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  • The Death of the Greenbrier Ghost
    Sep 30 2025

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    Hello and welcome to Small Town Mysteries, spooky season edition! This October we’re bringing you some truly bizarre cases – ones that we think simply scream Supernatural…are they truly the works of ghosts and phantoms? Are these crimes caused by otherworldly beings…or are humans the most depraved creature of all? I’m Kate, here with Christine and Rachael, bringing you our the first episode of our annual Spooky Season Series, The Death of Zona Shue…also known as the Greenbrier Ghost.

    Sources:

    1) https://appalachianmemories.org/2025/01/10/the-greenbrier-ghost-the-case-where-a-spirit-helped-convict-a-murderer/
    2) https://dannyechase.com/blog/greenbrier/
    3) https://greenbrierwv.com/editorials/the-greenbrier-ghost
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbrier_Ghost
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  • The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen
    Sep 29 2025

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    On a Monday morning in February 1986, in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sherri Rasmussen’s life came to a violent end. Sherri, a young nurse, was found dead in her condo. She had been brutally beaten and shot three times.
    Following this discovery, the Los Angeles Police Department quickly labeled the case as a botched burglary. But to Sherri's father, Nels, this felt wrong. He had a suspect in mind from the very beginning, one he had even told police about. A woman who couldn't let go of the man Sherri had just married. A woman who just happened to be an LAPD officer herself.
    This is the story of a cold case that went unsolved for over two decades. A story of obsession, murder, and the blue wall of silence.

    Sources:

    1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sherri_Rasmussen
    2) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-lapd-detective-hid-murder-decades-wont-paroled-reversing-earlier-de-rcna173723
    3) https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/stephanie-lazarus-former-lapd-detective-who-shot-ex-lovers-new-wife-has-parole-denied-again/
    4) https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-15/it-took-lapd-23-years-to-identify-police-detective-as-culprit-in-fatal-love-triangle
    5) https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-lapd-detective-murdered-lovers-wife-hid-crime/story?id=113955531
    6) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52954546/sherri_rae-rasmussen

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  • The Tragic Murder of Wendy Tamagne
    Sep 20 2025

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    On July 4, 2016, David Isaiah Goodwin (age 25) murdered Wendy Tamagne (age 37) and then dismembered her body and shoved her remains into trashbags.

    Sources:

    1) https://wcti12.com/news/local/deliberations-finish-jury-begins-discussion-of-sentencing-for-david-godwin
    2) https://www.wnct.com/news/david-godwin-sentenced-to-death-justice-has-been-served/
    3) https://www.jdnews.com/news/murder-suspect-to-be-returned-to-carteret-county-to-face-charges/article_3d2ca89e-a450-5cc6-9941-4f1e0c8e4aee.html
    4) https://www.newbernsj.com/news/local/wendy-tamagne-remembered-as-caring-friendly/article_dfa05da8-d8ab-5827-8e18-e82585b744f0.html
    5) https://www.gofundme.com/f/welovewendyrae


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    21 m
  • The Life and Crimes of William Felix Vail
    Sep 10 2025

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    Sometimes on this podcast, or in true crime in general, there’s discussion over so-called “black widows,” or women who have had multiple husbands die mysteriously, with the implication that they were responsible for those deaths.

    But that’s not why we’re here today. Today, we’re going to talk about a bluebeard – yes, a man rather similar to a black widow, whose wives or partners mysteriously died.

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    29 m
  • The Kidnapping of Kari Swenson
    Sep 2 2025

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    Over 40 years ago, on July 15th, 1984, in the rugged wilderness of the Madison Range in Montana, 22-year-old Kari Swenson went missing.

    Kari was a recent Montana State University graduate and rising star in the world of biathlon, a sport that combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting. One sunny morning in July, Kari went for a run on a scenic forest trail. She was actually hoping to see a grizzly bear during her run, as it was an animal she’d always wanted to see. But instead of a bear, she encountered two men.

    Sources:

    1) https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/100/newsmakers/mountain-men-kidnap-murder-captured-world-s-attention/article_b7b40ff8-c53e-11e0-b014-001cc4c03286.html
    2) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/24/mountain-man-freed-32-years-after-kidnapping-athlete-to-be-sons-bride
    3) https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/28086785/30-30-podcast-how-gender-politics-tragedy-changed-kari-swenson-biathlon-generation
    4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_Swenson

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  • The Death Cap Mushroom Murders
    Aug 26 2025

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    One unhinged person murders their in-laws and the sister of her mother-in-law via death cap mushrooms.

    Sources:

    1) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3ngr2n3vo
    2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leongatha_mushroom_murders
    3) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-02/police-charge-erin-patterson-mushroom-poisoning-deaths/103056694
    4) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/30/erin-patterson-mushroom-poisonings-murder-trial-ntwnfb
    5) https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/son-pays-tribute-to-extremely-thoughtful-and-generous-parents-gail-and-don-patterson-after-they-died-from-mushroom-poisoning-following-leongatha-lunch/news-story/2b5f5ad4e303390e5312c4077b7b46a9
    6) https://www.sgst.com.au/news/memorial-service-brings-home-depth-of-korumburra-tragedy
    7) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67002918
    8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides
    9) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/mushroom-poisoning-victim-heather-wilkinson-memorial-service/102929526
    10) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-10/gail-don-patterson-heather-ian-wilkinson-erin-patterson-mushroom/105513208


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    26 m
  • The Boy Under the Billboard
    Aug 17 2025

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    On May 13, 1998, the body of a woman was found on the side of I-85 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. On September 25 of the same year, the body of a young boy was found underneath a billboard off of I-85 in Mebane, North Carolina. The bodies were found about 3 hours away from each other – in different months, in different stages of decay, even in different states. But more than 20 years later, the truth would come out – connecting these bodies, their lives, and their deaths, once and for all.

    Sources:

    1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_palynology
    2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope_analysis
    3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Bobby_Whitt_and_Myoung_Hwa_Cho
    4) https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article225508170.html
    5) https://people.com/crime/john-mebane-doe-murdered-north-carolina-new-photo/
    6) https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/investigations/two-decades-ago-a-10-year-old-was-killed-now-his-fathers-been-charged-with-murder/275-b4a44661-02a5-4269-a8ee-fad621c769ee
    7) https://local12.com/news/local/brown-co-family-says-final-goodbye-to-missing-boy-found-murdered-in-1998
    8) https://www.wral.com/man-to-spend-rest-of-life-behind-bars-for-killing-wife-boy-whose-remains-were-found-under-mebane-billboard/18888831/
    9) https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article230338529.html


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  • The Disappearance of Melanie Metheny
    Aug 5 2025

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    In the summer of 2005, Melanie Metheny’s family had a cookout. For Catherine Moles, it's a vivid memory of her niece, Melanie, then 20, doting on her three-year-old son, Ryan. Catherine remembers Melanie as "very, very watchful," and "very protective." The cookout was just a small glimpse into Melanie's world: her kids were everything to her. But little did Catherine know that the cookout would be one of the last times that she saw Melanie.
    On July 19, 2006, just a year later, Melanie Metheny, at 21 years old, vanished.

    Sources:

    1) https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/melanie-metheny-missing-person-west-virginia-rcna216494
    2) https://www.wvsp.gov/missing-persons/Pages/MissingPerson_Detail.aspx?personid=3
    3) https://www.kanawhasheriff.us/Documents/MelanieMetheny.pdf
    4) https://melaniemetheny.wordpress.com/
    5)https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7wgihm/where_is_melanie_metheny_unresolved_disappearance/
    6) https://www.melanieshope.org/?page_id=16

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