On our second episode of Invisible Choir Debrief - we examine what went into episode 56, "Friend Request," which followed the horrific mass shooting that occurred in 2018 at the Capital Gazette daily newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. We examine how Jarrod W. Ramos, after 7 years of detailed threats of violence and a defamation lawsuit against the Capital Gazette, finally took his war of words beyond the computer screen and into the newspaper offices at 888 Bestgate Road on J...
2022-03-13 18:23:11 +0000 UTC
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In late October of 2017, 20-year-old Jeffrey Scullin was set to wed his fiancée, 20-year-old Anna Pleskovic. As the wedding was fast approaching, the Scullin and Pleskovic families were set to enjoy dinner together to celebrate the joining of their two families. But when Anna’s mother, 49-year-old Melinda, didn’t show up to the restaurant - they all began to worry. It wasn’t until they arrived home that they were met with a horrific reality of what had occurred. Over the previous year,...
2022-03-10 12:42:51 +0000 UTC
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In 2014, the death of a 36 year-old Christina Thompson Harris was suspicious for more than a few reasons. However, law enforcement in the small city of Davison, MI didn’t see it that way, and the case was pushed to the wayside for years. As Christina’s family slowly learned more details surrounding their loved one’s death, the more her sisters were compelled to uncover the truth. Like the old saying goes, If you want something done right you’ve got to do it yourself…even if that mea...
2022-03-06 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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In the early 2010’s, Stephanie Chisolm-Willis moved from her native Beaufort, South Carolina down to Tampa, Florida to provide her young son with a new life. For some time, things were going great. She even connected romantically with an old friend. But that old friend ultimately turned out to be carrying heavy emotional baggage that would eventually bleed into their lives.
**Trigger Warning: This episode involves graphic depictions of violence against children, descriptio...
2022-03-04 17:35:25 +0000 UTC
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A semi hit a tower near my home knocking out all internet, cable, and phone service. Not sure how long everything will be down but Felony Friday will come out Saturday or Sunday. Sorry for the inconvenience! There is also a be full episode releasing Sunday.
2022-03-04 02:00:10 +0000 UTC
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(Part II) There exists a subset of the population who experience a blurring of the lines between gruesome homicidal ideations and sexual fantasies involving torture and murder. NYPD “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle made headlines in 2013 after he was tried and convicted of what many considered at the time a “thought crime,” namely - that he was visiting dark fetish websites online and engaging in lucid “fantasies” where he claimed to be planning to kidnap, torture, murder, dismember,...
2022-02-28 21:30:50 +0000 UTC
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On our first episode of Invisible Choir Debrief - we examine what went into episode 55, "The Storm," which followed 26 year-old Buckey Wolfe of Seattle, WA through his escalating reclusion & growing obsession with the dark corners of the internet. There were surely warning signs that Buckey Wolfe was becoming unhinged, but when he began falling down the endless rabbit hole of internet conspiracy theories, Buckey believed he was personally under attack. This perc...
2022-02-27 19:56:28 +0000 UTC
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During the early morning hours of September 1st, 2017, 29-year-old Matthew Phelps dialed 911 in what appeared to be a sleepy stupor. He explained to the dispatcher that he had a bad dream that his wife was dead and claimed that when he woke up, he was covered in blood and his wife was lying on the ground unresponsive. He also told the dispatcher that he had trouble sleeping and would sometimes take a cough and cold medicine to help him relax. But was that really what caused this brut...
2022-02-26 02:15:38 +0000 UTC
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First of all - thank you to everyone who reached out with your comments, theories, and concern for my safety and mental wellbeing after this last UNCENSORED episode. After speaking with one of our listeners on Instagram this evening - he shared with me some other information that directly aligns with the individual featured in "Torturous Teacher," and actually confirms some things that I intentionally left out of this episode for various reasons. It turns out this mystery goes way...
2022-02-22 01:58:15 +0000 UTC
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In March 2020, friends and relatives began receiving strange texts from Gretchen Anthony after several days of no contact from her. She eventually assured her loved ones that she was fine via messaging, but that she had come down with an acute case of Covid-19. A global pandemic was rapidly ensuing, and Jupiter, FL was next to be locked down…but the fear that was already being pumped through the media, would ultimately become one man’s way of covering up his gruesome & deplorable crim...
2022-02-20 19:04:17 +0000 UTC
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There exists a subset of the population who experience a blurring the lines between gruesome homicidal ideations and sexual fantasies involving torture and murder. NYPD “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle made headlines in 2013 after he was tried and convicted of what many considered at the time a “thought crime,” namely - that he was visiting dark fetish websites online and engaging in lucid “fantasies” where he claimed to be planning to kidnap, torture, murder, dismember, and eat seve...
2022-02-19 16:15:38 +0000 UTC
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On the evening of July 10th, 2016, 46-year-old Royce Teets, a stock broker and entrepreneur from Plantation, Florida - called 911 to report that someone in his home had shot themselves. When police arrived just four minutes later, they found the victim lying in a pool of blood in his living room. But what no one knew at the time was that Royce’s mental state was rapidly deteriorating from his excessive abuse of drugs and alcohol… and his story was about to change.
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2022-02-18 03:05:46 +0000 UTC
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On the evening of March 7th, 1990, 25-year-old Carl Harris of Ozark, Alabama finished his shift at the local area grocery market. His plan for the evening was to pick up a friend roughly thirty minutes after his shift at 9:30 p.m. and head to his home which he shared with his ex-wife Tracey and their daughter. But when Carl arrived at his house, Tracey was nowhere to be found. Despite his best efforts to find Tracey, he was unable to and subsequently reported her missing. Tragically, Tracey w...
2022-02-11 17:14:07 +0000 UTC
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In August of 2015, 40-year-old Vermont mother Jody Herring lost custody of her three children after a tumultuous battle with substance abuse. Born into a horrific family history of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, Herring’s mental health began to show clear signs of deterioration as she promised that an “Armageddon” was nearing. On the morning of August 7th, she did the unthinkable. Herring took a .270 hunting rifle from a former lover and set out with a hit list, which included p...
2022-02-05 16:48:01 +0000 UTC
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During the early morning hours of April 24th, 2019, 34-year-old Robert Leeming, a British native living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was awoken by the sounds of banging on his front door. As he groggily made his way to answer it, he was greeted by five Calgary Police Service Troopers. The troopers explained that his ex-girlfriend, 25-year-old Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter, Aliyah, were missing. But he had no idea where they were and even consented to a search of his home. As in...
2022-02-04 18:55:48 +0000 UTC
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In February of 2019, 18-year-old Winter Park, FL resident Amelia King patiently waited for her mother to pick her up from work after finishing an early evening shift… only her mother would never arrive. After calling her mother’s cell phone repeatedly - her twin brother Michael eventually answered, alerting her that she was to walk home, claiming that their mother was out “running errands.” But the minute Michael answered the phone, Amelia knew he had done something terrible… and th...
2022-01-29 07:03:08 +0000 UTC
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We have had Covid and other health issues moving through the entire team the last week and a half so this week’s Felony Friday will be delayed into the weekend. Thank you for your patience as we get things back up and rolling. I am also working on a new UNCENSORED episode ready for early release in February. It is unlike anything we have ever done and promises to challenge the very ethics and protocol of true crime podcasting… and includes an exclusive interview the likes of which you h...
2022-01-27 15:05:49 +0000 UTC
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19 year-old Justin Back had everything going for him- he was fresh out of high school, just completed a Fire Science program, and was set to ship off to the Navy in only 10 days. Justin was friendly with everyone…but did your folks ever tell you to be careful of who you were hanging out with when you were young? Sandy Cates, Justin’s mom, was certainly one of those parents…and for good reason. A mother’s intuition is often right…but a strange feeling she had would turn into desperat...
2022-01-23 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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During the early part of 2012, the Staudte family of Springfield, Missouri were closer than ever. But on Easter Sunday, Mark Staudte, husband and father of four, suddenly dropped dead in his home just a day after his 61st birthday. Five months later, the Staudte’s 26-year-old son developed symptoms similar to his father and died a few days later. Then in June of 2013, their 24-year-old daughter began to fall ill and was hospitalized with renal failure and brain hemorrhaging. Many wondered i...
2022-01-20 22:25:38 +0000 UTC
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On July 2nd, 2021, 50-year-old Bart Halderson and his wife, 53-year-old Krista Halderson, departed from their home in the Village of Windsor, Wisconsin - headed for their family cabin in Langlade County. They planned to get away for the 4th of July weekend, as well as make some routine repairs to the cabin. But when they didn’t return home the following Monday, their son contacted the Dane County Sheriff’s Office to report the couple missing… only there was no sighting of them at ...
2022-01-14 18:21:57 +0000 UTC
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Carolee Coy Beckham sent us these exclusive yearbook photographs of Ronald Lee Haskell as Prom King, featured in the recent episode entitled, "Stay Strong."
2022-01-11 21:41:00 +0000 UTC
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Professional skateboarding has exploded in popularity over the past few decades, but the best skaters weren’t always seen as the celebrities they are today. During the 1980’s some of the 1st “skate stars” were born with the help of VHS skate videos, thrusting some of the most talented unknowns into a life of super stardom, fame, and riches. On this week's episode, we examine Mark “Gator” Rogowski, a pro athlete who was once as popular as famed skateboarder Tony Hawk. But when Mark...
2022-01-09 02:58:48 +0000 UTC
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On the evening of January 18th, 2020, 27-year-old Sasha Krause took a quick drive to her workplace to retrieve some forgotten books for Sunday School that she was teaching the following morning. But hours later, she hadn’t returned home. Realizing Sasha never returned, her friend and co-worker drove to the office unable to find Sasha. When they arrived at the church across the way, they located her car and all of her belongings. Some speculated that Sasha quietly walked away from her life a...
2022-01-08 00:50:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! We are adding a new biweekly video "Debrief" of each full-length episode to Patreon this season to give our listeners a unique behind-the-scenes peak into the Writing & Production of each episode. This week, the entire Invisible Choir team will discuss the Buckey Wolfe episode entitled "The Storm." Do you have any questions, observations, or theories you would like us to discuss? Please comment below!
2022-01-05 01:27:27 +0000 UTC
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On the evening of March 5th, 2015, 85-year-old Anthony Tomaselli was surrounded by his two daughters, Linda Roberts and Mary Beth Tomaselli, as well as his 41-year-old granddaughter, Lauren Johnson. It was a devastating evening for the family as Anthony had received some potentially troubling news after a battery of doctor appointments earlier in the day. The 85-year-old’s health was rapidly declining - and his daughters were faced with a difficult decision. Put him into a long-term nursing...
2021-12-31 20:26:59 +0000 UTC
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Boston, MA has become known as “Title Town” from the city’s extraordinary reign of championship wins by some of New England’s best professional sports teams. What’s rarely seen, however, are the struggles, trials, & tribulations some of our favorite sports personalities may be dealing with behind closed doors. This story is not so much about famous broadcaster and ex- Boston Red Sox second baseman Jerry Remy - as it is his son, Jared. When a local legend just so happens to be yo...
2021-12-26 19:04:22 +0000 UTC
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Jason and Kelly Cochran were high school sweethearts who had seen the ups and downs that most marriages do. In 2013, the couple relocated to Iron River, Michigan from Indiana after Jason hurt his back working a decade plus in manual labor. While Jason was attempting to use medical marijuana to try and relieve his back pain, Kelly took a factory job manufacturing parts for naval ships and the mining companies in nearby Caspian, Michigan. Kelly was outgoing and friendly to everyone she met, inc...
2021-12-24 08:38:17 +0000 UTC
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(Part 4/4) Rotten.com, Bestgore.com, Ogrish.com - the list of shocking gore websites that have appeared since the advent of the internet reveals a fundamental morbid curiosity with the human condition. The depravity contained in the grainy images and video capturing some of the most horrific and gruesome murders is enough to drive most to look away in horror and shame. But some people actively seek out this type of gory imagery on a daily basis. Others - are literally addicted....
2021-12-20 04:38:48 +0000 UTC
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In early 2017, 29-year-old Ben Renick, owner of Renick Reptiles which specialized in breeding of boas, pythons and anacondas, was on top of the world. He created a successful enterprise on the 72-acre property he grew up on since he was a kid. Ben was from the small town of New Florence, Missouri and had big dreams for his life that he shared with his wife and children. After negotiating a million dollar deal with a star NHL player, life was looking to get even better for the Renick family, u...
2021-12-18 22:43:58 +0000 UTC
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Hello Everyone,
The Felony Friday episode for this week should be all set for publication tomorrow. Also, the final Gore Community UNCENSORED episode for our $15 patrons is set for publication this Sunday evening!
My apologies on the delay! My wife went back to work this week so I've been daddy daycare all week with the twins, and needless to say - I grossly underestimated how chaotic my time with them would be while alone.
-Michael
2021-12-17 20:37:16 +0000 UTC
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