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What happens when two true crime podcasters dig through the random facts they've been mentally collecting for months? You get one of the most fascinating, surprising, and downright bizarre episodes we've ever recorded. This week on WTF Wednesdays, Gina and Amber are pulling ten wild true crime adjacent facts out of the depths of their brains and breaking them all down — and trust us, you're going to want to stick around for all of them.
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Melissa Casias has been missing since June 26, 2025. In the final episode of this series, Gina and Amber pull back the lens — examining the full scope of the investigation failures, the documented patterns of abuse and financial control inside the Casias marriage, and the three possible scenarios for what happened to Melissa. They don't tell you what to think. But they lay out everything the evidence supports — and everything it doesn't.
This is the episode where it all comes together.
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New Mexico State Police Report — on file
FBI: No-Body Homicide Cases — A Practical Approach (Special Agent Michael Yoder)
Recorded Phone Calls provided by family
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Melissa Casias dropped lunch off to her daughter Sierra at 12:57 p.m. on June 26, 2025. She sent her last text at 1:33 p.m. At 1:38 p.m., her phone was reset. At 2:18 p.m., surveillance footage from a home on Highway 518 captured a woman with a black backpack walking eastbound. That's 40 minutes — almost exactly the walking distance between the Casias home and that location. A coincidence? Gina and Amber don't think so.
In this episode, they pick up where Part One left off: the days and weeks following Melissa's disappearance, the organized searches, Mark Casias's recorded phone calls, the disturbing patterns emerging from inside the marriage, and the surveillance footage that raises more questions than it answers.
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FBI: No-Body Homicide Cases — A Practical Approach (Special Agent Michael Yoder)
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On Thursday, June 26, 2025, Melissa Shirley Casias — a 53-year-old mother, avid hunter, devoted reader, thyroid cancer survivor, and administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory — vanished from Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. She dropped lunch off to her daughter Sierra at 12:57 p.m. By 1:38 p.m., her phone had been wiped. By 2:18 p.m., a witness spotted someone who looked like her walking alone along Highway 518 Eastbound in Talpa. She has not been seen since.
In this episode, Gina and Amber introduce you to Melissa — who she was, what her life looked like, and why the people who love her are certain she did not choose to disappear. They then walk through the events of June 26th in chronological order, covering her last confirmed movements, the first hours of the investigation, and the early signs that something about her husband Mark Casias's behavior wasn't adding up.
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Join hosts Gina and Amber as they deep dive into this compelling case and unleash new and never before shared exclusive case updates. Working with the family, your Weird True Crime team presents this 3 part limited series on their Weird True Crime feed.
All 3 episodes drop May 20, 2026
On Thursday, June 26, 2025, Melissa Shirley Casias — a 53-year-old mother, avid hunter, devoted reader, thyroid cancer survivor, and administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory — vanished from Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. She dropped lunch off to her daughter Sierra at 12:57 p.m. By 1:38 p.m., her phone had been wiped. By 2:18 p.m., a witness spotted someone who looked like her walking alone along Highway 518 Eastbound in Talpa. She has not been seen since.
🚨 If You Have Information
New Mexico State Police: (505) 425-6771
Crime Stoppers (anonymous): (505) 843-STOP | Text ABQCS to 738477
Find Melissa Mondragon Casias on Facebook: [link]
GoFundMe Reward Fund: [link]
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What if the key to getting a criminal to confess was... a glowing, blinking skeleton in a dark room? Welcome back to WTF Wednesday, little skeletons! This week we're digging up one of our favorite weird-but-true stories that deserves a second listen.
We kick things off in the roaring 1920s — a decade absolutely packed with infamous crimes. From the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and the unsolved Wall Street Bombing of 1920, to serial killer Albert Fish (aka the Brooklyn Vampire, the Gray Man) and the Black Sox scandal of 1921 — the '20s were wild.
But the real star of today's episode? Helene Adelaide Shelby, a woman so fed up with retracted confessions that on August 16, 1927, she filed a patent for an "Apparatus for Obtaining Criminal Confessions and Photographically Recording Them." What was this apparatus, exactly? A small dark chamber. A hidden interrogator speaking through a megaphone. And a life-sized skeleton with glowing red blinking eyes designed to terrify suspects into confessing their deepest, darkest secrets.
Yes. A crime skeleton. She patented a crime skeleton.
Sadly, Helene's invention never made it off the drawing board — and the 1961 Supreme Court ruling on coerced confessions probably would have had something to say about it anyway. But we fully stan her energy.
We wrap up the episode with 10 hilarious real cop stories pulled from Reddit — featuring horse semen, a stiletto heel where it absolutely should not be, a self-proclaimed "earth ninja," Chuck Norris, Big Macs, and the most relatable donut panic you'll ever hear.
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Calista Springer was a 16-year-old girl from Centreville, Michigan, who loved to draw, paint, and color — and who spent most of her short life being abused, starved, and chained to a bed by the people who were supposed to protect her. For over a decade, teachers, neighbors, and social workers filed at least 15 reports with Child Protective Services. Nothing was done. On February 27, 2008, a fire broke out in the Springer home. Calista could not escape. She was chained to her bunk bed by a dog choke chain. She died of carbon monoxide poisoning. She was 91 pounds.
The Calista Springer case is one of the most heartbreaking examples of child abuse and CPS failure in Michigan history. Calista's stepmother, Marsha and father, Anthony Springer, were ultimately convicted of torture and first-degree child abuse — but only after years of documented abuse that investigators, caseworkers, and school officials failed to stop. The Springers had even pulled Calista out of public school under Michigan's permissive homeschool laws, removing her from the last adults who could have intervened. In 2010, both Marsha and Anthony were sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for torture.
In this episode of Weird True Crime, Amber and Gina walk through the full story of Calista Springer — from her early childhood and diagnosis with Pervasive Developmental Disorder, to the years of reported child abuse that CPS ignored, to the fire that killed her and the criminal trial that followed. They also examine the civil lawsuit against the CPS workers who closed Calista's case, the role Michigan's homeschool laws played in hiding her abuse, and what her case changed — and didn't change — about how the state protects vulnerable children.
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Links & Sources
District Court — Langdon v. Skelding (civil lawsuit): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-miwd-1_10-cv-00985/pdf/USCOURTS-miwd-1_10-cv-00985-0.pdf
Michigan Court of Appeals — Langdon v. Skelding: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17496516472404841413
Court of Appeals — People v. Springer (sentencing appeal): https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7083950363041240481
6th Circuit Court of Appeals — related federal ruling: https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca6/11-2353/11-2353-2013-04-17.pdf
M Live — Calista Springer investigative series (March 2009): https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2009/03/calista_springer_in_progress.html
M Live — Records investigation: https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2009/03/gazette_investigation_records.html
M Live — Initial fire report: https://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/02/girl_who_died_in_centreville_f.html
M Live — Fire details: https://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/02/details_emerge_in_fatal_fire.html
M Live — Jury deliberations: https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/02/jury_deliberations_continue_to.html
M Live — Case goes to jury: https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/02/springer_case_goes_to_the_jury.html
M Live — Children with Calista's disorder (trial coverage): https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/02/children_with_calistas_disorde.html
M Live — Courtney Springer testimony: https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/02/calista_springers_sister_court.html
M Live — Anthony Springer's public statement (2008): https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2008/09/anthony_springers_statement_to.html
M Live — Calista's mother grieves (March 2008): https://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/03/calistas_mother_grieves_as_doc.html
NIH — Pervasive Developmental Disorders: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/pervasive-developmental-disorders
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What's scarier than a criminal? A criminal in costume. This week on Weird True Crime, Amber and Gina are back with another roundup of dumb criminals — and this time, every single one of them decided that committing a crime in a costume was a great idea. Spoiler: it was not.
From a Chuck E. Cheese employee arrested for fraud while wearing the mouse mascot suit in front of a birthday party full of kids, to a man who robbed a Maryland convenience store dressed as a unicorn — this episode is proof that truth is always stranger than fiction in the world of weird true crime.
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Weird True Crime Headlines: Letecia Stauch Retrial, David Burke Arrest, Rex Heuermann Guilty Plea, Joseph Duggar Charged, and Utah “Family Trap” Murder Trial
In this week’s true crime headlines episode, Amber and Gina cover major cases making news right now:
In Colorado, Letecia Stauch’s conviction for the 2020 murder of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch was overturned by the Colorado Court of Appeals due to a biased juror, ordering a retrial while she remains in custody pending potential Colorado Supreme Court review.
In Los Angeles, singer David Anthony Burke was arrested in connection with the death of missing 13-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose severely decomposed, dismembered remains were found in the front trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to him.
On Long Island, Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to eight Gilgo Beach murders and received multiple consecutive life sentences without parole. In Arkansas and Florida, Joseph Duggar faces felony child molestation charges tied to a 2020 trip, plus additional child endangerment/false imprisonment charges alongside wife Kendra after locks were found on children’s bedroom doors.
And in Utah, Tracey Grist stands trial in the “Family Trap” murder case involving the shooting death of her son-in-law Matthew Restelli, with her daughter testifying for the prosecution. If you’re into true crime news, murder trials, and real crime updates, this is your episode of Weird True Crime.
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Introducing the new long form investigative podcast from the team behind Missing in Hush Town, Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River.
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Episode 1: Send Recovery
On September 9th, 2023, at 9:45 PM, a 911 call was made.
A witness reported a white sedan sitting on River Road in the Sacramento Delta.
Moments later, that same car began to move—rolling slowly from a stop, turning down an embankment, and disappearing into the Sacramento River.
Emergency response was called.
But what happened next, doesn’t make sense.
Within hours, the call was downgraded.
Medical was cancelled.
No confirmed search took place the following day.
Two days later, a dive team finally located the vehicle.
Four days later, Jeff Anderson was pulled from the bottom of the river—just 500 feet from where the car entered the water.
His car was:
-upside down
- in park.
Keys in his pocket.
His body in the back seat.
His phone was never recovered.
And in the months after his death—someone attempted to access his accounts.
Authorities ruled it an accident.
We disagree.
In this first chapter of Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River, we walk you through the night Jeff Anderson lost his life—using dispatch calls, witness statements, and official reports—to uncover one question:
What happened to Jeff Anderson?
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In October 2018, David Carter — a devoted father, hard worker, and beloved son from Melvindale, Michigan — was reported missing by his family. Days later, his dismembered remains were found scattered along I-75 in Ohio, 100 miles from home. Police believe his girlfriend, Tamera "Tammy" Williams, shot him while he slept, dismembered his body, and fled. She has been a fugitive ever since — and is now on the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list. In this episode, Gina and Amber walk through David's life, his murder, the investigation, and the ongoing manhunt for the woman police say killed him.
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Links & Sources
• Unsolved Mysteries Season 3 — 'Body in Bags' (Netflix)
• U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted — Tamera Williams Wanted Poster: https://www.usmarshals.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/15-most-wanted-tamera-williams.pdf
• In Pursuit with John Walsh, Season 2 Episode 11 — 'Violent Vendetta'
• Fox 2 Detroit — Family Coverage: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/1-year-after-murder-dismemberment-of-melvindale-man-the-search-continues-for-his-girlfriend
• Click on Detroit — Investigation Coverage: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/09/27/she-is-a-monster-detroit-woman-added-to-15-most-wanted-fugitives-list/
• WXYZ Detroit — Ongoing Coverage: https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-woman-accused-of-murdering-boyfriend-added-to-us-marshals-15-most-wanted-list
• Unsolved Mysteries Fandom Wiki — Tammy Williams: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Tammy_Williams
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What happens when the people sworn to uphold the law decide to... totally lose it on April Fools' Day? In this episode of Weird True Crime, hosts Amber and Gina dive into the lighter — and absolutely chaotic — side of law enforcement with a roundup of the funniest police pranks on the internet.
From official police department social media posts to wild stories shared by real officers on Reddit's r/AskLE forum, these pranks prove that even cops need to let loose sometimes.
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Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River
The first episode drops March 30th!
Each new episode will drop the following Monday.
We're seeking the answer to the question, "What happened to Jeff Anderson?"
Jeff Anderson was just 40 years old when his car rolled into the Sacramento River the evening of September 9th, 2023. Despite 911 calls from eye witnesses confirming the entry point of Jeff's car into the river, rescue attempts were not conducted until September 13th- 4 days later.
Upon retrieval, law enforcement removed Jeff's car key from his front pocket of his pants. His car transmission was in "park."
Inconsistencies in stories about Jeff's last hours have raised more questions than answers:
Was Jeff assaulted?
Was Jeff helped to his car from a bar and taken water?
Was Jeff roofied?
Was Jeff in emotional distress?
We have witness statements submitted to law enforcement saying they were told by eye witnesses that there were two cars that evening, not one.
When the car eye witnesses were
followed up by law enforcement, this claim was denied ever being said. Why?
We'll share dispatch calls.
We'll share incident reports.
We'll share toxicology reports.
Was this a horrific accident, or was this case closed without a proper investigation?
Why did the PI hired by the family take years to get the report back to family?
Why was Jeff's car parked only to allegedly roll from a stop across a flat grade road, make a 90 degree turn, and then go into the water?
Why has Jeff's phone had multiple hacking attempts?
Why wasn't Jeff's case looking into as a suspected homicide?
The stories the family were told by law enforcement alone will outrage you.
We'll be covering the witness reports, police reports, autopsy report, interviews, written statements, and our documented attempts to communicate with Sheriff Cooper and the District Attorney.
March 30th-
Time to ask seek the answers to questions law enforcement should have asked before closing Jeff's case.
Podcast Hosts Jules Thorp and Jen Rivera
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Podcast script written by Jules Thorp
Podcast audio engineering and editing by Jen Rivera
Producers Jules Thorp and Jen Rivera
What Happened To Jeff Anderson?
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In this week's true crime headlines episode, we're covering five major cases making news right now. Utah mom Kouri Richins has been found guilty of murdering her husband Eric with fentanyl — while simultaneously promoting a children's book about grief she wrote after his death. In an ongoing missing persons case, University of Alabama student Jimmy Gracey was found dead in Barcelona, Spain after disappearing during spring break; Spanish authorities are calling it accidental but toxicology results are still pending. We also have an update on the Nancy Guthrie disappearance — the 84-year-old mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie has now been missing for nearly eight weeks after an alleged targeted abduction from her Tucson, Arizona home, and the family is pleading for tips as the investigation stalls. In Michigan, Dale Warner was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his wife Dee Warner, whose remains were found sealed inside a welded fertilizer tank on the couple's farm more than three years after she vanished. And in Florida, two teenage girls — Isabelle Valdez and Lois Lippert — were arrested at Lake Brantley High School after allegedly plotting to murder a classmate in a premeditated attack; both have been charged as adults and are being held without bond.
If you're into true crime news, cold cases, missing persons, murder trials, and real crime updates, this is your episode. New episodes of Weird True Crime drop weekly — follow, subscribe, and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Sources:
Kouri Richins:
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-5751765/kouri-richins-trial-murder-husband-book
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-5751765/kouri-richins-trial-murder-husband-book
University of AL student:
https://www.wbrc.com/2026/03/19/body-missing-university-alabama-student-found-spain-reports-say/
https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/family-seeks-finding-20-year-university-alabama-student/story?id=131178806
Nancy Guthrie Update:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/us/nancy-guthrie-case-tucson-spotlight
Dee Anne Warner:
https://www.13abc.com/2026/03/10/jurors-reach-verdict-dale-warner-murder-trial/
https://people.com/dee-warner-vanished-without-trace-people-magazine-investigates-11881621
Florida Teen Girls School Shooting Plot:
https://abcnews.com/US/florida-teens-charged-alleged-murder-plot-laughing-patrol/story?id=131000052
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/fl-teen-attempted-murder-adam-lanza-interest-22073931.php
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In this episode of Weird True Crime, hosts Gina and Amber dive into some of the most shocking and heartbreaking celebrity deaths in modern history — not from illness or overdose, but from homicides, freak accidents, and unthinkable tragedies that no amount of fame could prevent. We're talking about cases involving Selena Quintanilla, Phil Hartman, Judith Barsi, Owen Hart, Aaliyah, Steve Irwin, Paul Walker, and Naya Rivera. These are the celebrity true crime stories that changed pop culture forever — and the ones that still don't feel real, even all these years later.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of murder, domestic violence, child abuse, and accidental death. The Judith Barsi segment in particular involves the murder of a child. Please take care of yourselves.
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On January 10, 2002, 19-year-old Rachel Cooke laced up her Asics, grabbed her yellow Walkman, and headed out for a morning run near her family's home in Georgetown, Texas. She never came home. Twenty-four years later, no one has been charged, no physical evidence has been found, and the Rachel Cooke cold case remains one of the most haunting unsolved missing persons cases in Texas. In this episode, Gina and Amber walk through Rachel's story — who she was, what happened, a false confession that shattered her family all over again, and where the investigation stands today.
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Links & Sources
• KXAN — 24th Anniversary Detective Interview
• KVUE — Rachel Cooke: 24 Years Later
• FOX 7 Austin — Cold Case Overview
• Disappeared: Running for Her Life (YouTube)
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What’s the dumbest way a criminal has ever tried to escape police?
This week on Weird True Crime, Amber and Gina dive into a viral Reddit thread titled:
“Policemen of Reddit, what’s the dumbest way a criminal tried to get away from you?”
And let’s just say… evolution may be working overtime.
From a man trying to fly during a foot chase, to a suspect who climbed a fence instead of using the giant open gate, to a drunk guy who asked the cop chasing him for help getting away from… the cop chasing him — these stories prove that not all criminals are criminal masterminds.
If you love:
Dumb criminal stories
Funny true crime
Bizarre police chases
Reddit crime threads
“You can’t make this up” moments
…this episode is for you.
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This week’s True Crime Headlines episode covers five developing stories — from a highly anticipated trial start, to a new murder charge, to a devastating multi-victim murder/suicide, plus a decades-old cold case conviction tied to forensic evidence, and an update in a missing person investigation.
We’re focusing on what’s new, what investigators and courts are saying publicly right now, and what to watch next — while keeping the emphasis where it belongs: on the people harmed, and the families living with the aftermath.
Today’s Headlines
Kouri Richins trial begins — the Utah mom accused in her husband’s death heads to court as the case enters a new, high-stakes phase.
“American Idol” alum charged with murdering his wife — new allegations include claims of staging, as the case moves through the legal system.
Florida murder/suicide spree — authorities say a man killed six people across multiple locations before taking his own life, leaving families and communities reeling.
1982 Bay Area teen murder — prosecutors say a cigarette-butt DNA link helped seal a conviction decades after the killing.
Nancy Guthrie update — investigators say DNA recovered from a glove did not match anyone in CODIS, raising questions about next investigative steps.
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Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/kouri-richins-murder-trial-utah-fb8c485bf705e7bb2c57a4f038ad76a4
https://apnews.com/article/american-idol-slaying-wife-murder-arrested-0e3bb12b8322b99947cbc3452a8058c7
https://nypost.com/2026/02/17/us-news/ohio-teacher-mom-of-two-killed-during-home-invasion-police/
https://people.com/victims-identified-florida-cross-state-murder-suicide-11906620
https://www.sarasotasheriff.org/news_detail_T13_R1671.php
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sarah-geer-cold-case-21367969.php
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/glove-found-near-nancy-guthries-home-fails-produce-dna-match-2026-02-17
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Listener requests? We deliver.
For our first WTF episode of 2026, we’re answering Oliver’s call for more dumb criminals, bizarre crimes, and “how did anyone think this would work?” moments — and wow… people really tested the limits of common sense last year.
In this episode of Weird True Crime, Amber and Gina break down real criminal cases from 2025–2026 involving meth-fueled decisions, stolen historical artifacts, slow-speed police chases, botched murder-for-hire plots, naked carjackers, and criminals who absolutely should not be writing true crime books.
From an 800-pound war cannon stolen to pay a drug debt, to a man who borrowed a tourist train for his birthday, to a near-naked burglar wearing nothing but a tablecloth — this episode proves that crime and intelligence rarely go hand in hand.
If you love funny true crime stories, dumb criminals getting caught, WTF news headlines, and sarcastic commentary, this episode is for you.
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