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FROM THE VAULT: Cecil Gaddy Nov 13, 2025

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Due to a tragic circumstance when he was sixteen, Cecil Gaddy knew loss, and he learned to be resilient. But no amount of inner strength could have saved him from the circumstances in which he found himself only three years later-- circumstances that resulted in his untimely death. Even though Cecil Gaddy’s death was ruled an accident, odd details of the crime scene and confusing details on the death certificate make us realize that this case deserves a second look.

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FROM THE VAULT: Little Miss Panasoffkee Nov 07, 2025

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We never knew that our bodies could give so much of our personal backgrounds, until we heard about the science in this case. Could that science, in turn, lead to answers in the murder of Little Miss Panasoffkee?

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Gloria Ramirez Nov 06, 2025

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On February 19, 1994, at Riverside General Hospital in California, 31-year-old Gloria Ramirez—a mother of two battling late-stage cervical cancer—was rushed into the ER struggling to breathe. But what began as a desperate fight to save her life quickly spiraled into one of the most baffling medical mysteries in modern history.

What happened inside the trauma bay that night would terrify even the most seasoned medical professionals and leave scientists arguing for decades. Was it mass hysteria, a freak chemical chain reaction, or something no one wanted to admit?

In this episode, we unpack the case of Gloria Ramirez—the woman the media would later call “The Toxic Lady”—and explore how one night’s chaos still defies logic and science alike.

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Ellen Greenberg Update Part 2 Oct 31, 2025

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PART TWO:

On January 26, 2011, twenty-seven-year-old first-grade teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her Philadelphia apartment with twenty-three stab wounds and more than thirty bruises. Despite the violence of the scene, her death was ruled a suicide—a ruling that has been challenged for more than a decade by Ellen’s parents, Josh and Sandee Greenberg. The case has since become one of the most hotly debated unsolved deaths in the country, raising questions about investigative integrity, forensic inconsistencies, and what justice really looks like when institutions close ranks.

In this two-part episode, we revisit Ellen’s case through the lens of the Hulu documentary Death in Apartment 603 and the newly released 2025 report by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lindsay Simon, which once again reaffirms suicide as the official manner of death. We unpack the new findings, the conflicting expert opinions, and the haunting contradictions that still surround the case. Join us as we look closer at a case where every answer seems to lead to another question.

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Ellen Greenberg Update Part 1 Oct 30, 2025

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FROM THE VAULT: Ellen Greenberg Oct 24, 2025

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We first brought you this case in July 2020, when Maggie covered it solo. We’re re-issuing it now because there have been developments—and Maggie and I will be sitting down together to discuss the updates in a new companion episode. On January 26, 2011, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg left school early ahead of a snowstorm and headed home to the Venice Lofts. A locked door. A phone that goes unanswered. Plans for the future still sitting on the counter. What happened in that quiet stretch of late afternoon that turned routine into nightmare?

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Amanda Antoni Oct 23, 2025

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It was supposed to be a quiet weekend. On October 24, 2015, in the Castleridge neighborhood of Calgary, Alberta, 31-year-old Amanda Antoni stayed home alone to recover from a migraine while her husband was hundreds of miles away. The two spoke on the phone that evening, sharing the kind of small-talk conversation every couple has—until a strange sound broke through the line. Moments later, the call went dead. When Amanda’s husband returned home two days later, the house was silent… except for the frantic barking of their dog and the eerie evidence that something terrible had happened in the basement.

What followed was one of the most perplexing and heartbreaking investigations Calgary police had ever faced. The evidence told two stories—one of a violent attack, the other of an inexplicable accident. Was Amanda the victim of foul play? A tragic fall? Or could something else entirely have happened in those final moments?

Nearly a decade later, Amanda’s family is still searching for the truth—and so are we. If you have any information about the mysterious death of Amanda Antoni, please contact the Calgary Police Service at 403-266-1234 or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at https://calgarycrimestoppers.org/how-to-submit-a-tip/

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Shannon Collins Part 2 Oct 17, 2025

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When 52-year-old Shannon Lee Collins vanished from his home in Pottsville, Arkansas, on March 12, 2021, there were no tire tracks leading away, no note left behind—just silence. A phone that suddenly went dark. A man who never missed a call simply stopped answering.

At first, his loved ones were told he’d left on his own. But as the months passed, the stories about where he’d gone began to shift—and the truth grew harder to ignore. Why hadn’t anyone in his home reported him missing? Why were there so many conflicting explanations about the last time anyone saw him? And what secrets were buried behind those small-town walls?

In this two-part series, we follow Shannon’s brother, Blake, and his sister, Holly, as they piece together a puzzle built on contradictions.

If you know anything about the disappearance of Shannon Lee Collins, please contact the Pope County Sheriff’s Office at 479-968-2558. To learn more about how you can support Shannon’s family, email ⁠ShareShannonsStory@gmail.com⁠, donate to their GoFundMe at ⁠gofund.me/6362b47⁠, and follow their ongoing efforts on Facebook at ⁠Share Shannon’s Story⁠

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Shannon Collins Part 1 Oct 16, 2025

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In this two-part series, we follow Shannon’s brother, Blake, and his sister, Holly, as they piece together a puzzle built on contradictions.

If you know anything about the disappearance of Shannon Lee Collins, please contact the Pope County Sheriff’s Office at 479-968-2558.
To learn more about how you can support Shannon’s family, email ShareShannonsStory@gmail.com, donate to their GoFundMe at gofund.me/6362b47, and follow their ongoing efforts on Facebook at Share Shannon’s Story

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Amy Bechtel Oct 02, 2025

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On July 24, 1997, 24-year-old Amy Wroe Bechtel set out for what should have been an ordinary afternoon near Lander, Wyoming. A rising athlete with Olympic dreams, Amy was in the middle of mapping the course for a 10K race she was organizing. By the end of the day, her white Toyota station wagon sat abandoned, her to-do list unfinished, and Amy herself was nowhere to be found. Despite a massive search effort that involved hundreds of people, cadaver dogs, and aircraft, no trace of Amy was ever recovered.

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