Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

CW: this episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault, please use caution when listening.

The South Hill Rapist stalked the upscale South Hill neighborhood of Spokane, WA and terrorized its residents from 1987 to 1981. This is part one of the crimes of Kevin Coe.

Sources

• https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060831&slug=sexpredator31m
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080605225505/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/coe/?ID=224824
• https://www.heraldnet.com/news/victim-describes-rape-in-kevin-coe-case/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080605225304/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/coe/?ID=147366
• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/mar/26/south-hill-rapists-mother-dies-at-age-75-ruth-coe/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24922815
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080605225329/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/coe/?ID=150928
• https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/state-seeks-coe-dna-to-confirm-1980-rape-1224479.php
• https://www.kxly.com/news/kevin-coe-commitment-upheld-by-wa-supreme-court/article_9b97a870-53a3-5b4f-947c-08fe228c1e77.html
• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/jun/27/south-hill-rapist-kevin-coe-seeks-acquittal/
• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/nov/05/case-of-the-century-lawyers-judges-and-journalists/
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/spokane-rapist-kevin-coes-writings-in-jail-reveal-sex-obsession/
• https://www.khq.com/news/convicted-rapist-kevin-coe-to-remain-at-mcneil-island/article_27461e60-920e-5c3c-9c6c-7c7bb341959e.html
• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/oct/10/coes-sister-testifies-on-his-behalf/
• Son: A Psychopath and His Victims by Jack Olsen
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• https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19990119&slug=2939555
• https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/wa-court-of-appeals/1561320.html
• http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/01/last.prison.island.closes/index.html?hpt=C2
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/coes-civil-commitment-case-grows-by-21-victims/
• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/oct/17/jury-shuts-door-on-coe/
• https://www.khq.com/news/667-jurors-called-for-kevin-coe-civil-trial/article_cc3f7afa-07d9-51b1-95d8-f9c64f911559.html
• https://www.kxly.com/news/local-news/spokane/kevin-coe-files-federal-appeal-against-civil-commitment/article_9478218d-75b3-5823-ae21-7dbfac0e538b.html
• https://www.historylink.org/File/9484

17 year old Carmen Robinson disappeared in December of 1973, seemingly without a trace. What happened to Carmen Robinson?

If you have any information please contact the West Shore RCMP at 250-474-2264. To remain anonymous you can contact the Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Sources

• https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/gone-cold-fate-of-b-c-teen-remains-a-mystery-47-years-after-her-disappearance/
• https://victoriacrimestoppers.ca/missing_people/carmen-robinson/
• https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/cold-cases-baffling-case-from-1973-4564995
• https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2863dfbc.html
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7aFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aIwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1115,1020120&dq=carmen+robinson+missing&hl=en
• https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/decades-old-disappearance-victoria-cold-case-gets-warm-lead
• https://www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca/news/could-victoria-skull-fragment-bring-closure-to-an-island-missing-persons-mystery-1255335
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/507505003/?terms=%22Carmen%20Robinson%22&match=1

An Etsy search for podcast corner wall art brought these two cryptids to Caro's attention; these are the unrelated tales of Mynoghra and the Agropelter!

Sources

• https://www.attercap.net/post/monsters-of-pnw/
• https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Mynoghra
• https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Nyarlathotep
• https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Old_One
• https://legendofthecryptids.fandom.com/wiki/Darkwolf_Witch_Mynoghra
• https://www.oregonlive.com/geek/2016/03/beyond_loch_ness_10_legendary.html
• https://legendofthecryptids.fandom.com/wiki/(Encroach)_Darkwolf_Witch_Mynoghra
• https://comicvine.gamespot.com/mynoghra/4005-123299/guide/
• https://comicvine.gamespot.com/carpe-noctem/4050-82127/
• https://www.hplovecraft.com/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/20/ten-things-you-should-know-about-hp-lovecraft
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tLphOh-ICQ
• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Argopelter
• https://books.google.com/books?id=w61ZAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115554/http://www.mythicalcreatureslist.com/image/Argopelter-Richard+Svenson
• https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Agropelter
• http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fc/agropelter.html
• https://www.tumblr.com/cryptids-of-the-world/186601385031/the-agropelter-is-a-an-ape-like-creature-told-in
• https://thecreaturecodex.tumblr.com/post/155076150656/agropelter

A tragic case with some truly wild details, this is the awful murder of Susann Hentschel Smith.

Sources

• https://www.kiro7.com/video/archive/police-still-investigating-bothell-murder/DGPYRMYBRYYIWYJAVM3GZFXZAI/
• https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/search-warrants-reveal-new-details-in-bothell-mothers-murder/
• https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/former-bothell-resident-alan-smiths-conviction-upheld-following-appeal/
• https://www.heraldnet.com/news/jurors-wont-hear-murder-defendants-creepy-nickname/
• https://www.kiro7.com/news/estranged-husband-arrested-murder-bothell-woman/246501809/
• https://komonews.com/archive/lover-suspect-in-wife-killing-may-be-guilty-asks-public-to-pay-bail-11-20-2015
• https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/bothell-resident-alan-smith-sentenced-for-killing-his-wife/
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/man-sentenced-to-28-1-2-years-for-gruesome-killing-of-estranged-wife-in-bothell
• https://casetext.com/case/smith-v-uttecht-14
• https://www.kiro7.com/news/bothell-murder-trial-be-heard-judge-without-jury/43518314/
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/washington-suspect-wifes-slaying-accused-obstruction/story?id=19479400
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345612/Husband-woman-bludgeoned-death-February-arrested-refusing-hand-passport-police-say-searched-flights-Venezuela--girlfriend-Love-Thai-denies-planned-flee-country.html
• https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/witness-in-alan-smith-murder-trial-commits-suicide/
• https://komonews.com/archive/police-bothell-man-arrested-in-wifes-murder-11-20-2015
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/702759130/?terms=%22Alan%20Smith%22&match=1
• https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/documents-show-bothell-homicide-victim-husband-in-midst-of-heated-divorce-custody-battle/

This is the tragic, senseless murder of 16 year old Syanna Puryear-Tucker. If you would like to sign the petition for Syanna's Law, please click here. The link is also below in the source list.

Sources

• https://www.facebook.com/justiceformaesmom
• https://mycrimelibrary.com/lola-luna-guilty-of-syanna-puryear-tucker-murder/
• https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle/status/1620209000187928578
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/07/08/brother-teen-charged-syannas-death-accused-threat-family/10016898002/
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/06/18/loved-ones-teen-stabbed-death-it-doesnt-seem-real/7734973002/
• https://www.change.org/p/the-legislative-branch-syanna-law
• https://www.reddit.com/r/BremertonWA/comments/zepc9b/lola_luna_guilty_of_murder_in_stabbing_death_of/
• https://www.instagram.com/justiceforsyanna_/?hl=en
• https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/teen-sentenced-fatal-stabbing-syanna-puryear-tucker-bremerton/281-c0bdae41-92cc-43af-8a35-613c9ea2d59d
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2022/12/06/lola-luna-guilty-murder-stabbing-death-syanna-puryear-tucker/69707055007/
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2022/12/01/lola-luna-syanna-puryear-tucker-stabbing-murder-trial/69690331007/
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/11/08/pregnant-teen-lola-luna-murder-trial-syanna-puryear-tucker-delayed-again-give-birth-kitsap/8303417001/
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/07/16/teen-charged-other-teens-death-released-bail-family-claims-harassment/7999430002/
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/lola-luna-bremerton-teen-who-killed-16-year-old-girl-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/teen-found-guilty-in-deadly-stabbing-of-bremerton-16-year-old
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/924149802/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/894537636/?terms=syanna%20puryear-tucker&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/796595120/?terms=syanna%20puryear-tucker&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/762029611/?terms=syanna%20puryear-tucker
• https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/16-year-old-girl-stabbed-to-death-bremerton/281-8cc82d0f-5899-449b-b3f1-79bf2c250cd9
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/07/16/teen-charged-other-teens-death-released-bail-family-claims-harassment/7999430002/
• https://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=&s=WA&d=169809
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/11/15/teens-murder-trial-delayed-again-after-judge-has-medical-emergency/10700435002/

Joan Hall was supposed to meet her aunt at Warrenton Grade School, but disappeared after departing a convenience store to make the half mile walk to the school - what happened to Joan Hall?

If you have any information on Joanie's case please contact the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office at 503-325-8635 or email [email protected].

Sources

• https://www.clatsopcounty.gov/sheriff/page/cold-cases
• https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/vanishing-of-joan-leigh-hall-a6ea5c5cbc2c
• https://www.dailyastorian.com/life/in_one_ear/what-happened-to-joanie/article_89326f4f-3688-5b74-9063-e35bbe16b82b.html
• https://charleyproject.org/case/joan-leigh-hall
• https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1413dfor.html
• https://www.cannonbeachgazette.com/opinion/an-open-letter-to-clatsop-county-da-ron-brown-and-the-clatsop-county-sheriff-s/article_c879b10a-ac3b-11eb-ad76-2322e9d46c34.html
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/385142379/?terms=%22Joan%20Leigh%20Hall%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/338043017/?terms=%22Joan%20Leigh%20Hall%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/565977961/?terms=%22Joanie%20Hall%22&match=1
• https://www.dailyastorian.com/obituaries/deaths/article_11b62010-2ad7-5629-a384-e26beb213b6f.html
• http://manvsmystery-gonewithoutatrace.blogspot.com/2011/09/reviewing-original-police-reports.html

Alice Rheem was relocated to Orcas Island by her husband in the hopes that her wild ways might calm down, but Alice couldn't be tamed. Now, her ghost spooks visitors with some real saucy EVPs. This is the tale of Alice Rheem.

Sources

• https://rosarioresort.com/
• https://www.visitsanjuans.com/haunted-hotels-in-the-san-juan-islands
• http://63.76.193.160/about/history
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After telling her brother she was afraid of her partner, Roseann Stone Pleasant disappeared and has never been seen again. Tragedy would strike again when just 6 years later, Roseann's daughter Valiree vanished from her own backyard.

Sources

• https://uncovered.com/cases/roseann-stone
• https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/brad-jackson/
• https://charleyproject.org/case/roseann-marie-stone-pleasant
• https://original.newsbreak.com/@the-vivid-faces-of-the-vanished-1590506/2459979899412-two-graves-one-body-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-roseann-pleasant
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• Forensic Files, Season 6, Episode 25 - "Bagging a Killer"

The early-morning quiet in Pacifica, California was shattered on January 21, 1999 when a car bomb exploded on a residential street. The gruesome scene was the horrifying end to a years-long neighborhood feud sparked by a disagreement over a simple flower bed between houses.

Sources

• https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Pacfica-Woman-Says-Tiff-Grew-Into-Threats-2950547.php
• https://moviechat.org/tt3951130/Fear-Thy-Neighbor/58c82c972214d80b5c059b40/Well-this-is-gruesome-pipe-bomb-neighbor
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• https://junthegroomer.com/2017/05/21/its-just-flowers-snails-dont-blow-up/
• https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-pacifica-unkfem-up11498-unkage-right-hand-found-on-a-homeowners-rooftop-jul99.682550/
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• Fear Thy Neighbor, S2 Ep 9

Teresa Davidson-Murphy disappeared under suspicious circumstances in October of 1999 - after failing to pick up her daughter Jessica after a multi-day sleepover, Teresa's husband Richard unceremoniously told Jessica that her mother had been using drugs and would not be returning. But that was only his first story about Teresa's sudden vanishing. What happened to Teresa Davidson-Murphy?

Sources

• https://uncovered.com/cases/teresa-davidson-murphy
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