Episodes
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On April 19th 1953, Ron Tammen came back to his dorm room at Miami University, Ohio, to discover a dead fish in his bed. Assuming it was a prank by a peer, he went to change his bedsheets and got back to his studying. And then, he just disappeared. What happened to Ron Tammen?
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Today we're taking a look at some of the craziest cults the world has ever seen, including a cult in which a man worshipped coconuts... and convinced others to do the same.
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Missing episodes?
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In 1992, Rachel Nickell was out for a walk with her dog and 2 year old son on Wimbledon Common in London, when a man came out of the blue and stabbed her to death. She was found with her son by her side, holding her hand. What followed was a shambles of an investigation by the Met Police, in which they decided to focus all their efforts on one (innocent) man, as the true perpetrator went on to kill others.
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From the late 1970s through to the early 90s, there were a number of of victims, all young women, who disappeared along the same highway, running through Oregon in the US. It was highway 20, connecting the whole state, from west to east and running through the Cascade Mountains. It runs through cities and some of the most remote areas of the state; there are plenty of areas in which someone could run into trouble. Several stretches of the highway runs through thick, thick forest, so heavily wooded that you can walk into it and immediately find yourself lost and disorientated. Any body hidden in there would be near-on impossible to find.
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This week we're covering the cases of two Jane Does, both of whom are currently in the process of forensic genetic testing, but there's something standing in the way: it seems neither of them are from the country in which they were found, which complicates things somewhat. Who are the Bowmanville Jane Doe and Kilgore Jane Doe?
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On New Years Day 1963, two teenagers come across a man lying face down next to the Lane Cover River in Sydney, Australia. At first they assume he's drunk but soon realise that's not the case. Police later find a second body, that of a woman, located just metres away, but an autopsy was unable to find a cause of death for either... all they know, is that they died from the same, mysterious cause.
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In June 1980, 56 year old Zigmund Adamski left his home on home to go and grab some food shopping, and then he never came home - his body would later be found under baffling circumstances, that to this day, no one has ever been able to make sense of. The strange, strange situation around Zigmund’s death has led to countless theories over the years, none of which quite make sense but there is one theory that people seem to focus on more than the rest: alien abduction.
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In September 1890, French inventor Louis Le Prince was supposed to be travelling back to New York City to see his family for the first time in three years after finally completing his invention: the motion picture camera. His brother waved goodbye as he dropped Louis off at Dijon train station, to travel to Paris and begin his long journey home. But somewhere along the way, Louis disappeared, never to be seen again.
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In December 1996, 12 year old Celina Mays went off to bed and was never seen again, her younger sister finding her bed stuffed with pillows the next day. But Celina wasn't like your regular 12 year old: she was 9 months pregnant and living in a cult-like church, under the thumb of her aunt. Did Celina run away, or did something darker happen?
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In 1974, a decapitated body is found hidden underneath a plastic sheet on a quiet county road in Cockley Cley, Norfolk. Despite a massive investigation, there have been few leads over the years and the Norfolk Headless Doe remains unidentified. Who was she?
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In 2010, Lori Erica Ruff ended her own life, leaving her husband to clear through all her belongings. And in doing so, he found out that his wife was not who she claimed to be... but who was she? What was she running from?
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In 1966, three people, Vernon Shipman, Charles Glass and Louise Shumate were found dead in a clearing in Henderson County, North Carolina. Vernon and Charles were close friends, but Louise had no known connection to the pair... so why had they spent that afternoon all driving around in a car together? Why were they murdered?
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What would you do one day if you woke up dead? You're walking, talking, but you're dead: your brain and skin and organs no longer belong to you. Well, for those with Cotard's Syndrome, that is a terrifying reality.
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In August 1995, 23 year old Heather Teague went sunbathing on Newburgh beach in Henderson County, Kentucky. Then someone emerged from the woodland behind, pulled her up by her hair and threatened her with a gun, forcing her back into the trees. And wildly, this was all witnessed by a man and his telescope 25km away, in a different state.
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In 2003, workers prepping a building for demolition in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, discovered a body encased in concrete in the basement. After 21 years, the girl was identified at Patricia McGlone, but now the search is on for who killed her.
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Through the 70s and 80s, multiple women were found murdered along the Connecticut River Valley - until one woman, Jane Boroski, survived a brutal attack and the killer seemed to go into hiding. Who is the Connecticut River Valley Killer?
UPDATE: as of Tuesday 21st May 2024 (after I recorded this), a search warrant has been enacted in the home of a man in Newport. No more information has been released at this time. -
In 2019, Liz Barraza was setting up a garage sale on her driveway whilst neighbours got up and ready for the day. And then a car pulls up, someone gets out, and shoots her. Who was this mysterious person? Was it a random attack? Mistaken identity? Had someone taken out a hit on her?
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In 2002 authorities in Eastlake, Ohio were called to a suicide in an apartment and it looked like it was going to be an open and shut case... until it turned out that the man, who they thought was Joseph Chandler Newton III, had been living under a false identity for YEARS. Recently he was identified, but no-one knows why he went on the run, abandoning his family forever.
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One night in 1994, Bob and Bunny Lehton arrived home from church to find a masked intruder in their home, pacing back and forth, saying they were just there to rob them and was waiting for a lift. Despite all offers for him to take what he wished, the man refused to leave... until the couple's daughter Amy Gellert came home. Amy was brutally attacked and died from her wounds, with the perpetrator escaping on foot. He's never been found.
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In 1972, a male body was found in a secluded area in Volusia County, Florida. At the time it was thought that the remains were that of an adult, but testing decades later showed that it was more than likely a child, a pre-teen boy. For decades, investigators have been looking in the wrong places, but could he be found now?
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