Episode 15: In 1955 a well-traveled yacht named the MV Joyita was found severely damaged, but still floating, 600 miles from its destination. Authorities were mystified, but the biggest head scratcher: Where were the 25 people that had been passengers on the ship?

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Joyita

2. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/author-says-hes-solved-mv-joyita-mystery-47-years-later/PNNJ3FJDN6BLJXR2YMMYYLK4LE/

3. https://explorersweb.com/exploration-mysteries-mv-joyita/

4. https://www.matauala.org.nz/joyita-unsolved-mystery

5. https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/mv-joyita/24019/

6. https://www.cracked.com/article_30802_the-high-seas-mystery-of-a-found-ship-with-no-crew-or-passengers.html

In 2016 a 15-year-old girl was brutally stabbed to death in a small-town in Scotland. In the 21st century there are cameras everywhere, and luckily the aftermath of Paige’s murder was caught on tape.

Click here to watch the CCTV footage

Sources:

1.(2024, August 25). Murder of Paige Doherty. Wikipedia. Retrieved September 1, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Paige_Doherty

2. Hale, J. (2018, November 8). CCTV of murdered Paige Doherty’s final moments shows evil killer John Leathem dumping Clydebank teen’s body after stabbing her 61 times. The Scottish Sun. Retrieved September 1, 2024, from https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3463634/paige-doherty-cctv-murder-next-door-channel-5-john-leathem-stab/

3. (2016, September 5). Deli owner John Leathem admits frenzied murder of Paige Doherty. BBC. Retrieved September 1, 2024, from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37275524

4. (2022, February 12). Paige Doherty. Chilling Crimes. Retrieved September 1, 2024, from https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/shania-sharer

Lucas Helder was a nice normal college student...until he started to get strange ideas that led him to setting off a series of several pipe bombs across the United States.

Sources:

1: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mailbox-bomb-suspect-charged/

2: https://www.twincities.com/2013/05/15/minnesotan-in-2002s-smiley-face-bomber-case-could-finally-face-trial/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-05-na-bomb5-story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/04/us/pipe-bombs-at-mailboxes-injure-five-in-the-midwest.html
https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200205030011
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/terrorism-jan-june02-pipe-bombing_05-07
https://www.postbulletin.com/news/bandmate-doesnt-think-helder-out-to-get-the-government
https://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/pipe-bomb-suspects-grungy-past
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https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/jones-county-mailbox-pipe-bomb-victim-recalls-blast-20-years-later/

Alissa was 17 when she went missing. For years her case would remain as just a "run away" case. But when police started to look further into her going missing, they realized there was more to her story than they had thought. Instead, they found that foul play involving her step father Michael had been the real reason for her disappearance.

Sources:

1. (2023, September 15). What happened to Arizona teen Alissa Turney, who disappeared in 2001? ABC News. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://abcnews.go.com/US/happened-arizona-teen-alissa-turney-disappeared-2001/story?id=103040463
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3. (2023, December 1). An Arizona man was cleared in his stepdaughter’s disappearance. His son is convinced he’s guilty. NBC News. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michael-turney-alissa-disappearance-murder-charges-rcna127059
4. (2020, August 21). 19 years after teen disappeared, stepfather arrested and charged with murder. ABC News. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://abcnews.go.com/US/19-years-teen-disappeared-stepfather-arrested-charged-murder/story?id=72528835
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When the Thorne family won the lottery, they didn’t realize how drastically their lives would change for the worse. Nobody could have predicted the disappearance of 8-year-old Graeme Thorne would turn into the first child for ransom case in the history of Australia.

Pitt, H. (2019, July 7). Graeme Thorne tragedy: The crime that haunts Sydney still. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/graeme-thorne-tragedy-the-crime-that-haunts-sydney-still-20190704-p52481.html

(2019, July 7). Stephen Leslie BRADLEY. Murderpedia. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bradley-stephen.htm
(2020, July 7). From the Archives, 1960: The Graeme Thorne kidnapping case. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/from-the-archives-1960-the-graeme-thorne-kidnapping-case-20200701-p557z3.html

In this episode we cover the case of three men whose initial plan to rob a store turned into a hostage situation that would later escalate into the murder of three people and the near death escape of two survivors.

Sources:

1: 2 hill airmen arrested in brutal Ogden killings. Newspapers.com. (n.d.). https://www.newspapers.com/article/deseret-news-2-hill-airmen-arrested-in-b/139172715/

2: https://www.standard.net/police-fire/2024/apr/25/former-ogden-police-officer-recalls-hi-fi-murders-on-50th-anniversary/

3:Ortiz, M. (2020, February 24). ABC4 Utah. ABC4 Utah. https://www.abc4.com/news/justice-files/the-justice-files-the-ogden-hi-fi-murders/?ipid=promo-link-block1

4: Leigh, N. (2023, October 15). The Sickening Hi-Fi Shop Murders | Medium. Medium. https://medium.com/@natasha.leigh/the-sickening-hi-fi-shop-murders-be84cc5651cc

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6:Hi-Fi murders. (2024, July 2). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Fi_murders