Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

Our first episode of 2023 needs little explanation: Sara takes us into the Pacific Northwest chapter of serial killer Ted Bundy's horrific murder spree throughout the 1970s for part 1 of her Bundy series.

Thanks so much for your patience with our end-of-the-year break, we are so glad you're still with us.

Sources

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ted-Bundy
• https://www.biography.com/news/ted-bundy-timeline-murders
• https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a27179474/ted-bundy-girlfriend-elizabeth-kendall-kloepfer/
• https://hiimted.blog/sherrods-1978/
• https://thirdhour.org/blog/life/latter-day-saints/ted-bundy-and-the-truth-about-his-church-membership/
• https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/what-was-ted-bundys-childhood-like
• https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/01/diane-edwards-ted-bundy-girlfriend-now/
• https://charleyproject.org/case/vicki-lynn-hollar
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/230260182/?terms=Bundy&match=1
• https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.950834665030913&type=3
• https://www.gvnews.com/news/local/georgann-hawkins-died-at-the-hands-of-ted-bundy-but/article_f8cc5a4c-f103-11e3-8e31-0019bb2963f4.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120415110917/http://davisclipper.com/view/full_story/149302/article-When-evil-walked-our-streets
• https://www.wired.com/story/dna-crime-solving-is-still-new-yet-it-may-have-gone-too-far/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130917135008/https://www.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=3683
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eGVYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6712,6268452&hl=en
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19690603&id=U_JNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6375,3558590
• https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1989-01-24-8901040963-story.html
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19750120&id=89JSAAAAIBAJ&pg=3681,3961866
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060621144017/http://tedbundy.com/errata/freebies/Ted%20Bundy%20Multiagency%20Investigative%20Team%20Report%201992%20from%20tedbundy.com.pdf
• https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-does-ted-bundy-victim-karen-sparks-believe-kept-her-alive
• https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Donna_Manson
• https://hiimted.blog/case-file-donna-gail-manson-1974/
• https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/happened/it-happened-here-missing-cwu-student-a-victim-of-ted/article_6bda4c42-e02f-5edd-8902-79c0bba28c7e.html
• https://crimepiperblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/25/ted-bundy-the-cases-susan-elaine-rancourt/
• https://crimepiperblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/ted-bundy-the-cases-roberta-kathleen-parks/
• https://crimepiperblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/11/ted-bundy-the-cases-brenda-carol-ball/
• https://criminalmisconduct.blogspot.com/2018/07/remembering-janice-ott-and-denise.html
• https://www.tumblr.com/horrendouscrimes/635593196064342016/the-abduction-and-murders-of-janice-ott-and-denise
• https://thisinterestsme.com/janice-ott-denise-naslund/
• https://charleyproject.org/case/nancy-wilcox
• https://themorbidlibrary.com/2021/01/18/bundy-nancy-wilcox-confessed/
• https://www.deseret.com/1990/7/1/18869477/victim-s-family-lays-hope-and-grief-to-rest-in-empty-grave
• https://hiimted.blog/tag/melissa-smith/
• https://oddstops.com/location.php?id=27
• https://thisinterestsme.com/laura-ann-aime/
• https://hiimted.blog/case-file-debra-jean-kent-1974/
• https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/debra-kent-victim-ted-bundy-admitted-taking-back-to-his-home
• https://www.wesawthedevil.com/all-episodes/otd-caryn-campbell
• https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=2421
• https://www.westword.com/news/a-forgotten-vail-murder-victim-julie-cunningham-killed-by-ted-bundy-5837729
• https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=2521
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/06/ted-bundy-case-closed-colorado-victim-denise-oliverson/1939748001/
• https://themorbidlibrary.com/2021/01/22/bundy-lynette-culver-confessed/
• https://www.idahopress.com/news/state/bench-dedicated-in-memory-of-local-girl-who-went-missing-in-1975/article_e3582b30-e784-5f74-af4d-f32181eec2d4.html
• https://charleyproject.org/case/susan-curtis
• https://themorbidlibrary.com/2021/01/23/bundy-sue-curtis-confessed/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-bundy-serial-killer-survivor-stories/
• https://oddstops.com/location.php?id=46
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/491815876/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVythFxP8rQ&list=PLB2OP6yGC2eltMT9Po7leF4SFOtNVZD26&index=5
• Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes - Netflix
• Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer - Amazon
• The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy - Elizabeth Kendall and Molly Kendall

Our last episode of 2022 is a cryptid episode! Lumberjacks in the 19th and early 20th century had quite a few tales of unique critters from the forests of the Pacific Northwest, so today we bring you not one, but two of them. First, the cougar's fierce cousin, the Ball-Tailed Cat - said to wield a multipurpose bony sphere at the end of its tail. Then, the Gumberoo - a combustible hairless bear with rubberized skin. Into the woods!

See you in 2023 - thank you so much for listening!

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumberoo
• https://www.tumblr.com/cryptids-of-the-world/177475809111/the-gumberoo-is-a-bear-like-creature-found-in
• https://thecreaturecodex.tumblr.com/post/637078781790666752/gumberoo
• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Gumberoo
• https://books.google.co.id/books?id=DvYWDAAAQBAJ&dq=Gumberoo&pg=PA146&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Gumberoo&f=false
• http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fclw/gumberoo.html
• https://itsmth.fandom.com/wiki/Gumberoo
• https://thecreaturecodex.tumblr.com/post/155252667786/gumberoo
• https://www.wweek.com/culture/2019/10/29/the-pacific-northwest-is-crawling-with-cryptids-and-not-just-bigfoot-heres-how-to-dress-like-one-of-oregons-other-monsters-for-halloween/
• https://quarterly.camposanto.com/these-american-woods-543880faa0fa
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosaurus
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball-tailed_cat
• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Ball-Tailed_Cat
• https://cuddlywumps.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-mythical-ball-tailed-cat-of-north.html
• https://themonsterblogofmonsters.tumblr.com/post/146625424241/ball-tailed-cat-a-magical-feline-native-to-north
• http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fc/balltailedcat.html
• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Timberdoodle
• http://www.lib.lumberwoods.org/fc/cactuscat.html
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26211012-fearsome-creatures-of-the-lumberwoods
• https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9217.phtml
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrilo_Princip
• https://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/27/opinion/7-things-gavrilo-princip-man-who-started-wwi/index.html
• https://thecreaturecodex.tumblr.com/search/timberdoodle
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar

This week, Sara brings us a cold case from Eugene, Oregon in 1969 - Janet Lynn Shanahan never made it home after a family birthday celebration, and her body was found the next day in the trunk of her own car. Investigators have their suspicions, but Janet's murder remains unsolved to this day.

If you have any information regarding Janet's case, please contact the Eugene Cold Case Squad at 541-682-5588 or email them at [email protected].

If you would like to remain anonymous, please contact Oregon Crime Stoppers at 503-823-4357, on their website, or on their mobile app.

Sources

• https://www.eugene-or.gov/4880/Cold-Cases
• https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2022/06/11/janet-shanahan-cold-case-murder-eugene-univeristy-of-oregon/65359976007/
• https://nbc16.com/news/local/reward-offered-for-1969-eugene-cold-case-the-murder-of-22-year-old-janet-lynn-shanahan
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/387256134/?terms=%22Janet%20Shanahan%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/316315151/?terms=%22Janet%20Shanahan%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/198399028/?terms=%22Janet%20Shanahan%22&match=1

Our first case for December takes us to the foggy beachside city of Pacifica, CA, which was rocked by a senseless murder in the early morning hours of October 17th, 2012 - the city's first murder in 12 years at that time. Keith Coffey was just 24 years old, friendly and vibrant, when a monster took his life. Special thanks to Savannah Kirby for helping us tell Keith's story authentically and purposefully.

Note: early in the episode it sounds like Caro says "Keith was born in 1998" when in fact she said "1988." Apologies for the garbled enunciation and any confusion.

Sources

• https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/10/19/pacifica-man-charged-with-murder-in-hammer-knife-attack/
• https://patch.com/california/pacifica/pacifica-man-found-guilty-bludgeoning-friend-death-hammer-knife-2012
• https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Man-Convicted-Of-Second-Degree-Murder-For-2012-7973363.php
• https://www.theskylineview.com/news/2012/10/17/former-skyline-student-found-dead/
• https://www.leagle.com/decision/incaco20180601035
• https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/marc-anthony-furlan-pleads-not-guilty-to-gruesome-pacifica-slaying/article_633054ad-5c14-5e7b-a896-8aa152710cdc.html
• https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/indicted-pacifica-murder-suspect-delays-plea/article_c8bb6444-af1e-5ac8-b712-a5e95b884cd6.html
• https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/first-murder-in-12-years-leads-pacifica-police-to-arrest-24-year-old-man/1932970/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/arrest-made-in-killing-of-pacifica-man/
• http://fixpacifica.blogspot.com/2016/08/sentencing-for-death-of-keith-coffey-16.html
• https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/12/25/homicide-victim-keith-coffey-remembered-for-kindness-sense-of-humor/
• https://twitter.com/oxygen/status/1423796030391296002
• https://www.fugitive.com/2014/05/07/marc-anthony-furlan-found-competent-to-stand-trial-for-brutal-murder-of-kevin-coffey/
• https://www.facebook.com/kipcoffeyfamily
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJemlZHht4
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/744981559/?terms=keith%20coffey&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/744976426/?terms=keith%20coffey&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/569387979/?terms=marc%20anthony%20furlan&match=1
• https://www.rxlist.com/subutex-drug.htm#description
• https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682279.html
• https://unicourt.com/case/ca-sm-shannon-m-mercurio-and-marc-anthony-furlan-213210

Esther Castellani died under mysterious circumstances at just 40 years old in 1965. If not for the suspicion and tenacity of a hospital physician, her killer may have gotten away with murder.

Thank you again to Eve Lazarus for her coverage and research of this case!

Sources

• https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bizarre-murders-bc-history
• https://montecristomagazine.com/community/heartwrenching-clue-cracked-one-vancouvers-infamous-homicides
• https://www.nsnews.com/local-arts/murder-by-milkshake-stirs-up-memories-of-notorious-case-3087157
• https://www.weremember.com/rene-castellani/5x4f/memories
• https://radiowest.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30625
• https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/radio-star-kills-wife-aresenic-laced-milkshakes-article-1.2249428
• https://evelazarus.com/tag/esther-castellani/
• https://evelazarus.com/the-maharajah-alleebaba/
• https://evelazarus.com/guy-in-the-sky-the-bowmac-sign/
• https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/five-decades-after-her-father-the-maddest-ad-man-of-them-all-murdered-her-mom-in-infamous-milkshake-murder-case-jeannine-castellani-opens-up?_ga=2.170402338.386020716.1668282615-1434007836.1668282615&_gl=1*iun4hd*_ga*MTQzNDAwNzgzNi4xNjY4MjgyNjE1*_ga_72QH41ZTMR*MTY2ODI4MjYxNS4xLjAuMTY2ODI4MjYxNS42MC4wLjA.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXbYuQW0bTM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUgdD4hMnTA

Jimmy and Lily Ming were kidnapped from their home shortly after a family wedding in January of 1985 in the Strathcona neighborhood of Vancouver, BC. The Ming family received a ransom note the next day with an impossible sum, but tried their best to not only raise the ransom money but reason with the kidnappers. 7 weeks later, the kidnapping would come to a tragic end, but investigators could only speculate about who was responsible. Today, the case of Jimmy and Lily Ming is still unsolved - what happened to this young couple?

Thank you to Eve Lazarus and her book Cold Case Vancouver for much of the groundwork covering this story + continually looking for answers!

Sources

• https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/vancouver-cold-case-files-murder-on-the-edge-of-chinatown-4543731
• https://evelazarus.com/on-the-edge-of-chinatown/
• https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/C/Cold-Case-Vancouver
• https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/canada-jimmy-29-lilly-ming-30-abducted-found-dismembered-in-sacks-vancouver-jan-1985.597374/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/owlvip/the_kidnapping_and_murder_of_jimmy_and_lily_ming/
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mcmynn-case-revives-past-traumas/article706073/
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33062351/1985-may17-vcr-sun-pg23-jimmy/
• https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1985/4/8/a-wave-of-gang-violence
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/495318331/?terms=%22jimmy%20and%20lily%22%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/495139928/?terms=%22jimmy%20and%20lily%22%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/494830676/?terms=%22jimmy%20and%20lily%22%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/494817720/?terms=%22jimmy%20and%20lily%22%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/493855143/?terms=%22jimmy%20and%20lily%22%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/501818472/?terms=%22jimmy%20and%20lily%22%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/501810526/?terms=%22jimmy%20and%20lily%22%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/501820328/?terms=harry%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/495262729/?terms=harry%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/495263258/?terms=harry%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/493854338/?terms=jimmy%20ming&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/493854339/?terms=jimmy%20ming&match=1
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_boat_people#Refugee_camps
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(organized_crime)#Based_elsewhere
• https://www.solvecrime.ca/index.php/en/

Alyssa Angelique McLemore has been missing under (in our opinion) extremely suspicious and dangerous circumstances for over THIRTEEN YEARS. Sara takes us to Kent, WA to dive into the minimal information available about Alyssa and her case. What happened to Alyssa McLemore?

If you have any information regarding Alyssa's case, please contact either of the below authorities:

Washington State Patrol Missing Persons @ 1-800-543-5678

Kent Police Department @ 253-856-5807

Sources

• https://charleyproject.org/case/alyssa-angelique-mclemore
• https://people.com/crime/alyssa-mclemore-911-call-help-me-2009-disappearance/
• https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/the-strange-disappearance-of-alyssa-mclemore-b51f0d8b724e
• https://vocal.media/criminal/young-indigenous-mother-vanishes-after-making-distressing-911-call
• https://www.kentreporter.com/news/i-just-want-closure-friend-of-missing-kent-woman-alyssa-mclemore-refuses-to-give-up-the-search/
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/a-kent-woman-called-911-then-disappeared-that-was-10-years-ago-her-family-and-police-want-to-find-her/
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/30/missing-native-american-women-alyssa-mclemore
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/missingalyssamclemore/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/675606819/?terms=%22Alyssa%20McLemore%22&match=1

As promised, another spooky episode (because it was supposed to be released on Halloween, sorry about that!) from Caro this time, focusing on just a few instances of "witchy" happenings in Oregon from the 1800s up to modern day!

Sources

• https://www.thetravel.com/how-to-get-to-witchs-castle-oregon/
• https://puzzleboxhorror.com/urban-legends-the-gypsy-curse-of-lafayette-or/?amp
• https://portlandghosts.com/top-10-most-haunted-places-in-oregon/
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_House_(Portland,_Oregon)
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-witches-castle-portland-oregon
• https://qz.com/quartzy/1443802/paddleboarding-witches-takeover-an-oregon-river-for-halloween/amp/
• https://wildhunt.org/2018/01/paranormal-reality-show-blames-witch-community-for-hauntings.html
• https://www.witchcamp.org/index.php/wcamp-header/camps/free-cascadia
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150528100823/http://www.centralportland.com/danford-balch-northwest-portland-country-boy-2011-08-16
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danford_Balch
• https://newsregister.com/article?articleId=6462
• https://visitgrantspass.com/live-rogue/golden-ghost-town/
• https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=189
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/9634461/?terms=danford%20balch&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/96031135/?terms=mortimer%20stump&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/9634461/?terms=%22danford%20balch%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/197147727/?terms=richard%20marple&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/16217693/?terms=richard%20marple&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/81246718/?terms=richard%20marple&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/197150324/?terms=richard%20marple&match=1
• https://didyouknowfacts.com/gloomy-ghosts-witchs-castle/
• http://offbeatoregon.com/1710d.marple-the-triple-ax-murderer-466.html
• https://newlafayette.org/lafayette-history/an-ax-murder-a-hanging-and-a-curse-in-lafayette/
• https://books.google.com/books?id=ocPi8x4gkn0C&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=corker+murder+lafayette+oregon&safe=strict&source=bl&ots=3iGzuDnaQk&sig=5XpTRcgpy_4uUihuF2WfAoW600I&hl=en&ei=cjrKS-biM4usswOQ37CxAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=corker%20murder%20lafayette%20oregon&f=false
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_line
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/PDXSUPWITCHES/

Today's minisode takes us to Portland, Oregon for a spooky story: a tragic, real murder that became a local ghostly tale, and a reminder that ghosts were people too, at some point. This is the sad story of the tragic murder of Thelma Taylor.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Thelma_Taylor
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre
• https://archive.ph/qCo1R
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13089920/thelma-anne-taylor/photo
• http://americashauntedroadtrip.com/tag/thelma-taylor/
• https://www.oregonlive.com/books/2016/10/ghostland_cathedral_park_st_jo.html
• https://www.leagle.com/decision/1951788190or5981749
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105531074/leland/
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35878170/daily-news/
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eLwhAAAAIBAJ&pg=5560%2C3195374&dq=thelma+taylor+portland+morris+leland&hl=en
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110677492/news-pilot/
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110677313/the-miami-news/
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35878104/the-capital-journal/
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35878134/the-san-francisco-examiner/
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19510406&id=D25YAAAAIBAJ&pg=4675,5233720
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35878156/independent/
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19530105&id=AyVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2249,5139737
• https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063040608879
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEpCsV4icSg
• https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2018/01/the_most_cold-blooded_cowardly.html
• Ghostland, An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

As promised, Sara brings us a sampling of spooky from around Washington and Oregon's hiking trails! Have you hiked any of these trails? Seen or felt anything creepy, eerie, or was it just spooky enough to send a shiver down your spine?

Sources

• https://www.wta.org/go-outside/seasonal-hikes/fall-destinations/haunted-hikes
• https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/photos/scariest-haunted-hiking-trails-us
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/iron-goat-trail-haunted-hike-wa/
• https://www.themandagies.com/haunted-hikes-in-the-pacific-northwest/
• https://thatoregonlife.com/2021/10/haunted-trails-and-places-pacific-northwest/
• http://www.activelynorthwest.com/fitness/haunted-hikes-in-washington/
• https://backpackerverse.com/haunted-hikes-washington/
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/lime-kiln
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/iron-goat-trail
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/hoh-river-blue-glacier
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/mine-shaft-trail
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/south-coldwater-trail
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/silver-star-mountain
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/gingko-petrified-forest-interpretive-trails
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/monte-cristo-143
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/camp-muir
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/spruce-railroad
• https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/oregon/multnomah-falls-trail
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/oregon/portland/haunted-hike-portland/
• https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/oregon/lithia-park-loop
• https://www.oregonhauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/lithia-park.html
• https://thatoregonlife.com/2021/10/haunted-trails-and-places-pacific-northwest/
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/oregon/scaponia-park-haunted-hike-or/
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/ape-cave
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2009/10/more-few-ghost-stories-swirl-about-crater-lake-national-park4821
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/oregon/sinister-story-crater-lake-or/