In 1992, young sailor Allen Schindler, after a series of events that outed him to his entire ship, was found beaten so severely that he was unrecognizable while returning to the USS Belleau Wood while docked in Japan. What followed was a series of blatant omissions from the US Navy regarding the details of his brutal murder.

SOURCES
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/12/magazine/what-the-navy-taught-allen-schindler-s-mother.html
https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A80479/datastream/OCR/viewhttps://www.out.com/news-opinion/2015/11/11/new-details-emerge-brutal-1992-murder-gay-sailor-allen-schindlerhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-25-mn-755-story.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240221212012/https://www.windycitytimes.com/m/APPredirect.php?AID=53394

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In the 1970’s Doris Bither claimed, among other ghostly happenings, to have been sexually assaulted by three ghosts. Her case inspired a 1978 novel by Frank De Felitta titled The Entity and a film of the same name. The case parallels other popular “based on a true story” horror films of the time—including The Exorcist and The Amityville Horror—blending themes of paranormal investigation, tormented victims, and evil spirits.

SOURCES
https://laghosttour.com/the-entity-house/
Hufford, David. 1982. The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.
https://barrytaff.net/2011/08/the-real-entity-case-2/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/10/a-closer-look-at-the-entity-photographs/
Robert Young (2015). Parapsychology: Ghosts and Hauntings

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Late on the afternoon of October 24, 1961, police were called to a home in Lincoln, Mass. after a neighbor reported seeing a trail of blood leading from the house to the driveway. She discovered the unsettling scene after a young girl living in the house returned from a playdate to find her mother, Joan Risch missing. Several unconfirmed sightings of a disoriented Risch walking on nearby roads later that day were reported. Her disappearance remains unsolved. 

SOURCES
https://charleyproject.org/case/joan-carolyn-rischhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180505203355/http://www.truth-link.org/pdfs/imgall.pdf
Ahern, Stephen A. (2020). A Kitchen Painted in Blood. Jefferson, North Carolina

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In the conclusion of the Golden State Killer series, the mask is finally lifted using modern DNA technology and the man also known as the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist, and the Original Night Stalker is brought to justice.

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While the moniker for the GSK was the East Area Rapist in Sacramento, he was given a variety of names during the murders in Southern California. The Original Night Stalker was the most commonly used of those names, and seven attacks in Southern California are attributed to him.

SOURCES
Cited in previous episode

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The Golden State Killer is one of the most infamous serial killers in United States history. Also known as the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist, and the Original Night Stalker, the Golden State Killer was active from 1974 to 1986 across California, committing at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and more than 100 burglaries. In 2013, true crime writer Michelle McNamara coined the Golden State Killer to encompass the many different monikers given to the same criminal. 

SOURCES
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-08/man-in-the-windowhttps://tulareda.org/ransacker/https://www.science.org/content/article/we-will-find-you-dna-search-used-nab-golden-state-killer-can-home-about-60-whitehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219171/Case Files of the East Area Rapist / Golden State Killer – September 19, 2017; by Kat Winters, Keith Komos 
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark; by Michelle McNamara

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When Mary Horton Vail died on Oct. 28, 1962, her husband, Felix Vail, told police she drowned in a freak accident in the Calcasieu River in Louisiana. He wasn’t prosecuted at the time, but more than 50 years later – after two other women he was last seen with went missing – his luck finally ran out.

SOURCES
STATE of Louisiana V. VAIL; 17–354; 12-28-2017 (appeal)
STATE of Louisiana v. William Felix VAIL

 https://charleyproject.org/case/annette-michelle-craver-vail#:~:text=Details%20of%20Disappearance,never%20been%20heard%20from%20again.
https://charleyproject.org/case/sharon-hensley

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For over 3,000 years, certain regions of China have practiced a tradition known as yinhun, or ghost marriage. This ancient ritual marries the souls of a bride and groom in the afterlife to ensure their ghosts won't haunt their respective families. But with everything, there's a dark side to this ritual that includes kidnapping, murder, and bidding wars.

SOURCES

Lo, T.W. Ghost Brides and Crime Networks in Rural China. Asian J Criminol 17, 371–389 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-022-09367-6
https://www.chinesefolklore.org.cn/web/index.php?Page=3&NewsID=16820
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_25326714
https://passport.weibo.com/visitor/visitor?entry=miniblog&a=enter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fweibo.com%2F1191965271%2FNsFhYjqu4&domain=weibo.com&ua=Mozilla%2F5.0%20%28X11%3B%20CrOS%20x86_64%2014541.0.0%29%20AppleWebKit%2F537.36%20%28KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko%29%20Chrome%2F123.0.0.0%20Safari%2F537.36&_rand=1715101831500&sudaref=

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Red River Gorge is a canyon system located in central eastern Kentucky. It's home to some of the best rock climbing in the country, great camping spots, and plenty of flora and fauna. But the deep woods may contain dangerous creatures (besides bears) and secrets that an unlucky few have encountered.

SOURCES
cited within episode

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It’s a case that spans hundreds of miles and has had hundreds of suspects nationwide. A killer targeted people when they least expected and executed them mercilessly. The identity of the I-70 Killer remains unknown.

SOURCES
Dead End: Inside the Hunt for the I-70 Serial Killer; by Bob Cyphers

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