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The Final TraceMurdered: Steven Johnson & Lucie Turmel📍 Staffordshire, England📍 Banff, Alberta, Canada🎧 Chapter 28: The Final Trace of Steven Johnson & Lucie TurmelIn 1990, on opposite sides of the world, two taxi drivers began ordinary night shifts — and never made it home.Steven Johnson was murdered in rural England. His case remains unsolved.Lucie Turmel was murdered in Banff, Alberta — and years later, science revealed her killer.Though they never knew each other, their stories share chilling similarities: last fares, isolated roads, and clues left behind in the dark.In this episo...
2025-12-3025 min
The Final TraceThe Final Trace of 'Twas The Night Before Christmas📍 Troy, New York🎧 Chapter 27: The Final Trace of ’Twas the Night Before ChristmasFor two centuries, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas has shaped the way we imagine Christmas Eve.But behind the stockings, sleigh bells, and familiar opening line lies a mystery frozen in time.The world’s most famous Christmas poem was published anonymously… and the man who later claimed it may not have written it at all.Tonight, we unravel a literary cold case buried beneath snow...
2025-12-2311 min
The Final TraceMurdered: Paul Logan📍Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England🎧 Chapter 26: The Final Trace of Paul LoganOn a cold December night, Paul Logan was lured to Blue House Farm — and murdered.More than three decades later, his case remains unsolved.Police investigated numerous suspects, arresting ten men at one point, yet no charges were ever filed. Some people spoke poorly of Paul, others defended him, and the truth became harder to separate from rumor. What’s clear is that this was not a random act — it was planned, targeted, and followed by...
2025-12-1621 min
The Final TraceMissing: Trevor Deely📍 Dublin, Ireland🎧 Chapter 25: The Final Trace of Trevor DeelyWhat should have been a routine walk home turned into one of Ireland’s most enduring mysteries.After leaving a work Christmas party in the early hours of December 8th, 2000, Trevor Deely made an unexpected stop at his office — where CCTV captured him speaking to a hooded stranger moments before he disappeared forever.With a taxi strike, a violent storm, and a baffling change of route, investigators were left with little more than a handful of camera frames and...
2025-12-0929 min
The Final TraceVanished: The Sodder Children📍 Fayetteville, West Virginia🎧 Chapter 24: The Final Trace of The Sodder ChildrenThe case began with a fire… but it never ended there.Five siblings vanished from their beds on Christmas Eve, leaving behind a burned home, a dozen unanswered questions, and parents who refused to believe the official explanation. The trucks wouldn’t start. The phone line was cut. A ladder went missing. And the fire chief’s report only deepened suspicion.In the years that followed, the Sodders uncovered a trail of eerie clues: rumors of a buried “he...
2025-12-0233 min
The Final TraceMurdered: The Blount Family📍Lake Worth, Texas.🎧 Chapter 23: The Final Trace of The Blount FamilyA briefcase.A knock at the door.A Thanksgiving night turned to fire and chaos.The 1985 bombing of the Blount family remains one of Texas’s most haunting unsolved mysteries — a case built on rumors, shattered evidence, and a suspect who walked free after ten years on death row.Was it revenge? A mistake? Or something darker?The truth still hides in the smoke.Sources & Readings:“12-y...
2025-11-2522 min
The Final TraceMysterious Death: Tommy Burkett📍Herdon, Virginia.🎧 Chapter 22: The Final Trace of Tommy Burkett When 21-year-old Tommy Burkett was found dead, police told his parents the story was simple: suicide.But nothing about the scene felt simple.Or believable.His sweater was torn.His ear was bruised and bloody.There were signs of a struggle, blood on the stairs, and footprints leading toward a ravine where witnesses saw an ambulance stop before responders ever arrived at the house.Even the gun in Tommy's lap was in a p...
2025-11-1828 min
The Final TraceMurdered: Erika Case📍Terre Haute, Indiana.🎧 Chapter 21: The Final Trace or Erika CaseAugust 1993 — Eighteen-year-old Erika Case was house-sitting for a friend when she was found brutally murdered in her sleep.For fifteen years, the case remained unsolved.Rumors spread. Two teenage boys were accused. Fear gripped the town.But the real killer was much closer than anyone imagined.A confession years later revealed a story of guilt, silence, and betrayal —and a haunting question that lingers to this day:why did he do it?🕯️ The Final Trace: Erika Case — no...
2025-11-1129 min
The Final TraceMissing: Tyler Christensen📍Edmonds, Washington.🎧 Chapter 20: The Final Trace of Tyler ChristensenNot all disappearances are accidental.🗓️ April 19, 2016 — 16-year-old Tyler Christensen walked out of his family’s home in Washington and vanished into the night. No phone. No note. Just the clothes on his back.Eight days later, a driver came forward: he’d picked up a teenage hitchhiker—one who looked exactly like Tyler—who said he was headed to Olympic National Forest.Weeks later, searchers found a backpack near the edge of the High Steel Bridge—a 420-foot drop into the gorge below. Inside? Sw...
2025-11-0426 min
The Final TraceBonus : Darkcast Network Halloween SpecialIt’s Halloween night… and the Darkcast Network is turning out the lights.The shows you love have gathered ’round the mic to share haunting tales, eerie encounters, and the mysteries that still keep us awake.Grab your blanket, pour the cider—because on the dark side of podcasts… the stories never sleep. 👻🎧 Featuring: The Final Trace, Day by Day, Book of the Dead, Pod of Terror, Missing in the PNW, Mythical True Crime, Tragedy with a View, Rainbow Crimes, The Bell Witch, Murder in the PNW and Rogue Darkness
2025-10-311h 52
The Final TraceThe Final Trace of Dear David - The Haunting of Adam Ellis📍New York, New York.🎧 Chapter 19: The Final Trace of Dear David - The Haunting of Adam Ellis Not all secrets stay buried… some crawl out of dreams.In 2017, cartoonist Adam Ellis tweeted something that sent the internet into a frenzy:“My apartment is being haunted by the ghost of a dead child, and he’s trying to kill me.”What followed was a months-long digital haunting—documented in real time. Distorted photos. Cats staring at unseen forces. Footsteps in the hall. And one rule: ask him two questions, never a third.Was...
2025-10-2826 min
The Final TraceMurdered: Chaim Weiss📍Long Beach, New York.🎧 Chapter 18: The Final Trace of Chaim Weiss ✨On Halloween night, 1986, the real horror wasn’t outside… it was in his room.When 15-year-old yeshiva student Chaim Weiss was found dead in his dorm, the scene looked less like a crime—and more like a ritual.No forced entry. No screams. Just a body moved with care, a window opened to the cold, and a candle burning for a soul.Decades later, the mystery still lingers inside the walls of the school… and the silence that followed says everything.
2025-10-2134 min
The Final TraceMurdered: Peter Fabiano📍Sun Valley, California. 🎧 Chapter 17: The Final Trace of Peter FabianoHalloween night, 1957. A doorbell rings in Los Angeles, and Peter Fabiano answers — expecting a harmless trick-or-treater. Instead, he’s met with a gunshot.What seemed like a random holiday killing soon unraveled into a tangled web of jealousy, betrayal, and a murder plot that still chills decades later.🔪 A knock at the door.🎠A disguise in the dark.💔 A secret that turned deadly.Stream now — The Final Trace of Peter Fabiano.Sources & readings...
2025-10-1425 min
The Final TraceMysterious Death: Annie McCann📍Baltimore, Maryland.🎧 Chapter 16: The Final Trace of Annie McCannAt just 16 years old, Annie McCann vanished from her safe suburban home in Virginia… only to be found dead in Baltimore days later under circumstances that defy explanation. A missing car, a toxic substance, and a trail of unanswered questions leave her family—and investigators—wondering what really happened that Halloween weekend. Was it a runaway plan gone wrong? A chance encounter that turned fatal? Or something far darker hiding in the details?🔗 Clickable SourcesABC News – The Mysterious De...
2025-10-0732 min
The Final TraceMurdered: Zebb Quinn📍Asheville, North Carolina. 🎧 Chapter 15: The Final Trace of Zebb QuinnAn eighteen-year-old leaves work on an ordinary night… and is never seen again. His car is found abandoned—covered in strange markings, filled with items that weren’t his. A page from a family phone line. A story that twists through lies, suspicion, and silence. 25 years later, one man confessed just enough to save himself—but the truth about what happened to Zebb Quinn is still buried.Sources and Readings:Timeline of the disappearance of Zebb Quinn — W...
2025-09-3032 min
The Final TraceMysterious Death: Erin Valenti📍 San Jose, California. 🎧 Chapter 14: The Final Trace of Erin ValentiErin Valenti was a rising tech CEO when her trip to California took a terrifying turn. Her calls grew frantic—thoughts racing, words tumbling out. She spoke of the Matrix, of simulations, of reality not being real. When police reached her, she laughed it off—said she was “just joking around.” Days later, she was found dead in her car with no clear cause. Did Erin glimpse behind the curtain of reality… or was it all in her mind?🧵🔗So...
2025-09-2329 min
The Final TraceMurdered: Scott Ratigan📍Arlington, Virginia. 🎧 Chapter 13: The Final Trace of Scott RatiganOn a cold January afternoon in 2020, 24-year-old Scott Ratigan was found dead in his Arlington, Virginia apartment. There were no signs of forced entry. No known enemies. Just a quiet room, a few drops of blood… and the unmistakable smell of bleach.Surveillance footage released a year later shows a shadowy figure in black leaving the scene — face covered, walk distinctive, and backpack logo taped over. A person of interest, but still unnamed. Still free.Was this a random killing? A...
2025-09-1633 min
The Final TraceMissing: Georgia Smith📍 Champlin, Minnesota.🎧 Chapter 12: The Final Trace of Georgia SmithOn June 30, 1999, seventy-six-year-old Georgia Smith left her son’s home in Champlin, Minnesota, driving her dark blue Mercedes to her family’s lakeside cabin in Wisconsin. She never arrived. No wreck. No goodbye call. Just silence.Eight months later, a woman walked into a Walmart carrying a bizarre, cryptic letter that mentioned Georgia—but offered no answers. To this day, Georgia’s car, her letter, and her final moments remain a mystery.Sources & Further Reading • Charley P...
2025-09-0928 min
The Final TraceMysterious Death: Scott Javins📍Terre Haute, Indiana.🎧 Chapter 11: The Final Trace of Scott JavinsIn the early hours of May 24, 2002, 20-year-old Indiana State University student Scott Javins left a party and vanished without a trace. His brand-new silver Honda Civic was nowhere to be found. For five long years, his family searched—until a single tip led divers to the Wabash River. But even after his car and body were recovered, the questions only got louder.Was it a tragic accident? Or something far darker?From a watch stopped at 2:33 a.m. to a haunting confessi...
2025-09-0236 min
The Final TraceVanished: Julie Mott📍 San Antonio, Texas.🎧 Chapter 10: The Final Trace of Julie MottJulie Mott was only 25 when she passed away from complications of cystic fibrosis. Her funeral was held on what should have been her birthday — a final goodbye, surrounded by friends, family, and peace.But the next morning… her casket was empty.No forced entry. No tripped alarms. No sign of who came or went.In this episode, we follow the chilling mystery of Julie Mott — from the sealed caske...
2025-08-2626 min
The Final TraceDisappeared: Granger Taylor📍 Duncan, British Columbia. 🎧 Chapter 9: The Final Trace of Granger TaylorOn a stormy night in 1980, Granger Taylor — a mechanical genius from Duncan, British Columbia — left his family a handwritten note.It said he was boarding a spaceship for a 42-month interstellar journey.That night, he ate one last meal, said goodbye to a friend, and drove off into the rain.He was never seen again.Some believe Granger’s story ended in the woods.Others insist his trace di...
2025-08-1923 min
The Final TraceMurdered: The Gumi Baby📍Gumi, South Korea. 🎧 Chapter 8: The Final Trace of the Gumi BabyIn Gumi, a seemingly ordinary life held an unimaginable secret.In early 2021, police discovered the mummified remains of a 3-year-old girl—starved and forgotten—for approximately six months,—inside a Gumi apartment. She had been sleeping on a mattress amid dusty chaos and isolation. No one had reported her missing. In a chilling twist: the woman arrested initially—22-year-old Kim—was not the child’s biological mother. DNA testing revealed with 99.9999% certainty that the...
2025-08-0528 min
The Final TraceMissing: Michelle Parker📍Orlando, Florida.🎧 Chapter 7: The Final Trace of Michelle ParkerHey True Crimers! Mckenzie is on vacation this week, but I didn't want the week to go by without bringing you your True Crime fix! So today, I’m bringing you a quick hit — a bite-sized case that’s just as chilling as our longer episodes, but short enough to squeeze into your morning commute!Michelle Parker, a 33-year‑old Orlando mom of three, vanished on November 17, 2011—just hours after appearing on The People’s Court with her ex‑fiancé, Dale Smith. That afternoon...
2025-07-2918 min
The Final TraceMurdered: Mandi Alexander & Mary Drake📍Great Bend, Kansas. 🎧 Chapter 6: The Final Trace at the Dolly Madison BakeryOn a quiet Sunday in 2002, 24-year-old Mandi Alexander arrived to open the Dolly Madison Bakery in Great Bend, Kansas. It was a simple routine—unlock the doors, start the coffee, prep for the day. But later that day., 79 year-old Mary Drake walked in, a customer, just there to buy a treat before heading home.They never left the bakery.That evening, a delivery driver would spot something that didn’t feel right: the bakery was locked—but Mary’s purse was sitt...
2025-07-2224 min
The Final TraceMissing: Zelig Williams📍 Columbia, South Carolina.🎧 Chapter 5: The Final Trace of Zelig Williams Zelig Williams was a force. A dancer. A teacher. A light in every room.But on a quiet October morning in 2024… something shifted.An SOS pinged to friends in New York.His phone, wallet, and keys were later found inside his car—abandoned near a trailhead.Zelig was nowhere to be found.There were no signs of struggle. No goodbye. Just… silence.🩰 He lit u...
2025-07-1528 min
The Final TraceMissing: Annie Hearin📍 Jackson, Mississippi. 🎧 Chapter 4: The Final Trace of Annie HearinIn the summer of 1988, Annie Hearin — a 72-year-old philanthropist and beloved wife of a Mississippi millionaire — vanished from her home without a sound.Her purse was still in the hallway.Her shoes and glasses, untouched.And by the front door… a typewritten ransom note,full of spelling errors and veiled threats.But this wasn’t a demand for money.It was a demand for justice.The names...
2025-07-0831 min
The Final TraceMysterious Death: Brent Brand📍 Vincennes, Indiana.🎧 Chapter 3: The Final Trace of Brent BrandIn the summer of 1986, 18-year-old Brent Brand attended a party in Vincennes, Indiana — and never made it home. Eight days later, his body was found face down in a drainage ditch across state lines. No visible injuries. No clear cause of death.A Priest had the answers... But would he talk?What followed wasn’t just an investigation… it became a witch hunt. Over 30 witnesses were named — including police officers. Brent’s mother spent the rest of her life fighting for answers she...
2025-07-0129 min
The Final TraceMurdered: Rick Whitehead📍Sullivan, Indiana.🎧 Chapter 2: The Final Trace of Rick WhiteheadHe seemed to have it all - money, success a growing business. But just 2 months after finalizing a 5 million dollar life insurance policy... Rick Whitehead was murdered.A man dead.A fortune at stake.And a trail of lies that would take years to unfold.In this episode we follow the money trail, uncover what was happening behind the scenes and examine weather his death was a suicide, murder... or something far more sinister.This...
2025-06-2423 min
The Final TraceMissing: Michael Negrete📍Los Angeles, California. 🎧 Chapter 1: The Final Trace of Michael NegreteMichael William Negrete was 18 years old - a UCLA freshman, a talented musician, and by all accounts full of life. He played an online video game with a friend. Sent a quick email to his mom. Walked back to his dorm room down the hall and then... disappeared.No sign of foul play. No cries for help. It was like he slipped through the cracks of reality - into thin air.Some say he wandered off. Others believe he was taken. But in...
2025-06-2430 min
The Final TraceTrailer - The Final Trace Podcast🎙️ Disappearances. Unsolved deaths. Cases that were technically “closed”… but never felt truly answered.The Final Trace is a weekly true crime podcast that dives into the eerie, the unresolved, and the stories that still linger. Hosted by Hopper Dailey and McKenzie, each episode explores a case that never quite left us — told with curiosity, empathy, and just the right amount of chills.If you like quiet mysteries, haunting details, and a human voice behind every headline — you’re in the right place.🎧 Subscribe now, and don’t miss the stories that won’t let go.
2025-06-2001 min