The Ominous Pod

Welcome to the new and improved Ominous Pod. We've had some big changes but I'm back and ready to bring you exciting ominous cases. Thanks for listening!

Im going to start with the case of Hannah Upp. 

On August 28th, 2008 23 year old Hannah Upp went for a run in NYC and just didn't come back. Her disappearance would lead to a strange cycle that no one could explain. 2 storms, a ferry boat, and a lot of water all make this an ominous case. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

sources:

Hulu - vanished in paradise

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-co-woman-reported-missing/1953062/

https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/ferry-workers-rescue-missing-teacher/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/02/how-a-young-woman-lost-her-identity

https://www.facebook.com/FindHannahUppUSVI/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/hannah-upp

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP50503

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion/thecity/01miss.html

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/nyregion/17ferry.html

In May of 2022, a week before her 26th birthday Moriah Wilson was staying in Austin, Texas for a bike race in Hico, Texas. She was staying with her friend who came home to a  shocking discovery. 

Moriah, who went by Mo, came from a family of athletes and was a nationally ranked junior skier, captain of her high school soccer team, and professional gravel cyclist racer. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/kaitlin-armstrong-now-in-austin/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYM51k5CR64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGEJGhBfUzQ

https://www.thedailybeast.com/love-rival-accused-of-killing-star-cyclist-anna-moriah-wilson-just-before-austin-texas-gravel-locos-race/

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/kaitlin-armstrong-texas-love-triangle-murder-suspect-passport-charge-moriah-wilson

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/a-bomb-went-off-in-my-world-colin-strickland-adapts-to-restoring-collectable-autos-after-stopping-racing-in-2022/

https://www.granfondoguide.com/Contents/Index/7628/mo-wilsons-final-moments-heard-as-audio-leaked-from-court

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gptS-1HoHh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gptS-1HoHh8

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/moriah-mo-wilson-kaitlin-armstrong-how-us-marshals-captured-pro-cyclists-killer-48-hours/

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

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/us/moriah-wilson-cyclist-death-what-we-know

On October 25th, 2014 22 year old Chelsea Bruck went a halloween party at 'Big Mikes'. It was an annual tradition that usually had about 400 people show up but in 2014 it is estimated between 600-800 people showed up. Chelsea had a ride home but it fell thru and soon all her friends had left without her. A chance encounter with someone would end tragically after a huge search and over a million flyers. 

Podcast announcement - We are going to start doing ominous minisodes. A couple times a week I am going to be posting smaller stories that aren't enough for a main episode, they will be up on insta and Facebook, just brief written over views of current or interesting cases. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/2017/08/17/clay-gets-40-to-75/19470278007/

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/10/27/daniel-clay-chelsea-bruck-murder/805628001/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2019/01/09/court-of-appeals-upholds-life-sentence-for-daniel-clay-in-2014-murder-of-chelsea-bruck/

https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2019/339659.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVAgV-FgIc

https://www.wtol.com/article/news/medical-examiner-testifies-cause-of-death-for-chelsea-bruck/512-2e5d6c26-4749-4597-af1f-398d74604b55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFAVpWcHfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKAb7J5YA4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq2eRuyY1bg

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/10/24/crimes-that-happened-on-halloween/

When this episode starts in 2020 Lauryn Licari was 13 and was living the life of an average teenager, she had a boyfriend and was attending high school in her extremely small town. In October her and her boyfriend, Owen McKenny, would get a group text message from an unknown number. That would be the start of an almost 2 year nightmare for the teenagers. 

This episode is gonna be a little different but we wanted to cover it since catfishing is a big problem and can get ominous, especially how far this instance of it goes. Also we recorded this in a new location so some of the audio volume is a little up and down, we are working on fixing it for the next episode. Thanks for listening. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

Netflix: unknown number: the high school catfish 

https://www.today.com/popculture/lauryn-licari-now-rcna229882

https://people.com/unknown-number-jaw-dropping-details-11808116

On May 11th, 2000 in Antartica 32 year old Rodney Marks was walking between stations when he started to feel really sick. His symptoms would escalate as the night went on. The technology they had that could have helped them was down as was the phones and internet so they were left to figure it out on their own. Thanks for listening. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIVku_tWoOA

https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/a-mysterious-death-at-the-south-pole-20131125

https://unresolved.me/rodney-marks

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

https://www.methanol.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/FAQ-on-methanol-poisoning-treatment-20160322-EN-general.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=2B_2wnrbJTk

https://www.science.org/content/article/tragedy-strikes-south-pole-station

https://allthatsinteresting.com/rodney-marks

https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/blueflash/marks.html

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

https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/blueflash/marks.html

https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/blueflash/funeral.html

On July 29th, 2023 Erin Patterson invited some of her in laws to come to a dinner at her house. It would lead to a devastating end. This case has a rocky background, 4 cell phones, a weird gas station trip and an incriminating dump run. Thanks for listening. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/08/nx-s1-5496399/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-poison-husband-australia#:~:text=Erin Patterson was convicted last month of killing her in,occasions before that fateful lunch.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74zwevy181o

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-06/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-evidence-timeline/105245152

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/02/erin-patterson-gives-evidence-in-mushroom-lunch-trial-ntwnfb

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/01/erin-patterson-husband-simon-mushroom-lunch-murder-trial-australia-ntwnfb

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-live-blog-court-hearing/105272402

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-28/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-wednesday-may-28/105348612

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/28/erin-patterson-computer-text-messages-mushroom-lunch-trial-australia-ntwnfb

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/09/erin-pattersons-daughter-says-accused-murderer-was-a-very-good-cook-trial-hears-ntwnfb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZBexnIe10

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=erin+patterson+interview&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:47b85422,vid:lf5QfJ8Kd_I,st:0

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y8e1l55kko

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/07/erin-patterson-hospital-visit-beef-wellingtons-mushroom-exhibits-revealed-ntwnfb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqeFsotonoc

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx554n1x0wo

https://theconversation.com/a-shakespearean-small-town-murder-why-australia-became-so-obsessed-with-the-erin-patterson-mushroom-case-259982

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dek63gxp6o

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-husband-jury/105237404

https://www.thetimes.com/world/australasia/article/mushroom-killer-suspect-had-expletive-laden-rants-over-school-fees-6r3vb5zph

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5451735/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-verdict

On July 12th, 2015 Tiffany Valiante was at a graduation party across the street from her house. She had plans to go out afterwards but a phone call would change the course of the night and in under a minute a lot of things would change her whole family. From a lot of theories to a horrible and questionably fast investigation this case still has a lot of unanswered questions. Thanks for listening. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

unsolved mysteries volume 3 on Netflix titled mystery at mile marker 45

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-was-tiffany-valiante-all-about-us-teenagers-unsolved-death-in-2015-101752331373542.html

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Tiffany_Valiante

https://sjmagazine.net/featured/tiffany-valiantes-last-night

https://people.com/what-happened-to-tiffany-valiante-8690877

On December 17th 2013 20 year old Heather Elvis went on a date with a new guy. The next day she was no where to be found, while it initially seemed like there was one main suspect the case quickly changed and 2 suspects emerged. This case has a lot of ominous parts and is only half solved. Thanks for listening. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

https://www.wbtw.com/news/sidney-moorer-claims-he-was-handcuffed-to-a-bed-the-night-heather-elvis-disappeared/

https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/day-1-of-testimony-in-sidney-moorer-retrial/

https://www.wbtw.com/crime/sidney-moorer-retrial-set-for-week-of-september-9/

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/heather-elvis-missing-sidney-tammy-moorer-charged-girls-22646010

https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/tammy-moorer-found-guilty-heather-elvis-case-husbands-76289226

https://abcnews.go.com/US/south-carolina-love-triangle-womans-affair-married-man/story?id=76209188

https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/crime/report-lists-new-details-about-male-human-remains-found-in-heather-elvis-search/article_a35a9c16-9787-11e3-a2ec-001a4bcf6878.html

https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/24788974/timeline-of-events-in-the-heather-elvis-case/

https://x.com/heatherelvis?lang=en

https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/24322587/skeletal/

https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/crime/dna-analysis-of-remains-found-in-florida-complete-findings-inconclusive/article_5dfdaea6-2a12-11e4-93d5-0017a43b2370.html

https://www.wbtw.com/news/detailed-timeline-of-heather-elvis-disappearance-and-events/

https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/socastee/the-heather-elvis-case-wednesday-marks-11-years-since-horry-county-disappearance/

https://www.wbtw.com/news/moorer-found-guilty-in-obstruction-of-justice-trial-judge-sentences-him-to-10-years/

https://www.wbtw.com/crime/grand-strand-crime/sidney-moorer-found-guilty-in-retrial-for-kidnapping-of-heather-elvis/

On November 3rd, 2018 mother of 5 Tamla Horsford went to a birthday party at her friend's house. She planned to spend the night with some of the other moms in the group. It seems plans changed through the night and then the next morning a horrible discovery was made. Accounts of the night changed a lot, possible bribes happened and a lot of evidence was lost or never accounted for. Thanks for listening. 

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AlCW_3u9S8&list=PLRwPxBQb2Mx7MHxTrEwd0nBPiA4uRRFlv&index=10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3c6Tlqx8_Y

https://forsythnews.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/documents/Tamla_Horseford_Crime_Scene_1.pdf

https://soundcloud.com/user-876224912/interview-with-bridgett-fuller-tamla-horsford-investigationmp3

https://soundcloud.com/user-876224912/tamla-horsford-911-callwav

https://forsythnews.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/documents/Tamla_Horsford_Investigation_set_1.pdf

https://www.11alive.com/gallery/news/uploaded-gallery/85-8e3e5f76-cfe6-4ccd-bd28-8ecee3a8564b

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/tamla-horsford-investigation-independent-autopsy/85-a7ad99b5-58f9-4c18-8be8-a0172aa8fbd7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0-Ed0To7sg

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/forsyth-county/tamla-horsford-fell-her-death-after-ga-slumber-party-her-friend-thinks-it-was-no-accident/XW2G46G4PRFVTCBKXO2BUM4K64/

https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/forsyth-1912-a-timeline-of-the-forced-exile-of-black-residents-from-forsyth-county/#:~:text=Forsyth County Sheriff Bill Reid,sexually assaulting and murdering Crow.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tamla-horsford-death-georgia-1026889/

https://soundcloud.com/user-876224912/jose-barrera-gbi-interview-tamla-horsford-investigationmp3

https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForTam/posts/bridget-fuller-admits-to-giving-her-xanax-to-jeanne-and-stacy-on-several-occasio/209543567848479/

On the night of January 28th, 2022 John O' Keefe and Karen Reed were out with some of his friends. After some bars there was an after party at a house, this house would become the scene of one of the most controversial cases we have heard of. From broken phones, alleged affairs, a lot of cops, missing footage and a broken tail light everything is called into question. Thanks for listening

Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic

Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8

SOURCES:

https://www.reddit.com/r/KarenReadTrial/comments/1dfgdbb/michael_proctor_text_transcripts/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL_Xbtgi-FY

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/sisters-who-vacationed-aruba-with-read-okeefe-before-his-death-detail-tense-moments-during-trip/NPN36L3Q65BSNGSQ3BAWWEH42Y/

https://www.town.canton.ma.us/348/Select-Board

https://tbdailynews.com/canton-coverup-part-60-animal-control-records-show-brian-alberts-dog-sent-2-people-to-er-after-biting-them-attorney-greg-henning-committed-perjury-in-attempt-to-keep-records-sealed/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jaf_kz01s8

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/karen-read-live-stream-today-brian-higgins/#:~:text=

https://apnews.com/article/karen-read-officer-death-boston-officer-testimony-14ed255442a844b3c2d51e50e0549a9b#

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/karen-read-trial-timeline-john-okeefe/

https://apnews.com/article/karen-read-boston-murder-trial-okeefe-2ee31aa52ba3d76a5eb831f297ac7527

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/karen-read-live-stream-today-murder-trial-day-13/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/karen-read-trial-john-okeefe-death-what-know-rcna155905

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/heres-what-karen-read-and-john-okeefe-messaged-about-on-the-day-before-he-died/3404179/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdq8Kd_hMJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CiSXzBJJA8

https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2024/05/22/karen-read-murder-trial-livestream-video-wednesday-may-22-jen-mccabe/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzlWLwkhfx4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQy9FAaD3Lo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5qbM2CzVMo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ7YM8OgqEs