Small Town Mysteries

Send us Fan Mail It took 40 years for investigators to find out the identities of a Jane and John Doe, only to discover that they had an infant at the time of their deaths...but where was she? In this episode of Small Town Mysteries, find out what happened to Baby Holly, where she is now, and how this case involves a cult. The murder of her parents, Harold Dean Clouse Jr. and Tina Gail Lin, is sti...

Send us Fan Mail This case takes place in Napa, California, in the early morning hours of November 1, 2004, when a young woman was woken around 2AM by the sound of breaking glass and a blood-curdling, terrified scream. When she heard whoever was in the house exit, she went to investigate, and found both of her roommates lying in a pool of blood.  Who did this, and why? The answer to both of these...

Send us Fan Mail During the last Spooky Szn episode of October 2023, Christine talks about a haunted tunnel in Massachusetts and the story of Eunice Cole, a woman in New Hampshire who was accused of (and tried for) being a witch 3 TIMES throughout her life.  Sources: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosac_Tunnel   2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida,_Massachusetts   3) https://en.wikipedia.o...

Send us Fan Mail In the first case, Rachael talks about a man who killed the woman he was seeing...over halloween candy.  In the second case, we cover the murder of Timothy O’Bryan, a young boy who was killed by his father on Halloween night. Sources: 1) https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/0c5a6fb2-702d-4961-ad07-c4763daa4ea7/1161735_R23.pdf 2) https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/woman-stab...

Send us Fan Mail On this spooky season episode, Kate talks about the real-life stories that The Conjuring series are based on!  Sources: 1) https://allthatsinteresting.com/true-story-of-the-conjuring-perron-family-enfield-haunting 2) https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/07/22/conjuring-true-story-perron/2457209/ 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren#cite_note-Providenc...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Christine takes on the heartbreaking (and still unsolved) abduction of Morgan Nick.  In 1995, Morgan was a vibrant 6-year-old girl who was enjoying an evening catching fireflies with her friends at a little league baseball game. After going toward her mom's car to empty sand from her shoes, Morgan is never seen of or heard from again.  There are a couple of people...

Send us Fan Mail Spooky Szn Episode 2 is OUT!  Learn about the spookiest stories from New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine in this episode.  We talk about a college, a couple of cemeteries, and even an Inn.  At the end, we discuss a book club we will be starting up in January. Let us know @smalltownmysteriespod (on Instagram) if you have any suggestions (true crime or mystery/thriller genre) that you...

Send us Fan Mail 1922 - When a family and their maid are all found dead on their farm in Germany, there are far more questions than answers. Unsolved to this day, learn about the Hinterkaifeck murders and the different theories surrounding the case. Sources: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders 2) https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-hinterkaifeck-murders-germanys-oldest-unsolv...

Send us Fan Mail ALERT, ALERT!!! FIRST EPISODE OF SPOOKY SZN!! This Spooky Szn, we are covering cases in New England. Today, Christine talks about The Lady in Black (a famous New England Ghost story) and all about VAMPIRES.  No, not the ones who sparkle in the sun. No, sadly not the ones who are brothers pining over a doppleganger of their ex-gf (hello, fans of Vampire Diaries?).  No, no, no. We&a...

Send us Fan Mail In 1969, a body is discovered in the brush off of Mulholland Drive in LA California. The murder was extremely gruesome -- the woman was stabbed over 150 times. This unidentified woman became known as “Sherry Doe” or “Jane Doe 59.” It took 46 years for this woman to get her name back.  Jane Doe #59 is actually a woman named Reet Jurvetson, who was murdered at the young age of 19 ye...

Send us Fan Mail Today, Kate explores the kidnapping of Carlee Russell, which recently EXPLODED on social media. Carlee was missing for about 2 days before she suddenly re-appeared. What might have led Carlee to make the choices she made? This case is still very much unfolding, and if there are any major developments, we’ll be sure to cover them! Sources:  1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover,_...

Send us Fan Mail This case will leave you enraged.  When twin sisters Dannette Millbrook and Jeannette Millbrook go missing, nothing happens. They are labeled runaways by the primary investigator (despite clear evidence that points to the contrary) and no actual investigation is conducted until years later.  If it weren't for the horrendous lack of investigation in this case, as well as numer...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Rachael covers the heinous crimes committed by two teenage girls, Holly Harvey and Sandra Ketchum, which includes the murder of Holly's grandmother and grandfather. What drove them to do this?  Sources: 1) https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/killer-couple-murderous-lesbian-teens-holly-harvey-sandra-ketchum 2) https://murderpedia.org/female...

Send us Fan Mail When Helen Wilson is murdered in her apartment on February 8th, 1985, investigators work to find a suspect. However, they soon have a total of 6 - most of whom willingly state that,  yes, they were involved in the crime in some way. What do the majority of these people have in common? A psychologist they all see - who helps them uncover certain "repressed" memories... So...

Send us Fan Mail When multiple people in Circleville, Ohio start to receive increasingly threatening letters regarding their supposed dirty laundry, everyone is questioning who this person could possibly be.  Years later, after a gun from a booby trap is traced back to someone, everyone believes the case is solved. The person who had been writing the letters for the last several years has been fou...

Send us Fan Mail All four members of The Thrasher Family were found murdered in their home in Woodward, Oklahoma. The person who was eventually convicted of the murders had no obvious motive for this senseless murder.  Sources: 1) https://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-criminal/1977/1068.html 2) https://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos12a/ThrasherMurders1974.txt www.finndagrave.com...

Send us Fan Mail This week is a doozy! We are sure a lot of you are familiar with The Duggar Family, who had their own TV show, called 19 Kids and Counting, throughout the late 2000s. This run ended in 2015, when some horrifying court documents came to light regarding the Duggar's eldest son, Josh.  Or, you might be familiar with the family through the new documentary about them and the culti...

Send us Fan Mail In this case, Christine covers the case of Logan Tucker, a 6-year-old boy who is the victim of a murder in which no body has never been found. Logan Tucker was living with his mother, brother, and a roommate of his mother's at the time of his death, in a small city called Woodward (Oklahoma). The large amount of circumstantial evidence in this case made it clear that one pers...

Send us Fan Mail Rachael reports on the case of Colleen Ritzer - a teacher from Massachusetts who was brutally murdered and sexually assaulted by her student. This student was only 14 years old, and was tried as an adult in court. Shortly after his prison sentence begins, more shocking details emerge. Sources: 1) https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2022/06/family-of-colleen-ritzer-danvers-teacher...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Kate discusses a murder that occurred in the 1930s and is still unsolved. Mamie Thurman was only 32 when she was brutally murdered. Small town politics is definitely at play in this one and factors heavily into the trial.  Sources:  1) https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/06/unsolved-murder-of-mamie-thurman.html 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan,_West_Virg...

Send us Fan Mail In 1985, in two small towns in Massachusetts, 16-year-old Cathy Malcolmson and 9-year-old Sarah Pryor go missing within 2 months of each other. When bone fragments are found, investigators are led to one person of interest.  Sources: 1) https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/313dfma.html  2) https://charleyproject.org/case/catherine-ruth-malcolmson  3) https://rcccmcc.com/2019/10/09/cat...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Rachael goes over the tragic murder of Alexandra "Ally" Zapp, a 30-year-old woman who was stabbed to death at a Rest Stop off of a highway in Massachusetts. Ally's murderer had a lengthy history involving violent crimes, and her family has worked (and is still working) to pass legislature today that will keep persistently violent individuals...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about weird and creepy phone calls. Some certainly involve crime, some might involve the supernatural...and others just end up being downright hilarious. Sources: 1) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-08-mn-54702-story.html 2) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-17-me-victimpeck17-story.html 3) https://gizmodo.com/la-train-victim-...

Send us Fan Mail Asha Degree is 9 years old when she goes missing on a dark, rainy night in February 2000. Her backpack, which she seemed to have packed, is found 26 miles from where she was last seen walking along the highway.  What happened to Asha? Did she simply run away? Was she lured, in the early internet days? Did she encounter a bad actor who brought her harm? Sources: 1) https://en.wikip...

Send us Fan Mail Rachael covers a tragic case this week involving the horrendous lynching of James Byrd Jr.  James was murdered by three white men - simply because he was black.  We talk about James, the crime, and what resulted after, as well as the legacy that his family wants to leave in James' memory. Sources: 1) https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr 2) https://www.biog...