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Dark Deeds

A short true crime podcast detailing the stories of solved and unsolved cases for the true crime enthusiast to get a quick fix of true crime!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

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00:22:34

S03E01: McKamey Manor: America's most "Extreme...

Dark Deeds ·

2024/10/31

McKamey Manor, an extreme haunted house attraction that features survival horror-style events was founded by Russell McKamey and ran on his property in San Diego until it was moved to Tennessee in 2017. McKamey Manor has been the center of much controversy over the years due to how extreme the tours are for participants which often involves various styles of torture such as waterboarding, binding and gagging, force feeding them various unknown substances, and much much more. Participants have to

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00:28:17

S02E31: Fed to the Pigs--The Susan Monica Story

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2024/08/31

On January 20, 2014, Police brought 65-year-old pig farmer Susan Monica from Wimer, Oregon in for questioning after 56-year-old Robert Haney's family reported him missing. Police had discovered that Susan used Robert's EBT card in December at a local Walmart. Robert's family had not heard from him for several months before going to visit Susan's farm to see where there father was, as he had been working for her since the summer of 2013. He was nowhere to be found but his items and

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00:19:28

S02E30: The Case of Gwen Amber Rose Araujo

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2024/07/20

On the night of October 3, 2002, Gwen Amber Rose Araujo, a transgender teen from California attended a party at a home rented by Jose and Paul Merel. Michael Magidson, Jason Nabors, Jason Cazares, Emmanuel Merel, and Nicole Brown were all present at the party. Upon learning that Gwen was biologically born a male, the men became irate that they had engaged in sexual acts with her previously. This led to a brutal attack on Gwen which ultimately caused her death. Gwen's case paved the way for

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00:17:13

S02E29: A Woman Scorned- The Case of Al Benitez and...

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2024/06/22

Just before 7 AM on August 9, 2003, the Kleberg County Sheriff's office in Texas received a 9-1-1 from a man saying he had been shot. When police arrived at the scene of the man's home, they realized the victim was one of their own, Albert Benitez, a former police officer and border patrol officer who now spent his time training young police officers. He had been shot six times and his girlfriend, Elizabeth Reynolds had been kidnapped and taken away in Al's stolen car by the perpetrator. As

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00:36:39

S02E28: The Disappearance and Murder of Evelyn Boswell

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2024/05/19

15-month-old Evelyn Boswell was reported missing by her maternal grandfather, Tommy Boswell, Sr. in February of 2020. He stated he had not seen Evelyn since November of 2019. An Amber alert was issued on February 19, 2020. Other accounts say she had been missing since December 10-11 of 2019 which is the last time her babysitter had seen her. Her mother, 18-year-old, Megan Boswell had made a series of contradictory statements to police and the media regarding the whereabouts of her daughter. Megan

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00:28:08

S02E27: Marlene Warren and the Florida Killer Clown

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2024/03/02

On the morning of May 26, 1990, 40-year-old Marlene Warren was preparing breakfast for her son and his friends when she heard the door bell ring. Upon answering the door, she was greeted by a person dressed in a clown costume holding two foil balloons and a basket of carnations for her. When she reached for the gifts, the clown shot Marlene in the face and fled in their white Chrysler LeBaron. For 27 years, Marlene's case remained unsolved, despite having obvious suspects. With the advancements

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00:30:33

S02E26: The Mysterious Disappearances of Andre...

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2024/02/10

During 1989, three unrelated African American baby boys went missing under mysterious circumstances from New York. Andre Bryant, a one month old baby boy disappeared from Brooklyn, and his mother, Monique Rivera was found murdered the next day. He has never been located.Christopher Dansby, a 2-year-old baby boy went missing from a park located near the Martin Luther King, Jr. apartment complex in May 1989. Three months after Christopher went missing, 18-month-old Shane Walker went missing from

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00:34:06

S02E25: The Crimes of the Knights of the Crystal...

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2024/01/13

In 2016, John Coltharp and his best friend founded a doomsday cult loosely based on the teachings of the FLDS. It is important to note that the FLDS had no idea about this cult nor did it condone their behavior. In September of 2017, John’s estranged wife, Micha Coltharp went to the Utah police department to report that John had taken their children and she could not locate him nor contact him. Thinking this would be a routine domestic dispute that could easily be resolved, police started to

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00:26:51

S2E24: The Betrayal of Skylar Neese

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2023/12/16

Drama is a normal part of the teenage years, but sometimes, this drama is taken too far. On July 5, 2012, 16-year-old Skylar Neese snuck out of her Morgantown, West Virginia home to go joyriding with her two "best friends", Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf, but these two girls had other plans for how the night would unfold. After six long months of searching for Skylar ever since she snuck out in July, her remains were located in a wooded area in Greene County, Pennsylvania after Rachel

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00:44:13

S02E23: The Gruesome Murder of Shad Thyrion by Taylor...

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2023/12/02

On February 23, 2022 dispatchers in Green Bay Wisconsin received a 911 call at 3:28 AM from a woman and her boyfriend who had just discovered her 24-year-old son, Shad Thyrion’s severed head in a bucket at the bottom of their basement stairs. The woman was awakened by noises of her front door slamming and what she thought was a running car in her driveway. Upon waking, she noticed the basement light on and went to investigate. This is when she made the gruesome discovery. The last person known to

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00:34:46

S02E22: The Gruesome Murders of Joel and Lisa Guy

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2023/11/04

In November of 2016, the Guy parents had announced they sold their home in Knoxville, Tennessee to retire and move to Joel Sr.'s late mother's home in Surgoinsville, TN. They were holding their last family dinner at their home on Thanksgiving where the entire family would be attending before they all looked forward to having Christmas dinner in Joel and Lisa's new home. Their son, Joel Guy, Jr. had attended this dinner. He had been financially reliant on his parents, never having a job

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00:28:09

S02E21: The Solved Cold Case of Gretchen Harrington

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2023/10/14

On August 15, 1975, 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington set out alone to walk to the Trinity Christian Reformed Church for vacation bible school which was only 3/4 of a mile from her home in the suburb of Broomall in Pennsylvania when she was kidnapped. 2 months later, her body was found in Ridley Creek State Park 2 1/2 miles from where she was last seen. She had been the victim of a homicide with her cause of death being blunt force injuries to her head. Her murderer eluded police for almost 50 years,

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01:03:19

S02E20: The Mysterious Murders of Susan, Karen, and...

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2023/09/23

On June 22, 1979, English teacher, Susan Reinert and her two children, 11-year-old Karen and 10-year-old Michael set out to brave a hailstorm to take a trip for the weekend to Allentown, Pennsylvania where she would be holding a presentation for a group she was a member of. Her battered and naked body was found three days later in the trunk of her orange hatchback in a parking lot in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania which was 90 miles from her home. William Bradfield and Jay C. Smith, fellow employees of

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00:35:19

S02E19: Miranda and Elytte Barbour: " It’s dark. It’s...

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2023/09/07

19-year-old Miranda Barbour was a troubled girl who had a dark past including abuse as a toddler, drug abuse, and satanic cult involvement who seemingly had turned her life around when she moved to North Carolina with her uncle in 2012. She gave birth to a baby girl, got a job, and even began taking college courses, until she met 21-year-old Elytte Barbour. He and Miranda left their lives in North Carolina and moved to Sunbury, Pennsylvania where they made ends meet with the money Miranda earned on

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00:27:36

S02E18: Carlee Russell's Kidnapping Hoax

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2023/08/19

On July 13, 2023, 25-year-old Carlethia Nicole Russell, or simply, Carlee Russell was driving on Interstate 459 when she stopped her red Mercedes Benz along the highway to phone 9-1-1 to report a toddler walking along the highway with only a white t-shirt and diaper on. She placed the call around 9:34 P.M. and this was the last she was seen or heard from for the next 49 hours. A huge search for her went underway involving the use of police helicopters, drones, and volunteers from all over. A vigil

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00:22:53

S02E17: The Gruesome Murder of Nicole "Niki" Perry

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2023/08/07

In November of 2020, 31-year-old Nicole "Niki" Perry and her fiance, Randall Fulghum were living in a small, crowded, garage on the 300 block of West Harlan Avenue in San Antonio, Texas that had been turned into a makeshift home for transients owned by "Gizmo" and his girlfriend, Vanessa Vargas. This location was a known drug house and had been the site of several drug busts in the past. Niki had been known to be "mouthy" and could be rude at times, and during this

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00:29:27

S2E16: The Apartment of Horrors: Kendrick, Jordan,...

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2023/07/19

On October 24, 2021, 15-year-old Jordan Lee called 9-1-1 to report that he and his two brothers had been abandoned in an apartment in Green Crest, Harris County, Texas by their mother and her boyfriend, being left to fend for themselves and live with the decomposing body of their brother for almost a year. While the boys' mother and her boyfriend were enjoying life on social media, the boys were living a nightmare that no one knew about. Sources The Daily Beast (2021) ABC7 Chicago

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01:07:53

S02E15: Coercive Control: The Devastating Murders of...

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2023/07/12

A kind and beautiful, Hannah Clarke, met former New Zealand Rugby player, Rowan Baxter, in 2008 when she was just 19-years-old and he, 30-years old. The pair fell in love and were married in 2012, and then came the arrival of their three beautiful children, Aaliyah, Laianah, and Trey Baxter. Their relationship; however, was not a normal, loving relationship as Rowan had severe issues with verbally, mentally, emotionally, and even on a few occasions, physically abusing Hannah and the children. Rowan

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00:22:19

S02E14: The Independence Day Murders of Sue and...

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2023/07/05

On July 5, 1995, a citizen of Wayne City, Illinois called to report a mid 1980s, green Oldsmobile had been submerged nose-deep in a local pond. Police went to investigate and discovered a bloody scene. Blood had been smeared on one of the car's tail lights and filled the floor pans. A piece of wooden furring was holding the accelerator pedal and bloody hand prints were found inside the trunk along with .32 caliber shell casings. Meanwhile, 38-year-old Sue and her 13-year-old daughter Melinda

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00:15:30

S02E13: The Troubled Friendship of Two Davids- The...

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2023/06/28

On July 3, 2012, a group of students vacationing on Portsmouth Beach in Southsea, England discovered something wrapped in a pink shower curtain and trash bags on the rocks of the beach. It was determined that the item in question was the dismembered torso of 30-year-old David Guy. Three days later, David's pelvis and legs were also located on the beach. On July 8, 2012, a confused, disheveled, and dirty 47-year-old David Hilder appeared at a police station claiming he thinks he had killed

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