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• 87. Henryk Siwiak: The Forgotten Murder of 9/11

  On a day when the world stood still, one New York City murder vanished into the blur of chaos. Just before midnight on September 11, 2001, Henryk Siwiak, a 46-year-old Polish immigrant, was shot to death while on his way to work at a Brooklyn grocery store. With the NYPD stretched beyond capacity, resources diverted, and a city in chaos, the investigation stalled almost immediately. More than two decades later, Henryk’s death remains the only unsolved homicide recorded in New York City on 9/11. Soft-spoken, hardworking, and new to America, Siwiak had spent his final year juggling multiple jobs to support his family back home. But on the night he set out in search of honest work, he crossed paths with violence no one has yet been able to explain.SOURCES:https://www.ranker.com/list/overlooked-case-connections/patrick-thorntonhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/asked-evening-murder-911-unsolved-york-city/story?id=57457505https://abc7ny.com/post/henry-siwak-september-11-murder-bedford-stuyvesant/13781934/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Henryk_Siwiak https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/nyregion/brooklyn-murder-on-sept-11-2001-remains-unsolved.html?_r=0https://www.refworld.org/reference/countryrep/hrw/2002/en/21884https://www.cbsnews.com/news/law-enforcement-warning-threat-jewish-israeli-supporters/⁠

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• 86. A Mother’s Murder and A Double Disappearance

  On December 9 1988, 29-year-old Victoria Lynn Hamby vanished from South Bend, Indiana, leaving behind more questions than clues. At the time, her four-year-old son and male companion, Dale Kaser, also disappeared, triggering a heartbreaking mystery that has lingered for decades. In this episode, we trace Victoria’s last known movements, her eventual murder, and the circumstances surrounding all three disappearances. Over 30 years later, questions still remain. SOURCES: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/ioekuk/29yearold_victoria_hamby_went_missing_from_south/ https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=NAN19890607.1.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- https://www.newspapers.com/image/516443092/?match=1&terms=%22Victoria%20LYNN%20Hamby%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/519455466/?match=1&terms=%22Victoria%20LYNN%20Hamby%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/519455719/?match=1&terms=%22Victoria%20LYNN%20Hamby%22 https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/591484ddadd7b049344bdbe0 https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/59148727add7b049344e0998

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• 85. Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

  Happy Halloween! It’s our last spoooooky episode of the season. We’ll go back to our regular bi-weekly publishing schedule after this one.In June 1983, a 15-year-old Vatican citizen named Emanuela Orlandi left for a music lesson in Rome—and vanished without a trace. The case that followed is a mix of anonymous phone calls, alleged kidnappings, and puzzling theories ranging from terrorism to organised crime to a cover-up within the Vatican.Join us as we trace Emanuela’s last known steps, unpack the conflicting investigations, and explore the shadowy webs of power that may lie behind one of Italy’s most haunting cold-cases.

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• 84. Kiss and Kill: The Homicide of Betty Williams

  In 1961, small-town Texas became the center of a media frenzy when 17-year-old Betty Williams asked her ex-boyfriend, John Mack Herring, to kill her—and he did. The shocking “Kiss and Kill” case exposed not only the dark side of teen romance but also how the press sensationalized tragedy, painting Betty as a wayward girl and her killer as a golden boy gone astray. Join us as we revisit the headlines, the trial that ended in acquittal, and the troubling story of how public sympathy can be shaped—and twisted—by the media.SOURCES: TBD!

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• 83. The Corpsewood Manor Murders

  Spooky season has officially begun—and this one’s straight out of a horror movie. In today’s episode, we’re diving into the Corpsewood Manor Murders: a case that’s equal parts eerie legend, satanic panic, and heartbreaking true crime.Dr. Charles Scudder and Joseph Odom built their dream castle deep in the Georgia woods—a gothic escape complete with gargoyles, stained glass, and a pink “party room.” But when small-town rumors collided with fear, prejudice, and greed, the result was pure tragedy.We’ll unpack the media frenzy that branded the victims as “gay devil worshippers,” explore the real story behind the Church of Satan, and trace how moral panic and homophobia turned two eccentric men into the villains of their own murder.SOURCES:https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/castle-in-the-country-zmaz81mazraw/ https://oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-corpsewood-manor-murders https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/the-corpsewood-murders-40-years-later/https://www.reddit.com/r/Georgia/comments/1g8waa3/georgia_folklore_murder_sex_and_satanic_panic_in/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/corpsewood-manor-murdershttps://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/the-cold-blooded-killing-of-the-gay-satanists-of-corpsewood-mano https://www.chattanoogan.com/2020/11/10/415776/Jerry-Summers-Corpsewood-Manor-Murders.aspx https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2016/aug/03/chattanoogauthor-releases-new-book-corpsewood/ https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/oct/29/true-crime-album-offers-new-perspective-on/https://churchofsatan.com/faq-fundamental-beliefs/https://moonspenders.com/2018/10/06/haunted-horror-the-corpsewood-murders/ Archives:The TimesAtlanta ConstitutionThe Vicksburg PostThe Atlanta Times

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