Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

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
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/604681044/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/604681057/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/604682356/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/604682414/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/631882678/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/631860806/?terms=dianna%20mah%20jones&match=1
• 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

Content begins around 6:34 if you'd like to skip the couple minutes we spend talking about the Roe v Wade ruling and a few related items - please do go read up on the SCOTUS ruling re: Miranda rights from 6/23, though - we should all be paying attention to this!

We're talking about an Oregon cryptid and a ghost ship today! Sounds like Caro will be making a trip to Lincoln City sometime soon because by now, we know she loves a ghost tour.

The world is really heavy right now, please remember to take care of yourself and your loved ones. We're all we've got. We love you, and we appreciate you listening.

Sources

• https://www.thenewsguard.com/news_paid/lurking-in-the-deep-the-legend-of-devils-lake/article_74b79cc8-f55d-11e7-9099-ff1d7c3fdca5.html
• https://aquaticecologylab.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/oregons-own-nessie/
• http://problematicafiles.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-haunted-waters-of-lincoln-city.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Lake_(Lincoln_County,_Oregon)
• https://oregonlakesatlas.org/lake/17100204000796
• https://lpbestiary.tumblr.com/post/632258238793105408/the-devils-lake-monster-is-a-cryptid-said-to
• https://lpbestiary.tumblr.com/post/146570735238/globster-is-a-generic-term-applied-to-unidentified
• https://www.oregoncoast.org/plan/itineraries/ghostly-encounters/
• https://www.beachconnection.net/news/ghost_siletz061420.php
• https://www.beachconnection.net/news/coast_haunttwo102521.php
• http://www.devilslakeor.us/history.html
• https://www.ctsi.nsn.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CTSI-Comprehensive-Plan-2005-2015-History-Pt1.pdf
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/239371421/?terms=siletz%20bay%2C%20shipwreck&match=1
• https://siletzbaymusic.org/
• https://www.thenewsguard.com/news_paid/update---watch-whats-up-with-this-new-visitor-to-devils-lake/article_eed9789e-f172-11e7-93b1-67f4a749bbad.html
• http://www.halcyon.com/benmarra/nativeamericans/depoe.htm
• https://www.cityofdepoebay.org/history/page/early-history-depoe-family

In 1978, 15 year old Mary Vincent survived a horrific attack and attempted murder at the hands of Lawrence Singleton. This is her incredible story.

Sources

• https://people.com/archive/a-victims-life-sentence-vol-29-no-16/
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-25-mn-22808-story.html
• https://morbidology.com/left-for-dead-mary-vincent/
• https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/mary-vincent-attacker/
• https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-victim-a-survivor-an-artist-1106335.php
• https://www.ranker.com/list/mary-vincent-lawrence-singleton-case/laura-allan
• https://www.scarymommy.com/incredible-fortitude-mary-vincent
• I Survived - Season 3, Episode 1 - 2009
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/326789372/?terms=%22mary%20vincent%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/739830381/?terms=%22mary%20vincent%22&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/620920065/?terms=%22mary%20vincent%22&match=1

CW: This episode covers the murder of a trans woman and violence against trans people. Please take care when listening.

January Marie Lapuz brightened and bettered her community with her vibrant, joyful personality and dedicated service as Sher Vancouver's social coordinator from 2009 until her horrific murder in 2012. Taken too soon, January's legacy lives on in Vancouver BC through her friends, family, and Sher Vancouver. This is her story.

Note from Caro: I misspoke and said "Bang Bang Hollywood night" instead of "Bang Bang Bollywood night" when describing a Sher event and I'm sorry for not catching it! I didn't mean to cause any confusion - the event was a Bollywood one, not Hollywood :)

Sher Vancouver Podcast: https://www.shervanpodcast.com/

Sources

• https://nsi-canada.ca/film/my-name-was-january/ (watch for free)
• https://www.nelsonstar.com/entertainment/murdered-b-c-trans-woman-focus-of-new-documentary/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/497815439/?terms=january%20lapuz&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/497581775/?terms=january%20lapuz&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/507090309/?terms=january%20lapuz&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/507089085/?terms=january%20lapuz&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/616731314/?terms=january%20lapuz&match=1
• https://www.facebook.com/januarydoc/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Vancouver#cite_note-48
• https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/video/january-lapuz-memorial-new-westminster-bc-1945212
• https://www.shervancouver.com/youth-award.html
• https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2012/09/29/january-marie-lapuz_new-westminster-british-columbia-canada_6e2dd157
• https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/topic/january-marie-lapuz
• https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/january-marie-lapuz-new-westminister_n_1940814
• https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/january-lapuz-murder-jamie-neel-charles-jameson-arrested_n_2253476
• https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/january-marie-lapuz-_n_6503438
• https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/create-a-legacy-remembering-january-marie-lapuz#/
• http://amherstcremation.com/memorials/lapuz.html
• https://www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/memorial-website-honours-new-westminsters-january-lapuz-5257675
• https://januaryfilm.com/youthaward/#winners
• https://gay.blog.br/en/social-projects/vancouver-and-toronto-area-applicants-sweep-top-prizes-in-youth-award/
• https://xtramagazine.com/power/january-lapuzs-killer-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison-64110
• https://en.everybodywiki.com/January_Marie_Lapuz
• https://en.everybodywiki.com/January_Marie_Lapuz#cite_note-13
• https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/release-revoked-for-transgender-womans-killer
• https://globalnews.ca/news/1383715/man-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-in-death-of-trans-woman/
• https://www.straight.com/news/664101/accused-killer-transgender-woman-january-lapuz-pleads-guilty-manslaughter
• https://lexiecannes.com/2012/12/31/update-murderer-in-2012-killing-of-vancouver-bc-trans-woman-sentenced-to-8-years/
• https://www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/arrest-made-in-city-murder-2955892
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/january-lapuz-memorial-new-westminster-1.5280057
• https://bc.ctvnews.ca/man-charged-in-murder-of-transgender-woman-1.1069422
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2021/11/11/375-transgender-people-murdered-in-2021-deadliest-year-since-records-began/?sh=65aab267321c
• https://transrespect.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TvT_TMM_TDoR2021_Namelist.pdf
• https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/5/06/here-are-trans-americans-killed-2022-so-far#media-gallery-media-1

CW: This episode discusses abortion history, abortion procedure, and deaths as a result of unregulated and illegal abortion practices. Please use caution when listening.

Roe vs. Wade secured federal abortion rights in the United States in 1973 (or so we thought) but just what happened when a person wanted or needed an abortion before this landmark ruling? Sara brings us a history of abortion rights and a glimpse into the tragic deaths caused by so-called "back alley" abortions prior to state and federal legalization of abortion services in Washington state.

Sources

• https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/abortion_deaths.htm
• https://www.historylink.org/File/5313
• Cates, Willard; Rochat, Roger (March 1976). "Illegal Abortions in the United States: 1972–1974". Family Planning Perspectives. 8 (2): 86. doi:10.2307/2133995. JSTOR 2133995. PMID 1269687.
• https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Connelly-When-Washington-legalized-abortion-13848676.php
• http://courts.mrsc.org/supreme/029wn2d/029wn2d0578.htm
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/44449049 - not properly cited
• https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/first-american-birth-control-clinic-brownsville-clinic-1916#:~:text=On%2016%20October%201916%2C%20Margaret,have%20called%20the%20Brownsville%20Clinic.
• https://ichibanstudio.blog/paintings/victims/

Told you we wouldn't make you wait too long - this is the shocking conclusion to the wild story of Suzan and Michael Bear Carson, where their twisted luck finally runs out, but not before they take one more life in an extremely public way.

Sources

• Cry for War by Richard Reynolds
• Snapped: Killer Couples, Season 2, Ep 10
• The Devil You Know, Season 2, Ep 2 "A Serial Killer in the Family"
• Wicked Attraction, Season 2, Ep 1 "The Two Bears"
• Deadly Women, Season 6, Ep 1 "Hunting Humans"
• Criminology podcast, "The San Francisco Witch Killers"
• Give Us Morgue podcast, "Suzan & Michael Carson-Bera: The Untimely Death of Keryn Barnes"
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bear_Carson_and_Suzan_Carson
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jenn-carson-serial-killer-father_n_5ad4f388e4b0edca2cbcc29a
• https://www.wbur.org/kindworld/2018/12/04/teachers-aid

A wild, confusing, manic ride from start to finish, this case seems to have it all. Mysticism, psychedelic drugs, forest hideouts, warped religious fanaticism, marijuana plantations, molotov cocktails, and horrific, cold-blooded murder; this is the story of Suzan and Michael Bear Carson - part 1.

Sources

• Cry for War by Richard Reynolds
• Snapped: Killer Couples, Season 2, Ep 10
• The Devil You Know, Season 2, Ep 2 "A Serial Killer in the Family"
• Wicked Attraction, Season 2, Ep 1 "The Two Bears"
• Deadly Women, Season 6, Ep 1 "Hunting Humans"
• Criminology podcast, "The San Francisco Witch Killers"
• Give Us Morgue podcast, "Suzan & Michael Carson-Bera: The Untimely Death of Keryn Barnes"
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bear_Carson_and_Suzan_Carson
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jenn-carson-serial-killer-father_n_5ad4f388e4b0edca2cbcc29a
• https://www.wbur.org/kindworld/2018/12/04/teachers-aid