Trigger Warning

Trigger Warnings: Murder of a child, rape/sexual assault of a child, child neglect, drug use

Episode: Nine-year-old Rowan Ford goes missing from her home in November 2007 leaving her small community stunned. After a week long search, her body is discovered. A confession follows the same day her body is discovered but the case is far from simple at that point.

Contact us at [email protected].

SOURCES:

https://www.clarkfuneralhomes.com/obituary/4916666

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

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mo-supreme-court/1676021.html

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file/SC96118_Collings_brief.pdf

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christopher-collings-missouri-execution-rowan-ford-murder/

https://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/18/public-defenders-office-draws-outrage-from-missouri-gop-leaders-over-hiring-convicted-felon/

https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/missouri-state-agency-terminates-david-spears/

MUSIC:

-- Opening Song:

“Little Swan 03” by G-Yerro

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/little-swan-03/37308

-- Closing Song:

“Rising Star” by TURPAK

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/rising-star/130137

Trigger Warnings: Severe Injuries, Brief discussion of drowning (but no drowning takes place)

Episode: Angela Hernandez starts a long drive to visit her sister but a horrific accident leaves her struggling to survive. But survive she did! Diz tells us the awesome story of Angela's struggle and ultimate survival.

Sources:

1 year ago: Woman who survived 7 days on Big Sur beach shares crash photos, Josh Copitch, KSBW Channel 8, July 16, 2019.

https://www.ksbw.com/article/1-year-ago-woman-who-survived-7-days-on-big-sur-beach-shares-crash-photos/28414650#:~:text=%2C%22%20said%20Bernal.-,Hernandez%20took%20to%20Facebook%20after%20being%20rescued%2C%20detailing%20what%20happened,hands%2C%20feet%2C%20and%20face.

Angela Hernandez survived a 70m cliff plunge and a week stranded on a beach. This is her story., News Corp Australia Network, July 18, 2018

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/angela-hernandez-survived-a-70m-cliff-plunge-and-a-week-stranded-on-a-beach-this-is-her-story/news-story/8d48659916c54ae0f238fa08e7d859b8

Woman shares story of surviving for a week after driving off California cliff, CBS Evening News, Tony Dokoupil, July 16, 2018

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-shares-story-of-survival-after-driving-off-california-cliff/

Portland woman survived using a hose, music and wet sand after car plunged off Big Sur cliff, Michael Balsamo, Statesman Journal, July 16, 2018.

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2018/07/16/how-woman-survived-week-after-car-plunged-off-big-sur-cliff/790525002/

Woman, 22, survives 7 days after SUV plunges off cliff in Big Sur, California, ABC30 Action News, by CNN, July 15, 2018

https://abc30.com/post/woman-22-survives-7-days-after-suv-plunges-off-cliff-in-california/3768559/

FOUND! The Angela Hernandez story, Where Are They Podcast, Feb 8, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpLt2ahbfVM

Music:

“Action Percussions” by Stefano Mastronardi

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/action-percussions/5674

Trigger Warnings: Child abandonment, adoption, kidnapping

Episode: Imagine going to a website and finding a picture of yourself as a baby. But the website isn't Facebook - it's a website for kids who have been missing since they were infants. How would your brain react in that surreal moment? Diz tells us a couple of stories about this phenomena.

SOURCES:

https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/26/us/pennsylvania-missing-mystery

https://www.mamamia.com.au/missing-persons-case-solved-steve-carter/

https://www.trentonian.com/2012/06/27/medford-lakes-mans-adoption-story-takes-strange-turn/

https://www.facebook.com/61558513822432/posts/in-2010-35-year-old-steve-carter-from-philadelphia-was-browsing-the-national-cen/122204667800283794/

https://dianecapri.com/2020/01/missing-man-2/

https://www.willitsnews.com/2012/04/27/willits-man-elated-to-find-missing-son/

MissingKids.com

https://abcnews.go.com/US/kidnapped-carlina-white-solves-cold-case-reunites-parents/story?id=12712313

MUSIC:

“Happy Go Lucky” by Evert Z

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/happy-go-lucky/125278

Trigger Warnings: Flooding, Drowning, Animal Deaths

Episode: Hurricane Juan starts off in the Gulf of Mexico wreaking havoc on the coastline of the U.S. and then heads north. After meeting up with some other rain systems, it stalls and creates a devastating flood-pocalypse in Virginia and West Virginia in November of 1985.

E-Mail us at [email protected]

Remember: if you have any Hurricane Juan related stories or personal stories about the flood of 1985 a.k.a the Election Day Flood a.k.a. the Killer Floods email us for our possible special episode in November for the 40th anniversary of the flood! Also: Remember the basketballs of 1985 and Turn Around!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Juan_(1985)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Election_Day_floods

https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/flood-of-1985-remembering-the-devastating-flood-35-years-later/

https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=0829a51e5b5d4b1787a785d8763c9156

Batty, Kenneth T. "Flood of 1985." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 20 February 2024. Web. Accessed: 13 August 2025 https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/2132

https://glenallenweather.com/upload/richmondclimate/Richmond%20&%20VA%20Floods.pdf

https://water.noaa.gov

MUSIC:

“Synthetica” by Raz Burg

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/synthetica/120262

Trigger Warnings - Child abuse, animal abuse, child death, drowning, murder, strangulation, polygamy

Episode: Carroll Edward Cole started out with the world stacked against him. But that gave him no excuse to become an asshole and murderer. Diz delves into his story and the ridiculous amount of crime he got up to in his short life span.

Contact us by emailing us at [email protected]

Sources:

https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/caroll-cole-the-serial-killer-you-didnt-know-was-born-in-sioux-city/

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/17850663/carroll-edward-cole-dr-mike-aamodt-radford-university

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/edward_cole/5.html

Project Fear, featuring Sam & Colby, Ghost hunting video at Nevada State Prison:

PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee6GKar2eb0

PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kKytChOAiM

MUSIC:

“Horrible Things” by Inon Zur

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/horrible-things/136939

Trigger Warnings: Childhood trauma/abandonment, Adoption, Traffic accident, claustrophobia, Suicidal thoughts and attempts, severe injury leading to amputation

Episode: Matthew Reum has plans for Christmas when he sets out for home on December 20, 2023. He's had a long work day but home is only an hour away so even on a foggy night, he's ready to get his holiday break underway. But a chance encounter with one of America's deadliest animals, leads to crash that will leave Matt alone, trapped, and struggling for his life.

Reach out to us at [email protected]

Sources:

"Skidding off the Freeway: Trapped Out of Sight" Episode of Real Survival Stories Podcast by Noiser Productions

"Still Standing" by Erika Celeste and Matthew Reum

Music:

“Good to Go” by CustomMelody

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/good-to-go/133769

Trigger Warnings: possible death, assault, brief mention of abortion

Today's Episode: Joan Risch is a mother of two and a happy housewife in October of 1961 when she suddenly vanishes. The timeline of her last day is well known but then that afternoon, leaving very few clues behind, she simply disappears. What happened to the wife and mother? Was she abducted? Murdered? Or did she run away from suburban bliss?

Sources:

https://masslawyersweekly.com/2018/05/10/mommy-is-gone/

https://www.joanrisch.com/

https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/into-thin-air-what-is-the-likeliest-explanation-for-the-disappearance-of-joan-risch-1bdd4953b4e

https://charleyproject.org/case/joan-carolyn-risch

https://www.newspapers.com/image/433749083/?terms=Joan

https://www.newspapers.com/image/433749083/?terms=phone&match=2

https://www.newspapers.com/image/441023216/?terms=Joan

https://www.bustle.com/wellness/what-getting-abortion-was-like-in-the-60s-70s-80s-compared-to-now

https://www.newspapers.com/image/433727284/?terms=joan

https://www.facebook.com/WeWontForgetThem/posts/lincoln-ma-joan-risch-disappeared-55-years-ago-today-the-clues-known-to-the-publ/1522449984435700/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriously:_1910%E2%80%931990

Trigger Warnings are listed before individual stories

A compilation of Christmas true crime, disaster, dumb criminals, and regular criminals.

Sources:

https://historynavigator.org/2019/12/21/the-italian-hall-disaster-and-the-copper-strike-of-1913/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Flood_of_1717

https://www.hollandlandofwater.com/kerstvloed-1717/

https://blogs.bl.uk/european/2018/01/christmas-flood-1717.html

https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/georgia-man-uses-shotgun-to-gather-mistletoe

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/intruder-enters-ohio-home-decorates-for-christmas/

https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/29/us/christmas-ornament-stabbing/index.html

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19901227&id=6e0bAAAAIBAJ&pg=6595,9332231&hl=en

https://myfox8.com/miniseries/deadly-secrets/christmas-day-marks-95-years-since-stokes-county-was-shaken-by-lawson-family-murder-suicide/

https://myfox8.com/miniseries/deadly-secrets/

https://apnews.com/article/health-crime-utah-suicide-1e17fba2d7966f7436de96ddc974e530

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/9-criminals-who-were-dressed-father-christmas

https://abcnews.go.com/US/CrimeBlotter/story?id=354660&page=1

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-18/donkey-dies-after-spanish-nativity-scene/5976376

MUSIC:

“Carol of the Bells (Epic Version)” by Brianna Tam

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/carol-of-the-bells-epic-version/131030

Trigger Warnings: Brief mentions of death by drowning, fire, and crushing, Death of a child, Death of an unborn child, Environmental Pollution, Eyewitness accounts of traumatic events, Claustrophobia

Today's Episode: The collapse of a major highway bridge on August 1, 2007, shocked the entire U.S. As the events unfolded on camera, Americans wondered how a 115 foot bridge could collapse during rush hour taking 111 cars down with it. By the time the NTSB was done with their investigation, there would be 40 year old answers at the cost of 13 lives and numerous injuries to others.

To contact us, send us an e-mail at [email protected]

SOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge

https://infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/bridges-infrastructure/

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HAR0803.pdf

https://wheninyourstate.com/mississippi/looking-back-at-the-i-35w-bridge-collapse-now-known-as-americas-wake-up-call/

https://mndaily.com/209753/uncategorized/engineering-firm-pay-524m-i-35w-settlement/

https://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2007/bridge_collapse/victims/

“Bridge” Documentary, 2020, Directed by Spencer Patzman, Narrated by Meredith Vieira, Streaming on Tubi

https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/08/reclaiming-bus-ride-august/

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/terror-on-school-bus-then-a-frantic-escape-from-collapsed-bridge/

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10046445/school-bus-driver-reflects-on-i-35-bridge-collapse-3-years-later

https://curtisandloretta.com/blog/blog/35w-bridge-collapse-survivor-garrett-ebling

https://youtu.be/eDi4GOH7Fgc?si=JcN5PMMMxJA0aNkN

MUSIC:

“Farewell” by Nono

https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/farewell/61237

Trigger Warnings: Murder, Descriptions of Injuries, Sexual Assault

Young couple Patty and Dwayne had only been dating for about a month when their bodies were found brutally murdered on a frigid day in January 1956. The case very quickly went as cold as the Montana winters and didn't find any kind of resolution for six decades.

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Sources:

https://www.greatfallshistorymuseum.org/blog/the-1956-kalitzke-bogle-double-murder-case

https://bodetech.com/1956-murders-the-oldest-cold-case-to-benefit-from-figg-solved/

https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2021/06/08/cascade-county-montana-sheriffs-office-closes-books-65-year-old-double-homicide/7606617002/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/great-falls-montana-2007-homicide-dna.html

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/great-falls/year-1956