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In this special edition of Weird True Crime, Gina sits down with Whitney St. Andre (co-host of Navigating Advocacy) and Eric Carter Landin (host of True Consequences) to talk about AdvocacyCon — a one-of-a-kind conference built for families of the missing and murdered, happening September 11–13 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Eric shares his deeply personal story of fighting for justice for his brother Jacob, who was murdered in 1987, and how decades of being failed by the legal system drove him to found the nonprofit Angel's Voices Silenced No More and create a space where families don't have to navigate their grief alone. Whitney recounts how she and her co-host Melissa stumbled into advocacy through the Brandon Lawson case and eventually teamed up with Eric to build AdvocacyCon from the ground up — a conference designed not for content creators or entertainment, but for the families themselves.

This year's conference features a powerful lineup, including a keynote from Nicole Schmidt (Gabby Petito's mother), sessions on missing and murdered Indigenous relatives, investigative genetic genealogy, private forensic testing, wrongful convictions, and new law enforcement–led panels requested by attendees. With on-site licensed mental health clinicians, therapy dogs, a "Wall of Hope" art project, a trauma writing workshop, and intentional shared meals, AdvocacyCon goes beyond education to foster genuine community and long-lasting support networks. Eric and Whitney also discuss scholarships available through the Impact Advocacy Foundation, a new virtual attendance option, and their ambitious future plans — including a mountain grief retreat and potential expansion into domestic violence and human trafficking advocacy. Listeners can donate, purchase merch (100% of proceeds fund family scholarships), or simply help by sharing and spreading the word.

Advocacy Con: https://www.advocacycon.com/
Angel's Voices: https://www.angelsvoicesnm.org/
True Consequences: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-consequences-true-crime/id1484748807
Navigating Advocacy: https://navigatingadvocacy.com/

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Melissa Casias's long awaited autopsy report is finally in, and in this episode, Gina and Amber break down exactly what it says, including new context from the Mondragon family about the remote stone basin where Melissa was found, and why it doesn't match what NMSP originally told them.
 They walk through the gunshot trajectory, the toxicology findings that are still incomplete, and why forensic experts, including former FBI Special Agent Daniel Bruner, are questioning whether the manner of death, officially listed as undetermined, tells the whole story.
They also revisit key evidence and statements from earlier episodes in light of what's now known, and share where Gina and Amber personally stand on the case. Everything shared in this episode comes directly from the official autopsy report, documented evidence, and statements from Melissa's family and their legal team.

🚨 If You Have Information
New Mexico State Police: (505) 425-6771
Crime Stoppers (anonymous): (505) 843-STOP | Text ABQCS to 738477
Parnall & Adams: https://parnalladams.com/

Sources
New Mexico State Police Report: on file
Office of the Medical Investigator, Autopsy Report: on file
Statements from Melissa's family and their legal team
Law & Crime forensic analysis segment, featuring former FBI Special Agent Daniel Bruner
KOAT News, public statement from Sierra Casias
Justice for Melissa Mondragon Casias Facebook page
Remembering Melissa Casias Facebook page
Weird True Crime is an independent true crime podcast. If this episode moved you, please share it, and share Melissa's face. The more people who know her story, the better the chance that someone comes forward.
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As the rest of the country was settling in and finalizing holiday meals, a man in his mid forties with unremarkable features, yet a quiet and steady demeanor walks through the Portland International Airport. It’s Thanksgiving Eve, Nov 24th, 1971. He approaches the ticket agent at Northwest Orient Airlines and requests to purchase a one- way ticket to Seattle aboard flight 305- a mere 25 minute journey in the air. 
The Boeing 727 holds the man, and 36 other passengers. He is kindly served a bourbon and soda, but before settling in for the rest of the flight, he brings a briefcase to his lap and calls over to the stewardess once again. What she witnesses next, will change not only the course of the flight, but her life, for everyone on board is about to become involved in the most notorious unsolved flight- hijacking in American history. Her eyes glance into the man’s case and widen as she realizes what she is seeing- a bomb. 

This is the case of America's largest unsolved skyjacking and the man who to this day is still unidentified.

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Your weekly dumpster fire just got an upgrade. This week, Amber and Gina are diving headfirst into Reddit's AITA (Am I The Asshole?) forum — and they pulled 10 of the most unhinged, hilarious, and genuinely jaw-dropping threads they could find.
From a lactose-intolerant food thief who gets the worst kind of karma, to a man who handed his wife a formal performance review, to a husband trying to get his recovering wife to sign mystery documents blindfolded — the bar is on the floor, and Reddit has receipts.
As always, take it all with a grain of salt (and some popcorn). AI has made it nearly impossible to know what's real anymore, but real or not? These stories are chef's kiss.
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In 1954, two teenage best friends in Christchurch, New Zealand, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, murdered Pauline's mother, Honora Parker, in Victoria Park, staging her death to look like an accident. The girls, whose intense and consuming friendship had alarmed both of their families, killed Honora after learning she opposed their plan to stay together once Juliet's family moved to South Africa. Both girls were convicted and served about five years in prison before being released under new identities. Juliet Hulme went on to become a bestselling mystery novelist under the name Anne Perry. Pauline Parker became a recluse who ran a small riding school in England. Their story later inspired the 1994 Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures, starring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey.


Links & Sources
Christchurch City Libraries, Parker Hulme Heritage Digitised Collection, Page 23: https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/ParkerHulme/Page23.asp
NZ History, Pauline Parker: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/pauline-parker
IMDb, Heavenly Creatures trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110005/
Murderpedia, Juliet Hulme trial reports: https://murderpedia.org/female.H/images/hulme-juliet/juliet-hulme-trial-reports.pdf
Christchurch City Libraries, Parker Hulme Heritage Digitised Collection, Page 24: https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/ParkerHulme/Page24.asp
Christchurch City Libraries, Parker Hulme Heritage Digitised Collection, Page 28: https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/ParkerHulme/Page28.asp
Christchurch City Libraries, Parker Hulme Heritage Digitised Collection, Page 27: https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/ParkerHulme/Page27.asp
NZ Herald, 'We were not lesbians,' says former Juliet Hulme: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/we-were-not-lesbians-says-former-juliet-hulme/V4WK54EI7YUVO6UMNKPOE7NRG4/
Domus Aurea (archived), Hilary Nathan profile: https://web.archive.org/web/20060721114131/http://www.domusaurea.org/borovnia/hilary.html
Anne Perry official site (archived): https://web.archive.org/web/20071019040936/http://www.anneperry.net/3.html
Archives NZ via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/14377739776/
Archives NZ via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/9096583535
Archives NZ via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/9721709104
Find a Grave, Honorah Mary Parker: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16907470/honorah-mary-parker
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For nearly thirty years, Anthony Gignac, born Jose Enrique Moreno on the streets of Colombia, posed as Saudi royalty to con hotels, department stores, a university, and eventually a group of ultra wealthy international investors out of millions of dollars. From a sixth grade Mercedes scam to a two hundred million dollar American Express card to an eight million dollar investment fraud scheme, Anthony's story is one of the boldest and strangest cons in recent memory, and it came at a real human cost. On today's WTF Wednesday, Gina and Amber trace the entire arc of the Prince of Fraud, from an orphaned five year old to a federal inmate with a release date in 2032.
A big shout-out to Haley Gray for her research on this episode! 
Sources
U.S. Department of Justice, press releases (usao-sdfl)
CNBC, How a fake Saudi prince conned investors out of millions
Los Angeles Times archives, 1991 coverage
Vanity Fair, He actually believes he is Khalid: The odyssey of a counterfeit Saudi prince
Vanity Fair, How the fake Saudi prince Anthony Gignac was exposed
Forbes, Befriending the notorious fake sultan
The New York Times, coverage of Anthony Gignac
The Washington Post, coverage of Anthony Gignac
The Spokesman-Review archives
The Orlando Sentinel archives
Vice, The insane saga of the fake Saudi prince who scammed Miami's rich and famous
Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator
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In the final episode of this series, Gina and Amber cover Leticia Stauch's murder trial, three years after Gannon's death. Leticia pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, with her defense arguing she suffered from dissociative identity disorder as a result of childhood trauma. Prosecutors pointed to her shifting statements to police, the deliberate steps she took to conceal what happened to Gannon, and a recorded interview in which she admitted to fatally shooting him. In May 2023, a jury convicted her of first-degree murder, and she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
This episode also brings listeners fully up to date on the most recent development in the case. On April 2, 2026, the Colorado Court of Appeals reversed Leticia Stauch's conviction, ruling that a biased juror, one whose son-in-law worked as a deputy district attorney in the same office that prosecuted the case, should have been dismissed and never should have deliberated. The reversal is not based on new evidence and does not change the facts of what happened to Gannon; it's centered entirely on a legal error known as structural error. The ruling was not unanimous, and one judge argued Leticia's own defense team could have removed the juror and failed to do so.
As of this episode, Leticia Stauch remains in custody at the Denver Women's Correctional Facility while the case moves through appeal. In late June 2026, the Colorado Department of Law filed its own appeal with the Colorado Supreme Court, seeking to reinstate the original conviction. Gina and Amber close out the series by explaining what could happen next, a full retrial, or a Supreme Court ruling that restores the 2023 verdict, and promise to update listeners as soon as there's real movement in the case.
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In part two, Gina and Amber cover the break that changed everything: the discovery of a piece of blood-stained particle board near the Stauch home, and the trail of evidence that led investigators over a thousand miles away to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where Leticia Stauch was ultimately arrested.
This episode covers the forensic details that built the case against her, including Gannon's blood found on her shoe, her DNA recovered from a firearm connected to his death, and phone and travel records placing her in the Florida Panhandle in the days after Gannon went missing. Weeks later, searchers made the devastating discovery of Gannon's body in a suitcase beneath a bridge, confirming the worst fears of a family and a community that had spent weeks searching for him.
Gina and Amber break down the timeline of the investigation, the mounting physical evidence, and how a search for a missing child turned into a homicide case almost overnight.
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On January 27, 2020, 11-year-old Gannon Stauch vanished from his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking one of the most closely watched missing child cases in the state's history. His stepmother, Leticia Stauch, told police he had been picked up by a friend's family and never returned. Within days, that story began to unravel.
In this episode, Gina and Amber walk through Gannon's disappearance hour by hour: the initial 911 call, the massive search effort that followed, and the early inconsistencies in Leticia's account that investigators couldn't ignore. They introduce Gannon as more than a headline, a bright, loving kid whose absence devastated his family and his community, and they break down why law enforcement so quickly began focusing on the woman who was supposed to be caring for him.
This episode lays the foundation for everything that follows: the frantic search, the mounting suspicion, and the case that would eventually make national headlines.
Sources
El Paso County Sheriff's Office press releases Colorado Springs Gazette court coverage KRDO / KKTV / CBS Colorado news archives
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In the summer of 1959, a farmer picking blackberries along U.S. Highway 11 in Etowah County, Alabama, made a discovery no one could have prepared for: a human torso. No arms. No legs. Face beaten past recognition. The next day, ten miles away, a second torso turned up along the same highway. Alabama had never seen anything like it — and the woman at the center of it all wasn't a gangster, a drifter, or a "madman." She was a 30-year-old farm girl named Viola Hyatt, and history would remember her as the Alabama Axe Murderess.
This week, Amber and Gina dig into one of the strangest, most forgotten true crime cases in American history — the 1959 Torso Murders of Etowah County. Who were Lee and Emmett Harper? What drove Viola to pick up a 12-gauge shotgun and a double-sided ax? And why did she take the real reason to her grave in 2000, after a lifetime of refusing to say a single word more than she already had?
Fair warning: this one will stay with you.
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