Dana covers a famous case involving remains found in a Scotland Yard building.

When a man's body is found on a beach in Sligo, Ireland, authorities identify him as Peter Bergmann.

The only problem is that Peter Bergman never existed at all.

Show Notes

Sources:

Film: The Last Days of Peter Bergman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H3N34gMp1g

Sligo.ie

https://www.sligo.ie/visit/stunning-beaches/

Wikipedia

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

Dana discusses the remains of a vulnerable young person found in Harris County, Texas. We explore the possibilities and also talk about missing persons Monique Rae Smith, Sidney Smith and Jennifer Lancaster of Topeka, Kansas.

Show Notes

Sources

Namus #UP10722

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10722?nav

Jennifer Lancaster

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/382?nav

https://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-dawn-lancaster

Monique Rae Smith

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/11471?nav

https://charleyproject.org/case/monique-rae-smith

Sidney Smith

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/11470?nav

https://charleyproject.org/case/sidney-keara-smith

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Gina presents the case of a woman found in Cincinnati, Ohio-- buried with a long-stemmed rose. We also discuss the mysterious missing person's case of Jennifer Cahill-Shadle.

Sources

NamUS: Jennifer Cahill-Shadle

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP25995

NamUS: Unidentified Person #UP50691

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/UP50691

Charley Project: Jennifer Cahill-Shadle

https://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-cahill-shadle

Cincinnati Enquirer

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/11/02/coroner-to-release-facial-reconstruction-of-unidentified-woman/71418785007/

Facebook: Missing Jennifer Cahill-Shadle

https://www.facebook.com/missingjennifercahillshadle/

FBI: Jennifer Cahill-Shadle

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/jennifer-cahill-shadle---state-college-pennsylvania

Ohio Attorney General

https://x.com/OhioAG/status/1093622934676168704

Wikipedia: Avondale, Ohio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avondale,_Cincinnati

Wikipedia: State College, Pennsylvania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania

https://www.fox19.com/2019/09/04/nonprofit-working-help-authorities-identify-body-jane-doe-found/

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/cocaine

https://www.healthline.com/health/substance-use/cocaine-teeth

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Dana discusses skeletonized remains found in a tent, and the missing persons cases of Reynaldo S. Tapia and Margarita Almazan Gonzalez.

Sources:

Namus Unidentified Person #UP73941

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/UP73941

Reynaldo S. Tapia

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/36388

Margarita Almazan Gonzalez

No day shall erase you from the memory of time. ~Virgil

Gina discusses the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks on modern forensics, and an unexpected link with a decades-old unsolved murder in Hell's Kitchen.

Show Notes

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/midtown-jane-doe-patricia-mcglone

⁠https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2012/10/26/steve-paul-71-founded-the-scene-club-and-helped-shape-60s-music/⁠

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

⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/50315246329/discussion/preview⁠

⁠https://www.fox5ny.com/news/midtown-jane-doe-cold-case-victim-identified-as-patricia-kathleen-mcglone⁠

https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/ground-zero

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2021/09/07/how-9-11-changed-forensic-science-forever/

⁠https://newyorkyimby.com/2013/08/301-west-46th-street-2.html⁠

https://people.com/midtown-jane-doe-new-york-woman-identified-patricia-kathleen-mcglone-8641422

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Patricia_McGlone?file=Patricia_McGlone_Parabon_crop.jpg 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/30/patricia-kathleen-mcglone-midtown-jane-doe-cold-case/73515200007/

lf you have information about Patricia Kathleen McGlone, please call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS 

Dana discusses remains found in a wooded area of Conception South Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. We also discuss the cases of Nicholas Leonard, Gordon Mertz and Temi Fernandez Casas.

Sources:

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/235umnf.html (https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/235umnf.html)

https://www.rnc.gov.nl.ca/news/victim-identified-in-decades-old-cold-case/ (https://www.rnc.gov.nl.ca/news/victim-identified-in-decades-old-cold-case/)

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Temi_Fernandez#:~:text=Temistocle%20%22Temi%22%20Fernandez%20Casas%20was,Quebec%20City%20in%20April%201992. (https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Temi_Fernandez#:~:text=Temistocle%20%22Temi%22%20Fernandez%20Casas%20was,Quebec%20City%20in%20April%201992.)

https://dnasolves.com/articles/temistocle-fernandez-casas-canada/ (https://dnasolves.com/articles/temistocle-fernandez-casas-canada/)

https://www.rnc.gov.nl.ca/latest-news/historical-missing-persons/

Gina presents the case of a body found in the Harlem River in 1996, as well as missing baby April Williams and twins Jeannette and Dannette Millbrooks.

Sources:

April Williams: Our Black Girls

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/08/27/april-williams-missing/

April Williams- Center For Missing and Exploited Children

https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/708557/1

The Bronx- Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx#Individual_and_household_income

Bruce Wright

he 8 Most Important Jheri Curls Ever, from Pedro Martinez to Michael Jackson

https://www.boston.com/culture/celebs/2014/10/11/the-8-most-important-jheri-curls-ever-from-pedro-martinez-to-michael-jackson/

Crime in New York City

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City#Specific_locations

Disappearance of Danette and Jeanette

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

NamUS #UP6857

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/6857

NamUS: April Williams

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP11223

NamUS: Dannette Millbrook

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP20497

NamUS: Jeannette Millbrook

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP20499

New York City Neighbourhoods Explained

https://freetoursbyfoot.com/new-york-city-neighborhoods/

Dana tells the story of a young woman whose remains were found in a remote part of Alaska in 1980. We also discuss the missing persons case of Roxane Easland.

Sources:

The LA Times:

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-22/dna-match-ids-alaska-serial-killers-victim-after-37-years

NamUS #: Roxane Easland

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP28953


NamUS #UP10217:

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/UP10217

Jack Rosewood and Rebecca Lo:

The Big Book of Serial Killers

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Gina discusses a mysterious rock found in an Arizona boy's collection, and the death of Captain Everett Leland Yager.

Sources:

The California Condor

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Condor/overview

-Sound recorded by Vincent Gerwe for the MacCaulay Library.

CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/20/us/us-marine-captain-identified-ramapo-college-trnd/index.html

Fox 10 Phoenix

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/jaw-bone-of-u-s-marine-captain-who-died-in-1951-found-in-arizona-childs-rock-collection

LA Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-20/solving-the-mystery-of-a-jawbone-found-in-arizona-boys-rock-collection

NBC News

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jawbone-found-rock-collecting-child-identified-us-marine-died-1951-tra-rcna148447

Ramapo College

https://www.ramapo.edu/news/press-releases/remains-of-u-s-marine-captain-identified-using-investigative-genetic-genealogy/

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library

https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/californiacondor/bibliography

Santa Ana Register

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register/145678339/