Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

Episode content starts at 5:58 :)

We delve into the spooky with ane episode covering the Pacific Northwest's longest continually-operating hotel in Wolf Creek, Oregon! What or who is haunting the Wolf Creek Inn?

Sources

• https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/back-issues/upload/Burmeister_Women-s-Lands_OHQ-Spring-2014_web.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womyn%27s_land
• https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/trip-ideas/favorite-trips/haunted-tales-wolf-creek-inn/#:~:text=The%20unexplained%20activity%20in%20the,sound%20of%20a%20piano%20playing.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guvDwUAPHjI
• https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/01/09/98876579.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Parkhurst
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Lombard
• http://artscatter.com/general/interlude-on-wolf-creek-and-jack-london-and-a-literary-grocery-clerk/
• https://offbeatoregon.com/1004aa_WolfCreekTav.html
• https://bigfoothikes.blogspot.com/2015/05/wolf-creek-inn.html
• https://rv-times.com/2025/09/18/rogue-wanderer-skeletons-in-the-closet-at-wolf-creek-inn/
• https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/vampire-legends-and-tricksters-as-ghost-adventures-visits-the-wolf-creek-inn/
• https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=74
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applegate_Trail
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_Inn_State_Heritage_Site
• https://www.oregonhauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/wolf-creek-inn.html
• https://curlytales.com/built-in-1883-oregons-oldest-hotel-is-the-perfectly-spooky-getaway-spot-this-halloween-for-a-cosy-retreat-filled-with-ghostly-legends/
• https://the-line-up.com/wolf-creek-inn
• https://www.hereisoregon.com/places/2024/10/why-oregons-oldest-hotel-is-also-a-great-halloween-getaway.html
• https://oneforthetable.com/travel/the-wolf-creek-inn
• https://medium.com/@loricjohnson1019/wolf-creek-inn-oregons-most-oldest-haunted-and-famous-hotel-25cec64a5e16
• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/stays/oregon/haunted-wolf-creek-inn-or
• https://www.reddit.com/r/GhostHunting/comments/yaay3z/ghost_hunting_at_one_of_the_most_haunted_places/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/oregon/comments/1ijfys2/scariest_places_in_oregon/
• https://thatoregonlife.com/2024/08/wolf-creek-inn-oregon/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/oregon/comments/1m2z0gq/hey_guys_had_a_weird_question_about_wolf_creek/
• https://wolfcreekinn.com/

Targeted for her political beliefs, Laura Law was murdered in her living room in Aberdeen in 1940. The biased non-trial that followed sought to blame her husband, Richard. Who killed Laura Law?

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65545068/lea_laura-law#:~:text=Laura%20and%20her%20husband%20Richard,has%20not%20yet%20been%20solved.
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773677872/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675458/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675458/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678276/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679631/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679690/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G986-2F7/lea-laura-luoma-1914-1940
• https://unionsong.com/u107.html
• https://medium.com/journal-of-precipitation/lets-remember-laura-law-who-was-found-murdered-on-this-day-in-1940-january-5-221beb4438d8
• https://www.historylink.org/File/9260?source=post_page-----221beb4438d8---------------------------------------
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679756/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773674202/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773666875/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675072/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675993/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773677150/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678182/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679989/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773667792/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773673972/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773674135/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678842/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22
• "Census of Population and Housing". census.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen,_Washington#cite_note-15
• https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/inquest#:~:text=An%20inquest%20is%20a%20judicial,not%20limited%20to%20while%20incarcerated.

From the Kahkwakilak and other Pacific Northwest coastal tribal lore comes the tale of the cannibal woman Dzunukwa, The Basket Ogress.

Sources

• https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=654159986283337
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzunukwa
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuu-chah-nulth_mythology
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200323/http://archive.umista.ca/exhibits/collection.php?item=141&all=&pg=1
• https://www.native-languages.org/basket-ogress.htm
• https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoSentenceHorror/comments/1663s7z/my_friends_never_understood_why_despite_my_vast/
• https://nlpslearns.sd68.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Basket-Woman-Links-and-Lessons.pdf
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5imrrUj_0&t=5s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79teOlXq_uU
• https://sqwal.hwulmuhwqun.ca/learn/stories/tthuwxelets-the-basket-ogress/
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NmrApdNF87QF6UHf39P3dURUsMgG7QeH/edit
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgKI9CJNM8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79teOlXq_uU
• https://tacomalibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17061coll5/id/65/
• http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/hilbert.html
• https://www.puyalluptriballanguage.org/literacy/docs/ChipmunkandBasketOgress.pdf
• https://www.angelfire.com/ca/Indian/CannibalWomansSister.html
• https://sqwal.hwulmuhwqun.ca/learn/stories/tthuwxelets-the-basket-ogress/

A missing teen, a story that didn't add up, a murder, and a biker gang - what the actual hell happened here?

Sources

• https://people.com/crime/teen-murder-suspect-vanishing-allegedly-sham-victim-was-mom-ex-boyfriend/
• https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article278867199.html
• https://komonews.com/news/local/pierce-county-teenagers-gabriel-davies-justin-yoon-12-years-pierce-county-deputies-disappearance-charging-documents-home-security-system-orting-washington-thurston-county-biker-gangs-panther-lake-second-degree-murder
• https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/teens-plead-guilty-orting-mans-murder-sentenced/281-dff814d9-da1d-4cca-b972-6a039cc67e90
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/gabriel-davies-justin-yoon-missing-thurson-county-teen-charged-with-murder-blames-victims-biker-buddies-for-burglary-gone-wrong

We've got another lake cryptid for you - and this one has very sharp teeth. This is the legend of the Tsinquaw.

Sources

• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Tsinquaw
• https://superstitioustimes.com/what-lurks-in-cowichan-lake-stin-qua-adds-to-b-c-s-super-natural-mystique/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLGsl574k8
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%27uubaa-asatx
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan_Lake

Where is Kit Mora?

As mentioned in the episode, due to the current administration's policies, Kit's NCMEC entry was re-listed under their government name, Esmeralda Mora.

Kit is a non-binary or two spirit Indigenous person. There were a large array of listed heights and weights for Kit. Most stated Kit is about 5'7 and 190 lbs. But a few others stated 5'2 and 140 - 150lbs.

Kit has black hair and brown eyes, a small scar under their left eye, and moles on their face.

If you know anything about this case please contact the Omak Police Department at 509-826-0383.

Sources

• https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/missing-indigenous-person-alert-for-teenager-from-omak/article_2b94f498-4592-11ed-a8fb-6f6b3c9f3b18.html
• https://medium.com/disappearances/the-disappearance-of-kit-mora-213842229e86
• https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5389269014517263&set=pcb.5389269884517176
• https://websleuths.com/threads/wa-esmeralda-%E2%80%9Ckit%E2%80%9D-mora-17-non-binary-omak-nov-2021.666920/
• Find Kit Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/p/Finding-Kit-100086183125849/
• https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/topics/the_vanished/missing-omak-teen-with-ties-to-yakima-added-to-wsps-list-of-missing-indigenous-people/article_afd722c2-5964-11ed-95df-2bb72393e0d5.html
• https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/topics/the_vanished/family-friends-hold-vigil-for-missing-omak-teen-with-ties-to-yakima/article_b583ecc8-62ec-11ed-ae64-4703153eaab7.html
• https://www.yoursourceone.com/columbia_basin/10-000-reward-for-tip-that-leads-to-missing-omak-teens-whereabouts-rekindles-hope/article_5420e862-0997-11ee-ad8b-4bbaaf6b7750.html
• https://www.cascadepbs.org/indigenous-affairs/2024/02/how-case-missing-indigenous-teen-fell-through-cracks/
• https://charleyproject.org/case/esmerelda-c-mora
• https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/missing-teen-kit-mora-washington-state-rcna202402
• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1dw68yl/a_nonbinary_indigenous_teen_goes_missing_after/
• https://www.yoursourceone.com/columbia_basin/omak-police-update-public-about-kit-mora-case-after-partnering-with-attorney-generals-office/article_4cd11360-64be-11ef-b116-97e3dbfcee3b.html

A customer walked into the Leathers Oil Company gas station in Gresham, Oregon on January 17, 1994 to find Virginia Kay Endecott, Rosealie Fay-Girtz, and Mary Beth Carey all shot to death. The killer has never been located. Where is Tyrom Theis?

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leathers_Oil_Company_murders#cite_note-amw-13
• https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2016/09/40_of_the_most_notorious_crime.html
• https://www.koin.com/archives/cold-case-greshams-most-gruesome-murder/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-democrat-herald-tyrom-walter-thei/53256147/
• https://archive.ph/dVle0/b18d3d3727e847630792b8f99ab3059ae0f84b13.jpg
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-tyrom-walter-theis-s/53256663/
• https://archive.ph/20210212171423/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/1092423241/?match=1&terms=tyrom%20theis
• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3ure74/the_story_about_tyrom_theis_fugitive_wanted_for/
• https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrom_Theis
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100060592/virginia-kay-endecott
• https://kidnappingmurderandmayhem.blogspot.com/2008/11/where-is-ty-theis.html
• https://www.koin.com/news/crime/true-crime-tuesday-triple-murder-suspect-still-wanted-30-years-later/
• https://uncovered.com/cases/tyrom-theis
• https://amwfans.com/thread/277/tyrom-theis-oregon-1994
• https://www.360cities.net/image/leathers
• https://goatsceneandheard.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/serial-killers-kidnappings-and-cold-cases-1/
• https://www.koin.com/news/crime/true-crime-tuesday-police-still-seeking-gunman-30-years-after-gresham-shooting/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/1091751888/?clipping_id=153395470&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEwOTE3NTE4ODgsImlhdCI6MTc2NDM2Mzc4MCwiZXhwIjoxNzY0NDUwMTgwfQ.pYCB9ekOnZtw3UMzvRQ-QaMxn6glBBQflAW1sh7Y_AI
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228349050/michael_duane-endecott
• https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/gxymzt/the_leathers_oil_company_murders_three_women_shot/
• https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077955723728#
• https://kidnappingmurderandmayhem.blogspot.com/2008/11/where-is-ty-theis.html?m=1
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40673447/rosealie-girtz
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/1092376219/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/1092376304/
• https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Leathers_Oil_Company_murders
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-democrat-herald-tyrom-walter-thei/53256147/
• https://websleuths.com/threads/or-tyrom-theis-20-gresham-10-feb-1994.160335/
• https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/this-1994-murder-is-solved-yet-unsolved-at-the-same-time-opinion-desired-as-well.5771015/

Sara takes us back to Spokane, WA with a recently solved case thanks to genetic genealogy.

Sources

• https://dnasolves.com/articles/spokane-county-margaret-anselmo/
• http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/nov/13/cold-case-folo/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/578112449/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/570000015/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/574856843/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/574833919/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/574859106/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/574872385/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/575207521/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/571632296/?match=1&terms=Margaret%20Anselmo
• https://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-police-announce-resolution-in-cold-case-murder/article_277365d1-9019-4885-b635-8623793da630.html
• https://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-1997-cold-case-killing-of-floral-designer-mother-of-two-solved-through-dna,391057
• https://www.khq.com/helpmehayley/suspect-identified-in-1997-spokane-cold-case-homicide-victim-sexually-assaulted-beaten/article_82d0deda-ba15-4d03-9ce8-a3af5d49a7c9.html
• https://my.spokanecity.org/police/news/2025/11/12/suspect-identified-in-unsolved-murder-of-margaret-anselmo/
• https://www.sherman-knapp.com/obituary/394214
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40714903/brian-james-anderson
• https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/11/washington-cold-case-solved-after-28-years-suspect-identified-in-1997-killing/
• https://websleuths.com/threads/wa-margaret-m-anselmo-45-s-a-fatally-bludgeoned-spokane-jan-97-dna-suspect-brian-james-anderson-born-april-29-1976-dec-2009-2025.756223/

The small resort community of Mabel Lake, British Columbia was rocked by the brutal double murder of teenage twins Dianna & Donna Ring in 1963. Rest in peace, Dianna & Donna.

Sources

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/284306828300246/posts/7701044986626356/
• https://www.rcmpgraves.com/vetcorner/vetmonth-apr09.html
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-knife-killed-twins/115142859/?locale=en-US
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-haase-mullinsappeal-n/20719688/
• https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0434735#p0z-2r0f:
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-resident-petition-against/115146651/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-haasecommut-psychcase/20719718/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-haase-mullinsappeal-n/20719702/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-knife-killed-twins/115142859/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-murder-case-continues/115146489/
• https://www.geni.com/people/Donna-Ring/6000000220987699121
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/492276433/
• https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/donna-margaret-ring-24-149z1w2

There's a possible coverup in Nanaimo, British Columbia - what happened to Lisa Marie Young?

Lisa is described as an Indigenous woman around 5'2" - 5'4", 117lbs, with straight brown hair. She was last seen wearing a black tanktop, black size 8 shoes, a black skirt, and a silver aluminum stainless steel Hoop necklace with medallion. She has a tattoo on her right arm - a band of flowers with a heart.

If you have any information regarding Lisa's case please contact the Nanaimo RCMP Major Crime Unit at 250-754-2345 and reference case 2002-22236. You can also send an email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at [email protected].

Sources

• https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2013000120
• https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/police-using-new-witness-statements-to-search-for-nanaimo-woman-who-vanished-in-2002-4690324
• https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/inquiry-brings-back-memories-of-nanaimo-woman-missing-since-2002/article_5eb85b81-a447-5ec7-a16b-e7d9461a4439.html
• https://hashilthsa.com/news/2017-06-22/youngmartin-family-mourns-loss-joanne-young
• https://hashilthsa.com/news/2013-10-07/missing-women-remembered-and-honoured-sisters-spirit-vigil
• https://hashilthsa.com/news/2019-06-24/legacy-lisa-marie-young-hang-tofino
• https://cheknews.ca/large-reward-offered-for-information-about-missing-nanaimo-woman-949377/
• https://cheknews.ca/man-dies-after-being-struck-by-a-vehicle-in-nanaimo-sunday-433013/
• https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/bc-missing-person-red-dress
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-lisa-marie-young-04/50704917/
• https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2020/06/05/podcast-breathes-new-life-into-historic-case-of-missing-nanaimo-woman/
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• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/512706043/?match=1&terms=%22Lisa%20Marie%20Young%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/1221745040/?match=1&terms=%22Lisa%20Marie%20Young%22
• https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/1120120834/?match=1&terms=%22Lisa%20Marie%20Young%22
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