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 There's so much to this episode, it is hard to capture it in a paragraph, but this is basically the aftermath of December 26th 1996, how John and Patsy, did they selves no favours, and likely added to the public's perception of them. And, while they weren't helping themselves. The Boulder PD was salivating at every misstep they took, because it was making their job even easier. We will go through, what i call the leaders of the two separate camps. Steve Thomas who was an investigator, who was asked to come over from being an undercover narcotics officer. Steve got lazered in on the ransom letter real quick, and believes, till this day that Patsy Ramsey, just newly in remission, from having Stage 4 ovarian cancer, awoke, to find 6 year old JonBenet had a bed wetting accident, causing Patsy to lose it, and take it out on the child...... even though her sheets were not soiled..... The other leader is Lou Smit, who was asked to come out of retirement to help with the case, only to resign 18 months later, and for the rest of his life, he would work towards finding the intruder, who he believed with his whole heart was responsible for this. Lou, passed away in 2010, and until the day he died, had a Christmas tree and and picture of JonBenet in his office, so that he would never allow himself to forget about this case... and even since his death, he has passed on his extremely well organized 'torch', so to speak. 

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We're back!!!

Happy 2025 you all!!

TRIGGER WARNING!!!*******  I think, probably nearly every knows a bit about this case,  but in case you do not, this case will involve the torture, murder and sexassualt of a 6 year old child*********

To start the year off, I want to put it into the universe, that 2025 is going to be the year that we finally figure out who, took JonBenet out of her bed on Christmas, and ended her life. 

I went on a hard deep dive with this case, more so than any case in the past, and I wanted to see things from both side; Either,  The Ramsey, in some way, are involved in the death of JonBenet  VS an intruder came in the Ramsey home is Boulder Colorado, and killed the 6 year old.

I read the book: 'JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation'- written by Steve Thomas who at the time was an investigator for The Boulder Police Department.  On December 26th 1996, Steve was working as an undercover narcotics officer. A couple days after the little girls murder, Steve was asked to join 'The Ramsey Team'...  They needed all the help they could get, after they had fumbled, so horribly at the crime scene.

Steve Thomas would learn of the 2.5 page ransom note, which simultaneously, as little JonBenets body was being found, at about 1:15pm, The Forgery an Fraud investigator, at Boulder Headquarters, was finding that, this already strange ransom note, had been torn out of The Ramsey's notepad, specifically Patsy's.  And then and there, Steve Thomas was certain it was Patsy, in a fit of rage, who had done this to her daughter.  And he stands by his hypothesis, to this day.

If you are on the same page as Steve, and believe it was a family member living in that home, I urge you to please listen to this 4- part coverage that Matt and I did on the case. And, if you still find that you lean towards the family being involved, please feel free to email us at **** [email protected] ****  we would love to have a respectful chat about the case, and see other perspectives.

One detective was asked to come out of retirement, to help with this case,  but he would resign 18 months later, saying that he fully believed that the Boulder PD were wrong, and that Patsy and John were two grieving parents, who lost their baby on Christmas and, in such a horrific way.  Till the day Lou died, on August 11, 2011, Lou fought to find the person or persons behind this crime.  and after death his children have taken the reins with John Ramsey, and his eldest son, from his first marriage, John Andrew Ramsey and they are determined to have advanced DNA testing done, now 29 years later.

This is our coverage of The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey Part 1/4

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This will be the LAST old episode we will be releasing.  Matt, and I are headed into the studio for a big recording session!

Please, stay tuned but in the mean time,  enjoy this Patreon Episode, 
In 2014, during a BLM peaceful protest, after the shooting death of Michael Brown, a picture went viral of a gorgeous 12 year old black child, named Devonte.  He was wearing a sign that offered 'Free Hugs'  and would be photographed in an embrace with a white police officer.  People, would see it as a sign of hope, and just a beautiful photo.  No one could have guessed the life that Devonte was actually living.  He, along with 2 of his siblings, had been adopted by Jenn and Sarah Hart.  Along with another 3 black children, who were siblings.  And, the pain and suffering that all 6 children were going through, wouldn't be known, until it was too late.  The child who was behind the photo dubbed "the hug felt around the world" was at the centre of a family, where 'love' was not something that was being received, despite how things looked from the outside looking in. 

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In this re-release, we discuss the death of 4 year old, Conor Clapton, who was the son of Superstar Eric Clapton.

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We are taking the month of December to spend with friends and family, as well as brush up on some new cases.  We will still be uploading a new episode to our Patreon, but for now, here is an old episode, that was exclusively on Patreon before.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

We Originally aired this episode on Patreon, around the same time that we did our 3 parter on the deaths of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.  This, was the case that actually got OJ behind bars, and some suspect that they 'threw the book at him' because of what most consider an 'injustice' in the 1994 case.

What do you think?

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On June 30th of 2009, a discovery was made of in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
A vehicle submerged in Kingston Mills Lock, inside was the bodies of 19 year old Zainab, 17 year old Sahar, and 13 year old Geeti,  with them was their fathers first wife, 52 year old Rona.  It seemed all to have been a horrific accident.  That was until, authorities were made aware, that the brother to the three deceased girls, 20 year old Hamed, actually had reported a car accident that he had been in, the same day that his younger sisters were found.  When comparing the damage to the Lexus, that Hamed was driving, it was noticed that the Lexus's front end damage, matched up perfectly to the damage on the back of the Nissan Sentra, that his sisters, and stepmother were found in, and it became clear, that the Lexus, had been used to push the Sentra into the lock.....but why?

This is the honour killing of the Shafia family 

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Oscar Pistorius was a legend.  Having had both of his legs removed below the knee, at the age of only 11 months old due to a congenital illness that he had been born with, Oscar was able to compete in both the Paralympics as well as the Olympic Games. He was a hero in his home country, South Africa.  
When Oscar met model Reeva Steenkamp, the two fell hard for one another, and had only been together for a short period of time, then the unthinkable happened.
According to Oscar, the well known, sky high, crime rate in South Africa, had him constantly on edge, and ready to defend his own, at any given moment, and because he was at a disadvantage due to his amputations, he relied heavily on his firearm.  and that was why, on Valentines Day in 2013, according to him, he accidentally shot down his girlfriend, who had gotten up in the middle of the night to use the washroom.  Oscar swears that it was a horrific accident, but the volatile relationship that he and Reeva shared in their short time together told a different story.....  was it a tragic accident, or did Oscar Pistorius kill his girlfriend in a jealous rage?

This is the Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp case. 

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Surprise!,

We have recognized, that recently we have been taking the easy route, and just re-recording episodes from the beginning of the pod, when Matt was not yet apart of ES. But, here is a brand spanking new episode, unscheduled.:)

 With the holidays, and just general everyday life, we have both been busy as F. We, are looking to re record all of the past episodes, so bare with us. we will be posting those, because I still find them super interesting, regardless.

and, we will post a newly researched episode when ever we are able to.

But, come the New Year, we will be back to releasing 100% fresh episodes.

Thank you all!!

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Back in 1986, Cleveland was going through it! unemployment rates were well above the country average, They would be known as 'The Mistake on the lake'

That was until United Way had a super, fantastic idea! They would release...... 2 million balloons into the sky!!! What could go wrong?! They would do this, and it would gain them a spot in Guinness book of records, and naturally, this would entice tourists to come to Cleveland, and just all their troubles would be miles away

This is the story of Balloonfest 1986

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I am sure we all know about this case by now.  Travis the chimpanzee raised by Sandy Harold, suddenly gets spooked and proceeds to viciously attack her friend Charla Nash.  What was the build up? do chimps make good domesticated pets?  Here is our take on it.   I originally did this case with my sister, when I first started the pod in 2022.  But, now we can get Matts take on it.  SPOILER ALERT:  There is WAY more talk about poop flinging, than there was the first time around.

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