In August 2016, a family of five left their redcurrant farm in Silvan, Victoria — driving north with a wad of cash, while their phones and bank cards stayed behind.

Over the next few days, they fractured across New South Wales and Victoria, turning up one by one — distressed, disoriented, and convinced they were being followed.

No kidnappers. No robbery. No clear “why.”

Just a family that seemed to collectively slip out of reality…in broad daylight.

Source Material:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-01/victorian-couple-spark-police-search-across-two-states/7805224 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-03/mark-tromp-found-after-police-search/7812148 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-05/ella-tromp-charged-with-stealing-car/7815700 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-06/mark-tromp-apologises-for-puzzling-family-road-trip/7818562 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/01/missing-melbourne-mother-jacoba-tromp-found-alive-in-hospital-in-nsw-town-of-yass 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/02/police-search-for-missing-man-after-family-break-up-on-bizarre-road-trip 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/02/tromp-daughter-found-in-back-of-ute-in-catatonic-state 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/03/mark-tromp-found-on-outskirts-of-wangaratta 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/04/mark-tromps-children-say-road-trip-that-led-to-search-a-family-matter 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/05/ella-tromp-charged-with-stealing-car-during-bizarre-family-road-trip 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/06/mark-tromp-sorry-for-hurt-and-concern-caused-by-bizarre-family-road-trip 

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/vic-dad-missing-after-bizarre-road-trip/7r4gsvytn 

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/tromp-daughter-was-found-in-back-of-ute/tzpes451z 

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/tromp-family-road-trip-still-a-mystery/cu9o25rc7 

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/tromp-father-apologises-over-road-trip/2gwj4tafd 

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 2. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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3. SOLVING THE CRIME

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A crowded St. Patrick’s night in downtown Longmont, CO. After last call, Rita Gutierrez-Garcia steps into the alley west of 3’S Bar. At 3:07 a.m., her phone dials 911…and then goes silent. 

And Rita never makes it home. 

What follows is a years-long hunt through cell data, surveillance pulls, and a no-body indictment that ends only when someone finally tells detectives exactly where to look.

Source Material:

Boulder County DA — Plea & Sentencing (June 3, 2022)

9NEWS — Remains found; confession led investigators to Weld County (April 29, 2022)

9NEWS — Grand jury indicts Juan Figueroa (March 19, 2021)

Denver7 — Grand jury indictment coverage (March 19, 2021)

CBS Colorado — Three years later: vigil & case status (March 2021)

Longmont Times-Call — Early disappearance coverage (March 19, 2018)

Vigil held on the third anniversary of Rita’s disappearance (March 2021)

City of Longmont — Police Department update archive (July 19, 2019)

Colorado Bureau of Investigation — Case profile

9NEWS — Court appearance / case progress (June 2019)

The Denver Post — Early investigation coverage (April 4, 2018)

Boulder County DA — Indictment announcement (newsroom roundup page; March 2021 item)

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1. IMPERVIOUS

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2. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn

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3. Ojala

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https://uppbeat.io/t/dan-barracuda/ojala

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4. CAN’T SLEEP

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5. SOLVING THE CRIME

2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3

6. DARK FOG

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She went to Jamaica to write about beaches.

Instead, she became a story the island couldn’t explain.

In May 2000, travel writer Claudia Kirschhoch vanished from a luxury resort in Negril.

Her clothes were still in the room.

Her passport. Her camera. Her life.

Only her bathing suit, a T-shirt, and a radio were missing.

And somewhere between breakfast and sunset… she disappeared.

Source Material:

https://charleyproject.org/case/claudia-ann-kirschhoch  

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-12-tr-33308-story.html  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalee-like-case-5-years-later/  

https://www.andthentheyweregone.com/blog/the-disappearance-of-claudia-kirschhoch-unraveling-the-secrets-of-negril  

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1. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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2. CAN’T SLEEP

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3. DARK FOG

MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3

4. SOLVING THE CRIME

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In December 1992, six people were murdered in Dayton, Ohio — over Christmas weekend. The killers? A group of teenagers who called themselves the Downtown Posse.

No motive. No mercy. Just violence… for the hell of it.

Source Material:

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/the-notorious-christmas-killings-1992-map-and-timeline/WlhrYt0YPbL8hQ08D7Z3hJ/ 

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime--law/the-notorious-christmas-killings-1992/61VrndT3xPAbyTc9r9DBJN/

https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/1998/1998-ohio-342.pdf 

https://www.whio.com/news/crime--law/the-christmas-killings-dayton-worst-crime-spree/mPanSaRgCoVCaPsNlA1jnK/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-executes-man-for-1992-killing-spree/ 

https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/crime--law/christmas-killer-keene-executed/01rL2bMH2b2Y5cIYHgbCGO/ 

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/who-was-marvallous-keene-the-man-executed-for-the-1992-christmas-killings/GlVPOtsKEeseytTV07GulL/ 

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1. IMPERVIOUS

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2. CAN’T SLEEP

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https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep

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 3. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn

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4.SOLVING THE CRIME

2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3

5. DARK FOG

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People like to say Jeff Buckley’s death was poetic. That it meant something. That it was fate, legacy, or some tragic echo of his father.

It wasn’t.

Jeff drowned after wading into a dangerous river at dusk. The myth came later — because the truth was too ordinary for a voice like his.

Source Material:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jeff-buckley-rivers-edge-239227/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jeff-buckleys-body-found-in-memphis-58208/  

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-03-mn-65192-story.html  

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/26/last-goodbye-jeff-buckley-and-the-ethics-of-a-posthumous-career  

https://jeffbuckley.com/ap-newsfeeds/  

https://www.wnyc.org/story/summer-94-jeff-buckley-grace/  

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/06/05/Jeff-Buckleys-body-found-in-river/1730865483200/  

https://memphismagazine.com/features/a-meeting-of-mythologies/

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/dream-brother-david-browne

https://www.mvm.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Harbors/

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1. CAN’T SLEEP

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 2. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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3. SOLVING THE CRIME

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They called it an amicable divorce.

No battles over money. No fights over custody. Jennifer even shared how grateful she was for the peace between them.

Two weeks later, police were called to a quiet house in Brandon, Mississippi.

What they found inside would shatter that illusion completely.

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1. IMPERVIOUS

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2. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn

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3. CAN’T SLEEP

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Source Material:

https://people.com/husband-wife-killed-murder-suicide-divorce-8769233

https://www.wlbt.com/2024/12/30/husband-wife-killed-murder-suicide-had-started-process-divorce-friend-says/

https://www.fox10tv.com/2024/12/28/police-husband-wife-found-dead-alleged-murder-suicide-brandon/

https://www.eonline.com/news/1411779/tiktoker-jennifer-sheffield-shares-chilling-message-about-incredible-ex-husband-before-murder-suicide

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/married-couple-found-dead-in-home-in-apparent-murder-suicide-were-beginning-divorce-process-friend-says/

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Wolf Island Road.

A forgotten path at the edge of a Massachusetts town…where history, violence, and legend all collide.

From stories of colonial executions and restless spirits…

to tales of phantom headlights and voices caught in the dark…

This is the road locals whisper about.

The one they warn you not to drive down at night.

Source Material:

https://peasespoint.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-legend-of-mattapoisetts-ghost-road/

https://wbsm.com/massachusetts-most-haunted-street-is-right-here-on-the-southcoast-video/

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c055576aa5234683b4655730c9cf9763

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLIZfMnsmuE

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?psid=77&smtid=3

https://www.mattapoisettmuseum.org/post/lost-history-in-the-woods

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Mattapoisett%2C_Plymouth_County%2C_Massachusetts_Genealogy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattapoisett%2C_Massachusetts

Music Credit:

1. CAN’T SLEEP

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2. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn

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3. DARK FOG

MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3

4. SOLVING THE CRIME

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Thanksgiving.

The kind of holiday where the food’s good, the smiles are polite, and nobody mentions the family tension simmering just below the surface.

Paul Merhige sat at the table like everyone else.

Chatted. Posed for photos.

Then — something changed.

And by the time the night was over…nothing would ever be the same.

Source Material:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Thanksgiving_murders  

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2011/10/27/merhige-sentenced-to-7-consecutive/7268784007/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/thanksgiving-massacre-plea-deal-expected/ 

https://www.wflx.com/story/15893914/merhige-sentenced-to-seven-consecutive-life-sentences/  

https://abcnews.go.com/WN/thanksgiving-killings-suspect-paul-merhige-nabbed-fla-hotel/story?id=9468919   

https://www.courthousenews.com/parents-cleared-on-sons-thanksgiving-murders/  

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/report-paul-merhige-will-accept-plea-deal/ 

https://www.southfloridainjurylawyerblog.com/thanksgiving_day_killers_paren/ 

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/possible-plea-deal-for-accused-thanksgiving-killer/1885673/  

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2011/10/29/schultz-in-merhige-case-day/7283477007/   

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thanksgiving-massacre-2009-highlights-todays-130038254.html 

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1. IMPERVIOUS

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https://uppbeat.io/t/dorian-pinto/impervious

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2. CAN’T SLEEP

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https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep

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 3. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn

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4. SOLVING THE CRIME

2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3

5. DARK FOG

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Five men leave a basketball game in Northern California.

They never make it home.

Months later, their car is found on a snowy mountain road — in perfect working condition. Inside, maps, Folded clothes. Uneaten snacks.

Four bodies are eventually recovered. One is never found.

And no one can explain…why they were up there in the first place.

Source Material:

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

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

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/yuba-county-five-missing-persons-case/103472558   

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1. CAN’T SLEEP

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 2. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn

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3. DARK FOG

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She was twelve years old.

He was twenty-three.

And together…they wiped out an entire family.

This is the story of Jasmine Richardson and Jeremy Steinke. A twisted teenage romance.

A triple murder in a quiet Canadian suburb.

And a case that asks the question no one wants to answer:

What happens when the killer…is a child?

Source Material:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_family_murders?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

https://people.com/richardson-family-murders-how-a-12-year-old-helped-murder-her-family-with-23-year-old-boyfriend-8682958?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jasmine-richardson?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_family_murders?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://medium.com/%40AJThomasWriting/the-werewolf-jasmine-richardson-and-jeremey-steinke-407e678a4ca8 

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1. IMPERVIOUS

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2. DARK FOG

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3. CAN’T SLEEP

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 4. LIGHTLESS DAWN

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5. SOLVING THE CRIME

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