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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Creepy Stories</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creepy-stories--7198320</link><description><![CDATA[Dare to peer into the shadows where reality twists and the unexplained lurks. Creepy Stories invites you to a daily rendezvous with the bizarre, the terrifying, and the truly strange.<br /><br /> This is your portal to chilling tales, unsettling encounters, and disturbing true stories that defy explanation. From mysterious disappearances to ghostly apparitions and cryptic urban legends, Creepy Stories curates the most compelling and spine-tingling narratives from around the globe, ensuring every listen is a journey into the unknown. We delve into the dark corners of human experience and the supernatural, presenting each account with a focus on unsettling detail and atmospheric suspense.<br /><br /> New episodes arrive every single day, Monday through Sunday, precisely at 4:00 AM. Start your day with a jolt as we explore everything from paranormal phenomena to unsolved mysteries and terrifying encounters. Each episode is designed to leave you questioning what you thought you knew about the world, offering a daily dose of genuine creepiness.<br /><br /> This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the weird, the unsettling, and the things that go bump in the night. If you crave chilling true stories and enjoy exploring the fringes of reality, Creepy Stories is your essential listen. <br /><br /> Subscribe now and unlock the doors to the truly strange.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7198320/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Spirituality</category><copyright>© 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8faac02071cebc0c7891eb47c037f1d.jpg</url><title>Creepy Stories</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creepy-stories--7198320</link></image><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:02:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:name><itunes:email>creators@obomedia.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8faac02071cebc0c7891eb47c037f1d.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Dare to peer into the shadows where reality twists and the unexplained lurks. Creepy Stories invites you to a daily rendezvous with the bizarre, the terrifying, and the truly strange.

This is your portal to chilling tales, unsettling encounters, and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dare to peer into the shadows where reality twists and the unexplained lurks. Creepy Stories invites you to a daily rendezvous with the bizarre, the terrifying, and the truly strange.<br /><br /> This is your portal to chilling tales, unsettling encounters, and disturbing true stories that defy explanation. From mysterious disappearances to ghostly apparitions and cryptic urban legends, Creepy Stories curates the most compelling and spine-tingling narratives from around the globe, ensuring every listen is a journey into the unknown. We delve into the dark corners of human experience and the supernatural, presenting each account with a focus on unsettling detail and atmospheric suspense.<br /><br /> New episodes arrive every single day, Monday through Sunday, precisely at 4:00 AM. Start your day with a jolt as we explore everything from paranormal phenomena to unsolved mysteries and terrifying encounters. Each episode is designed to leave you questioning what you thought you knew about the world, offering a daily dose of genuine creepiness.<br /><br /> This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the weird, the unsettling, and the things that go bump in the night. If you crave chilling true stories and enjoy exploring the fringes of reality, Creepy Stories is your essential listen. <br /><br /> Subscribe now and unlock the doors to the truly strange.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Spirituality"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Road Grader Finds a Letter That Shouldn't Exist: The Meridian Letter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/road-grader-finds-a-letter-that-shouldn-t-exist-the-meridian-letter--73178618</link><description><![CDATA[Road Grader Finds a Letter That Shouldn't Exist: The Meridian Letter<br /><br />Fear and curiosity collide: a sealed cream envelope, dry on its underside after seven hours of continuous snowfall, appears on a locked desert access road and contains three numbers that match a radio pulse Emily Stein recorded seven hours earlier-who mailed it from Tucson and how did it arrive on a road where no mail carrier stops?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of events as recorded by instruments, weather logs, and eyewitness accounts to lay out the timeline and the unanswered question: what connects the postmarked envelope from Tucson to the pulse sequence Emily logged at 2:17 a.m.?<br /><br />Person: Emily Stein<br />Event: Pulse sequence at 2:17 a.m. on 408 MHz<br />Date: November 14, 2011<br />Location: Meridian Ridge Observatory access road, southern Arizona<br />Person: Harvey Griffin<br /><br />- Snow began falling at 9:12 p.m. the previous evening and continued until 4:30 a.m., creating two inches of accumulation.<br />- Harvey Griffin found the sealed 9x12 cream envelope at 5:47 a.m. lying face-up in the center of the road with the underside completely dry.<br />- Emily logged a pulse sequence on the 408 MHz band at 2:17 a.m. consisting of three pulses, pause; five pulses, pause; two pulses, then silence, running about forty minutes.<br />- The envelope contained a single sheet with the numbers "3 5 2" and a handwritten note with eight words: "count the pulses, Em. You'll have seen them by the time you read this."<br />- The envelope bore a Tucson return address and a postmark dated the same morning it was found, despite the access road receiving no mail deliveries.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178618</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:00:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178618/0182.mp3" length="23332847" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Road Grader Finds a Letter That Shouldn't Exist: The Meridian Letter&#13;
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Fear and curiosity collide: a sealed cream envelope, dry on its underside after seven hours of continuous snowfall, appears on a locked desert access road and contains three...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Road Grader Finds a Letter That Shouldn't Exist: The Meridian Letter<br /><br />Fear and curiosity collide: a sealed cream envelope, dry on its underside after seven hours of continuous snowfall, appears on a locked desert access road and contains three numbers that match a radio pulse Emily Stein recorded seven hours earlier-who mailed it from Tucson and how did it arrive on a road where no mail carrier stops?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of events as recorded by instruments, weather logs, and eyewitness accounts to lay out the timeline and the unanswered question: what connects the postmarked envelope from Tucson to the pulse sequence Emily logged at 2:17 a.m.?<br /><br />Person: Emily Stein<br />Event: Pulse sequence at 2:17 a.m. on 408 MHz<br />Date: November 14, 2011<br />Location: Meridian Ridge Observatory access road, southern Arizona<br />Person: Harvey Griffin<br /><br />- Snow began falling at 9:12 p.m. the previous evening and continued until 4:30 a.m., creating two inches of accumulation.<br />- Harvey Griffin found the sealed 9x12 cream envelope at 5:47 a.m. lying face-up in the center of the road with the underside completely dry.<br />- Emily logged a pulse sequence on the 408 MHz band at 2:17 a.m. consisting of three pulses, pause; five pulses, pause; two pulses, then silence, running about forty minutes.<br />- The envelope contained a single sheet with the numbers "3 5 2" and a handwritten note with eight words: "count the pulses, Em. You'll have seen them by the time you read this."<br />- The envelope bore a Tucson return address and a postmark dated the same morning it was found, despite the access road receiving no mail deliveries.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1459</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Dead Man's Library Card: Stamped Dates After His Death</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dead-man-s-library-card-stamped-dates-after-his-death--73178617</link><description><![CDATA[The Dead Man's Library Card: Stamped Dates After His Death<br /><br />A dead man’s checkout card bears two stamped dates made more than two years after his death, placed inside a closed library during renovation-how did a book appear in an aisle photographed empty less than 48 hours earlier? What did Nora McCarthy do with the library key and seven date stamps that no one expected?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events surrounding a volume at the Millbrook Branch and the people connected to it, laying out the physical evidence, the timeline, and the unresolved gap in who placed the book. Could the timestamps on a mechanical date stamp solve the mystery of when and why the book reappeared?<br /><br />Person: Gordon McCarthy<br />Person: Nora McCarthy<br />Location: Millbrook Branch Library<br />Date: Gordon died on August 3, 2009<br />Event: Book stamped October 9, 2009 and October 22, 2009<br /><br />- Gordon checked out 41 books from Millbrook Branch between 2003 and 2009.<br />- Gordon died August 3, 2009; two stamped dates on the checkout card are October 9 and October 22, 2009.<br />- Nora obtained a key in late September 2011 and entered the closed building on the night of October 8, 2011.<br />- Renovation foreman Art Beckett photographed the north aisle on Sept 27, Oct 11 and Oct 12, 2011; the last photo at 4:52 PM on Oct 12 shows the aisle empty.<br />- Utility lineman Stanley Perry found the book at 8:40 AM on October 14, 2011 and photographed the checkout card.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178617</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:00:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178617/0181.mp3" length="21192478" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Dead Man's Library Card: Stamped Dates After His Death&#13;
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A dead man’s checkout card bears two stamped dates made more than two years after his death, placed inside a closed library during renovation-how did a book appear in an aisle photographed...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Dead Man's Library Card: Stamped Dates After His Death<br /><br />A dead man’s checkout card bears two stamped dates made more than two years after his death, placed inside a closed library during renovation-how did a book appear in an aisle photographed empty less than 48 hours earlier? What did Nora McCarthy do with the library key and seven date stamps that no one expected?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events surrounding a volume at the Millbrook Branch and the people connected to it, laying out the physical evidence, the timeline, and the unresolved gap in who placed the book. Could the timestamps on a mechanical date stamp solve the mystery of when and why the book reappeared?<br /><br />Person: Gordon McCarthy<br />Person: Nora McCarthy<br />Location: Millbrook Branch Library<br />Date: Gordon died on August 3, 2009<br />Event: Book stamped October 9, 2009 and October 22, 2009<br /><br />- Gordon checked out 41 books from Millbrook Branch between 2003 and 2009.<br />- Gordon died August 3, 2009; two stamped dates on the checkout card are October 9 and October 22, 2009.<br />- Nora obtained a key in late September 2011 and entered the closed building on the night of October 8, 2011.<br />- Renovation foreman Art Beckett photographed the north aisle on Sept 27, Oct 11 and Oct 12, 2011; the last photo at 4:52 PM on Oct 12 shows the aisle empty.<br />- Utility lineman Stanley Perry found the book at 8:40 AM on October 14, 2011 and photographed the checkout card.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1325</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>A Boxcar Appears Overnight: The Mystery of Spur Nine</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-boxcar-appears-overnight-the-mystery-of-spur-nine--73178616</link><description><![CDATA[A Boxcar Appears Overnight: The Mystery of Spur Nine<br /><br />Fog revealed a vivid red boxcar sitting on rails that had been out of use for nearly a decade, with a last inspection stamped September 4, 2009 - and no continuous track left to carry it there. How could a railcar that shows rolling wheel wear and traveled less than one mile arrive on a spur severed by a four-foot-deep concrete drainage channel with no marks across it?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the sequence of events from the early-morning sighting to the technical inspection that followed, laying out the conflicting physical evidence and the unanswered question: who moved the car and how did it get there?<br /><br />Person: Donna Green<br />Date: September 10, 2019<br />Location: Talcott Rail Yard, Spur 9<br />Person: Debra Edwards<br />Person: Carl Mott<br /><br />- Donna Green photographed the boxcar at 5:40 AM on September 10, 2019, a quarter mile into her run.<br />- The boxcar carried a placard reading "TALCOTT SWITCHING CO. - SPUR 9" and an inspection stencil dated September 4, 2009.<br />- Spur Nine was decommissioned in 2010 and rails removed; a concrete drainage channel 4 feet deep and 6 feet wide was poured across the southern approach in 2013.<br />- Night-shift switching coordinator Debra Edwards had logged every movement that night from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM and recorded three movements (two through-trains and one grain elevator pickup).<br />- Inspector Carl Mott found wheel flanges with normal rolling wear and estimated the car traveled less than one mile, slowly, with almost no heat on brake shoe linings.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178616</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:33:06 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178616/0180.mp3" length="21266457" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A Boxcar Appears Overnight: The Mystery of Spur Nine&#13;
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Fog revealed a vivid red boxcar sitting on rails that had been out of use for nearly a decade, with a last inspection stamped September 4, 2009 - and no continuous track left to carry it there....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Boxcar Appears Overnight: The Mystery of Spur Nine<br /><br />Fog revealed a vivid red boxcar sitting on rails that had been out of use for nearly a decade, with a last inspection stamped September 4, 2009 - and no continuous track left to carry it there. How could a railcar that shows rolling wheel wear and traveled less than one mile arrive on a spur severed by a four-foot-deep concrete drainage channel with no marks across it?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the sequence of events from the early-morning sighting to the technical inspection that followed, laying out the conflicting physical evidence and the unanswered question: who moved the car and how did it get there?<br /><br />Person: Donna Green<br />Date: September 10, 2019<br />Location: Talcott Rail Yard, Spur 9<br />Person: Debra Edwards<br />Person: Carl Mott<br /><br />- Donna Green photographed the boxcar at 5:40 AM on September 10, 2019, a quarter mile into her run.<br />- The boxcar carried a placard reading "TALCOTT SWITCHING CO. - SPUR 9" and an inspection stencil dated September 4, 2009.<br />- Spur Nine was decommissioned in 2010 and rails removed; a concrete drainage channel 4 feet deep and 6 feet wide was poured across the southern approach in 2013.<br />- Night-shift switching coordinator Debra Edwards had logged every movement that night from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM and recorded three movements (two through-trains and one grain elevator pickup).<br />- Inspector Carl Mott found wheel flanges with normal rolling wear and estimated the car traveled less than one mile, slowly, with almost no heat on brake shoe linings.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1330</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The White Ash Rectangle: A Hidden Room, Missing Girls, Returning Smell</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-white-ash-rectangle-a-hidden-room-missing-girls-returning-smell--73178615</link><description><![CDATA[The White Ash Rectangle: A Hidden Room, Missing Girls, Returning Smell<br /><br />A preserved building, an exact 47-by-34-inch rectangle of processed lime framing a child's wooden chair, and a floral camphor scent that returns at the same patched wall - what was erased and why? Who cut four weeks of 1968 records from the ledger, and could a plastered-over infirmary annex be the answer?<br /><br />In this episode, we recount the discovery at Weybrook Hall, the lab results that ruled out combustion, the recurring scent events recorded by staff, and the missing archival pages that point to August 1968 - could the hidden room behind the patched wall explain everything?<br /><br />Person: Kent Zeller<br />Person: Monica Holt<br />Person: Paul Ingram<br />Date: August 2011<br />Location: Weybrook Hall, Olenthorpe Township, Ohio<br /><br />- A white ash rectangle measured exactly 47 inches by 34 inches around a child's wooden chair.<br />- The white powder tested as calcium carbonate with trace organics and was identified as processed lime.<br />- Every window on the second floor was locked from the inside and the smoke detector did not trigger.<br />- Four consecutive weeks in August 1968 were cut from the school's ledger; the binding stumps remained visible.<br />- Blueprints from 1951 show an "Infirmary Annex" nine feet by eleven feet behind the matron's office where a plastered-over wall now stands.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178615</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:33:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178615/0179.mp3" length="22405814" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The White Ash Rectangle: A Hidden Room, Missing Girls, Returning Smell&#13;
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A preserved building, an exact 47-by-34-inch rectangle of processed lime framing a child's wooden chair, and a floral camphor scent that returns at the same patched wall - what...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The White Ash Rectangle: A Hidden Room, Missing Girls, Returning Smell<br /><br />A preserved building, an exact 47-by-34-inch rectangle of processed lime framing a child's wooden chair, and a floral camphor scent that returns at the same patched wall - what was erased and why? Who cut four weeks of 1968 records from the ledger, and could a plastered-over infirmary annex be the answer?<br /><br />In this episode, we recount the discovery at Weybrook Hall, the lab results that ruled out combustion, the recurring scent events recorded by staff, and the missing archival pages that point to August 1968 - could the hidden room behind the patched wall explain everything?<br /><br />Person: Kent Zeller<br />Person: Monica Holt<br />Person: Paul Ingram<br />Date: August 2011<br />Location: Weybrook Hall, Olenthorpe Township, Ohio<br /><br />- A white ash rectangle measured exactly 47 inches by 34 inches around a child's wooden chair.<br />- The white powder tested as calcium carbonate with trace organics and was identified as processed lime.<br />- Every window on the second floor was locked from the inside and the smoke detector did not trigger.<br />- Four consecutive weeks in August 1968 were cut from the school's ledger; the binding stumps remained visible.<br />- Blueprints from 1951 show an "Infirmary Annex" nine feet by eleven feet behind the matron's office where a plastered-over wall now stands.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1401</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Was The Edna Claire Bone-Dry? The Harbor's Cold Secret</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-was-the-edna-claire-bone-dry-the-harbor-s-cold-secret--73178613</link><description><![CDATA[Why Was The Edna Claire Bone-Dry? The Harbor's Cold Secret<br /><br />A dry hull on a July morning, an empty bait box rinsed clean, and a fuel gauge that refuses to add up - one lobster boat, three contradictory facts. What happened to Monica Peterson between her July 11th log entry and the Edna Claire's return to Slip 14 on July 14th?<br /><br />In this episode, we lay out the documented details surrounding the Edna Claire and her absent captain, presenting the timeline, the conflicting evidence, and the unanswered question that haunted Crestwick Harbor: how could a vessel report engine trouble eighty-seven nautical miles away and still be tied up with fuel consistent only with a short run?<br /><br />Person: Monica Peterson<br />Boat: Edna Claire<br />Date: July 14, 2011<br />Location: Slip 14, Crestwick Harbor<br />Report: Radio contact at 20:17 on July 13 placed the vessel 87 nautical miles northeast<br /><br />- Monica Peterson was 54 years old and had been working Maine waters since age 26.<br />- On July 9 she loaded 192 gallons of diesel into the Edna Claire.<br />- The dock registry showed 171 gallons remaining on July 14, a consumption of 21 gallons.<br />- The bait box had 400 pounds of salted herring on July 10 but was found completely empty and rinsed on July 14.<br />- Coast Guard log records a radio call at 20:17 on July 13 reporting engine trouble 87 nautical miles northeast of Crestwick, then signing off after saying the issue was resolved.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178613</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:59 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178613/0178.mp3" length="23322816" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Was The Edna Claire Bone-Dry? The Harbor's Cold Secret&#13;
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A dry hull on a July morning, an empty bait box rinsed clean, and a fuel gauge that refuses to add up - one lobster boat, three contradictory facts. What happened to Monica Peterson between...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Was The Edna Claire Bone-Dry? The Harbor's Cold Secret<br /><br />A dry hull on a July morning, an empty bait box rinsed clean, and a fuel gauge that refuses to add up - one lobster boat, three contradictory facts. What happened to Monica Peterson between her July 11th log entry and the Edna Claire's return to Slip 14 on July 14th?<br /><br />In this episode, we lay out the documented details surrounding the Edna Claire and her absent captain, presenting the timeline, the conflicting evidence, and the unanswered question that haunted Crestwick Harbor: how could a vessel report engine trouble eighty-seven nautical miles away and still be tied up with fuel consistent only with a short run?<br /><br />Person: Monica Peterson<br />Boat: Edna Claire<br />Date: July 14, 2011<br />Location: Slip 14, Crestwick Harbor<br />Report: Radio contact at 20:17 on July 13 placed the vessel 87 nautical miles northeast<br /><br />- Monica Peterson was 54 years old and had been working Maine waters since age 26.<br />- On July 9 she loaded 192 gallons of diesel into the Edna Claire.<br />- The dock registry showed 171 gallons remaining on July 14, a consumption of 21 gallons.<br />- The bait box had 400 pounds of salted herring on July 10 but was found completely empty and rinsed on July 14.<br />- Coast Guard log records a radio call at 20:17 on July 13 reporting engine trouble 87 nautical miles northeast of Crestwick, then signing off after saying the issue was resolved.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1458</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Night a Cold Fire Refused to Stay Dead</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-night-a-cold-fire-refused-to-stay-dead--73178612</link><description><![CDATA[The Night a Cold Fire Refused to Stay Dead<br /><br />The air-tight detail that a volunteer poured two liters of water over coals, stirred them by hand, and pressed the back of her hand to confirm the ash was cold - and the fire was found burning alone in a stone ring the next morning - creates a creeping unease: how does a confirmed-out fire rekindle itself with no camp, no new wood marked, and no witness? What unseen variable kept heat alive where everything had been done correctly?<br /><br />In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events from the volunteer’s meticulous field notebook to the ranger’s on-scene observations, and the small, unexplained clues that follow: an unmatched name in the trail register, a green pickup that appears and disappears, and a dog that stops at the tree line twice. Could these details point to an ordinary cause, or to something the data cannot explain?<br /><br />Person: Laura Casey<br />Age: 22<br />Date (initial fire put out): June 8, 2014 at 9:31 PM<br />Date (call reporting fire): June 9, 2014 at 6:40 AM<br />Location: Marker Seven, Ridgeback Loop, Halverton County, North Carolina<br /><br />- Laura poured two liters of water over the coals and stirred them by hand before confirming the fire was cold.<br />- Laura recorded the final notebook entry at 9:31 PM using red ink to indicate the fire was cold.<br />- Susan Harris arrived at Marker Seven approximately twenty minutes after Laura left and found the fire burning.<br />- Ranger Neil Pacheco reached the site at 9:15 AM and noted the fire had burned with asymmetrical ash concentrated on the northern arc.<br />- The fire went out on its own at approximately 9:27 AM, twelve minutes after the ranger’s arrival.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178612</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178612/0177.mp3" length="20894055" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Night a Cold Fire Refused to Stay Dead&#13;
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The air-tight detail that a volunteer poured two liters of water over coals, stirred them by hand, and pressed the back of her hand to confirm the ash was cold - and the fire was found burning alone in a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Night a Cold Fire Refused to Stay Dead<br /><br />The air-tight detail that a volunteer poured two liters of water over coals, stirred them by hand, and pressed the back of her hand to confirm the ash was cold - and the fire was found burning alone in a stone ring the next morning - creates a creeping unease: how does a confirmed-out fire rekindle itself with no camp, no new wood marked, and no witness? What unseen variable kept heat alive where everything had been done correctly?<br /><br />In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events from the volunteer’s meticulous field notebook to the ranger’s on-scene observations, and the small, unexplained clues that follow: an unmatched name in the trail register, a green pickup that appears and disappears, and a dog that stops at the tree line twice. Could these details point to an ordinary cause, or to something the data cannot explain?<br /><br />Person: Laura Casey<br />Age: 22<br />Date (initial fire put out): June 8, 2014 at 9:31 PM<br />Date (call reporting fire): June 9, 2014 at 6:40 AM<br />Location: Marker Seven, Ridgeback Loop, Halverton County, North Carolina<br /><br />- Laura poured two liters of water over the coals and stirred them by hand before confirming the fire was cold.<br />- Laura recorded the final notebook entry at 9:31 PM using red ink to indicate the fire was cold.<br />- Susan Harris arrived at Marker Seven approximately twenty minutes after Laura left and found the fire burning.<br />- Ranger Neil Pacheco reached the site at 9:15 AM and noted the fire had burned with asymmetrical ash concentrated on the northern arc.<br />- The fire went out on its own at approximately 9:27 AM, twelve minutes after the ranger’s arrival.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1306</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Disconnected Phone That Rang With Her Brother's Voice</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-disconnected-phone-that-rang-with-her-brother-s-voice--73178611</link><description><![CDATA[The Disconnected Phone That Rang With Her Brother's Voice<br /><br />A dead motel phone rang at 4:17 a.m., a factory-cut wire six inches into drywall, and Rebecca Bowers answered to hear her brother’s voice in a full conversation that lasted four to eight minutes - then the handset showed no signs of having worked at all. How did a disconnected line carry a live voice, and what happened to Rebecca between that call and when she was found four miles away at dawn?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the documented timeline from Rebecca checking into Room 11 to the mysterious call and the blank wiring that should have made it impossible. You’ll hear the verified facts about the motel, the phone, and the investigation - and the one question that still has no answer.<br /><br />Person: Rebecca Bowers<br />Location: Arroyo Flats Motor Inn, Room 11<br />Date: May 9, 2011 (call at 4:17 a.m.)<br />Duration: Call lasted between four and eight minutes<br />Technician finding: Wire terminated six inches into drywall, factory cut, never spliced<br /><br />- Rebecca paid cash for a two-night stay and checked in at the Arroyo Flats Motor Inn in May 2011.<br />- The motel manager, Phil Navarro, had not removed the handset despite the number being surrendered in 2008.<br />- A nine-volt battery remained in the phone base unit, untouched, when Rebecca answered at 4:17 a.m.<br />- Rebecca was found three days later, crouched at a culvert four miles from the motel, holding her room key and not speaking.<br />- A regional technician confirmed the room’s phone number was inactive with no forwarding or service on record.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178611</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:51 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178611/0176.mp3" length="22760243" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Disconnected Phone That Rang With Her Brother's Voice&#13;
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A dead motel phone rang at 4:17 a.m., a factory-cut wire six inches into drywall, and Rebecca Bowers answered to hear her brother’s voice in a full conversation that lasted four to eight...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Disconnected Phone That Rang With Her Brother's Voice<br /><br />A dead motel phone rang at 4:17 a.m., a factory-cut wire six inches into drywall, and Rebecca Bowers answered to hear her brother’s voice in a full conversation that lasted four to eight minutes - then the handset showed no signs of having worked at all. How did a disconnected line carry a live voice, and what happened to Rebecca between that call and when she was found four miles away at dawn?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the documented timeline from Rebecca checking into Room 11 to the mysterious call and the blank wiring that should have made it impossible. You’ll hear the verified facts about the motel, the phone, and the investigation - and the one question that still has no answer.<br /><br />Person: Rebecca Bowers<br />Location: Arroyo Flats Motor Inn, Room 11<br />Date: May 9, 2011 (call at 4:17 a.m.)<br />Duration: Call lasted between four and eight minutes<br />Technician finding: Wire terminated six inches into drywall, factory cut, never spliced<br /><br />- Rebecca paid cash for a two-night stay and checked in at the Arroyo Flats Motor Inn in May 2011.<br />- The motel manager, Phil Navarro, had not removed the handset despite the number being surrendered in 2008.<br />- A nine-volt battery remained in the phone base unit, untouched, when Rebecca answered at 4:17 a.m.<br />- Rebecca was found three days later, crouched at a culvert four miles from the motel, holding her room key and not speaking.<br />- A regional technician confirmed the room’s phone number was inactive with no forwarding or service on record.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1423</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Locked Basement, Typed Prophecy: Who Placed the April Fifth Page?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/locked-basement-typed-prophecy-who-placed-the-april-fifth-page--73178609</link><description><![CDATA[Locked Basement, Typed Prophecy: Who Placed the April Fifth Page?<br /><br />The air in a locked archive basement smelled of copper pipe and wet newsprint, and sitting face-up on the concrete was a typewritten page dated April 5, 2019 that described a chemical spill which, four days later, had already occurred - who typed it and how did it get into a room no one had entered for twelve days? The page used internal facilities coding revised in 2015 and sat on undisturbed dust as if it had been placed there only hours earlier; who with that level of access could have left it where only a keyholder could reach, and why?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the sequence of events and the physical evidence found at Grayson Hall that raises one central question: who could have written and placed a document dated April 5 describing a spill that happened before anyone found the page, and how did they access the locked basement?<br /><br />Person: Linda Wells<br />Date: April 9, 2019<br />Location: Grayson Hall basement, Calloway University<br />Event: Typewritten page dated April 5 describing chemical spill<br />Person: Amanda Sharp<br /><br />- Linda Wells, a 43-year-old Maben County surveyor, entered the basement on April 9, 2019 and photographed the page from four angles before touching it.<br />- The basement sign-out log showed the last entry before Linda’s was March 28, 2019, indicating twelve days with no recorded entries.<br />- Forensic examiner Phil Ochoa identified the page as a clean document sitting on top of existing dust, indicating it had been placed there recently, not twelve days earlier.<br />- The page used internal facilities coding that Roy Acton, the university facilities director, said had been revised in 2015 and never published outside the department.<br />- A facilities master key issued over eleven years earlier and never logged belonged to Amanda Sharp, the archive director with 31 years at Grayson Hall.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178609</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:46 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178609/0175.mp3" length="21388083" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Locked Basement, Typed Prophecy: Who Placed the April Fifth Page?&#13;
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The air in a locked archive basement smelled of copper pipe and wet newsprint, and sitting face-up on the concrete was a typewritten page dated April 5, 2019 that described a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Locked Basement, Typed Prophecy: Who Placed the April Fifth Page?<br /><br />The air in a locked archive basement smelled of copper pipe and wet newsprint, and sitting face-up on the concrete was a typewritten page dated April 5, 2019 that described a chemical spill which, four days later, had already occurred - who typed it and how did it get into a room no one had entered for twelve days? The page used internal facilities coding revised in 2015 and sat on undisturbed dust as if it had been placed there only hours earlier; who with that level of access could have left it where only a keyholder could reach, and why?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the sequence of events and the physical evidence found at Grayson Hall that raises one central question: who could have written and placed a document dated April 5 describing a spill that happened before anyone found the page, and how did they access the locked basement?<br /><br />Person: Linda Wells<br />Date: April 9, 2019<br />Location: Grayson Hall basement, Calloway University<br />Event: Typewritten page dated April 5 describing chemical spill<br />Person: Amanda Sharp<br /><br />- Linda Wells, a 43-year-old Maben County surveyor, entered the basement on April 9, 2019 and photographed the page from four angles before touching it.<br />- The basement sign-out log showed the last entry before Linda’s was March 28, 2019, indicating twelve days with no recorded entries.<br />- Forensic examiner Phil Ochoa identified the page as a clean document sitting on top of existing dust, indicating it had been placed there recently, not twelve days earlier.<br />- The page used internal facilities coding that Roy Acton, the university facilities director, said had been revised in 2015 and never published outside the department.<br />- A facilities master key issued over eleven years earlier and never logged belonged to Amanda Sharp, the archive director with 31 years at Grayson Hall.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1337</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>She Vanished from the Ferry - Her Bag Came Back 6.5 Miles</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/she-vanished-from-the-ferry-her-bag-came-back-6-5-miles--73178608</link><description><![CDATA[She Vanished from the Ferry - Her Bag Came Back 6.5 Miles<br /><br />A methodical graduate student boarded a ferry at 11:40 p.m. and vanished from every record while her canvas tote washed six and a half miles downstream and then returned almost exactly to its starting point. The boarding pass was dated three nights earlier, her rental car stayed parked at 9:58 p.m., and no one reported her missing for five days-what happened on that river crossing that could make these facts align?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events reconstructed from time-stamped texts, GPS logs, a ferry manifest and the items found in a tote pulled from the dock, asking how river behavior and small notations on a manifest fit together.<br /><br />Person: Tammy Price<br />Date: March 11-14, 2011<br />Location: Caldwell Ferry dock, Varnell County<br />Event: Disappearance during northbound ferry crossing logged at 11:40 p.m.<br />Item recovered: dark green canvas tote with boarding pass, rental car keys, day planner, and cell phone<br /><br />- Tammy sent her last text at 7:52 p.m, on March 11 about prescription cat food.<br />- Rental car GPS recorded departure from grandmother’s driveway at 9:17 p.m. and arrival at the ferry lot at 9:58 p.m.<br />- The rental car remained parked and recorded no movement after 9:58 p.m.<br />- The ferry manifest entry at 11:40 p.m. listed Tammy with a dark green canvas tote and the notation "O.S." (Off at stop).<br />- Kenneth Carter recovered the tote wedged between a timber stringer and the restroom concrete footing on the morning of March 14.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178608</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178608/0174.mp3" length="18519629" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>She Vanished from the Ferry - Her Bag Came Back 6.5 Miles&#13;
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A methodical graduate student boarded a ferry at 11:40 p.m. and vanished from every record while her canvas tote washed six and a half miles downstream and then returned almost exactly to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[She Vanished from the Ferry - Her Bag Came Back 6.5 Miles<br /><br />A methodical graduate student boarded a ferry at 11:40 p.m. and vanished from every record while her canvas tote washed six and a half miles downstream and then returned almost exactly to its starting point. The boarding pass was dated three nights earlier, her rental car stayed parked at 9:58 p.m., and no one reported her missing for five days-what happened on that river crossing that could make these facts align?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events reconstructed from time-stamped texts, GPS logs, a ferry manifest and the items found in a tote pulled from the dock, asking how river behavior and small notations on a manifest fit together.<br /><br />Person: Tammy Price<br />Date: March 11-14, 2011<br />Location: Caldwell Ferry dock, Varnell County<br />Event: Disappearance during northbound ferry crossing logged at 11:40 p.m.<br />Item recovered: dark green canvas tote with boarding pass, rental car keys, day planner, and cell phone<br /><br />- Tammy sent her last text at 7:52 p.m, on March 11 about prescription cat food.<br />- Rental car GPS recorded departure from grandmother’s driveway at 9:17 p.m. and arrival at the ferry lot at 9:58 p.m.<br />- The rental car remained parked and recorded no movement after 9:58 p.m.<br />- The ferry manifest entry at 11:40 p.m. listed Tammy with a dark green canvas tote and the notation "O.S." (Off at stop).<br />- Kenneth Carter recovered the tote wedged between a timber stringer and the restroom concrete footing on the morning of March 14.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1158</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Four Thousand Gallons in a Sealed Cistern - Bolts Missing, Temperature Off</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/four-thousand-gallons-in-a-sealed-cistern-bolts-missing-temperature-off--73178607</link><description><![CDATA[Four Thousand Gallons in a Sealed Cistern - Bolts Missing, Temperature Off<br /><br />Cold water where none should have been: a sealed cistern, cemented inlet, exceptional drought, and four thousand and forty gallons of crystal-clear water sitting below a missing-lid - colder than the surrounding ground by three degrees. How did that much water arrive in a chamber cut off from every known feed, and why did the official temperature reading refuse to match expectations?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of events on Vane Road from discovery to investigation, recounting who found the water, when they called, and what tests were performed - ending with the unresolved temperature discrepancy that stayed in the report. What does a three-degree difference reveal about the source beneath the surface?<br /><br />Person: Debra Moore<br />Person: Charles Fitzgerald<br />Person: Frank Okafor<br />Date: February 9, 2019<br />Volume: 4,040 gallons<br /><br />- The cistern’s inlet pipe had been cemented over during a renovation prior to 1991.<br />- The creek crossing the northern boundary stopped running in October 2018 and the area reached exceptional drought by December 2018.<br />- At approximately 6:15 AM on February 9, 2019, Charles Fitzgerald found the cistern lid open and took eleven photographs.<br />- County hydrologist Frank Okafor measured the water on February 11, 2019 as 4,040 gallons at 38°F with pH 7.2 and no turbidity, coliform, or sulfur detected.<br />- All four bolts that should have secured the cistern lid were missing, not broken or found nearby.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178607</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178607/0173.mp3" length="21762992" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Four Thousand Gallons in a Sealed Cistern - Bolts Missing, Temperature Off&#13;
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Cold water where none should have been: a sealed cistern, cemented inlet, exceptional drought, and four thousand and forty gallons of crystal-clear water sitting below a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Four Thousand Gallons in a Sealed Cistern - Bolts Missing, Temperature Off<br /><br />Cold water where none should have been: a sealed cistern, cemented inlet, exceptional drought, and four thousand and forty gallons of crystal-clear water sitting below a missing-lid - colder than the surrounding ground by three degrees. How did that much water arrive in a chamber cut off from every known feed, and why did the official temperature reading refuse to match expectations?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of events on Vane Road from discovery to investigation, recounting who found the water, when they called, and what tests were performed - ending with the unresolved temperature discrepancy that stayed in the report. What does a three-degree difference reveal about the source beneath the surface?<br /><br />Person: Debra Moore<br />Person: Charles Fitzgerald<br />Person: Frank Okafor<br />Date: February 9, 2019<br />Volume: 4,040 gallons<br /><br />- The cistern’s inlet pipe had been cemented over during a renovation prior to 1991.<br />- The creek crossing the northern boundary stopped running in October 2018 and the area reached exceptional drought by December 2018.<br />- At approximately 6:15 AM on February 9, 2019, Charles Fitzgerald found the cistern lid open and took eleven photographs.<br />- County hydrologist Frank Okafor measured the water on February 11, 2019 as 4,040 gallons at 38°F with pH 7.2 and no turbidity, coliform, or sulfur detected.<br />- All four bolts that should have secured the cistern lid were missing, not broken or found nearby.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1361</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Hidden Loom That Kept Beating Inside a Bricked Wall</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hidden-loom-that-kept-beating-inside-a-bricked-wall--73178606</link><description><![CDATA[The Hidden Loom That Kept Beating Inside a Bricked Wall<br /><br />A rhythm no living machine should have made: a fourteen-year-old recorded a heavy percussive beat coming from inside a boarded-up textile mill that had been electrically dead for seventeen years. The sound matched the cadence of a Draper X-2 shuttle loom and activated only in January - what was buried in that brick wall and why would someone build it to run unseen?<br /><br />In this episode, we trace the path from a boy's four-minute recording to the visits of former mill workers, an acoustical consultant, an engineer, and a utility crew, and follow the question that propelled them all: could a device hidden inside a bricked-up wall really reproduce the precise pulse of looms long removed?<br /><br />Person: Steven Davis<br />Date: January 12, 2011<br />Location: Fenwick Textile, 42 Maber Street, Dunbar Falls, Ohio<br />Event: Four-minute audio recording of a repeating percussive beat<br />Machine: Draper X-2 shuttle loom (42 installed in the 1950s)<br /><br />- The sound recorded by Steven lasted exactly 4 minutes and 12 seconds on January 16, 2011.<br />- Fenwick Textile's last machine was removed in January 1981 and electrical service was disconnected in 1994.<br />- Forty-two Draper X-2 shuttle looms were installed in the early 1950s and later sold for scrap in 1981.<br />- Anchor bolts from the looms remain in the north wing: four-inch anchor bolts spaced at sixty-inch intervals across the floor.<br />- The percussive beat heard inside the northeast wall cycled at approximately 1.8 seconds between impacts.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178606</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178606/0172.mp3" length="25277611" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Hidden Loom That Kept Beating Inside a Bricked Wall&#13;
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A rhythm no living machine should have made: a fourteen-year-old recorded a heavy percussive beat coming from inside a boarded-up textile mill that had been electrically dead for seventeen...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Hidden Loom That Kept Beating Inside a Bricked Wall<br /><br />A rhythm no living machine should have made: a fourteen-year-old recorded a heavy percussive beat coming from inside a boarded-up textile mill that had been electrically dead for seventeen years. The sound matched the cadence of a Draper X-2 shuttle loom and activated only in January - what was buried in that brick wall and why would someone build it to run unseen?<br /><br />In this episode, we trace the path from a boy's four-minute recording to the visits of former mill workers, an acoustical consultant, an engineer, and a utility crew, and follow the question that propelled them all: could a device hidden inside a bricked-up wall really reproduce the precise pulse of looms long removed?<br /><br />Person: Steven Davis<br />Date: January 12, 2011<br />Location: Fenwick Textile, 42 Maber Street, Dunbar Falls, Ohio<br />Event: Four-minute audio recording of a repeating percussive beat<br />Machine: Draper X-2 shuttle loom (42 installed in the 1950s)<br /><br />- The sound recorded by Steven lasted exactly 4 minutes and 12 seconds on January 16, 2011.<br />- Fenwick Textile's last machine was removed in January 1981 and electrical service was disconnected in 1994.<br />- Forty-two Draper X-2 shuttle looms were installed in the early 1950s and later sold for scrap in 1981.<br />- Anchor bolts from the looms remain in the north wing: four-inch anchor bolts spaced at sixty-inch intervals across the floor.<br />- The percussive beat heard inside the northeast wall cycled at approximately 1.8 seconds between impacts.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1580</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Menu That Appeared on Its Own 30 Years Later</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-menu-that-appeared-on-its-own-30-years-later--73178604</link><description><![CDATA[The Menu That Appeared on Its Own 30 Years Later<br /><br />Cold snow, an untouched laminated diner menu, and a carbon-copy receipt dated December 9, 1989-found face-up in six inches of powder exactly thirty years after its date. The diner burned down in 1991, the menu’s laminate shows no wear, and the storage unit that held it was sealed and paid for until 2002-so how did that single receipt end up on a remote county road on the anniversary?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of documented events from December 11, 2019 back to the last Friday Walter Briggs ate at Patsy’s Corner Diner, following the people, records, and locations tied to the menu and its slip. What do the storage records, probate notes, and eyewitness memories reveal about where that receipt actually traveled?<br /><br />Person: Walter Briggs<br />Date: December 9, 1989<br />Location: Millhaven, Pennsylvania<br />Event: Patsy’s Corner Diner fire (August 1991)<br />Status: Storage unit opened November 14, 2019<br /><br />- The menu found was a laminated 1987 reprint with no cracks or color fading and a pale-blue carbon-copy order slip folded inside.<br />- Walter Briggs prepaid twelve years of storage fees at Millhaven Self-Storage in late 1989 and kept a shoebox containing Patsy’s memorabilia and the laminated menu.<br />- Walter died of a heart attack in January 1990 at age sixty-three; his last documented Friday at Patsy’s was the slip dated December 9, 1989.<br />- Prepayment for the storage unit covered fees through 2001; when it expired in 2002 a bookkeeping error meant the unit was never flagged for auction.<br />- The storage unit remained sealed and inactive for seventeen additional years until owner Patricia Crane opened Unit 44 on November 14, 2019 and found the shoebox on a back shelf.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178604</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:31 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178604/0171.mp3" length="24355593" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Menu That Appeared on Its Own 30 Years Later&#13;
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Cold snow, an untouched laminated diner menu, and a carbon-copy receipt dated December 9, 1989-found face-up in six inches of powder exactly thirty years after its date. The diner burned down in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Menu That Appeared on Its Own 30 Years Later<br /><br />Cold snow, an untouched laminated diner menu, and a carbon-copy receipt dated December 9, 1989-found face-up in six inches of powder exactly thirty years after its date. The diner burned down in 1991, the menu’s laminate shows no wear, and the storage unit that held it was sealed and paid for until 2002-so how did that single receipt end up on a remote county road on the anniversary?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of documented events from December 11, 2019 back to the last Friday Walter Briggs ate at Patsy’s Corner Diner, following the people, records, and locations tied to the menu and its slip. What do the storage records, probate notes, and eyewitness memories reveal about where that receipt actually traveled?<br /><br />Person: Walter Briggs<br />Date: December 9, 1989<br />Location: Millhaven, Pennsylvania<br />Event: Patsy’s Corner Diner fire (August 1991)<br />Status: Storage unit opened November 14, 2019<br /><br />- The menu found was a laminated 1987 reprint with no cracks or color fading and a pale-blue carbon-copy order slip folded inside.<br />- Walter Briggs prepaid twelve years of storage fees at Millhaven Self-Storage in late 1989 and kept a shoebox containing Patsy’s memorabilia and the laminated menu.<br />- Walter died of a heart attack in January 1990 at age sixty-three; his last documented Friday at Patsy’s was the slip dated December 9, 1989.<br />- Prepayment for the storage unit covered fees through 2001; when it expired in 2002 a bookkeeping error meant the unit was never flagged for auction.<br />- The storage unit remained sealed and inactive for seventeen additional years until owner Patricia Crane opened Unit 44 on November 14, 2019 and found the shoebox on a back shelf.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1523</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Photo That Shouldn't Exist: Man Smiling Beyond a Cliff</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-photo-that-shouldn-t-exist-man-smiling-beyond-a-cliff--73178602</link><description><![CDATA[The Photo That Shouldn't Exist: Man Smiling Beyond a Cliff<br /><br />A film canister labeled "PLEASE DEVELOP THIS" led a lineman to a cliff at 8,000 feet and twenty-two photos - the last frame shows a man smiling four feet beyond a fence above a 230-foot drop. How could a meticulous hiker who logged every gear item and route end up with a picture that seems to defy the sequence of events?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the photographic record, the binder of trip manifests, a misprinted topographic map, and witness testimony that piece together what happened between the moment Glenn Richardson crossed Marker Nine and the moment the film canister was found. Could the last frame be a deliberate portrait, an impossible composition, or the final clue to a survival story?<br /><br />Person: Glenn Richardson<br />Location: Sutter Pass saddle, Kessler Range<br />Date: November 3-7 (trip planned November 5-7)<br />Age: 44 years old<br />Event: Roll Thirty-One, 22 frames (Frame 22 shows man beyond fence)<br /><br />- Temperature at 6:40 a.m.: 18 degrees at 8,000 feet when Glenn Vogel climbed the fence post.<br />- Cliff drop: 230 feet immediately beyond the fence; a staircase ledge exists about 18 feet down.<br />- Film details: Roll Thirty-One contained 22 photographs; 19 ordinary, 2 overexposed white, 1 anomalous frame (Frame 22).<br />- Map error: "rest flat" was misprinted on the consumer topographic map; actual rest flat is ~0.75 miles from the printed location.<br />- Gear manifest: Two hiking poles were logged; in Frame 22 one pole lies horizontal on the fence rail while the other was reported missing from the scene.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178602</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178602/0170.mp3" length="22278336" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Photo That Shouldn't Exist: Man Smiling Beyond a Cliff&#13;
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A film canister labeled "PLEASE DEVELOP THIS" led a lineman to a cliff at 8,000 feet and twenty-two photos - the last frame shows a man smiling four feet beyond a fence above a 230-foot...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Photo That Shouldn't Exist: Man Smiling Beyond a Cliff<br /><br />A film canister labeled "PLEASE DEVELOP THIS" led a lineman to a cliff at 8,000 feet and twenty-two photos - the last frame shows a man smiling four feet beyond a fence above a 230-foot drop. How could a meticulous hiker who logged every gear item and route end up with a picture that seems to defy the sequence of events?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the photographic record, the binder of trip manifests, a misprinted topographic map, and witness testimony that piece together what happened between the moment Glenn Richardson crossed Marker Nine and the moment the film canister was found. Could the last frame be a deliberate portrait, an impossible composition, or the final clue to a survival story?<br /><br />Person: Glenn Richardson<br />Location: Sutter Pass saddle, Kessler Range<br />Date: November 3-7 (trip planned November 5-7)<br />Age: 44 years old<br />Event: Roll Thirty-One, 22 frames (Frame 22 shows man beyond fence)<br /><br />- Temperature at 6:40 a.m.: 18 degrees at 8,000 feet when Glenn Vogel climbed the fence post.<br />- Cliff drop: 230 feet immediately beyond the fence; a staircase ledge exists about 18 feet down.<br />- Film details: Roll Thirty-One contained 22 photographs; 19 ordinary, 2 overexposed white, 1 anomalous frame (Frame 22).<br />- Map error: "rest flat" was misprinted on the consumer topographic map; actual rest flat is ~0.75 miles from the printed location.<br />- Gear manifest: Two hiking poles were logged; in Frame 22 one pole lies horizontal on the fence rail while the other was reported missing from the scene.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1393</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Stranger Leaves Flowers for a Man Dead 36 Years: The Edwin Pruett Mystery</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/stranger-leaves-flowers-for-a-man-dead-36-years-the-edwin-pruett-mystery--73178601</link><description><![CDATA[Stranger Leaves Flowers for a Man Dead 36 Years: The Edwin Pruett Mystery<br /><br />A stranger slipped into a cemetery before dawn and left florist-wrapped chrysanthemums on a grave that hadn’t seen a visit in thirty-six years - the paper was dry at thirty-eight degrees, meaning the flowers were placed before the dew fell. Who would tend the grave of Edwin Pruett, a man with a four-sentence obituary and no recorded next of kin, and why did it take a hospice volunteer to begin caring for him?<br /><br />In this episode, we trace the chain of small, verifiable actions that connected a hospice volunteer to an unvisited gravesite and the estranged son who never attended his father’s funeral. How did details like a candy habit, a botanical garden trip, and weekly hospice visits lead to flowers appearing on a plot abandoned since 1978?<br /><br />Person: Edwin Pruett<br />Date of death: October 9, 1978<br />Location: Calvary Rest Cemetery, Kellerton<br />Person: Charles Pruett<br />Volunteer: Teresa Boyd<br /><br />- The morning Troy Donnelly photographed the flowers was October 9, 2014 at 5:45 a.m., and the temperature was thirty-eight degrees.<br />- Edwin Pruett had been dead since October 9, 1978 - thirty-six years before the flowers appeared.<br />- Cemetery groundskeeper Pete Adler had worked at Calvary Rest for eleven years and had recorded zero family visits to Edwin’s plot during that time.<br />- Charles Pruett died on April 14, 2013 after being a hospice patient in unit 714 at Dunmore Hospice Center.<br />- Teresa Boyd volunteered every Wednesday from 2010 onward without missing a shift and visited unit 714 across seven Wednesdays in 2012 and 2013.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178601</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:23 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178601/0169.mp3" length="23615387" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Stranger Leaves Flowers for a Man Dead 36 Years: The Edwin Pruett Mystery&#13;
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A stranger slipped into a cemetery before dawn and left florist-wrapped chrysanthemums on a grave that hadn’t seen a visit in thirty-six years - the paper was dry at...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Stranger Leaves Flowers for a Man Dead 36 Years: The Edwin Pruett Mystery<br /><br />A stranger slipped into a cemetery before dawn and left florist-wrapped chrysanthemums on a grave that hadn’t seen a visit in thirty-six years - the paper was dry at thirty-eight degrees, meaning the flowers were placed before the dew fell. Who would tend the grave of Edwin Pruett, a man with a four-sentence obituary and no recorded next of kin, and why did it take a hospice volunteer to begin caring for him?<br /><br />In this episode, we trace the chain of small, verifiable actions that connected a hospice volunteer to an unvisited gravesite and the estranged son who never attended his father’s funeral. How did details like a candy habit, a botanical garden trip, and weekly hospice visits lead to flowers appearing on a plot abandoned since 1978?<br /><br />Person: Edwin Pruett<br />Date of death: October 9, 1978<br />Location: Calvary Rest Cemetery, Kellerton<br />Person: Charles Pruett<br />Volunteer: Teresa Boyd<br /><br />- The morning Troy Donnelly photographed the flowers was October 9, 2014 at 5:45 a.m., and the temperature was thirty-eight degrees.<br />- Edwin Pruett had been dead since October 9, 1978 - thirty-six years before the flowers appeared.<br />- Cemetery groundskeeper Pete Adler had worked at Calvary Rest for eleven years and had recorded zero family visits to Edwin’s plot during that time.<br />- Charles Pruett died on April 14, 2013 after being a hospice patient in unit 714 at Dunmore Hospice Center.<br />- Teresa Boyd volunteered every Wednesday from 2010 onward without missing a shift and visited unit 714 across seven Wednesdays in 2012 and 2013.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1476</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Lighthouse That Shouldn't Have Saved a Ship</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lighthouse-that-shouldn-t-have-saved-a-ship--73178600</link><description><![CDATA[The Lighthouse That Shouldn't Have Saved a Ship<br /><br />A sealed, Coast Guard-issue distress kit-complete with unbroken tamper seal and in-date flares-was found tied to the gallery railing sixty-one feet above the rock shelf at a decommissioned lighthouse, even though the same kit had been officially logged as destroyed eight months earlier; who put an item that legally didn't exist back where no one was supposed to go?<br />In this episode, we follow the discovery, the paperwork trail, and the people connected to the Pelican Spit Light to ask how an ostensibly destroyed emergency kit ended up on a protected historic structure and why one caretaker seemed to be waiting for someone to find it.<br /><br />In this episode, you will hear what was found at the base of Pelican Spit Light, the official records that contradict the object’s existence, and the keyholders whose accounted-for keys complicate the timeline-could the truth be hiding in the custody chain?<br /><br />Location: Pelican Spit Light<br />Person: Teresa Gray<br />Person: Wendy Russo<br />Event: Distress kit discovery on September 13, 2011<br />Vessel: Meridian<br /><br />- The pouch was tied to the gallery railing sixty-one feet above the rock shelf.<br />- The Meridian sent a MAYDAY at 21:47 on Friday, September 2, 2011, and was towed to safety by 23:00.<br />- The distress kit bore a heat-embossed registration number that matched the Meridian and an unbroken tamper-evident seal.<br />- The Pelican Spit Light ceased being a working lighthouse in 1996 and became a protected historic site where exterior attachments required written authorization.<br />- Wendy Russo signed a destruction receipt for the same piece of equipment two months earlier and held one of the four keys under the lighthouse’s gate system.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178600</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178600/0168.mp3" length="21108886" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Lighthouse That Shouldn't Have Saved a Ship&#13;
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A sealed, Coast Guard-issue distress kit-complete with unbroken tamper seal and in-date flares-was found tied to the gallery railing sixty-one feet above the rock shelf at a decommissioned lighthouse,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Lighthouse That Shouldn't Have Saved a Ship<br /><br />A sealed, Coast Guard-issue distress kit-complete with unbroken tamper seal and in-date flares-was found tied to the gallery railing sixty-one feet above the rock shelf at a decommissioned lighthouse, even though the same kit had been officially logged as destroyed eight months earlier; who put an item that legally didn't exist back where no one was supposed to go?<br />In this episode, we follow the discovery, the paperwork trail, and the people connected to the Pelican Spit Light to ask how an ostensibly destroyed emergency kit ended up on a protected historic structure and why one caretaker seemed to be waiting for someone to find it.<br /><br />In this episode, you will hear what was found at the base of Pelican Spit Light, the official records that contradict the object’s existence, and the keyholders whose accounted-for keys complicate the timeline-could the truth be hiding in the custody chain?<br /><br />Location: Pelican Spit Light<br />Person: Teresa Gray<br />Person: Wendy Russo<br />Event: Distress kit discovery on September 13, 2011<br />Vessel: Meridian<br /><br />- The pouch was tied to the gallery railing sixty-one feet above the rock shelf.<br />- The Meridian sent a MAYDAY at 21:47 on Friday, September 2, 2011, and was towed to safety by 23:00.<br />- The distress kit bore a heat-embossed registration number that matched the Meridian and an unbroken tamper-evident seal.<br />- The Pelican Spit Light ceased being a working lighthouse in 1996 and became a protected historic site where exterior attachments required written authorization.<br />- Wendy Russo signed a destruction receipt for the same piece of equipment two months earlier and held one of the four keys under the lighthouse’s gate system.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1320</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Same Face Twice: The Rhonda Porter Case</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-same-face-twice-the-rhonda-porter-case--73178598</link><description><![CDATA[The Same Face Twice: The Rhonda Porter Case<br /><br />A factory-sealed Polaroid film packet appeared inside a locked truck on August 26, 2019 - the cab belonged to 22-year-old long-haul trucker Rhonda Porter, who had never owned a Polaroid camera. She had seen the same man in an orange rain jacket at three different stops across three states in August 2019, always at a distance and never spoken to him; what was he tracking, and how did a sealed film packet end up inside her locked cab?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of sightings, stops, and discoveries that built into a baffling pattern around Rhonda Porter and her route between Kansas City and Memphis, asking how public identifiers and private routines could be used to follow a driver - and who had access to her truck before the Polaroid was found?<br /><br />Person: Rhonda Porter<br />Age: 22<br />Date: August 26, 2019<br />Locations: Rolla (MO), Alma (AR), Dellwood (MO)<br />Item found: Factory-sealed Polaroid film packet inside locked truck<br /><br />- Rhonda was running long-haul routes on I-44 and I-40 between Kansas City and Memphis by age 22.<br />- On August 7, 2019 she noticed a man in an orange rain jacket at the Sycamore 66 truck stop east of Rolla.<br />- On August 11, 2019 at 5:40 AM she saw a man in an orange rain jacket standing about 60 feet from her cab at a rest area outside Alma, Arkansas.<br />- On the night of August 13-14, 2019 the same man stood under a sodium vapor light facing her cab in a gravel lot behind Dellwood Pentecostal church.<br />- On August 26, 2019 a factory-sealed Polaroid film packet was found inside Rhonda’s locked truck, which she had not entered in weeks.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178598</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178598/0167.mp3" length="20637846" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Same Face Twice: The Rhonda Porter Case&#13;
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A factory-sealed Polaroid film packet appeared inside a locked truck on August 26, 2019 - the cab belonged to 22-year-old long-haul trucker Rhonda Porter, who had never owned a Polaroid camera. She had...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Same Face Twice: The Rhonda Porter Case<br /><br />A factory-sealed Polaroid film packet appeared inside a locked truck on August 26, 2019 - the cab belonged to 22-year-old long-haul trucker Rhonda Porter, who had never owned a Polaroid camera. She had seen the same man in an orange rain jacket at three different stops across three states in August 2019, always at a distance and never spoken to him; what was he tracking, and how did a sealed film packet end up inside her locked cab?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of sightings, stops, and discoveries that built into a baffling pattern around Rhonda Porter and her route between Kansas City and Memphis, asking how public identifiers and private routines could be used to follow a driver - and who had access to her truck before the Polaroid was found?<br /><br />Person: Rhonda Porter<br />Age: 22<br />Date: August 26, 2019<br />Locations: Rolla (MO), Alma (AR), Dellwood (MO)<br />Item found: Factory-sealed Polaroid film packet inside locked truck<br /><br />- Rhonda was running long-haul routes on I-44 and I-40 between Kansas City and Memphis by age 22.<br />- On August 7, 2019 she noticed a man in an orange rain jacket at the Sycamore 66 truck stop east of Rolla.<br />- On August 11, 2019 at 5:40 AM she saw a man in an orange rain jacket standing about 60 feet from her cab at a rest area outside Alma, Arkansas.<br />- On the night of August 13-14, 2019 the same man stood under a sodium vapor light facing her cab in a gravel lot behind Dellwood Pentecostal church.<br />- On August 26, 2019 a factory-sealed Polaroid film packet was found inside Rhonda’s locked truck, which she had not entered in weeks.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1290</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Metronome in the Ditch That Never Stopped Ticking</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-metronome-in-the-ditch-that-never-stopped-ticking--73178596</link><description><![CDATA[The Metronome in the Ditch That Never Stopped Ticking<br /><br />A vintage wooden metronome was found upright in four inches of water, its brass pendulum still swinging despite mechanical metronomes of that vintage running only 40-90 minutes fully wound; it had been in the ditch at least seven hours. Who left it, and how could it have kept time that long?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the metronome's discovery to the household signs that followed, tracing the timeline, the people connected to the house, and the odd physical evidence that raised questions about unauthorized entry and the object's impossible longevity. What links a fieldstone in a drainage ditch to a kitchen bowl moved overnight?<br /><br />Person: Frances Whitfield<br />Date: June 14, 2019 (move-in)<br />Location: 4 Calloway Court, Porthill, Indiana<br />Event: Metronome found in drainage ditch in July 2019<br />Person: Ray Chitty<br /><br />- The metronome was discovered in about four inches of water on a flat fieldstone and was still swinging after at least seven hours.<br />- Standard mechanical metronomes of that vintage, fully wound, run between 40 and 90 minutes.<br />- Frances moved into the house on June 14, 2019, and unpacked Box 14 labeled "LIVING ROOM - MISC." which contained the metronome.<br />- Frances found a ceramic bowl moved from the living room to the kitchen on the morning of June 22, 2019, eight days after moving in.<br />- Ray Chitty, a 51-year-old site foreman, had cut himself a second key in early May 2019 and made unauthorized returns to the house.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178596</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:11 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178596/0166.mp3" length="24088517" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Metronome in the Ditch That Never Stopped Ticking&#13;
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A vintage wooden metronome was found upright in four inches of water, its brass pendulum still swinging despite mechanical metronomes of that vintage running only 40-90 minutes fully wound; it...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Metronome in the Ditch That Never Stopped Ticking<br /><br />A vintage wooden metronome was found upright in four inches of water, its brass pendulum still swinging despite mechanical metronomes of that vintage running only 40-90 minutes fully wound; it had been in the ditch at least seven hours. Who left it, and how could it have kept time that long?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the metronome's discovery to the household signs that followed, tracing the timeline, the people connected to the house, and the odd physical evidence that raised questions about unauthorized entry and the object's impossible longevity. What links a fieldstone in a drainage ditch to a kitchen bowl moved overnight?<br /><br />Person: Frances Whitfield<br />Date: June 14, 2019 (move-in)<br />Location: 4 Calloway Court, Porthill, Indiana<br />Event: Metronome found in drainage ditch in July 2019<br />Person: Ray Chitty<br /><br />- The metronome was discovered in about four inches of water on a flat fieldstone and was still swinging after at least seven hours.<br />- Standard mechanical metronomes of that vintage, fully wound, run between 40 and 90 minutes.<br />- Frances moved into the house on June 14, 2019, and unpacked Box 14 labeled "LIVING ROOM - MISC." which contained the metronome.<br />- Frances found a ceramic bowl moved from the living room to the kitchen on the morning of June 22, 2019, eight days after moving in.<br />- Ray Chitty, a 51-year-old site foreman, had cut himself a second key in early May 2019 and made unauthorized returns to the house.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1506</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Lantern That Shouldn't Burn: Copperhead's Impossible Light</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lantern-that-shouldn-t-burn-copperhead-s-impossible-light--73178595</link><description><![CDATA[The Lantern That Shouldn't Burn: Copperhead's Impossible Light<br /><br />A faded orange construction lantern blinked from eighteen feet underwater for months - its battery rated for 2,000 hours yet the lamp had been down between eight months and a year and a half. Who built that impossible light, and why would someone from a dead mining town lug a Garver-Consolidated concrete block into Copperhead Reservoir to anchor a trotline?<br /><br />In this episode, the reporter Ross Bailey travels to Garver, Utah to follow a sheriff's log about a curious lantern and pieces together tangible, recorded evidence, local testimony, and a short note left by a recently deceased man to ask how the facts can fit with the mathematics - and what Nolan Cook meant when he wrote his message.<br /><br />Person: Donald Reed<br />Date: June 14, 2011<br />Location: Copperhead Reservoir, east arm<br />Person: Nolan Cook<br />Event: Lantern recovered and logged by Aldine County sheriff<br /><br />- The lantern was recovered from eighteen feet underwater.<br />- The lantern lens was amber and flashed once every two seconds.<br />- The lantern's battery had a nominal life of 2,000 hours (about 83 days).<br />- Nolan Cook died in October 2010 at age sixty-seven from cardiac arrest.<br />- A concrete block stenciled "G-C PROPERTY" was used as an anchor on the trotline.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178595</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178595/0165.mp3" length="23308187" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Lantern That Shouldn't Burn: Copperhead's Impossible Light&#13;
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A faded orange construction lantern blinked from eighteen feet underwater for months - its battery rated for 2,000 hours yet the lamp had been down between eight months and a year and a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Lantern That Shouldn't Burn: Copperhead's Impossible Light<br /><br />A faded orange construction lantern blinked from eighteen feet underwater for months - its battery rated for 2,000 hours yet the lamp had been down between eight months and a year and a half. Who built that impossible light, and why would someone from a dead mining town lug a Garver-Consolidated concrete block into Copperhead Reservoir to anchor a trotline?<br /><br />In this episode, the reporter Ross Bailey travels to Garver, Utah to follow a sheriff's log about a curious lantern and pieces together tangible, recorded evidence, local testimony, and a short note left by a recently deceased man to ask how the facts can fit with the mathematics - and what Nolan Cook meant when he wrote his message.<br /><br />Person: Donald Reed<br />Date: June 14, 2011<br />Location: Copperhead Reservoir, east arm<br />Person: Nolan Cook<br />Event: Lantern recovered and logged by Aldine County sheriff<br /><br />- The lantern was recovered from eighteen feet underwater.<br />- The lantern lens was amber and flashed once every two seconds.<br />- The lantern's battery had a nominal life of 2,000 hours (about 83 days).<br />- Nolan Cook died in October 2010 at age sixty-seven from cardiac arrest.<br />- A concrete block stenciled "G-C PROPERTY" was used as an anchor on the trotline.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1457</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>A Note Written at 2 A.M.: The Ward at the End of the Hall</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-note-written-at-2-a-m-the-ward-at-the-end-of-the-hall--73178594</link><description><![CDATA[A Note Written at 2 A.M.: The Ward at the End of the Hall<br /><br />A mason jar wiped clean and sealed sat in dead grass at the northeast fence of Hargrove Memorial, holding an index card that named a patient, a room number, and the very date a county surveyor would arrive to find it-four days after the man had been admitted. How did a note written at 2:15 a.m. end up sealed in a jar outside the hospital before the rain stopped, and who placed it there?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell how routine hospital admissions, a terse handwritten note, and a mason jar left at a property corner converged in a sequence that refuses easy explanation; what really ties the note to Room 4114 and the man who wrote it?<br /><br />Date: May 14, 2017<br />Person: Scott Lawson<br />Location: Hargrove Memorial Hospital northeast fence<br />Room: 4114<br />Witness: Peggy Voss<br /><br />- Scott Lawson collapsed at Pinecrest Lanes on the evening of May 10, 2017 and was admitted to Room 4114.<br />- At 2:15 a.m. on May 12, 2017 Lawson wrote a note on a nurse's notepad that read, "A man who knows my father's secret. End of the week. Room 4114."<br />- Rain fell from 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. on the night of May 12, 2017; the mason jar had been placed before the rain stopped.<br />- Marcia Campbell, a county surveyor, found a sealed wide-mouth quart mason jar at the base of the northeast chain-link fence on the morning of May 14, 2017.<br />- Inside the jar, sealed in a ziplock bag, was a ruled white index card in neat blue ballpoint block letters: "Scott Lawson, Room 4114, May 14, 2017."<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178594</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:32:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178594/0164.mp3" length="24056752" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A Note Written at 2 A.M.: The Ward at the End of the Hall&#13;
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A mason jar wiped clean and sealed sat in dead grass at the northeast fence of Hargrove Memorial, holding an index card that named a patient, a room number, and the very date a county...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Note Written at 2 A.M.: The Ward at the End of the Hall<br /><br />A mason jar wiped clean and sealed sat in dead grass at the northeast fence of Hargrove Memorial, holding an index card that named a patient, a room number, and the very date a county surveyor would arrive to find it-four days after the man had been admitted. How did a note written at 2:15 a.m. end up sealed in a jar outside the hospital before the rain stopped, and who placed it there?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell how routine hospital admissions, a terse handwritten note, and a mason jar left at a property corner converged in a sequence that refuses easy explanation; what really ties the note to Room 4114 and the man who wrote it?<br /><br />Date: May 14, 2017<br />Person: Scott Lawson<br />Location: Hargrove Memorial Hospital northeast fence<br />Room: 4114<br />Witness: Peggy Voss<br /><br />- Scott Lawson collapsed at Pinecrest Lanes on the evening of May 10, 2017 and was admitted to Room 4114.<br />- At 2:15 a.m. on May 12, 2017 Lawson wrote a note on a nurse's notepad that read, "A man who knows my father's secret. End of the week. Room 4114."<br />- Rain fell from 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. on the night of May 12, 2017; the mason jar had been placed before the rain stopped.<br />- Marcia Campbell, a county surveyor, found a sealed wide-mouth quart mason jar at the base of the northeast chain-link fence on the morning of May 14, 2017.<br />- Inside the jar, sealed in a ziplock bag, was a ruled white index card in neat blue ballpoint block letters: "Scott Lawson, Room 4114, May 14, 2017."<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1504</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Footprints in Clay: The Cabin That Snow Couldn't Touch</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/footprints-in-clay-the-cabin-that-snow-couldn-t-touch--73178593</link><description><![CDATA[Footprints in Clay: The Cabin That Snow Couldn't Touch<br /><br />A dry, bone-deep line of footprints cut through a fresh 14-inch snowfall and pressed four inches into clay-yet the surrounding snow lay untouched. Who could have walked that path from the treeline to the cabin door and back without disturbing the wet snow or entering the building?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the documented facts of the Coldwater Lake property: the timing of the snowfall, the condition of the cabin and shed, and the forensic measurements that complicate any simple explanation. What do clay subsoil worn over decades and prints that ignored fresh snow tell us about who-or what-traveled that route?<br /><br />Person: Lauren Brooks<br />Age: 47<br />Location: Coldwater Lake cabin, Harwick County, Wisconsin<br />Date (final log entry): September 9, 2010<br />Snowfall: 14 inches (recorded at Harwick Junction ending 11:14 PM)<br /><br />- Lauren's final cabin log entry dated September 9, 2010 noted "Closed for season" and "Left padlock on storage shed."<br />- Stanley Nelson arrived for a routine inspection at 8:40 AM on a Tuesday in the third week of April 2011 and found the prints.<br />- Deputy Mark Sutton was called at 8:43 AM, photographed and cast the footprints the same morning.<br />- The automated weather station at Harwick Junction logged a 14-inch snowfall that ended at 11:14 PM the previous evening.<br />- Geologist Arthur Venn found the footprints pressed into clay subsoil four inches below surface grade and the path's topsoil reduced to less than one centimeter where surrounding topsoil measured four to six centimeters.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178593</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178593/0163.mp3" length="21056223" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Footprints in Clay: The Cabin That Snow Couldn't Touch&#13;
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A dry, bone-deep line of footprints cut through a fresh 14-inch snowfall and pressed four inches into clay-yet the surrounding snow lay untouched. Who could have walked that path from the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Footprints in Clay: The Cabin That Snow Couldn't Touch<br /><br />A dry, bone-deep line of footprints cut through a fresh 14-inch snowfall and pressed four inches into clay-yet the surrounding snow lay untouched. Who could have walked that path from the treeline to the cabin door and back without disturbing the wet snow or entering the building?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the documented facts of the Coldwater Lake property: the timing of the snowfall, the condition of the cabin and shed, and the forensic measurements that complicate any simple explanation. What do clay subsoil worn over decades and prints that ignored fresh snow tell us about who-or what-traveled that route?<br /><br />Person: Lauren Brooks<br />Age: 47<br />Location: Coldwater Lake cabin, Harwick County, Wisconsin<br />Date (final log entry): September 9, 2010<br />Snowfall: 14 inches (recorded at Harwick Junction ending 11:14 PM)<br /><br />- Lauren's final cabin log entry dated September 9, 2010 noted "Closed for season" and "Left padlock on storage shed."<br />- Stanley Nelson arrived for a routine inspection at 8:40 AM on a Tuesday in the third week of April 2011 and found the prints.<br />- Deputy Mark Sutton was called at 8:43 AM, photographed and cast the footprints the same morning.<br />- The automated weather station at Harwick Junction logged a 14-inch snowfall that ended at 11:14 PM the previous evening.<br />- Geologist Arthur Venn found the footprints pressed into clay subsoil four inches below surface grade and the path's topsoil reduced to less than one centimeter where surrounding topsoil measured four to six centimeters.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1316</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Reel That Spoke Monica Ward's Voice - "Hold Through The Evening"</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reel-that-spoke-monica-ward-s-voice-hold-through-the-evening--73178592</link><description><![CDATA[The Reel That Spoke Monica Ward's Voice - "Hold Through The Evening"<br /><br />A chill morning in Callum turned into something that sounded like a message: a decades-old Studer A810 tape machine, hidden inside a locked WCLM utility shed, played a still-unexplained recording of anchor Monica Ward reading a weather forecast - accurate to the National Weather Service - except for five words at 23 seconds: "Hold through the evening." Who placed an obsolete reel-to-reel, a mechanical timer, and a speaker to aim at a birdwatching berm and why would they time it exactly for a passerby to record it?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the moment Shannon Armstrong heard audio on the Aldine Reservoir berm to deputies finding an undamaged padlock hanging open and a timer-synchronized reel machine inside the shed; we present the physical evidence and the puzzling anomalies that raise the question: what was the intent behind that tape?<br /><br />Person: Monica Ward<br />Location: Aldine Reservoir east berm, Callum, Hensley County<br />Device: Studer A810 reel-to-reel tape machine<br />Time found: 6:15 AM on March 14<br />Key phrase: "Hold through the evening" at 23 seconds<br /><br />- The padlock on the WCLM utility shed was locked at 9:12 PM on March 13 and later found hanging open with no visible force marks.<br />- Shannon Armstrong recorded 40 seconds of audio from the berm, capturing the forecast and the five-word anomalous line.<br />- The mechanical timer attached to the power circuit would have activated the tape at the moment Shannon was on the frozen mud, approximately 80 yards away.<br />- The Studer A810 sat on a folding table that did not belong to WCLM and was connected to a small powered speaker in the door frame aimed outward.<br />- A locksmith estimated that shimming could defeat the Master Lock Number Three in under 45 seconds, explaining how the lock could show no damage.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178592</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:54 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178592/0162.mp3" length="20462303" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Reel That Spoke Monica Ward's Voice - "Hold Through The Evening"&#13;
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A chill morning in Callum turned into something that sounded like a message: a decades-old Studer A810 tape machine, hidden inside a locked WCLM utility shed, played a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Reel That Spoke Monica Ward's Voice - "Hold Through The Evening"<br /><br />A chill morning in Callum turned into something that sounded like a message: a decades-old Studer A810 tape machine, hidden inside a locked WCLM utility shed, played a still-unexplained recording of anchor Monica Ward reading a weather forecast - accurate to the National Weather Service - except for five words at 23 seconds: "Hold through the evening." Who placed an obsolete reel-to-reel, a mechanical timer, and a speaker to aim at a birdwatching berm and why would they time it exactly for a passerby to record it?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the moment Shannon Armstrong heard audio on the Aldine Reservoir berm to deputies finding an undamaged padlock hanging open and a timer-synchronized reel machine inside the shed; we present the physical evidence and the puzzling anomalies that raise the question: what was the intent behind that tape?<br /><br />Person: Monica Ward<br />Location: Aldine Reservoir east berm, Callum, Hensley County<br />Device: Studer A810 reel-to-reel tape machine<br />Time found: 6:15 AM on March 14<br />Key phrase: "Hold through the evening" at 23 seconds<br /><br />- The padlock on the WCLM utility shed was locked at 9:12 PM on March 13 and later found hanging open with no visible force marks.<br />- Shannon Armstrong recorded 40 seconds of audio from the berm, capturing the forecast and the five-word anomalous line.<br />- The mechanical timer attached to the power circuit would have activated the tape at the moment Shannon was on the frozen mud, approximately 80 yards away.<br />- The Studer A810 sat on a folding table that did not belong to WCLM and was connected to a small powered speaker in the door frame aimed outward.<br />- A locksmith estimated that shimming could defeat the Master Lock Number Three in under 45 seconds, explaining how the lock could show no damage.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1279</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Wallet That Walked Forty Miles - No One Took It</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wallet-that-walked-forty-miles-no-one-took-it--73178591</link><description><![CDATA[The Wallet That Walked Forty Miles - No One Took It<br /><br />A battered brown leather wallet wrapped with red electrical tape went missing from Fenner, Indiana and turned up twelve days later on a rest area shelf on westbound I-74-roughly forty miles from where it disappeared. Nobody stole it, no crime was committed, and yet one specific unexplained detail in its twelve-day journey kept the owner puzzled; how did it end up neatly placed where he would never look?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that moved the wallet from a parking lot in Fenner to a rest stop shelf on I-74, following the people, places, and small decisions that connected them - and we ask what single detail in that chain remains inexplicable.<br /><br />Person: Kevin Green<br />Location: Fenner, Indiana<br />Date lost: January 28, 2011<br />Date found: February 9, 2011<br />Event: Wallet found on shelf at Calloway Creek Rest Area on westbound I-74<br /><br />- The wallet contained $43 in cash, a Harmon County library card, and a laminated AAA card with Kevin Green’s name and Stillwater Lane address.<br />- Kevin discovered the wallet missing on the morning of January 28, 2011 after stopping for gas on Route Nine and retracing multiple locations before filing a police report that afternoon.<br />- Deborah Yount, age 64, found the wallet half under a wheel well near Lincoln Elementary on January 28 and placed it in her purse intending to return it that weekend.<br />- Deborah left town at 3:00 PM the day she found the wallet to handle a burst pipe at her sister-in-law’s house and was away for four days, during which the wallet sat on her kitchen counter.<br />- On Sunday, February 6, Deborah drove west on I-74 to Veedersburg for a visit, stopped at Calloway Creek Rest Area near Terre Haute, set her purse on a shelf above the paper rack, and the wallet slipped onto the shelf where it remained until found on February 9.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178591</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:50 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178591/0161.mp3" length="23098372" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Wallet That Walked Forty Miles - No One Took It&#13;
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A battered brown leather wallet wrapped with red electrical tape went missing from Fenner, Indiana and turned up twelve days later on a rest area shelf on westbound I-74-roughly forty miles from...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Wallet That Walked Forty Miles - No One Took It<br /><br />A battered brown leather wallet wrapped with red electrical tape went missing from Fenner, Indiana and turned up twelve days later on a rest area shelf on westbound I-74-roughly forty miles from where it disappeared. Nobody stole it, no crime was committed, and yet one specific unexplained detail in its twelve-day journey kept the owner puzzled; how did it end up neatly placed where he would never look?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that moved the wallet from a parking lot in Fenner to a rest stop shelf on I-74, following the people, places, and small decisions that connected them - and we ask what single detail in that chain remains inexplicable.<br /><br />Person: Kevin Green<br />Location: Fenner, Indiana<br />Date lost: January 28, 2011<br />Date found: February 9, 2011<br />Event: Wallet found on shelf at Calloway Creek Rest Area on westbound I-74<br /><br />- The wallet contained $43 in cash, a Harmon County library card, and a laminated AAA card with Kevin Green’s name and Stillwater Lane address.<br />- Kevin discovered the wallet missing on the morning of January 28, 2011 after stopping for gas on Route Nine and retracing multiple locations before filing a police report that afternoon.<br />- Deborah Yount, age 64, found the wallet half under a wheel well near Lincoln Elementary on January 28 and placed it in her purse intending to return it that weekend.<br />- Deborah left town at 3:00 PM the day she found the wallet to handle a burst pipe at her sister-in-law’s house and was away for four days, during which the wallet sat on her kitchen counter.<br />- On Sunday, February 6, Deborah drove west on I-74 to Veedersburg for a visit, stopped at Calloway Creek Rest Area near Terre Haute, set her purse on a shelf above the paper rack, and the wallet slipped onto the shelf where it remained until found on February 9.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1444</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>A Chair Appears in the Road: The Holloway Road Sound</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-chair-appears-in-the-road-the-holloway-road-sound--73178589</link><description><![CDATA[A Chair Appears in the Road: The Holloway Road Sound<br /><br />A county snowplow driver found a yellow ladder-back chair sitting upright in the middle of Holloway Road, 212 feet from the nearest access turnoff with no skid marks or footprints - and the homeowner had been recording a low, rhythmic thumping beneath her floor for nearly two years. What links a chair mysteriously transported two hundred yards and a recurring nocturnal boom that leaves a kitchen wall gap three-quarters of an inch wide?<br /><br />In this episode, we detail the sequence of events recorded by the people who lived and worked around Holloway Road and the concrete evidence they logged: photographs, GPS coordinates, weather records, technician inspections, and dated noise logs. How did routine observations - a loop of baling twine, a repeated 11 p.m. sound, a shifted baseboard - form a pattern that resists simple explanations?<br /><br />Person: Pamela Holmes<br />Date: January 9, 2011<br />Location: Holloway Road<br />Temperature: 12 degrees Fahrenheit<br />Distance: 212 feet north of access track turnoff<br /><br />- A snowplow driver with nineteen winters’ experience stopped at 6:14 a.m. to photograph a yellow ladder-back chair sitting upright in the lane.<br />- The chair’s position was recorded by the plow’s dash GPS as exactly 212 feet north of the access track turnoff.<br />- National Weather Service recorded peak wind that night at 7 miles per hour.<br />- Pamela Holmes had been documenting a low rhythmic thumping beneath her floor since February 2009, noting dates and durations.<br />- A gap of roughly three-quarters of an inch opened along the baseboard on the kitchen’s north interior wall in March 2010.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178589</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:46 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178589/0160.mp3" length="21196240" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A Chair Appears in the Road: The Holloway Road Sound&#13;
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A county snowplow driver found a yellow ladder-back chair sitting upright in the middle of Holloway Road, 212 feet from the nearest access turnoff with no skid marks or footprints - and the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Chair Appears in the Road: The Holloway Road Sound<br /><br />A county snowplow driver found a yellow ladder-back chair sitting upright in the middle of Holloway Road, 212 feet from the nearest access turnoff with no skid marks or footprints - and the homeowner had been recording a low, rhythmic thumping beneath her floor for nearly two years. What links a chair mysteriously transported two hundred yards and a recurring nocturnal boom that leaves a kitchen wall gap three-quarters of an inch wide?<br /><br />In this episode, we detail the sequence of events recorded by the people who lived and worked around Holloway Road and the concrete evidence they logged: photographs, GPS coordinates, weather records, technician inspections, and dated noise logs. How did routine observations - a loop of baling twine, a repeated 11 p.m. sound, a shifted baseboard - form a pattern that resists simple explanations?<br /><br />Person: Pamela Holmes<br />Date: January 9, 2011<br />Location: Holloway Road<br />Temperature: 12 degrees Fahrenheit<br />Distance: 212 feet north of access track turnoff<br /><br />- A snowplow driver with nineteen winters’ experience stopped at 6:14 a.m. to photograph a yellow ladder-back chair sitting upright in the lane.<br />- The chair’s position was recorded by the plow’s dash GPS as exactly 212 feet north of the access track turnoff.<br />- National Weather Service recorded peak wind that night at 7 miles per hour.<br />- Pamela Holmes had been documenting a low rhythmic thumping beneath her floor since February 2009, noting dates and durations.<br />- A gap of roughly three-quarters of an inch opened along the baseboard on the kitchen’s north interior wall in March 2010.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1325</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Boarding Pass That Shouldn't Exist: Mystery at Crandall Airport</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boarding-pass-that-shouldn-t-exist-mystery-at-crandall-airport--73178588</link><description><![CDATA[The Boarding Pass That Shouldn't Exist: Mystery at Crandall Airport<br /><br />A pristine boarding pass printed at 5:43 AM for a flight that was canceled the night before turned up wedged behind a duct clamp inside a locked communications shed after a rainstorm-despite the shed having no public access. How did a ticket printed at a terminal kiosk, for a canceled Mesa Rim Air flight, travel from a passenger’s jacket to an inaccessible wall without any of the people involved ever meeting?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that connect a route coordinator, a canceled flight, a corrupted airline alert file, and a found boarding pass, and ask whether coincidence or something stranger moved that paper from pocket to shed.<br /><br />Person: Wade Doyle<br />Date: December 9, 2019 (boarding pass printed at 5:43 AM)<br />Location: Crandall Airport Airport, New Mexico<br />Event: Boarding pass found in communications shed on December 11, 2019<br />Status: Flight 447 canceled due to cabin ventilation pressure irregularity<br /><br />- Boarding pass barcode timestamp shows it was printed at 5:43 AM at a kiosk in the main terminal.<br />- Flight 447 had been canceled at 11:48 PM on December 8, 2019, after a routine systems check flagged a ventilation issue.<br />- Mesa Rim Air’s corrupted alert module failed to send passenger notifications for 11 days and did not update kiosks or the departure board.<br />- Wade Doyle printed his pass at 5:40 AM on December 9, 2019, folded it, and placed it in his jacket front pocket.<br />- Utility technician Rhonda Foster found the pristine, dry boarding pass wedged behind a duct clamp in the communications shed at 7:22 AM on December 11, 2019.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178588</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178588/0159.mp3" length="19661494" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Boarding Pass That Shouldn't Exist: Mystery at Crandall Airport&#13;
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A pristine boarding pass printed at 5:43 AM for a flight that was canceled the night before turned up wedged behind a duct clamp inside a locked communications shed after a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Boarding Pass That Shouldn't Exist: Mystery at Crandall Airport<br /><br />A pristine boarding pass printed at 5:43 AM for a flight that was canceled the night before turned up wedged behind a duct clamp inside a locked communications shed after a rainstorm-despite the shed having no public access. How did a ticket printed at a terminal kiosk, for a canceled Mesa Rim Air flight, travel from a passenger’s jacket to an inaccessible wall without any of the people involved ever meeting?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that connect a route coordinator, a canceled flight, a corrupted airline alert file, and a found boarding pass, and ask whether coincidence or something stranger moved that paper from pocket to shed.<br /><br />Person: Wade Doyle<br />Date: December 9, 2019 (boarding pass printed at 5:43 AM)<br />Location: Crandall Airport Airport, New Mexico<br />Event: Boarding pass found in communications shed on December 11, 2019<br />Status: Flight 447 canceled due to cabin ventilation pressure irregularity<br /><br />- Boarding pass barcode timestamp shows it was printed at 5:43 AM at a kiosk in the main terminal.<br />- Flight 447 had been canceled at 11:48 PM on December 8, 2019, after a routine systems check flagged a ventilation issue.<br />- Mesa Rim Air’s corrupted alert module failed to send passenger notifications for 11 days and did not update kiosks or the departure board.<br />- Wade Doyle printed his pass at 5:40 AM on December 9, 2019, folded it, and placed it in his jacket front pocket.<br />- Utility technician Rhonda Foster found the pristine, dry boarding pass wedged behind a duct clamp in the communications shed at 7:22 AM on December 11, 2019.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1229</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Gate, The Letter, and the Signal That Shouldn't Exist</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gate-the-letter-and-the-signal-that-shouldn-t-exist--73178587</link><description><![CDATA[The Gate, The Letter, and the Signal That Shouldn't Exist<br /><br />Fear will creep in when a waveform predicted on graph paper appears on a dead scientist's instrument tied to a desert gate - and the only record of it was mailed the same morning from ninety-one miles away. A Tektronix analyzer recorded nine cycles at 1427 MHz, each separated by sixty-four seconds, exactly matching a hand-drawn waveform sent in a letter; how could a mailed prediction precede an event nobody expected? What, or who, connected the letter, the device, and the micro-seismic pulse beneath the Cibola basin?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of real events that link a retired radio physicist's notebook, a daughter who mailed a prediction, and an instrument found zip-tied to a fence post - and ask whether coincidence, geology, or something else explains the signal recorded at 17:17. Could Walter Koss's model of geo-electric discharge have been right, or does the timing point to something stranger?<br /><br />Person: Walter Koss<br />Person: Irene (daughter)<br />Person: Steven Long<br />Event: Signal recorded at 17:17<br />Location: Cibola basin<br /><br />- The Tektronix RSA306B signal analyzer was zip-tied to the maintenance gate at mile 2.5 on the Morrow Flats fence line.<br />- The letter containing a hand-drawn waveform was postmarked at 07:52 the same morning, mailed from ninety-one miles away.<br />- The New Mexico Geological Survey logged a micro-seismic event at 17:14 beneath the Cibola basin.<br />- The analyzer recorded a nine-cycle signal lasting 9 minutes and 40 seconds at 1427 MHz with 64-second-separated cycles.<br />- Walter Koss's final notebook entry included three clusters of pulses, an inverted repeat, and a 64-second cycle predicting a detectable signal in November 2019.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178587</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:38 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178587/0158.mp3" length="19177079" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Gate, The Letter, and the Signal That Shouldn't Exist&#13;
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Fear will creep in when a waveform predicted on graph paper appears on a dead scientist's instrument tied to a desert gate - and the only record of it was mailed the same morning from...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Gate, The Letter, and the Signal That Shouldn't Exist<br /><br />Fear will creep in when a waveform predicted on graph paper appears on a dead scientist's instrument tied to a desert gate - and the only record of it was mailed the same morning from ninety-one miles away. A Tektronix analyzer recorded nine cycles at 1427 MHz, each separated by sixty-four seconds, exactly matching a hand-drawn waveform sent in a letter; how could a mailed prediction precede an event nobody expected? What, or who, connected the letter, the device, and the micro-seismic pulse beneath the Cibola basin?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of real events that link a retired radio physicist's notebook, a daughter who mailed a prediction, and an instrument found zip-tied to a fence post - and ask whether coincidence, geology, or something else explains the signal recorded at 17:17. Could Walter Koss's model of geo-electric discharge have been right, or does the timing point to something stranger?<br /><br />Person: Walter Koss<br />Person: Irene (daughter)<br />Person: Steven Long<br />Event: Signal recorded at 17:17<br />Location: Cibola basin<br /><br />- The Tektronix RSA306B signal analyzer was zip-tied to the maintenance gate at mile 2.5 on the Morrow Flats fence line.<br />- The letter containing a hand-drawn waveform was postmarked at 07:52 the same morning, mailed from ninety-one miles away.<br />- The New Mexico Geological Survey logged a micro-seismic event at 17:14 beneath the Cibola basin.<br />- The analyzer recorded a nine-cycle signal lasting 9 minutes and 40 seconds at 1427 MHz with 64-second-separated cycles.<br />- Walter Koss's final notebook entry included three clusters of pulses, an inverted repeat, and a 64-second cycle predicting a detectable signal in November 2019.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1199</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Dead Librarian Who Stamped Her Own Return Date</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dead-librarian-who-stamped-her-own-return-date--73178584</link><description><![CDATA[The Dead Librarian Who Stamped Her Own Return Date<br /><br />A rediscovered checkout card shows Dorothy Falk - who died in 2004 - signing a stamp-dated return the same morning a discarded book hit a dumpster in October 2011, and the handwriting doesn't match prior stamps; how did a decommissioned date stamp leave fresh black ink seven years after her death? What single act ties a dead librarian, a banker's box, and a young cleanup worker into a mystery without a tidy ending?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the book landing in a dumpster to the discovery of a freshly stamped checkout card, laying out the people, places, and objects involved and leaving listeners to consider the unresolved question at the center.<br /><br />Person: Dorothy Falk<br />Date: October 3, 2011<br />Location: Maplewood Branch<br />Event: Fresh black stamp on checkout card found nine days after book entered dumpster<br />Person: Ronald Wright<br /><br />- The book landed in the dumpster on October 3, 2011.<br />- Julie Davis pulled the book out at 8:00 AM on October 12, 2011 and found the checkout card in the pocket.<br />- Dorothy Falk died on February 19, 2004 at age 61 from cardiac arrest secondary to congestive heart failure.<br />- Dorothy checked out the freshwater mollusk field guide in November 1983, March 1987, and August 1992 to preserve its circulation.<br />- On October 3, 2011 Ronald Wright found a banker's box labeled "FALK - PERSONAL - DO NOT DISCARD," stamped six checkout cards with a decommissioned stamp, and signed "D. Falk."<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178584</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178584/0157.mp3" length="19609249" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Dead Librarian Who Stamped Her Own Return Date&#13;
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A rediscovered checkout card shows Dorothy Falk - who died in 2004 - signing a stamp-dated return the same morning a discarded book hit a dumpster in October 2011, and the handwriting doesn't match...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Dead Librarian Who Stamped Her Own Return Date<br /><br />A rediscovered checkout card shows Dorothy Falk - who died in 2004 - signing a stamp-dated return the same morning a discarded book hit a dumpster in October 2011, and the handwriting doesn't match prior stamps; how did a decommissioned date stamp leave fresh black ink seven years after her death? What single act ties a dead librarian, a banker's box, and a young cleanup worker into a mystery without a tidy ending?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the book landing in a dumpster to the discovery of a freshly stamped checkout card, laying out the people, places, and objects involved and leaving listeners to consider the unresolved question at the center.<br /><br />Person: Dorothy Falk<br />Date: October 3, 2011<br />Location: Maplewood Branch<br />Event: Fresh black stamp on checkout card found nine days after book entered dumpster<br />Person: Ronald Wright<br /><br />- The book landed in the dumpster on October 3, 2011.<br />- Julie Davis pulled the book out at 8:00 AM on October 12, 2011 and found the checkout card in the pocket.<br />- Dorothy Falk died on February 19, 2004 at age 61 from cardiac arrest secondary to congestive heart failure.<br />- Dorothy checked out the freshwater mollusk field guide in November 1983, March 1987, and August 1992 to preserve its circulation.<br />- On October 3, 2011 Ronald Wright found a banker's box labeled "FALK - PERSONAL - DO NOT DISCARD," stamped six checkout cards with a decommissioned stamp, and signed "D. Falk."<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1226</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Freight Car That Shouldn't Move-and the Lunchbox with a Name</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-freight-car-that-shouldn-t-move-and-the-lunchbox-with-a-name--73178583</link><description><![CDATA[The Freight Car That Shouldn't Move-and the Lunchbox with a Name<br /><br />Fear of the uncanny: a fifty-foot freight car listed as "status unknown" since 2009 appears on a padlocked dead spur at Tanner Basin at 9:17 PM on September 11, 2023 - and a red child's lunchbox with the name JOEL sits balanced on its fogged roof. How did a key that "did not exist" unlock the padlock, who moved the car without any logged engine movement, and why was a brass copy of that key hidden inside a lunchbox left on the hopper?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of details that led from a routine meal delivery to an unresolved railway mystery. You will hear where the car was found, what was inside the lunchbox, and the personnel who noticed discrepancies that no single anomaly fully explains - but together point to a deliberate action. What connects the lunchbox name JOEL to the car number GCFX 4418 and a missing eleven gallons of diesel?<br /><br />Person: Neil Wagner<br />Date: September 11, 2023<br />Location: Tanner Basin rail yard, Track Seven<br />Event: Freight car GCFX 4418 found on decommissioned spur<br />Item: Red child's lunchbox marked "JOEL" containing a brass key and map<br /><br />- The freight car was a gray covered hopper approximately fifty feet long with reporting mark GCFX 4418.<br />- Track Seven had been padlocked and stenciled out of service since 2009 and its key had not been issued to active employees.<br />- The padlock showed no tool marks and, when pressed, the shackle cycled as if it had been opened and re-locked from outside.<br />- Inside the red lunchbox (under one pound) were a brass hand-cut key, a laminated Grover-Canton Freight commodity code card, and a hand-drawn map marking Track Seven.<br />- Engine logs showed no movement on the night in question, yet eleven gallons of diesel were missing from the Track Seven switcher record.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178583</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:30 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178583/0156.mp3" length="21123097" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Freight Car That Shouldn't Move-and the Lunchbox with a Name&#13;
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Fear of the uncanny: a fifty-foot freight car listed as "status unknown" since 2009 appears on a padlocked dead spur at Tanner Basin at 9:17 PM on September 11, 2023 - and a red...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Freight Car That Shouldn't Move-and the Lunchbox with a Name<br /><br />Fear of the uncanny: a fifty-foot freight car listed as "status unknown" since 2009 appears on a padlocked dead spur at Tanner Basin at 9:17 PM on September 11, 2023 - and a red child's lunchbox with the name JOEL sits balanced on its fogged roof. How did a key that "did not exist" unlock the padlock, who moved the car without any logged engine movement, and why was a brass copy of that key hidden inside a lunchbox left on the hopper?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of details that led from a routine meal delivery to an unresolved railway mystery. You will hear where the car was found, what was inside the lunchbox, and the personnel who noticed discrepancies that no single anomaly fully explains - but together point to a deliberate action. What connects the lunchbox name JOEL to the car number GCFX 4418 and a missing eleven gallons of diesel?<br /><br />Person: Neil Wagner<br />Date: September 11, 2023<br />Location: Tanner Basin rail yard, Track Seven<br />Event: Freight car GCFX 4418 found on decommissioned spur<br />Item: Red child's lunchbox marked "JOEL" containing a brass key and map<br /><br />- The freight car was a gray covered hopper approximately fifty feet long with reporting mark GCFX 4418.<br />- Track Seven had been padlocked and stenciled out of service since 2009 and its key had not been issued to active employees.<br />- The padlock showed no tool marks and, when pressed, the shackle cycled as if it had been opened and re-locked from outside.<br />- Inside the red lunchbox (under one pound) were a brass hand-cut key, a laminated Grover-Canton Freight commodity code card, and a hand-drawn map marking Track Seven.<br />- Engine logs showed no movement on the night in question, yet eleven gallons of diesel were missing from the Track Seven switcher record.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1321</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Chocolate Milk Left in a Sealed Basement Three Days Before Expiry</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chocolate-milk-left-in-a-sealed-basement-three-days-before-expiry--73178581</link><description><![CDATA[The Chocolate Milk Left in a Sealed Basement Three Days Before Expiry<br /><br />A sealed eight-ounce glass bottle of chocolate milk sat untouched on a basement windowsill inside a building locked for seven years, its sell-by date just three days away - and the padlock on the coal chute had been replaced with a new hardware-store lock. Who carried that bottle through sealed windows and why did a dead man's note and payment records later make the scene look far stranger than a prank?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the story of the bottle found at Wetherton College Preparatory and the threads it pulled through campus records, a conservancy inventory, and a retired records administrator's curiosity. What did the replacement padlock, the unopened infirmary supplies, and a resurfacing handwritten note reveal about what happened five years earlier?<br /><br />Person: Connie Hale<br />Date: August 14, 2019<br />Location: Whitmore Hall basement, Wetherton College Preparatory<br />Event: Discovery of sealed chocolate milk bottle<br />Status: Building locked for seven years and recently reopened trail<br /><br />- The bottle was an eight-ounce glass bottle of chocolate milk with a foil seal and a sell-by date of August 17.<br />- The discovery date was August 14, 2019, at approximately 7:45-7:52 AM when Connie Hale was walking a neighbor's beagle.<br />- Whitmore Hall was built in 1891 and had not housed students since before the school's 2012 closure.<br />- The basement had been used for overflow infirmary storage, including IV bags, saline solution, and expired medications left undisposed.<br />- The coal chute door had a recently purchased Master Lock model 45 instead of the Brinks deadbolt listed in the property inventory.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178581</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178581/0155.mp3" length="22232778" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Chocolate Milk Left in a Sealed Basement Three Days Before Expiry&#13;
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A sealed eight-ounce glass bottle of chocolate milk sat untouched on a basement windowsill inside a building locked for seven years, its sell-by date just three days away - and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Chocolate Milk Left in a Sealed Basement Three Days Before Expiry<br /><br />A sealed eight-ounce glass bottle of chocolate milk sat untouched on a basement windowsill inside a building locked for seven years, its sell-by date just three days away - and the padlock on the coal chute had been replaced with a new hardware-store lock. Who carried that bottle through sealed windows and why did a dead man's note and payment records later make the scene look far stranger than a prank?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the story of the bottle found at Wetherton College Preparatory and the threads it pulled through campus records, a conservancy inventory, and a retired records administrator's curiosity. What did the replacement padlock, the unopened infirmary supplies, and a resurfacing handwritten note reveal about what happened five years earlier?<br /><br />Person: Connie Hale<br />Date: August 14, 2019<br />Location: Whitmore Hall basement, Wetherton College Preparatory<br />Event: Discovery of sealed chocolate milk bottle<br />Status: Building locked for seven years and recently reopened trail<br /><br />- The bottle was an eight-ounce glass bottle of chocolate milk with a foil seal and a sell-by date of August 17.<br />- The discovery date was August 14, 2019, at approximately 7:45-7:52 AM when Connie Hale was walking a neighbor's beagle.<br />- Whitmore Hall was built in 1891 and had not housed students since before the school's 2012 closure.<br />- The basement had been used for overflow infirmary storage, including IV bags, saline solution, and expired medications left undisposed.<br />- The coal chute door had a recently purchased Master Lock model 45 instead of the Brinks deadbolt listed in the property inventory.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1390</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Boat Came Back: 66 Miles Missing, Chart Open to Bray's Channel</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boat-came-back-66-miles-missing-chart-open-to-bray-s-channel--73178579</link><description><![CDATA[The Boat Came Back: 66 Miles Missing, Chart Open to Bray's Channel<br /><br />The morning after a twenty-two-foot lobster boat vanished into a forty-nautical-mile Coast Guard search grid, it was found exactly where it left - engine cold, lines neat, and the fuel tank nearly empty. A nautical chart folded open to Bray's Channel and fuel consistent with 60-70 nautical miles of travel raise one impossible question: how did the Marelda June go sixty-six nautical miles off course and come back with no one able to explain the trip?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the timeline from the last clear sighting at 11:45 p.m. to the discovery at 7:04 a.m., laying out the physical evidence and witness accounts that make this case puzzling. What do the fuel calculations, the folded chart, and Wade Barrett’s missing memories tell us about that night?<br /><br />Person: Wade Barrett<br />Location: Kettrick Cove<br />Date: July 9, 2011<br />Vessel: Marelda June<br />Fuel start/end: 38 gallons / less than 4 gallons<br /><br />- Last confirmed departure time: 11:45 p.m. from Dock Seven<br />- Missed radio check time: 1:00 a.m.; distress call initiated by 2:17 a.m.<br />- Coast Guard search grid radius: roughly 40 nautical miles<br />- Fuel consistent with travel distance: 60-70 nautical miles<br />- Chart on console opened to Bray's Channel, 73 nautical miles from filed destination<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178579</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178579/0154.mp3" length="19684899" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Boat Came Back: 66 Miles Missing, Chart Open to Bray's Channel&#13;
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The morning after a twenty-two-foot lobster boat vanished into a forty-nautical-mile Coast Guard search grid, it was found exactly where it left - engine cold, lines neat, and the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Boat Came Back: 66 Miles Missing, Chart Open to Bray's Channel<br /><br />The morning after a twenty-two-foot lobster boat vanished into a forty-nautical-mile Coast Guard search grid, it was found exactly where it left - engine cold, lines neat, and the fuel tank nearly empty. A nautical chart folded open to Bray's Channel and fuel consistent with 60-70 nautical miles of travel raise one impossible question: how did the Marelda June go sixty-six nautical miles off course and come back with no one able to explain the trip?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the timeline from the last clear sighting at 11:45 p.m. to the discovery at 7:04 a.m., laying out the physical evidence and witness accounts that make this case puzzling. What do the fuel calculations, the folded chart, and Wade Barrett’s missing memories tell us about that night?<br /><br />Person: Wade Barrett<br />Location: Kettrick Cove<br />Date: July 9, 2011<br />Vessel: Marelda June<br />Fuel start/end: 38 gallons / less than 4 gallons<br /><br />- Last confirmed departure time: 11:45 p.m. from Dock Seven<br />- Missed radio check time: 1:00 a.m.; distress call initiated by 2:17 a.m.<br />- Coast Guard search grid radius: roughly 40 nautical miles<br />- Fuel consistent with travel distance: 60-70 nautical miles<br />- Chart on console opened to Bray's Channel, 73 nautical miles from filed destination<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1231</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>- a fire burning with no one there, no fresh footprints</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-fire-burning-with-no-one-there-no-fresh-footprints--73178578</link><description><![CDATA[- a fire burning with no one there, no fresh footprints<br /><br />A woman returns from seven miles alone through wet hill country with a single baffling fact: a six-inch flame was burning in a stone ring before dawn, yet no footprints in the clay were made after the rain stopped at 2:00 a.m. and every piece of firewood beside the ring was bone dry despite sitting on saturated ground. What was watching from the north side, and who - or what - could have kept the wood dry?<br /><br />In this episode, you’ll hear the scene of discovery, the meticulous records Peggy Rice kept, and the forensic details investigators compiled over sixteen months to explain the impossible campfire. Could physical evidence and a lone field note about “something watching” point to an answer?<br /><br />Person: Peggy Rice<br />Date: June 9, 2022 (discovery); last log entry June 8, 2022 at 10:45 p.m.<br />Location: Bauer Creek trailhead area, Lassiter hill country<br />Event: Solo camping trip with unexpected burning fire in ring<br />Investigation duration: Sixteen months<br /><br />- Fire observed at 8:47 a.m. by county surveyor Dale Lane; he called sheriff’s office at 8:49 a.m.<br />- Fire described as a six-inch upright flame burning cleanly in a stone ring in still air.<br />- Boot prints around the ring were rain-softened, showing no prints made after the rain ended at approximately 2:00 a.m.<br />- Peggy walked seven miles south by compass after waking, emerging on Route 9 at about 4:00 p.m., with a briar scratch and dehydration.<br />- Photographs showed six or seven split post oak pieces beside the ring; every surface, including undersides, was bone dry despite sitting on wet red clay and no overhead shelter.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178578</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178578/0153.mp3" length="24766865" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>- a fire burning with no one there, no fresh footprints&#13;
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A woman returns from seven miles alone through wet hill country with a single baffling fact: a six-inch flame was burning in a stone ring before dawn, yet no footprints in the clay were made...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[- a fire burning with no one there, no fresh footprints<br /><br />A woman returns from seven miles alone through wet hill country with a single baffling fact: a six-inch flame was burning in a stone ring before dawn, yet no footprints in the clay were made after the rain stopped at 2:00 a.m. and every piece of firewood beside the ring was bone dry despite sitting on saturated ground. What was watching from the north side, and who - or what - could have kept the wood dry?<br /><br />In this episode, you’ll hear the scene of discovery, the meticulous records Peggy Rice kept, and the forensic details investigators compiled over sixteen months to explain the impossible campfire. Could physical evidence and a lone field note about “something watching” point to an answer?<br /><br />Person: Peggy Rice<br />Date: June 9, 2022 (discovery); last log entry June 8, 2022 at 10:45 p.m.<br />Location: Bauer Creek trailhead area, Lassiter hill country<br />Event: Solo camping trip with unexpected burning fire in ring<br />Investigation duration: Sixteen months<br /><br />- Fire observed at 8:47 a.m. by county surveyor Dale Lane; he called sheriff’s office at 8:49 a.m.<br />- Fire described as a six-inch upright flame burning cleanly in a stone ring in still air.<br />- Boot prints around the ring were rain-softened, showing no prints made after the rain ended at approximately 2:00 a.m.<br />- Peggy walked seven miles south by compass after waking, emerging on Route 9 at about 4:00 p.m., with a briar scratch and dehydration.<br />- Photographs showed six or seven split post oak pieces beside the ring; every surface, including undersides, was bone dry despite sitting on wet red clay and no overhead shelter.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1548</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Motel Phone That Rang With No Wires-and Who Listened</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-motel-phone-that-rang-with-no-wires-and-who-listened--73178576</link><description><![CDATA[The Motel Phone That Rang With No Wires-and Who Listened<br /><br />A motel phone rang at 7:40 a.m. with its cord unplugged and the wall jack painted over; a calm male voice read numbers with no explainable source - who was listening, and why did the sound follow a path through painted-over jacks, a dead intercom transformer and a ridge eleven miles north? What links a meticulous field technician’s notebooks to an abandoned motel wiring diagram, and where does the trail end?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the documented timeline of phone rings, hotel records, wiring permits and a journalist’s months-long tracing of the sound’s route to ask whether a sequence of verifiable technical facts can point to a single explanation - or leave a deliberate mystery. How did disconnected cord, dead jack and a live transformer combine to carry that voice?<br /><br />Person: Neil Draper<br />Date: April 28 to May 5 (stay); April 30 and May 2 (calls); May 9 (call reported at 7:40 a.m.)<br />Location: Saguaro Flats Motel, Room 11, east wing (approx. 40 miles west of Marita)<br />Investigator: Beverly Gallagher<br />Equipment: Intercom transformer left powered after 1997 rewiring<br /><br />- The motel room phone cord ended six inches from the baseboard, not connected to any jack.<br />- The wall jack for Room 11 had been painted over with yellowed, cracked paint indicating long-term disuse.<br />- Neil Draper recorded number groups on his field notebook after phone calls at ~2:12 a.m. (Apr 30) and ~1:58 a.m. (May 2).<br />- The east wing was rewired under a county permit in 1997, during which an intercom system was installed but never used.<br />- The intercom transformer was still drawing current from the main panel beside the ice machine decades later.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178576</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178576/0152.mp3" length="24214323" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Motel Phone That Rang With No Wires-and Who Listened&#13;
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A motel phone rang at 7:40 a.m. with its cord unplugged and the wall jack painted over; a calm male voice read numbers with no explainable source - who was listening, and why did the sound...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Motel Phone That Rang With No Wires-and Who Listened<br /><br />A motel phone rang at 7:40 a.m. with its cord unplugged and the wall jack painted over; a calm male voice read numbers with no explainable source - who was listening, and why did the sound follow a path through painted-over jacks, a dead intercom transformer and a ridge eleven miles north? What links a meticulous field technician’s notebooks to an abandoned motel wiring diagram, and where does the trail end?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the documented timeline of phone rings, hotel records, wiring permits and a journalist’s months-long tracing of the sound’s route to ask whether a sequence of verifiable technical facts can point to a single explanation - or leave a deliberate mystery. How did disconnected cord, dead jack and a live transformer combine to carry that voice?<br /><br />Person: Neil Draper<br />Date: April 28 to May 5 (stay); April 30 and May 2 (calls); May 9 (call reported at 7:40 a.m.)<br />Location: Saguaro Flats Motel, Room 11, east wing (approx. 40 miles west of Marita)<br />Investigator: Beverly Gallagher<br />Equipment: Intercom transformer left powered after 1997 rewiring<br /><br />- The motel room phone cord ended six inches from the baseboard, not connected to any jack.<br />- The wall jack for Room 11 had been painted over with yellowed, cracked paint indicating long-term disuse.<br />- Neil Draper recorded number groups on his field notebook after phone calls at ~2:12 a.m. (Apr 30) and ~1:58 a.m. (May 2).<br />- The east wing was rewired under a county permit in 1997, during which an intercom system was installed but never used.<br />- The intercom transformer was still drawing current from the main panel beside the ice machine decades later.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1514</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>is not the prediction; it is the name. Why is Sharon Norris named?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-not-the-prediction-it-is-the-name-why-is-sharon-norris-named--73178574</link><description><![CDATA[is not the prediction; it is the name. Why is Sharon Norris named?<br /><br />A quiet morning birdwatcher photographing a brown creeper through a library basement window found a manila folder stamped SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RESTRICTED ACCESS - ALDGATE ARCHIVE, and inside was a handwritten note predicting a steam line failure five days before it was supposed to happen. Why did the note single out medieval history professor Sharon Norris by name, and who placed an unlogged archival folder four feet inside a propped-open window?<br /><br />In this episode, we trace the discovery, the immediate security response, and the slow unspooling of institutional memory at Whitmore University to ask whether the folder was a prank, a warning, or evidence someone had been watching a single professor. How did a legitimate-looking archive folder with no accession record end up where it had no business being, and what did that mean for Sharon Norris?<br /><br />Person: Gary Bell, 53-year-old birdwatcher who photographed the folder<br />Person: Sharon Norris, 51-year-old medieval history professor at Whitmore University<br />Location: Aldgate Library basement archive at Whitmore University, Ohio college town<br />Date: April 6:06 a.m. Saturday morning (discovery); note dated April 14, 2011<br />Event: Handwritten note predicting steam line failure under Lecture Hall C naming Sharon Norris<br /><br />- Gary Bell was crouching in wet grass outside Aldgate Library with a 400-mm lens when his camera focused on the manila folder.<br />- The folder was stamped SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RESTRICTED ACCESS - ALDGATE ARCHIVE but had no accession number or acquisition record.<br />- The handwritten note read: "April fourteen, two thousand eleven - the steam line under Lecture Hall C will fail at approximately six a.m. Fourteen people will require treatment. Sharon Norris will be unharmed."<br />- Sharon Norris had taught a Tuesday seminar in Lecture Hall C from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. for eleven consecutive semesters and drove the same route, arriving at the parking lot by 6:10.<br />- Whitmore's facilities director ordered an inspection that found normal readings and no visible corrosion on the accessible steam line joints.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178574</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:11 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178574/0151.mp3" length="24174617" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>is not the prediction; it is the name. Why is Sharon Norris named?&#13;
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A quiet morning birdwatcher photographing a brown creeper through a library basement window found a manila folder stamped SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RESTRICTED ACCESS - ALDGATE ARCHIVE,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[is not the prediction; it is the name. Why is Sharon Norris named?<br /><br />A quiet morning birdwatcher photographing a brown creeper through a library basement window found a manila folder stamped SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RESTRICTED ACCESS - ALDGATE ARCHIVE, and inside was a handwritten note predicting a steam line failure five days before it was supposed to happen. Why did the note single out medieval history professor Sharon Norris by name, and who placed an unlogged archival folder four feet inside a propped-open window?<br /><br />In this episode, we trace the discovery, the immediate security response, and the slow unspooling of institutional memory at Whitmore University to ask whether the folder was a prank, a warning, or evidence someone had been watching a single professor. How did a legitimate-looking archive folder with no accession record end up where it had no business being, and what did that mean for Sharon Norris?<br /><br />Person: Gary Bell, 53-year-old birdwatcher who photographed the folder<br />Person: Sharon Norris, 51-year-old medieval history professor at Whitmore University<br />Location: Aldgate Library basement archive at Whitmore University, Ohio college town<br />Date: April 6:06 a.m. Saturday morning (discovery); note dated April 14, 2011<br />Event: Handwritten note predicting steam line failure under Lecture Hall C naming Sharon Norris<br /><br />- Gary Bell was crouching in wet grass outside Aldgate Library with a 400-mm lens when his camera focused on the manila folder.<br />- The folder was stamped SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RESTRICTED ACCESS - ALDGATE ARCHIVE but had no accession number or acquisition record.<br />- The handwritten note read: "April fourteen, two thousand eleven - the steam line under Lecture Hall C will fail at approximately six a.m. Fourteen people will require treatment. Sharon Norris will be unharmed."<br />- Sharon Norris had taught a Tuesday seminar in Lecture Hall C from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. for eleven consecutive semesters and drove the same route, arriving at the parking lot by 6:10.<br />- Whitmore's facilities director ordered an inspection that found normal readings and no visible corrosion on the accessible steam line joints.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1511</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Night the Ferry Vanished - She Stepped Off, But Who Took Her?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-night-the-ferry-vanished-she-stepped-off-but-who-took-her--73178573</link><description><![CDATA[The Night the Ferry Vanished - She Stepped Off, But Who Took Her?<br /><br />Something vanished on the Aldine River for three minutes that March night: the ferry’s GPS, then Kimberly Weaver herself. A technician later found the transponder junction box had been physically interrupted, the ferry logged a clean three-minute outage, and Kimberly-who had boarded at 9:45 PM with a green notebook she’d locked days earlier-was gone; how did she leave a moving boat and reappear hours later gripping a copper pipe in a riverside shed?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the timeline from the 9:45 PM boarding to the 12:57 AM docking and the hours in between, laying out the discovered facts, the people who knew her, and the gaps that remain-could someone have reached the ferry mid-route, or was something else at work?<br /><br />Person: Kimberly Weaver<br />Date: March 6, 2019<br />Location: River Mile 34.2 / Colbert Landing / Millhaven dock<br />Event: GPS transponder three-minute outage; Kimberly missing from ferry<br />Author: Eric Graham (journalist who decoded final notebook entry)<br /><br />- Kimberly boarded the Aldine Duchess at 9:45 PM and was not among passengers who disembarked at Eastgate Wharf at 10:28 PM.<br />- The ferry’s GPS transponder went dark at 10:51 PM for exactly three minutes before coming back online.<br />- The transponder junction box was later found physically interrupted when a technician inspected the bridge deck hardware.<br />- Kimberly’s green notebook was locked in a fireproof box on March 3 and contained a final entry decoded as "They know I have this. Meet at CL-do not tell anyone."<br />- Kimberly was found hours later standing in a riverside shed gripping a copper pipe; the ferry docked back in Millhaven at 12:57 AM without anyone noticing she was gone.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178573</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178573/0150.mp3" length="22664112" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Night the Ferry Vanished - She Stepped Off, But Who Took Her?&#13;
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Something vanished on the Aldine River for three minutes that March night: the ferry’s GPS, then Kimberly Weaver herself. A technician later found the transponder junction box had...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Night the Ferry Vanished - She Stepped Off, But Who Took Her?<br /><br />Something vanished on the Aldine River for three minutes that March night: the ferry’s GPS, then Kimberly Weaver herself. A technician later found the transponder junction box had been physically interrupted, the ferry logged a clean three-minute outage, and Kimberly-who had boarded at 9:45 PM with a green notebook she’d locked days earlier-was gone; how did she leave a moving boat and reappear hours later gripping a copper pipe in a riverside shed?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the timeline from the 9:45 PM boarding to the 12:57 AM docking and the hours in between, laying out the discovered facts, the people who knew her, and the gaps that remain-could someone have reached the ferry mid-route, or was something else at work?<br /><br />Person: Kimberly Weaver<br />Date: March 6, 2019<br />Location: River Mile 34.2 / Colbert Landing / Millhaven dock<br />Event: GPS transponder three-minute outage; Kimberly missing from ferry<br />Author: Eric Graham (journalist who decoded final notebook entry)<br /><br />- Kimberly boarded the Aldine Duchess at 9:45 PM and was not among passengers who disembarked at Eastgate Wharf at 10:28 PM.<br />- The ferry’s GPS transponder went dark at 10:51 PM for exactly three minutes before coming back online.<br />- The transponder junction box was later found physically interrupted when a technician inspected the bridge deck hardware.<br />- Kimberly’s green notebook was locked in a fireproof box on March 3 and contained a final entry decoded as "They know I have this. Meet at CL-do not tell anyone."<br />- Kimberly was found hours later standing in a riverside shed gripping a copper pipe; the ferry docked back in Millhaven at 12:57 AM without anyone noticing she was gone.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1417</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Warm Bucket on a Frozen Desert Road: Unanswered Vapor</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-warm-bucket-on-a-frozen-desert-road-unanswered-vapor--73178570</link><description><![CDATA[The Warm Bucket on a Frozen Desert Road: Unanswered Vapor<br /><br />A five-gallon bucket of water sat upright on a deserted access road at 6:15 AM on February 17, 2011, its water a half-inch from the rim and visibly steaming in 23°F air - yet the water felt merely cool, not frozen. How did warm water appear in an open bucket four miles from the nearest water line and near a dry creek with no nearby people or structures?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events on Dry Mesa Ranch that framed that impossible bucket: the resurfacing of hundreds of gallons in a sealed cistern, the long winter runs for water, and the people connected to the land and its wells. What connection, if any, links the warm cistern water, the mysterious bucket, and the new private well drilled six miles north?<br /><br />Date: February 17, 2011<br />Location: Tilden Flat access track<br />Person: Crystal Barnes<br />Person: Troy West<br />Event: 300 gallons discovered in sealed cistern<br /><br />- At 6:15 AM on February 17, 2011, a white five-gallon bucket sat upright in the road with water within a half-inch of the rim.<br />- The air temperature when the bucket was found was 23°F and a faint curl of vapor rose from the water.<br />- The nearest water line to where the bucket was found was four miles east and Tilden Creek had been dry since the previous April.<br />- On February 8, 2011, Troy West opened a sealed, padlocked cistern and found roughly 300 gallons of clean water after it had been bone dry since October.<br />- Raymond Cutler had brought in a private well on a parcel roughly six miles north of Dry Mesa Ranch in late January 2011.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178570</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:31:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178570/0149.mp3" length="23679753" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Warm Bucket on a Frozen Desert Road: Unanswered Vapor&#13;
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A five-gallon bucket of water sat upright on a deserted access road at 6:15 AM on February 17, 2011, its water a half-inch from the rim and visibly steaming in 23°F air - yet the water felt...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Warm Bucket on a Frozen Desert Road: Unanswered Vapor<br /><br />A five-gallon bucket of water sat upright on a deserted access road at 6:15 AM on February 17, 2011, its water a half-inch from the rim and visibly steaming in 23°F air - yet the water felt merely cool, not frozen. How did warm water appear in an open bucket four miles from the nearest water line and near a dry creek with no nearby people or structures?<br /><br />In this episode, we tell the sequence of events on Dry Mesa Ranch that framed that impossible bucket: the resurfacing of hundreds of gallons in a sealed cistern, the long winter runs for water, and the people connected to the land and its wells. What connection, if any, links the warm cistern water, the mysterious bucket, and the new private well drilled six miles north?<br /><br />Date: February 17, 2011<br />Location: Tilden Flat access track<br />Person: Crystal Barnes<br />Person: Troy West<br />Event: 300 gallons discovered in sealed cistern<br /><br />- At 6:15 AM on February 17, 2011, a white five-gallon bucket sat upright in the road with water within a half-inch of the rim.<br />- The air temperature when the bucket was found was 23°F and a faint curl of vapor rose from the water.<br />- The nearest water line to where the bucket was found was four miles east and Tilden Creek had been dry since the previous April.<br />- On February 8, 2011, Troy West opened a sealed, padlocked cistern and found roughly 300 gallons of clean water after it had been bone dry since October.<br />- Raymond Cutler had brought in a private well on a parcel roughly six miles north of Dry Mesa Ranch in late January 2011.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1480</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Mill That Woke at Dawn: Who Was Weaving in Secret?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mill-that-woke-at-dawn-who-was-weaving-in-secret--73178565</link><description><![CDATA[The Mill That Woke at Dawn: Who Was Weaving in Secret?<br /><br />Cold mornings, a decommissioned mill, and a mechanical loom that ran before sunrise - four times in recent weeks a Draper X-2 pulled power inside a building locked and dark for over thirty years. The machine produced cloth with no workers, no vehicles, and no lights switched on - so who was there before dawn, and what exactly were they making?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the timeline and the people connected to the Hargrove Textile mill as recorded in the transcript, and we trace how a single surviving loom came to be running on improvised power - could an old operator working in secret explain the pre-dawn activity?<br /><br />Person: Susan Larsen<br />Date: January 9 at 7:41 AM<br />Location: Hargrove Textile mill, Depot Spur Road<br />Machine: Draper X-2 loom<br />Period: Mill closed in 1993<br /><br />- The mill had been locked and dark for over thirty years but a mechanical loom was running at 7:41 AM on January 9 in eleven-degree cold.<br />- The Hargrove mill closed in 1993; salvage crews left three Draper X-2 looms, discontinued in 1968.<br />- Two of the three looms were crushed when part of the roof collapsed; the third remained intact in the back corner of the weave room.<br />- Susan Larsen worked at Hargrove from 1988 to 1993 as a quality-control supervisor and returned to the mill starting in October, coming back every Saturday before first light.<br />- To power the loom, she bought a car battery and a small inverter, ran a fifty-foot heavy-gauge outdoor extension cord through a gap in the west wall, and operated the machine by headlamp while dressing the warp across three weekends.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178565</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:30:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178565/0148.mp3" length="20809627" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Mill That Woke at Dawn: Who Was Weaving in Secret?&#13;
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Cold mornings, a decommissioned mill, and a mechanical loom that ran before sunrise - four times in recent weeks a Draper X-2 pulled power inside a building locked and dark for over thirty...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Mill That Woke at Dawn: Who Was Weaving in Secret?<br /><br />Cold mornings, a decommissioned mill, and a mechanical loom that ran before sunrise - four times in recent weeks a Draper X-2 pulled power inside a building locked and dark for over thirty years. The machine produced cloth with no workers, no vehicles, and no lights switched on - so who was there before dawn, and what exactly were they making?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the timeline and the people connected to the Hargrove Textile mill as recorded in the transcript, and we trace how a single surviving loom came to be running on improvised power - could an old operator working in secret explain the pre-dawn activity?<br /><br />Person: Susan Larsen<br />Date: January 9 at 7:41 AM<br />Location: Hargrove Textile mill, Depot Spur Road<br />Machine: Draper X-2 loom<br />Period: Mill closed in 1993<br /><br />- The mill had been locked and dark for over thirty years but a mechanical loom was running at 7:41 AM on January 9 in eleven-degree cold.<br />- The Hargrove mill closed in 1993; salvage crews left three Draper X-2 looms, discontinued in 1968.<br />- Two of the three looms were crushed when part of the roof collapsed; the third remained intact in the back corner of the weave room.<br />- Susan Larsen worked at Hargrove from 1988 to 1993 as a quality-control supervisor and returned to the mill starting in October, coming back every Saturday before first light.<br />- To power the loom, she bought a car battery and a small inverter, ran a fifty-foot heavy-gauge outdoor extension cord through a gap in the west wall, and operated the machine by headlamp while dressing the warp across three weekends.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1301</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Woman Who Ordered Coffee Eight Days After She Died</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woman-who-ordered-coffee-eight-days-after-she-died--73178563</link><description><![CDATA[The Woman Who Ordered Coffee Eight Days After She Died<br /><br />A steaming takeout cup found on a frozen Callum street and a handwritten diner ticket with ink that "should not exist" hint at something impossible: a woman who died on November 29, 2014, apparently ordered her usual breakfast at Dempsey's on December 3, 2014. How did a full, steaming cup appear on Benton Road on December 11 when the temperature had been below freezing and no one was seen?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the strange chain of events in a town of roughly four thousand as locals and a regional journalist piece together the timeline that connects a handwritten ticket, a long-held diner routine, and a cup on a storm drain; was this a hoax, a mistake, or something else entirely?<br /><br />Person: Helen Johnson<br />Person: Dorothy Crane (born Dorothy Purcell)<br />Location: Callum, Indiana<br />Event: Order at Dempsey's Diner on December 3, 2014<br />Date: Dorothy Crane death on November 29, 2014<br /><br />- The takeout cup was found at 7:51 AM on December 11, 2014, full to within an inch of the rim and faintly steaming.<br />- The town population is described as roughly four thousand people.<br />- Dempsey's Diner has been open since 1949 and kept the same menu since 1963.<br />- Beverly Dempsey has been working the counter since she was twelve and kept handwritten order tickets in shoeboxes organized by month going back to 1965.<br />- On December 3, 2014 at 7:15 AM an elderly woman sat at the captain's table, said "The usual, please," and left a seven-dollar bill with four dollars on the table.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178563</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:30:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178563/0147.mp3" length="23684769" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Woman Who Ordered Coffee Eight Days After She Died&#13;
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A steaming takeout cup found on a frozen Callum street and a handwritten diner ticket with ink that "should not exist" hint at something impossible: a woman who died on November 29, 2014,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Woman Who Ordered Coffee Eight Days After She Died<br /><br />A steaming takeout cup found on a frozen Callum street and a handwritten diner ticket with ink that "should not exist" hint at something impossible: a woman who died on November 29, 2014, apparently ordered her usual breakfast at Dempsey's on December 3, 2014. How did a full, steaming cup appear on Benton Road on December 11 when the temperature had been below freezing and no one was seen?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the strange chain of events in a town of roughly four thousand as locals and a regional journalist piece together the timeline that connects a handwritten ticket, a long-held diner routine, and a cup on a storm drain; was this a hoax, a mistake, or something else entirely?<br /><br />Person: Helen Johnson<br />Person: Dorothy Crane (born Dorothy Purcell)<br />Location: Callum, Indiana<br />Event: Order at Dempsey's Diner on December 3, 2014<br />Date: Dorothy Crane death on November 29, 2014<br /><br />- The takeout cup was found at 7:51 AM on December 11, 2014, full to within an inch of the rim and faintly steaming.<br />- The town population is described as roughly four thousand people.<br />- Dempsey's Diner has been open since 1949 and kept the same menu since 1963.<br />- Beverly Dempsey has been working the counter since she was twelve and kept handwritten order tickets in shoeboxes organized by month going back to 1965.<br />- On December 3, 2014 at 7:15 AM an elderly woman sat at the captain's table, said "The usual, please," and left a seven-dollar bill with four dollars on the table.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1481</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Windshield Photo That Shouldn't Exist on a Snowbound Road</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-windshield-photo-that-shouldn-t-exist-on-a-snowbound-road--73178562</link><description><![CDATA[The Windshield Photo That Shouldn't Exist on a Snowbound Road<br /><br />A frost-damaged 4x6 photograph of a woman in a red fleece was left on a car windshield in fresh snow - the pass in the photo was four miles up a road buried under four feet of consolidated snow, and the woman had been missing for eighteen days. Who left the picture, when, and why did it sit untouched on a vehicle no one had moved for weeks?<br /><br />In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events from the morning the meter reader found the photograph to the discovery of the missing woman in a county hospital, following the timeline and the small, precise details that tied them together. How did a routine winter day, a camera habit, and an undiagnosed medical event converge into a mystery that only unfolded after a search had already given up?<br /><br />Person: Shannon Simmons<br />Date: October 30, 2014 (date of disappearance) and November 18, 2014 (date photograph found)<br />Location: Forest Service Road 112, near Sarvey Basin and Cairn Notch<br />Event: Photograph of Cairn Notch left on parked car windshield; woman missing for 18 days<br />Status: Found at hospital in Salmon under initial entry "S. Simmons" / not identified as Shannon at admission<br /><br />- The photograph was 4 inches by 6 inches with frost-damaged edges showing a woman in a red fleece at Cairn Notch.<br />- Cairn Notch is four miles up Road 118 at approximately 6,700 feet elevation and was buried under four feet of consolidated snow when the photo was found.<br />- Shannon had ordered 22 four-by-six prints on October 23; the package arrived at Vassar Falls post office on October 28.<br />- Shannon was 38 years old, had a ten-year-old beagle named Opal, and had been diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia eight months earlier.<br />- She was found face-down in frost on October 31 by Ed Calloway roughly two miles from her cabin and taken to the hospital in Salmon where she was entered as "S. Simmons."<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178562</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:30:50 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178562/0146.mp3" length="20577660" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Windshield Photo That Shouldn't Exist on a Snowbound Road&#13;
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A frost-damaged 4x6 photograph of a woman in a red fleece was left on a car windshield in fresh snow - the pass in the photo was four miles up a road buried under four feet of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Windshield Photo That Shouldn't Exist on a Snowbound Road<br /><br />A frost-damaged 4x6 photograph of a woman in a red fleece was left on a car windshield in fresh snow - the pass in the photo was four miles up a road buried under four feet of consolidated snow, and the woman had been missing for eighteen days. Who left the picture, when, and why did it sit untouched on a vehicle no one had moved for weeks?<br /><br />In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events from the morning the meter reader found the photograph to the discovery of the missing woman in a county hospital, following the timeline and the small, precise details that tied them together. How did a routine winter day, a camera habit, and an undiagnosed medical event converge into a mystery that only unfolded after a search had already given up?<br /><br />Person: Shannon Simmons<br />Date: October 30, 2014 (date of disappearance) and November 18, 2014 (date photograph found)<br />Location: Forest Service Road 112, near Sarvey Basin and Cairn Notch<br />Event: Photograph of Cairn Notch left on parked car windshield; woman missing for 18 days<br />Status: Found at hospital in Salmon under initial entry "S. Simmons" / not identified as Shannon at admission<br /><br />- The photograph was 4 inches by 6 inches with frost-damaged edges showing a woman in a red fleece at Cairn Notch.<br />- Cairn Notch is four miles up Road 118 at approximately 6,700 feet elevation and was buried under four feet of consolidated snow when the photo was found.<br />- Shannon had ordered 22 four-by-six prints on October 23; the package arrived at Vassar Falls post office on October 28.<br />- Shannon was 38 years old, had a ten-year-old beagle named Opal, and had been diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia eight months earlier.<br />- She was found face-down in frost on October 31 by Ed Calloway roughly two miles from her cabin and taken to the hospital in Salmon where she was entered as "S. Simmons."<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1287</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Red Button, Secret Flowers, and the Man Who Had No Kin</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-red-button-secret-flowers-and-the-man-who-had-no-kin--73178561</link><description><![CDATA[The Red Button, Secret Flowers, and the Man Who Had No Kin<br /><br />Fresh flowers left on a grave after eighty-eight years ignited an eight-month hunt through misfiled county papers, a single-letter household entry, and a child's wooden button painted red. Who kept visiting plot one fourteen with rooted bergamot and yarrow, and why did a woman leave a button at the 1931 probate settlement without saying her name?<br /><br />In this episode, you will hear how a photograph taken at 6:47 p.m. on June 14, 2017 set three people tracing records, directories, and cemetery governance to answer why someone tended Eldon Marsh's grave; will the misfiled probate note and the red button finally explain the connection?<br /><br />Person: Eldon Marsh<br />Date: June 14, 2017 (photo taken at 6:47 p.m.)<br />Location: Calvary Rest Cemetery, plot 114 (rear quadrant)<br />Event: Probate addendum dated 1931 entered by P. Dunleavy<br />Status: County-paid burial, no next of kin on record<br /><br />- The photograph of the grave was taken at 6:47 p.m, on June 14, 2017.<br />- Eldon Marsh's gravestone lists birth and death as 1868 to 1929 and he was buried in plot 114.<br />- County records list Eldon Marsh as having a rented room, a set of clothes, and $12 and change at death.<br />- A 1922 county directory lists "E. Marsh, laborer" with a second household occupant indicated only by the initial "V."<br />- A 1931 probate addendum filed under a neighboring surname records a woman present at the settlement who left a child-sized wooden button painted red.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178561</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:30:46 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178561/0145.mp3" length="21862885" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Red Button, Secret Flowers, and the Man Who Had No Kin&#13;
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Fresh flowers left on a grave after eighty-eight years ignited an eight-month hunt through misfiled county papers, a single-letter household entry, and a child's wooden button painted red....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Red Button, Secret Flowers, and the Man Who Had No Kin<br /><br />Fresh flowers left on a grave after eighty-eight years ignited an eight-month hunt through misfiled county papers, a single-letter household entry, and a child's wooden button painted red. Who kept visiting plot one fourteen with rooted bergamot and yarrow, and why did a woman leave a button at the 1931 probate settlement without saying her name?<br /><br />In this episode, you will hear how a photograph taken at 6:47 p.m. on June 14, 2017 set three people tracing records, directories, and cemetery governance to answer why someone tended Eldon Marsh's grave; will the misfiled probate note and the red button finally explain the connection?<br /><br />Person: Eldon Marsh<br />Date: June 14, 2017 (photo taken at 6:47 p.m.)<br />Location: Calvary Rest Cemetery, plot 114 (rear quadrant)<br />Event: Probate addendum dated 1931 entered by P. Dunleavy<br />Status: County-paid burial, no next of kin on record<br /><br />- The photograph of the grave was taken at 6:47 p.m, on June 14, 2017.<br />- Eldon Marsh's gravestone lists birth and death as 1868 to 1929 and he was buried in plot 114.<br />- County records list Eldon Marsh as having a rented room, a set of clothes, and $12 and change at death.<br />- A 1922 county directory lists "E. Marsh, laborer" with a second household occupant indicated only by the initial "V."<br />- A 1931 probate addendum filed under a neighboring surname records a woman present at the settlement who left a child-sized wooden button painted red.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1367</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Lighthouse That Wrote a Rescue Twelve Minutes Early</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lighthouse-that-wrote-a-rescue-twelve-minutes-early--73178560</link><description><![CDATA[The Lighthouse That Wrote a Rescue Twelve Minutes Early<br /><br />The logbook entry predicted a distress signal, a bearing of 225 degrees, and a coordinated response - all written at 11:47 PM, twelve minutes before any emergency occurred. How could a meticulous 26-year-old keeper, recorded as awake and deliberate, produce handwriting a forensic examiner called "automatic" describing a rescue that had not yet happened?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the sequence of events recorded at Pelham Head Light Station on the night of September 13th, the radio transmission logged on VHF channel 16, and the conflicting findings of Coast Guard logs and a forensic handwriting analysis. What exactly happened between the breaker trip at 11:32 and the impossible entry at 11:47?<br /><br />Person: Judith Weber<br />Location: Pelham Head Light Station<br />Date: September 13<br />Vessel: Ardmore (38-foot sloop)<br />Forensic examiner: Peg Dunbar<br /><br />- At 11:30 PM Judith logged weather and sighted running lights 3-4 miles southwest identified as the Ardmore.<br />- At 11:32 PM breaker four tripped and went dark for roughly 15 seconds; the Ardmore’s skipper observed the light outage.<br />- At 11:44 PM a 40-second carrier signal appeared on VHF channel 16 with no voice and was triangulated to Pelham Head Light Station.<br />- At 11:47 PM Judith wrote: "Distress signal received, bearing two-two-five, approximately four nautical miles. Response coordinated. All parties accounted for."<br />- Judith was 26 years old, on an overnight shift after 19 hours awake, and had prior radio dispatch experience in Warrenton.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178560</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178560/0144.mp3" length="22144589" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Lighthouse That Wrote a Rescue Twelve Minutes Early&#13;
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The logbook entry predicted a distress signal, a bearing of 225 degrees, and a coordinated response - all written at 11:47 PM, twelve minutes before any emergency occurred. How could a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Lighthouse That Wrote a Rescue Twelve Minutes Early<br /><br />The logbook entry predicted a distress signal, a bearing of 225 degrees, and a coordinated response - all written at 11:47 PM, twelve minutes before any emergency occurred. How could a meticulous 26-year-old keeper, recorded as awake and deliberate, produce handwriting a forensic examiner called "automatic" describing a rescue that had not yet happened?<br /><br />In this episode, we present the sequence of events recorded at Pelham Head Light Station on the night of September 13th, the radio transmission logged on VHF channel 16, and the conflicting findings of Coast Guard logs and a forensic handwriting analysis. What exactly happened between the breaker trip at 11:32 and the impossible entry at 11:47?<br /><br />Person: Judith Weber<br />Location: Pelham Head Light Station<br />Date: September 13<br />Vessel: Ardmore (38-foot sloop)<br />Forensic examiner: Peg Dunbar<br /><br />- At 11:30 PM Judith logged weather and sighted running lights 3-4 miles southwest identified as the Ardmore.<br />- At 11:32 PM breaker four tripped and went dark for roughly 15 seconds; the Ardmore’s skipper observed the light outage.<br />- At 11:44 PM a 40-second carrier signal appeared on VHF channel 16 with no voice and was triangulated to Pelham Head Light Station.<br />- At 11:47 PM Judith wrote: "Distress signal received, bearing two-two-five, approximately four nautical miles. Response coordinated. All parties accounted for."<br />- Judith was 26 years old, on an overnight shift after 19 hours awake, and had prior radio dispatch experience in Warrenton.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1384</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Shoe, the Logbook, and the Sixty-Four-Minute Vanishment</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shoe-the-logbook-and-the-sixty-four-minute-vanishment--73178559</link><description><![CDATA[The Shoe, the Logbook, and the Sixty-Four-Minute Vanishment<br /><br />A single men's size eleven work boot with a folded trucking logbook page inside washed up in Calumet Slough - a deliberate hiding place that stopped a local woman cold and launched a missing persons inquiry that would hinge on a sixty-four-minute GPS gap. Who walked away from that dark county road, and who did not?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries from the shoe in the shallows to the GPS audit and a partial confession, tracing Kathleen Powell's routines, Victor Crane's threats, and the unexplained eighteen-mile detour that appears on the truck's computer. What exactly happened during those sixty-four minutes on the night of August twelfth, 2019?<br /><br />Person: Kathleen Powell<br />Age: 47<br />Employer: Meridian Continental Freight<br />Unit: 42 (2016 Kenworth T680)<br />Person: Victor Crane<br /><br />- The shoe recovered by Sandra Hunter was a men's size eleven work boot with a folded trucking logbook page tucked inside.<br />- Kathleen Powell had driven commercially for 22 years and ran the Omaha-to-Nashville corridor for nine years, fueling routinely at Grantley, NE and Flying J near Terre Haute, IN.<br />- Victor Crane's wife reported him missing on August 13, 2019, the day after Kathleen found an index card on her truck windshield at the Terre Haute Flying J.<br />- The truck's GPS logged an 18-mile southbound detour and a 64-minute period of movement on the night of August 12, 2019, before returning to the plaza.<br />- Victor Crane was found in November 2019 in the Calumet Slough drainage basin, two miles from the county road.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178559</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:30:38 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178559/0143.mp3" length="17523214" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Shoe, the Logbook, and the Sixty-Four-Minute Vanishment&#13;
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A single men's size eleven work boot with a folded trucking logbook page inside washed up in Calumet Slough - a deliberate hiding place that stopped a local woman cold and launched a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Shoe, the Logbook, and the Sixty-Four-Minute Vanishment<br /><br />A single men's size eleven work boot with a folded trucking logbook page inside washed up in Calumet Slough - a deliberate hiding place that stopped a local woman cold and launched a missing persons inquiry that would hinge on a sixty-four-minute GPS gap. Who walked away from that dark county road, and who did not?<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries from the shoe in the shallows to the GPS audit and a partial confession, tracing Kathleen Powell's routines, Victor Crane's threats, and the unexplained eighteen-mile detour that appears on the truck's computer. What exactly happened during those sixty-four minutes on the night of August twelfth, 2019?<br /><br />Person: Kathleen Powell<br />Age: 47<br />Employer: Meridian Continental Freight<br />Unit: 42 (2016 Kenworth T680)<br />Person: Victor Crane<br /><br />- The shoe recovered by Sandra Hunter was a men's size eleven work boot with a folded trucking logbook page tucked inside.<br />- Kathleen Powell had driven commercially for 22 years and ran the Omaha-to-Nashville corridor for nine years, fueling routinely at Grantley, NE and Flying J near Terre Haute, IN.<br />- Victor Crane's wife reported him missing on August 13, 2019, the day after Kathleen found an index card on her truck windshield at the Terre Haute Flying J.<br />- The truck's GPS logged an 18-mile southbound detour and a 64-minute period of movement on the night of August 12, 2019, before returning to the plaza.<br />- Victor Crane was found in November 2019 in the Calumet Slough drainage basin, two miles from the county road.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1096</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Dry as Rain: The Rocking Horse That Shouldn't Be There</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/dry-as-rain-the-rocking-horse-that-shouldn-t-be-there--73178558</link><description><![CDATA[Dry as Rain: The Rocking Horse That Shouldn't Be There<br /><br />A soaked patio held standing water in every plastic chair and terracotta pot - except a wooden rocking horse from the 1950s that was bone dry down to its yarn mane. How did an heirloom, kept in a latched closet while a house sat empty between tenants, end up completely dry on the back patio after eight days of rain?<br /><br />In this episode, we walk through the timeline, the property records, and the eyewitness accounts that frame the unexplained presence of the rocking horse, and we ask whether human error, an overlooked access point, or something else explains the dry horse on a rainy morning?<br /><br />Date: July 9, 2019<br />Location: Four Crestline Drive, Peller Township, Adwick County<br />Person: Darlene Brown<br />Person: Crystal Doyle<br />Event: Patio photographed dry horse eight days after walkthrough<br /><br />- The patio was soaked with standing water in the plastic chair and a terracotta pot measured nearly half an inch of water on the morning of July 9, 2019.<br />- The wooden rocking horse was completely dry down to its yarn mane despite the overnight rain.<br />- Crystal Doyle signed the lease on June 28, 2019 and walked the house with property manager Dennis Paulson on July 1, 2019; Paulson photographed the empty patio during that walkthrough.<br />- The previous tenants, Frank and Willa Terrace, vacated on June 25, 2019 and had no children; Willa stored her late mother Connie Spath’s belongings in the house’s second bedroom.<br />- County surveyor Darlene Brown arrived at the property at 8:47 AM on July 9, 2019 and photographed the dry rocking horse while documenting a routine boundary issue.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73178558</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:30:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73178558/0142.mp3" length="22120347" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Creator at Obomedia</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dry as Rain: The Rocking Horse That Shouldn't Be There&#13;
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A soaked patio held standing water in every plastic chair and terracotta pot - except a wooden rocking horse from the 1950s that was bone dry down to its yarn mane. How did an heirloom, kept in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dry as Rain: The Rocking Horse That Shouldn't Be There<br /><br />A soaked patio held standing water in every plastic chair and terracotta pot - except a wooden rocking horse from the 1950s that was bone dry down to its yarn mane. How did an heirloom, kept in a latched closet while a house sat empty between tenants, end up completely dry on the back patio after eight days of rain?<br /><br />In this episode, we walk through the timeline, the property records, and the eyewitness accounts that frame the unexplained presence of the rocking horse, and we ask whether human error, an overlooked access point, or something else explains the dry horse on a rainy morning?<br /><br />Date: July 9, 2019<br />Location: Four Crestline Drive, Peller Township, Adwick County<br />Person: Darlene Brown<br />Person: Crystal Doyle<br />Event: Patio photographed dry horse eight days after walkthrough<br /><br />- The patio was soaked with standing water in the plastic chair and a terracotta pot measured nearly half an inch of water on the morning of July 9, 2019.<br />- The wooden rocking horse was completely dry down to its yarn mane despite the overnight rain.<br />- Crystal Doyle signed the lease on June 28, 2019 and walked the house with property manager Dennis Paulson on July 1, 2019; Paulson photographed the empty patio during that walkthrough.<br />- The previous tenants, Frank and Willa Terrace, vacated on June 25, 2019 and had no children; Willa stored her late mother Connie Spath’s belongings in the house’s second bedroom.<br />- County surveyor Darlene Brown arrived at the property at 8:47 AM on July 9, 2019 and photographed the dry rocking horse while documenting a routine boundary issue.<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1383</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9f999f32a5ff66c156e357a2af158513.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Shaft That Blinked Every 4:22 - Forty Photos, Four Blanks</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shaft-that-blinked-every-4-22-forty-photos-four-blanks--73178557</link><description><![CDATA[The Shaft That Blinked Every 4:22 - Forty Photos, Four Blanks<br /><br />A slow, heartbeat-like pulse of blue-white light appeared from a sealed mine headframe every 4 minutes and 22 seconds for weeks, yet four of the 41 photographs taken by a plumber show absolute blackness at the exact moments the light should have appeared-why would the shutter open and nothing register? What machine, person, or explanation could produce such precise timing in a site with no power and no obvious access?<br /><br />In this episode, you hear how a routine service call turned into a nine-hour vigil and a journalist’s six-week inquiry into an abandoned shaft, the reinstalled fence, and a pattern that resisted every technical explanation. What do the forty-one photographs-and the four blank frames taken at the exact pulse intervals-actually mean?<br /><br />Person: Richard Holt<br />Date: June 4, 2011<br />Location: Harlan Shaft, Keever County, eighteen miles east of Alverston<br />Photographs: 41 taken by Holt; 37 show pulse, 4 are blank<br />Interval: 4 minutes and 22 seconds between pulses<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. 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A slow, heartbeat-like pulse of blue-white light appeared from a sealed mine headframe every 4 minutes and 22 seconds for weeks, yet four of the 41 photographs taken by a plumber show...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Shaft That Blinked Every 4:22 - Forty Photos, Four Blanks<br /><br />A slow, heartbeat-like pulse of blue-white light appeared from a sealed mine headframe every 4 minutes and 22 seconds for weeks, yet four of the 41 photographs taken by a plumber show absolute blackness at the exact moments the light should have appeared-why would the shutter open and nothing register? What machine, person, or explanation could produce such precise timing in a site with no power and no obvious access?<br /><br />In this episode, you hear how a routine service call turned into a nine-hour vigil and a journalist’s six-week inquiry into an abandoned shaft, the reinstalled fence, and a pattern that resisted every technical explanation. What do the forty-one photographs-and the four blank frames taken at the exact pulse intervals-actually mean?<br /><br />Person: Richard Holt<br />Date: June 4, 2011<br />Location: Harlan Shaft, Keever County, eighteen miles east of Alverston<br />Photographs: 41 taken by Holt; 37 show pulse, 4 are blank<br />Interval: 4 minutes and 22 seconds between pulses<br /><br />To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.<br /><br />© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.<br />This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1293</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8faac02071cebc0c7891eb47c037f1d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
