Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

Lana Derrick was last seen headed towards Highway 16 at 3:30am on October 7, 1995.  She was supposedly headed to another party, but never arrived.  When Lana did not return home to retrieve her bag or share the Thanksgiving holiday with her family, it became clear something was wrong.  This is the story of the disappearance of Lana Derrick.  Sources https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/L...

Content begins around 6:34 if you'd like to skip the couple minutes we spend talking about the Roe v Wade ruling and a few related items - please do go read up on the SCOTUS ruling re: Miranda rights from 6/23, though - we should all be paying attention to this!   We're talking about an Oregon cryptid and a ghost ship today!  Sounds like Caro will be making a trip to Lincoln City sometime soon bec...

In 1978, 15 year old Mary Vincent survived a horrific attack and attempted murder at the hands of Lawrence Singleton.  This is her incredible story. Sources https://people.com/archive/a-victims-life-sentence-vol-29-no-16/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-25-mn-22808-story.html https://morbidology.com/left-for-dead-mary-vincent/ https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/mary-vincen...

CW: This episode covers the murder of a trans woman and violence against trans people.  Please take care when listening. January Marie Lapuz brightened and bettered her community with her vibrant, joyful personality and dedicated service as Sher Vancouver's social coordinator from 2009 until her horrific murder in 2012.  Taken too soon, January's legacy lives on in Vancouver BC through her friends...

CW: This episode discusses abortion history, abortion procedure, and deaths as a result of unregulated and illegal abortion practices.  Please use caution when listening. Roe vs. Wade secured federal abortion rights in the United States in 1973 (or so we thought) but just what happened when a person wanted or needed an abortion before this landmark ruling?  Sara brings us a history of abortion rig...

Told you we wouldn't make you wait too long - this is the shocking conclusion to the wild story of Suzan and Michael Bear Carson, where their twisted luck finally runs out, but not before they take one more life in an extremely public way.   Sources Cry for War by Richard Reynolds Snapped: Killer Couples, Season 2, Ep 10 The Devil You Know, Season 2, Ep 2 "A Serial Killer in the Family" Wicked Att...

A wild, confusing, manic ride from start to finish, this case seems to have it all.  Mysticism, psychedelic drugs, forest hideouts, warped religious fanaticism, marijuana plantations, molotov cocktails, and horrific, cold-blooded murder; this is the story of Suzan and Michael Bear Carson - part 1.   Sources Cry for War by Richard Reynolds Snapped: Killer Couples, Season 2, Ep 10 The Devil You Know...

Shaylanna Brown Lewis of Haida Gwaii, BC was reported missing by her family on March 21, 2020, after she failed to show up somewhere she was expected.  She disappeared, apparently without any personal items, including her cell phone, and she is still missing today.  What happened to Shaylanna Brown Lewis? Shaylanna's mother has graciously given us permission to use photos from her own Facebook pos...

Founded in 1884, Black Diamond Cemetery is ranked today in the top 5 most haunted locations in Washington state.  Join our first spooky episode exploring the origins of Black Diamond Cemetery's phantom whistling and bobbing lights!   Sources https://www.historylink.org/File/3304 https://www.covingtonreporter.com/news/black-diamond-cemetery-lights-and-sounds-draw-puget-sound-ghost-hunters-read-docu...

It's another cryptid case!  Buckle in for this creepy tale of the Wechuge, a nightmarish, cannibalistic creature from the legends of the Athabaskan people of Northern BC and Alberta.    Sources https://ofmonstersandnothing.tumblr.com/post/645523059571408896/wechuge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo#:~:text=Wendigo%20 (%2F%CB%88w%C9%9Bn,modern%20ethnology%20as%20speakers%20of https://abcbookwor...

On July 29, 1971 two young boys were driving horses from one pasture to another when they found a body in the waters of Snedden Creek in Coos Bay. The John Doe was a teenager, and the body was too decomposed to determine cause of death or identity.  Decades later, a young woman set out to find her birth parents, and disovered so much more than she ever expected to find.   Sources https://kezj.com/...

CW: this episode contains descriptions of violence against a pregnant person Our first minisode features a case out of Stockton, CA that seems to have gone cold practically as soon as it began.   Barbara Ann Smith's body was found behind a portable classroom on the grounds of Van Buren Elementary in 1991, and 30 years later, we still don't know anything else.  What happened to Barbara Ann Smith? S...

CW: this episode discusses body descriptions of pregnant women and the concept of "coffin birth," please use caution when listening One week before her due date, 24 year old Evelyn Hernandez and her 5 year old son, Alex, went missing from her San Francisco neighborhood and were never seen alive again.  Months later, Evelyn's body would be found in the San Francisco Bay, but her son Alex and her so...

CW: descriptions of anti-trans violence and language, as well as graphic description of bodily injury Nikki Kuhnhausen was a bright, confident 17 year old who went missing after telling friends she was meeting someone she'd met on Snapchat in the early morning hours of June 6, 2019.  Nikki was never heard from again, and the main suspect in her disappearance skipped town immediately after she vani...

Just shy of 70 years ago, two little skeletons were found by a groundskeeper in Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC.  From the very morning of their discovery, all the way until February 2022, the search for their identities and their killer stretched over 7 decades, multiple investigators, and threatened to remain just a Vancouver horror story until a young woman started asking questions about old fami...

This case is a bit of rollercoaster and Caro is riding it with you, listeners!  Sara brings us the extremely frustrating case of Nicholas Francisco - an apparent family man who disappeared from the Seattle area in 2008.   Our thoughts and hearts are with the people of Ukraine, please find below a list of recommended organizations to donate to if you are looking for ways to support from around the...

You've heard of Sasquatch, but have you heard of Batsquatch?  It hasn't been around long, but it sure has made some lasting impressions in Washington state after its mysterious appearance following the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens.  Do you believe? Sources https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Batsquatch https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Orang_Bati https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2021/08/ha...

Devoted mother of 4, Heather Leann Cameron (Haller), went missing after repeated distress calls to 911 about 20min outside of Redding, CA in August of 2012 while in the company of her ex boyfriend, Daniel Lusby.  Heather is still missing today, nearly 10 years later.  What happened to Heather Leann Cameron? Sources https://charleyproject.org/case/heather-leann-cameron https://www.smokesignals.org/...

In 1988, Mulugeta Seraw lost his life for simply being who he was: a Black man from Ethiopia.  His murder by racist skinheads horrified Portland and exposed the deep roots of white supremacy in the community.  This is Mulugeta's story.     Sources Hate on Trial by Morris Dees A Hundred Little Hitlers by Elinor Langer http://media.oregonlive.com/history/other/2014/12/04/grandjurydecision1.pdf https...

CW: This episode contains graphic descriptions of physical abuse against children and adults, please use caution when listening. Our longest episode yet tells the horrific, decades-long story of Michelle Knotek and her systematic pattern of abuse and manipulation of the people she was supposed to love and care for the most.  Knotek is slated for release from prison in June of 2022, and this episod...

Toddler Teekah Lewis vanished without a trace from a Tacoma, WA bowling alley the night of January 23, 1999.  She is still missing, just shy of 23 years later.  Where is Teekah Lewis? Find Teekah Lewis Facebook Page Missing Teekah Lewis Instagram Sources https://mynorthwest.com/12565/cold-case-detectives-refuse-to-give-up-solving-tacoma-child-disappearances/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuuZ6lC...

A new episode for the new year!  Sara brings us an astounding story of survival from Portland, Oregon.  We bow down to the badassery of Susan Kuhnhausen (now Susan Walters).   Sources https://blurredbylines.com/articles/susan-kuhnhausen-walters-survivor-hitman-portland/ https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/an-assassin-tried-to-kill-susan-kuhnhausen-it-went-poorly-for-him-f3b02fef5221 - Sara's Win...

1/16/2022 Update: Audio fixed and re-uploaded for better listening experience. Christmas Eve 2007 changed Carnation, WA and the Anderson family forever when Michele Anderson and boyfriend Joe McEnroe took the lives of nearly her entire family on the eve of her father's favorite holiday.   Sources Banquet of Consequences: The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson by Paul Sanders https://en.wi...

Like nearly every 14 year old girl, Reena Virk just wanted to fit in.  Unfortunately the people she tried so hard to mesh with ultimately caused her death.  Sara takes us to Saanich, British Columbia to tell the tragic story of the murder of Reena Virk. Sources https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/murder-of-reena-virk https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvpqa7/the-unforgettable-story-of-a...

Our first cryptid case explores the watery depths of Okanagan Lake in Vancouver BC!  Has a Nessie-like creature lived in Okanagan Lake for hundreds of years?   Sources https://www.gaia.com/article/3-new-sightings-confirm-ogopogo-lake-monster-in-british-columbia?utm_source=google+paid&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=1-INTL-PERFORMANCE-MAX&utm_content=performancemax&gclid=CjwKCAiA4veMBhAMEiwAU...