OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD KILLER
Oct 27, 2020
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Join host Ryan Kraus for a comprehensive psychological analysis of the Oakland County Child Killer.
Fire Down Below: Stephen Paddock
Oct 01, 2020
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Join host Ryan Kraus for a compelling journey into the tortured mind of infamous 2017 Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, whose murderous rampage ended abruptly in suicide, and subsequently left a stunned, silent nation without answers to the most important question one could ask: why?
Creating a Strategy for Manipulating Anatomy: Cindy James
Aug 19, 2020
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In late 1982, a nurse from Richmond, BC, Canada started receiving calls from a mysterious man who would increasingly terrorize and stalk her over the course of the next 7 years in what amounted to nearly 100 encounters between the two of them.During this time, the police made every attempt possible to apprehend the culprit through extensive surveillance, but were never able to identify the presence of an outside party in these incidents.Accordingly, the situation continued to get worse, and Cindy eventually disappeared, only to be discovered dead two weeks later lying in the grass outside of an abandoned house. To this day, however, the nature of her fate remains a mystery, and the stalker's identity is unknown.Was it suicide… or murder?Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating exploration of the human psyche in an effort to bring the truth to light.
The Lewis Clark Valley Murders Part 3: Civic Theater
Aug 03, 2020
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On the night of September 12, 1982, 21-year-old Kristina Nelson and her 18-year-old stepsister Jacqueline “Brandy” Miller left Kristina’s Lewiston, ID apartment on foot, heading out to do laundry and buy groceries. A note was found at the residence informing Kristina’s boyfriend to make himself at home because they’d be right back. They never returned.Later that same evening, only blocks away, 35-year-old janitor and set painter Stephen Pearsall was dropped off by his girlfriend at the Civic Theater, where he’d been working earlier in the night. He decided to return to do laundry and practice his clarinet. Once the door closed, though, he was never seen again.Authorities initially believed Stephen Pearsall might have abducted the young women, but it’s soon revealed another man was in the theater too. Intrigued by the possibility he might have been involved in Stephen’s disappearance, law enforcement investigated his whereabouts that night, only to learn that Kristina and Brandy would have crossed his path as well. To this day, however, the cases remain unsolved.Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating psychological evaluation of the Civic Theater disappearances in this final episode of the Lewis Clark Valley trilogy.
TOMB RAIDER: Carl Tanzler
Jul 27, 2020
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Join host Ryan Kraus for a very special episode as we delve deep into the darkest recesses of the human mind to uncover the truth about who we are. First is an extensive, in-depth discussion of the evolutionary trajectory of humanity, from the battlefield to the movie theater to creation of new universes. Following that, we’ll enter the weird, wacky, and strange mind of tomb raider Carl Tanzler, who preserved a dead young woman as his corpse bride in order to accommodate an irreconcilable emotional ailment that prevented him from being able to distinguish purpose in his work and passion in his love life, leading him to shortcut technology in search of a solution. But what resulted was an abomination of nature.
The Lewis Clark Valley Murders Part 2: Kristin David
Jul 19, 2020
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On the morning of June 26, 1981, 22-year-old college student Kristin David disappeared during a solo bike ride from Moscow, ID to Lewiston, ID. Despite numerous searches over the course of the next week, no trace of Kristin was found.But to the horror of the local community, her dismembered body was discovered in the Snake river on July 4, 1981, wrapped in newspapers that were stuffed inside trash bags. Join host Ryan Kraus for a strange psychological journey into the mind of a killer in an effort to bring his identity to light.
The Lewis Clark Valley Murders Part 1: Christina White
Jul 07, 2020
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On the afternoon of April 28, 1979, 12-year-old Christina White disappeared after leaving a friend's home on her bike in the town of Asotin, WA. While no one could have known it then, this would be the first of at least five unsolved disappearances and murders from 1979 - 1982 that would haunt the surrounding community to this day. Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological journey through the evolutionary logistics of the crime in an effort to unveil the perpetrator's identity.
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Jun 29, 2020
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Join host Ryan Kraus for an in-depth psychological examination of the infamous wrongful conviction of the Central Park Five.
Scams, Schemes & Ploys While Riding in Cars With Boys: Natalee Holloway
Jun 10, 2020
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Join host Ryan Kraus for a strange journey into the sensational 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
THE SPRINGFIELD THREE
May 26, 2020
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Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological exploration of the baffling, unsolved 1992 disappearances of Stacy McCall, Sherill Levitt, and Suzie Streeter in Springfield, MO.
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