Let us deal you in… follow The Deck on social media.

    • Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuck
    • Twitter: @thedeckpodcast_ | @audiochuck
    • Facebook: /TheDeckPodcast | /audiochuckllc
    • To support Season of Justice and learn more, please visit seasonofjustice.org.

    The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers.

    • Instagram: @ashleyflowers
    • TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie
    • Twitter: @Ash_Flowers
    • Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF

    Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

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    36 mins

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So happy

Loving this so far. Honestly anything involving Ashley or Brit I’m on board! And can’t wait to see if anything gets to help solves these cold cases from listeners !

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Big Fan

I personally love all of their content, excited to see where this podcast takes us! big fan of bringing awareness to cold cases / missing people and at the very least letting their families know their loved ones have not just been lost in a stack of cases.
Stay safe!!

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Good, but Could be Better

I have high expectations of Ashley because I believe she is a trailblazer. Her stories, narration, and research are excellent. She tends to have trivial things that really ruin the podcast (not just this one. It's part of the trademark, I suppose! 😂)
The ads and their placement really ticks me off, especially because we don't have the option to subscribe and pay for ad-free content. Also, the intro at the beginning of each episode is unnecessary, and half a minute of theme music is just obnoxiously unnecessary! It's not even good music! Of the hundreds of podcasts I've listened to, only ONE had a stunning intro/theme song. It's the Culpable podcast, and the theme song is by the Dirt Poor Robins. You can find it on YouTube. If yours is not of that caliber, half a minute is far, far too long.

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Great podcast

I just finished both episodes and found them to be riveting. You find you want to do as much as you can to help these families

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Su

Ashley I can't thank you enough for covering Su's murder. I grew up in Saugus so I remember this vividly and I also happen to know Marlene personally. every single thing the detective said about her is 100% the truth. Marlene is one of the nicest sweetest strongest women I have ever met in my life. I hope that this gets off someday because Marlene really does deserve answers as well as Su deserves Justice.

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Excellence

I love this podcast. truly a good dive into cold case mysteries. I hope it's more.

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Love to Listen

I like to hear & learn about people's stories I've never heard before and I have yet to be disappointed. Thank you.

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Extraordinary

I stumbled across "The Deck" after I hade binged every episode of "Crime Junkie" and was in desperate need of my true crime fix. This has it all! The narrater keeps your attention and has a way of telling these extreamly intimate grusome events while being completly respectful of the victums memory and surviving family and friends privacy/feelings. Someone needs to tell these stories and she has been anointed to be that person.

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Ashley Flowers A +

She is even better investigating in this new series that she is doing! Good work!

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love this!

my favorite podcast ever! love anything audio chuck and Kendall Rae! thanks for still posting these!

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