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Episode 146 - Special Announcement! & Something From The Vault Jan 11, 2023

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Please join us for a 2022 recap, some teasers of what 2023 will bring, an exciting special announcement, and something fun from the vault!
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Where we stayed up north:
This place was AMAZING!
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The Luckiest Unluckiest Man
A Croatian man named Frane Selak has got to be either the luckiest man alive or the unluckiest. Whether you’re someone who sees the glass as being half full or half empty, Frane’s glass has definitely been filled with deadly misadventures.
Writing and Research:
Stephanie Moore

Introducing SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow Jan 09, 2023

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For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every lead had fizzled. Every person of interest had turned out to be a dead end.

Then, in 2019, Jonelle’s remains were unearthed near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. With the discovery came a troubling new question: Had the truth been hiding in plain sight the entire time? Was the man who couldn’t stop obsessing over Jonelle’s disappearance also the person who took her? From Campside Media and Wondery comes season two of SUSPECT. Former CNN reporter Ashley Fantz and executive producers Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson (Suspect, Over My Dead Body) dig into one of the most mind-bending cold cases in modern history, in an attempt to separate fact and fiction, compulsion from guilt, and true-crime fandom from a motive for murder.

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Episode 145 - The Nashville Bombing Dec 19, 2022

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Join us as we take a look at a terrifying event that shook the downtown core of Nashville Tennessee.
You’ll hear how what was supposed to be a peaceful and joyful day was interrupted by one of the most bizarre and eerie sets of events we’ve ever covered, with brave men and women in uniform risking their lives to prevent mass casualties. Leading some Nashville residents to call it a Christmas miracle.
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Brandon Hall - https://musiccity911.com
Mike Browne - https://darkpoutine.com
Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:
MNPD Officers Recount Christmas Morning Bombing
Wikipedia
Tennessean Timeline
Nashville Street to Reopen One Year After
Heavy.com
First Coast News
Daily Mail #1
U.S. Sun
Daily Mail #2
Throckmorton 911 Call
Friend Remembers Anthony
New York Times
New York Times #2
FBI Report on Findings
Mysterious Packages Sent
Downtown Bombing After-Action Report MNPD
News Channel 5 Writings Reveal Belief in Aliens and Lizard People
Wikipedia
Pamela Perry Interview News 5

Episode 144 - Murder At The St. Regis - The Death of Sheila Mack Dec 05, 2022

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On August 12th, 2014 at a luxurious resort in Bali, Heather Mack and her boyfriend Tommy Shaefer loaded a suitcase into the back of a waiting taxi.
They told the driver they’d be back shortly. They just needed to finish checking out. But after waiting two whole hours, they never returned.
When Hotel security popped the trunk of the cab to remove the suitcase, they noticed something smeared on the abandoned luggage...it appeared to be blood.
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Research & Writing:
Ellie Hayes
Sources:
CBS News
Daily Mail UK
NBC Chicago
ABC KHQA
Baltimore Sun
Chicago Tribune
Oak Park
NY Post
Confession

Episode 143 - The Disappearance of Jacob Millison Nov 21, 2022

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If you’ve ever watched shows like Yellowstone - you know that sometimes out west on a Ranch, there are secrets: secrets never supposed to leave the corral.
This was something a ranch hand would discover firsthand, in Gunnison, Colorado in 2017, after witnessing two other ranchers, uncover something horrific. While digging in the horse corral with a backhoe…they unearthed what appeared to be rib bones…human rib bones - poking out from a dirty white sheet of plastic.
It was at that moment the ranch hand was told: “You know you can’t ever leave now, right?”
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:
The Atlantic
Denver Post
Office of the District Attorney
Dateline: Trouble at the 7-11 Ranch
Oxygen
Crested Butte News
Mercury News
Daily Mail
Denver Post
Gunnison Country Times

Episode 142 - 7 Minutes Nov 07, 2022

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Monday, April 23rd, 2018 was a surprisingly warm day in Toronto, Ontario, causing residents to be out in droves, ditching their winter coats, eager to enjoy the sunshine.
Among those taking advantage of the warmer weather, was 68 year old Catherine Riddell, headed to the library off of Yonge Street, when a van suddenly struck her from behind.
The vehicle had hit Catherine with such force, it sent her body flying in the air, before crashing through a transit shelter.
The strange thing was, Catherine hadn’t been hit crossing the street. She’d been walking on the sidewalk.
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Research & Writing:
Dennis LM Lewis
Featured Podcast:
Strictly Stalkinghttps://www.podcastone.com/pd/Strictly-Stalking

Sources:
Professor Michael Halpin’s full interviews with Mark Torrender can be viewed on the Talk Beliefs YouTube channel here:
“GENERATION INCEL – Inside the Mind of an Involuntary Celibate – with Sociologist MICHAEL HALPIN”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeB1C3Xllz0
“A Brief History of Incels – with Sociologist MICHAEL HALPIN”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6zQnF9YKUA
Information about Talk Beliefs’ other work and interviews can be found on their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/talkbeliefs/
Information about Professor Michael Halpin’s research can be found on his website:
http://www.michaelallanhalpin.com/
Toronto Life
Toronto Star
Magazine Civatis
Global News
Global News #2
CTV News
National Post
John Minassian - Full Police Interrogation
www.scribd.com/document/483840651/John-Minasssian-Trial
autismcanada.org/autism-canada-John-minassian-press-release/
ryersonian.ca/toronto-van-killer-lied-about-communicating-with-mass-murderers/
www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/11/i-was-like-how-did-he-get-a-van-inside-the-life-of-John-minassian-the-toronto-van-rampage-suspect-no-one-thought-capable-of-murder.html
www.michaeldyck.ca/blog/2022/6/28/does-canada-have-a-version-of-miranda-rights
www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/25/toronto-police-holding-presser-wednesday-on-const-ken-lam-arresting-officer-in-toronto-van-rampage.html.
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/rr03_la4-rr03_aj4/p4.html
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/rr06_1/p1.html
www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/11/19/forensic-psychiatrist-who-interviewed-alex-minassian-back-on-the-stand-thursday.html
www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/miranda-rights
www.scribd.com/document/496836379/Minassian-Full-Reasons-for-Judgement-002
www.youtube.com/watch?v=167e9q9RzXo
www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/world/canada/toronto-van-alek-minassian.html

Episode 141 - Ironclad Alibi Oct 23, 2022

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On the night of December 3rd, 1997 Frank Dosso was supposed to be home from work by 5:30 pm, just in time to celebrate his twin daughters’ 10th birthday. But when he never showed up, his family drove out to his office looking for him.
When they arrived they discovered, what would later be described as the worst mass murder in the history of Polk County Florida.
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
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Christina Crane
Featured Podcast:
Murderifichttp://murderific.com

Sources:
Amended Initial Brief
Initial Brief
Appeal decision March 2011
Initial Brief 2013
Postconviction denial appeal
Los Crimenes de Bartow
Initial Motion for Post-Conviction Relief
The Ledger
Murderpedia
How Much Is A Life Worth?
To catch a killer CBS
Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights
NelsonSerrano.org

Episode 140 - Abduction At Big Sky Oct 09, 2022

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In the early 1980s, many of the staff at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky Montana were like a close-knit family, both working and living together on the property. Not only did the Lone Mountain actually function as a working cattle ranch, it also offered luxury guest accommodations for tourists looking to get a taste of the Old West.
On a hot July day in 1984, one of the staff members had decided to go out for a run along a well-used trail through the scenic beauty of the surrounding area and never returned.
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:
Victims: The Kari Swenson Story
Incident at Big Sky
LA Times
Wikipedia
Don Nichols Released (Guardian)
Dan Nichols Drug Charges
Kari Swenson Op-Ed Bozeman Chronicle 2012
Carnegie Hero (Alan)
Sports Illustrated (Terror in the Wilderness)
Homestead Act
Lone Mountain Ranch
30 for 30 Out of the Woods

Episode 139 - Urge To Kill Sep 25, 2022

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Join us, as we take a look at the case of the Frankston Serial Killer. You’ll hear how three young women became victims of a remorseless murderer who chose his victims at random, striking whenever he felt the urge to kill.
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Dr. Sohom Das
https://www.youtube.com/c/apsychforsoreminds
Phil
https://classicedge.ca
Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:
The Frankston Murders 25 Years On (2018) - Vikki Petraitis
No Mercy, No Remorse (Documentary)
Forensic Investigators Season 1 Episode 1
University of New England (Australia)
The Age (August 28, 1994)
The Age (June 15, 1993)
The Age (August 2, 1993)
Paul Denyer (wiki)
Murderpedia
9 News Australia
Sadistic Personality Disorder (wiki)
Vice

Episode 138 - Partners In Crime Sep 11, 2022

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