We're back, and we need to talk about Daniel Robinson. A young man who, by all accounts, was a young, enthusiastic, energetic guy who was starting his career Indiana Jones-style with an archaeological dig. And then he met a girl, and then that girl introduced him to a 21st-century new-age thought leader, and then things got weird.

We are back for a true crime palate cleanser and are delving into the deeply meta and genre-aware masterpiece on Disney+ "Only Murders In the Building". We'll delve deep into Ana's theory of the puppetmaster, the homage to Sarah Koenig and 'Serial', and speculate wildly on what the deal is with Mabel's coat.

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**This episode was recorded before verdicts in the Maxwell and Holmes case were rendered**

We are back to wrap up 2021 with a series of updates on our favourite cases, and to set up the game plan for 2022.

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It's been a big few weeks in the Cuff and Gavelsphere. Britney is Free. Closure in the Gabby Petito case. Huge news for stans of David Rudolf.

Meanwhile down south a woman named Ella Mae, a celebrated weaver in her community in Sweetwater, Arizona, got into her truck one night and was never seen again. Or was she even seen in the truck in the first place? We're going to sort through the maddening details of the case of Ella Mae Begay, what we know and what truths are lurking just off the edge of the page of her story.

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2020 was hard on all of us, and we've been on hiatus dealing with *waves hands* all of this. Here are some stories to remind us that there is still some justice in the world, even when all seems lost.

...And in true Cuff and Gavel fashion, we drop in on the HBO Staircase series, Liz Holmes and the Theranos trial, Gabby Petito case, and for some reason there's a splash of Steven Seagal in there.

Mystery Sax by Kevin MacLeod

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We now interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to Free Britney.

She made it through 2007 and landed squarely in an oppressive conservatorship that has dictated every factor of her life and every fibre of her being for 13 years. This week, we're analysing the statement Britney Spears delivered to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny, and we have questions and an abundance of hot takes.

Theme music:

Mystery Sax by Kevin MacLeod

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It's been a while but we're back, and we're picking up the loose threads from a few different cases. Firstly we revisit our coverage of the Osage murders, and discuss some insights that were shared with us from a Cuff&Gavel listener from the Osage Nation. Next, we're back to the case of the Woman in the Well. We'll talk about new leads on the identity of the woman, and how one vanishing bartender may unlock the secrets to this case after more than a century.

Theme music:

Mystery Sax by Kevin MacLeod

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When we say Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where does your mind go? Perhaps you remember a high school geography class, maybe you google the term because surely no city would stick with a name that difficult. But whatever you think of, we bet it's not the Woman in the Well: Canada's oldest known cold case.

She was murdered, hidden in a barrel, and discovered more than a century later in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The world she left was one of saloons, prospecting, and hopeful western expansion. The world that found her just wants to know who she is and who put her there.

Join us as we go on a hometown deep dive where we talk the Woman in the Well, Canadiana, and of course, a pre-dive Peterson warm up.

Theme music:

Mystery Sax by Kevin MacLeod

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This episode wasn't in the plan. We weren't going to do it, and we weren't going to address the story, because the tragedy of Elisa Lam's death is exactly that, a tragedy. Elisa's story belongs to her and her family.

And then Netflix came along and, well, went full Netflix.

After twenty minutes of "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel", we couldn't stand by as this unfocused conspiracy drivel ran amok for four hours.

So we're going to talk about the documentary: how it spectacularly and with great production value misses the point, perpetuates stereotypes of poverty, addiction, and mental illness, and ends up decisively, absolutely nowhere. Join us, won't you?

Theme music:

Mystery Sax by Kevin MacLeod

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Every inflection point comes to an end, and this is the bloody end of Theranos. The one-time Silicon Valley unicorn has, regrettably, fallen flat on its face after years of promising a medical revolution that, again, regrettably, revolutionized nothing. Alex and Ana break down John Carreyrou's investigation, and discuss how the bravery of a junior lab tech saved millions from potential tragedy.

Theme music:

Mystery Sax by Kevin MacLeod

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