Episodi

  • The HVAC work order that put a technician in her basement unaccounted for

    The HVAC work order that put a technician in her basement unaccounted for
    Aug 26 2026
    A padded envelope returns a missing ring and a technician who once stood in her basement - so what actually happened?

    The HVAC work order that put a technician in her basement unaccounted for

    In this episode, we follow how a returned class ring reopened the cold case of Debra McCarthy and led investigators back to overlooked documents, people, and a basement window with a displaced latch. How did a routine landlord HVAC work order, and the technician named on it, become a crucial missing piece?

    Person: Debra McCarthy
    Date: March 10, 2019
    Location: 412 Sutter Lane, Harlow Falls, Ohio
    Document: HVAC work order dated February 2019
    Person: Roy Thorpe

    - Debra was last seen leaving a book club just after 9:20 PM on March 10, 2019; her evening routine at home was completed that night.
    - Two greyhounds were found chained and quiet on her porch early March 11, prompting a 9-1-1 call at 6:53 AM.
    - A north-facing basement egress window had a latch displaced outward, logged in the initial report as a "preexisting condition."
    - Landlord Tim Pratt contracted an HVAC inspection in February 2019; the single-page work order names technician Roy Thorpe and places the work in Debra’s basement.
    - Roy Thorpe, age forty-four, worked for a company contracted by the local school district where Debra was a reading aide, linking him to her professional circle.

    To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    15 min
  • The boot prints that went into the trees - and never came back

    The boot prints that went into the trees - and never came back
    Aug 25 2026
    A timber appraiser’s boot prints lead into the trees; his body is later found in his running truck-what happened?

    The boot prints that went into the trees - and never came back

    In this episode, we follow the facts of a winter death on Spur Fourteen in Dellard County and the peculiar details that confound a simple explanation. Who walked into the cedars, why Eric Anderson’s field notebook vanished, and how did his body end up back in his truck?

    Person: Eric Anderson
    Location: Spur Fourteen, Dellard County, Pacific Northwest
    Date: Monday, February 10
    Status: Deceased; engine running, driver’s door open, cab cold
    Item missing: Eric’s field notebook

    - Eric Anderson, 62, a longtime timber appraiser known for carrying a field notebook to every site.
    - Footprints in the snow trace Eric’s boots forty feet into the trees toward a cedar and then stop with no return trail.
    - Eric’s truck was found the next morning with the engine running, driver’s door open, and the driver’s seat pushed back two inches beyond his usual setting.
    - Colleague Tom Briggs confirmed the notebook was missing and had alibis placing him thirty miles away by three p.m.; investigators ruled out a simple medical event.
    - Detective Gary Cox narrows the timeline by Eric’s calendar and interviews, prompting names like Curtis Jensen as he reconstructs who knew Eric would be on Spur Fourteen.

    To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    18 min
  • Everyone assumed she was buried after December 14 - the excavator receipt wasn't

    Everyone assumed she was buried after December 14 - the excavator receipt wasn't
    Aug 24 2026
    A frozen embankment yields a human hand at a rural fairground-an excavator receipt points to Rhonda's audit target. Who rented the Ditch Witch and why?

    Everyone assumed she was buried after December 14 - the excavator receipt wasn't

    In this episode, we lay out the scene and the records that connect a missing co‑op accountant to a rental receipt and a pattern of questionable insurance claims. What transactions, logs, and timestamps might explain how a body surfaced through frozen ground?

    Person: Rhonda Lawson
    Person: Kenneth Green
    Date: Last confirmed sighting December 18; hand found January 9; ground frozen since December 14
    Location: Harwick County fairgrounds; Millgate; Millgate Equipment rental yard
    Topic: disputed agricultural insurance claims; excavator rental receipt signed "K. Greer"

    - Rhonda Lawson, a 24‑year‑old Co‑op accountant, flagged mismatches between Kenneth Green’s hail damage reports and satellite imagery.
    - She was last seen at Millgate Lanes on December 18 and sent a final text saying she would stop by Kenneth Green’s to review numbers.
    - On January 9, a hand was found pushing through a drainage embankment at the fairgrounds after 26 days of sub‑zero soil conditions.
    - County investigator Norman Fisher checked access logs and equipment records for the narrow window before December 14 and found a December 19-21 excavator rental.
    - The Ditch Witch rental was paid in cash and signed "K. Greer," a name similar to Kenneth Green’s abbreviated signatures in Co‑op files.

    To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    20 min
  • The burner phone that rang two minutes after the dead woman called Mom

    The burner phone that rang two minutes after the dead woman called Mom
    Aug 23 2026
    A dead woman's phone called her mother at 6:47 AM - then a burner rang two minutes later from a trucker's number. What happened?

    The burner phone that rang two minutes after the dead woman called Mom

    In this episode, we walk through the morning a Cutter Flats dispatcher was found dead in her car with her phone still dialing "Mom" and a prepaid burner discovered in a storm drain nearby. We trace the timeline, the devices, and the small-town routines that make the gap between death and those calls so hard to explain.

    Person: Megan Ramsey
    Date: December 12
    Location: Cutter Flats, Nevada
    Time of outgoing call on victim's phone: 6:47 AM
    Device found: prepaid burner phone in storm drain (activated Dec 9)

    - Judith Doyle, a regular morning runner, found a white Ford Escape at 6:47 AM with the driver's door ajar and Megan slumped in the seat.
    - The victim's phone showed an active outgoing call to the contact labeled "Mom" that displayed 6:47 AM, though the medical examiner set time of death near 4:30 AM.
    - Norma Reyes, the victim's mother, answered that 6:47 AM call and heard silence on the line, then assumed it was a pocket dial.
    - Investigators found a prepaid burner phone in a storm drain 40 feet north of the car; it had been bought on Dec 9 at the local Pilot Travel Center and activated once.
    - The burner received a single incoming call at 6:49 AM from a number registered to Jason Morgan, a fuel-contract driver who regularly delivered to Harlo Freight and drove US-93 in pre-dawn hours.

    To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    17 min
  • The work order timestamp that proved the propane call was faked

    The work order timestamp that proved the propane call was faked
    Aug 22 2026
    A propane technician’s van stopped 27 minutes at a missing woman’s house - a work order was filed under a supervisor’s login; why was the timestamp faked?

    The work order timestamp that proved the propane call was faked

    In this episode, we follow the timeline and records that turned a routine propane visit into the central clue in Melissa Andrews’s disappearance. We trace the stops, the missing paperwork, and the digital footprints that forced investigators to ask how a work order was manufactured after the fact.

    Person: Melissa Andrews
    Person: Neil Stroud
    Person: Doug Ferris
    Location: 19 Cannery Road, Dunmore Point
    Date/Time: November 2, 6:31-6:58 PM; work order timestamp 7:14 PM

    - Melissa’s padlock was locked on an unfamiliar side door while her garden shed padlock sat open forty feet away.
    - Neil Stroud, a contracted propane technician, had worked the Dunmore Point route since 2019 and had prior access and a documented inspection authorization.
    - Stroud visited Melissa’s house in the afternoon on a non-scheduled day with no work order or dispatch record; fleet GPS later placed his van at 19 Cannery Road for 27 minutes on Nov 2.
    - A work order for a propane service at Melissa’s address was filed at 7:14 PM under supervisor Doug Ferris’s login, though Ferris was confirmed at a dinner 40 miles away.
    - DNA from skin cells under Melissa’s broken right-index fingernail matched Neil Stroud with a full profile returned on November 14.

    To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    16 min
  • The keypad entry five minutes after Linda that locked the annex from the inside

    The keypad entry five minutes after Linda that locked the annex from the inside
    Aug 21 2026
    A volunteer finds a folded coat six feet high in a locked church annex-five minutes after entering; who had the code?

    The keypad entry five minutes after Linda that locked the annex from the inside

    In this episode, we follow the fifteen-day investigation that begins when Judith Rogers finds the annex door locked and Linda Wilson dead beneath a neatly folded coat. The episode covers the keypad log, access routines, and the small details investigators used to trace who could have entered that night - and raises the question: who used a code that wasn't assigned to them?

    Person: Linda Wilson
    Date: October 14-15 (entry at 6:10 PM; discovery at 7:22 AM)
    Location: St. Matthias Community Church annex, Harlow Falls, Ohio
    Investigator: Duane Myers
    Event: Unscheduled keypad entry five minutes after Linda

    - Linda signed into the annex at 6:10 PM via the service keypad and had a standing Wednesday 6-8 PM shift for eleven years.
    - The keypad log shows a second credential used at 6:15 PM that did not match any currently authorized user.
    - The annex was locked from the inside; the keypad’s exit requires a code rather than a simple handle pull.
    - A folded coat was placed six feet high on a metal shelf with no ladder, chair, or displaced items in the room.
    - The building manager had access and a documented dispute with Linda, but his phone and vehicle records placed him away from the church that evening.

    To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    17 min
  • The invoice photo that framed the padlock, not the pump, wrecked the alibi

    The invoice photo that framed the padlock, not the pump, wrecked the alibi
    Aug 20 2026
    A locked wellhouse and a padlock that shouldn't be there - who moved the lock and why did a watercolor kit end up inside?

    The invoice photo that framed the padlock, not the pump, wrecked the alibi

    In this episode, we follow the discovery at the Kettle Fork wellhouse: a door padlocked from the outside despite only two accounted keys, and a watercolor kit with Rebecca Dalton’s name inside sitting beside the pump. What do the locked door, the missing key entries, and an odd invoice photograph together reveal about her last movements?

    Person: Rebecca Dalton
    Location: Kettle Fork wellhouse
    Date: September 4 (body found), last invoice photo dated June 2022
    Investigator: Detective Owens
    Item: Watercolor kit with Rebecca’s name and partial fingerprint

    - Deputies found the wellhouse padlocked from the outside with no signs of forced entry and only two keys legally ever issued.
    - Rebecca’s routine established by receipts and a friend showed she was unaccounted for on the morning she was found, breaking a 14-month pattern.
    - A small wooden watercolor kit with her name and a partial fingerprint was photographed inside the locked wellhouse next to the pump housing.
    - County records showed the contractor key was logged as returned in July 2022 and the public works key had not left the office since June.
    - The June 2022 maintenance invoice included a required photograph that centered on the padlock and hasp rather than the pump, prompting Detective Owens to question the key log.

    To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    17 min
  • The freight-code Griffin ran that logged Romano's bag - and unraveled the alibi

    The freight-code Griffin ran that logged Romano's bag - and unraveled the alibi
    Aug 19 2026
    A depot worker logs a burgundy suitcase hours after Daniel Romano is found dead - who moved the bag?

    The freight-code Griffin ran that logged Romano's bag - and unraveled the alibi

    In this episode, we follow the sequence of actions and records that link a dead man's phone ping, a freight manifest, and a depot employee to a night that left no 911 call. Which procedural choices and small pieces of data shift the investigation away from the obvious lead?

    Person: Daniel Romano
    Date: last message 8:47 PM; phone ping 9:04 PM
    Location: Cutter Creek; freight depot
    Item: burgundy suitcase logged with discretionary freight code
    Employee: Griffin logged the code and appears on depot camera at 6:31 AM

    - Romano's final confirmed contact was a seven-word text at 8:47 PM saying his car died on Route Nine and he'd get a ride.
    - Phone records place Romano on Route Nine at 9:04 PM, 2.3 miles from the freight depot, with no further movement after that ping.
    - A burgundy, hard-sided suitcase tagged "Romano" arrived at the depot at 6:42 AM and was processed under a discretionary freight code.
    - The discretionary code used to log the bag required employee credentials and bypassed standard cross-reference checks; the code traced to an employee named Griffin.
    - Depot security footage, pulled with one day to spare, shows Griffin carrying a burgundy suitcase onto the freight belt at 6:31 AM and running the same code.

    To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
    Mostra di più Mostra meno
    14 min