Strange & Unexplained

#11 Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson

When Marsha P. Johnson stepped off a bus onto the streets of New York in 1963,  just after graduating high school, she had a bag of clothes and $15 to her name.

Little did she know that her name would don the side of buildings and statues built to honor her and her activist work in the LGBTQ community today.

Marsha’s body was found floating beneath Christopher St. pier at 5:30 p.m. on June 6th 1992, under highly suspicious circumstances...

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References: 

The Death & Life of Marsha P. Johnson- Netflix Doc

https://youtu.be/Bo0nYv9QIj4 Frameline- Interview of Marsha

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/marsha-p-johnson-biography/index.html 

https://www.biography.com/activist/marsha-p-johnson

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/marsha-p-johnson-1945-1992/ 

https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/2019/08/artwork-spotlight-andy-warhols-ladies-and-gentlemen/ 

#10 Making A Murderer (in Israel)

On December 6 2006 13 year old Tair Rada walked up the stairs to the girls bathroom with no idea what was waiting for her beyond the stall door. 

Or did she walk into the bathroom with an odd looking man following close behind? 

Or was it a "group of friends" that turned out to be more of an angry mob?

The truth is in the shadows it seems, and everyone has a flashlight, except the police....

 

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Sources:

Netflix Doc "Shadow of Truth" https://www.netflix.com/title/80132792

https://www.redressonline.com/2016/06/murder-intrigue-and-cover-up-the-twin-peaks-of-israel/

https://youtu.be/hOWNwzTlyb0.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-opposes-retrial-for-convicted-murderer-who-insists-he-was-framed/

 

 

#9 The Mysterious Death of Gareth Williams

This one is straight out of a James Bond movie. A tangled web of spies, double agents, an unsolvable puzzle and a private life no one should have ever known about.  An investigation that was stifled by red tape and barricades by MI6 and secret service. A brilliant life snuffed out and no one can figure out why, was it an attempt to cover up government secrets, a russian assasination, a lover’s quarrel gone wrong?  Or possible the worst way to commit suicide? Or just an accident caused by a sexual fascination?

 

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Sources:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomwarren/secrets-of-the-spy-in-the-bag 

https://youtu.be/OBVPXnWGd8w 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/02/gareth-williams-mysterious-death-mathematician

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPyMbRVgFeY

https://youtu.be/yHr2OgnH9ik 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/02/gareth-williams-coroner-never-solved

#8 Shannan Gilbert (In Regards to the Long Island Serial Killer)

In the early morning hours of May 1, 2010,  as Shannon Gilbert was riding down the long quiet strip of road that lead to a small gated community  She had no idea that she was riding by a makeshift graveyard with the remains of others girls just like herself. She also had no idea that she would unfortunately, join them...Geez that sounded dark. I apologize...

 

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Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=283573225993682 

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/lost-girls-who-were-the-victims-of-the-long-island-serial-killer

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a31435851/where-is-sarra-gilbert-now-lost-girls-netflix/

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/12/16/dormer-speaks-out-about-shannan-gilbert-gilgo-beach-murders-on-48-hours-mystery/

https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/us/new-york-shannan-gilbert-case/index.html

https://www.dailyfreeman.com/news/sarra-gilbert-sentenced-to-years-to-life-in-prison-in/article_a26d775d-dfe7-5b17-bc9c-3dfe2fc2827f.html

https://www.nhpr.org/post/lost-girls-abbreviated-timeline#stream/0

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/why-hasnt-the-long-island-serial-killer-case-been-solved-119604/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/long-islands-suspected-serial-killer-case/story?id=68328499

#7 Steve Sandlin Killed "In The Line of Duty"

Not very many murders go unsolved when a police officer is shot, especially when he is shot inside his own station. On May 7, 1988, 21 year old rookie cop Steve Sandlin was alone in the Mountainair New Mexico police station when his life was brought to an end. The apparent fatal gunshot to Steve's head appeared to have been fired from his own weapon, his police issued .375 magnum which was found laying beside him.

 

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Sources:

http://trailwentcold.com/2018/04/11/the-trail-went-cold-episode-67-steve-sandlin/

https://unsolved.com/gallery/steve-sandlin/

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Steve_Sandlin

https://www.abqjournal.com/201338/officers-death-still-a-mystery-after-25-years-2.html

#6 The Missing East Bay Girls

Between the years of 1979 and 1991 there were a string of child abductions in the East Bay area of Northern California.

 

I cover a few of them that had one strange connection...a man by the name of Timothy Binder. Was Binder just a "Good Samaritan" or was he just always a few steps ahead of police?

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#5 The Taconic State Parkway Crash of 2009

The 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash was a traffic collision that occurred on Sunday, July 26, 2009, on the Taconic State Parkway in the town of Mount Pleasant, near the village of Briarcliff Manor, New York. Eight people were killed when a minivan being driven by 36-year-old Diane Schuler traveled 1.7 miles in the wrong direction on the parkway and collided head-on with an oncoming SUV. 

 

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Sources:

What Happened To Aunt Diane? 

Mom’s Drunken Wrong-Way Drive

Victim’s Identified in Taconic Parkway Crash

Family Shocked by Toxicology Report

Taconic wrong-way crash questions unanswered 5 years later

Jackie Hance: Baby daughter ‘brought us back to life’

 

 

#4 The Missing Skelton Brothers

In the small town of Morenci, Michigan where everyone knows everyone, Black Friday has a whole new meaning after the Thanksgiving of 2010.  On Friday November 26 of 2010 an amber alert was issued for Alexander(7), Andrew(9), and Tanner(5) Skelton. Their Father claimed to have given the children to an underground group who finds safe homes for children in bad situations, but his web of lies has many holes, and we're left not really knowing who to trust in the head-spinner that is, The Missing Skelton Brothers.

 

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Sources:

Shattered Podcast: Black Friday

https://www.clickondetroit.com/shattered/2019/07/08/new-shattered-podcast-episode-on-missing-skelton-brothers-now-available/

 

 

#3 The Disappearance of Aeryn Gillern

Aeryn Gillern disappeared on October 29th, 2007. He was living in Vienna Austria, and working for UNIDO at the time.

Police ruled it spontaneous suicide, and they didn't even have a body! The story of Aeryn Gillern is one that, I'm afraid, has a lot of dark secrets and it may takes years before we find the truth if ever, but Aeryn's case should NOT be forgotten.

Used documentary "Gone" a film by Gretchen & John Morning- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncP_JYqQUZU 

Also, http://www.aeryngillern.com/Aeryn_Gillern/Home.html (a website where Aeryn's mother, Kathy has collected everything to do with Aeryn's case)

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#2 Evolution...Eugenics...Designer Babies!

Well that escalated quickly...

When most people hear Eugenics, they think Nazi Germany, but the Nazis were merely the loudest, most extreme of their kind.  Eugenics was going on and supported all over the world by the early 1900's.

Now we have CRISPR Technology, a technology that could not only edit human DNA, but even recreate extinct species...This episode leans to be more strange than unexplained, but I believe this is information the public needs to be armed with, regardless.

 

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