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Going West: True Crime

Daphne Woolsoncroft and Heath Merryman discuss haunting details of different disappearance and murder cases week by week. New episodes released every Tuesday and Friday.

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Murder on the Bluebelle // 359 Nov 26, 2023

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In November of 1961, five passengers on a luxury sailboat bound for Florida were murdered, one by one, by someone on board – with a single occupant surviving the attack. Days passed as she floated in the ocean awaiting rescue, hoping to live to tell the tale of what really transpired that night on board the ship. This is the story of the Murder on the Bluebelle, otherwise known as the Duperrault family massacre.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Honey: https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/women-who-survived-terry-jo-duperrault-sea-orphan-found-stranded-at-sea/1bdfb4c9-d89c-4461-9d37-1a83b27e6f41

2. The Kansas City Star: https://www.newspapers.com/image/658844283/?terms=terry%20jo%20duperrault&match=1

3. Extraordinary Lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf4ICs4my2E

4. The Today Show: https://www.today.com/popculture/orphaned-sea-tere-now-tells-story-wbna36964672

5. American Air Museum: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/julian-arthur-harvey

6. Fort Lauderdale News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/271875944/?terms=terry%20jo%20duperrault

7. Green Bay Press Gazette: https://www.newspapers.com/image/190427828/?terms=arthur%20duperrault&match=1

8. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-em-alone-orphaned-on-the-ocean/#:~:text=Terry%20Jo%20then%20spent%20four,1961.

9. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/terry-jo-duperrault

10. The Today Show: https://www.today.com/news/murder-rampage-left-girl-orphaned-adrift-2d80555998

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Sarah Saganitso // 358 Nov 21, 2023

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In June of 1987, a 40-year-old Navajo woman left to work a night shift at an Arizona medical center, and never returned home. When her body was found nearby the next day, it was clear she had been murdered. But after a potentially coerced confession, and talks of a native legend being to blame, who was really responsible for her slaying? This is the story of Sarah Saganitso.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Arizona Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516639435/?terms=Sarah%20Saganitso&match=1

2. Arizona Daily Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516638192/?terms=%22Sarah%20Saganitso%22&match=1

3. Truth of Skinwalkers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKg1pYvhIYw

4. Navajo Traditional Teachings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC6ImkQLohE

5. Beyond Skinwalker Ranch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYccS3r95GU

6. Arizona Daily Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/515996758/?terms=%22Sarah%20Saganitso%22&match=1

7. Arizona Republic: https://www.newspapers.com/image/121028439/

8. The Skeptical Juror: http://www.skepticaljuror.com/2010_09_22_archive.html

9. Arizona Daily Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516327855/?terms=%22Sarah%20Saganitso%22&match=1

10. Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/skinwalker-cryptid-ocker

11. Arizona Daily Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516639130/?terms=george%20abney%20guillermo%20vasquez&match=1

12. The Sacramento Bee: https://www.newspapers.com/image/624999114/?terms=%22Sarah%20Saganitso%22&match=1

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Carol Stuart // 357 Nov 18, 2023

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In October of 1989, a 30-year-old pregnant woman was murdered after being apprehended at a stoplight in Boston. When her injured husband called police to explain what happened, an intense investigation began, revealing a surprising suspect. This is the story of Carol Stuart.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Carol's FInd A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6665018/carol-ann-stuart

2. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/439756203/?match=1

3. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/439758452/?terms=carol%20stuart&match=1

4. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/04/us/new-doubt-as-jury-takes-up-stuart-case.html

5. Cold Blood: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.40a9f73b-c819-0412-a94b-2ae3d509e272?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_ovf__pvc_truecrime&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_ovf__pvc_truecrime-20

6. CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/charles-and-carol-stuart-shooting-willie-bennett-interview-wbz-tv-cheryl-fiandaca/

7. CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/willie-bennetts-family-recalls-stuart-case-22-years-later/

8. Tampa Bay Times: https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-the-stuart-family-crime/21342825/

9. Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/01/04/they-were-treated-like-animals-murder-hoax-that-made-bostons-black-community-target/

10. The Huntington News: https://huntnewsnu.com/7206/campus/resident-writes-of-rich-mission-hill-history/#:~:text=The%20area%20was%20deemed%20dangerous,on%20a%20nondescript%20black%20person.

11. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/439851664/?terms=matthew%20stuart&match=1

12. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/444547447/?terms=%22matthew%20stuart%22%20carol%20stuart&match=1

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Arlis Perry // 356 Nov 10, 2023

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In October of 1974, a 19-year-old woman headed to her church at midnight after she and her husband got into an argument. But when she didn’t return home that night, her husband reported her missing. When her body was found inside in a ritualistic manner just hours later, police began a painstaking investigation. Decades later, when a DNA match was made, a shocking ending came to her case. This is the story of Arlis Perry.

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CASE SOURCES

https://abc7news.com/san-jose-shooting-murder-stanford-memorial-church/3677065/

https://padailypost.com/2018/11/21/sheriff-arrests-suspect-in-1974-murder-of-stanford-grad/

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/50-years-after-the-stanford-murders-three-of-four-families-have-answers

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-44-year-killing-shoots-death-police-close/story?id=56262649#:~:text=Stephen%20Blake%20Crawford%2C%2072%2C%20had,Santa%20Clara%20County%20Sheriff%27s%20Office.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/alleged-stanford-serial-killer-convicted-1974-murder-football-legend-chuck-taylors-daughter/U3EQYWHSORGZTOMUYLEYTOKCBA/

https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/10/murder-at-memorial-church-remains-unsolved-40-years-later/

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/how-is-murder-of-arlis-perry-connected-to-son-of-sam-case

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79959583/arlis-kay-perry

https://abc7news.com/san-jose-shooting-murder-stanford-memorial-church/3677065/

https://thecinemaholic.com/arlis-perrys-murder-did-stephen-crawford-kill-her-how-did-he-die/

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Jasmine Pace // 355 Nov 08, 2023

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In November of 2022, a 22-year-old woman went missing after visiting her mom’s house in Tennessee. After curiously texting her mom her location in the middle of the night, and posting something suspicious to Facebook, the investigation, led heavily by her mom, narrowed in on one possible culprit. This is the story of Jasmine Pace.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Jasmine's Obituary: https://www.lane-southcrestchapel.com/tributes/Jasmine-Pace

2. News Channel 9: https://newschannel9.com/news/local/bond-hearing-delayed-for-suspect-charged-in-chattanooga-womans-death-jason-chen-jasmine-pace-suck-creek-road-homicide-murder#

3. News Channel 9: https://newschannel9.com/news/local/gone-too-soon-jasmine-pace-honored-at-funeral-by-family-friends-in-red-bank-thursday

4. Jasmine's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246234886/jasmine-nicole-pace

5. Local 3 News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lscD1HE7OI8

6. Local 3 News: https://www.local3news.com/local-news/tiktok-points-out-fake-pictures-of-jason-chen-expert-explains-protection-measures/article_78b61f7c-71b1-11ed-bbf4-930ea19e72aa.html

7. Motion to Vacate Indictment: https://www.scribd.com/document/650878225/Chen-Motion#fullscreen&from_embed

8. News Channel 9: https://newschannel9.com/news/local/chattanooga-womans-accused-killer-has-preliminary-hearing-thursday-jason-chen-jasmine-pace-homicide-stab-stabbing-knife-suitcase

9. WDEF: https://www.wdef.com/probable-cause-found-to-continue-murder-case-against-jason-chen/

10. Fox 17: https://fox17.com/news/local/chattanooga-police-search-for-missing-woman

11. Heavy: https://heavy.com/news/jason-chen-jasmine-pace/

12. News Channel 9: https://newschannel9.com/news/local/suspect-in-jasmine-paces-death-appears-in-court-friday-jason-chen-homicide-chattanooga?fbclid=IwAR2YZfcDAgfGEb1yORH3Mnv1SakBeStkqQNC1jqZDuOxT6uGFqvAz6hPKKU

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Gitchie Manitou Murders // 354 Nov 03, 2023

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In November of 1973, five teenage friends were attacked while they sat around a campfire at a local state reserve. After killing four of them, the final girl was taken into a van before being dropped off at home, able to share her story with the police in hopes of catching the monsters behind it all. This is the story of Sandra Cheskey, Roger Essem, Stewart Baade, Dana Baade, and Michael Hadrath. Also known as Gitchie Girl, and the Gitchie Manitou Murders.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/395258

2. Sioux City Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/497248567/?terms=gitchie%20girl&match=1

3. Kingsport Times:

4. Des Moines Register: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime/1/01/01/sole-survivor-of-brutal-1973-slayings-finds-strength-to-tell-her-story/3726397/

5. The Holland Evening Sentinel: https://www.newspapers.com/image/11889310/?terms=gitchie%20manitou%20murders&match=1

6. No One Can Hear You Scream: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.1832f18f-dfdf-4b3f-ba26-3e7d7bb7b24d?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv-20

7. Argus-Leader: https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2021/11/16/gitchie-manitou-murders-1973-survivor-sandra-cheskey-fryer-brothers-south-dakota-iowa/8637229002/

8. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-allen-david-and-james-fryer-now/

9. Argus-Leader: https://www.newspapers.com/image/238916630/?terms=%22michael%20hadrath%22&match=1

10. Murderpedia: https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/fryer-brothers.htm

11. Argus-Leader: https://argusleader.newspapers.com/image/238916994/?clipping_id=48458612&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjIzODkxNjk5NCwiaWF0IjoxNjk4MTk1NjY4LCJleHAiOjE2OTgyODIwNjh9.V2kgk_9wvFxXqbh9tu2OrYcId4Vr0BfWVUtY-MwNpUU

12. Argus-Leader: https://www.newspapers.com/image/239091110/?terms=allen%20fryer%20escape&match=1

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Addie Hall // 353 Oct 31, 2023

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In October of 2006, police responded to a call about someone jumping from the roof of a New Orleans hotel. When they arrived, they found a note in the man’s pocket, confessing to committing a horrific crime just streets away. But when police reported to the apartment in question, the circumstances of the crime were more shocking than they’d imagined. This is the story of Addie Hall and Zack Bowen.

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CASE SOURCES

https://vocal.media/criminal/the-horror-house-of-new-orleans

https://medium.com/p/6802cff46eb6

https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/zack-addie/

https://www.ranker.com/list/zack-and-addie-new-orleans/patrick-thornton

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18823332/adriane-mathias-hall

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Sister Tadea Benz // 352 Oct 28, 2023

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On Halloween night, 1981, a nun was murdered by a mysterious intruder in the Saint Francis Convent in Amarillo, Texas. Scrambling to put someone behind bars for this heinous crime, as well as others of its kind in the area, police accepted the help of a psychic. And soon after, they arrested the teenager they felt was responsible. But now, more than forty years later, the community is still wondering, was he really behind it? This is the murder of Sister Tadea Benz.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Tadea's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18771982/tadea-benz

2. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/johnny-frank-garrett

3. Johnny's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143181388/johnny-frank-garrett

4. The York Dispatch: https://www.newspapers.com/image/614765114/?terms=tadea%20benz&match=1

5. KFDA: https://www.newschannel10.com/story/15894338/halloween-murder-reserected-30-years-later/

6. Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/486178324/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=1

7. Change.org: https://www.change.org/p/rep-louie-gohmert-clear-the-name-of-a-man-who-was-killed-on-death-row-for-a-crime-he-didn-t-commit

8. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/26/Nuns-who-found-Sister-Tadea-Benz-dead-in-her/3024399182400/

9. Chron: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lawyer-takes-1981-case-of-executed-man-1524310.php

10. The Press Democrat: https://www.newspapers.com/image/296684921/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=1

11. The Daily Progress: https://www.newspapers.com/image/965590557/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=1

12. The Herald-Palladium: https://www.newspapers.com/image/365953955/?terms=tadea%20benz%20%22obituary%22%20&match=1

13. Bloodshed Books: http://www.bloodshedbooks.com/upfiles/l68.pdf

14. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/05/A-police-investigator-brought-hair-and-fabric-samples-to/5165373784400/

15. The Skeptical Juror: http://www.skepticaljuror.com/2010/04/fine-folks-of-amarillo-wanted-justice.html

16. Paranormal Catalog: https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/unexplained-phenomena/the-curse-of-johnny-frank-garret

17. Murderpedia: https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/garret-johnny-frank.htm

18. MyPlainview: https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Man-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-45-years-for-1981-8547291.php

19. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/04/Police-have-suspect-in-rape-slaying-of-nun/7073373698000/

20. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/03/Teenager-gets-death-sentence-for-nuns-rape-murder/7874399873600/

21. Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1991/14992-02-4.html#:~:text=In%201982%20applicant%20was%20convicted,Garrett%20v.

22. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/642980263/?terms=johnny%20frank%20garrett&match=1

23. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/642946304/?terms=tadea%20benz&match=1

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Davina Buff Jones // 351 Oct 24, 2023

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In October of 1999, a police officer reported near a lighthouse on a North Carolina island, when she was killed after arrival. With her fellow officers botching the crime scene, years of speculation followed about the circumstances regarding her death. Was it a murder? An accident? A suicide? To her loved ones, the conclusion was clear. This is the story of Davina Buff Jones.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Davina's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26388583/davina-elaine-jones

2. Charlotte Magazine: https://www.charlottemagazine.com/shadows-by-the-sea/

3. Asheville Citizen-Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/198711857/?terms=davina%20buff%20jones&match=1

4. The Herald-Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/794046853/?terms=davina%20buff%20jones&match=1

5. Still A Mystery: https://www.amazon.com/North-Carolina-Unsolved/dp/B09NV5GDRN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CTIVXGAMLORD&keywords=still+a+mystery+davina+jones&qid=1696367772&sprefix=still+amaystery+davina+jone%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1

6. Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2012/06/25/analysis-of-13-year-mysterious-death-of-cape-fear-police-woman/?sh=7083fc336ebd

7. Casetext: https://casetext.com/case/buff-v-nc-law-enforcement-offices

8. Star News Online: https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2003/10/25/officers-death-still-leaves-questions/30528827007/

9. Harriet's Obituary: https://coastalcremationsnc.com/obituaries/harriet-emily-buff/

10. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1ofb16/murder_of_officer_davina_buff_jones/

11. ABC11: https://abc11.com/archive/8661279/

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Natalee Holloway // 350 Oct 20, 2023

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In May of 2005, a large group of Alabama high school students headed off to Aruba for an unofficial graduation trip. The day before they were all set to leave, an 18-year-old girl from the group went off with young men from a bar and wasn't seen again. When the rest of the students headed back home with no sight of her, an intense investigation began, with the prime suspect confessing numerous times, including just recently on October 18, 2023. But is he telling the truth? This is the story of Natalee Holloway.

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CASE SOURCES

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/natalee-holloway-van-der-sloot-news/45564407

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/natalee-ann-holloway

https://www.deseret.com/2005/6/12/19896907/lax-supervision-on-aruba-trip

https://www.foxnews.com/story/transcript-holloway-chaperone-speaks-out

https://www.eonline.com/news/1388112/joran-van-der-sloot-confessed-to-brutal-murder-of-natalee-holloway-judge-says

https://abcnews.go.com/International/caused-death-van-der-sloots-gory-peru-murder/story?id=10923141#:~:text=I%20had%20blood%20on%20my,of%20his%20assault%20on%20her.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/world/natalee-holloway-new-tip/index.html

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