In February of 2018, a woman in the Australian city of Queanbeyan claimed that a stranger had visited her home. This mysterious woman, who was unknown to the young mother, had come to inspect her house and her two children. She claimed to be an FACS caseworker, but - as this small suburb outside of Canberra would soon learn - this was not the case.

This story hearkens back to the first half of the 1990s, when similar stories broke out across the United Kingdom. From Sheffield to the northern tip of Scotland, worried parents claimed that strangers - pretending to be social workers - tried to either inspect or abduct their children.

But where did this urban legend originate? Well, if you believe some, it all began with a child abuse scandal from Cleveland in the mid-1980s...

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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Music Credits

Rotten Bliss - "Under The Branches"

Kay - "Call Of The Void"

Magna Ingress - "Anahata I"

Pulse Emitter - "Triangulum Galaxy"

Rec008 - "Contemplation"

ROZKOL - "Hell Slime"

Ailsa Traves - "Unresolved"

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This is a brief update for episodes 14 - 16 of the podcast, addressing some recent news regarding Shannan Gilbert and the drama unfolding in Suffolk County. 

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Music by T. Nordgren

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On the morning of November 16th, 1987, a pair of hunters discovered the skeletonized remains of a young woman just a stone's throw away from Shaw Creek - in the woods just south of Eureka, South Carolina. These remains have never been identified, and serve as the jumping-off point for an investigation that now spans over three decades. 

In 1991, the remains of a local woman - Jackie Council - would be found roughly half-a-mile away. Then, in 1993, another unidentified Jane Doe was found just off Shaw Creek. As if that wasn't enough, the body of a Georgia woman that went missing in 1989 - named Risteen Durden - was found just a few miles away in 1992.

The state these women were found in point to a single suspect: a killer that terrorized young black women in Aiken County. However, until now, this killer hasn't even had a name... and while there are many of suspects to look at, none of them completely fit the bill...

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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Music Credits

Robert Farmer - "We Will Not Be Shipwrecked On A Vain Reality"

Andrew Reddy - "A Breath"

Kai Engel - "Wake Up!"

Kay - "Call Of The Void"

Koen Daigaku - "EPV_174 Trailer"

Parvus Decree - "The Unborn"

Magna Ingress - "Running Away"

Graham Bole - "We Are One"

Breath Before The Plunge - "End Of All Things"

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A few weeks ago, I brought you the story of twins Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook - missing teenagers that had disappeared into thin air in March of 1990. 

Since those episodes, there have been some behind-the-scenes update, involving the funding of a billboard (a co-venture between myself and the hosts of the Fall Line podcast to raise publicity for the $8000 reward fund) and a vigil taking place this weekend (March 18th - the 28th anniversary of the twins' disappearance). 

If you would like to RSVP for the vigil on Facebook, you can do so at the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/165077164156531/

 

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Two years before the disappearance of the Millbrook Twins, and six years before Tiffany Nelson went missing, another African American girl went missing about an hour north - in a small town called Greenwood, South Carolina. 

Malakia Zali Logan was a regular kid, who spent the evening of May 15th, 1988 playing with friends. Sometime between 8:00 and 8:30 PM, she hopped on her bike and headed home - a distance no greater than 300 yards. Her bike was found overturned by the apartment's office, but she was never seen again. 

Throughout the investigation, various leads and suspects would come and go. However, for nearly thirty years, the abduction and murder of "Kia" Logan has gone unsolved. 

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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Music Credits

Lee Rosevere - "Morning Mist"

Breath Before The Plunge - "New Year's Day"

Rest You Sleeping Giant - "Themes From Frost"

Kai Engel - "Modum"

Borrtex - "Wondering"

Parvus Decree - "Haunting Memories"

Magna Ingress - "The Wanderer"

Blue Dot Sessions - "Levanger"

The Music Plays You - "Dusk To Dawn"

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In June of 1994, a nine-year old girl was preparing to live out her summer dreams. Tiffany Elizabeth Nelson, a native of Augusta, Georgia, was a tomboy that loved to ride her bike while wearing frilly dresses. She had suffered the loss of her mother just two years prior, and was living with her aunt, Ora, in her home along Getzen Drive - just a few miles away from where Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook had gone missing four years beforehand. 

It was the first Monday of summer vacation, when Tiffany rode her bike down to a corner convenience store just a few blocks away. She was last seen at that gas station at approximately 10:00 AM, filling up her bike tires with air. When she went missing, very little was done to find her - or to investigate any of the potential offenders living in the area. 

Over the next eleven years, Tiffany would just become a footnote for the area: a cautionary tale for neighborhood children. But in 2005, a forester made a discovery roughly twenty miles south, which proved that there was more to Tiffany's case than met the eye... 

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Music by Lisa Hogan

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In March of 1990, two teenagers disappeared from Augusta, Georgia. Their names are Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook. Early on, the lead detective - who handled all of Augusta's missing teenager cases - zeroed in on the theory that both girls had run away together. This theory began to look less likely with each passing day, but that didn't stop the case from being closed in 1991 and the investigation shuttered until 2013. 

In the years since, police and independent investigators have had very little evidence to draw on, basing their understanding of the case on the comments made by that original lead detective. He has placed most of the blame for the case's mishandling on someone - a juvenile probation officer, who knew the family of the twins and volunteered his time. 

In this episode, I speak to the sister of the twins, Shanta Sturgis, in the hopes of understanding who this juvenile probation officer was, and why the lead detective has decided to give him the majority of the blame. We also chat the current status of the case, and what you - the listener - can do to help out. 

Part three of three. 

 

If you would like to help support the family, you can head to the following link: 

https://www.youcaring.com/dannetteandjeannettemillbrook-1090923 

This is a crowdfunding effort I have established alongside the hosts of the Fall Line podcast, Brooke and Laurah. We are hoping to put up a billboard in Augusta, to not only inform the area that the case is still very open, but that there is a $8000+ reward for information that leads to any answers for the Millbrook & Sturgis family. 

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Music by Lisa Hogan

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On the approximate date of April 8th, 1991, the family of missing teenagers Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook were met by one of the investigators handling their case. The family was told that because their 17th birthday had come-and-gone, that the girls - wherever they were - could no longer be forced to return home. 

So the family had to put their faith in a higher power to help their missing relatives return home, because law enforcement had no interest in finding them. Then, just two years after this meeting, one of the police officials contacted NCMEC - the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - and told them that the girls had been found. 

Which is it? Were they still missing, or had they been found?

This would just be the beginning of a three-decades-in-the-making mystery, which has consumed the time and effort of Shanta Sturgis, the twins' younger sister. To this day, she (and the rest of the twins' family) has received little-to-no help from law enforcement. I speak to her, and the makers of the Fall Line podcast, in an effort to get to the bottom of law enforcement's hesitance to speak out about this investigation.

Part two of three.

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Music by Lisa Hogan

 

Follow along with Shanta at her Facebook group, Missing Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook, which can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/twwinsfammily/

Check out The Fall Line podcast, whose website can be found at: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/

 

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In March of 1990, a pair of twins - named Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook - disappeared from their hometown of Augusta, GA. 

By all indications, they were just a regular couple of teenagers. They came from a large immediate family, but spent most of their time at home: they sang along to songs on the radio, spent most of their free time lounging around in front of the television, and attended church every Sunday. 

But on one particular Sunday - March 18th, 1990 - the twins walked through the neighborhood, hoping to collect bus fare from their godfather. They visited their godfather, then their cousin, and finally their sister, before stopping by a convenience store to buy some snacks. When they left the store, they were never seen again. 

I am joined by the younger sister of the twins, Shanta Sturgis, as well as the hosts of the podcast The Fall Line. 

Part one of three. 

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

Music by Lisa Hogan

 

Follow along with Shanta at her Facebook group, Missing Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook, which can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/twwinsfammily/

Check out The Fall Line podcast, whose website can be found at: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/

 

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In January of 1966, the disappearance of three children became one of the 20th century's most enduring mysteries. 9-year old Jane, 7-year old Arnna, and 4-year old Grant were trusted to trusted by their parents, Jim and Nancy, to spend the day at the nearby Glenelg Beach. When they failed to return home on their 2:00 PM bus, Australia's biggest search operation was launched to find them. 

It has been over fifty years, and the three kids have never been found. But now, police have picked up on a new lead, involving a person I briefly mention in episodes 10 and 11. I also talk about some other persons-of-interest that have cropped up over the past couple of years. 

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan 

Huge thanks to Lisa Hogan for supplying her original music, including today's track, "Troglodyte Excerpt."