Ore-Gone

Who killed Becky Rae Martin?   Becky was a bubbly, free-spirited 22 yr old mother of three,pregnant with her fourth. She was out on a date on the night of Oct 17, 1975. Unfortunately her date was lavishing his attention on other women, instead of her, so she decided to leave. She was last seen outside a bar/lounge in Springfield OR that night. The next day, her body was found by a mother and her k...

Who killed Becky Rae Martin?   Becky was a bubbly, free-spirited 22 yr old mother of three,pregnant with her fourth. She was out on a date on the night of Oct 17, 1975. Unfortunately her date was lavishing his attention on other women, instead of her, so she decided to leave. She was last seen outside a bar/lounge in Springfield OR that night. The next day, her body was found by a mother and her k...

Who killed Tammy Albertson?   Tammy Albertson was a vivacious 16 year old living in ruralWheeler, Tillamook county, Oregon. She had been dropped off by her stepfather at a phone booth outside of town to call her boyfriend to come pick her up – she had said they were going to spend the day together. At the phone booth at theconvenience store is the last verified sighting of her. Almost a full year...

What happened to the Ore-Gone Podcast? In the early evening hours of late 2023, we came up with a planand a dream -- to put out a weekly, ok bi-weekly, ok monthly podcast. So what happened to our grand master plan? Well, life got in the way, as it has a tendency to do. We will get into all of that and more in the season’s end episode of the podcast. Now, with additional corrections (for the same l...

What happened to Michael Bryson?   Michael Bryson is a 27 year old Eugene area man that wentmissing in th early morning of Wednesday August 5, 2020. He was with friendsout in the woods if the Oregon Cascade range at Hobo campground, at a rave/partyset up for a friend’s birthday. Michael had been engaged to do a DJ set thereas well.   In the early morning hours of August 5, according to theother pe...

What happened to Michael Bryson?   Michael Bryson is a 27 year old Eugene area man that wentmissing in the early morning of Wednesday August 5, 2020. He was with friends out in the woods of the Oregon Cascade range at Hobo campground, at a rave set up for a friend’s birthday. Michael had been engaged to do a DJ set there aswell.   In the early morning hours of August 5, according to theother peopl...

Who killed Gayle LeClair?   Gayle LeClair was a vivacious 22 year old who had graduated from Community College and was living in Eugene, working at the Eugene Public Library. On the morning of August 23rd 1973 she did not show up to work. Her supervisor went to her house to check on her and found that she had been murdered. It was the literal definition of overkill; she had been stabbed more than...

Well, one full year of the podcast in the books. And what a year it was. We discuss our first case, what we have learned about podcasting, about the hit or miss nature of reaching out to family, as well as cases we are hoping to do in 2025. And maybe, if you are lucky, even updates to a few cases!

Who killed Sharon Marie Hiller?   Sharon Marie hiller was a Eugene resident and a dancer at the great Alaska Bush company, an exotic dancing club. She was last seen leaving the club at 2:30 AM Wednesday November 25th 1992 (the day before Thanksgiving). Her body was found four days later on Saturday November 29th, next to the Willamette river. She had been strangled and the evidence suggested that...

Where is Angela Chan (née Carlstrom)?   Married 19 year old Angela was reevaluating her life. She no longer wanted to be married to her husband Bruce. In fact, she was already engaged to a different man. Bruce came up on Easter weekend 1989, and Angela’s mother had told her to make sure Bruce knew, in no uncertain terms, that the marriage was over. Bruce and Angela went trap shooting near her home...

What happened to Tammy Lynn Pitkin (Laughlin)?   She lived in Red Bluff, California, and was going through a divorce. Interestingly, she went missing in Linn County, Oregon, in October 2022. After reportedly saying that she was going to take some time to herself and go to the coast. Except 30 miles east of Sweet Home, OR, is close to 2 hours away from the coast, and the wrong direction from I-5.  ...

Amanda went missing on June 3rd, 2014 from the western suburbs of Philadelphia. It’s been over 10 long years for the DeGuio family, wondering where she could be, and what happened to her. Let’s help find her and bring her back home. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/p/Help-Find-Amanda-De-Guio-100069676989890/ https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/amanda-deguio https://delcoda.com/remember-me/amanda-de...

We were recently in Philadelphia for a family wedding. So we decided to do a field trip and highlight a case from the area. Amanda DeGuio went missing 10 years ago today (June 3, 2014) from her home in Upper Darby, PA. Where is she or what happened to her?

Green and Gold – David Bjorkman Please note: This episode was edited and then re-uploaded due to some factual inaccuracies and other concerns that were pointed out by Dave's community of friends/family.   Dave went missing somewhere between Fisherman’s Market in Eugene and Veneta where he lives, on January 30th, 2024. He may have taken the bus that goes from the Fred Meyer on West 11th to Vene...

Sometime on July 22, 1986, Duane Edward Fochtman disappeared from downtown Lincoln City, OR. Or at least we think that where he was last seen. There are competing rumors of whether he ran away of his own accord, was abducted, or perhaps never left the area. More than 38 years on, Duane has never been found.   Resources: https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/601308/1   https://charleyproject.org/...

We are putting out this bonus mini-sode to tide over our rabid fanbase. We are still working on our true episode 4 but in the meantime here’s some ramblings on the Zodiac Killer (or killers….)

Early in the morning of January 21, 1970, Julie and Terry Dade were brutally murdered in Junction City, OR. The details of the unsolved crime are particularly horrifying. Julie was dragged from her home and subsequently strangled, beaten, and then set on fire. Terry was bludgeoned to death in his bed. Luckily, their infant son was unharmed. More than 50 years on, the case is still unsolved. https:...

On March 9, 1984, Kelly Lynn Disney went missing without a trace. Disney was a 17 year old high school student, living with her fiancé in Newport, Oregon. 10 years later, her partial remains were found, bringing more questions than answers. Join us as we shed light on Kelly's life, the events leading up to her disappearance, and sadly, her tragic death. Kelly's family deserves answers, and Kelly d...

What happened to Rebecca Reid? In this podcast, we unfortunately don’t solve the case, but try to shed light on the circumstance of her abduction, and also speak to our main (and only) suspect in the case. If you have any information regarding the abduction of Rebecca Reid please contact us at oregonepodcast@gmail.com or contact the Eugene Police Department 541-682-5111. You can also submit a tip...

Raj and Johnie describe their vision for Ore-gone, a podcast dedicated to missing persons and cold cases in Oregon.