22 year old Jane Boroski was driving home from the county fair in Keene, New Hampshire late on the night of August 6, 1988, when she stopped for a soda at a machine outside of a closed convenience store. She was 7 months pregnant and it was a hot summer night. She got a soda from the machine, went back to her car, and sat there for a moment to have the drink. She gave little thought to a Jeep Wagoner that had pulled into the parking lot and parked right next to her. She however noticed when the man driving the vehicle walked around the back of her car and right up to her window. He asked her if the payphone was working, and then immediately opened her door, reached in and grabbed her and dragged her out of her car and held a knife to her. At a certain point, Jane attempts to break free and run away from her attacker, but he catches up to her, takes her to the ground, and stabs and slashes at her multiple times. He stops after a while, and gets up and goes back to his vehicle and drives away, leaving Jane for dead. Jane struggles to make her way back to her car, but manages to do so, and drives off to a friend's house down the road to get help. She makes it to her friend’s house, who calls 911, and despite the vicious attack, Jane, and her unborn child, both survive the ordeal. Jane doesn't realize it, but she is a potential survivor of the Connecticut River Valley Killer, who is believed to have murdered at least 7 other women over the previous decade. And to this day, the killer's identity is still unknown.

References for this episode: https://www.reformer.com/stories/a-cold-case-heats-up,263125

https://www.reformer.com/stories/stabbing-victim-ids-attacker-years-later,260393

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

The Shadow of Death on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Death-Connecticut-Valley-Killer-ebook/dp/B07D7PYHKK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+shadow+of+death&qid=1578329377&sr=8-1

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Leonard Dirickson, or Lenny as he was known to friends and family, was a 39 year old dairy farmer in Strong City, Oklahoma who on the morning of March 14, 1998 had breakfast with his 16 year old son Jared, before a day of work on the farm. At approximately 9 am, an unknown visitor arrived outside of the front door of the house, and Leonard went outside to talk to him. While he didn't appear to know who the man was, the two appeared to be having a normal, polite conversation. A few minutes later, Leonard came back inside and told Jared that the man was interested in taking a look at a horse that he had for sale. He didn't mention who the man was, but told Jared he would be taking a trip with him to view the horse and should be back that afternoon. That would be the last time Jared would ever see his father. A witness put Leonard at a restaurant just a few miles away approximately 2 hours later with a man matching the description of the man who came to his house. They again appeared to be having a normal conversation. It's believed that Leonard and the man never made it to the stable to view the horse, and there wouldn't be another sign of Leonard until 6 months later when a bizarre sighting placed him at a bar in Amarillo, Texas. When police responded to a call from a man claiming to see Leonard at the bar, they found that the caller and the man believed to be Leonard were gone. Since then, there has been no more word on his whereabouts. There is no body and no evidence of a crime. To this day the whereabouts of Leonard Dirickson are still unknown.

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Sources for this episode: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Lenny_Dirickson 

http://unsolved.com/gallery/lenny-dirickson/

https://oklahoman.com/article/2705422/disappearance-of-father-haunts-family-strong-city-man-missing-since-1998? 

 http://crimeblogger1983.blogspot.com/2017/08/quick-entry-3-peculiar-disappearance-of.html?m=1

https://www.reddit.com/r/WithoutATrace/comments/b7ufjj/what_happened_to_leonard_dirickson/

Ricky Beard and Mary Leonard were two well-liked teenagers from Akron, Ohio who were dating each other during the summer of 1979. Whether or not it was just a summer romance was yet to be determined, but on the night of Friday August 24, all seemed to still be going great as the two of them went out on a date to the drive-in to see the big hit movie of the summer "The Amityville Horror". However by the next morning when it was discovered by both of the families that neither one of them had come home the night before, they began to worry. A short time later that morning, a call from the police revealed that Ricky's car had been found abandoned in a field a few miles away, but no other sign of the couple could be found. An immediate effort was made by family, friends and law enforcement to locate the missing teens, but despite all the effort, it would take 6 years until the fate Ricky and Mary would be known. On May 29, 1985, their remains were found by a utility crew working on a gravel road near a national park. They had been shot and stabbed and were still wearing the same clothes they had on the night they disappeared. While they had finally been found, there was now the added mystery of who was responsible for their murders and what exactly happened that night that led them to being murdered. There would be different theories that would emerge, including a potential link to a serial killer. However, 40 years later, the person or persons responsible for the murders of Ricky Beard and Mary Leonard are still unknown.

Akron Beacon Journal articles:

https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20190824/40-years-ago-today-akron-teens-on-date-vanished

https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20190825/teens-disappearance-morphs-from-missing-to-murdered-with-gruesome-discovery

https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20190826/akron-detectives-teens-family-members-disagree-on-whodunit

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The Clearing - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-clearing/id1471432747?i=1000447508886

Ohio Mysteries: Elusive Justice series - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ohio-mysteries/id1434851254?i=1000447688906

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ohio-mysteries/id1434851254?i=1000447740231

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ohio-mysteries/id1434851254?i=1000447813996

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