The Chalkline

LaLana Oakes is the designated sheriff, chief of police, detective, investigator, and lieutenant in command for this episode. But before she took on all those hats, she was a daughter, worried for her mother. You see LaLana’s mother disappeared 20 years ago and it never sat right with her. But now that she’s old enough, nothing is going to stop her from finding her mom.

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Sources for this episode:

Forensic Files: A Daughter’s Journey S9 E16

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ky-supreme-court/1165049.html

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2001/06/30/slaying-suspect-s-dad-shows/50371807007/

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

Living in a post 9/11 world, it truly is a mind boggling concept to consider hijacking a plane and getting away with it. Today, we think of the tragedies like 9/11 and it’s no wonder that the security cracked down so hard. But before there were all these precautions and protections, there was D.B. Cooper. Ladies and Gentleman, fasten your seatbelts because we are finally doing it.

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Sources for this episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking

https://www.netflix.com/title/81349547

Buzzfeed Unsolved

This week's story is….interesting to say the least. It involves a cult, a snake bite, and a lawyer's determination to expose the truth.

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Sources for this episode:

Oxygen True Crime: Deadly Cults, Synanon

https://www.oxygen.com/deadly-cults/season-2/episode-8/synanon

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

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/04/us/charles-dederich-83-synanon-founder-dies.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/03/04/controversial-synanon-founder-charles-dederich-sr-dies-at-83/0b399226-ab4d-4e9f-913e-705f52d0148f/

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/19/archives/police-are-ordered-to-turn-over-synanon-tapes-to-court-on-coast-a.html

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/synanon-cult/

A prominent doctor wakes up to his wife brutally murdered and there are two options here: he did it, or someone else got away with the perfect murder. But this case goes down in history for even more than that. It is a foundational case on how we navigate the balance between freedom of the press, and the right to a fair trial. My friends, we are going to SCHOOL today.

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Sources for this episode:

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/334/sheppard-v-maxwell

https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/sheppard-murder-case

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1965/490

http://www.rbs2.com/shepp.htm

https://www.famous-trials.com/sam-sheppard/13-newspaper2

When two 16 year old girls come home from school to find their mother murdered, its traumatizing to say the least. I randomly came across this episode of Dateline NBC, called Bad Blood and (trust me) by the end of this episode your jaw is going to hit the floor. The suspect list seems promising, and there is definitely some family drama that needs to be looked at, but in the end you guys are going to find out exactly what happened to Nikki Whitehead.

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Sources for this episode:

Bad Blood - Dateline NBC, S22 E15

https://abcnews.go.com/US/Media/georgia-twins-charged-stabbing-death-beautician-mother-nikki/story?id=10762424

This week’s episode we will be discussing a pre-med student that was killed in his college apartment, and there seemed to be no sign of a break in. That’s it, short and sweet!

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Sources for this episode:

https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/forensic-files/insulated-evidence

https://www.sfgate.com/news/local/article/Death-row-inmate-presses-for-new-trial-4045219.php

Guys...this episode gets SO wild, SO quickly, just bear with me... This week we’re finishing ABC News Studios’ Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders. We take a look at the trial and how the families of Denise, Lori Lee, and Michele unfortunately dealt with all the shenanigans happening in and out of the courtroom. It's intense, gripping, and you're going to be on the edge of your seat waiting to hear this finale!

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Sources for this episode:

https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-suspect-gene-leroy-hart/39871694

https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-1977-latest/39871676 https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1985/03/26/camp-workers-testify-no-warning-of-danger/62769446007/

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1985/03/27/camp-director-denies-counselors-warnings/62769361007/

Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders (ABC News Studios) on Hulu

On June 13, 1977, Lori Lee Farmer, Denise Milner, and Michele Guse were found dead at what was supposed to be a fun camping trip with the Girl Scouts. It is one of the most horrific crimes to ever happen to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and to this day people in Broken Arrow are plagued by what happened to Lori, Denise, and Michele. All they want are answers and to bring justice to their families. It’s been almost 45 years since this tragedy happened and this week at the Chalkline we’re taking a deep dive into ABC News Studios’ Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders.

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Sources for this episode:

Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders (ABC News Studios)

https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-1977-latest/39871676

You guys…this is a weird one. It takes SO MANY twists and turns, pun intended, that your head is going to be spinning. Thankfully *prayer hands* Helen has pieced together a timeline so we can try to understand what happened to the Tromp family. The story of the Tromps made its way into the media and captured the Australian public as they wondered how a family could have become so strangely and suddenly separated, lost, and then found with no explanation.

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Sources for this episode:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37293494

https://www.mamamia.com.au/tromp-family/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2919794/#:~:text=Folie%20%C3%A0%20deux%20is%20defined,brief%20review%20of%20the%20literature

Kurt Donald Cobain was born February 20, 1967 in Aberdeen, WA. Kurt was the guitarist, lead vocalist, and primary songwriter of the legendary, iconic, “SooMeThinGs in THE WaYyYYy”…Nirvana! This week we are talking about the documentary Kurt and Courtney that investigates the events leading up to Kurts death, and the allegations of it being a murder for hire.

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Sources for this episode:

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

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Cobain

https://www.biography.com/musician/kurt-cobain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Kurt_Cobain#:~:text=On%20April%208%2C%201994%2C%20Kurt,days%20earlier%2C%20on%20April%205

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kurt-cobain-is-found-dead

Kurt & Courtney (1998) Documentary