Episode 66 - Valerie McDaniel

In February 2024, a late-night phone call sent one family into shock. A young mother was found dead inside an apartment in Berlin, New Hampshire, and the father of her two children was on the run.What followed was a nationwide manhunt, a custody dispute filled with conflicting st ...  Show more

On New Year’s Eve 2020 in San Diego, California, a woman sent a series of disturbing text messages claiming her stepfather was “waking up” in the back of her SUV. Hours later, 64 year old Tom Merriman was found dead beneath a pile of debris at the end of his driveway.How to suppo ...  Show more

In 1982, 13-year-old Carrie Ann Jopek went missing during a party. Over a year later, she was discovered dead, buried under the back porch. For decades, her killer remained a mystery... that is, until one fateful day in 2015, when the truth finally came to light... Up your game i ...  Show more

Around 2am on April 6th 2018, a mysterious person walked down a snowy suburban street in Wadsworth, Ohio. At some point, this person came to a stop in front of a modest two story home and then looked around to make sure no one was watching them. Feeling satisfied no one was, t ...

37 year old nurse Lisa Skidmore wasn’t feeling very well so didn't go to work and stayed home.

Lisa’s mum Margaret decided to head to Lisa’s house on her way to the shops to see how she was as they lived very close to each other. She let herself into Lisa house just like s ...  Show more

Today’s podcast features three separate, unique stories that share a theme: they are stories about hitchhiking. The audio from these stories has been pulled from my YouTube channel, which is just called MrBallen, and has been remastered for today's podcast.

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