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In the early summer of 1996 a beautiful woman by the name of Shaquita Yolanda Bell disappeared. She left with her estranged boyfriend and was never seen or heard from again. The name of this man is Michael Erick Dickerson, he had a criminal background, and Bell had left him prior to her disappearance due to Dickerson abusing her. Bell’s disappearance was believed to be the result of foul play and Dickerson was the main suspect. However, even to this day, Shaquita Yolanda Bell's body has never been found.Sources: www.thecharleyproject.com

Leah Roberts was only 23 years old when she went missing in March of 2000. She was on a journey of self-discovery and had traveled across the country to the Pacific Northwest.  A note she left behind and some cash to cover her rent had suggested she was planning on returning from this trip, however, when joggers had noticed a jeep wrecked in a ravine off a rural road near Snoqualmie National forest belonging to Leah this return trip home, sadly, never come.  Leah Roberts has been missing for over 20 years now and still, now clues have surfaced that have resulted in finding her, she just vanished. Sources:wikipedia.comthetruecrimefiles.com

Imagine this, the bayou - the deep south, cajun country  - Southern Lousiana. Image the swampy bayou with its croaking amphibians, the lurking crocs, the hazy mist, and the eerie wet boggy sounds. Sounds like just the place for a mythical creature to call home. Maybe a large beast taller than a man with dark fur and a werewolf head with sharp fangs and glowing eyes. Long arms with razor-sharp claws lurking through the swamp so silently. Just ready to sneak out of nowhere and SNATCH YOU UP!Sources:whereyaat.comWitchesbrewtours.comwww.cayenestranding.com

A terror stalked the area of Dublin Ireland in the early 1990s - within a span of 5 years at least 8 young women disappeared without a trace, never to be seen or heard from again. Even to this day, no one has been convicted and no solid leads have been found. All the women disappeared in what is now referred to as Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle. Sources:www.didyouknowthefacts.comwikipedia

Between the night of December 25 and December 28, 1980, strange lights and UFO sightings were reported in and around two US Air Forces bases, Royal Air Force Base Woodbridge and Bentwaters. Specifically a forest between these two bases called the Rendlesham Forest. These sightings and the incident that occurred between the craft itself and military personnel are considered the "Roswell of the UK." Sources:www.therendleshamforestincident.comLink to Lt. COl Charles Halt's audio recording:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rendelsham.ogg

Brittany Williams was a little girl who disappeared in the year 2000. Brittany had AIDs and required life-saving medical treatments, her guardian at the time claims Brittany was with other people in a different state. However, an eventual investigation revealed she was never with these people and no one has seen or heard from Brittany since her last known doctor visit in August 2000. Sources:https://www.nbc12.com/2019/05/01/finding-brittany-williams-year-old-girl-with-aids-still-missing-nearly-decades-later/http://charleyproject.org/case/brittany-renee-williams

On February 2, 1959, nine experienced hikers set off into the Ural Mountains of Russia. They were never seen alive again and when the bodies were found the investigators were left with so many questions and the cause of death could only be determined as "An unknown compelling force."Source: www.dyatlovpass.com

Asha Jaquilla Degree vanished about a mile from her home in the very early hours of the morning of 2-14-00. She had apparently packed a book bag with belongings and gathered a purse from her home sometime after 2:30 am that morning before silently leaving her home for some unknown reason. She was spotted around 4:30am in the morning by a trucker who saw her walking along Highway 18 in Shelby NC where she lived. She was never seen or heard from again.Credit towikipedia.comthe charley project.comphoto credit the charley project.com

Finally! Headspin is back! Listen to Episode 16 about the mysterious disappearance of VIctor Dewight Shoemaker Jr. This episode was suggested to me by my good friend Josh, so thank you Josh! Victor Jr was last seen playing with two of his cousins on a wooded mountain side behind his grandfather's mobile home. The two cousins returned but there was no signs of Victor Jr. He was never seen again.. Special shout out to the Post Rhetoric podcast boys and again Jason from Lost Rhetoric podcast. Glad to be back!Sources:https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_affairs/parents-want-son-s-1994-w-va-disappearance-solved/article_51db32ee-b986-524c-b16e-ffa94f582014.htmlhttps://charleyproject.org/https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941211/12120209.htm

Imagine just living your life going about your days. You adhere to your routines and usually, there are some minor disruptions in this ritual but there are occasions when a major life event changes everything. Dorothy Jane Scott was living out these daily rituals, she got up every day went to work to support herself and her son, came home went, and to church. She lived a quiet life and she wanted to provide the best life she could for her son. Then one day her ritual was interrupted by a phone call that phone call turned to many phone calls almost daily. The voice on the other end was a man she could barely recognize, these disrupting phone calls not only changed the course of Dorothy's routines they eventually lead to the end of them …...

In the year between November 1966 to December 1967, the residents in the region of West Virginia around Point Pleasant had witnessed a large gray creature about 6-7 feet tall, it had glowing red eyes and had wings that spanned 7 to 10 feet wide. There were reported to be over 100 sightings of this creature later named the Mothman. In December of 1967 the sightings seemed to ultimately cease upon the collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant which resulted in the tragic deaths of 46 people. Sources:www.wikipedia.comamericanhauntingsink.comtheportalist.comwww.mothmanmuseum.com

Some species of birds lay a parasitic egg in other bird species nests. Then this poor bird unknowingly raises and feeds these chick as her own unaware that they are not hers. As human mothers the majority of us would know our child without question.....right? Nicholas Barclay went missing in 1994 from San Antonio, TX, then was found 3 years later in Spain. The immediate family had no question this was their missing child, but soon things started to not quite add up.....

There are places and buildings that seem so perfect on the outside, but their tragic and horrific history cast a darkness over the place that will forever haunt them and anyone who dares to enter. I'll be talking about the tragedies that occurred at Turnbull Canyon and The Villisca Axe Murder House and the mysterious phenomena that continue to haunt these places today. If you want to book a tour or overnight stay at the Villisca house visit:www.villiscaiowa.comSources:www.roadtrippers.comwww.weirdus.comthequakercampus.orgwww.harpersferryghost.20.com

In 1945 on Christmas Day, George and Jennie Sodder woke up at around 1am with their house blazing and nine of their ten children were in the house with them. All but five of their children came out alive..or so they thought.. as there was no trace of the remains of the five children found after the fire was out. Clues suggest they may have survived the fire, but there was no trace of them and to this day no one knows what really happened. Sources:https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/35-puzzling-facts-about-the-sodder-children-disappearance/https://historycollection.com/the-sodder-children-vanished-christmas-eve-1945-and-the-police-still-have-no-idea-what-happened/

This episode I have a special guest, Misty. We discuss the true story that the movie The Exorcist is based on, the exorcism of Roland Doe. So for all of you sensitive to topics of religion, exorcisms and demonic possessions consider this your trigger warning.   Special shout out to Jason Dinges at Lost Rhetoric podcast! Please check out his podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1162775/5941570You won't be disappointed!Sources:https://www.vox.com/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explainedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/01/as-a-psychiatrist-i-diagnose-mental-illness-and-sometimes-demonic-possession/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_in_the_Catholic_Church

I will be chatting with you guys about a few photographs of what look like ghosts, and so far science has been unable to find any other reason for these strange photobombers. Sources: https://www.skeptic.com/insight/should-goddards-squadron-drop-dead-fred/#:~:text=The%20Watertown%20ghost%20photo%20and%20the%20Wem%20Town,spirit%20of%20a%20dead%20chap%20named%20Freddy%20Jackson.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Lady_of_Raynham_Hallhttps://www.liveabout.com/best-ghost-pictures-ever-taken-4126828

Brandon Swanson disappeared from Marshall Minnesota  on May 14, 2008, heading home from a friend's house He was on the phone with his parents when suddenly he shouted "OH ....!" He was never seen or heard from again.  Sources:http://charleyproject.org/case/brandon-victor-swansonhttps://www.haveyouseenus.com/2018/10/brandon-victor-swanson-missing-since.htmlIntro/Outro music: Sundown again by Jason Ruggiero, ASCAP