From the Dark Side: Podcast

May 30th 1999. 66-year old widow Angela Spence-Shaw doesn’t arrive at her part time job at the local greenhouse. Her coworker becomes concerned and drives to her house in a quiet coastal town in Rhode Island. She sees Angela’s car is still in the driveway. On the other side of her front door was a gruesome scene. 💀SOURCES💀 https://tinyurl.com/5n8zsa35 southcoasttoday https://tinyurl.com/yc7rnah2...

April 2008, 54-year old Fred Engel walks to his mailbox and is quickly ambushed. His body was found 30 yards away in a wooded area next to their upscale neighborhood. Cell phone forensics will help determine who is responsible. 💀SOURCES💀 https://tinyurl.com/2xumavcp forensicfilestheambush https://tinyurl.com/2p8m6ds4 caselaw https://tinyurl.com/yjxd6tnj legacy https://tinyurl.com/3jfefenf wmbfne...

July 23 2018. An unidentified hiker was found deceased in his tent weighing just 83 lb. His bag contained food, $3600 in cash and a notebook filled with handwritten programmer codes. His photo was circulated online in a quest to identify him. Many hikers came forward with their photos and stories of meeting him on the trail over the last year, but he never gave his real name. Instead he referred t...

July 13 2011. 27-year old Laura Ackerson disappeared during the middle of a custody dispute with her ex-partner Grant Hayes. He and his new wife, actress Amanda Perry, became the prime suspects in this gruesome case. ⬜️⬜️ “Feral Angel Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ⬜️⬜️ 💀SOURCES💀 h...

April 18th 2016. 45-year old fitness instructor Missy Bevers arrives at Creekside Church of Christ at 4:18 am to get her equipment set up for her 5:00 am fitness class she teaches. Missy was found deceased in her classroom shortly afterwards. Her killer was seen on surveillance wearing police tactical gear and casually walking through the church hallways breaking glass with a hammer and opening do...

July 2021. Life was going well for 23-year old college student Chandler Halderson including a new job with SpaceX he was set to begin in a few weeks. He reported his parents missing after they didn’t return home from their vacation home three hours away. It wouldn’t take long before Chandlers’ elaborate land of make-believe began to unveil. ///// ◻️◻️ “Feral Angel Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech...

March 1st 2019. When 29-year old business owner Andreen McDonald failed to show up for work, her employees immediately knew something was wrong. A search of her home provided clues that Andreen had been met with foul play by someone close to home. 💀SOURCES💀 http://tinyurl.com/38cxr3rk ksat http://tinyurl.com/bp5zwfz9 sawomen http://tinyurl.com/nhe9hnmk foxsanantonio http://tinyurl.com/yeyjrjpk f...

December 3rd, 2003. 38-year-old Federal Prosecutor Jonathan Luna tells his wife and two children he needs to head back to the Baltimore courthouse to finalize a plea agreement for the next morning. He finished up around 11:30 pm. Instead of returning to his home in Elkridge MD, he drove over 100 miles and was found deceased the next morning in a creek in rural Lancaster County, PA. Jonathan’s myst...

December 4th 2022. 27-year old Gretchen Fleming disappears during a night out at the My Way Lounge and Restaurant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. All leads point to a certain individual, but Gretchen has not been found and no arrest has been made. Her family and community are determined to get answers. 💀SOURCES💀 http://tinyurl.com/5duemynn NY Post http://tinyurl.com/mtzt7yw3 Disappeared Blog http...

September 12 2019. Officers enter the apartment of 33-year old Brandon Embry for a wellness check. Inside they find his apartment has been destroyed. They find Brandon alive but badly beaten, unrecognizable and unconscious. He died shortly after. The medical examiner ruled his death as pneumonia and self-inflicted injuries. His family is determined to find the truth starting with his girlfriend wh...

On the snowy night of January 12th 2010, Joann Matouk Romain walked out of an evening prayer service at her church. Her Lexus was found abandoned in the parking lot. Her body was located 2 months later in the Detroit River. Investigators claim she walked through the snow, then submerged herself into a nearby icy lake. Her death was ruled a suicide. However, Joann claimed she was in danger in the w...

March 31 2023. A 58-year old single mom has a date at a Seattle Mariners game with a man she met a few weeks earlier at Costco. She is enjoying herself and even takes a photo of them together. This is the last time she would be seen alive. The next day, her phone was still active and sending bizarre messages before being powered off. Who is this mystery man in the photo and where is Leticia Martin...

March 4th 2022. Kouri and Eric Richins are a young, successful couple with three small boys and two businesses. Eric was found deceased one morning. He had told his family prior, “if anything happens to me, Kouri did it.” Kouri publishes a children’s book about dealing with grief. Weeks later, she was arrested for his murder. 💀SOURCES💀 https://tinyurl.com/yc7y9bws NBC News https://tinyurl.com/df...

An iconic bar nestled at 8852 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, CA holds a shocking past and many secrets. From the mobsters who frequented there in the 1940s to the death of actor River Phoenix in 1993 to the disappearance of the co-owner/Johnny Depps business partner in 2001. 💀SOURCES💀 https://tinyurl.com/59uk8td7 ranker https://tinyurl.com/59mncc52 visit West Hollywood https://tinyurl.com/38mennn5 vi...

June 10 2016. Christina Grimmie started her career on YouTube as a young teenager posting vocal covers of pop songs in her bedroom. She eventually gained 2 million followers on YouTube and placed third on The Voice. By age 22, she was touring and making a huge name for herself. Until one night an obsessed fan shows up at her meet and greet. 💀SOURCES💀 https://tinyurl.com/4rvrdy27 Amalafterwards h...

The Boy in the Chimney. May 8th 2008. 18-year old Joshua Maddux went for a walk in the woods and didn’t come home. His family reported him missing, but considered he may have left to start a new life as he was struggling with the death of his brother from two years earlier. Seven years later, Joshua’s remains were located in a chimney just two blocks from his house. Strange evidence left behind su...

April 20th 1998. Debbie and Nino Puglisi had recently purchased their dream home in an upscale neighborhood in Newark, Delaware. Debbie worked as a nurse and Nino worked as a funeral director. Their twins were 19 years old and away at college. Life was great until one sunny afternoon. Debbie is attacked inside her home by an intruder. She is taken from the home and in the fight for her life for th...

May 7th 2017. David Kinney arrives at his best friend Brad McGarrys house to drop off a weed trimmer he borrowed. Inside a grisly scene is discovered. Shocking secrets are revealed that leave their small town in Ohio in disbelief . 💀SOURCES💀 https://tinyurl.com/3nrpx8fp Supreme Court of Ohio https://tinyurl.com/2dv6hke3 Odd Murders & Mysteries https://tinyurl.com/ydj7wrsx Oxygen True Crime https...

December 25 2006. Ryan Waller & Heather Quan didn't show up for a family Christmas dinner and no one can reach them. Officers arrived at their home for a welfare check. They find Heather deceased from a gunshot wound and Ryan walking around battered and saying he doesn’t remember what happened. He is quickly arrested and placed in the police car for four hours. The detective (finally) realizes dur...

December 2nd 2018, 22-year old Grace Millane was touring New Zealand after recently graduating college. She matches with a man on Tinder and the two meet up for dinner and drinks before heading back to his hotel room. Days go by and no one back home has heard from her. Her date was seen exiting the hotel alone and wheeling a very full suitcase. 💀SOURCES💀 https://tinyurl.com/katbwep4 https://tiny...

June 1st 1989 was a normal day at the office for accountant Bob Clark. He’s busy adding numbers when he is approached and placed under arrest for the murder of his entire family 18 years prior in Westfield, NJ. He had been living under a new name, a new family and had evaded police until a viewer watching Americas Most Wanted saw her friendly neighbor, Bob the accountant, was wanted for murdering...

January 30 2022. 29-year old Alexis Ware dropped her two children off with her ex-boyfriend at 7/11. The plan was to follow him to his mothers house. They begin driving and Alexis instead hit the gas, sped past him and vanished into the night. Her family says she had been harassed and stalked by an unknown person she referred to as “the devil” in the days leading up to her disappearance. 💀sources...

March 2000. The state of Maryland was terrorized by a man on the run. He killed anyone in his path and kidnapped his ex-girlfriend. Ultimately, his reign of terror ended with a 97-hour standoff with a family of three as his hostages. This is the case of Joseph Palczynski. (tw: domestic violence) 💀sources💀 https://tinyurl.com/bp725ddk https://tinyurl.com/3dwb987j https://tinyurl.com/3k95mrd6 http...

December 1978. Billy Milligan is on trial for several violent crimes. Crimes he swears he didn’t commit even though there’s plenty of evidence that it was him. He claims the crimes were instead committed by a 19-year old lesbian named Adalana who was one of his personalities. He claims there are 24 people living inside of him and he’s just the vessel that transports them around and he has no contr...

Feb 1 2012. An 18-year old barista was taken during her evening shift at the coffee shop. Her abductor placed her in his shed which was close to his home where his girlfriend and child were inside sleeping. The next morning, he leaves for his Caribbean vacation for two weeks. Samantha Koenig was the final victim of serial killer Israel Keyes. 💀sources💀 https://tinyurl.com/2hfwcvuh https://tinyur...