Strange & Unexplained

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  • #13 The Strange Deaths Following The Ferguson Protests

    August 9, 2014 Michael Brown Jr. an 18 year unarmed black man was shot to death by a white officer, Darren Wilson in Ferguson Missouri.

    On Nov. 24 the St. Louis County Prosecutors decided not to indict officer Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, that night the city broke into chaos.

    That night tragedy struck the community again, through the only man killed on the night of the Ferguson riots,  20 year old DeAndre Joshua. 

    Then again in September of 2016 a prominent activist named Darren Seals was found under similar circumstances...

    Were they related, and who committed these murders? 

    Patreon.com/sandupodcast 

    Sources:

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ferguson-death-mystery-black-lives-matter-michael-brown-809407/amp/ 

    http://nation19.com/the-mystery-killings-of-darren-seals-deandre-joshua-and-shawn-gray/ 

    https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/puzzling-number-of-men-tied-to-ferguson-protests-have-died/article_73a8fcaa-a69a-5667-b460-6afa596ee970.html 

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/us/parkland-shooting-officer-reinstated/index.html 

    https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/us/another-killing-in-ferguson-leaves-a-family-grappling-with-the-unknown.html

    https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/ferguson/a-tale-of-2-ferguson-deaths-1-well-known-1-anonymous/63-211122561

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxVUstvv-RU

    http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/ferguson-activist-darren-seals-dies-at-29/article_2174f1d8-747f-11e6-990f-33cd70d152a7.html 

    http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/top-ferguson-activist-darren-seals-found-dead-in-burning-car-police-say/article_12371f3c-753f-11e6-9c8b-2b02493140fc.html

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-ferguson-activist-deaths-black-lives-matter-20190317-story.html 

     

    33 min
  • #13 The Strange Deaths Following The Ferguson Protests

    August 9, 2014 Michael Brown Jr. an 18 year unarmed black man was shot to death by a white officer, Darren Wilson in Ferguson Missouri.

    On Nov. 24 the St. Louis County Prosecutors decided not to indict officer Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, that night the city broke into chaos.

    That night tragedy struck the community again, through the only man killed on the night of the Ferguson riots,  20 year old DeAndre Joshua. 

    Then again in September of 2016 a prominent activist named Darren Seals was found under similar circumstances...

    Were they related, and who committed these murders? 

    Patreon.com/sandupodcast 

    Sources:

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ferguson-death-mystery-black-lives-matter-michael-brown-809407/amp/ 

    http://nation19.com/the-mystery-killings-of-darren-seals-deandre-joshua-and-shawn-gray/ 

    https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/puzzling-number-of-men-tied-to-ferguson-protests-have-died/article_73a8fcaa-a69a-5667-b460-6afa596ee970.html 

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/us/parkland-shooting-officer-reinstated/index.html 

    https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/us/another-killing-in-ferguson-leaves-a-family-grappling-with-the-unknown.html

    https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/ferguson/a-tale-of-2-ferguson-deaths-1-well-known-1-anonymous/63-211122561

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxVUstvv-RU

    http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/ferguson-activist-darren-seals-dies-at-29/article_2174f1d8-747f-11e6-990f-33cd70d152a7.html 

    http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/top-ferguson-activist-darren-seals-found-dead-in-burning-car-police-say/article_12371f3c-753f-11e6-9c8b-2b02493140fc.html

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-ferguson-activist-deaths-black-lives-matter-20190317-story.html 

     

    33 min
  • #12 Making A Murderer (Wife Edition)
    Making a Murderer….but with a woman.
     
    Beyond a reasonable doubt… that's what jurors are told when looking at a case, not to decide the defendant is guilty unless it is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
     
    So how does a jury convict a woman for 27 years with no physical evidence proving she committed the crime? No witnesses? No motives? 
     
    How do they know beyond a reasonable doubt that she is guilty? Because the police built a case before they even started an investigation.
     
    From the moment detectives arrived at the home of Jamie(Jim) and Sandra Melgar they knew who had killed Jim… Sandra.
     
     
    Patreon Exclusive Content
     
     
    Resources:
    https://youtu.be/ft2JMpQ3NmM full length interview 
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/amateur-sleuths-case-woman-prison-stabbing-bludgeoning-husband/story?id=59477363
    https://www.khou.com/article/news/investigations/missing-pieces/sandra-melgar-appeal-denied-murder/285-17509c26-0b35-4c26-8c8f-83ceea90c283
    https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2018-11/30-til-death-do-us-part
    https://www.facebook.com/FreeSandyMelgar/
    43 min
  • #12 Making A Murderer (Wife Edition)
    Making a Murderer….but with a woman.
     
    Beyond a reasonable doubt… that's what jurors are told when looking at a case, not to decide the defendant is guilty unless it is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
     
    So how does a jury convict a woman for 27 years with no physical evidence proving she committed the crime? No witnesses? No motives? 
     
    How do they know beyond a reasonable doubt that she is guilty? Because the police built a case before they even started an investigation.
     
    From the moment detectives arrived at the home of Jamie(Jim) and Sandra Melgar they knew who had killed Jim… Sandra.
     
     
    Patreon Exclusive Content
     
     
    Resources:
    https://youtu.be/ft2JMpQ3NmM full length interview 
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/amateur-sleuths-case-woman-prison-stabbing-bludgeoning-husband/story?id=59477363
    https://www.khou.com/article/news/investigations/missing-pieces/sandra-melgar-appeal-denied-murder/285-17509c26-0b35-4c26-8c8f-83ceea90c283
    https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2018-11/30-til-death-do-us-part
    https://www.facebook.com/FreeSandyMelgar/
    43 min
  • #11 Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson

    When Marsha P. Johnson stepped off a bus onto the streets of New York in 1963,  just after graduating high school, she had a bag of clothes and $15 to her name.

    Little did she know that her name would don the side of buildings and statues built to honor her and her activist work in the LGBTQ community today.

    Marsha’s body was found floating beneath Christopher St. pier at 5:30 p.m. on June 6th 1992, under highly suspicious circumstances...

    Patreon Page! 

    References: 

    The Death & Life of Marsha P. Johnson- Netflix Doc

    https://youtu.be/Bo0nYv9QIj4 Frameline- Interview of Marsha

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/marsha-p-johnson-biography/index.html 

    https://www.biography.com/activist/marsha-p-johnson

    https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/marsha-p-johnson-1945-1992/ 

    https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/2019/08/artwork-spotlight-andy-warhols-ladies-and-gentlemen/ 

    43 min
  • #11 Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson

    When Marsha P. Johnson stepped off a bus onto the streets of New York in 1963,  just after graduating high school, she had a bag of clothes and $15 to her name.

    Little did she know that her name would don the side of buildings and statues built to honor her and her activist work in the LGBTQ community today.

    Marsha’s body was found floating beneath Christopher St. pier at 5:30 p.m. on June 6th 1992, under highly suspicious circumstances...

    Patreon Page! 

    References: 

    The Death & Life of Marsha P. Johnson- Netflix Doc

    https://youtu.be/Bo0nYv9QIj4 Frameline- Interview of Marsha

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/marsha-p-johnson-biography/index.html 

    https://www.biography.com/activist/marsha-p-johnson

    https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/marsha-p-johnson-1945-1992/ 

    https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/2019/08/artwork-spotlight-andy-warhols-ladies-and-gentlemen/ 

    43 min
  • #10 Making A Murderer (in Israel)
    On December 6 2006 13 year old Tair Rada walked up the stairs to the girls bathroom with no idea what was waiting for her beyond the stall door. 
    Or did she walk into the bathroom with an odd looking man following close behind? 
    Or was it a "group of friends" that turned out to be more of an angry mob?
    The truth is in the shadows it seems, and everyone has a flashlight, except the police....
     
    Patreon.com/sandupodcast
     
    Sources:
    Netflix Doc "Shadow of Truth" https://www.netflix.com/title/80132792
    https://www.redressonline.com/2016/06/murder-intrigue-and-cover-up-the-twin-peaks-of-israel/
    https://youtu.be/hOWNwzTlyb0.
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-opposes-retrial-for-convicted-murderer-who-insists-he-was-framed/
     

     

    59 min
  • #10 Making A Murderer (in Israel)
    On December 6 2006 13 year old Tair Rada walked up the stairs to the girls bathroom with no idea what was waiting for her beyond the stall door. 
    Or did she walk into the bathroom with an odd looking man following close behind? 
    Or was it a "group of friends" that turned out to be more of an angry mob?
    The truth is in the shadows it seems, and everyone has a flashlight, except the police....
     
    Patreon.com/sandupodcast
     
    Sources:
    Netflix Doc "Shadow of Truth" https://www.netflix.com/title/80132792
    https://www.redressonline.com/2016/06/murder-intrigue-and-cover-up-the-twin-peaks-of-israel/
    https://youtu.be/hOWNwzTlyb0.
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-opposes-retrial-for-convicted-murderer-who-insists-he-was-framed/
     

     

    59 min
  • #9 The Mysterious Death of Gareth Williams
    This one is straight out of a James Bond movie. A tangled web of spies, double agents, an unsolvable puzzle and a private life no one should have ever known about.  An investigation that was stifled by red tape and barricades by MI6 and secret service. A brilliant life snuffed out and no one can figure out why, was it an attempt to cover up government secrets, a russian assasination, a lover’s quarrel gone wrong?  Or possible the worst way to commit suicide? Or just an accident caused by a sexual fascination?
     
    Patreon.com/sandupodcast 
     
    Sources:
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomwarren/secrets-of-the-spy-in-the-bag 
    https://youtu.be/OBVPXnWGd8w 
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/02/gareth-williams-mysterious-death-mathematician
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPyMbRVgFeY
    https://youtu.be/yHr2OgnH9ik 
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/02/gareth-williams-coroner-never-solved
    40 min
  • #9 The Mysterious Death of Gareth Williams
    This one is straight out of a James Bond movie. A tangled web of spies, double agents, an unsolvable puzzle and a private life no one should have ever known about.  An investigation that was stifled by red tape and barricades by MI6 and secret service. A brilliant life snuffed out and no one can figure out why, was it an attempt to cover up government secrets, a russian assasination, a lover’s quarrel gone wrong?  Or possible the worst way to commit suicide? Or just an accident caused by a sexual fascination?
     
    Patreon.com/sandupodcast 
     
    Sources:
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomwarren/secrets-of-the-spy-in-the-bag 
    https://youtu.be/OBVPXnWGd8w 
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/02/gareth-williams-mysterious-death-mathematician
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPyMbRVgFeY
    https://youtu.be/yHr2OgnH9ik 
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/02/gareth-williams-coroner-never-solved
    40 min

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