Going West: True Crime

In November of 2007, a 24-year-old man went missing after attending a popular comedy show with his family and friends in Charlotte, North Carolina. After security camera footage captured him leaving a bar and grabbing a slice of pizza, he seemed to vanish, and was never seen again. So what really happened to him that night, and why? This is the story of Kyle Fleischmann. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. NamUs: https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP2456 2. Help Find Kyle Fleischmann: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6326026817/ 3. True Crime Daily: https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/03/07/missing-north-carolina-college-grad-vanishes-after-night-of-celebration/ 4. Kyle Fleischmann Missing: https://www.instagram.com/kylefleischmannmissing/?fbclid=IwAR0KbV4YmbSrsPhDWQ0m95r8rL69RcFnN9IcU9jgtMp3IRHeIy352nACVfc 5. The Crime Wire: https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Missing-Kyle-Fleischmann 6. Charlotte Magazine: https://www.charlottemagazine.com/what-happened-to-kyle-fleischmann/#:~:text=He%20believes%20that%20his%20son,North%20Davidson%20and%2016th%20streets. 7. WBTV: https://www.wbtv.com/story/14310327/kyle-fleischmanns-father-releases-new-clues-in-case/ 8. Legacy: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/charlotte/name/kyle-fleischmann-obituary?id=12854825 9. Vanished with Beth Holloway: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044705/ 10. WCNC: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/parents-of-missing-man-convinced-hes-buried-under-noda-apt-complex/275-51779788-5c09-44ef-95a0-747f25ca8ae3 11. Charlotte Observer: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/charlotte/name/kyle-fleischmann-obituary?id=12854825 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In May of 2014, two young girls lured their friend out to the woods during a game of hide-and-seek, and stabbed her 19 times, after claiming a fictional creature from the internet ordered them to do so. But once a cyclist came across the victim, clinging to life, the other girls’ plan veered off course. This is the story of Payton Leutner, also known, as the Slender Man stabbing. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Creepypasta: https://www.creepypasta.com/slenderman/ 2. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mothers-teens-pleaded-guilty-slender-man-stabbing-case/story?id=52739807 3. Oprah: https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a29591703/slender-man-stabbing-true-story/ 4. Good Morning America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFiJvVGzdpo 5. SourceFedNerd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKG81xQjPzc 6. The Game of Nerds: https://thegameofnerds.com/2017/11/24/the-slender-man-movie-from-photoshop-contest-entry-to-horror-film/ 7. Beware the Slenderman: https://www.hulu.com/watch/2faf31a7-bee6-4357-aa18-8026fca1e2bb 8. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/waukesha/news/waukesha/2021/04/15/slender-man-stabbing-anissa-weier-should-released-attorneys-say/7236515002/ 9. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/anissa-weier-to-be-released-from-mental-health-facility 10. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-the-survivor-payton-leutner-now/ 11. KLTV: https://www.kltv.com/2021/09/14/slender-man-stabbing-victims-family-nervous-about-release/ 12. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: https://www.jsonline.com/story/archives/2020/09/02/slender-man-stabbing-timeline-geyser-weier-cases-wisconsin/3803170002/ 13. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/slender-man-stabbing/slender-man-creator-speaks-stabbing-i-am-deeply-saddened-n122781 14. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/movies/slender-man-timeline.html 15. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/payton-leutner#:~:text=Born%20in%202002%2C%20Payton%20Leutner,was%20often%20sitting%20by%20herself. 16. Criminal Minds: https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Anissa_Weier_and_Morgan_Geyser#:~:text=Geyser%20was%20born%20on%20May,grew%20up%20in%20Waukesha%2C%20Wisconsin. 17. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: https://archive.jsonline.com/news/crime/critical-hearing-in-slender-man-case-to-begin-today-b99520903z1-307851871.html 18. TMJ4: https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/waukesha-slender-man-stabbing-case-morgan-geyser-withdraws-petition-to-be-released 19. New York Magazine: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/08/slender-man-stabbing.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In October of 1991, an 18-year-old woman left California bound for Mexico on a bicycle, hoping to volunteer along the way. But after a sudden lack of contact with her family, loved ones started to wonder if something had happened during her solo trip. With her belongings being found in a spot near where she was last seen and a suspicious final witness on police’s radar, everyone is wondering, what happened to her? This is the story of Jennifer Pentilla. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-lynn-pentilla 2. The Missoulian: https://www.newspapers.com/image/351299569/?terms=jennifer%20pentilla&match=1 3. Doe Network: https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/302dfnm.html 4. Montana Press: https://www.montanapress.net/post/jennifer-pentilla-a-montanan-forever-lost-in-new-mexico 5. Tapatalk: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/porchlightusa/1991-pentilla-jennifer-lynn-october-17-1991-t12090.html 6. Websleuths: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/nm-jennifer-pentilla-18-deming-17-oct-1991.60427/ 7. Missoulian: https://missoulian.com/missoula-mom-hopes-appearance-on-maury-will-help-find-daughter/article_90d06bf6-0b15-50e5-bef3-838ebbb2d447.html 8. Cold Case Closure: https://web.archive.org/web/20150930041557/http://www.coldcaseclosure.com/montana-law-enforcement/chuy-vasquez/ 9. Socorro's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lcsun-news/name/socorro-vasquez-obituary?id=24412804 10. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558679681/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 11. NBC Montana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CzKIAScinZo 12. Daily Record: https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2016/10/20/pentilla-case-25-years-unsolved/92478404/ 13. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558596869/?terms=%22jesus%20chuy%20vasquez%22&match=1 14. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558388962/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 15. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558288808/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 16. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558328954/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 17. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558570458/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In October of 1961, police reported to the home of a 31-year-old Massachusetts woman after a neighbor spotted blood inside her house. When police began investigating, it felt clear that she had been met with foul play. But after finding library books on murders and disappearances similar to her own, suspicions were raised, begging the question: what really happened to Joan Risch  BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Joan's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196335677/joan-carolyn-risch 2. Martin's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172928385/martin-donald-risch 3. Anderson Independent-Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/812685762/?terms=joan%20risch&match=1 4. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: https://www.newspapers.com/image/52772631/?terms=harold%20bard%20josephine%20bard&match=1 5. A Kitchen Painted in Blood: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Kitchen_Painted_in_Blood/EbUEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR3&printsec=frontcover 6. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/swhph8/the_bizarre_disappearance_of_joan_risch/ 7. Medium: https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/into-thin-air-what-is-the-likeliest-explanation-for-the-disappearance-of-joan-risch-1bdd4953b4e 8. Wicked Horror: https://wickedhorror.com/features/february-2022-missing-person-of-the-month-joan-carolyn-risch/#:~:text=Joan%20graduated%20with%20honors%20from,Crowell%20Co. 9. Prabook: https://prabook.com/web/martin_donald.risch/406588 10. Uncovered: https://uncovered.com/cases/joan-risch 11. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/433749083/ 12. Lost n Found Blog: https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/into-thin-air 13. I Can't Believe It's Not Fiction: https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2017/07/05/joan-risch/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In October of 2018, dismembered remains of a male body started turning up along the highway in Ohio. At the same time, a 39-year-old father from Michigan was reported missing by his family. When the disappearance and the scattered remains were found to be linked, his family had only one potential suspect in mind. But when police were forced to release them due to a lack of evidence, they fled the area, and haven’t been seen since. This is the murder of David Carter.  BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/tammy-renee-williams-where-she-now-david-carter-murder-unsolved-mysteries-body-bags-1753163 2. WXYZ-Detroit TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkQ6Vdz2tlY 3. America's Most Wanted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CC8Hr0-AEQ 4. David's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LHUFRESH313 5. Cosmopolitan: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a41853658/unsolved-mysteries-new-information-david-carter-case/ 6. Radio Times: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/where-is-tammy-williams-david-carter-unsolved-mysteries/ 7. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11373481/Netflix-Unsolved-Murders-hands-90-tips-law-enforcement-2018-Ohio-murder-case.html 8. Fox 2 Detroit: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/hundreds-honor-life-of-murdered-melvindale-dad-david-carter 9. Unsolved Mysteries: https://www.netflix.com/search?q=unsolved%20mysteries&jbv=81026055 10. Click On Detroit: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/10/29/us-marshals-want-help-finding-woman-accused-in-brutal-mutilation-murder-of-melvindale-man/ 11. WXYZ: https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroits-most-wanted-girlfriend-wanted-in-murder-of-melvindale-father-found-on-ohio-road 12. Uncovered: https://uncovered.com/cases/david-carter-melvindale-mi 13. The Rayne-Arcadian Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/472273569/?terms=%22david%20darnell%20carter%22&match=1 14. ESPN: https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4686754/david-carter-jr 15. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-david-carters-dad-and-sister-now/ 16. Fox 2 Detroit: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/cruises-travel-car-washes-ex-detroit-firefighter-accused-of-living-lavish-lifestyle-on-unions-dime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In July of 1902, a wealthy Tennessee plantation owner went on a murderous rampage in the middle of the night, killing his entire family with an ax. But what they found at his home after his death was even more horrifying. Since the tragic slaying of six innocent people that night, and dozens of others over the years, the home has been turned into one of the scariest haunted houses in America: Frightmare Manor. This is the story of murderer Jeremiah Lexer. But 10 years earlier, an even more well-known ax murder case occurred just a few states away when a young woman is believed to have murdered her father and stepmother. So this is also the story of Lizzie Borden. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Frightmare Manor: https://frightmaremanor.com/history-jeremiah-lexer-plantation-crockett/ 2. The Southern Voice: https://thesouthernvoice.com/evil-isnt-new-the-jeremiah-lexer-story/ 3. The Knoxville News-Sentinel: https://www.newspapers.com/image/777973849/?terms=jeremiah%20lexer&match=1 4. Historic Archaeology: https://historicarchaeology.weebly.com/journal/small-town-cover-up-of-serial-killer-responsible-for-30plus-deaths 5. UT Daily Beacon: https://www.utdailybeacon.com/opinion/columns/east-tennessees-hidden-history-serial-killers-in-knoxville/article_70a8c42a-bfd6-11e7-ab64-5300d0bb2906.html#:~:text=The%20notorious%20Harpe%20Brothers%20are,in%201798%2C%20beginning%20in%20Knoxville. 6. WBIR: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/five-at-four/haunted-house-frightmare-manor-specializes-in-screams-and-scares/51-c30cffa1-ae5f-4d8d-bc4d-2b45b730bc55 7. Serial Killer Calendar: https://serialkillercalendar.com/PAUL-REID-THE-FAST-FOOD-KILLER.php 8. Bizarrepedia: https://www.bizarrepedia.com/when-nashville-bled-paul-dennis-reid-jr/ 9. JustThoughtLounge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfuBN0c_A4 10. Associated Press: https://bobbyrossjr.com/2003/04/27/april-2003-the-associated-press/ 11. Casetext: https://casetext.com/case/state-v-reid-224 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In October of 1953, a 15-year-old girl went missing while babysitting in her Wisconsin neighborhood. A cursory search of the home revealed blood, making it obvious that she had been met with foul play. And it didn’t take long for her to be linked to one of the country’s most prolific serial killers. But was he actually involved, or was it another local? This is the story of Evelyn Hartley. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/evelyn-grace-hartley 2. Thomas' Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196827399/thomas-gordon-hartley 3. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/8tpc5t/breaking_down_what_mightve_happened_to_evelyn/ 4. What Happened to Evelyn Hartley? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esp5uXuK7o 5. Evelyn's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153817195/evelyn-grace-hartley 6. Stories of the Unsolved: https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2021/03/09/the-disappearance-of-evelyn-hartley/ 7. Medium: https://medium.com/@bayar93/breaking-down-what-mightve-happened-to-evelyn-hartley-and-where-her-remains-could-ve-been-83535a1f01f5 8. The Winona Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/518102834/?terms=janice%20rasmusen&match=1 9. Tapa Talk: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/porchlightusa/1953-hartley-evelyn-october-24-1953-t13990-s10.html 10. The La Crosse Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/513685608/?clipping_id=128601574&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjUxMzY4NTYwOCwiaWF0IjoxNjk1MDA3NzE3LCJleHAiOjE2OTUwOTQxMTd9.7K4xJ2vPaB5ikYVP0XkR60URDMGHpxPuyrkUIR-wtEc 11. The Lineup: https://the-line-up.com/evelyn-hartley 12. You might be from La Crosse if... Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fromlax/posts/1433741616775789/ 13. La Crosse Public Library Archives: https://archives.lacrosselibrary.org/local-history/history-repeats/evelyn-hartley/ 14. Clyde Peterson's obituary: https://lacrossetribune.newspapers.com/article/61131341/tywee-peterson-obituary-9-23-1974/ 15. Websleuths: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wi-evelyn-hartley-15-la-crosse-24-oct-1953.9532/page-46 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In August of 2018, a 19-year-old woman went missing from her home in Arizona. As police began digging deeper into her case, it became more and more clear that she had been met with foul play. When her body was found on a remote stretch of desert weeks later, their suspicions were confirmed. But was her boyfriend behind it? Or is it possible there was another mystery man involved? This is the story of Kiera Bergman. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. AZ Family: https://www.azfamily.com/2022/09/22/verdict-reached-trial-man-accused-murdering-ex-girlfriend-kiera-bergman/ 2. Our Black Girls: https://ourblackgirls.com/2018/08/21/missing-19yo-kiera-bergman-hasnt-been-heard-from-for-3-weeks-after-fight-with-bf-findkiera/ 3. AZ Central: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale/2019/05/03/case-against-jon-christopher-clark-charged-2018-murder-girlfriend-kiera-bergman-could-dismissed/1090906001/ 4. ABC 15: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/kiera-bergman-friends-family-mourn-death-of-teen 5. Still a Mystery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12610736/ 6. YourTango: https://www.yourtango.com/2018316857/how-did-kiera-bergman-die-details-body-found-missing-arizona-teen 7. AZ Central: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2018/09/12/bergmans-boyfriend-suspicious-data-revealed/1280129002/ 8. Impact: https://www.palomar.edu/impactmagazine/2019/06/06/from-anguish-to-advocate/ 9. Refinery 29: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9644416/kiera-bergman-ex-boyfriend-murder-charge-dropped 10. AZ Central: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2018/08/24/ex-boyfriend-missing-19-year-old-released-jail/1086896002/ 11. ABC 15: https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/not-guilty-verdict-for-ex-boyfriend-in-the-murder-of-19-year-old-kiera-bergman#:~:text=In%20September%202018%2C%20Clark%20was,or%20at%20the%20crime%20scene. 12. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kiera-bergman-missing-phoenix-arizona-boyfriend-jon-christopher-clark-charged-identity-theft-forgery-2018-08-18/ 13. Justice for Kiera Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bringKIERAhomee 14. ABC 10: https://www.10news.com/news/friends-and-family-celebrate-the-life-of-kiera-bergman 15. AZ Family: https://www.10news.com/news/friends-and-family-celebrate-the-life-of-kiera-bergman 16. ABC Family: https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/not-guilty-verdict-for-ex-boyfriend-in-the-murder-of-19-year-old-kiera-bergman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Kayelyn's Obituary: https://www.brownfamilymortuary.com/obituaries/kayelyn-louder 2. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/update-missing-america-kayelyn-louder-n219596 3. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mystery/comments/ag5d2f/the_disappearance_of_kayelyn_louder/ 4. Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/2018/5/31/20646055/man-convicted-of-killing-uncle-gets-another-chance-at-parole 5. People: https://people.com/crime/utah-social-worker-kayelyn-louder-vanishes/ 6. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/542274222570458/ 7. Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/2015/4/16/20562756/kayelyn-louder-autopsy-inconclusive-but-family-insists-death-was-not-an-accident 8. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/32604089/questions-remain-in-death-of-kayelyn-louder 9. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/31880265 10. KUTV: https://kutv.com/news/local/cause-of-death-remains-unclear-for-kayelyn-louder 11. ICFDA: https://www.drugawareness.org/antidepressant-kayelyn-louder-autopsy-inconclusive-after-body-found-of-woman-who-disappeared/ 12. BrainScratch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHPPFIaU2aw 13. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/5805839/man-charged-with-murdering-uncle 14. Herald Extra: https://www.heraldextra.com/news/2009/mar/02/family-mourns-man-shot-by-nephew-in-pleasant-grove/ 15. Fox 13: https://www.fox13now.com/2014/10/09/family-of-missing-woman-reacts-after-police-release-audio-from-911-calls 16. LDS Women's Project: https://ldswomenproject.com/interview/searching-for-kayelyn/ 17. Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/2014/10/8/20550132/missing-woman-made-confused-911-calls-prior-to-disappearance-police-say 18. Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/2009/9/15/20340631/man-bound-over-to-trial-in-killing-of-uncle 19. KUTV: https://kutv.com/news/local/police-release-video-and-911-calls-of-missing-murray-woman 20. Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/2014/11/15/20552864/family-friends-continue-to-search-for-kayelyn-louder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In September of 1991, a 30-year-old woman vanished from a lodge in Pennsylvania. Although she was found shortly after, badly beaten, strangled, and burned on a beach in New York, it took 30 years to identify her body. And when police did, it only deepened the mystery, because, as it turns out, her young daughter is still missing. This is the story of Christine Belusko, and her daughter Christa. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. The Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/christa-nicole-belusko 2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251014948/christine-belusko/photo 3. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/l4hbg6/staten_island_jane_doe_unnamed_for_nearly_30_years/ 4. Sun Gazette: https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2018/11/groves-ex-wife-talks-about-case-after-27-years/ 5. ABC 7 Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQ8dU7bJDg 6. The Herald-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/942886246/?terms=%22christine%20belusko%22 7. ABC 7 Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/christine-belusko-missing-girl-mother-killed-christa-nicole/13000774/#:~:text=Investigators%20have%20identified%20the%20woman,seen%20in%20over%2030%20years. 8. Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/492078907/?terms=%22susan%20dalton%22&match=1 9. SI Live: https://www.silive.com/news/erry-2018/12/5d03d1bfc05988/body-found-in-woods-recalls-un.html 10. Sun Gazette: https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2018/11/groves-ex-wife-talks-about-case-after-27-years/ 11. ABC 7 Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/christine-belusko-missing-girl-mother-killed-christa-nicole/13000774/#:~:text=Investigators%20have%20identified%20the%20woman,seen%20in%20over%2030%20years. 12. Unidentified: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Christine_Belusko 13. Frank's Obituary: https://www.newjerseyhills.com/frank-a-belusko-78-of-montville/article_f9206f29-eee8-52f1-907b-8bd15d7d0fff.html 14. Daily Record: https://www.newspapers.com/article/121394005/obituary-for-dorothy-c-belusko/ 15. KIRO 7: https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/girl-with-scorpion-tattoo-identified-31-years-after-her-murder/TAKTDQYZOVATPOUQDZHUHYR5GM/ 16. Staten Island Advance: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/c09241b8-c2b0-4189-a3c1-0f528591e3dd/downloads/Staten%20Island%20Advance%20-%20November%207%2C%201991.pdf?ver=1566347465590 17. The Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/katherine-dolan-heckel 18. The NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/nyregion/scorpion-girl-christine-buloski-staten-island.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices