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From the Dark Side: Podcast
by From the Dark Side
Welcome weirdos! I’m Sheri and I discuss disappearances, true crime cases and other strange stuff without all the banter. Please subscribe! 💀All suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Sources are listed in the description area. All podcasts are for entertainment purposes only.
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207. The Case of Tilikum
Tilikum was a captive orca at Seaworld who was involved in the deaths of three people during his life. From a trainer pulled underwater to a person found in his tank, each incident brought attention to the risks of keeping orcas in captivity. 💀SOURCES💀...
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206. The Case of Helle Crafts
November 18, 1986. Helle Crafts disappeared in Newtown, Connecticut. Her husband, Richard, claimed she had left him and went to Denmark. But investigators found evidence that pointed to a far darker story. Fragments of Helle’s remains were eventually found near Lake Zoar, leading investigators to…
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205. The Case of the Jamison Family
October 8, 2009. Bobby, Sherilynn, and their 6-year-old daughter Madyson disappeared in the remote Sans Bois Mountains of Oklahoma. Their truck was found abandoned with their belongings inside. Nearly four years later, their remains were discovered, but what happened to the family remains a...
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204. The Case of Nancy Guthrie
February 1 2026. 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson Arizona, leaving behind a case that would quickly capture national attention. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️https://tucson.com/news/local/article_0da38303-0049-412d-ae95-b08574c50218.html...
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203. The Cases of Time Travel
For centuries, people have been fascinated by the idea of time travel. In today’s episode, we’ll explore some famous stories, theories, and mysteries surrounding the possibility of traveling through time. 💀SOURCES💀…
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202. The Case of Jeffrey Locker
July 16, 2009. 52-year motivational speaker and self help author Jeffrey Locker was found fatally stabbed behind the wheel of his car on a Harlem, NY street. Detectives soon discovered he had been hiding a financial crisis and that his death was not random. 💀SOURCES💀...
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201. The Case of John Bender
January 8th, 2010. John Bender left Wall Street and the city to build a new life in the Costa Rican rainforest with his wife Ann. But years of isolation began to take a toll on both of them. When John was found dead from a gunshot wound inside their remote home, investigators had to determine if…
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200. The Case of Janette Piro & Chris Benedetto
November 11th 1998. When Janette Piro and Chris Benedetto suddenly vanished, friends immediately knew something was wrong. A gruesome discovery inside their home soon revealed a shocking murder plot driven by greed and betrayal. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37877142/...
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199. The Case of Kathryn Hinnant
January 7th 1989. 33-year old Dr. Kathryn Hinnant stayed late at Bellevue Hospital in New York City preparing a lecture. When she never arrived at a gala that night, her husband went looking for her. What followed exposed terrifying security failures inside one of America’s most famous hospitals....
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198. The Case of Otto Warmbier
January 2016. 21-year old American Otto Warmbier traveled to North Korea with a tourist group. After allegedly stealing a propaganda poster from his hotel, he was detained and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. But, 17 months later, he was returned to his parents in the United States in a…
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197. The Case of Heather Elvis
December 18th 2013. In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 20-year-old Heather Elvis vanished after a late-night phone call…leading investigators into a tangled case involving a secret affair, obsession, and a disappearance that still doesn’t have 100% closure. 💀SOURCES💀...
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196. The Case of Tanner Ward
June 7th 2017. 19-year old Tanner Ward told his mom he had to run out and he would be back in 30 minutes for dinner. He never returned. The search for Tanner ended six months later with a shocking find. 💀SOURCES💀...
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195. The Case of Heidi Firkus
April 25th 2010. 25-year old Heidi Firkus called police as an intruder broke into her home. When police arrived, Heidi was dead and her husband Nick was shot in the leg. His version of events wasn’t adding up. It would take 11 years before justice was served. 💀SOURCES💀...
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194. The Case of Delvonte Tisdale
November 15th 2010. 16-year old Delvonte Tisdale was found deceased in the middle of a street in a residential neighborhood 800 miles from home. The investigation into his death took a very unexpected turn. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️https://clclt.com/news-2/the-last-days-of-delvonte-tisdale-2177028/...
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193. The Case of Aimee Betro
September 7th 2019. 40-year old Aimee Betro traveled to Birmingham, England to carry out a murder plan hatched by a man she met on a dating app. She was quickly dubbed the world's worst hitman. 💀SOURCES💀 ▫️https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SENTENCING-REMARKS-AIMEE-BETRO.pdf...
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192. The Case of Jean Stevens
June 2010. 91-year-old Jean Stevens was a quiet widow living in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. She lived alone…but not really alone. Inside her home was a secret she’d been keeping for years. Folks in the town speculated, but no one said a word. 💀SOURCES💀...
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191. The Case of JT Leroy
October 1999. A mysterious young author named JT LeRoy captivated the literary world with raw stories of abuse, addiction, and survival. Celebrities and fellow authors rallied behind the fragile, soft-spoken writer who appeared in public only in disguise. But as JT’s fame grew, so did the...
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190. The Case of Frankie Pullian
April 8th 1980. 28-year-old Frankie Pullian was found deceased on a city side street partially pinned underneath an abandoned car. What initially was thought to be a hit and run was later discovered to be something more sinister. 💀SOURCES💀...
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189. The Case of Nancy Woodrum
May 5th, 2018. When 62-year-old Nancy Woodrum vanished from her rural home in Paso Robles, California, investigators found unsettling signs of violence in her home, but no trace of her. What followed was a seven month long search that would expose a brutal murder. 💀SOURCES💀...
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188. The Case of the Hamilton-Burr Duel
July 11th, 1804. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr crossed the Hudson river to New Jersey to settle a long time feud. Their hatred for one another spiraled into a deadly duel. By dawn, one man was mortally wounded, the other was running from murder charges, and American history had taken a sharp...
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187. The Case of Cari Farver
November 12th, 2012. 37-year-old Cari Farver told her mother she had met someone special and was planning to spend the night in Omaha. She was never seen again. For years, Cari appeared to be alive by sending texts, emails, and messages. Until investigators uncovered the disturbing truth behind…
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186. The Case of the Hart Family
March 26th, 2018. Along California’s rugged Pacific Coast, a family’s SUV was found at the bottom of a cliff, all eight occupants dead. Jennifer and Sarah Hart were celebrated online as devoted mothers and had spent years curating a picture of love, activism, and joy with their six adopted...
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185. The Case of Ted Maher
December 3rd 1999. Billionaire banker Edmond Safra was found dead in his Monaco penthouse after a fire tore through his bathroom. At first, authorities believed he had been the victim of a botched burglary. But within days, suspicion turned toward his own nurse, Ted Maher. 💀SOURCES💀...
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184. The Case of Lori Ruff
December 24th 2010. 42-year old Lori Ruff died by suicide after her husband filed for divorce. While going through her possessions, her husband learned a shocking truth: Lori Ruff never officially existed. It would take six years before the truth of who she really was was discovered. 💀SOURCES💀...
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183. The Case of Rey Rivera
May 24th, 2006. After a sudden phone call sent 32-year-old Rey Rivera rushing from his Baltimore home, he vanished. His body was discovered days later beneath a hole in the roof of the historic Belvedere Hotel. The odd trail he left behind, including a note filled with cryptic references...no one...
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182. The Case of Jesse Valencia
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💀...
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181. The Case of Barney & Betty Hill
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💀...
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180. The Case of Paula Sims
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💀...
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179. The Case of Holly Williams & Bill Lanway
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💀...
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178. The Case of Maura Murray
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💀...
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177. The Case of Ed Gein
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…
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176. The Case of Karina Holmer
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,...
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175. The Case of Jesse Capen
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....
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174. The Case of Alice Hufnagle
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/...
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173. The Case of Rusty Sneiderman
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💀...
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172. The Case of Chris McCandless
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…
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171. The Case of Carla Walker
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💀...
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169. The Case of Ben McDaniel
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...
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168. The Case of Dana Pastori
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...
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167. The Case of Christopher Mosier
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…
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166. The Case of Molly Miller & Colt Haynes
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...
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165. The Case of Peter Bergmann
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…
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164. The Case of Monica Schmeyer
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...
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163. The Case of Linda Collins
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💀...
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162. The Case of Blair Adams
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,...
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161. The Case of Joseph Crater
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…
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160. The Case of Diane Schuler
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…
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159. The Case of the OceanGate Disaster
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...
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158. The Case of Alan Helmick
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…
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157. The Case of Max Devries
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....
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