Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

Sara brings us the disturbingly detail-barren missing case of Latoya Salazar in Yakima, WA.   Case ends at 5min 30sec, chatter about Up and Vanished: The Midnight Sun and other Alaska missing persons cases makes up the rest of the episode length.   Sources https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/topics/the_vanished/the-vanished-list-of-those-missing-murdered-on-and-near-yakama-reservation/article_d637a8...

Happy Halloween!  Caro covers a unique house cleansing in Bethany, OR from 2018, originally written about in the Portland Mercury by Santi Elijah Holley.   Sources https://www.portlandmercury.com/religion/2018/02/21/19690964/an-excellent-day-for-an-exorcism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church https://www.google.com/search?q=requirements+for+roman+catholic+exorcism&oq=requirements+for...

Sara tells us the history + haunted happenings of Portland's White Eagle Saloon + Hotel. Sources https://portlandghosts.com/white-eagle-saloon/ https://www.mcmenamins.com/white-eagle-saloon-hotel https://eliotneighborhood.org/2010/01/08/the-white-eagle-saloon/ https://offbeatoregon.com/1703c.white-eagle-shanghai-spot-435.html https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/food/oregon/mcmenamins-white-eagle-saloo...

"A Haunting" brings us the spooky story for today - a young couple discover a perfect apartment in Ballard, but start to feel unwelcome almost as soon as they move in.   Sources A Haunting, S4 Ep4, "The Apartment" https://ahaunting.fandom.com/wiki/The_Apartment https://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/comments/1751mi0/ballard_haunted_house/

Caro covers a broad-daylight kidnapping in San Jose, CA in April 2022 that made national headlines. Sources https://abc7news.com/brandon-cuellar-san-jose-baby-kidnapping-sentencing-yesenia-ramirez-roman-portillo/12982535/ https://abc7news.com/baby-kidnapped-san-jose-3-month-old-brandon-cuellar-sj-sjpd/11790453/ https://abc7news.com/brandon-cuellar-found-baby-kidnapped-san-jose-mom-arrests-in-sj-ki...

What happens when no one seems to realize someone is missing?  In the case of Arnel Narvaiz, his family may have been left without answers if a search for another missing person hadn't discovered Arnel.  What happened to Arnel Narvaiz? Sources https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/car-with-remains-inside-discovered-in-sacramento-county-possibly-linked-to-1994-missing-persons-case/ https://fox40....

This episode starts with an alert for the Eugene, OR area - contact information for these cases is listed below - thank you to a listener who sent this to us: Detective Anne McIntyre at (541)-953-9323 The Eugene PD non emergency line at 541.682.5111 (541)-682-5786 or email at Thart@eugene-or.gov . We've got another water-based cryptid this episode and we're going back to Canada - meet Caddy, the C...

Sara brings us the tale(s) of the Finley Ghost in Finley, Washington.     Sources https://www.reddit.com/r/TriCitiesWA/comments/p1k9c4/does_anyone_know_the_exact_location_where_the/ https://keyw.com/finley-ghost-video-drowned/ https://newstalk870.am/boy-ghost-columbia-river/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p95HDR5-KyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaQ9F6yvThM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6qX...

Another bizarre story from Fear Thy Neighbor, Laron Estes and his wife Barbara found their friendly relationship with their neighbors, Claryce Bishop and her son Donald Easley, deteriorating fast after property line issues, disputes about pets, and all-night "security" lights put them at odds with each other.  No one could have guessed how this strained relationship would spiral out of control in...

Fred Yellow Old Woman went missing on 6/14/2011 after his girlfriend awoke at 5:30am to find their front door wide open - what happened to Fred? Fred is described as an adult, First Nations male, 5'11 and 200 lbs with dark black hair that is short on the sides and collar length in the back. He has brown eyes and an "F" (like the letter F) tattooed on his left thumb. He was last seen wearing a red...

University of Washington college freshman Marizela Perez went missing on March 5, 2011 after departing her extended family's home in Rainier Beach, without telling anyone where she was going.  Marizela has never been seen again.  What happened to Marizela? If you have any information about Marizela's case please contact the Seattle Police Department at 206-684-5582. Sources https://www.google.com/...

CW:  This case deals with sexual assault, murder, spousal abuse, suicidal ideation, and dismemberment of a human body, so please take care when listening. Wayne Adam Ford turned himself into police at the urging of his brother in November of 1998 - by this time he had already killed at least four women and assaulted many others.  His tears and apparent guilt about his crimes earned him the press m...

CW:  This case deals with sexual assault, murder, spousal abuse, suicidal ideation, and dismemberment of a human body, so please take care when listening. Wayne Adam Ford turned himself into police at the urging of his brother in November of 1998 - by this time he had already killed at least four women and assaulted many others.  His tears and apparent guilt about his crimes earned him the press m...

CW: This case deals with sexual assault, murder, spousal abuse, suicidal ideation, and dismemberment of a human body, so please take care when listening. Wayne Adam Ford turned himself into police at the urging of his brother in November of 1998 - by this time he had already killed at least four women and assaulted many others.  His tears and apparent guilt about his crimes earned him the press mo...

Andrea Jeri "Chick" White went missing while hitchhiking back to Hoopa, CA after a court date regarding custody of her children in Eureka, CA.   If you have any information regarding Andrea's disappearance, please contact the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office at 707-445-7251. What happened to Andrea? Sources https://humboldtgov.org/2772/Unsolved-Cases https://humboldtgov.org/DocumentCenter/View/954...

Straight from the pages of Caro's prized Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology , this is the lore of Amhuluk, from the mythologies of the Kalapuya people in Oregon.   Sources https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Amhuluk https://godzilla.fandom.com/wiki/Amhuluk https://legendary-monsterverse.fandom.com/wiki/Amhuluk https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/01/21/amhuluk/ https://monsteroftheweek.substack.co...

Due to lack of information, unfortunately Linda's case is the mini-est of minisodes, but it's still important that we share her case! Linda was about 19 years old when she went missing. She is described as an Indigenous female with black hair and brown eyes, 5'6" and 110lbs. She went by a variety of aliases: Jeanette A. Alexander, Lynette Anderson, Taquisha Jackson, Latisha McNeal, Wylynda McNeal,...

Annalycia Maria Cruz went missing on 7/9/94 at only six months old - if you know anything about Annalycia's case, please contact the Klamath County Sheriff's Office at 503-474-5120 or 503-883-5130.  The case number is 94-1385.    Sources https://charleyproject.org/case/annalycia-maria-cruz https://uncovered.com/cases/annalycia-cruz-chiloquin-or https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1022dfor.html https:...

This is the weird kind-of origin story of Marsh's Free Museum's crown jewel - a taxidermied creature named Jake the Alligator Man.   Sources https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/monster-of-the-month-w-colin-dickey-jake-the-alligator-man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_the_Alligator_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_mermaid https://web.archive.org/web/20070906051510/http://www.columbian...

Did you know there's an urban legend about a giant shrimp that spooked a Bremerton resident once upon a time?  Yeah, us neither - please enjoy the extremely weird tale of the Giant Shrimp in the Laundry Room. Sources https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2019/06/20/giant-shrimp-laundry-room-tale-bremertons-own-cryptid/1513680001/ https://obscurban-legend.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_Shrimp_in_the_La...

"You protect your family."   This is the tragic case of Tara-Alexis Ford and the terrible choice she had to make to protect her young children when she encountered an intruder in her home back in 2016.  Caro also does a short review of Oregon's self defense laws and how they were applied to this case.  Sources https://www.tiktok.com/@crimewave_911/video/7319174474987769131 https://www.youtube.com/...

Young couple Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg had only been dating for 6 months when they set off on a short road trip from British Columbia to Seattle to pick up something for Jay's father's business.  When they did not return when expected, their families reported them missing, and tragically their bodies were found in two separate locations within the next six days.  This is the story of the m...

It's our first swear-free/kid friendly episode!  Ever heard about a parrot who got his own section of his owner's will when they passed?  You're about to.  This is the story of Louis the Lush, Victoria Jane Wilson, and a very mild haunting in Victoria BC. Sources https://victoria-suites.ca/chateau-victoria/#:~:text=The%20property%20is%20steeped%20in,the%20property%20from%20being%20sold . https://w...

Diane Lynn Buckley seemingly vanished from her mother's house in Vancouver BC without a trace in April of 1979 - what happened to Diane? The Vancouver Police Department is investigating and would love to hear from you if you have any information. You can contact them at 604-717-2530 (or 604-717-3321 according to her missing persons post on Aboriginal Alerts) or via email at vpd.missing@vpd.ca . Yo...

A few notes!   This episode pairs best with Episode 103: American Nightmare Pt 1 - The Boyfriend, Episode 104: American Nightmare Pt 2 - Gone Girl,  and Episode 92: The Kidnapping of Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins American Nightmare is a Netflix production and we don't claim any of it because it's not ours! Caro recaps episode 3 of Netflix's American Nightmare series on the Aaron Quinn and Denise...