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  • Episode 90: So Long, Farewell

    Episode 90: So Long, Farewell
    Mar 22 2023
    Welcome to the final episode of Six Degrees of WTF! Yes, it's true. We've decided it's time for us to move on to other projects. True crime is too heavy! That said, we go out on a high note with a couple of interesting cases!
    Erin kicks things off with the case of David Snow, a Canadian antique store owner who one day closed up shop and disappeared. When he reappeared, he'd turned to a life of crime.
    After the break, O'Dell covers the case of the Yuba County Five (also known as the American Dyatlov Pass Incident). Five me went to watch their favorite college basketball team play one evening, and disappeared on their way home. Remains of four of the men were found several months later, and one man remains unaccounted for to this day.
    For our final WTF story of the week, Erin covers a case of a young woman who went to great lengths to hide her smoking habit, and then we close out with a hypothetical and a few shower thoughts.
    We may be leaving this podcast behind, but we're not giving up completely! We just need lighter topics - the true crime stuff was getting too heavy. Keep an eye out for our new podcast, "Back Where We Belong" launching on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
    Chapters:
    • 00:00 - Intro
    • 01:00 - The final episode
    • 10:44 - Erin's Final Case: David Snow
    • 34:53 - O'Dell's Final Case: The Yuba County Five
    • 59:43 - WTF of the Week: Smoking
    • 01:04:14 - Palette Cleanser: One Last Hypothetical
    • 01:12:35 - Shower Thoughts
    • 01:14:57 - Highlights from the last three years


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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Episode 89: Toxic Pen Pal

    Episode 89: Toxic Pen Pal
    Mar 8 2023
    O'Dell kicks this episode off discussing the case of the Circleville Letters. Someone wrote inflammatory and threatening letters to citizens of Circleville, OH in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Police thought they caught the culprit, but many believe they had the wrong guy.
    After the break, Erin covers the disappearance of Brittney Wood and the uncovering of a child sex trafficking ring (major trigger warning here).
    We close things out with a WTF story about the horrors of fentanyl abuse and a few "have you ever" questions.
    Chapters:
    • 00:00 - Intro
    • 00:58 - Kudos to us
    • 04:56 - O'Dell's Case: The Circleville Letters
    • 40:04 - Erin's Case: Where is Brittney Wood?
    • 59:39 - WTF of the Week: Fentanyl is bad
    • 01:04:17 - Palette Cleanser: Never Have I Ever

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode 88: Lead the Way

    Episode 88: Lead the Way
    Feb 22 2023
    Erin kicks things off discussing the 1984 disappearance of 12-year-old Sherry Marler who was last seen walking across a parking lot.
    After the break O'Dell covers the strange case of three lighthouse keepers who mysteriously vanished in 1900. Were they swept away by the sea, or is something paranormal to blame?
    We close things out with a WTF story about a mayor who may have been too committed to her hands-on approach, and a palette cleanser about changing your past.
    Chapters:
    • 00:00 - Intro
    • 00:58 - Checking in
    • 05:19 - Erin's Case: Where is Sherry Marler?
    • 29:20 - O'Dell's Case: The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers
    • 48:23 - WTF of the Week: Septic Issues
    • 51:43 - Palette Cleanser: Traveling Back

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 87: Missing & Murdered in Manitoba

    Episode 87: Missing & Murdered in Manitoba
    Feb 8 2023
    O'Dell kicks off this episode with several cases of missing and murdered indigenous women - all in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA.
    After the break, Erin covers a case that involves several years of lies and deception that led a French man to murder several members of his family simply because he didn't want to face the truth. We close things out with a WTF story about a woman who was having relationship issues with her fiancee, and then we close out with a round of "get to know you" and some shower thoughts.
    Chapters:
    • 00:00 - Intro
    • 00:59 - The Happenings
    • 10:45 - MMIW in Manitoba
    • 29:48 - Erin's Case: Lies and Deception
    • 46:55 - WTF Story: Ghosted
    • 49:57 - Palette Cleansers: Get to Know You


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    57 mins
  • Episode 86: What Lies Beneath

    Episode 86: What Lies Beneath
    Jan 25 2023
    Erin kicks this episode off with a two-fer. First she discusses the disappearances of Mitchel Weiser and Bonnie Bickwit who went missing in the early 1970s while traveling to a music festival. She then covers the unsolved murders of Heidi Childs and David Metzler.
    After the break, O'Dell covers the strange disappearances and alleged paranormal phenomena that has occurred around Oregon's Crater Lake National Park. Erin shares a WTF story about a woman in the early 1900s who should have reconsidered her scarf choice before she went out for a drive and then we close things out with a few hilarious Amazon reviews.
    Chapters:
    • 00:00 - Intro
    • 00:56 - Simtastic
    • 10:23 - Erin's Case: Where are Mitch & Bonnie?
    • 27:06 - O'Dell's Case: The Mysteries of Crater Lake
    • 48:02 - WTF of the Week: A Scarf & A Convertible
    • 52:10 - Palette Cleanser: Funny Amazon Reviews

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Obsession: Love So Deep

    Obsession: Love So Deep
    Jan 11 2023
    Happy new Year!
    We kick off 2023 with the unbelievable story of Carl Tanzler, a German radiologist who fell madly in love with a woman named Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos. She rejected his affection, but Carl convinced her he could cure her of her tuberculosis. Despite his best efforts, he was unable to save her, and his obsession led him to do some very strange and disturbing things to keep her close even after death. After the break, we read a listener write-in and then O'Dell gives updates on the Delphi SnapChat murders and the retrial of Steve Pankey before closing out with a couple of palette cleansers.
    Chapters:
    • 00:00 - Intro
    • 00:39 - Adventures in Galveston
    • 06:40 - Erin's Case: Carl Tanzler's Undying Love
    • 34:40 - Write-in
    • 37:38 - Updates on Delphi Murders & Steve Pankey
    • 41:28 - Palette Cleansers

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    51 mins
  • Episode 85: Last Night

    Episode 85: Last Night
    Dec 27 2022
    We're closing out 2022 with an unsolved murder and a disturbing WTF story.
    O'Dell kicks things off with the case of Erika Cirioni, a single mother of two who went out to ring in the new year with friends back in 2006. She didn't make it home. Several years later her remains were found, but her murder remains unsolved. Can you help?
    After the break, Erin covers the case of the Whittaker family in Virginia. They are known as the most inbred family in the United States, and as disturbing as that is, they have nothing on a family known as the Colt Clan in New South Wales.
    We bring things home with a WTF story about a man who hadn't bathed in 60 years, and close out with another round of would you rather.
    Chapters:
    • 00:00 - Intro
    • 00:49 - Bubble Baths
    • 08:16 - O'Dell's Case: Who Murdered Erika Cirioni?
    • 24:26 - Erin's Case: The Whittakers & the Colt Clan
    • 48:10 - WTF of the Week: Deadly Baths?
    • 51:01 - Palette Cleanser: Another Would You Rather

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    1 hr
  • Episode 84: Christmas Nightmare

    Episode 84: Christmas Nightmare
    Dec 20 2022
    Today we have a double-dose of murders that happened around the Holidays. Erin kicks things off with the case of 17-year-old Stephanie Barron who murdered her parents because they didn't like the boy she was dating.After the break, O'Dell covers the murders of Bob & Idella Young, an elderly couple from Nampa, ID who were found murdered in their home just after Christmas, and it would be years before justice was served. Erin shares a WTF story that will make you never want to fly again, and then we close out with a Christmas-themed palette cleanser.
    Chapters:
    • 00:00 - Intro
    • 00:58 - Christmas Miracle
    • 04:32 - Erin's Case: Stephanie Barron
    • 22:22 - O'Dell's Case: Bob & Idella Young
    • 40:49 - WTF Story of the Week: Window Seat
    • 47:60 - Palette Cleanser s Holiday Edition

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    54 mins