The Chalkline

January 26 in Australia marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships in Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Philip. It is Australia day, a public holiday that is celebrated by many. It is also the day that the three Beaumont children disappeared without a trace in 1966.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.historicmysteries.com/beaumont-children/

https://www.newidea.com.au/beaumont-children-witness-comes-forward

What started out as a tragic loss of a family member would eventually turn sinister when a beloved wife disappears from outside her hotel. More questions than answers begin to pose and her husband, kids, and loved ones are all wondering where is Noela Rukundo. When the answers eventually come through, they are not at all what you would expect.

Sources for this episode:

@sloowmoee on Tik Tok

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdV2eY8X/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/05/wife-crashes-her-own-funeral-horrifying-her-husband-who-had-paid-have-her-killed/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35496480

https://globalnews.ca/news/2500501/woman-shows-up-to-own-funeral-surprises-husband-who-hired-hitmen-to-have-her-killed/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/woman-funeral-murder-confront-1.3436832

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-11/woman-heartbroken-but-forgives-husband-for-murder-plot/7022562

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-11/man-who-had-de-facto-kidnapped-in-africa-murder-plot-jailed/7020968

https://people.com/crime/australia-woman-shows-up-at-her-own-funeral-to-confront-her-husband-who-paid-to-have-her-killed/#:~:text=Have%20Her%20Killed-,Australia%20Woman%20Shows%20Up%20At%20Her%20Own%20Funeral%20%E2%80%93%20To%20Confront,Paid%20To%20Have%20Her%20Killed&text=As%20the%20last%20mourner%20left,up%20to%20her%20astonished%20husband.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/balenga-kalala-gets-nine-years-in-jail-for-paying-african-kidnappers-to-kill-his-wife-20151211-gll6rp.html

This week we are talking about a case that is so utterly frustrating I almost couldn’t cover it. What might have seemed like a tragic house fire actually may have been a masterful kidnapping, and to this day, no one truly knows the right answer. I’m talking about the disappearance of the Sodder children.

Sources for this episode:

Buzzfeed Unsolved

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

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

https://www.historicmysteries.com/sodder-children-mystery/

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/what-happened-to-the-five-sodder-children/news-story/861777f8c048b45241d42dd9fc4d5ee0

This week’s episode is going to leave you frustrated, curious, and put you on a long list of people who are speculating how a family could just disappear. But, not without a trace. Some evidence is there to put the pieces together, but the puzzle is still not complete. Every detail about this case proves to be crucial, for investigators to try and figure out what happened to the Jamison family.

Sources for this episode:

BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime Season 3 Episode 8

True Crime Daily https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IIOg4ZDKmc

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

https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3909260/jamison-family-was-threatened-by-relative-before-vanishing-records-show

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/skeletal-remains-found-by-hunters-in-okla-could-belong-to-jamison-family-missing-since-2009/

Disappeared Season 2 Episode 10

When a retired school teacher manages to vanish, but still sends letters and pays bills, authorities don’t immediately take action. However, when the letters are examined and the footage at the post office is examined, this may be more alarming than it seemed on it’s face.  Hands down, this case and everything that goes along with it, makes for one of the most bizarre missing persons cases in U.S. history.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.forensicmyles.com/blogs/forensic-myles/the-murder-of-paul-gruber

https://aboutforensics.co.uk/darryl-kuehl/

“If I Were You” Forensic Files

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/02/kuehl-found-guilty-of-murdering-ex-teacher/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/id-court-of-appeals/1309049.html

Derek and Eileen Severs were described as pillars of their community. They were wealthy, in their 60s, and enjoying the life they built for themselves. Now retired, they could have never guessed that one of their biggest worries would soon put an end to that happiness.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/the-son-from-hell/

Forensic Files Season 2 “The Dirty Deed”

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/severs-roger.htm

https://aboutforensics.co.uk/roger-severs/

Ray Krone was a name known throughout Arizona better as the snaggletooth killer. His conviction and death sentence was a result of a strange bite mark. A forensic expert told the jury it was with 100% certainty that it was Krone who bit the victim. Why would Ray Krone be put away for the layout of his teeth? What other evidence pointed to Ray being the killer? How did experts determine it was Ray's teeth? Listen to this week's episode for all the answers!

Sources for this episode:

Forensic Files: Once Bitten Season 8 Episode 7

In honor of Pride Month, we thought it would be special to cover the case of Matthew Sheppard. His death was a tragedy, but it made way for some very important change regarding the rights of LGBTQ+ people in our justice system. If you are part of the LGBTQ+ community, we see you and are so glad that you exist. This episode is dedicated to you and all of the wonderful allies continuing to make our world a better and more accepting place.

**PLEASE NOTE THIS EPISODE CONTAINS TRIGGERS IN REGARDS TO LGBTQ+ HATE CRIMES.**

By the time Matthew Shepard finished high school he had already traveled to Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and Morocco. He loved traveling and could just make friends anywhere he went. But his real passions were politics and advocating for equality in the LGBTQ+ community. Matthew’s work would eventually be cut short after being assaulted in one of the most notorious anti-gay hate crimes in American history.

Sources for this episode:

Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine Documentary

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45968606

https://www.matthewshepard.org/about-us/our-story/

https://www.matthewshepard.org/what-we-do/eliminating-hate-crimes/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Shepard

https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/murder-matthew-shepard

Last week we began telling the story of the infamous Tylenol Murders. Chicago was hit with a mysterious series of killings, and doctors along with law enforcement were all completely scrambling for answers to questions that the entire country was starting to ask. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, go ahead and do that now.

Sources for this episode:

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

https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360

https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/

https://www.keranews.org/health-science-tech/2018-01-04/how-the-tylenol-murders-fundamentally-changed-the-way-we-all-take-medicine

https://patch.com/illinois/arlingtonheights/when-we-lost-our-innocence-nurse-who-first-shttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 aw-tylenol-connection

https://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/dodjcc/groups/02C2/Johnson%20&%20Johnson.htm

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 aw-tylenol-connection

https://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/dodjcc/groups/02C2/Johnson%20&%20Johnson.htm

https://members.huntakiller.com/blog-articles/2017/1/22/the-unsolved-tylenol-murders-of-1982-the-unabomber-theory

The Chicago Metropolitan area was shaken up in the fall of 1982. In just a few short days, seven people died of cyanide poisoning after taking what they believed to be regular-old Tylenol. Panic struck the entire state of Illinois, and changed the way we get over the counter drugs forever.

Sources for this episode:

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

https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360

https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/

https://www.keranews.org/health-science-tech/2018-01-04/how-the-tylenol-murders-fundamentally-changed-the-way-we-all-take-medicine

https://patch.com/illinois/arlingtonheights/when-we-lost-our-innocence-nurse-who-first-shttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 aw-tylenol-connection

https://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/dodjcc/groups/02C2/Johnson%20&%20Johnson.htm