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When Russell and Shirley Dermond failed to show up to a neighborhood Kentucky Derby party their neighbors were beginning to grow concerned. It wasn't like Russell and Shirley, who were very active in their upscale gated community to not only not show up, but to also not call or give an explanation as to why they weren't going to appear.

Neighbors were still concerned days later after several attempts to reach the Dermonds' went unanswered. Taking it upon themselves to conduct a welfare check, neighbors of the Dermonds' would discover a terribly gruesome sight.

In the Dermonds' garage, laying in a dried pool of blood was the decapitated body of 88-year-old Russell.

And things would only get worse when investigators realized that not only had Russell been murdered, but his 87-year-old wife Shirley was missing.

Who could have possibly wanted to harm Russell and Shirley?

In today's case we talk about the murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond.

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When Elliington police arrived at the Dabate home two days before Christmas in 2015, they were greeted with a shocking scene.

Richard Dabate was laying on the living room floor, tied to a folding chair that lay on top of him. His wife Connie lay dead, shot twice, in the other room.

The story Richard would tell police was terrifying- it was the story of 6'2 masked intruder with a voice like Vin Diesel. A man who would threaten the Dabate family if Richard did not give him his money and the pin numbers to his bank and credit cards. A man, who would discover that Connie had returned home from her spin class at the local YMCA and who would shoot her twice- leaving her dead and Richard fighting the man off with a blow torch.

A story that seemed like something that was far too crazy to be true- and investigators quickly seemed to think the same thing.

Was Connie Dabate murdered by a Vin Diesel sounding masked intruder? Or was Richard Dabate telling a story that was completely nuts?

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Adam Hecht had what seemed like a good life. Adam was not only smart and good looking, but he was also extremely kind according to people who knew him.

But when Adam befriends the mysterious Tony soon his personality would begin to change, and he would start spending more and more time away from his family and friends and more time venturing onto the rougher streets of California.

Adam would soon disappear but what happened to the 24-year-old tennis instructor would be left a mystery. Did Adam give up his lavish lifestyle to go live on the streets or did something far more sinister happen to Adam Hecht?

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 On Halloween night 1957, Peter Fabiano and his wife Betty are already asleep when they hear a knock on the door. Peter, of course, is annoyed that someone is trick or treating so late, but Peter gets up from his bed, grabs the bowl of candy reserved for trick or treaters and makes his way to the front door.

Unknown to Peter however, the masked person standing on the other end of the door is not looking for a treat- they are looking to murder.

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17-year-old Carla Walker was blonde and popular and was looking forward to going to college and maybe starting a life with her boyfriend Rodney Mccoy, the Western Hills Cougars star quarterback.

But the night of February 16th, 1974, would be the beginning of an unimaginable nightmare for not only Rodney, but also for Carla's family when Carla was abducted out of a bowling alley parking lot, all while her boyfriend Rodney sat helpless.

Carla's body would be discovered three days later, but this case would take another 46 years before anyone had an answer to the question: Who killed Carla Walker?

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It wasn't unusual for 13-year-old Mary Louise Day to run away, in fact, she had done it multiple times after her family had moved to Seaside California. What was unusual however, was that when Mary had run away sometime in July of 1981 her family never reported her missing nor seemed too concerned with where the teen had gone.

This was a fact that didn't sit too well with Mary's younger sister Sherrie, who as soon as she turned an adult would report her older sister missing.

But 22 years later, just as investigators are beginning to suspect that something sinister happened to Mary Day, a routine traffic stop would throw the entire investigation for a loop. A woman with the same name and same date of birth would soon claim she was the missing Mary- but was she really? Or was she, what detectives on the case thought she was....an imposter?

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20-year-old Angela (Angie) Hammond had plans to meet up with her boyfriend Rob after spending some time with another friend. But, as the night of April 4th, 1991, progressed Angie was starting to get tired. Without a phone at home Angie decided to stop by a local payphone in order to call Rob and let him know she was going to return home instead.

As the two talked however, a two-tone green truck would begin to circle the payphone. Only a few minutes later Rob would hear Angie scream, and she would disappear into the night- never to be seen again.

Quickly, investigators suspected that Angie was the victim of a serial killer, but despite a few leads the case would go cold.

30 years later a new tip might offer up what actually happened to Angie on that fateful April evening. 

In today's case we talk about the abduction of Angie Hammond.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Angie Hammond or what may have happened to her call the Clinton Missouri Police Department at: (660) 885-2679

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Today's case is a case with hard any information on it- and yet it is one of the most intriguing cases I have ever heard. I am willing to bet you haven't heard it either.

At around 3 am on the morning of December 22nd, 1939, Stephen Melkey wandered out into a busy highway and was struck by a car. Once officers arrived at the scene, they soon realized that this wasn't an accident- someone had bound and gagged Stephen and either had intentionally led him to the highway or sat back and watched as he stumbled helplessly into oncoming traffic.

Today we talk about Stephen Melkey and a case that was known at its time as the Blindfold Murder.

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In January of 1993 Karen Lewis and her daughter Lauren returned home to Amarillo Texas from a shopping trip the two had taken to Dallas. It was Super Bowl weekend and the two were expecting to see David, Karen's husband and Lauren's father-knowing that he, as a fan of the Dallas Cowboys - who had been playing in the Super Bowl that year, would more than likely be watching the game.

However, they were shocked to find instead of David there were two fresh sandwiches in the fridge, the VCR tape still recording, David's wedding ring and watch on the counter, and David Glenn Lewis- missing.

David Glenn Lewis's case would go cold for the next eleven years, but even when the family had answers to what happened to him the answers only actually led to a series of far more questions.

This is one of the most baffling missing person cases I have stumbled across and I have a feeling you might feel the same way when today we ask the question what really happened in the case of David Glenn Lewis?

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25-year-old Chance Englebert would spend the afternoon of July 6th, 2019, golfing with a few of his in-laws. When he called his wife Baylee that day he seemed to be in a good mood. But, by the time Baylee arrived at the golf course however, Chance's mood had drastically changed.

Though the two were visiting Baylee's family in Gering Nebraska Chance had insisted that Baylee drive him back home to Moorcroft Wyoming instead- no longer wanting to visit with her family.

When Baylee took Chance back to her grandparents' house instead of driving back to Wyoming Chance would angerly get out of the truck and walk out into the night- never to be seen again.

Today's case is one where we ask the question...what really happened to Chance Englebert?

If you have any information on the disappearance of Chance Englebert please call:

 The Gering Police Department at: 308-436-5088

Or: Crime Stoppers at (308)-632-7867.

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At 2:28 am on the morning of September 7th, 2015, Kareen McCabe received a phone call that would completely change her life forever.

On the other line her husband, Henry McCabe is screaming out, he screams he has been shot, he is writhing in pain. Words turn to noises, growls and gurgles.

It is the last anyone would hear from Henry McCabe, he would be found, weeks later, face down in a nearby lake. But what truly happened to Henry McCabe is still a mystery- how did he end up in the lake? How did Henry die? And possibly the most puzzling question of all- what was happening in that phone call?

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When Joe Cinque met Anu Singh in 1995, he was immediately smitten with her, and why wouldn't he be? Anu wasn't only pretty, but she was also smart, going to the Australian University for her law degree. And although Anu was dating someone else at the time of their meeting, she would begin an affair with Joe that would turn into an actual relationship.

Two years later however the relationship between Joe and Anu would begin to sour, and Anu would decide she needed to host a dinner party to say goodbye to her lover. But it wasn't a going away party, no, Anu had bigger plans for Joe- plans that included murder.

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On the morning of June 2nd, 2018, as students at the Portland Oregon Culinary Institute filed in for their usual morning classes, they would make a tragic discovery. Beloved Culinary Instructor Daniel Brophy was dead, lying in a pool of his own blood, shot twice.

His death would be a mystery, almost like something his wife of 27 years Nancy Brophy would have written about in her suspenseful romance novels that she was known for writing.

But, UNLIKE her romance novels investigators would discover not everything in the Brophy home was lovey dovey.

Could the motive for Dan Brophy's murder really be summed up as financial hardships? Or is this case still a mystery that hasn't yet been solved?

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Charles Holden was nervous when he saw the stranger lurking outside of his home on the evening on June 22, 1991. Fearing for not only his safety, but the safety of his mother- 70-year-old Dororthy Donovan, he rushed to the nearest payphone to call the police.

When an officer arrived at the residence, she accompanied Charles to check on Dorothy, who had lived in a farmhouse behind Charle's trailer.

It was there that the two would find Charles's elderly mother stabbed to death.

Charles would quickly tell police he knew who had murdered Dorothy- a man he had given a ride to earlier that evening- who had quickly gotten violent with him-, but police were not buying Charle's outlandish story of a nightmare hitchhiker and suspected Charles as their killer.

It would be another 15 years before DNA collected at the scene of the crime would finally reveal the shocking truth of who killed Dorothy Donovan.

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Amber Ashfaq was growing concerned for her co-worker Karen Navarra. Karren, who had worked with Amber as pharmacy technician at Reginal Medical Center in San Jose California hadn't been known for missing days for even being late in her last 27 years of employment.

And yet Amber hadn't heard from her friend despite both calling and texting her.

So, on September 13, 2018, Amber would decide she need to go and check on Karen to make sure everything was ok with the 67-year-old.

Instead, what Amber would walk into that afternoon was a horrific scene. Karen was dead.

Karen's murder did not make sense, Karen was a kind woman without any known enemies, who could have wanted to kill her?

The answer is one that would completely shock those working on this case- and like the case of Nicole Vanderheyden the answer would be found due to a Fitbit.

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When a human torso is found sitting in a shopping cart in the middle of New York City detectives are immediately aware they have a situation on their hands. They don't know whose headless body it is or who could have possibly put it there. Days later, a few blocks away, a leg from the same body would be found.

The killer would quickly be identified, but who it was- was someone no one expected of such a heinous crime.

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Taylor Schabusiness had several run-ins with law enforcement prior to February 2022. She also had an addiction, an addiction that would lead her to commit arguably one of the most horrific crimes in Wisconsin history since the 1990s.   

It's a case unlike any I have covered so far on the show, and despite the fact that I try to tell stories that aren't splattered all over news headlines this one was too crazy not to tell. 

Although I left some of the details out, I will tell you though, this one definitely was one of the most graphic cases I have researched so far. For that reason, listener discretion is highly advised.

If you would like to donate to the Thyrion family, they have set up a Go Fund Me page after the loss of Shad. Funds will go to funeral costs and other arrangements. If you can help, please do. What a terrible loss for this family.

When two family members die from natural causes and yet another one falls terribly ill it seems as though the Staudte family is under some sort of terrible curse.

But the truth in today's case is something far FAR more sinister.

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After the death of her first husband- teen author Helen Bailey struggled to deal. She found solace in a group aimed at helping people deal with their grief after the loss of loved ones.

It was while in this group that Helen would meet Ian, a man she would later write about and call the "gorgeous grey-haired widower."

Helen was certain she had finally found her happiness, but unfortunately, it was not to be.

What Helen didn't know was that Ian wasn't her picture-perfect man, in fact, Ian Stewart was anything but.

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When Ronald Klungness arrived home that March evening after work, he found it strange that the door was unlocked, and the television was still on. This was strange because Ronald's wife of 15 years Susan's Toyota was gone. Ronald assumed that maybe Susan and the couple's 14-year-old son Jeffery had just left for the day and would return later.

What Ronald had missed however was the trail of blood that led from the living room to the couple's bedroom. 

it was there in the bedroom that hours later Ron would find Susan, dead from a blow to the head.

What happened that March Day in 1996 also led a trail, a trail of unanswered questions and suspicion of who was responsible for the death of Susan Klungness and the disappearance of the couple's son Jeffery.

If you have any information on the murder of Susan Klungness or the disappearance of Jeffery Allen Klungness please contact the Tacoma Police Department at: 253-591-5959

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Dr. Margaret Mary Kilcoyne was certain she had recently made a medical discovery that was going to win her a Nobel prize. But even before Margaret could begin to celebrate, she would vanish. Margaret's brother Leo would claim that Margaret had been under a bunch of stress, but if she had her colleagues hadn't really noticed- stating her odd behavior in the days before she went missing as just Margaret being Margaret.

Did Margaret Kilcoyne have a mental breakdown and take her own life? Did she simply walk away from her current life and start over somewhere else? Or could she have been a victim of foul play?

It's a case that has left those in the small Nantucket town without any answers but with a whole bunch of theories.

What happened to Margaret Kilcoyne?

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A locked room, a strange phone call, a brutal murder.

Today we are going to cover one of the most notable cases in true crime history. A case that has baffled detectives and web sleuths alike for well over 90 years and that has also been labeled as the impossible murder- and just when you think you know the answer- you realize that you might not know anything at all.

Today we are talking about the murder of Julia Wallace.

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It's 10:45 pm on the night of December 15, 1980, when Paul Woods sees it. Two men are rushing towards the black pick-up truck sitting idly at the stoplight. One rushes to the passenger side while the other pushes his way into the driver's side. The woman inside begins to scream in fear- but it is too late. They disappear into the night before anyone can do anything.

The following morning at around 5 am in the 1100 block of Bromont Ave, local fire departments respond to a truck that has been set on fire, the only thing inside the truck is a nurse's uniform.

It's when friends and co-workers of Melanie Uribe start to piece together that something has gone terribly wrong for their friend- a 31-year-old single mother and nurse who never showed up for work the night before.

Miles away, a 32-year-old woman who has never met Melanie cannot shake the feeling that she knows what happened to the now missing woman after having a vision of her whereabouts, and despite having no proof, or any ties to her she sets on a mission to find her- knowing for too well that the story she has is going to tell will make her sound completely nuts.

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Laureen Rahn convinced her mom Judith to go to the tennis game without her- it was the first day of the 14-year old's spring break and she was old enough to stay home alone. She would spend her day being visited by family members, seen restocking wine coolers at the nearby convince store, and hanging with a male and female friend drinking a few beers that night.

By the time Laureen's mother Judith returned home however, Laureen would be gone, leaving everything she owned behind. But Laureen wouldn't be gone without a trace- exactly- there would be mysterious phone calls made to Judith in the middle of the night- and reported sightings. At first authorities would believe that Judith was a runaway- maybe running off to sunny CA in order to start a career in Hollywood. 

But even they would start to change their minds beginning to suspect that maybe something more sinister actually happened to the teen.

You are going to want to buckle up for today's story. Not only is it creepy but it is also completely baffling and might make you want to yell what really happened to Laureen Rahn?!!

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 Rachel Elizabeth Garden

 Denise Ann Daneault

 or Laureen Rahn 

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Mary Elizabeth Horton Vail knew her relationship to her husband William "Felix" Vail- was in trouble- she even had thought about leaving Felix- but instead, she decided to stay.

Not long after however, Mary, who was afraid of dark water, would end up in a boating accident that would end her life.

Suspicions would fly about actually happened the night of Mary's death but, it would take another 50 years and the disappearances of TWO OTHER WOMEN before there would be any answers.

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On the night of September 22, 1986, Fergus Cameron and his wife Vivienne sit in the local hospital on Phillip Island. Fergus is injured- cuts to his back and ear- hospital staff aren't believing the story explaining away the cuts.

They will soon find out that Fergus's strained marriage with his wife Vivienne had finally come to a head that night when Vivienne confronted Fergus about his affair with their employee- a 23-year-old named Beth Barnard. According to Fergus, Vivienne would attack him with a wine glass- and by the end of the night one person is this story would be brutally murdered, another would go missing, and questions would still be left what really happened that night on Phillip Island?

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When 16-year-old Owensboro Kentucky teen Shannon Green goes missing police are quick to suspect an ex-convict who also just happened to be a family friend. Suspicion runs even higher when Shannon's 18-year-old friend, a man named David Dewayne Bell also goes missing just five days later.

The ex-convict, a man named John Reneer looks like the obvious suspect for the missing teens- but, 20 years later, John Reneer provides police with something that might just prove his innocence and prove that David Dewayne Bell might not have been innocent at all.

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After a 13-year-old boy goes missing from Stidham Oklahoma in early 2021 attention is quickly brought to the case of the missing teens mother- a woman named Peggy McGuire who also went missing almost six years earlier.

With the case previously cold the McGuire family hopes that new attention to the case can help bring Peggy home.

If you have any information on what happened to Peggy McGuire please call:

McIntosh County Sheriff 's Office: 918-689-2526

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Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation: 918-423-6672

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Today there isn't a new episode of This Story is Nuts- however, I didn't want to leave you without a story. So, for this episode I decided to combine TWO stories of survival from two bad ass women.

I hope you enjoy! 

All new episodes of This Story is Nuts will return Wednesday December 1st.

STORY #1 Susan Kuhnhausen

In Susan Kuhnhausen's own words she was a piece of cake. She was middle aged, overweight, and had two bad knees.

But, what the intruder in her Oregon home in September of 2006 didn't know was that Susan was also trained in self defense.

This is the true story of not only how Susan Kuhnhausen fought off her attacker, but she also fought for the rights of others who were victims of violent crimes.

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When 15 year old Nicole Van Den Hurk was found murdered in a wooded area near her home in 1995 over 300 leads came in to detectives. But, despite the leads and a reward for any information Nicole's case would grow cold.

That is until in 2011 when Nicole's step brother Andy would take a drastic risk in order to find the real killer of his sister Nicole.

It's a quick one today folks. Life is crazy over here but come back next Wednesday for all all new episode!!

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Bernie Tiede was well liked in the small Texas town of Carthage. He sang in the church choir, could make a gourmet meal, and also was the town's local mortician who was known to work well with families- but especially widows.
In 1990 Marjorie Nugent met Bernie after he had helped her arrange her wealthy husbands funeral. And though the two were 42 years apart in age they became inseparable.
But, what everyone thought of Bernie they seemed to think the opposite of Marge- claiming she could be mean and hard to get along with.
Bernie and Marjorie's relationship would turn from world traveling and having a good time- to- a murder case that would divide this small Texas town in two. Did Marjorie's alleged abuse actually drive Bernie to murder? Or was he a money hungry man who would do anything for Marjorie's millions?

Listen to the end on this one folks! I added a bonus part after the credits. 

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The 1930s was a time where the idea of a vampire was starting to become mainstream in movies and media. Dracula had just been released to audiences and Peter Kürten otherwise known as The Vampire of Düsseldorf- a serial killer with an obsession with blood- had just been executed in July of 1931.

So, in 1932 when a 32 year old sex worker named Lilly Lindeström is found beaten and drained of all of her blood, the Stockholm media have a field day. Was Lilly's killer really a vampire who roamed the Swedish streets or did she just invite the wrong man in??

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When Helen Peters was sent to the hospital after she broke her hip in a fall her husband Phillip would have to stay home alone- in the house the two had lived in for over three decades.

Phillip's kind neighbors made sure that he was taken care of too, by inviting him over for dinner every night his wife was away- so that he didn't have to eat alone.

When Phillip didn't show up one night for dinner however, his neighbors concerned, would go to check on him- it was then they

would find Phillip's lifeless body, beaten to death- but they would find no clues as to who murdered Phillip Peters.

Soon neighbors would notice strange sounds and smells coming from the vacant home- and lights would seem to turn themselves on and off.

By all appearances the murder of Phillip Peters seemed to have been committed by a ghost- and even newspapers reported the crime as the "Denver Ghost House Slayings."

The truth in this case though is far more crazy than anyone could have ever saw coming.

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When a successful and healthy man goes on a business trip he soon will meet a woman who shares the same strange interest as him in ancient music. The two hit it off very quickly, but, what he feels is platonic, the woman, ten years his senior, feels is romantic.

When asks him to come home with her for evening he politely declines. But, his rejection is soon met by anger- and the woman, calling herself a witch, places a curse on the man- claiming he will be dead within the week.

When Christopher Case is found dead in his apartment a week later the question remains. Was his death caused by a curse? Or did he scare himself to death?

At 9 pm on the evening of February 21st, 1977 firefighters were called to an apartment in Chicago Illinois. Inside the apartment they would find a body hidden under the burning mattress. The lifeless woman was naked, a butcher knife still sticking out of her chest.

Detectives were baffled by the murder of the Teresita Basa- a respiratory therapist- who had no known enemies.  There was no evidence and the case could have immediately went cold- until detectives would receive a strange phone call- and a claim that the people on the other end knew who the killer was because Teresita Basa told them- from beyond the grave.

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Unsolved Mysteries Season 2- Episode 19

So excited for creepy season! And that means all new episodes of This Story is Nuts with a creepy twist the entire month! Also, keep an eye out for BONUS episodes! They will be sprinkled in for the entire month of October!

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Roland T Owen would check into the President Hotel in Kanas City on a Wednesday afternoon in 1935. The man himself wasn't strange- he was anywhere between 20-35 years of age, had dark hair, a noticeable scar, and a cauliflower ear.  

The bellhop would notice that Roland hadn't brought any luggage - and only carried a few personal items- items he would remove from his pockets when he arrived in his room. A housekeeper would also note Roland's behavior as slightly odd as he seemed to prefer to stay in his dimly lit room- keeping mostly to himself except for the strange man who visited his room- the man with the gruff voice- who Roland was heard arguing with some time later.

 Even though his actions as he entered the hotel were strange- the craziest part of this story was when Roland T Owen would end up dead- brutally murdered in fact, only three days after he had checked into the hotel room.

It is a story that 86 years after it happened still gives people goosebumps. A story with very few answers and tons of questions- questions like what really happened in room 1046?

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15 year old Michael Palmer was spending one of the first nights of summer vacation hanging out with a few friends.

The night would end tragically however, when, after a graduation party Michael would disappear into the shadows, never to be seen again.

A little over a decade later and Michael's older brother Charles Jr. "Chucky" Palmer would also go missing.

This is the story of the Palmer Brothers.

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Eight days after Jack and Christina Kettlewell eloped Christina would be found 150 feet from their honeymoon cottage- dead- in only nine inches of water.

Christina's body showed no signs of violence- and police were baffled about whether or not foul play was involved in her death.

It was a case that was shrouded in mystery and that left everyone scratching their heads.

Did Christina Kettlewell take her own life eight days after she was married- OR- did Jack and his best friend who just so happened to join them on their honeymoon (RIGHT!) have something to do with her death?

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When 40 year old Roman Sosa met LuLu DeLourdes at a dance club the two would quickly fall in love and Roman would propose within that same year.

However, six years into their marriage the Sosa's relationship would sour- and Roman, a former professional boxer would soon find himself in a much bigger fight than one he ever had in the ring- it would be a fight for his life.

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When Colleen Orsborn missed her bus on the morning of March 15, 1984 her mother Francis was understandably irritated at the 15 year old. Francis had just been getting over an illness and HAD to be on time for work that day. She left money on the table for Colleen and told her she would have to take the public bus to get to school. 

But, when Francis returned home later that day the bus money was still on the table- but Colleen was gone. 

Francis wasn't too concerned at first, after all her daughter had been known to skip classes. But when Colleen didn't return home Collen's family would realize that something was seriously wrong. 

Unfortunately, the story of what happened to Colleen Orsborn would remain a mystery until 27 years later.

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When Lois Taylor's good friend Dorian Corey died from AIDS related complications she was given access to Dorian's extensive wardrobe. As Lois and two male friends searched through the closet filled with sequins, and feathers, and leather for Halloween costumes Lois would notice something else in the back of the closet. A secret that had been tucked away for the past 20 years...

 Today's episode is all about the mystery of the mummy in the closet.

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In August of 1999 two friends on a trip across country stopped for a night in the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

The trip would soon take a horrific turn, and only one of the men would make it out of the park alive.

Although the surviving friend admitted to killing his other friend was it in fact as he said it was- a mercy killing?

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In Susan Kuhnhausen's own words she was a piece of cake. She was middle aged, overweight, and had two bad knees.

But, what the intruder in her Oregon home in September of 2006 didn't know was that Susan was also trained in self defense.

This is the true story of not only how Susan Kuhnhausen fought off her attacker, but she also fought for the rights of others who were victims of violent crimes.

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What was supposed to be a simple shopping trip would turn into a nightmare for Michelina Lewandowska. 

Michelina's quick thinking as well as something else would be the one thing to save her life.

In this weeks episode we look at survival, and what one woman will do to stay alive.

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In an area in southwestern Vermont strange sightings and sounds are heard in the beautiful, and yet extremely dense forest.

The Native Americans used to believe the land was cursed and would only venture there to bury their dead. 

After the town of Glastenbury became a ghost town in the later 1990s several strange sightings- including UFO and Bigfoot sightings would occur in the woods, which would come to be called the Bennington Triangle.

But, not only were strange things seen in this vast wilderness, it was also a place where people would go and never been seen again. 

 In today's story we take a closer look at those who disappeared in the Bennington Triangle. 

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Today's episode is an extra special one! We have not one but TWO stories for you today!

When Miche Solomon meets Cassidy Nurse the two are immediately taken aback by how similar they look to each other. Miche even feels an odd connection to Cassidy despite the fact that Cassidy is four years younger. When the two become friends they begin to hang out regularly- and they even take a selfie together. Little would Miche know that this selfie would change her life forever.

In today's second story Bobby Shafran is attending his first day of Community College and is shocked at the amount of people who excitedly greet him as he walks around campus. He finds it even more strange that they begin to tell him they are happy he is back, despite the fact he had never been there before. 

They also start calling him Eddy... 

The pieces of the story would soon come together when Bobby meets Michael- what Michael would tell him would be unbelievable, but the story would only get more and more crazy from there.  

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In today's episode we go all the way back to the early 1900s!

In 1906 when Emma LeDoux and her husband Albert McVicar travel to Stockton California only one of the them would return home- the other would be found stuffed inside of a 4 foot wide trunk. The story was as unbelievable then as it is today.

This is the almost forgotten story of the body in the trunk. 

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Deadly Women- Vow to Kill