Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

On August 10, 2018, 28-year-old Richard "Beebo" Russell stole an empty aircraft from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, with no formal pilot's license or flight training.  Richard's story has since been shared all over the world.   Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20180817210556/https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx? EventID=20180812X92421&AKey=1&RType=Prelim&IType=FA ht...

Angela Lynn Chan was 19 years old at the time of her disappearance on March 27, 1989. She was a white female, 5'2", approximately 120 pounds, with short blonde/strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a scar on her chin, a rose or orchid tattoo on her left ankle, and a circle with an arrow tattoo on her left shoulder. Her ears were pierced at least twice in each ear. She was last seen wearing...

Sara takes us to British Columbia via the wayback machine to talk about the origins of the legend of a long lost gold mine near Pitt Lake.   Sources https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-starved-out/144982415/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-another-good-indian/144981676/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/vancouver-daily-world-hanged-at-the-roya/144982539/...

Sara brings us a unique anecdote in Lake Tahoe's property crimes history - guys, gals, nonbinary pals - let's hear the story of Hank the Tank.   Sources https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/tahoe-bear-hank-the-tank-rehoused-in-colorado/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/hank-tank-bear.html https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/bear-population-booming-amid-increasing-human-bear-conflicts/ h...

We're back!  Sorry for ghosting - take care of your mentals!   Let's talk about the haunted Delta King Riverboat - darn near 100 years told and carrying at least a few ghostly passengers.   Sources ·        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_King ·        https://ghostedtravel.com/delta-king-riverboat-hotel/ ·        https://www.weirdfresno.com/2012/06/sacramento-river-boat-said-to-be.html ·     ...

Immaculate "Mackie" Basil was 26 or 27 at the time she went missing. She is described as 5'2" and 130lbs with brown eyes and long, black hair. She was wearing gray capri jogging or yoga pants, a blue shirt, a black zip up hoodie with a Maple Leaf on the front, and white running shoes. If you have any information regarding the disappearance or whereabouts of Immaculate Basil, you are encouraged to...

Sacramento is haunted haunted and Caro's starting us off with three locations of well-known spooky spots in California's capital city.   Sources https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/haunted-sacramento/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1efcsia/parts_of_sac_that_give_you_an_eerie_feeling/ https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2021/10/30/sacramentos-haunted-history-is-more-than-a-ghost-sto...

Episode content starts at 5:58 :) We delve into the spooky with ane episode covering the Pacific Northwest's longest continually-operating hotel in Wolf Creek, Oregon!  What or who is haunting the Wolf Creek Inn? Sources https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/back-issues/upload/Burmeister_Women-s-Lands_OHQ-Spring-2014_web.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womyn%27s_land https://traveloreg...

Targeted for her political beliefs, Laura Law was murdered in her living room in Aberdeen in 1940.  The biased non-trial that followed sought to blame her husband, Richard.  Who killed Laura Law? Sources https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65545068/lea_laura-law#:~:text=Laura%20and%20her%20husband%20Richard,has%20not%20yet%20been%20solved. https://www.newspapers.com/image/773677872/?match=1&terms=...

From the Kahkwakilak and other Pacific Northwest coastal tribal lore comes the tale of the cannibal woman Dzunukwa, The Basket Ogress.    Sources https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=654159986283337 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzunukwa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuu-chah-nulth_mythology https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200323/http://archive.umista.ca/exhibits/collection.php?item=141&all=&pg=1...

A missing teen, a story that didn't add up, a murder, and a biker gang - what the actual hell happened here?   Sources https://people.com/crime/teen-murder-suspect-vanishing-allegedly-sham-victim-was-mom-ex-boyfriend/ https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article278867199.html https://komonews.com/news/local/pierce-county-teenagers-gabriel-davies-justin-yoon-12-years-pierce-county-deputi...

We've got another lake cryptid for you - and this one has very sharp teeth.  This is the legend of the Tsinquaw. Sources https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Tsinquaw https://superstitioustimes.com/what-lurks-in-cowichan-lake-stin-qua-adds-to-b-c-s-super-natural-mystique/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLGsl574k8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%27uubaa-asatx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan_L...

Where is Kit Mora? As mentioned in the episode, due to the current administration's policies, Kit's NCMEC entry was re-listed under their government name, Esmeralda Mora. Kit is a non-binary or two spirit Indigenous person. There were a large array of listed heights and weights for Kit. Most stated Kit is about 5'7 and 190 lbs. But a few others stated 5'2 and 140 - 150lbs.  Kit has black hair and...

A customer walked into the Leathers Oil Company gas station in Gresham, Oregon on January 17, 1994 to find Virginia Kay Endecott, Rosealie Fay-Girtz, and Mary Beth Carey all shot to death.  The killer has never been located.  Where is Tyrom Theis? Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leathers_Oil_Company_murders#cite_note-amw-13 https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2016/09/40_of_the_...

Sara takes us back to Spokane, WA with a recently solved case thanks to genetic genealogy. Sources https://dnasolves.com/articles/spokane-county-margaret-anselmo/ http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/nov/13/cold-case-folo/ https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/578112449/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/570000015/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo https://www....

The small resort community of Mabel Lake, British Columbia was rocked by the brutal double murder of teenage twins Dianna & Donna Ring in 1963.  Rest in peace, Dianna & Donna. Sources https://www.facebook.com/groups/284306828300246/posts/7701044986626356/ https://www.rcmpgraves.com/vetcorner/vetmonth-apr09.html https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-knife-killed-twins/115142859/?locale=en...

There's a possible coverup in Nanaimo, British Columbia - what happened to Lisa Marie Young? Lisa is described as an Indigenous woman around 5'2" - 5'4", 117lbs, with straight brown hair. She was last seen wearing a black tanktop, black size 8 shoes, a black skirt, and a silver aluminum stainless steel Hoop necklace with medallion. She has a tattoo on her right arm - a band of flowers with a heart...

Oregon's oldest unidentified missing person's case & a fascinating theory - who is the Oak Grove Jane Doe and could it be Anna Schrader? Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_Jane_Doe https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/09/oregon-authorities-exhume-remains-in-one-of-portland-areas-oldest-unsolved-murders.html https://www.kptv.com/2025/09/22/body-oak-grove-jane-doe-exhumed-oregons-oldes...

note: this episode was recorded during the Seattle Mariners' historic playoff run and we were very excited.  we are still very sad it ended the way it did.  Mariners, please sign Josh Naylor.  This is a BONUS episode because we had big feelings and wanted to cover this absolutely insane documentary.  We suggest viewing "Unknown Number" on Netflix prior to listening to this episode, and for extra i...

Happy Halloween!  Please enjoy these tales from around Cascadia for our favorite spooky holiday. Don't go swimming at Sunset Bay after the sun goes down (longest story ~22min) Must be Santa Shasta's Ghostly Choir A Really Rude Poltergeist The UBC Ghost Hitchhiker Something's Following Me Fort Casey/Camp Casey tales Sources https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/17mkhye/dont_go_swimming_at_sunse...

We travel into Canada's Northern Territories for the story of the great white wolf of the Nahanni Valley. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_wolf https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Waheela https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/waheela-folklore https://mysteriesofcanada.com/nwt/waheela-the-great-white-wolf-of-northern-canada/ https://cryptidarchives.fa...

Sara gets a gold star for the first episode covering a time slip as a topic as she brings us a unique eyewitness account from Courtney Lake in British Columbia. Sources https://www.knkx.org/news/2019-01-22/hell-on-earth-a-forgotten-prison-that-predates-mcneil-island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cB7lbufHk  

The origins of the hauntings at the Lighthouse at Battery Point in Crescent City, CA are debated, but the hauntings themselves are not.  Visit (or stay as a volunteer lightkeeper) if you dare.   Sources https://visitdelnortecounty.com/article/haunted-places-in-del-norte-county-california/ https://medium.com/@burrowslizzy/the-haunting-history-of-battery-point-lighthouse-151ca5e68243 https://www.onl...

Sara brings us the oldest active missing person's case in the US from the wayback machine.  What happened to Marvin Clark? Sources https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian/173999891/ https://www.genealogybank.com/blog/dna-needed-to-solve-one-of-the-oldest-missing-persons-cases.html https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/14632 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1087024171/?match=1&terms=%...

Today we go to Pitt Lake in British Columbia, where tales are told of giant black salamanders undulating through the waters, climbing up onto shore to terrorize small rodents, and even hiding out at construction sites.   Sources https://new-cryptozoology.fandom.com/wiki/Pitt_Lake_Giant https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/18/cryptid-profile-canadian-alligator-aka-pitt-lake-lizard https...