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We wear them, carry them and sleep right next to them, but how much do our devices really know about us? Two days before Christmas in 2015, a mom of two was found dead in the basement of her Connecticut home, and her husband said a masked man in camouflage did it. Her Fitbit remembered that morning a little differently. Come sit with me, and you can tell me who you’d believe. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is written, researched, and hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES Connecticut Judicial Branch - State v. Dabate, 351 Conn. 428 (March 11, 2025) Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice - Richard Dabate Sentenced to 65 Years in Prison for the December 2015 Murder of His Wife, Connie Dabate UConn School of Law - Connecticut Supreme Court 'On Circuit' NBC Connecticut - Woman's Death in Ellington Incident Being Investigated As Homicide: State Police NBC Connecticut - Woman Found Dead in Ellington Home Was Shot to Death: Medical Examiner FOX61 - Still no answers in Ellington 5 weeks after homicide Patch - Ellington Woman's Widower Expresses Gratitude for Support FOX61 - Justice for Connie shirts aim to raise funds for murder victim's sons, keep her memory alive WWLP (Associated Press) - Vigil marks anniversary of Ellington mom's unsolved slaying NBC Connecticut - Ellington Man Charged in Wife's 2015 Murder Due in Court Patch - Ellington Murder Warrant Reads Like Hollywood Script as Husband Arranges $1 Million Bond NBC Connecticut - Ellington Man Accused of Murdering Wife Posts $1 Million Bond CBS News - Slain woman's Fitbit data cited in murder case against husband KIRO 7 - Woman's Fitbit data leads to husband's arrest for her murder WTVR (CNN Wire) - How police used murdered mom's Fitbit to arrest suspected killer BleepingComputer - Fitbit and Facebook Data Helps Crack Murder Case NBC News - Fitbit Murder Case: Richard Dabate Pleads Not Guilty in Wife's Death Fox News - 'Fitbit murder' suspect slapped with wrongful death suit by slain wife's sister NBC Connecticut - Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Ellington Man Accused of Killing Wife FOX61 - Dabate rejects plea deal, case heads to trial NBC Connecticut - Ellington Husband Accused of Killing Wife Searched 'Poison' Online: Court Documents NBC Connecticut - Lawyers for Ellington Man Accused in Wife's Killing Ask Judge to Toss Evidence FOX61 - Judge Denies Defense Motions in Dabate Case, Allows Fitbit Expert Testimony FOX61 - Rick Dabate trial postponed again, judge orders jury be re-selected AOL - Dabate lawyers challenge evidence from basement window experiment NBC Connecticut - Day 2 of Richard Dabate Trial Brings Questions About Murder Suspect's Wounds FOX61 - Dabate Murder Trial Day Two: Responders Describe Scene WFSB - Trial of Ellington murder case from 2015 continues Yahoo News (Journal Inquirer) - Prosecution presents photos of Dabate crime scene in husband's trial PressReader (The News-Times) - Jurors hear claim intruder killed wife in Fitbit trial Yahoo News (Journal Inquirer) - Medical examiner testifies about Connie Dabate's wounds during husband's trial NBC Connecticut - Day 3 of Richard Dabate Trial: Jury Hears Part of Recorded Interview NBC Connecticut - Richard Dabate Trial Continues With Testimony From Alleged Mistress WTNH - Dabate Trial: Former mistress takes the stand Yahoo News (Journal Inquirer) - Witnesses testify Dabate was worried about affects of divorce, unplanned pregnancy NBC Connecticut - Fitbit Testimony Heard In Richard Dabate Murder Trial NBC Connecticut - Richard Dabate Takes Stand in Murder Trial PressReader (Stamford Advocate) - Accused killer Richard Dabate testifies in Conn. Fitbit trial Yahoo News (Hartford Courant) - Richard Dabate was 'ticking time bomb' in love with two women, running out of time, state says AOL (Journal Inquirer) - Lawyers in Dabate trial deliver final arguments Fox News - 'Fitbit' murder trial: jury gets case of rich Connecticut man charged in wife's slaying NBC Connecticut - Jury Begins Deliberating in Richard Dabate Murder Trial NBC Connecticut - Deliberations Ongoing in Richard Dabate Murder Trial Connecticut Public (Associated Press) - Jurors in 'Fitbit murder' trial convict man of killing wife FOX61 - FOUND GUILTY: Richard Dabate found guilty of all charges in 'Fitbit' murder case Yahoo News (Hartford Courant) - Family remembers slain Connecticut woman as a humble, generous and caring mother whose life was cut short PressReader (Hartford Courant) - 'Trial wasn't about a Fitbit' Yahoo News (The Daily Beast) - Guilty! Two-Timing Connecticut Hubby Is Undone by Murdered Wife's Fitbit Law&Crime - Jurors convict man of murder after wife's Fitbit data undermined his story about masked intruder killing her NBC Connecticut - EXCLUSIVE: Richard Dabate Jury Foreperson Says Data Doesn't Lie FOX61 - Rick Dabate Sentenced to 65 Years for Murdering Wife Connie in "Fitbit Case" WTNH - Richard Dabate sentenced to 65 years for wife's murder NBC Connecticut - Ellington Man Sentenced to 65 Years for Murder of Wife in 2015 Oxygen - Connecticut Man Gets 65 Years For Killing Wife In Case Known As The 'Fitbit Murder' Oxygen - Husband Brutally Killed His Wife and Blamed an Intruder - Her Fitbit Exposed His Lie Oxygen - Husband Claimed Intruder Tortured Him, Killed His Wife - Until a Fitbit Exposed the Truth NBC Connecticut - Ellington man's conviction over wife's murder appealed to CT Supreme Court Nashua Telegraph (Associated Press) - Court upholds conviction in Fitbit murder case despite missteps by prosecutor Wikipedia - Murder of Connie Dabate 📚 BOOKS No books were used for this episode. 🎬 DOCS NBC News - Watch the Dateline episode "The Secrets of Birch View Drive" now1 Learn more about your ad choices. 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If a man drowned in a lake full of alligators, what would you expect to find? In December 2000, a young dad from Tallahassee, Florida, went duck hunting and vanished, and months later, his waders came up out of the water without a single bite mark. His mother never believed he was in that lake. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is written, researched, and hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES Wikipedia - Murder of Mike Williams FindLaw - Williams v. State, Florida First District Court of Appeal (2021) CBS News - Mother a driving force as jury finds answers to Florida man's 2000 disappearance CBS News - Trigger man testifies in murder trial featuring "sex, lies and deceit" - and alligators NBC News - Florida man's death was blamed on alligators at first, but his mom's determination led to the truth NBC News - Florida woman gets life sentence in husband's death that was initially blamed on alligators Fox News (Associated Press) - Florida authorities say man missing since 2000 was murdered FDLE - FDLE provides update in Mike Williams investigation WCTV - Mike Williams remains found in Leon County, sources say WCTV - Denise Williams denied bond, trial date set WCTV - Jury deliberations underway in Denise Williams murder trial WCTV - Mike Williams case: Mother's fight for answers leads to murder conviction WCTV - Insurance fraud charges against Denise Williams moving forward WCTV - Denise Williams appeals murder conviction and life sentence WCTV - Denise Williams' conspiracy conviction still stands, appeals court rules WCTV - Florida Supreme Court refuses to review Denise Williams murder conspiracy case WCTV - Denise Williams resentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy in husband's death Mysuncoast - Denise Williams resentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy in husband's death WFSU - Williams Trial Day 1: State, Defense, Lay Out Differing Narratives WFSU - Williams Trial Day 2: Confessed Shooter Winchester Outlines Motive, Affairs WFSU - Williams Trial Day 3: Winchester's Ex-Wife Testifies, Defense & Prosecution Rest Their Cases WFSU - Williams Trial Day 4: Jury Weighs Conspiracy, Murder Charges In Death Of Mike Williams 18 Years Ago WFSU - Denise Williams Found Guilty Of Conspiracy, 1st Degree Murder & Accessory In Mike Williams' Death WFSU - Denise Williams, Convicted Of Conspiring To Kill Her First Husband, Is Resentenced To 30 Years In Prison WTXL - Testimony continued in Day 2 of Denise Williams trial WTXL - Former boss of Mike Williams reflects on his death WTXL - Murder conviction for Denise Williams reversed by appeals court, conspiracy charge affirmed WTXL - Judge: Denise Williams to remain in prison on 30 year sentence Court TV - Florida woman given 30 years in husband's homicide Law&Crime - Love Triangle Murder Trial: Killer's Ex-Wife Says Denise Williams' Suspicious Comment Alluded to Alleged Murder Plot Law&Crime - Denise Williams Found Guilty of Murdering Her First Husband MovieMaker - What Happened to Mike Williams, Missing Duck Hunter From Cold Case Files? Tallahassee Democrat - 'A nasty, wicked place': How Mike Williams' body was discovered 'by the grace of God' PorchlightUSA (Tallahassee Democrat archive) - Jennifer Portman's 2006, 2008 and 2010 Tallahassee Democrat reports on Mike Williams PodScripts - Dateline NBC: Secrets of Lake Seminole (transcript) PodScripts - 20/20: Mr & Mrs Murder (transcript) 📚 BOOKS Mikita Brottman - Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida 🎬 DOCS CBS News - 48 Hours: Cold-Blooded Killer NBC - Dateline: Secrets of Lake Seminole TheTVDB - Disappeared: Mystery on Lake Seminole Apple TV - Mr. & Mrs. Murder (Hulu) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine hearing about a gruesome murder that the papers are calling satanic, right near where you live, and then having the police tell you your name was on a list next to the body. That’s what happened to about fifteen people in Germany in 2001, after police found a coffin in a young couple’s apartment and a message in blood on the window. The newlyweds called themselves vampires, and they were already gone. Content note: this episode includes murder and violence, blood drinking, satanic and Nazi imagery, and brief mentions of suicide attempts. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is written, researched, and hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES TIME - The Devil Made Us Do It TIME - What's Another Year for Satan's Recruiting Sergeants? CNN - German satanic couple sentenced The Irish Times - Satanist couple jailed for killing Irish Examiner - Satanic murder couple sent to psychiatric hospital UPI Archives - Analysis: Murder at the Devil's command IOL - Bloodsucking Satanist killer grips Germany kath.net - Satanisten-Paar gesteht: Der Teufel gab den Auftrag zum Morden VICE Germany - Der "Satanist von Witten" soll einen neuen Mord geplant haben VICE Germany - Drei Jahrzehnte satanistischer Verbrechen im Überblick Infoportal Rituelle Gewalt - Der sogenannte "Satansmord" von Witten: Daniel und Manuela Ruda Berliner Zeitung - Ruhe sanft, Freund Presseportal (ZDF press release) - Als Mörderin verurteilte Satanistin Manuela Ruda bereut ihre Tat t-online (dpa) - Bochum: Satanist von Witten freigesprochen t-online - Freispruch im Prozess gegen früheren Satanisten von Witten Allmystery (reposted 2001 and 2002 trial reports and a 2011 Der Westen article) - Satans Mord?, Seite 5 Allmystery (reposted trial reports, verdict, and the Federal Court of Justice press release) - Satans Mord?, Seite 6 Crime Library - Team Killers, Part Three Crime Library - Vampires: Manuela and Daniel Ruda Rafa.at (archive of 2001 and 2002 German press reports, Daniel Ruda's book, and a transcript of TV news clips used in a 2003 song) - Mord in Witten These Last Days Ministries (reprint of 2002 British trial coverage) - The horror of a 'vampire' murder case Websleuths (excerpts of 2011 London Evening Standard and Telegraph coverage) - Germany: Daniel Ruda, Satanic killer up for release podcast.de (Mord hoch zwei episode notes) - Teuflische Verbindung: der Satansmord von Witten, Teil 1 📚 BOOKS Goodreads - Fehlercode 211: Der Satansmord von Witten, was wirklich geschah, by Daniel Ruda (2004), quoted through the sources above Goodreads - Der Satan von Witten: Und andere fanatische Ritualmörder, by Guido Grandt, quoted through the sources above 🎬 DOCS YouTube (WAZ, Der Gerichtsreporter) - Der teuflische Mord von Witten, Teil 1 Apple Podcasts (WAZ, Der Gerichtsreporter) - Der teuflische Mord von Witten, Teil 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some werewolf stories are just campfire tales, but this one ended with a real confession in a real courtroom. In the 1840s, in a quiet corner of northwest Spain, a gentle shopkeeper offered to walk the local women and their children over the mountains to good jobs up north, and every time, he came home alone with happy news and letters saying they were doing just fine. When he was finally caught, he swore a curse had turned him into a wolf. Come sit with me, and you can tell me if you believe a word of it. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is written, researched, and hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES The Black Spain - Manuel Blanco Romasanta: The Werewolf of Allariz Revista Quadernos de Criminología - Romasanta, el hombre lobo gallego GCiencia - Que foi Manuel(a) Blanco Romasanta? 1: o 'home do unto' que puido nacer muller GCiencia - Que foi Manuel (a) Blanco Romasanta? 2: A detención, a confesión e o xuízo GCiencia - Que foi Manuel (a) Blanco Romasanta? e 3: A morte e os misterios sen resolver La Senda del Crimen - Crónica negra: la leyenda de "El Hombre Lobo de Allariz" Mundo Enfermo (reprinting Interviú) - Manuel Blanco Romasanta: El único "hombre lobo" procesado judicialmente en España El Faro de Ceuta - ¿Dónde descansa el Hombre Lobo de Allariz? Diario de León - Hermanos Castro Vicente: "Manuel Romasanta, 'El hombre-lobo', tuvo mucha relación con León y el Bierzo" Diario de León - La pista berciana del hombre lobo Diario de León - El enigma de la tumba de Romasanta, asesino en serie y 'hombre lobo' El Español - Cuando el pueblo toledano de Nombela pensó que convivía con un hombre lobo La Mañana - Una mala fada Ribeira Sacra Tourism - The Galician Werewolf Wikipedia - Manuel Blanco Romasanta Wikipedia (Spanish) - Manuel Blanco Romasanta La Agenda del Crimen - Romasanta, el Hombre Lobo de Allariz El Español - Romasanta: La historia real de un hombre lobo gallego 📚 BOOKS Simón Lorda et al., in VI Jornadas Internacionais de História da Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental (2016), via AGSM - El Dr. Joseph Durand de Gros y el caso del hombre lobo Blanco Romasanta (1853): ¿Un "braidista" en la corte de Isabel II? 🎬 DOCS Netflix - Netflix Presents Our 2026 Series and Films and Announces New Projects Vaca Films - Netflix announces the series LOBO, produced by Vaca Films Xunta de Galicia - López Campos visita el equipo de la serie 'Lobo' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever answered an ad from a stranger online and not thought twice about it? In the fall of 2007, a bright, joyful 24-year-old in Minnesota replied to a Craigslist post from a mom named Amy who needed a babysitter, and she drove out to a quiet house in the suburbs to meet her, and she never came home. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is written, researched, and hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES FindLaw - State v. Anderson, Supreme Court of Minnesota (2010) MPR News - Teen charged in death of Minn. woman who answered Craigslist ad MPR News - Victim in Craigslist murder remembered for warmth, energy MPR News - Indictments made in Craigslist killing MPR News - Craigslist founder helps memorialize murder victim CBS News - Teen Charged In Craigslist Nanny Slaying CBS News - Craigslist Killer Gets Life Without Parole NBC News - Police: Woman inquires about online ad, killed NBC News - Teen charged with killing woman seeking job NBC News - Killer who lured victim with online ad gets life Fox News - 19 year old charged in death of woman answering craigslist ad ABC News - Ad for Online Nanny Lured Woman to Her Death ABC News - Craigslist Killer Lured Victim With Baby Sitter Ad Minnesota Daily - Coverage of Katherine Olson's death and the criminal complaint, October 2007 Arizona Daily Wildcat (U-Wire) - Murder brings Craigslist safety in question Star Tribune - Asperger's diagnosis is rejected in Craigslist trial Star Tribune - Defense: Shy youth's desire for sex led to 'Craigslist' killing The Village Voice - Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings The Village Voice - Craigslist Founder Speaks on Minneapolis "Craigslist Killer" Victim Savage Pacer - Family finds solace 10 years after Craigslist murder Worldwide Faith News (ELCA News Service) - Memorial concert on May 3 to benefit ELCA's St. Olaf scholarship Crime Library - Katherine Ann Olson Lured to Her Death by Internet Classifieds Crime Library - Katherine Ann Olson Lured to Her Death by Internet Classifieds, continued Crime Library - Police Have Strong Evidence That Michael John Anderson Was Katherine Ann Olson's Killer Crime Library - Police Have Strong Evidence, continued Crime Library - The Illicit List: Minnesota Murder, No Mystery Crime Library - The Illicit List: The Death of Katherine Olson Westword - Letters, from the week of May 14, 2009 A&E - Richard Beasley, Philip Markoff and Others: The Many Faces of the Craigslist Killer Wikipedia - Murder of Katherine Ann Olson 📚 BOOKS No books were used to research this episode. 🎬 DOCS CNN - Nancy Grace, broadcast transcript, October 29, 2007 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He said he only turned his back for a second. In the summer of 2006, a youth pastor from Las Vegas and his wife drove to Zion National Park for their 10th anniversary, and they started up the famously dangerous trail called Angels Landing in the dark, hoping to catch the sunrise from the top. He said he went to move their backpacks, and when he turned around, she was gone, and for almost 20 years, it was officially just a tragic accident. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is written, researched, and hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES NBC News - Former Vegas youth pastor charged with murder 20 years after his wife's deadly fall at Zion National Park NBC News - David Vander Meer, former Vegas youth pastor charged in wife's murder, dies before court appearance NBC News - Ex-youth pastor accused in wife's 2006 death lived lavishly after insurance payout, authorities allege CNN - 20 years after his wife fell to her death in Utah, a youth pastor's story unravels PEOPLE (via AOL) - Cheating pastor sent teenage mistress to confront wife during church tryst months before murder Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Vegas man David Vander Meer arrested in 2006 death of wife at Zion National Park Las Vegas Review-Journal - Bernadette Vander Meer's family reacts to arrest of her ex-husband Las Vegas Review-Journal - David Vander Meer dies before hearing in 2006 case involving wife's death Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Vegas school where Vander Meer counseled issues statement; 'not enough,' parent says Las Vegas Review-Journal - Bombshell murder charge renews questions about other deaths at Angels Landing Las Vegas Review-Journal - 'No winners in any of this,' former pastor says of Vander Meer death Las Vegas Review-Journal - Clark County sheriff addresses Vander Meer case, calls in-custody death 'unique' Las Vegas Review-Journal - 'A real angelic being': Friend reflects on Bernadette Vander Meer's life and death Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Vegas church rehired David Vander Meer as youth pastor despite hearing concerns, former staff say Las Vegas Review-Journal - Hiker falls to death at Angels Landing in Zion National Park (April 2026) Las Vegas Review-Journal - Bernadette Vander Meer obituary, published Aug. 26, 2006 (via Legacy.com) KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas - 20 years later: What led investigators to charge an ex-Las Vegas youth pastor with murder in his wife's death KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas - Family of Las Vegas woman speaks out after husband charged with her murder nearly 20 years later ABC News - Former youth pastor dies day he was set to appear in court for the 2006 death of his wife News 3 Las Vegas (KSNV) - 'Suspected him all along': Parents react to arrest of Las Vegas man for wife's death News 3 Las Vegas (KSNV) - 'She's been vindicated': Family reflects after 2006 Zion murder suspect's death News 3 Las Vegas (KSNV) - Former youth pastor in Las Vegas arrested in wife's 20-year-old murder case 8 News Now (KLAS) - 'Vindicated': Henderson family of woman killed in 2006 rejoice over former husband's arrest 8 News Now (KLAS) - Family of Zion NP murder victim reacts to suspect's jailhouse suicide 8 News Now (KLAS) - Inside the relationship of Vander Meer and teen girl: Affidavit outlines timeline 8 News Now (KLAS) - Charges filed against Las Vegas man for allegedly murdering wife during Angels Landing hike in 2006 KSL - Husband charged in 2006 death of wife in Angel's Landing fall KUTV - Former youth pastor charged in wife's death accused of relationship with underage girl ABC4 Utah - Charges filed against Las Vegas man for allegedly murdering wife during Angels Landing hike in 2006 Fox 13 Utah - Man charged with wife's murder at Zion allegedly had affair with underage girl Fox News - Former Las Vegas youth pastor accused of murder in death of wife at Zion National Park St. George News - Details emerge in cold case alleging husband pushed wife to her death at Zion National Park Backpacker - Man accused of pushing wife off of Angels Landing found dead before court date The Washington Times - Former Las Vegas pastor dies in custody after being charged in wife's murder at Zion National Park Deseret News - Texas man identified as hiker who fell at Angels Landing at Zion National Park 📚 BOOKS None for this episode, this case broke in June 2026, so all research comes from court documents and news coverage. 🎬 DOCS None yet - this story is only weeks old. Expect coverage to follow! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would you think if you walked into your friend’s house and found her purse, her keys, and her little dog all right where they should be, but no sign of her anywhere? In June 1992, the night after their high school graduation, two friends went back to the house where one of them lived with her mom in Springfield, Missouri, and by the next afternoon, all three of them had vanished. Their cars were still parked outside, the front door was unlocked, and the one thing broken was the glass shade on the porch light, and more than 30 years later, nobody knows what happened inside that house. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is written, researched, and hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES Wikipedia - Springfield Three City of Springfield, MO - Three Missing Women FBI ViCAP - The Springfield Three - Springfield, Missouri KY3 - The Springfield Three: What we know about the cold case KY3 - The Springfield 3: June 7 marks 34 years since the disappearance KY3 - Three Missing Women: A look back at the case 27 years later NBC Dateline - 30 years later family still seeking answers Newsweek - Three Women Vanished. More Than 30 Years Later, No One Knows What Happened Springfield Daily Citizen - Missing women: Theories and investigations into The Springfield Three cold case Unresolved - The Springfield Three, Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four The Charley Project - Suzanne Elizabeth Streeter True Crime Society - The missing Springfield Three Ozarks First - Crime Traveler: The case of Springfield Three continues to haunt the city 30 years later True Crime News - Crime Watch Daily investigates the mysterious disappearance of 'the Springfield Three' 🎬 DOCS Crime Watch Daily - The Springfield Three investigation (2017) NBC Dateline - Missing in America: The Springfield Three Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There were two screen names at the center of this story, and neither one belonged to the person it claimed to be. In the mid-2000s, a married dad of two in his 40s near Buffalo, New York, was chatting online as an 18-year-old Marine headed off to war, with a girl from West Virginia who said she was 18 and went by the screen name talhotblond. When his lie came out, she started talking to his younger coworker instead, and before long, that coworker was shot dead outside the factory where they both worked. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES ABC News (20/20) - Online Love Triangle, Deception End in Murder CBS News - Internet Love Triangle Comes To Deadly End CBC News - Web user sentenced for killing online rival Fox News - 22-Year-Old New York Man Murdered After Being Drawn Into Internet Love Triangle The Daily Beast - Web's Killer Love Triangle Greater Niagara Newspapers - MURDER: Guilty plea in Internet love triangle Greater Niagara Newspapers - COURTS: Montgomery gets 20 years in 'Internet love triangle' killing 🎬 DOCS Talhotblond (2009), directed by Barbara Schroeder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you know your own brother if he came home after three years away? In the summer of 1994, a 13-year-old boy vanished after a game of basketball near his home in San Antonio, Texas, and more than three years later, his family got word that he had turned up alive in Spain. His big sister flew over to bring him home, and even though he now had brown eyes instead of blue and spoke with a French accent, the family welcomed him back, until a private investigator took a closer look at his ears. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES The New Yorker - The Chameleon The Scotsman - Interview: The private detective who uncovered The Imposter The Mirror US - Our missing son returned home after three years, but it was actually a French conman KSAT - Case of missing San Antonio boy from 1994 remains a mystery The Charley Project - Nicholas Patrick Barclay Swallowing The Camel - Fake Teens V: Serial Teen Frederic Bourdin Grunge - Frederic Bourdin: The Crazy True Story Of A Serial Impostor 📚 BOOKS David Grann - The Devil and Sherlock Holmes (contains the expanded "Chameleon" essay) Christophe D'Antonio - Le Caméléon (the authorized Bourdin biography) 🎬 DOCS The Imposter (2012), directed by Bart Layton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forerunners that knock before a death. A fish that spoke the language of the dead. A phantom ship still burning on the same stretch of water two hundred years on. And a woman who walks a beach made of bones. These are the ghost stories of Canada's Atlantic coast, where the sea takes what it wants and sometimes sends it back. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES Helen Creighton Folklore Society - Significant Stories Saint Mary's University - Modernity, Myth and Memory on Nova Scotia's Devil's Island NS Ghost Stories - Devil's Island, Where Spirits Still Roam NS Ghost Stories - Peggy's Cove, Ghost of the Lady in Blue Friends of McNabs Island - Devils Island MyNewBrunswick.ca - Legend of Money Cove MyNewBrunswick.ca - A Pirate Ghost on Grand Manan Maclean's Archive - The Fiery Phantom That Sails Bay Chaleur, 1951 Fox Harb'r Resort - The Ghost Ship of the Northumberland Strait NUVO Magazine - The Flaming Ghost Ship of Prince Edward Island PEI Lighthouse Society - West Point CBC News - Are old lighthouse keepers haunting West Point? CBC News - Sable Island: Shipwrecks at the graveyard of the Atlantic Mysteries of Canada - Doppelganger Stories from Canada 📚 BOOKS Helen Creighton, Bluenose Ghosts (Ryerson Press, 1957) Helen Creighton, Bluenose Magic (1968) Julie V. Watson, Ghost Stories and Legends of Prince Edward Island (1988) Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (1908) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices