Madness and Murder

Episode 21: The Mysterious Case of The Yuba County Five


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Authors: Adrian Ihle and Ella Kalinowski 


On February 24th, 1978, five young adult men would go on a road trip to a California State University basketball game, only to disappear 70 miles off course into the Plumas National Forest, never to be seen alive again. Theories rise as the case still remains unsolved and unclosed, bringing wild accounts to the table. Join us as we retell and theorize the mysterious case of The Yuba County Five. 

 

Sources (TW: some sources do include slurs due to the time posted):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/07/06/5-boys-who-never-come-back/f8b30b11-baeb-4351-89f3-26456a76a4fb/Links to an external site.

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/the-yuba-county-5-revisited/Links to an external site.

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/the-yuba-county-5/Links to an external site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sz2fNx0HW8Links to an external site.

https://charleyproject.org/Links to an external site. 

https://youtu.be/hCsPV0eiqxg?feature=sharedLinks to an external site. 

 

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