Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

Summer fun went sour for Jordan Holgerson when someone she thought was a friend pushed her off a bridge more than 50 feet in the air. Jordan survived the fall, but that wasn't the end of the ordeal. You might have seen the clip of this incident on your social media and wondered where it was, how things ended up - we have a few answers for you!

Sources

• https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=225990041350759
• https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1i833fq/a_girl_pushed_her_friend_off_a_60foot_bridge_and/?solution=0984cab5e04d49650984cab5e04d4965&js_challenge=1&jsc_token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec3efface6e307160765b6f8f9bafee387&jsc_orig_r=
• https://www.today.com/news/teen-pushed-bridge-wants-friend-sit-jail-think-about-what-t135769
• https://katu.com/news/local/teen-girl-describes-falling-from-bridge-says-friend-pushed-her
• https://www.facebook.com/today/posts/jordan-holgerson-opens-up-about-her-recovery-and-the-plea-deal-offered-to-her-fr/10157034547561350/
• https://wcyb.com/news/nation-world/no-jail-time-for-teen-who-pushed-friend-off-bridge-in-washington-state
• https://www.yourtango.com/2019321737/who-is-jordan-holgerson-new-details-about-teen-who-was-pushed-off-bridge-by-friend
• https://time.com/5370575/washington-bridge-friend-pushed-video/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqSisqMLVig
• https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/b6btot/washington_teenager_who_pushed_friend_off_60foot/?solution=0b68e32f225489370b68e32f22548937&js_challenge=1&jsc_token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec6286c0e509a1ef33de4d024c816268c8&jsc_orig_r=
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-who-pushed-friend-bridge-pleads-guilty-misdemeanor-reckless-endangerment-n984401
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-who-pushed-friend-bridge-sentenced-2-days-jail-n988056
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6aN6DA-LbE
• https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/woman-pushed-teen-friend-off-bridge-admits-didnt/story?id=57238510
• https://www.today.com/video/teen-who-shoved-friend-from-washington-bridge-offered-plea-deal-1441180739770
• https://www.wtol.com/article/news/national/teen-jailed-for-pushing-girl-off-bridge-in-washington/512-77fb3a0c-f782-461a-99c8-18c7b9c988d6

After a period of depression and denied PTO request, Jody Roberts disappeared from her home in Wauna, Washington after attending a house party the night before. It wasn't until 12 years later that Jody was found, far from Washington, with a few new additions to her life. This is the odd missing person's case of Jody Roberts/Jane Dee.

Sources

• https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970717/2550033/jody-roberts-two-lives-come-together----details-emerge-about-her-in-colorado-and-alaska
• https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article167658427.html
• https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/when-missing-adults-dont-want-to-be-found-the-legal-fallout-of-a-staged-disappearance/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/740225469/?match=1&terms=%22Jody%20Roberts%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/740102342/?match=1&terms=%22Jody%20Roberts%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/673882093/?match=3&terms=%22Jody%20Roberts%22

Since 2007, shoes have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea containing human remains, much to the shock of beachgoers who discover them. Speculation swirled as the first few discoveries were only days apart, and other shoes were found to be matching pairs; these are the Salish Sea Foot Discoveries.

Sources

• https://komonews.com/news/local/remains-found-in-shoe-on-clallam-county-sequim-beach-solved-marly-nelson-county-park-on-port-williams-soft-tissue-bones-coronerurces
• https://www.khq.com/news/police-small-human-foot-washes-ashore-in-on-the-westside/article_41c6c12b-9e41-597f-bb1a-27584719f6b9.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pickton
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/discovery-of-unattached-human-feet-baffles-b-c-police-1.671205
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/canada-human-foot-british-columbia
• https://web.archive.org/web/20180508034856/https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/human-foot-found-on-gabriola-island-sparks-investigation-1.3918943
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170803220208/http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/severed-human-foot-vancouver-island/
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/found-foot-1.4438912
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/another-severed-foot-washes-up-on-bc-shore/
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2-of-5-feet-found-on-b-c-coast-belong-to-same-man-rcmp-1.738354
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160305181247/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=7d788179-999b-4115-875b-d19b3b9868cc&k=61662
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081206053915/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081205.wbcfeet1205/BNStory/National/home
• https://www.reddit.com/r/britishcolumbia/comments/s8m707/how_scientists_solved_the_mystery_of_feet_washing/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/how-science-solved-the-mystery-of-feet-washing-ashore-in-the-pacific-northwest-salish-sea?showLogin=true&cds_email=Y2Fyb2x5bmJsb29kQG91dGxvb2suY29t
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/salish-sea-severed-feet
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/salish-sea-foot-mystery
• https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/canada-severed-feet/

On August 10, 2018, 28-year-old Richard "Beebo" Russell stole an empty aircraft from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, with no formal pilot's license or flight training. Richard's story has since been shared all over the world.

Sources

• https://web.archive.org/web/20180817210556/https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20180812X92421&AKey=1&RType=Prelim&IType=FA
• https://www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/i-worked-with-richard-russell-at-horizon-air-and-i-understand-why-he-did-what-he-did-30824665/
• https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/seattle/news/press-releases/update-on-investigation-into-unauthorized-flight
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/we-were-all-screaming-oh-my-god%E2%80%8A-how-the-horizon-air-theft-and-crash-unfolded/
• https://aviation-safety.net/asndb/319589
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/live-updates-airplane-taken-from-seattle-tacoma-international-airport-crashes/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45153535
• https://www.twz.com/22807/oregon-f-15s-scramble-to-seattle-to-intercept-possibly-stolen-q400-airliner
• https://theaviationist.com/2018/08/11/f-15cs-intercept-stolen-dash-8-airliner-out-of-seattle-tacoma-airport-before-crash/
• https://skyk.ing/richard
• SkyKing - Hulu documentary

Angela Lynn Chan was 19 years old at the time of her disappearance on March 27, 1989. She was a white female, 5'2", approximately 120 pounds, with short blonde/strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a scar on her chin, a rose or orchid tattoo on her left ankle, and a circle with an arrow tattoo on her left shoulder. Her ears were pierced at least twice in each ear. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a pink t-shirt with a Hot Tuna logo which is like a hot pink cartoon angler fish, and white sneakers — the sneakers were found in her abandoned car. She may go by the last name Carlstrom instead of Chan. If you have any information about Angela's disappearance, please contact the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office at 541-693-6911. Her NamUs case number is MP12063 and her agency case number is 89-0755.

Sources

• https://charleyproject.org/case/angela-lynn-chan
• https://ktvz.com/news/2015/02/12/26-year-mystery-what-happened-to-redmond-teen/
• https://sheriff.deschutes.org/services/detectives/cold-cases/
• https://websleuths.com/threads/or-angela-chan-19-redmond-27-march-1989.157506/
• https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP12063
• https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/angela-lynn-chan
• https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/997dfor.html
• https://www.reddit.com/r/WithoutATrace/comments/1mzksq1/angela_lynn_chan_missing_from_redmond_or_in_1989/

Sara takes us to British Columbia via the wayback machine to talk about the origins of the legend of a long lost gold mine near Pitt Lake.

Sources

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-starved-out/144982415/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-another-good-indian/144981676/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/vancouver-daily-world-hanged-at-the-roya/144982539/
• https://skeptoid.com/episodes/952
• https://www.westcoastplacer.com/search-for-slumachs-lost-gold-mine-part-1-the-legend/
• https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/is-a-secret-gold-mine-hidden-in-the-b-c-mountains-this-treasure-hunter-says-so-1.5306383
• https://tricitiesdispatch.com/lost-gold-curse/
• https://mapleridgenews.com/2024/12/17/coquitlam-man-claims-to-have-found-slumachs-pitt-lake-gold/
• https://www.slumach.ca/
• https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/treasure-hunter-getting-close-unearthing-30956811

Sara brings us a unique anecdote in Lake Tahoe's property crimes history - guys, gals, nonbinary pals - let's hear the story of Hank the Tank.

Sources

• https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/tahoe-bear-hank-the-tank-rehoused-in-colorado/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/hank-tank-bear.html
• https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/bear-population-booming-amid-increasing-human-bear-conflicts/
• https://tahoe.com/articles/keep-tahoe-bears-wild-tips
• https://animalrightschannel.com/2022/02/22/hank-the-tanks-real-story/
• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-25/south-lake-tahoe-bear-hank-the-tank-spared-euthanasia-dna-evidence
• https://apnews.com/article/oddities-environment-and-nature-lakes-california-environment-88d0877a87956c563016476fc5e1c58f
• ​https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hank-the-tank-california-bear-b2390147.html
• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/infamous-lake-tahoe-bear-hank-111222095.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJfJxUthRa3At4buRasG7gzqi7MxxV6EV0gPkhHe7xtWfNa9k52EEhIyuEZEXG6OFw_5I85UImV1Z0eBC0VboZutkXW5QOmjKELhuv_aEj-S9yEc5WuLrcAjh36GesjI3-8_YGxX_pMJiGUFlCFv85FQAtpjXLXWvcjiFeebCGee

We're back! Sorry for ghosting - take care of your mentals!

Let's talk about the haunted Delta King Riverboat - darn near 100 years told and carrying at least a few ghostly passengers.

Sources

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_King

· https://ghostedtravel.com/delta-king-riverboat-hotel/

· https://www.weirdfresno.com/2012/06/sacramento-river-boat-said-to-be.html

· https://nightlyspirits.com/californias-most-haunted-hotels/

· https://www.comstocksmag.com/article/sacramentos-waterfront-beckons-paranormal-tourists

· http://www.hauntedhoneymoon.com/hauntedplaces/deltaking.html

· https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/the-haunted-delta-king/

· https://www.visitsacramento.com/blog/stories/post/us-ghost-adventures-sacramento/

· https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3154/dorothy-bern

· https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paul-bern-the-mysterious-death-of-jean-harlows-husband/

· https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/dorothy-millette-paul-bern-death-mgm-13570508.php

Immaculate "Mackie" Basil was 26 or 27 at the time she went missing. She is described as 5'2" and 130lbs with brown eyes and long, black hair. She was wearing gray capri jogging or yoga pants, a blue shirt, a black zip up hoodie with a Maple Leaf on the front, and white running shoes.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance or whereabouts of Immaculate Basil, you are encouraged to contact the RCMP E-Division at 250-649-3900.

Sources

• https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/immaculate-basil
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/first-nation-offers-20k-reward-in-mmiw-case-1.3764106
• https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/police-investigating-homicide-3724544
• https://www.justicefornativepeople.com/2016/08/immaculate-basil-missing-from-british.html
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/search-continues-for-missing-northern-b-c-woman-1.1333543
• https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/search-underway-for-missing-woman-3694948
• https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/rcmp-still-seeking-answers-to-womans-disappearance-3723697
• https://www.myprincegeorgenow.com/31909/news/mackie-basil-still-missing-three-years-later/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030637/http://tlaztennation.ca/communities/
• https://thehueandcry.com/immaculate-basil
• https://thewalrus.ca/the-search-for-mackie-basil/
• https://www.cfnrfm.ca/2025/06/13/twelve-years-later-family-still-seeks-justice-for-immaculate-basil/
• https://websleuths.com/threads/immaculate-basil-26-kuz-che-reserve-14-june-2013.531879/

Sacramento is haunted haunted and Caro's starting us off with three locations of well-known spooky spots in California's capital city.

Sources

• https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/haunted-sacramento/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1efcsia/parts_of_sac_that_give_you_an_eerie_feeling/
• https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2021/10/30/sacramentos-haunted-history-is-more-than-a-ghost-story/
• https://www.kcra.com/article/stories-behind-4-haunted-buildings-in-old-sacramento/12441714
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/18irka8/anyone_have_a_ghost_story_that_happened_in/
• https://backpackerverse.com/dont-anger-the-ghost-of-iceland-skating-rink-in-sacramento/
• https://insidesacramento.com/icelands-cold-legacy/
• https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/iceland-ice-skating-rink/
• https://skatesacramento.com/history/ (documentary)
• https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article312891454.html
• https://seeingsacramento.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/iceland-frozen-in-only-memory-now/
• https://www.kcra.com/article/north-sacramento-ice-rink-rebuild-reopen/69448031
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1ac1jde/paradise_beach/
• https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/man-killed-in-drive-thru/103-02329882-75a2-41a5-b244-1d69d1079027
• https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/florin-road-drive-thru-shooting/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/a8ri7u/fuckin_terrible_woman_shot_killed_in_robbery_on/
• https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article238754973.html
• https://www.hauntedrooms.com/california/sacramento/haunted-places
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/hdfx66/dyer_road/
• https://www.deltaking.com/