Method & Madness

42-year-old Betsy Faria was vibrant, positive, and surrounded by a supportive circle of family and friends. In 2011, she was murdered in her own home, allegedly by her friend, Pam Hupp.

In this episode, Dawn sits down with Betsy’s daughter Mariah Day. Mariah is speaking out about an investigation that was misguided from the start, and the irreparable damage it has caused her family. Although her stepfather Russ Faria was exonerated after being wrongfully convicted for the murder of her mother, Mariah is still facing obstacles. She wants people to know that what you hear or see in the media isn’t always the whole story.

Thank you to Mariah Day for sharing your experience with me. You’re amazing. ___________________________________________________________

Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay
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In 2003, 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed was feeling trapped; between who she wanted to be and who her family expected her to be. She went missing in September of that year, and the investigation uncovered a secret world of incomprehensible abuse.

Honor-based abuse stems from a perceived violation of the ‘honor’ and ‘shame’ codes of a particular society or community.

If you are experiencing honor-based abuse you can safely reach out for help by contacting the UK Helpline:
UK Helpline: 0800 5999 247

 Helpline – Karma Nirvana

In the U.S you can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline via their website, a phone call, or text.

Web: Domestic Violence Support | The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) Call: 800.799.SAFE (7233) Text: Text “Start” to 88788 ___________________________________________________________

Special thanks to Sarah at the podcast Weird Horizon for providing the voiceover for Shafilea’s poems.
Listen to Weird Horizon for all things spooky, esoteric, counter-cultural, and just plain weird. Listen here: AppleSpotify

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Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

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70-year-old woman, mother, and grandmother Dorothy Donovan was found brutally stabbed to death in her bedroom in June of 1991. Her son Charles Holden had discovered her in the middle of the night and was immediately brought to police headquarters for questioning. Charles was the likely suspect; a man in debt who was the beneficiary of Dorothy’s life insurance policy. But Charles insisted that he was not his mother’s killer and was about to tell an implausible story of the night’s events.

 
Method & Madness will appear at the True Crime Podcast Festival at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas, Texas - August 26th-28th 2022.

For more information, including how to purchase tickets and make hotel reservations, check out: https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ _________________________________________________________________

Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay 
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This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Special offer to Method and Madness listeners; you can get 10% off your first month of professional therapy at BetterHelp.com/methodandmadness ___________________________________________________________

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Sid and Nancy have been called a modern-day “punk Romeo and Juliet”, but underneath that surface-level romanticism was a dark reality. Sid Vicious, the notoriously rebellious member of the punk band The Sex Pistols met bleach-blonde groupie Nancy Spungen (yes, Spungen is pronounced with a “hard G”) in London at the height of the punk rock movement. What followed was a relationship fueled by drug addiction, and Nancy would end up dead from a stab wound in NYC in 1978.

Method & Madness will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas, Texas - August 26th-28th 2022. For more information, including how to purchase tickets and make hotel reservations, check out: https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com/

Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

Music by LiteSaturation from Pixabay

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In June 2009 the body of a man in his 50s or 60s was found on a beach in Sligo, Ireland. With no identification found in his belongings, investigators had their work cut out for them. They were able to construct a timeline of the mystery man’s final 4 days which were spent at a hotel in Sligo. But the more they searched for the man’s identity, the more questions would arise once security camera footage was reviewed and bizarre behavior was revealed. More than a decade later, this one remains a mystery.

Who is the man who called himself Peter Bergmann; and what was the reason for his strange but deliberate acts during that weekend in Sligo?

 If you have any information on the identity of this person, please use the following contact details:
 Sligo Garda Station
 Call: +353719157000 Address:
Sligo Garda Station, Pearse Road, Sligo, Co. Sligo, F91 E372.

Interpol: https://www.interpol.int/en/Contacts/Contact-INTERPOL Bundespolizei Austria: https://www.bmi.gv.at/202/start.aspx

Depiction as created by forensic artist Hew Morrison can be found here:
Hew Morrison Forensic Art - Posts | Facebook ___________________________________________________________
 
Method & Madness will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas, Texas - August 26th-28th 2022.

For more information, including how to purchase tickets and make hotel reservations, check out: https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ ___________________________________________________________ 
Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

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This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Special offer to Method and Madness listeners; you can get 10% off your first month of professional therapy at BetterHelp.com/methodandmadness ___________________________________________________________

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This is the 3rd (and final) episode of a mini-series. Listen to Episodes 40 & 41 first.

A serial killer now convicted of 2 murders in the first degree, is looked at as a possible suspect in his father's death. 71-year-old Wayne Millard was found dead of a gunshot wound in November 2012. His sudden death was initially ruled a suicide; until his son, Dellen was arrested for the murder of an Ancaster man, Tim Bosma.

In this episode, we’ll discuss the murder of Wayne Millard and explore the “why” behind Dellen Millard’s motives to kill. 

Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

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JOIN ME! I'm excited to announce I'll be attending the True Crime Podcast Festival this year- August 26-28 - in Dallas, Texas.  

The event is for you, the listeners, to meet and engage with the podcasters you listen to.

 Check out all the details at Truecrimepodcastfestival.com including info on how to get tickets and hotel reservations. Prices do go up the closer we get to the event so you won’t want to wait. I hope to see you at the True Crime Podcast Festival! ___________________________________________________________

This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Special offer to Method and Madness listeners; you can get 10% off your first month of professional therapy at BetterHelp.com/methodandmadness ___________________________________________________________

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This is Part 2 of a 3-part series. Listen to Episode 40: The Murder of TIm Bosma first.

Here we have another instance where an adult goes missing, and police write it off as a runaway situation.  23-year-old Laura Babcock was last heard from in early July 2012 and family and friends knew she wouldn’t just walk off. Despite their efforts to file a missing person report and interview the last-known person to speak to Laura, they were unable to find her. But then in May 2013, the last-known person to speak to Laura was arrested for the murder of Tim Bosma.

This is the story of a “bubbly” daughter, sister, friend, and dog-mom that hit a rough patch in life and turned to someone she trusted for help. How police made assumptions about that rough patch and didn’t follow through to find her. And how those assumptions ultimately led to the murders of 2 men.

Dellen Millard and Mark Smich were arrested for the murder of Tim Bosma; and it was only then, that police looked into Laura’s disappearance. 

Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo
Music by Timmoor from Pixabay 
Promo: True Consequences

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32-year-old Tim Bosma was selling a pickup truck and had posted an ad online. On May 6th, 2013 he took two potential buyers out for a test drive and never returned home. What followed was a frantic search for a beloved man, husband, and father; and quickly turned into a homicide investigation. Who would kill a man over a truck? There were no simple answers here and the more evidence that was found, the more questions asked.

Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo
Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

Music by enrique27naveda from Pixabay

 Promo: Murderous Roots

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Tonia Sells Bales was “Dirty John’s” first wife. Join Dawn as she sits down with Tonia to dive deep into her experience with John Meehan.

Tonia was married to John for ten years and probably knew him better than anyone. But did anyone ever really know John Meehan?

Thank you to Tonia for sharing your story with me.

Want to know more? Check out the podcast that Tonia produced “The First Wife”, available on Audible. 

Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

 Music by enrique27naveda from Pixabay
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This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Special offer to Method and Madness listeners; you can get 10% off your first month of professional therapy at BetterHelp.com/methodandmadness

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Join Dawn and guests Debra and Terra Newell in this conclusion of "Surviving Dirty John.”

In this episode, Debra and her family discover the truth about John Meehan and his “dirty” past; including details about other women he terrorized. And finally, Debra goes into hiding and John becomes more desperate…and deadly. A huge thank you to Debra and Terra for sharing your stories with me. 

Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by moInspo
Music by Timmoor from Pixabay
Music by enrique27naveda from Pixabay

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This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Special offer to Method and Madness listeners; you can get 10% off your first month of professional therapy at BetterHelp.com/methodandmadness
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