A dramatic 1940 bridge collapse, giant tentacles bursting out of the water - is the Pacific Northwest legend of Tacoma's King Octopus based in fact, or are the Seattle Kraken the only reason to "fear the deep" in Washington state's coastal waters?

It's another cryptid episode, folks.

Sources

• https://www.knkx.org/other-news/2017-05-20/world-octopus-wrestling-championships-once-attracted-audience-of-thousands-to-shores-of-tacoma
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_wrestling
• https://www.southsoundmag.com/arts-entertainment/giant-octopus-revealed/article_f40fe8c5-7b71-5b39-b9c8-27fa192d0dd1.html
• https://gritcitymag.com/2018/03/kraken-the-case-behind-one-of-tacomas-most-popular-local-legends/
• https://www.kuow.org/stories/there-really-giant-octopus-under-tacoma-narrows-bridge
• https://patch.com/washington/universityplace/the-octopus-under-the-narrows-bridge-named-one-of-the5f301f767e
• https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/washington/articles/this-washington-town-believes-a-giant-octopus-lurks-in-its-waters/
• https://www.gigharborlivinglocal.com/post/2017/12/18/the-giant-lives
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89503436/octopus-drowns-youth/#
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/725375057/?terms=octopus&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/733197391/?terms=octopus&match=1
• https://mission-blue.org/2021/02/new-marine-hospital-opens-in-seattle-in-celebration-of-salish-sea-hope-spot/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0xohjV7Avo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)
• https://oceana.org/marine-life/giant-pacific-octopus/#:~:text=The%20giant%20Pacific%20octopus%20is,30%20feet%20across%20in%20length.
• https://wgntv.com/news/trending/the-story-behind-the-octopus-escape-at-the-seattle-aquarium/
• https://mynorthwest.com/82176/local-divers-are-furious-about-octopus-hunters-in-the-puget-sound/
• https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/management/mpa/octopus-preserve
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/giant-pacific-octopus#:~:text=Highly%20intelligent%20creatures%2C%20giant%20Pacific,of%20endangered%20or%20vulnerable%20animals.
• https://tubitv.com/movies/680814/the-giant-pacific-octopus?start=true

Puyallup Tribe member Leona Sharon Kinsey went missing on October 25, 1999 from La Grande, Oregon and still has not been found. Leona's daughter Carolyn still holds out hope, but she is frustrated by lack of law enforcement action on her mother's case. "John," aka Juan Pena-Llamas, likely the last person to see Leona before she disappeared, was deported to Mexico in 2006 and authorities have been unable to find or speak to him about Leona's disappearance. What happened to Leona Kinsey?

Sources

• https://www.npr.org/2021/12/03/1060973297/her-mother-went-missing-22-years-ago-now-she-finds-comfort-in-the-past-and-futur
• https://charleyproject.org/case/leona-sharon-kinsey
• https://www.facebook.com/FindingLeonaKinsey/
• https://nativenewsonline.net/health/we-have-the-knowledge-survivors-of-washington-s-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis-lead-the-fight-for-justice-when-justice-is-often-denied-2
• https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/puyallup-citizen-added-to-washington-state-list-of-missing-indigenous-people/article_02898e10-afab-570a-8853-af91ebf46281.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share
• https://www.cityoflagrande.org/about/faq/what-population-la-grande-how-can-i-get-demographic-information-about-la-grande#:~:text=La%20Grande's%20population%2C%20as%20of%20the%202000%20census%2C%20was%2012%2C327.
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/581678804/?terms=%22Leona%20Kinsey%22&match=1
• https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/or-leona-kinsey-45-la-grande-25-oct-1999.371546/

Apologies for the audio quality in this episode, the incorrect microphone was selected during recording.

On a May afternoon in Tacoma, WA in 1935, nine year old George Weyerhaeuser was snatched off the street in broad daylight - that night, his family received a ransom letter asking for the gigantic sum of $200,000 (~4 million dollars today!) in exchange for the safe return of their son. Only months after the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, the country was absolutely captivated with another high-profile kidnapping, and J. Edgar Hoover himself received multiple updates per day on George's case. This is the survival story of George Weyerhaeuser.

Sources

• Deep in the Woods: The 1935 Kidnapping of Nine-Year-Old George Weyerhaeuser, Heir to America's Mightiest Timber Dynasty by Bryan Johnson
• https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history#:~:text=Photo%20Galleries-,The%20Great%20Depression%20was%20the%20worst%20economic%20downturn%20in%20the,wiped%20out%20millions%20of%20investors.
• https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/dust-bowl#section_3
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover
• https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Weyerhaeuser_kidnapping
• https://www.historylink.org/File/7750
• https://www.evidencelockerpodcast.com/transcripts/transcript-161-the-kidnapping-of-george-weyerhaeuser-usa
• https://medium.com/journal-of-precipitation/lets-remember-when-george-weyerhaeuser-s-kidnappers-were-caught-on-this-day-in-1935-june-8-ad768d2db3d5
• https://www.seattletimes.com/business/george-weyerhaeuser-sr-great-grandson-of-timber-company-founder-and-childhood-kidnap-victim-dies-at-95/

Note: Caro called this episode 36 in the recording because she got ahead of herself - this is episode 35!

CW: this episode contains graphic body desciptions and instances of animal cruelty, please take care when listening.

In the summer of 2020, a group of teens made the horrific discovery of human remains in a suitcase that had washed up on Alki Beach in West Seattle, Washington. After uploading the footage of this discovery, it quickly went viral, showing up even momentarily on many, many social media feeds online. This is the story of the TikTok Suitcase Murders and the terrible fate of Jessica Lewis and Austin Wenner.

Sources

• https://nypost.com/2020/08/25/tiktok-video-of-murdered-pair-in-suitcase-axed-after-familys-pleas/
• https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/22/teens-tiktok-video-recorded-moment-found-body-discarded-suitcase-12884091/
• https://www.bustle.com/life/how-does-randonautica-work-the-creepy-tiktok-famous-app-can-help-you-realize-intentions-27624516
• https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2020/08/20/detectives-investigating-after-human-remains-found-in-west-seattle/
• https://www.westsideseattle.com/highline-times/2020/08/24/michael-lee-dudley-charged-two-counts-murder-second-degree
• https://www.westsideseattle.com/highline-times/2021/03/03/double-murder-suspect-michael-dudley-denied-bail-reduction-court-hearing
• https://medium.com/crimebeat/viral-tiktok-case-the-murders-of-jessica-lewis-austin-wenner-39ed190f36fd
• https://www.westsideseattle.com/robinson-papers/2021/06/10/seeking-healing-one-year-after-horrific-murder-families-and-friends
• https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/landlord-allegedly-murdered-couple-found-in-viral-tiktok-suitcase-video-was-angry-about-unpaid-rent/
• https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/tiktok-video-showing-discovery-of-jessica-lewis-austin-wenners-remains-removed
• https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/michael-dudley-suspected-in-murders-of-jessica-lewis-austin-wenner
• https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/tumwater-wa/jessica-lewis-9257038
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/family-mourns-couple-who-were-fatally-shot-found-in-bags-on-west-seattle-beach/
• https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/i-was-shocked-says-ex-girlfriend-of-man-arrested-after-bodies-found-in-suitcases-on-west-seattle-beach/281-1bef6aed-0f79-45b4-9543-f80ae66139a3
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/805220524/?terms=%22Michael%20Lee%20Dudley%22&match=1

CW: this episode contains descriptions of dismemberment of a human body, please take care when listening.

Ingrid Lyne went on a date to Mariners' baseball opening night on April 8, 2016, but was reported missing by her mother and ex husband as of 10am the next day. To Seattle's horror, parts of Ingrid's body were found in a recycling bin later that Saturday afternoon. This is the appalling story of the murder of Ingrid Lyne.

Sources

• https://www.tucsonlocalmedia.com/news/article_0e1ff8b6-00f9-11e6-9e60-cb085ac5f0a8.html
• https://www.kold.com/story/31706167/single-mother-found-dead-in-seattle-has-ties-to-tucson-area/
• https://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/When-he-walks-Ingrid-won-t-Man-gets-28-years-12477194.php#taboola-9
• https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/mike-novasio-describes-finding-ingrid-lynes-body-in-recycling-bin
• https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/ingrid-lyne
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166042761/ingrid-marie-lyne
• https://www.thestranger.com/news/2016/04/13/23951102/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-murder-of-ingrid-lyne
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ingrid_Lyne
• https://fox59.com/news/mother-of-3-vanishes-after-date-with-man-she-met-online/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/more-body-parts-discovered-after-seattle-mom-ingrid-lynes-murder-n557021
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-dismemberment-washington-mom-ingrid-lyne-charged-murder-n555646
• https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041216_rounsaville_lyne/dismembered-body-seattle-ided-as-former-tucson-resident/
• https://www.gofundme.com/f/ingridlyne
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/police-treating-slain-nurses-renton-home-as-crime-scene/
• https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/seattle-nurse-dismembered-home-man-dating-article-1.2598470
• https://www.q13fox.com/news/friends-of-slain-dismembered-renton-woman-lash-out-at-killer-in-court
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-charlton-disturbing-allegations-surround-173815288.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANb3pgv9dGzwNnoRLgx-HgM31CJn7-cpbn2f33PtaWyevWjVXaZukCA8iH_rvKnMdAHrJSuMiBVJx3dFv4k5FKZeN9i2xAb0Yt3NdJypS3kQqBdD3EXlYm2yJ_A0emPJ2IsXSX65pZC96OEf1zmXMt5ilHe87IZUk3oZRWrju9a2
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/possible-human-remains-found-in-seattle-homeowners-trash-can/
• https://people.com/crime/mother-of-three-assumed-dead-by-seattle-police-suspect-in-custody/
• https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/seattle-mother-of-three-murdered-allegedly-by-man-she-met-online-w202463/
• https://people.com/crime/ingrid-lyne-text-exchange-between-mother-of-seattle-nurse-and-alleged-killer/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ingrid-lyne-killing-suspect-john-charlton-charged-with-murder-seemed-nonchalant-during-police/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-parts-discovered-third-location-after-washington-mom-ingrid-lyne-n557906
• https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2016/04/john-charlton-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-of-ingrid-lyne/
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ex-girlfriend-of-john-charlton-accused-of-killing-ingrid-lyne-speaks-out_n_571f0aa8e4b0b49df6a8d3eb
• https://www.q13fox.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-and-dismembering-renton-mom-dumping-body-in-recycling-bins
• https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/14/ingrid-lyne-murder-sparks-worry-over-dangers-of-in/
• https://www.thestranger.com/news/2016/04/13/23949369/the-morning-news-new-details-about-renton-womans-murder-and-ethics-investigation-of-transportation-head-scott-kubly
• https://seattlish.com/post/142705113686/this-is-horrible
• https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/new-details-in-murder-case-raise-questions-about-dating-app-dangers/489930421/
• https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/john-charlton-says-he-was-too-drunk-to-remember-going-back-to-ingrid-lynes-house-where-she-was-killed-and-cut-up/news-story/0807ace3615a78d4df5b6404f19558e2
• https://www.q13fox.com/news/family-of-slain-renton-mom-ingrid-lyne-our-hearts-are-broken-and-can-never-be-fully-mended
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNYSA5kA9Yo
• https://people.com/crime/man-who-found-dismembered-remains-of-wash-mom-in-trash-can-recounts-horrific-discovery/
• http://www.martonicklaw.com/sentencing/MURDER%20FIRST%20DEGREE.aspx
• https://www.q13fox.com/news/in-raw-emotional-vigil-friends-neighbors-mourn-pray-for-slain-mom-ingrid-lyne
• https://people.com/crime/ingrid-lyne-ex-girlfriend-of-accused-killer-regrets-not-calling-police/
• HLN's "Sex and Murder," S1 Ep 1 "Date with the Devil"

Teenagers Antoinette Witaker (13) and Joyce Gaunt (17) were both found murdered in the greater Seattle area, about 9 months apart, in 1977 and 1978. Aside from their individual involvement in the foster system and some basic teenage rebellion, there aren't many obvious connections between their cases. A 2010 Seattle Times article brought these cases to Sara's attention and naturally she brought them to the podcast - what happened to Antoinette and Joyce, and are their cases connected?

Sources

• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/california-killer-may-be-linked-to-seattle-slayings-in-1970s/
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/serial-killer-ruled-out-in-washington-case/
• https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/red-haired-man-with-boy-no-photo.99606/
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172146356/antionette-jean-whitaker
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187083157/joyce-francine-gaunt
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/735903830/?terms=%22joyce%20gaunt%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/735905889/?terms=%22joyce%20gaunt%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/735777839/?terms=%22joyce%20gaunt%22&match=1
• https://www.historylink.org/file/10574
• https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/24/rodney-alcala-serial-killer-who-murdered-orange-county-girl-dies-on-death-row/
• Excerpt from "Murder in Washington: Notorious Crime Sites: The Topography of Evil" by Marques Vickers
• Excerpt from "Serial Killers Among Us" by Zoe Keys
• Excerpt from "But I Trusted You" by Ann Rule

In the early summer of 1887, bodies of murdered Chinese miners floated down the Snake River into Lewiston, ID. Racism and plain lack of care + compassion kept the story of the Hells Canyon Massacre threadbare for over 100 years. Justice was never achieved in this case, but 31 innocent Chinese men deserve to have their story told. This is the story of the Hells Canyon Massacre and a glimpse into life as a Chinese immigrant in America in the late 1800s.

Sources

• Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon. Nokes, R. Gregory. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2009.
• https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/hells-canyon-massacre
• https://asamnews.com/2020/09/14/hells-canyon-massacre-left-34-chinese-gold-miners-dead-in-hidden-chapter-in-u-s-history/
• https://www.noplaceproject.com/hells-canyon

Sara takes us back to the 1800s with Oregon's first officially recorded murder case! Nimrod O'Kelly found himself an accused liar and murderer after he admitted to shooting his neighbor, Jeremiah Mahoney, over a land dispute. But what really happened that day, and was O'Kelly really the liar all his neighbors thought he was?

Sources

• https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/o_kelly_nimrod_1864_/#:~:text=On%20May%2013%2C%201852%2C%20he,to%20be%20hanged%20in%20August.
• https://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/community_paid/offbeat-oregon-oregon-s-first-murder-defendant-was-saved-from-gallows-by-his-wife/article_1ac0a91e-f9d7-11e9-a687-5310d7e29e3e.html
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/20610960 - Nimrod's declaration
• https://mckenziehistoryhwy.org/settlements/nimrod/
• https://www.theresahuppauthor.com/blog/2019/11/27/murders-in-oregon-territory-history-is-stranger-than-fiction/
• https://www.chronicle1909.com/posts/2530/oregons-first-murder-defendant-was-saved-from-gallows-by-his-wife
• https://www.osbar.org/publications/bulletin/06jan/heritage.html
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/385170365/?terms=Nimrod%20O%27Kelly&match=1
• Nimrod: Courts, Claim, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier by Ronald Lansing

CW: This is an extremely rough case with intense crime scene and body descriptions - please take care when listening.

A coworker of Dianna Mah-Jones found a horrifying scene when he stopped by her house to check on her on September 27, 2017. Police found what would later be described as "catastrophic" and a "horror movie" inside. A monumental effort by investigators and the community revealed an unlikely killer less than a kilometer away from the Jones' residence.

Sources

• https://bc.ctvnews.ca/man-who-killed-vancouver-couple-given-life-sentence-with-no-parole-for-25-years-1.5042379
• https://bc.ctvnews.ca/i-m-not-an-immoral-person-man-who-testified-he-killed-vancouver-couple-is-cross-examined-1.4797575
• https://vancouversun.com/news/family-of-man-who-murdered-marpole-couple-dumbfounded-by-killings-lawyer
• https://torontosun.com/news/national/hunter-did-accused-gamer-killer-rocky-rambo-know-what-was-real
• https://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20200205/281535112980945
• https://www.timescolonist.com/bc-news/you-were-planning-to-hurt-people-crown-tells-accused-in-vancouver-double-murder-4678871
• https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2020/07/28/life-in-prison-for-man-guilty-in-double-killing-of-vancouver-couple-in-2017/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/506149754/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/488158061/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• Crime Beat, S2 Ep 10 - "For No Reason"
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/604681042/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/604681945/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
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• https://www.newspapers.com/image/659320671/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/659320874/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/659321050/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/659322177/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/659352974/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/659323413/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/659355990/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/659335750/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/668416549/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://globalnews.ca/news/7205144/dianna-mah-jones-tribute-vancouver-double-homicide/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjGk2SSpDuE
• https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0224147
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mah-jones-obit-1.4317038
• https://www.med.ubc.ca/awards-honours/dianna-mah-jones-named-outstanding-occupational-therapist-of-the-year/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MxbMLCwOTg
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HLRJso22uc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVn2Uf_jOeA

Lana Derrick was last seen headed towards Highway 16 at 3:30am on October 7, 1995. She was supposedly headed to another party, but never arrived. When Lana did not return home to retrieve her bag or share the Thanksgiving holiday with her family, it became clear something was wrong. This is the story of the disappearance of Lana Derrick.

Sources

• https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Lana_Derrick
• https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/lana-patricia-derrick
• https://thehueandcry.com/lana-derrick
• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/px9ng5/highway_of_tears_the_disappearance_of_lana_derrick/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/503246050/?terms=%22Lana%20Derrick%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/497677971/?terms=%22Lana%20Derrick%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/504693631
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/497615924/?terms=%22Lana%20Derrick%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/328726011/?terms=%22Lana%20Derrick%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/328897316/?terms=%22Lana%20Derrick%22&match=1