On December 11, 1990, 42-year-old merchant mariner Barry J. Sheridan vanished from Pier 6 in Brooklyn, New York. A devoted father of four, Barry had just returned to sea and planned to call his five-year-old daughter to wish her a happy birthday. He never made that call.

Last seen aboard the barge Rhode Island, Barry disappeared into the cold December night, leaving behind his belongings, unanswered questions, and a family desperate for answers.

More than three decades later, Barry’s case remains unsolved.

In this episode of Cold and Buried, we examine the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and speak with those who continue to search for the truth. Join us for our new 6 part series Harbor of Secrets: The disappearance of Barry J. Sheridan, that explores Barry's disappearance as well as subsequent interviews with members of his family each week.

If you have information about Barry J. Sheridan’s disappearance, contact the NYPD Missing Persons Squad at 212-694-7781 or email [email protected].

We deep dive into the unknown circumstances around the deaths of two unidentified descendent cases. In this episode we are looking into the Tattnal County John Doe & The Cheerleader in the Trunk cases. We apologize for how stuffy we sound in this episode we were both pretty sick when we recorded the episode.

Citations:

Unidentified Awareness Wiki. (n.d.). Cheerleader in the trunk. Fandom. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Cheerleader_in_the_Trunk

The Doe Network. (n.d.). Case File: 431UFMD. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/431ufmd.html

Unidentified Awareness Wiki. (n.d.). Tattnall County John Doe. Fandom. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Tattnall_County_John_Doe

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). (n.d.). Unidentified person case #4700. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/4700

Two cases of unidentified descendants are featured today as Ash and Nat deep dive into two cold cases. One is a VT case and the other out of Texas. Join us as we begin our journey with Cold & Buried.

It's that time of the year nerdlings where we kick off the season with our 3rd Annual Halloweenaganza!  Join Ash & I around that fire as we ask each other silly Halloween themed questions, discuss our fave candy, and tell a couple creepy stories!  Thanks for listening to yet another round of spooky fun!

Welcome Nerdlings!  We know it's been a hot minute but we're coming back soon and wanted to give you all some Updates on what's been going on and some changes we're super excited about coming down the line!  Thank you all so much for your support and your patience with us this last year!  

Nat joined Kevin Cook on his Aftermath show to discuss the case of Heaven's Gate Cult. Join us as We take a look at Heaven's Gate and the horrible nature of this cult.  Thanks to Kevin for helping us out of a technical bind this week and letting us release these awesome episodes!

Unfortunately, we ran into some technical difficulties this week, i.e. our audio crapped out on us and the two-hour heist episode we had recorded is lost to time.. Luckily Kevin from the Jury Room Podcast was kind enough to share an episode of his with us so you all would have something to listen to while we re-record the next heist episode this week.  Def give his show a listen and support this amazing person who always looks out for us!

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Sources Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults- 4-part HBO docuseries Bounded Choice by Janja Lalich https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/heavens-gate-20-years-later-10-things-you-didnt-know-114563/ - https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/marshall-herff-applewhite https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavens-gate-cult-members-found-dead https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/28/magazine/technology-makes-us-escapist-the-cult-of-the-mind.html https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1997/03/29/353221.html?pageNumber=9 https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151120-heavens-gate-from-hollywood-disaster-to-masterpiece https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/03/30/the-cult-that-left-as-it-lived/1e9baadb-f465-4a7a-8026-0ab7e4822139/ https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=1 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/overthinking-tv/202012/nxivm-and-heavens-gate-cults-used-common-persuasion-methods https://www.oxygen.com/deadly-cults/crime-news/heavens-gate-cult-gail-maeder-victim-in-mass-suicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group) - General facts and timeline https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/04/03/outside-heavens-gate-a-mothers-vigil-ends/a160145f-a8c7-42a0-b9a0-708c4f47bdc8/ https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2017/12/how_oregon_shaped_heavens_gate.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/316502751/?terms=Disappearances%20in%20Waldport%2C%20Oregon&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/293863699/?terms=Disappearances%20in%20Waldport%2C%20Oregon&match=1 https://offbeatoregon.com/1606a.heavens-gate-ufo-cult-394.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130302021044/http://www.has.vcu.edu/wrs/profiles/Heaven'sGate.htm - Heaven’s Gate Timeline https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/02/us/former-cultists-warn-of-believers-now-adrift.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-30-mn-43687-story.html https://u.osu.edu/vanzandt/2019/04/03/humanitys-next-step-and-heavens-gate/ https://www.heavensgate.com/book/2-5.htm - the 17 Steps https://people.com/crime/heavens-gate-22-years-later-remembering-lives-lost/ https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-comet-hale-bopp/ 

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References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking

https://www.britannica.com/biography/D-B-Cooper

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/d-b-cooper/

https://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/24/d-b-cooper-50th-anniversary/

https://www.history.com/news/who-was-d-b-cooper

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/db-cooper-plane-hijacking-who-b1970942.html

Welcome to our Heist Month Kickoff!  We have a special guest Kevin, from the Jury Room Podcast, joining us to discuss the mysterious case of the Isabella Gardner Museum Heist from 1990.  It's a laugh-filled episode this time around and we hope you all enjoy this famous unsolved art heist!

References:

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/theft

https://bwht.org/isabella-stewart-gardner/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-clue-emerges-in-the-gardner-museum-art-heist-saga-180979651/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum_theft

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-things-know-about-isabella-stewart-gardner-art-heist-180977448/

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/new-clue-reportedly-surfaces-in-the-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-heist/2578309/

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jimmy-marks-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-heist-lead-1234620458/