320. Unpunished Predator: The Murder of Nona Dirksmeyer

 In December 2005, a beautiful young woman named Nona Dirksmeyer was brutally murdered in her Arkansas apartment. Her death was a shock, starting a mystery that still isn't solved.

The hunt for Nona's killer was messy. Police botched the investigation, and there were multiple trials, but no one was ever found guilty. Nona's killer is still free, walking among us.

Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "Unpunished Predator: The Murder of Nona Dirksmeyer."

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Thank you to our team

Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠⁠

Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen

Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint ⁠⁠⁠https://theinkypawprint.com⁠⁠

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/murderinapartment12

https://youtu.be/y8ldxQPJrBs?si=9__SEFk8I9LyzWMp

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1103840336/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.rivervalleynow.com/local_news/murder-case-remains-unsolved-17-years-after-the-death-of-nona-dirksmeyer/article_187cda4c-7cfb-11ed-9eed-93cbdfc9d6c2.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12545779/Nona-Dirksmeyer-Murder-Arkansas.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12773827/nona_carol-dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1103553258/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1103556737/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1094540577/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.crimelibrary.org/news/original/0306/2201_beauty_queen_murder2.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1103482743/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1104957506/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1103840500/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-8th-circuit/1682356.html

https://www.crimelibrary.org/news/original/0707/2501_nona_dirksmeyer.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1103687681/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1104856221/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1103690622/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/321397780/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/950333013/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1095236234/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1095063644/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer (Whiteside party info)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1095061333/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1095204159/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1094570959/?match=1&clipping_id=175612232

https://www.newspapers.com/image/321503251/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1094991098/?match=1&clipping_id=175612495

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1095218186/?match=1&terms=Nona%20Dirksmeyer

https://www.newspapers.com/image/584668912/?match=1&terms=%22Gary%20Dunn%22

https://apps.ark.org/inmate_info/search.php?dcnum=128292&token=5ca2bac8f27ea4c2d070b26de56d66fe71b508e31461c36fef61e3ba116fc55b&lastname=Dunn&firstname=Gary&sex=b&agetype=1&disclaimer=1&PHPSESSID=21f271cebecc5c5195206a8dac0a3644&__utma=149258854.1621736002.1695843361.1695843361.1695843361.1&__utmc=149258854&__utmz=149258854.1695843361.1.1.utmcsr%3Dgoogle%7Cutmccn%3D%28organic%29%7Cutmcmd%3Dorganic%7Cutmctr%3D%28not+provided%29&__utmb=149258854.1.10.1695843361

https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/gary-dunn-pleads-guilty-to-indecent-exposure-attempted-kidnapping-in-pope-co/91-d14c89eb-ca12-4b05-aff4-d013523b9dbb

https://www.thv11.com/video/news/crime/gary-dunn-plea-deal-sentenced-to-5-years/91-909bc9ba-e11a-465b-93ac-c6ce87c6d3d3

https://www.distractify.com/p/gary-dunn-now

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24433365

https://podcasts.musixmatch.com/podcast/murder-in-apartment-12-01hapntshg6tzb66f4pm9r15w3/episode/5-receipts-01hgdwzhsrn3jhwasjb8xbtx0f

319. From Diplomat to FBI’s Most Wanted: William Bradford Bishop

 How hard is it to disappear after killing someone? But what if the victims were your own family? The idea of vanishing after such a crime seems unfathomable—yet some manage it, at least for a while. Few cases illustrate this more chillingly than those of John List and Robert Fisher, two men accused of murdering their families and slipping into the shadows.

So it has happened before and will undoubtedly happen again, which takes us to today’s case. 

It was a quiet Monday morning in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 1976, when William Bradford Bishop Jr.—a rising foreign service officer at the State Department—received the news that would, according to investigators, set a horrific plan in motion.

He’d been passed over for a promotion.

By mid-afternoon, Bishop told his secretary he was feeling unwell. Colleagues noted that he seemed agitated. One of them, Roy Harrell Jr., would later become the last confirmed person to see him. Bishop left the Foggy Bottom building and disappeared.

What followed was a meticulously planned crime.

Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘From Diplomat to FBI’s Most Wanted: William Bradford Bishop.’

Listener discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music is by our EP @theinkypawprint

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Thank you to our team:

Listener discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music is by our EP @theinkypawprint

Sources:

⁠https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030102328_4.html⁠

⁠https://people.com/william-bradford-bishop-people-magazine-investigates-murder-family-fbi-wanted-8763135⁠

⁠http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/series/brad-bishop/The-Hunt-for-William-Bradford-Bishop-254259061.html⁠

⁠http://www.nbcwashington.com/video/#!/news/local/William-Braford-Bishop-Added-to-FBI-s-Ten-Most-Wanted-List/254741211⁠

⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20130407061938/http://www.amw.com/pdf/brad-bishop-letter-from-bankston.pdf⁠

⁠http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-us-diplomat-murder-suspect-added-to-fbis-most-wanted/⁠

⁠http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/series/brad-bishop/Inside-the-Evidence-Room-in-the-Hunt-for-William-Bradford-Bishop-254602021.html⁠

⁠https://archive.org/details/anatomyofmotivef00doug⁠

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/14FA438034ACC1A8

⁠https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/brad-bishop/fbi-confirms-nc-woman-is-accused-killer-william-bradford-bishops-daughter/2807832/⁠

⁠https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74885288/bishop-wanted/⁠

https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2014/04/11/the-bradford-bishop-mystery/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140416143734/http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/april/william-bradford-bishop-added-to-fbi-top-ten-list/william-bradford-bishop-added-to-fbi-top-ten-list/

⁠https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030102328_4.html⁠

https://people.com/william-bradford-bishop-people-magazine-investigates-murder-family-fbi-wanted-8763135

318: Maddy Scott: The Girl Who Never Came Home

 On a quiet, long weekend in May of 2011, 20-year-old Maddy Scott set out for a camping trip with friends at Hogsback Lake near Vanderhoof, British Columbia. The next morning, her truck and tent were found, but Maddy was nowhere to be seen.

There were no signs of struggle or clues pointing to where she had gone, only questions.

Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "Maddy Scott: The Girl Who Never Came Home."

If you have any information about the disappearance and subsequent death of Maddy Scott, please call the Vanderhoof RCMP at 250-567-2222, or you can leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

You can also visit the website madisonscott.ca for updates on this case. However, please refrain from leaving tips on social media websites, as they are considered hearsay. They must be reported directly to the RCMP, Crime Stoppers, or other law enforcement agencies. 

Go to Italy with Cam and Jen in June 2026    

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Thank you to our team

Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠

Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen

Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint ⁠⁠https://theinkypawprint.com⁠

Sources:

⁠http://madisonscott.ca/⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Madison_Scott⁠

⁠https://www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes/80⁠

⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/205731539463196/⁠ 

(⁠https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hogsback+Lake,+Vanderhoof,+BC,+Canada/Southslope+Rd,+Vanderhoof,+BC+V0J+3A1,+Canada/@53.9552327,-123.9995468,852m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x53884203fba01529:0xffa55c3ea22eb136!2m2!1d-123.8311179!2d53.843609!1m5!1m1!1s0x538845dfa2a27c53:0x208dc705a7d60596!2m2!1d-123.9962453!2d53.9528396!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYxNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D⁠

⁠https://ckpgtoday.ca/2023/05/29/remains-of-madison-scott-discovered-at-vanderhoof-property/⁠

⁠https://ckpgtoday.ca/2023/05/29/remains-of-madison-scott-discovered-at-vanderhoof-property/⁠

⁠https://websleuths.com/threads/canada-madison-scott-20-vanderhoof-bc-27-may-2011.138458/page-5⁠

⁠https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/vanishing/⁠

⁠https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/highway-of-tears⁠

⁠https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/Investigation_into_disappearance_and_death_of_Madison_Scott_still_ongoing_13_years/⁠

48 Hours Episode

⁠https://www.google.com/maps/@53.9620214,-123.9724543,3a,75y,174.73h,100.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sfTAQJy02KPL71BmmZUqn_Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-10.710068350507001%26panoid%3DfTAQJy02KPL71BmmZUqn_Q%26yaw%3D174.73041652252357!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYxNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D⁠

⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/509848251/?match=1&terms=%22Madison%20Scott%22⁠

⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/507425551/?match=1&terms=%22Madison%20Scott%22⁠

⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/507417508/?match=1&terms=%22Madison%20Scott%22⁠

⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/506378439/?match=1&terms=%22Madison%20Scott%22⁠

⁠https://youtu.be/ou3wt_ImUcA?si=I22hNtnbbUph0OgL⁠

⁠https://youtu.be/cxaHb5s6eU4?si=NKeX_7wAKmHZgDW4⁠

⁠https://youtu.be/Xn0ROcjh7ys?si=m4ddjrUDJy3_fc9c⁠

⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/497717358/?match=1&terms=%22Madison%20Scott%22⁠

⁠https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/murder-victim-suffered-gruesome-death-court-hears-3725783⁠