From the Dark Side: Podcast

June 5th 2004. When 23-year-old college student Jesse Valencia was found murdered near his apartment, a shocking truth unraveled: he’d been secretly involved with a married police officer.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/missouri-cop-steven-rios-killed-jesse-valencia-after-affair ▫️ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/missouri-colleg...

September 19th, 1961. Betty and Barney Hill spotted a strange light on a dark New Hampshire highway and soon found themselves with missing time, unsettling memories, and a story that became America’s first major alien-abduction case. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/the-abduction-of-betty-and-barney-hill/ ▫️ https://www.outdoors.org/resources/amc-outdoors/history/the-story-of-betty-an...

April 29th 1989. Paula Sims reported that a masked intruder had taken her six-week-old daughter, Heather. What began as a shocking home invasion stuns investigators when they learn this is not the first time this had happened to this family.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Sims,%20Paula.pdf ▫️ https://youtu.be/r6Y0KWmOrzo?si=U_0maPjcMZfVHSed ▫️ https://f...

March 13th 2020. Just one day before the pandemic started, 33-year-old Holly Williams and 36-year-old Bill Lanway were found deceased inside a crashed car at a Nashville construction site. What first looks like a tragic car accident instead reveals the two had gunshot wounds. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.nashville.gov/departments/police/news/four-men-arrested-alleged-elaborate-murder-hire-case-invol...

February 9 2004. 21-year-old college student Maura Murray disappears after crashing her car on a remote New Hampshire road. Investigators encounter dead ends at every turn, from cryptic emails to strange behavior in the days leading up to her disappearance.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://people.com/maura-murray-disappearance-what-to-know-8786014 ▫️ https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/ ▫️ https://www.wmur....

November 16th 1957. In the small, quiet town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, the local hardware store owner went missing. Her last sales receipt pointed to one man, Ed Gein. When police arrived at his isolated farmhouse, they stepped into something out of a nightmare. Inside, they uncovered human remains turned into furniture, masks, and clothing… a scene that would forever redefine horror in America. W...

June 21st 1996. 20-year-old Karina Holmer from Sweden came to Boston for a summer of adventure and working for an American family. In her letters she wrote to family and friends back home, she wrote about how happy she was. Then the letters became darker. After living in the US for just 3 months, her partial remains were found, leaving behind one of Bostons’ most chilling, unsolved mysteries. 💀SO...

December 4th 2009, 35-year-old Jesse Capen vanished in the rugged terrain of the Arizona wilderness. Police and family were left searching for answers, until they learned that Jesse had been living with a hidden obsession. One that explains why he went into the desert in the first place.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://disappearedblog.com/jesse-capen/ ▫️ https://www.denverpost.com/2013/01/23/lost-dutchman...

November 23rd, 2002. 67-year-old Alice Hufnagle was found brutally attacked and murdered in her East Norriton home, just days before Thanksgiving. Evidence revealed an unlikely suspect.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.timesherald.com/2003/07/28/da-murder-mystery-solved/ ▫️ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4121356/ ▫️ https://www.oxygen.com/philly-homicide/crime-news/jeffrey-vample-raped-murdered-co-worker...

November 18th 2010. 36-year-old Rusty Sneiderman had just dropped off his young son at preschool when he was gunned down in the parking lot in broad daylight. What first seemed like a random attack soon revealed something far more sinister.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.appenmedia.com/dunwoody/the-sneidermans-and-the-neumans-two-families-with-different-finances/article_be3d292b-9fce-5142-8bff-ca2720...

April 28th 1992. After 24-year-old Christopher McCandless graduated college, he decided to reject his wealthy upbringing, society and expectation. After burning his social security card and donating all his money to charity, he wandered through the desert in Arizona and California before venturing alone into the Alaskan wilderness. He spent his days chasing a freedom few understand. Months later,...

February 17th, 1974. After a Valentine’s dance, 17-year-old Carla Walker is abducted from the passenger seat of her boyfriend’s car and murdered soon after. For decades her killer was unknown, until nearly fifty years later, when science finally revealed the person behind the crime. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-unforgettable/crime-news/texas-teen-carla-walker-abducted-killed-by-g...

August 18th, 2010. 30-year-old Ben McDaniel, an experienced but uncertified cave diver, heads into the clear blue waters of Vortex Spring, Florida, just before sunset. For two days, no one notices he hasn’t come back until they see his truck is still in the parking lot. A search begins and divers find his tanks deep inside the cave… but no Ben or his equipment. Years later, no trace of him has eve...

March 27th 2002. Dana Pastori, a 35-year-old mother of two, tells coworkers she’s leaving New Orleans to write a book and reconnect with family. She gave two weeks notice to her job, but never showed up again. Only keeping in touch through email, no one saw her in person for three years. Until a locked trunk found in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina uncovered a horrifying secret. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️...

December 30th 1993. 14-year-old Christopher Mosier is babysitting for a family friend at the apartment he shared with his mother in Salt Lake City. When his mother came home, Christopher was found deceased having been stabbed more than twenty times. For years, the case goes cold, leaving his family and the community haunted by unanswered questions. Then, nearly a decade later, a breakthrough in DN...

July 7th 2013. 17-year old Molly Miller and 21-year old Colt Haynes vanish after being passengers in a high-speed police chase in rural Oklahoma. Their friend who was driving the car emerged from the woods without Molly and Colt. They began calling their friends for help, but eventually the calls stopped and they were never heard from again.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment...

June 12th, 2009. A man named Peter Bergmann checks into a hotel in Sligo, Ireland. Intent on erasing his existence, he moves with quiet precision and always alone, always careful, discarding unknown items across the city. Days later, his body was found on a nearby beach. No ID. No past. The name he gave was a lie. Who is this man…and what he was trying to disappear from? 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www...

March 31st 2010. When a 55-year-old woman is found dead in her York County, PA home after managing to crawl to the phone and call 911, detectives are left with a chilling mystery. They quickly zero in on a prime suspect, but that suspect has a solid alibi. Just as the case begins to stall, a new suspect emerges.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15161330/fullcredits/ ▫️ https://www.ydr....

June 4th 2019. 57-year old Linda Collins was found stabbed to death outside of her home in Pocahontas, Arkansas.. Investigators learned this wasn’t random. It was a betrayal by someone she trusted…and the killer is on video.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.fearsfamilyfuneralhome.com/memorials/linda-collins/3969545/ ▫️ https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-best-friend-convicted-gruesome-murder-security-cam...

July 11 1996. Blair Adams, a 31-year-old Canadian construction foreman, was found dead in a parking lot 2600 miles away in Knoxville, Tennessee. Scattered around his body were thousands of dollars in cash and valuables. In the days leading up to his death, Blair had exhibited strange behavior, convinced that someone was out to kill him. The identity of his alleged pursuer has many wondering if thi...

August 6, 1930. New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Crater left a restaurant, stepped into a taxi and was never seen again. Was he the victim of foul play, a man overwhelmed by scandal, or did he orchestrate his own vanishing act? His disappearance is one of the most famous mysteries in American history.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️https://somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2023/05/11/judge-crater-call-your-office...

July 26 2009. When a minivan barrels down the wrong side of New York’s Taconic State Parkway, crashing head-on into an SUV and killing eight people, the nation is stunned. The driver, 36-year-old Diane Schuler, is described by those who knew her as a devoted mother, a responsible professional, and the last person anyone would expect to be behind such a deadly mistake. But when toxicology results a...

June 18 2023. Despite numerous warnings about its safety, OceanGate’s submersible, the Titan, plunged 12,500 feet beneath the surface to explore the Titanic wreckage. Then, communication was lost. What followed was an intense international search for the crew onboard including OceanGate’s controversial CEO, Stockton Rush.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.wired.com/story/titan-submersible-disaster-insid...

June 10th 2008. When 62-year-old Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick is found shot to death in his home, investigators are left searching for answers. As police dig deeper, they uncover a recent attempt on his life that was dismissed by Alan himself and suspicion soon turns to someone close to him.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://murderpedia.org/female. H/h/helmick-miriam.htm ▫️ https://www.oxygen...

May 12th 2004. What was supposed to be a nice family vacation turned into a nightmare. While in Aruba, the Devries family met a nice father and son at the hotel and the two families became friends for a couple days. 14-year old Max Devries set off on a jet ski with one of them and never returned. Aruba police were quick to rule his death accidental, but the man's actions and statements allude...