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Rey Rivera moved to Baltimore with his wife to work for Stansberry & Associates.  On May 16th, 2006, Rey took a call and left the house in a hurry.  His body was discovered in the Belvedere hotel and some people believe that he jumped off the roof, but the scene looks very staged.  This case is currently unsolved. Website: Drinking The Cool Aid Resources: What happened to Rey Rivera of Netflix...

Nathaniel Bar-Jonah showed signs of abnormal behavior at a very young age.  He assaulted many children over the years and is suspected of murder as well.  Friends say that Nathaniel served them strange tasting meat at parties and it's believed that he may have served human meat. Website: Drinking The Cool Aid Resources: Nathaniel Bar-Jonah: The 300-Pound Child Murderer And Suspected Cannibal...

This story starts with a question, but ends with more. What happened in room 2805? On May 31st, 1995, a woman who went by the name Jennifer Fairgate checked into Room 2805 of the Oslo Plaza Hotel in Norway.   She was discovered dead in the hotel room and police initially believed this was a suicide, but eventually realized something strange was going on.  Was Jennifer an assassin?  Could Intellige...

Skinwalker ranch is recognized as the most scientifically studied paranormal hotspot on the planet. There has been UFO sightings, poltergeist activity, cattle mutilations, odd injuries, transient radiation spikes, crop circles in triangular patterns, and other strange phenomena. Website: Drinking The Cool Aid Resources: Paranormal Ranch | Skinwalker Ranch Official | United States (skinwalker-ranch...

On December 17th, 2013, Heather Elvis landed a new job in cosmetology and she was going on a date with a new guy.  Two days later, her car abandoned car was discovered.  When police looked through Heather's phone records, they saw that a mysterious number called her before the disappearance.  The phone number lead to a payphone at a gas station and the caller was Heather's ex-boyfriend,...

John and Florence Pollock had two daughters, Joanna, and Jacqueline.  The girls were hit by a car and killed when they were very young, but their father always believed they would be reincarnated.  Florence did get pregnant again and had twin girls named Gillian and Jennifer.  The family noticed that the twins had the same birthmarks as their older sisters and began acting just like them.  Is it p...

The Sallie House is located in Kansas and is known for extreme paranormal activity.  There have been reports of fires, strange noises, cold spots, ghosts, scratches, and so much more.  Allegedly, there is a little girl named Sallie and several other spirits that are haunting this home. Website: Drinking The Cool Aid Resources: Haunted Heartland: The Sallie House in Atchison, KS | News | kctv5.com...

Lyda Southard was known as Flypaper Lyda, Lady Bluebeard, and the black widow.  She married several men and they all kept mysteriously dying.  It was eventually discovered that some of the bodies contained traces of arsenic poisoning and Lyda was the beneficiary on all of the life insurance policies.  She was eventually convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to ten years, but she got a gu...

The Bennington Triangle has had several disappearances and oddities over the years.  Native American legends say the land is cursed because all four winds met one spot in an eternal struggle.  They also have legends about a man-eating stone.  The Glastenbury Mountain is said to have trails that stop part way up and a deafening silence.  There are several theories about the disappearances such as:...

April Kauffman was a popular, vivacious, and provocative talk show host who advocated for veterans.  On May 10th, 2012, she was discovered shot dead in her bedroom.   April's daughter, Kim Pack, felt that her step-father was involved in her mother's murder.  April's husband, Jim Kauffman was a doctor and he had been writing fraudulent opioid prescriptions for the Pagans motorcycle c...

Benny Binion was an American gambling icon, career criminal, and convicted murderer who established illegal gambling operations.  He moved his operations to Las Vegas and opened Binion's Horseshoe Casino.  When he opened his casino, he saw immediate success and this upset everyone in the gambling scene.  Benny eventually lost his gambling license and his sons had to step up and help run the c...

Jane Prichard was conducting research on a summer vine for college.  She travelled to Blackbird State Forest for two summers to watch and track the progress of the plant.  On September 19th, 1986, Jane drove to a friend's place and headed to the forest early the next morning.  Jane's body was discovered in the forest, but the murder remains unsolved. In 1986, a man named John Morris left...

On September 8th, 1987, Minnie Winston found bloodstains all over her home.  The blood didn't belong to her or her husband and they called the police.  During the investigation, police couldn't find the source of the blood and assumed it was an elaborate hoax.  There are many theories about the bleeding house and some people believe there's paranormal activity.  https://www.drinking...

Lisa Au had dinner with her boyfriend on January 20th, 1982 and never made it home that night.  The next day, her car was discovered, and 10 days later, her body was found too.  This case sent fear and shock waves through the community.  Not just because Lisa had been murdered, but because a policeman was the suspected killer.  This case is still unsolved.  If you have any new information regardin...

In November, 1873, 21 men headed for the gold field in Breckenridge, Colorado.  Their guide, Alferd Packer, ended up being terrible with directions.  The weather was awful and the men ran out of provisions pretty fast.  They began splitting the group up and Alferd was in charge of guiding 5 men through the mountains.  Unfortunately, Alferd was the only one of his group to make it out alive.  He to...

On January 1st, 2016, Josh Woodruff was murdered in New Orleans.  He was struck by a black sedan with tinted windows that was traveling at a high rate of speed and never stopped.  His body was trapped under the vehicle as it drove away and his body was dragged for more than 6 miles.  The family did pay to put up a billboard and this has brought in more tips, but nothing that has helped solve this...

Adam John Walsh disappeared from a the mall in Hollywood, Florida on the afternoon of July 27th, 1981.  He was six years old and it's believed that he got kicked out of the Sears store with a group of older boys.  On August 10th, a severed head of a child was discovered in a drainage canal and it was identified as Adam.  There were a few suspects early on, but nothing panned out.  It took 27...

The Bear Brook murders or the Allenstown four, is a case where, we know who the serial killer is, before we know who the victims are.  An adult female and 3 female children were discovered in barrels.  The murderer is Terry Rasmussen and he was dubbed The Chameleon.  He used several aliases and each time he killed, he changed his appearance and moved.  Three victims in the barrels were identified...

John Wayne Gacy confessed everything to his lawyer and police obtained another search warrant for Gacy's home.  Bodies were discovered all over the house and he ended up being sentenced to death.  If you think the execution is the end of the story, you'd be wrong.  What if we told you, Gacy may have had accomplices?  Wouldn't that be interesting? Website: Drinking The Cool Aid Resou...

This story starts with John Wayne Gacy's torture and murders. Several boys that knew Gacy, just disappeared. At first, the police didn't believe Gacy was involved and he had no problem talking to them. The police got a search warrant and found some suspicious items in Gacy's home. From there, it all turned into a big game. Gacy loved toying with the detectives, inviting them over fo...

John Wayne Gacy grew up with an alcoholic father who beat him and when he got old enough to leave, he drove to Las Vegas and became an attendant at a funeral home for three months, but he had to dip because he climbed into a coffin with a dead boy and fondled his corpse. He went to college, got married, joined a local Jaycee club and was managing KFCs. He eventually started his own business called...

A whole entire bus, 26 kids, and their bus driver, Ed, disappeared in California in 1976. Three gunmen loaded on the bus and took it over, Resulting in one of the largest mass kidnappings in U.S. history. You won't want to miss this roller coaster of an episode! Drinking The Cool Aid https://ratethispodcast.com/coolaid Support the show

On May 26th, 1999, 19-year-old Katie Poirier was abducted  while working at DJ's Expressway.  This convenience store was located near Interstate 35, on the outskirts of Moose Lake, Minnesota.  The store had four surveillance cameras, but they were too grainy to see the abductor.  Police sent the tapes to NASA and Solar Physicist Dr. David Hathaway was able to view the images.  He could see a...

On December 29th, 1999, Lauria Bible celebrated her friend, Ashley Freeman's 16th birthday.  The girls spent the day together and ended up having a sleepover that night.  Somewhere between the hours of 5:30 to 6:00 AM on December 30th 1999, a passerby called 911 to report that the Freeman house was engulfed in flames.  Ashley's parents, Kathy and Danny Freeman were found dead, but the gi...

In 1932, there was an Irish man named Michael Malloy and the WHOLE town decided he had to die. They figured they could get the life insurance money and split it. The local bar began giving free drinks to Malloy and the big master plan was to let him drink himself to death. This didn't work out like the town thought, so they tried a few other things like: stuffing him with sardine sandwiches,...