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Pamela Werner: Old Peking, Rival Theories, and Maybe Cannibalism
Recently, I was happy to see that the Redhanded Podcast had done an episode covering the unsolved 1937 murder of Pamela Werner. I was already familiar with the case and interested in it, as it has been covered in two books that arrive at very different conclusions. For those not familiar with the case, I’ll…
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The Eerie Disappearance of the Anderson Family
Of all the things I do not understand about this case, one of the of the biggest is why it is not more widely discussed. While not necessarily one of the most complex–there is one rather obvious explanation for events, as we will discuss shortly–it is one of the strangest and most chilling. A family…
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Larry Riegel
This is a very under-discussed case about a man who disappeared from Yakima, Washington, on Christmas Day in 2009. As such, it’s a bit difficult to find a particularly flashy way of introducing the material. However, I am convinced that someone needs to draw attention to this cold but by no means unsolvable case. Lawrence…
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The Cold Case Murder of Theresa Corley
Today I’m going to be covering a very old case, even by my standards. Theresa Corley was murdered nearly 45 years ago, in December of 1978, and although her family has been able to learn several significant facts about the circumstances, solid answers and any form of justice have remained maddeningly out of reach. All…
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The Disappearances of Felipe Santos and Terrance Williams
This is not a single case, but a pair of missing persons cases linked by one crucial factor–one crucial person, to be specific. Two young men vanished three months apart in Naples, Florida while in the company of the same Sheriff’s Department deputy. The first man was 23 year old Felipe Santos, who disappeared in…
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The Murder of Kayo Matsuzawa
Last month, I was all set and ready to go with different case write-up, one about the 2007 murder of Brittany McGlone. I was only a few edits away from posting it when I learned that there had been an arrest in the case. I do not want to give the impression that this means…
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The Double Disappearance of Diamond Bynum and King Walker
One thing that will be a bit different about this case is there is a distinct possibility that no actual crime was committed. Two vulnerable people left their home, likely of their own accord, in an unfamiliar neighborhood, out into a small city full of abandoned buildings. It’s entirely within the realm of possibility that…
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The Murder of Richard Clements
Today I am going to be writing about an elderly man who was murdered in his Toronto apartment early in the winter of 2008. This is a somewhat neglected case, one that I feel could benefit from more attention. According to those that knew him, the victim was a kind and generous man, and being…
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Barbara Blount
Picture Found Here In the spring of 2008, a 58 year old woman named Barbara Blount was living a seemingly ordinary and peaceful life in Holden, Louisiana, a small town in Livingston Parish. She taught Sunday school at a local church and although she had been a widow for four years, she had several family…
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Judy Wardrip
It was a chilly December evening and Janet Wardrip was nearing the end of her long drive home. For Janet, “home” meant the family-owned and operated Bethany Motel founded by her father and currently managed by herself and her younger sister, Judy. Judy had been running things all day while Janet attended a photography class…
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