Episodes

  • Episode 183: The Murder of Megan Barroso | The Simi Valley Monster

    Episode 183: The Murder of Megan Barroso | The Simi Valley Monster
    Jul 14 2024
    In the early morning hours following the 4th of July celebrations in Moorpark, CA a security guard spots what he assumed was a drunk driving incident. But when he approached the accident he realized something more sinister had occurred at the intersection between Highway 23 and Los Angeles Avenue. The investigation that would follow would reveal the depth to which humanity could reach.

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    Sources:
    Google Maps of area (crash)
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1465032.html
    https://international-spr.com/2021/06/10/haunted-lands-in-southern-california-the-santa-susana-mountains/
    https://www.oxygen.com/homicide-for-the-holidays/megan-barroso-killed-by-vincent-sanchez-4th-of-july
    Angels Are Watching by J.D. Berger publisher: AuthorHouse 2005 (accessed through Everand in July of 2024)
    Amazon Link for Angels Are Watching
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-07-me-rbriefs7.1-story.html
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/190352861/?match=1&terms=Joshua%20Reno
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/776771692/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/929034645/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/928934219/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/160495259/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/160393340/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/935440033/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/161659644/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/159650673/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
    Black Canyon Road View - Google Earth
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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • Episode 182: Kristy Ohnstad | What No One Could See

    Episode 182: Kristy Ohnstad | What No One Could See
    Jun 30 2024
    Two days after she had run away and returned home 14 year old Kristy Ohnstad went missing from her home in the Happy Valley neighborhood of Bellingham, WA. The investigation that followed would reveal an evil so diabolical no one saw it coming.

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    Sources:
    https://cob.org/services/planning/neighborhoods
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/wa-supreme-court/1480415.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160207745/kristy-lynn-ohnstad
    Distance from home to middle school
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/770914597/?match=1&terms=Kristy%20ohnstad
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/770923992/?match=1&terms=Kristy%20ohnstad
    https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article122770324.html
    Evil Lives Here | Investigation Discovery (Mark’s interview)
    https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1764-1771_Online.pdf
    ​​https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article124043069.html
    https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/court-upholds-death-penalty-for-rapist-clark-elmore/
    https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/17/us-supreme-court-rejects-clark-elmores-death-penal/
    https://casetext.com/case/elmore-v-sinclair-7
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Episode 181: Fred Martinez Jr. | The Murder of Two Spirits

    Episode 181: Fred Martinez Jr. | The Murder of Two Spirits
    Jun 16 2024
    Fred ‘FC’ Martinez Jr. was brutally murdered on the night of June 16, 2001. He is one of the youngest recorded victims of a hate crime in the United States. Join me as I tell John the case of the Navajo teen and his two spirits.

    Trigger Warning: mentions of suicide and hate crimes

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    Sources:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/09/01/gay-youths-death-shakes-colo-city/98d8eab5-4afb-41b9-b83c-35d69d7cc88e/
    https://otherwisechristian.com/2020/01/06/gender-diversity-nadleehi-and-dilbaa/
    https://www.pbs.org/video/independent-lens-gender-as-a-spectrum-not-a-divide/
    https://www.greeleytribune.com/2019/03/02/weld-residents-face-felony-charges-for-allegedly-robbing-extorting-man-out-of-120/
    https://www.denverpost.com/2009/11/27/film-explores-death-of-transgendered-colo-teen/
    http://archive.cortezjournal.com/archives/1news2006.htm
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hate-crimes-media-and-emt_b_334566
    Two Spirits (2009) from filmmaker Lydia Nibley
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode 180: Claire and Natasha Peernock | A Planned Murder

    Episode 180: Claire and Natasha Peernock | A Planned Murder
    Jun 2 2024
    In the early morning hours of July 22, 1987 a mother and daughter were found in a car wreckage. An first responders worked to save the women's lives they quickly realized the crash had been no accident...

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    Sources:
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/175480928/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/403006838/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/176359550/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/334357576/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/67978002/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
    A Checklist for Murder by Anthony Flacco

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Episode 179: The Abduction and Murder of Alexis Murphy

    Episode 179: The Abduction and Murder of Alexis Murphy
    May 19 2024
    On August 3, 2013, just weeks before beginning her senior year of high school, 17 year old Alexis Murphy left her family home after telling her mother that she was going to spend the day shopping in Lynchburg, VA. Unfortunately Alexis never returned home that night so her mother reported her missing to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Department. Within a week investigators would find a suspect, but it would take years for the family of Alexis Murphy to receive justice.

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    Sources:
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/987401891/
    https://www.oakridgeestate.com/
    https://www.missinginillinois.org/post/samantha-ann-clarke-19-september-14-2010-orange-virginia
    https://twitter.com/AugensteinWTOP/status/1362167909259358210/photo/1
    https://wtop.com/virginia/2021/03/alexis-murphys-killer-led-authorities-to-her-remains-remains-focal-point-in-virginia-murder-of-samantha-clarke/
    https://wset.com/archive/the-search-for-alexis-murphy-a-timeline
    https://wset.com/news/local/remains-of-alexis-murphy-missing-since-2013-found-in-lovingston
    https://www.c-ville.com/inside-the-randy-allen-taylor-trial-jury-rejects-defendants-claims-delivers-murder-conviction/
    https://www.wsls.com/news/2015/05/11/appeal-denied-for-randy-taylor-man-found-guilty-of-killing-alexis-murphy/
    https://www.12onyourside.com/story/26095068/randy-taylor-sentenced-to-in-death-of-alexis-murphy/
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Episode 178: Jasmine Block | A Disappearance into the Night

    Episode 178: Jasmine Block | A Disappearance into the Night
    May 5 2024
    On the night of August 8, 2017 15 year old Jasmine Block seemingly disappeared into thin air. When her mother returned home after only being gone an hour that night Jasmine’s cell phone was near the couch which she had left her daughter sitting on. Join me as I tell John the case of Jasmine Block.

    Trigger Warning: Sexual assault and descriptions of extreme violence

    Correction: John told me to let you know he was wrong about St. Paul and he apologizes to all Minnesotans!

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    Sources:
    https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/jasmine-blocks-mom-shares-kidnapping-story/89-472038358#:~:text=%22Sleep%20is%20hard%2C%22%20Sarah,daughter%2C%20Jasmine%2C%20was%20missing.
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/442436194/?match=1&terms=jasmine%20block
    https://frankweberauthor.com/blog/alexandria-teenager-jasmine-block
    https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/jasmine-blocks-mom-shares-kidnapping-story/89-472038358
    https://frankweberauthor.com/blog/alexandria-teenager-jasmine-block
    https://www.echopress.com/news/barker-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison
    https://www.echopress.com/news/holby-sentenced-to-less-than-eight-years-second-man-in-jasmine-block-case-sent-to-prison#:~:text=Sarah%20Block%20said%20she%20is,has%20already%20spent%20in%20jail.
    https://www.echopress.com/news/powers-pleads-guilty-in-kidnapping-case-sentencing-set-for-january
    https://www.twincities.com/2018/11/21/third-man-pleads-guilty-to-abducting-alexandria-girl-holding-her-captive-till-she-escaped/
    https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/retired-farmer-gives-reward-money-to-kidnapped-teen

    Polaris Project
    ​​https://polarisproject.org/blog/2020/08/what-we-know-about-how-child-sex-trafficking-happens/
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Episode 177: Roylynn Rides Horse | Three Miles on Castle Rock Rd

    Episode 177: Roylynn Rides Horse | Three Miles on Castle Rock Rd
    Apr 21 2024
    On April 17, 2016 A motorist found the burned, beaten, and frostbit body of a woman on a desolate stretch of Highway 212 in the Crow Reservation in Montana. Miraculously she was still alive. Join me as I tell John the case of Roylynn Rides Horse and the senseless act of violence that left her in the condition in which she was found.

    Trigger Warning: domestic violence, extreme violence

    ** Correction: the time between the murder of Hanna Harris and Roylynn Rides Horse was 3 years not 9, I apologize.**

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    Sourcing:
    Map showing distance from Kirby Saloon to Castle Rock Road
    https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-sanchez-1064
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/pr/busby-man-sentenced-life-murder-woman
    https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3642&context=mulr#:~:text=Misprision%20of%20felony%20is%20defined,respect%20of%20the%20other's%20crime.
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/480228813/?match=1&terms=roylynn%20rideshorse
    https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2018/12/21/man-gets-life-sentence-burning-woman-crow-reservation/2393219002/
    Investigation Discovery Show: Dead Silence Season 4 Episode 8
    https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-woman-dies-after-being-beaten-burned-on-crow-2016jun28-story.html
    https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/slain-womans-last-words-cant-be-used-in-trial-judge-rules
    https://www.niwrc.org/restoration-magazine/february-2018/call-action-declare-may-5-2018-national-day-awareness-missing
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 176: Nadia Kajouji and Mark Drybrough | The Chatroom

    Episode 176: Nadia Kajouji and Mark Drybrough | The Chatroom
    Apr 7 2024
    Today’s case spans three countries and the course of ten years. It begins as separate tragic cases of young individuals who are in crisis, but when a 64 year old self-admitted armchair detective got involved she slowly began to connect all the dots…something horrible was happening on the internet.

    Trigger Warnings: Today’s case deals with discussions surround suicide and suicide ideations

    Resources:
    Suicide Prevention resources
    The national suicide prevention lifeline is now 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline)
    You could also call 1800-273- TALK (8255)
    Learn the warning signs for suicide
    International Suicide prevention hotline lists
    Yourlifecounts.org

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    Sources:
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/kajouji-s-video-diary-shows-path-to-suicide-1.802270
    https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/parents-plea-for-help-to-find-missing-daughter-1.282736
    https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/angels/melchert_dinkel/1.html
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mn-supreme-court/1660689.html
    Newspaper.com archives from the Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Battle Creek Enquirer, and New York Times
    Death on the Web miniseries
    Web of Lies (ID)
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    1 hr and 31 mins