257. Somebody Knows: Annie McCarrick & The Vanishing Triange

 Annie McCarrick, an American living in Ireland, left her home on March 26, 1993, and vanished into thin air. Her father, John McCarrick, said, “It’s as if somebody came along and just vacuumed her up off the planet.”  

It's been thirty-one years since Annie was last seen. Many theories have been suggested and investigated in Annie’s disappearance. One is that Annie was abducted and murdered
by a total stranger. And for most people, this theory seemed the most plausible for decades. The reason for that is because of the other women who have gone missing in eastern Ireland, in an area that is known as the Vanishing Triangle.

Join Cam and Jen as they talk about 'Someone Knows: Annie McCarrick & The Vanishing Triangle".

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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print

Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Barry-Cummins/dp/0717183939
https://www.newspapers.com/image/725159400/?terms=Annie%20McCarrick&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/913673397/?terms=Annie%20McCarrick&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/470589379/?terms=Annie%20McCarrick&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/913673929/?terms=Annie%20McCarrick&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/913673265/?terms=Annie%20McCarrick&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/472309257/?terms=Annie%20McCarrick&match=1 
https://www.newspapers.com/image/914594619/?terms=Annie%20McCarrick&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1007818080/?terms=%22Annie%20McCarrick%22&match=1 
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260654830/?terms=%22Annie%20McCarrick%22&match=1 
https://www.newspapers.com/image/723889044/?terms=%22Annie%20McCarrick%22&match=1 
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsday/name/john-mccarrick-obituary?id=5147570 
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/05/13/we-are-confident-now-in-a-way-that-we-were-not-in-the-past-that-annies-case-will-be-fully-investigated-says-nancy-mccarrick/ 
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/05/08/enniskerry-sightings-of-annie-mccarrick-now-deemed-unreliable-with-gardai-focused-on-dublin-4/
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/05/08/the-myth-of-irelands-vanishing-triangle/
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/bombshell-claims-annie-mccarrick-stalked-29922380
https://www.garda.ie/en/crime-prevention/crimecall-on-rte/crimecall-episodes/2023/27-march-2023/murder-of-annie-mccarrick.html
https://www.independent.ie/life/family/mothers-babies/never-forgotten/26497937.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/723387067/?terms=%22Fiona%20Pender%22&match=1 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1g4jzj8y1o 

256. The Hitchhiker: The Murder of Dorothy Donovan

 Today, we are going to Harrington, Delaware, where 41-year-old Charles Holden returns home from work just after 1 am. Pulling up to his home, he notices a man lurking outside, peeking in the windows. Charles, who shares the property with his mother, left the scene to phone the police. Charles explained to the dispatcher that he feared the man was trying to break into his mother’s home and was worried since she lived alone.  Charles went back to the location to wait for the police.  Corporal Myrna Williams Kinney of the Delaware State Police arrived, walked around the house, and discovered a window on the back of the house had been shattered. Charles's heart sank as he worried about his elderly mother. 

Join Jen and Cam on this episode of ‘Our True Crime Podcast’ as we discuss “The Hitchhiker: The Murder of Dorothy Donovan.”

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As always, our listener discretion is by @octoberpodVHS
All music is by our executive producer Nico @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1847944/

https://tt.se/media/image/sdl6DlqWhr5rbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mSAimU3THQ

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dorothy_Donovan

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-272822.html



https://veritycreates.medium.com/killer-hitchhiker-the-murder-of-dorothy-donovan-b6c5dfc6d359


https://www.facebook.com/341180555899616/posts/in-memory-of-dorothy-donovanshe-was-born-dorothy-mae-bonney-on-may-18-1921-in-bu/2557279680956348/


https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/6opxy3/tomt_hitchhiker_kills_family_member_of_the_man/

 

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255. Never A Marine: Krystal Tobias, Laura Hobbs & Amanda Snell

 It was a cold and snow-covered morning in February 2010 when Thomas and Lynn Love decided to take the scenic route to Woodbridge, a suburb of Alexandria, Virginia. The area had recently been pummeled with snow, not once but three times that month, leaving record-breaking accumulations across the Washington, D.C. area.

They drove by Prince William Forest and turned east onto Minnieville Road. The area is a sleepy suburb, with wide open roads interspersed with the occasional subdivision or neighborhood. However, large parts are still fields and woods, so the deer often play dodgeball in the traffic. So, Thomas drove more cautiously than usual. As their vehicle approached Alps Road, Thomas saw something move. He pulled over and got out of the car. When his wife realized what they were looking at, she, too, got out of the vehicle.

It was a woman, half-dressed, covered in slush and snow and blood, stumbling toward them. She was scraped from the knees down, her face pitted with tiny red dots, and the whites of her eyes were reddish-purple. Shivering, she said in a hoarse whisper, “I’ve been raped and beaten. Where’s Lisa? Is she alive?” Lynn wrapped the woman in a blanket, put her in the car, turned up the heat, and then called 911.

There was no way at that moment that the Loves could fully comprehend that they had just played a small part in catching a murderer, freeing a wrongfully imprisoned man from jail, and bringing closure to three families, all by saving the life of the half-frozen woman now seated in their backseat.

Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "Never A Marine"

Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print

Sources

https://www.washingtonian.com/2012/09/11/predator-in-the-ranks-inside-a-real-life-ncis-murder-case/ (Excellent article written by Harry Jaffe of the Washingtonian that Jen talked about in the episode)

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-4th-circuit/1872283.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Avila-Torrez

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/jorge-avila-torrez-ex-marine-sentenced-100-years-for-murder-laura-hobbs-krystal-tobias

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2018/09/19/convicted-va-killer-already-facing-death-penalty-admits-slaying-two-girls-illinois/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jztATNJWkI4&t=1005s&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serial-killer-jorge-avila-torrez-part-1/id1485570562?i=1000574610182

https://www.newspapers.com/image/231654382/?terms=%22Laura%20Hobbs%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/985345195/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/968520596/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/289692678/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/289557482/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/985371463/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/989774158/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/968128861/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/989750339/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/989750457/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/837503025/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/270354636/?terms=%22Jorge%20Torrez%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/280551681/?terms=%22Amanda%20Jean%20Snell%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/241270581/?terms=%22Amanda%20Jean%20Snell%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/241781685/?terms=Osama%20Atari%20Torrez&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/241712166/?terms=Osama%20Atari%20Torrez&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/233123001/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/411004539/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/231694649/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/241256806/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/232994540/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/754404850/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/232997680/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/231980976/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/343350266/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/197889751/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/406750217/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/598182562/?terms=Krystal%20Tobias&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/231676503/?terms=%22Laura%20Hobbs%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/83669236/?terms=%22Laura%20Hobbs%22&match=1 (

https://www.newspapers.com/image/231678431/?terms=%22Laura%20Hobbs%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/443579225/?terms=%22Laura%20Hobbs%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/598412415/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/232984854/?terms=%22Laura%20Hobbs%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/232976432/?terms=%22Laura%20Hobbs%22

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/former-corporal-sentenced-death-barracks-murder

https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/04/08/jorge-torrez-convicted-in-killing-of-amanda-jean-snell/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117659875/amanda_jean-snell

https://www.oxygen.com/one-deadly-mistake/crime-news/jorge-torres-brags-on-tape-about-killing-sailor-amanda-snell

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/jorge-avila-torrez-ex-marine-sentenced-100-years-for-murder-laura-hobbs-krystal-tobias

https://www.newspapers.com/image/231332310/?terms=%22Jerry%20Hobbs%22%20sentenced&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/232965087/?terms=%22Jerry%20Hobbs%22%20sentenced&match=1

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hobbs-jerry.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/video/magazine/100000001188108/jerry-hobbs-confession.html

254. Natural Born Killers: Joshua Maxwell and Tessie McFarland

 We are headed to Indiana, near the famed Speedway where the iconic Indy races unfold. It's September 12, 2000, around 7 a.m. when a call comes into police, reporting a vehicle ablaze near Decatur Township off State Road 67. Detective Larry Sanders swiftly responds, observing the inferno and sensing its deliberate nature. Amidst the efforts to douse the flames, a chilling discovery emerges from the trunk: a charred body, its gender indiscernible, limbs bound with wire. Amidst the chaos, crucial identifiers - the car's license plate and VIN - are found, linking the vehicle to Robby Bott. Robby, a resident of Morgan County, Indiana, leaves investigators grappling with unsettling questions: Is the deceased indeed Robby Bot? How did he end up in the trunk? And, most urgently, who perpetrated this heinous act, and what drove them to such brutality?

Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Natural Born Killers: Joshua Maxwell and Tessie McFarland.’

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All music is by our EP @theinkypawprint


Sources:
https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/maxwelljoshua.html

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2002/02/22/brooklyn-murder-suspect-on-trial-in-texas/118393996/


https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/11/Texas-executes-sheriffs-sergeant-killer/71481268362604/

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-indiana-man-who-murdered-2-executed-in-texas-2010mar11-story.html

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Shootout-Suspect-Admits-Slaying-Confession-2733133.php


https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/10/18/Pair-wanted-in-crime-spree-arrested-in-SF-shootout/2552971841600/

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/prosecutors-want-local-trial-victims-family-doesnt/531-6490bb0f-1b55-432a-84c3-d8331e1eac7c
https://www.themarshallproject.org/next-to-die/tx/nsbhpd2o


https://thecinemaholic.com/joshua-maxwell-tessie-mcfarland/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/ex-convict-stripper-lured-men-sex-killed-them-for-cash


https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-indiana-man-who-murdered-2-executed-in-texas-2010mar11-story.html


https://caselaw.findlaw.com/in-court-of-appeals/1091648.html


https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Midwest-fugitives-fled-grim-histories-3051111.php


https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Set-to-die-today-killer-calls-his-spree-senseless-982016.php

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253. Taking the Bait: The Carly Ryan Story

In 2007, Carly became friends with a musician named Brandon Kane on MySpace. The two initially bonded over their love of music, and soon, Brandon regaled her with stories of growing up in the wide-open spaces of the American Southwest and traveling to other exotic places. Carly hung on to his every word. Carly soon shared with her mother that she’d “met” this awesome guy named Brandon Kane. 

Within 18 months, Brandon quickly became Carly’s entire world.  Unfortunately, Brandon Kane didn't exist.

The ease with which one online predator was able to groom, lure, and murder fifteen-year-old Carly Ryan in Australia would not only rock the nation but would make headlines globally. It was a horrifying wake-up call. The world suddenly realized that the darling invention of social media had teeth, and it could bite.

Join Jen and Cam as they discuss 'Taking the Bait: The Carly Ryan Story'

If you're worried that your child is being groomed online or sexually exploited, please report it.
USA

call 1-800-843-5678  or go online to Cyber Tipline https://report.cybertip.org 
Australia
Call Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000 or report online at crimestoppers.com.au.
UK
Make a report https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre
or police on 101 or online at www.police.uk


Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print

Sources:
https://www.carlyryanfoundation.com/
https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-06-13.185.1
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/the-ex-wife-of-carly-ryans-killer-garry-francis-newman-says-she-suffered-decades-of-abuse-at-his-hands/news-story/a44fffae2985ec53c6a21945358036b0
https://youtu.be/VV43ezxdg5M?si=YwLqursVJ2Ardo3v
https://youtu.be/1co77A5sQG0?si=wfgfABfNZDIgXFoc
https://youtu.be/feSqADrsreU?si=y7Ijd-4BwUwLM2Gc
https://youtu.be/tQ7jQUEHRd0?si=_9c9EglisUADiLBr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Carly_Ryan
https://victimsofhomicide.fandom.com/wiki/Carly_Ryan
https://www.smh.com.au/national/sex-predator-jailed-for-life-20100331-revm.html
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Murder_of_Carly_Ryanhttps://truecrimediva.com/carly-ryan/
https://www.aph.gov.au/-/media/wopapub/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/completed_inquiries/2010-13/criminal_code_misrepresentation/report/d01.pdf?la=en&hash=133D29B0BFE5FF028A354F2857AB4FB639A8075A
https://www.newspapers.com/image/753739453/?terms=%22Carly%20Ryan%22%20Australia%20murder&match=1 (lots of errors in this article)
https://www.azafap.org/about/https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Garry_Francis_Newman
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/mother-of-murdered-teen-carly-ryan-still-fighting-online-predators/GKDOD2VR536THPXNZQ56HK6I2A/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1409
https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansards/f6578188-998f-424eb4ef-/0241%22#:~:text=Stephen%20Newman%20was%20charged%20with,and%20that%20was%20Carly%20Ryan

J

252. Wild Child: Evan Ebel

 Commerce City, Colorado, is a working-class community with a higher-than-average crime rate. On March 17, 2013, Nate Leon embarked on a journey to Domino's Pizza around 10:45 a.m. Nate, a devoted father of three and a full-time employee at IBM, also worked weekends at Domino's to supplement his income. On that particular day, Domino's received a call requesting a pizza delivery to an unspecified intersection. The employee informed the caller that an exact address was needed for delivery, prompting the caller to hang up abruptly. Minutes later, the caller phoned back, asking for a pizza delivered to a truck stop in North Denver. Although such requests were not their standard practice, the manager made an exception after the caller explained he was stranded at the truck stop, awaiting a tow truck. Nate was assigned the delivery, but when he failed to return to work, his manager reported him missing. This was just the beginning of a crime spree that would shock the community but not just in Colorado. 

Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘Wild Child: Evan Ebel.”

Listener Discretion is by @octoberpodVHS

Music is by our EP @theinkypawprint

Sources:
Raw Video of shoot out:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYU2FWAeHY
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/widow-of-slain-colorado-prisons-chief-may-testify/

https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/31/justice/colorado-ebel-prison-records/index.html

https://www.westword.com/news/inside-evan-ebel-murder-case-info-from-stripper-confidential-informants-7991468

https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-governor-sympathizes-parents-gunman/story?id=18797416

https://abcnews.go.com/US/error-led-colorado-prison-chief-shooting-suspect-evan/story?id=18858510

https://www.westword.com/news/video-shows-evan-ebel-shooting-texas-deputy-5853260

https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/state/2013/03/24/man-killed-texas-called-suspect-colorado-slaying/15100830007/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300942/White-supremacist-Evil-Evan-Ebel-threatened-kill-female-prison-guard-murder-jailors-family.html

https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_23224829/evan-ebel-branded-himself-hopeless-but-his-father/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298492/The-family-tragedy-led-double-murder-suspect-white-supremacist-Evil-Evan-life-crime-parents-fought-end-bad-streak.html

https://gazette.com/news/clements-assassin-ebel-caught-on-tape-with-fellow-211-crew-member/article_277975a4-c5f8-11e9-96a4-5b75106e2f9b.html

https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/26/us/evan-ebel-profile/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/widow-of-slain-colorado-prisons-chief-may-testify/

https://www.denverpost.com/tag/evan-ebel/