155. The Boy Who Vanished

In this episode, Payton explores the case of Etan Patz, a boy from Manhattan who vanished just outside his home. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: A&E - https://www.aetv.com/articles/etan-patz-murder CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/etan-patz-1979-disappearance-of-nyc-boy-continues-to-haunt-investigators/  New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-conviction-overturned.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-timeline.html  NPR - https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/g-s1-78924/etan-patz-missing-kids-children-legacy ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/etan-patz-pedro-hernandez-conviction-overturned-murder-kidnapping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the chilling murder of Marlene Warren, a woman who opened her front door in 1990 to a clown holding balloons and a deadly weapon. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: CBS News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpzQtnz9y0 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sheila-keen-warren-marlene-warren-murder-florida-killer-clown-case/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-killer-clown-case-sheila-keen-warren-marlene-warren-murder-48-hours/ CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/03/us/florida-killer-clown-sheila-keen-warren-release Palm Beach Post - https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2025/05/27/florida-killer-clown-murder-wellington-woman-killed-1990/83670882007/ https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/05/defense-evidence-does-not-point-woman-1990-wellington-clown-murder-case/4135961001/ BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx275kdzx1ko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a baby who allegedly was taken by Dingoes or was murdered. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7Case Sources: Evil Angels by John Bryson National Library of Medicine - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9219548/  National Museum Australia - https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/azaria-chamberlain-inquest EBSCO - https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/death-azaria-chamberlain  The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/12/dingo-baby-azaria-lindy-chamberlain  BBC - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231019-the-mother-wrongly-convicted-of-murder-who-always-insisted-a-dingo-killed-her-baby  Famous Trials - https://famous-trials.com/dingo/457-home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into the case of a frantic 911 call that leads police to a scene of unimaginable violence: two murdered parents and their daughter gone, sparking a massive investigation. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/us/jayme-closs-missing-girl-barron-wisconsin.html NPR - https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707373987/wisconsin-man-pleads-guilty-to-abducting-jayme-closs-and-killing-her-parents KARE NBC 11 - https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/i-cant-believe-i-did-this-accused-jayme-closs-kidnapper-writes-letter-from-jail/89-e1a0eb81-4e41-474c-9800-5aa3672a7883 CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jayme-closs-evidence-photos/ People - https://people.com/crime/jayme-close-one-year-anniversary-stronger-every-day/ https://people.com/crime/jayme-closs-911-call-wisconsin-teen-rescue/ WEAU 13 News - https://www.weau.com/2024/01/10/sheriff-shares-message-hope-thanks-community-5-year-anniversary-jayme-closs-escape/ CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/us/jayme-closs-kidnapper-jake-patterson-sentencing WQOW ABC 18 - https://www.wqow.com/archive/timeline-of-events-the-story-of-jayme-closs-abduction-and-rescue/article_2c1d5452-0939-5535-9d04-edbb6f53b124.html https://www.wqow.com/archive/funeral-held-for-james-and-denise-closs-in-cameron/article_2a3497f9-cd01-55b7-ab81-6a84c0f12e91.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton investigates the brutal murders of six people inside a single home. As detectives work to uncover what happened, the motive behind the massacre proves more disturbing than anyone expected. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: The Real Story with Maria Elena Salinas: Season 1 Episode 2 “The Deltona Massacre” WKMG News 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rekOE13i8JM https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/04/29/resentencing-trial-continues-for-2-men-convicted-in-deltona-xbox-murders/ WESH NBC 2 - https://www.wesh.com/article/jury-resentencing-florida-xbox-murders-death-penalty/64701428 https://www.wesh.com/article/deltona-xbox-murders-resentencing/43701433 The Daytona Beach News-Journal - https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/courts/2025/05/06/xbox-killers-mother-still-loves-him-despite-murders/83456127007/ https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/10/14-years-later-2004-deltona-massacre-resonates/6502534007/ WFTV 9 Now - https://www.wftv.com/news/local/volusia-county/crime-scene-images-xbox-murders-put-forth-resentencing-hearing/TX7BWYNBQ5DVPI3XCRU6XERV4E/ CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/xbox-murders/3/ Yahoo! News - https://www.yahoo.com/news/troy-victorino-jerone-hunter-begin-150501323.html NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5803110 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5623282 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton investigates a secluded town hidden deep in Connecticut’s forests, one marked by a haunting history and decades of unexplained death and tragedy. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Sources: American Hauntings - https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/dudleytown  US Ghost Adventures - https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/americas-most-haunted-east/the-curse-of-dudleytown/ The Yankee Xpress - https://www.theyankeexpress.com/2023/03/09/428573/dudleytown-ii-the-most-haunted-place-in-the-u-s- Only in Connecticut - https://collider.com/queen-of-the-damned-murder-allan-menzies/ https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/connecticut/dudleytown-ct i95 Rock - https://i95rock.com/mystery-of-dudleytown-ct/ https://i95rock.com/the-mystery-surrounding-dudleytown-the-haunted-deserted-ct-town-has-baffled-me-for-years-this-year-i-intend-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-it/  https://i95rock.com/dudleytown-missing-persons-freedom-of-info-request-granted-almost-a-year-later/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A young hiker vanishes in the woods, and the search leads police across multiple states to a mysterious drifter living deep in the forests. What they uncover is far darker than anyone imagined. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Making a Serial Killer - Season 2 Episode 2, “Gary Hilton” Wild Crime – Season 3, episodes 1, 2, 3, and 4 United States Attorney’s Office - https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/gary-michael-hilton-sentenced-four-life-sentences  Court TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5mR0ndQCE People - https://people.com/national-forest-serial-killer-confesses-2007-dismemberment-murder-florida-nurse-11712002 WYFF 4 - https://www.wyff4.com/article/serial-killer-sentenced-for-nc-murders/7004143  Yahoo! News - https://www.yahoo.com/news/gary-michael-hilton-national-forest-150259738.html NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23769881  ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/hulu-documentary-missing-womans-case-sparked-investigation-serial/story?id=105180020 WLOS News 13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB4iQONtZ4I  CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gary-michael-hilton-suspected-serial-killer-gets-death-penalty-in-fla-for-2007-beheading-murder/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the unbelievable case of Teresita Basa, a Chicago nurse whose murder went cold until the unthinkable happened. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack Season 2 Episode 19 Mamamia - https://www.mamamia.com.au/teresita-basa-unsolved-mysteries/ All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/teresita-basa ABP Live - https://news.abplive.com/crime/most-shocking-crimes-teresita-basa-murder-case-of-filipino-nurse-in-us-that-baffled-all-1648953 The Clermont Sun - https://www.clermontsun.com/2018/08/09/marc-hoover-did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder  The Line Up - https://the-line-up.com/teresita-basa Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/09/17/voice-from-the-grave-evokes-a-murder-trial/13b6d805-2413-4015-b70a-b9b28ab5d40d/  Unilad - https://www.unilad.com/community/ghost-solved-her-own-murder-20221106  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into the real-life inspiration behind the show Stranger Things. Secret government experiments, psychic kids, mind control, and a hidden military base all fueled the hit show.  Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case sources:  The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time by Preston Nichols & Peter Moon The Dark Files: Montauk (TV Special) 1980s Now - https://1980snow.com/the-montauk-project/  Piedmont Roar - https://piedmontroar.com/10362/ae/the-montauk-project/  Roadtrippers - https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/camp-hero-montauk-conspiracy-theories/ Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/camp-hero-montauk-air-force-base-inspired-stranger-things-photos-2023-8   NPR - https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief History - https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into the case of a mother whose night out in Kentucky spiraled into one of the state’s most haunting modern murder cases. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Death of the Party Season 1 Episode 13: Savannah Spurlock Lexington Herald Leader - https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article247548415.html  Courier Journal - https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/02/david-sparks-pleads-guilty-murder-kentucky-mom-savannah-spurlock/3792651001/  LEX 18 Lexington - https://www.lex18.com/news/lex-18-investigates/investigative-file-witness-interviews-in-savannah-spurlock-murder-case-released  https://www.lex18.com/news/lex-18-investigates/i-hope-shes-alright-david-sparks-police-interview-after-the-disappearance-of-savannah-spurlock  Kentucky State Police - https://www.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov/news/p7-7-11-19  CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/us/suspect-monday-savannah-spurlock-remains  WAVE 3 - https://www.wave3.com/2019/08/03/savannah-spurlocks-mother-shes-better-place/ ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/gruesome-details-revealed-death-kentucky-mom-savannah-spurlock/story?id=64337971 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices