From the Dark Side: Podcast

February 20 2016. 45-year old Jason Dalton was a seemingly normal, married Dad and insurance adjuster. Recently, he took a side job as an Uber driver as a way to earn extra cash. One night during his shift behind the wheel, he decided to reign terror over the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan leaving several dead in his 8-hour rampage.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.fox17online.com/2016/06/21/documents-det...

November 18th 1987. 18-year old Tanya Van Cuylenborg and her boyfriend, 20-year old Jay Cook set out on an overnight road trip from British Columbia to Seattle. After failing to return home, their families worst fears became a reality. The young couple had been brutally murdered. For more than 30 years their killer remained a mystery, eluding police at every turn. Until DNA evidence left behind in...

August 9th  2013. 26-year old Brandon Lawson runs out of gas in the middle of the night while on a desolate highway in Coke County, Texas. He places a distressing call to 911 that has been widely analyzed by the true crime community. What exactly was happening to Brandon at that moment has become a decade long mystery.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2018/07/12/five-ye...

August 3rd 2013. 17-year old Alexis Murphy is excited to get some items needed for her upcoming senior portraits. She stopped into the local gas station during her travels and had a brief encounter with a stranger who held the door for her. When she fails to come home by her curfew, she is reported missing. A clue would surface pointing right to this stranger.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.legacy.co...

July 8th 2014. After a week-long holiday with friends in Bulgaria, 28-year-old Lars Mittank arrived at Varna Airport to head home. But what started as a routine trip quickly turned strange. Lars began exhibiting erratic behavior before suddenly sprinting out of the airport. He scaled a barbed wire fence and disappeared into a nearby sunflower field, never to be seen again. His disappearance has si...

November 22 2018. A young Colorado mom goes missing on Thanksgiving after picking up some last minute items at the grocery store. It would take 10 days until she is reported missing. Suspicion quickly falls on her fiancé and his ex-girlfriend. What was uncovered was truly horrific.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/patrick-frazee-kelsey-berreth-brother-testifies/# ▫️ https://ab...

January 16th 2004. 34-year-old Michelle Nyce was discovered deceased in her car which was still running. Investigators realized this wasn’t just a typical car accident. In the snow, a single set of footprints led away from the vehicle, hinting at something more sinister. What seemed like a tragic crash soon unraveled a chilling mystery. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://thecinemaholic.com/michelle-nyce-murde...

November 6th 2011, Scott Davis found what seemed like the perfect opportunity on Craigslist: a job in Caldwell, Ohio offering $300 a week to live and work on a farm, complete with free housing and utilities. Eager to secure the position, Scott responded to the ad and a week later received a response. He arranged to meet the employer for breakfast at Shoney’s. But what began as a promising encounte...

May 2002. 30-year old Bison Dele walked away from the NBA and the 36 million dollars remaining on his contract to embrace a life of adventure. He set off to sail around the world on his boat, taking his girlfriend, his brother and an experienced sea captain with him. But when the trip took a mysterious and deadly turn, only one of the four returned. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️http://www.espn.com/nba/columns/mi...

May 14th 2015. Firefighters respond to a large mansion on fire in Washington DC. Inside was a horrifying scene. Three family members and their housekeeper were found dead, victims of a brutal hostage situation. Investigators launched a desperate manhunt to catch their killer. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/washington-dc/savvas-savopoulos-6457056 ▫️ https://people.com/cri...

November 9th 2002. It was a chilly fall night when 20-year old Joshua Guimond walked out of a college party without a word. His friends thought he’d stepped out for a moment to use the restroom, but he never returned. More than two decades have passed since that night and Josh’s disappearance remains a mystery. In the absence of answers, countless theories have arisen. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://uncov...

June 30th 2016. A beloved co-owner of a legendary New York pizza shop was fatally shot outside of his home. Was this a calculated mafia hit? Could the motive be tied to a feud over a stolen sauce recipe? Or was it something else entirely?  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/nyregion/robbery-stolen-sauce-mystery-surrounds-killing-of-brooklyn-pizza-maker.html ▫️ https://youtu.be/OObQv...

December 7th 1973. 22-year old Lester Eubanks was convicted of murdering 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener in Mansfield, Ohio. He confessed and was sentenced to the death penalty, but later commuted to life in prison. Lester was allowed to go Christmas shopping unsupervised as part of a prison good behavior program. He never returned. Lester remains one of the U.S. Marshals’ most wanted fugitives. SOU...

June 22 1991. 70-year-old Dorothy Donovan is found brutally murdered in her farm home in Harrington, Delaware. Suspicion immediately falls on her son. But his story is as bizarre as it is compelling, leading investigators to a dead end. For years, the case remains shrouded in mystery. Until a breakthrough in 2005 finally uncovers the truth. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archi...

August 15th 2009. 28-year-old Playboy model Jasmine Fiore married reality TV star Ryan Jenkins just two days after meeting him. Their brief union ended in tragedy when Jasmine was found brutally murdered, uncovering a shocking and gruesome crime that captivated the nation. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/jasmine-fiore-murder-timeline-events-explored ▫️ https://people.com/cel...

April 8th 1980. Charles and Catherine Romer, an elderly couple, vanished without a trace while traveling from their winter home in Florida to their summer home in New York. They were last seen in Brunswick, Georgia, but despite extensive searches, no evidence of their whereabouts has ever been uncovered. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://charleyproject.org/case/catherine-b-romer ▫️ https://charleyproject.org...

January 11th 1999. A 30-year old mother who was 8 months pregnant was found murdered in her bedroom closet. The scene appeared to be a robbery gone wrong. Her husband David claims he was at the park with their three year old son. The prosecutor believes he staged the scene so he could happily live the rest of his life with his mistress, Heather.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.tdcaa.com/journal/not-so...

Major developments have unfolded over the past three days, as Erik and Lyle, who have spent 35 years in prison, could be released within the next month. Let’s review the press conferences and key events that have taken place since Friday. 💀MUSIC CREDITS💀 “Feral Angel Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/lice...

In the 1990s, dozens of men went missing after frequenting gay bars in the Indianapolis area. Their disappearances were linked to a serial killer no one would have suspected.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ ⁠https://www.cbsnews.com/news/remains-identified-serial-killer-herb-baumeister-indiana-estate-13-presumed-victims/⁠ ▫️ ⁠https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2024/06/05/fox-hollow-farms-victims-identified-allege...

October 31st 1957. The streets had quieted and all the trick-or-treaters had come and gone. Peter and Betty Fabiano were settling in for the night. As they prepared for bed at 11:00 pm, the sound of the doorbell rang through the house. Assuming it was one last child making a final round, Peter walked to the door, candy bowl in hand. But when he opened the door, he wasn’t greeted by a child in a co...

June 29th 2017. 33-year old Makeva Jenkins was a devoted wife, mother, entrepreneur, and was deeply involved in her community and church. Her promising life was cut short when a masked intruder entered her home. While her husband, Euri, openly expressed his grief and heartache, authorities suspected there was more beneath the surface. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.scribd.com/document/371006115/Makeva...

November 18th 1928. Newlyweds Glen and Bessie Hyde embarked on a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon, aiming to set a speed record on the Colorado River. Two months later, their boat is located hundreds of miles away with no sign of them anywhere. Their mysterious disappearance has sparked countless rumors and theories, keeping the case alive for the last 100 years.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.l...

March 2nd 1879. Julia Thomas, a 54-year-old widow living in London, was eager to present herself as more affluent than she truly was. To maintain this facade, she hired a live-in maid, 30-year old Kate Webster, However, after only a month, Julia fires her for not cleaning well and spending too much time at the pub. This termination leads to an event that would ultimately get Kate sent to the gallo...

November 12 2016. 26-year old Joey Comunale spends the night partying in an upscale district of East Manhattan. He separates from his friend group to head to a luxury apartment with a new group of friends and is never seen alive again.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/04/murder-at-sutton-place ▫️ https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/joey-comunale-murder-social-media-clues-disappea...

April 26th 2005. Raven Abaroa returns home at 11 pm from a soccer game to a devastating scene. His 25-year old wife Janet is deceased in her bedroom. Was this caused by a random intruder or is the truth lurking much closer to home? A single overlooked clue will surface years later.  💀SOURCES💀 ▫️ https://www.wral.com/news/local/page/1088329/ ▫️ https://abcnews.go.com/US/contact-lenses-blew-2005-m...