Dawn of Mantis: True Crime, Mysteries and More

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we continue our series on the Kamloops Triangle disappearances with the unsolved cases of Luke Neville and Ryan Shtuka. (Subject Matter Begins @5:40) Redbeard Sound RedBeard Sound specializes in live sound engineering, recording, music production & audio editing. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission...

Send us Fan Mail Daniel Reoch walked away from his Aunt's house into the frigid Canadian woods at 1 AM on November 26th, 2019, and has never been seen again. However, due to a strange series of misunderstandings and a case of mistaken identity,  it was weeks before everyone realized he was actually missing.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this DOM Classic from episode 136 we cover the tragic sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter vessel that foundered in a horrific winter storm and sank into Lake Superior in 1975. It has since reached legendary status, and has been the focus of many documentaries, podcasts (obviously) and even inspired a now classic song by Gordon Lightfoot.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In November of 2019, a 26 year old Canadian man named Marshal Iwaasa disappeared from the city of Lethbridge, Alberta. A week later, his truck was found, partially stripped and burned- over 700 miles away near the little community of Pemberton. Marshal has not been seen or heard from since. (After a quick teaser, subject matter begins @ 10:40) Redbeard Sound RedBeard Sound special...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the hectic life and tragic death of country singer Mindy McCready. In just a few short years, Mindy's reputation went from being one of the most promising women in country to being known as the genre's biggest train wreck. After an incredibly toxic relationship, substance abuse issues and many run-in's with the law, Mindy took her own life...

Send us Fan Mail On April 12th, 2016, a sixteen year old Canadian girl named Mekayla Bali skipped school and spent the day making some rather bizarre movements around Yorkton, Saskatchewan. After hours of walking around town, she disappeared, and has never been seen again. We open the show with another "TWITCH" segment, as well as a shout out to our listeners.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode is basically explained by the title- we discuss ten rare, bizarre diseases you may or may not have heard of, while inserting our usual blend of banter and Dad jokes. (Subject Matter Begins @ 5:20) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we had the privilege to visit once again with our old friend James Dunham.  Among his many endeavors, James is guitarist for the band Hollywood Riot, who recently played a show with Warrant. We talk about that, as well as just about everything else you can think of, as the title suggests.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we bring you two cases. First, we cover the 2013 disappearance and subsequent murder of a woman named Chelsea Bruck. Chelsea vanished from a Halloween party on a rural Michigan farm a few days before Halloween. Her body wasn't found for several months, but when it was finally discovered it contained DNA evidence that soon lead police to her killer, Daniel Cla...

Send us Fan Mail Diane Schuler was known to many of her friends and family as "Super Mom"- She was at every school function, volunteered for field trips, made cookies for bake sales and did it all while being the main breadwinner in the family. But on July 26th, 2009, something changed. While traveling back home from a camping trip with her 2 young children and 3 nieces in the car, Diane...

Send us Fan Mail In August of 2018, 28 year old Richard "Beebo" Russell - a baggage handler with no flight experience- stole a 21 million dollar airliner from Seattle's SeaTac airport. After flying the plane around and performing maneuvers for a little over and hour,  he purposefully flew it directly into a small island in Puget Sound, ending his life.  Throughout the flight, he mai...

Send us Fan Mail In our newest Chritsmas Special, we get a little (ok, a LOT) of help from the Christmas Troll in compiling the naughtiest of the naughty of our entire episode catalogue.  Redbeard Sound RedBeard Sound specializes in live sound engineering, recording, music production & audio editing. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commis...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we have the privilege of speaking with Albert Lanier. Albert is a print journalist and freelance writer with a career spanning more than 2 decades. He has written for many publications in Hawaii, as well as in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Since retiring, Albert has started a sub stack, as well as his own YouTube channel. In this interview we talk with Al...

Send us Fan Mail On Halloween night of 2001, a college student named Cindy Song attended a party, and arrived home around 4 AM. She walked into her apartment, but when her roommate arrived a few hours later, Cindy was gone, and has never been seen again. (Subject Matter Begins @ 14:43) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail On the night before Halloween in 1975, a fifteen year old girl named Martha Moxley was murdered in her own front yard. Evidence pointed to the two teenage boys who lived next door to the Moxley's, but it was all circumstantial. However one of the boys was eventually tried and convicted, but was released on bond years later and remains free to this day.  Redbeard Sound RedBear...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we cover the tragic murder of Ana Walshe- a beautiful, successful mother of three who disappeared in the early morning hours of January 1st, 2023. The subsequent investigation revealed that her husband Brian was up to some shady activities since her disappearance, and made quite possibly the most damning Google searches in the history of Google.  Redbeard Sound Re...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we welcome back our old friend Steve Coppinger, as well as a new friend, Tony Perrin. Like Steve, Tony also has decades of law enforcement experience, and is also a renowned Arkansas historian.  Redbeard Sound RedBeard Sound specializes in live sound engineering, recording, music production & audio editing. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If yo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we cover two separate disappearances involving 3 people. First, David Stone- a troubled stock broker who suddenly left his home, drove half way across the country and walked into the New Mexico desert in 1988. His bones were found years later, but no one has a clue what exactly happened. Second is the case of Patty Spencer and Pam Hobley- 2 teenage girls who walke...

Send us Fan Mail On Halloween night of 2002, a 21 yr old University of Minnesota student named Chris Jenkins walked out of a bar in Minneapolis and vanished. Four months later, his frozen body was found floating in the Mississippi River, just blocks from where he was last seen. The police initially ruled his death as accidental, but after years of protest from his family, they changed it to homici...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we were privileged to speak with our old friend Steve Coppinger. Steve has over 40 years experience in policing, and allowed us to pick his brain concerning investigative procedure, police tactics and a lot more.  Redbeard Sound RedBeard Sound specializes in live sound engineering, recording, music production & audio editing. Disclaimer: This post contains aff...

Send us Fan Mail Redbeard Sound RedBeard Sound specializes in live sound engineering, recording, music production & audio editing. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We were thrilled to have our old pal James back again for another episode. We talk about everything from dam construction (yes really) to simulation theory, as well as AI, UFOs and cheesy truck commercials.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In the final episode of this series, we cover how police used Youell's habitual criminal past to put him away, and how Youell eventually turned that same tactic against them to gain back his freedom. We also discuss a few bizarre false confessions, and finally give our thoughts on who the real Phantom Killer may have been.  (Subject Matter Begins @ 3:14) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In episode 5 of our 6 part series on the Phantom Killer, Youell and Peggy give their statements as to what happened during the weeks of the attacks in Texarkana. While Youell denied any involvement, Peggy began a series of interviews in which she divulged more and more, until outright accusing her husband of murder. Her testimony certainly was damning, but the law stated that a wo...

Send us Fan Mail In part 4 of our Phantom Killer series, we talk about the massive influx of both reporters and law enforcement to Texarkana in the wake of the attacks on the Starks. We also introduce you to the most likely suspect in the entire case - a local criminal named Youell Swinney. (Subject Matter Begins @ 6:30) Redbeard Sound RedBeard Sound specializes in live sound engineering, recordin...