Welcome to our Halloween Special, Tales of the Darkcast Network Cryptkeeper. This is my episode this week and I hope you will enjoy stories from The Final Trace, Day by Day, Book of the Dead, Pod of Terror, Missing in the PNW, Mythical True Crime, Tragedy With a View, Murder in the PNW, The Bell Witch Podcast, Rainbowcrimes and Rogue Darkness!  Jackie from Cause of Death - 100 seconds to Midnight is our narrator. 

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Sextortion can happen to anyone. This episode is a collection of stories that happened to teenaged boys who were extorted online. While these cases may not involve the boys being LGBTQ, it is important to educate our children to the dangers of the internet and of predators lurking in the dark corners of the web. 

Promo for: The Family Plot Podcast

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources: 
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/report-remove/

https://www.kptv.com/2025/07/22/he-died-terrified-teens-death-connected-sextortion-scheme-mother-says/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLuBuVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmNsC5odglNyGBBkm0RQ_GodsiHijLOFjsKNIgw8_Vr9QXQdVKw8z-Qwc5xk_aem_avAqOHBNN07Eo0Zs6wIbnQ
https://www.kwch.com/2022/05/24/high-school-senior-dies-by-suicide-after-falling-victim-online-sextortion-family-says/
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4737255-sextortion-instagram-boys/
https://www.ice.gov/features/sextortion
https://opdv.ny.gov/power-down-speak-up-rileys-story
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/20/us/ryan-last-suicide-sextortion-california
https://www.house.mn.gov/comm/docs/THDBxvFu8Eir2LmiIuscPg.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/29/it-can-happen-to-any-child-parents-of-sextortion-victim-fight-for-justice
https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/03/26/another-man-convicted-role-deadly-sextortion-ring-that-led-marquette-teens-suicide/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2llzppyx05o
https://www.facebook.com/SuicidePainter/posts/sadly-another-teen-has-taken-his-life-due-to-an-online-sextortion-scheme-14-year/1567391921270400/

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This is a collection of different stories where at least one intimate partner ends up murdered.

https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes

Promo for: Missing in the PNW

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/10/springfield-woman-gets-28-years/11043177007/
https://epgn.com/2024/04/02/alice-wilson-lesbian-accused-of-murdering-wife-maintains-innocence/
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29994648
https://www.silvertonmemorial.com/obituaries/Alana-J-Miccolis?obId=42233149
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/woman-accused-shooting-killing-27-year-old-orlando-waldorf-astoria-hotel
https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boynton-beach/hes-dead-man-shoots-husband-at-home-in-boynton-beach-calls-911
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/13/same-sex-marriage-gay-domestic-violence-divorce/981429002/
https://tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/phoenix-man-accused-of-beating-husband-to-death-with-hammer/article_9d329d26-9fc4-11e8-95a9-6ba31def012a.html
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/09/23/margot-lewis-found-guilty-murdering-minneapolis-dj-liara-tsai
https://www.kttc.com/2024/11/21/jury-trial-set-margot-lewis-alleged-murder-liara-tsai/

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In the 80's and 90's eight women living in Massachusetts had murdered their abusive partners. Most had claimed "Battered Woman Syndrome" as their defense. This lowered many of their charges from murder to manslaughter. In the 1990's these women, after all meeting at a prison domestic abuse support group, petitioned the court for an early release. Most were granted. Only one of these eight women however, was LGBTQ. Her name, Debra Reid. Debra had to fight extra hard because it was incredulous to everyone else how a lesbian could suffer battered woman syndrome. She couldn't have possibly been abused the way the other woman were at the hands of a man!

Our True Crime Quickie is from Australia and the first case in their history of a gay man using the Battered Woman Defense.

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233

Outside the U.S.:https://www.hotpeachpages.net/a/countries.html

Promo for: Conspiring to Argue

https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://everloved.com/life-of/meekah-scott/
https://www.cryan.com/blog/20171018.jsp
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/01/11/Lesbian-asks-commutaion-of-manslaughter-conviction/1524726728400/
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9780203903308-11/necessary-voices-battered-lesbian-fights-recognition-ann-russo
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/in-the-dream-house/characters/debra-reid
https://www.milforddailynews.com/story/news/2004/12/19/time-for-healing-struggle-framingham/41179483007/
https://researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/94927095/uws_18916.pdf
https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/1997/12/16/freed-convicted-killer-arrested-in/50584371007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z114736e004400v114736b0047xxd004765&gca-ft=159&gca-ds=sophi
file:///C:/Users/beyon/Downloads/Emilyn_Hazelbrook_Thesis%20(1).pdf
https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/court-of-appeals/volumes/31/31massappct917.html
https://www.deseret.com/1998/3/20/19370247/once-abused-woman-found-not-guilty-in-purse-theft/

https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLRev/1997/13.pdf
https://researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/94927095/uws_18916.pdf





https://researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/94927095/uws_18916.pdf
https://researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/94927095/uws_18916.pdf

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Sorry guys, ran out of time for a full episode. Since October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we will be covering a month of these type of cases. Our first will be of Stephen Sylvester Jr in Austin, Texas in 2015. Stephen was 18 years old, he had a large, close knit family and was just starting college. He met 20 year old Bryan Canchola on an online dating app and the two began dating. They moved in together within weeks of seeing each other. The start of the second month of their relationship, jealousy reared it's ugly head.

Promo for Book of the Dead

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

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Resources:
https://www.pulse.com.gh/articles/dangerous-lover-jealous-gay-man-kills-18-yr-old-boyfriend-at-us-university-2024080506031449583

https://www.kxan.com/news/man-accused-of-causing-his-boyfriends-death-found-guilty-of-assault/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-man-charged-in-boyfriends-beating-death/

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/canchola-found-not-guilty-of-felony-assault-for-death-of-boyfriend-in-west-campus

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149559763/stephen-roy-sylvester


https://www.google.com/search?q=when+did+stephen+sylvester+jr+meet+bryan+canchola&sca_esv=9e2f4bacbbf36aa5&rlz=1C1UEAD_enUS1147US1147&sxsrf=AE3TifObYxEAzbem7Sq4_D8wW_QKlRSy4w%3A1759360784736&udm=50&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeqDdErwP5rACeJAty2zADJjYuUnSkczEhozYdaq1wZrEheAY38UjnRKVLYFDREDmzxDQH5cf73Nv5SUwLly1WG01kd0x6xwqRzi4OBnEW65tn62XvLTlOVUiuqU_-c52rQSPbzBVwa4gwPo8bjR3cgzknkm5OeDockKv0WDUfN-v0gyB1Q&aep=1&ntc=1&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwj2qOzUkYSQAxWKle4BHWNhEuwQ2J8OegQIDxAE&biw=1366&bih=633&dpr=1&mtid=FrfdaKPJD8jCkPIP1eSFsQU&mstk=AUtExfDXKk8FMOKD97skemgQVTlX6kCXHE3UEazBF21Ztp72tl5-13Iz0ukmFDs4AxK9Ydzfvaw-bVy53cyRTQpDTLJ5sSTN32x0C8zJz4tK3IJ3CTvJiGIwBGTRI4IKQ3dkZ1hcmamWqQdaGzTJYR7p_JLsHZfwyVqVykfNo8NHmRNGJtW7Y024SEOnaGQd-CsCKEyE9M3XCK_qgeDYhzGlsMwK1yqAgagTU_WGNc80gR7bheks66h6vHhO7yah9nAf7VNYZ1_aURwosH8erNn0RAMc6Z_2HekZo9MUj3VYC7h6LDFMKx7n7cI9vafGXMiElxzKIAGl1_NxZwzaGdtQ0kaF3hCG837YhA&csuir=1

In 1990, Two men, 38 year old Denny Young and 49 year old Jerry Parker were embracing at a popular "Gay Hook Up" spot in St. Charles Missouri. In the shadows two teenaged boys were lurking. Seeing their marks to rob, the young punks made their move.

True Crime Quickie is from England. The Murder of 8 year old Ayesha Chowdhury.

Promo for The Final Trace

https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

http://www.stlouislgbthistory.com/timeline/1990s/1990-murder.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mo-supreme-court/1298235.html
https://www.netflix.com/watch/80202437?trackId=268410292&tctx=0%2C0%2Cb97ae3ac-4d88-4a21-baff-b2d3141a9acb-450422532%2Cb97ae3ac-4d88-4a21-baff-b2d3141a9acb-450422532%7C2%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C80202283%2CVideo%3A80202437%2CdetailsPageEpisodePlayButton
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/shafer-robert-andrew.htm
https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-killer-robert-shafer-now/
https://fox2now.com/news/netflix-true-crime-show-revisits-1990-st-charles-county-murders/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-31133927
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34912821
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/06/mother-tortured-killed-daughter-ayesha-ali-jailed-for-13-years




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18 year old Tiffany Valiente had such a bright future ahead of her. She had a full ride scholarship to Mercy College in New York, thanks to her talents on the Volleyball Court. But on July 12th, 2015, she disappeared from her home only to be found miles away clad only in her sports bra and underwear. She had been grotesquely mutilated by a New Jersey train.

True Crime Quickie from Portland, Oregon in 2013. The Murder of 24 year old Precious Jackson.

https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes

Promo for Three Ravens Podcast

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda


Resources:

https://people.com/what-happened-to-tiffany-valiante-8690877#:~:text=In%202015%2C%20Tiffany%20had%20just,an%20argument%20with%20her%20parents.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/citing-trove-recovered-texts-other-144500274.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAExV7Ggu3Pq3xkhMDZr0EluPb6QwkHxcPMjCKQ5IDEhRYm5Cax5xq7lIMOLG_e87Lc4WJbw8Kbbb-WxE13Mf3ywpTuYayuCFGW_V8O30A-GTK3yvTPuf-IAKJIbMuG8Vr0bsilfo6NzBHmWpREx_dovYxYFMoE_v_TL0vbf-flWN&guccounter=2

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+did+the+convenience+store+workers+say+about+Tiffany+Valiante&sca_esv=e39c5fa6bbfa4ff6&rlz=1C1UEAD_enUS1147US1147&sxsrf=AE3TifNx8TWCb6C8repaki9b8v3As6hQ_Q%3A1757885615668&udm=50&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeqDdErwP5rACeJAty2zADJjYuUnSkczEhozYdaq1wZrEWeBTRRMkGx8PE2F9zI9kP0W9slwfD0e_E2SCYpxxEsC_BrWJwexl-O9EWcJokLfolidtcXxvW99MwkbO-wb4MAKMfrgJXRv1udcTEvX7muF0uB0QmZ1f0PFcGGpV6k0vi_XqFw&aep=1&ntc=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL3bWdmtmPAxWzLEQIHYPtMOkQ2J8OegQIDRAE&biw=1366&bih=633&dpr=1&mtid=tjTHaL6NFdTCkPIPvdrOkQU&mstk=AUtExfDJobRWaLA9uvadkh0JoVhob4qlMgufbfzalUKka0TpGwNBwCil6mtqJySt1P8FeTlgS59V02sCR9rEnW_T1lQfSjm2R7SKtZEx9d2cbe6lFaI2zRGGnu6-a_7aq-qRtMsyTLBIv3u0KkNm94YRgINiQk5JYel8p7DoiotqqQ4hZn0po5G2kRKxwTc00SZQ_y_Y2rae5hdirx3rxr1Uxua4kHwa_xThnkuonkgzejyURNROj5i3yFvc91nxuw4JieYBwWX9OaCz3KuHBT2Pk9wPxlloJGj3baZVsxx5MhgrbOTloSq_F1n92gbq8zrRcDhRGMqrZpqiUQ&csuir=1

https://brettmilam.com/2022/10/22/unsolved-mysteries-mystery-at-mile-marker-45/

https://outinjersey.net/south-jersey-gay-teens-2015-death-may-have-been-a-hate-crime/

https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/collection_98229907-6c5e-476f-8f74-478d16195d7a.html


https://usgunviolence.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/killed-precious-antanaye-jackson-portland-or/

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2015/11/rage_over_new_lesbian_lover_ne.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/11/southeast_portland_woman_fatal.html





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Amir Issa was an Egyptian/Italian rapper who was also gay. He lived in Los Angeles with his father Shehada and his mother Rabithah. Shehada was not a good man, he had involvement in drug trafficking and had been incarcerated for it. Shehada also hated his son for Amir's sexual identity. 

True Crime Quickie is from Las Vegas, Nevada in 2023. The rampage of Rosemary Meza.

Some sunshine with coming out stories...

https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes

Promo for And Then They Were Gone

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/03/father-charged-killing-son-gay-hate-crime-amir-issa
https://abc7chicago.com/post/california-father-charged-with-killing-son-for-being-gay/1273684/
https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/los-angeles-family-members-praise-slain-mother-brother
https://www.google.com/search?q=tell+details+of+the+murder+of+rabithah+and+amir+issa&sca_esv=b2098d312b489eac&rlz=1C1UEAD_enUS1147US1147&sxsrf=AE3TifOKA9KZOCrzF_-UI8aEw4T2m5AANQ%3A1757216596079&udm=50&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeuYzzFkfneXafNx6OMdA4MQRJc_t_TQjwHYrzlkIauOKKs0YI23S9EeDMNq-iJuNE9kbk_tqcCBI4NkmSFsStjsRXP1Xs0hqcA8NrOIiNJKwjGLFWru1jr_OtncT3qc7s2sIkptL5fddmgm0rryFypvi7c4_TB9BquBpaSsdhJm_WiwfDA&aep=1&ntc=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2y4L43cWPAxUyLkQIHfg9A4AQ2J8OegQIDxAD&biw=1366&bih=633&dpr=1&mtid=V_-8aNKOLd_KkPIP_PrNCQ&mstk=AUtExfBN1gJOq4W0XBvRZyMoQNMtPF9BlLZWKZ0lKV5lXBwV_po6vIq6HX9EK6scrdBMiHuAHT_ADxMWDOByQg2_y7gpdBzob6dp0wZG5Teq9wZ_MVT-qOVdsu76Cgen89vrimbijVGIdSAQozSiAp_Uz0e1EAU4LlwDjwZNO50gbI4TICeWu6vkrtUTpvx9tBxgzLNKoCSpPmer33YP85uRGizWhrqYQ3TNF9RmFatbPim-bafgun4DI6G0MvX6ZeRBd-vNKOpzXLbYKAhmmqy-TCJ3WH4_BgXYJKG0qyVc5tQG9l0X0IDoaELhnf8TfK9aW42sTcaeExpLng&csuir=1
https://abc7.com/post/north-hills-man-found-guilty-in-murders-of-wife-and-son/2465609/
https://www.psucollegian.com/culture_lifestyle/italian-rapper-amir-issa-shares-multicultural-story-through-panel-discussion-and-rap/article_0ed8e6fa-7fef-11ee-aa9a-c39f77a2298c.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqV2NaZqXWM
https://news3lv.com/news/local/suspect-arrested-in-connection-to-double-homicide-in-north-las-vegas
https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/north-las-vegas-police-accusing-37-year-old-of-two-open-murders-after-identifying-her-car-in-crash
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/woman-accused-of-double-strangulation-with-shoelace-appears-in-court-2910710/

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In both 2011 and 2018, seven years apart, two woman romantically linked to Joyce Pelzer would die in Conyers Georgia. 

True Crime Quickie is from San Antonio, Texas in June 2025. The Murder of actor Jonathan Joss.

Promo for: The Final Trace

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/joyce-pelzer-killed-two-girlfriends-shanwdell-mcleod-rosalyn-lewis
https://www.dekalbda.org/news_detail_T6_R253.php
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/woman-serving-life-joyce-marie-lewis-pelzer-stabbing-wife-rosalyn-death-sentenced-killing-former-girlfriend-shawndell-mcleod-decatur-dekalb-county-district-attorney
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=4538dfga
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1222637386311788
https://people.com/woman-stabbed-wife-death-convicted-killing-ex-girlfriend-remains-missing-8412092
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/shawndell-mcleod-2011-murder-ex-girlfriend-convicted/85-4487be69-a33c-4360-9365-c8a247d0aafe
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hx_9jlYAw6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpat6iQGbH0



https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/man-who-shot-and-killed-actor-jonathan-joss-claims-self-defense/3871673/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jonathan-joss-killing-police-records-neighbor-dispute-rcna210670
https://apnews.com/article/king-of-hill-actor-fatally-shot-joss-68cdcbcdefd0515d5315755201245fca
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/jonathan-joss-san-antonio-police-neighbors-20361255.php
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jonathan-joss-killed-investigation-sexual-orientation-what-to-know/

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Part Two of Patrick Kearney.  True Crime Quickie is from Dallas, TX in 2021 (Alan White).

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Promo for Pod of Terror

Resources:
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/patrick-kearney-trash-bag-killer
https://mail.murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kearney-patrick.htm
https://derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=david-hill
https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/patrick_kearney/5.html
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10167519016735184&id=14137110183&m_entstream_source=permalink&_rdr
https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Kearney,%20Patrick%20_2012_.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/19/archives/man-guilty-in-trash-bag-deaths-is-charged-in-21st-murder-count.html
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Patrick_Kearney
https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/tag/patrick-kearney/



https://dallasvoice.com/alan-whites-body-found/#:~:text=The%20Dallas%20County%20Medical%20Examiner,body%20was%20found%20last%20week.
https://dallasvoice.com/white-case-isnt-cold/#:~:text=White's%20body%20was%20finally%20found,confirming%20that%20White%20was%20murdered.
https://people.com/crime/kpmg-executive-found-dead-dallas-after-going-missing-in-october/

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