This week, we are discussing one of the most perplexing missing persons cases of the 2000s—the disappearance of Brian Shaffer. On April 1, 2006, Brian, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student, was last seen entering the Ugly Tuna Saloona bar in Columbus, Ohio. But here’s where it gets strange: while there’s surveillance footage of him walking in, there’s no footage or evidence of him ever leaving. Despite numerous theories and a massive search, Brian has never been found, and his disappearance remains unsolved to this day. Tune in as we explore the mystery surrounding Brian's case and why it’s still one of the most baffling disappearances in modern history.

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2. https://614now.com/2019/hot-topics/news/unsolved-ohio-the-bizarre-disappearance-of-brian-shaffer-from-ugly-tuna 

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4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313231009/http://www.columbusmonthly.com/content/stories/2009/04/randy-shaffer-in-the-name-of-the-father.html 

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22. https://614now.com/2020/hot-topics/news/what-happened-to-brian-shaffer-detectives-investigate-potential-new-clue  

23. https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/real-life-nightmare-us/med-student-myster 

In today’s bonus episode of Moms and Mysteries, we're diving into an intriguing batch of listener-submitted stories that are equal parts wild, hilarious, and mysterious. From strange run-ins with the law to unexpected twists that leave you questioning everything, these stories are anything but ordinary.

• An Unforeseen Investigation: A seemingly innocent task turns into a major headache, involving local authorities in ways no one could have predicted.

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In this week’s episode, we’re diving into one of the most chilling and unsolved aviation mysteries of all time—the disappearance of two Navy crew members aboard the infamous Ghost Blimp, the L-8. After taking off from Treasure Island, San Francisco, on August 16, 1942, the blimp was found hours later in a Daly City neighborhood—completely unmanned and eerily drifting like a ghost ship. So, what happened to Lieutenant Ernest Cody and Ensign Charles Adams?

In this episode, we’ll break down the true crime mystery that still haunts the aviation world to this day. Was it human error, foul play, or something more bizarre? We also delve into wild conspiracy theories, from UFO abductions to the possibility of a hidden feud between the crew members. Tune in for mystery, history, and a touch of conspiracy—you don’t want to miss this one!

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Sources:

Sources:

1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/428835816/?match=1&terms=%22Ghost%20blimp%22 

2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/770747987/?match=1&terms=%22Ensign%20Charles%20Adams%22 

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15. https://www.newspapers.com/image/525708586/?terms=%22%20Lieutenant%20Ernest%20DeWitt%20Cody%22 

16. https://www.newspapers.com/image/184109467/?match=1&terms=%22blimp%22, https://www.newspapers.com/image/184109673/?terms=%22blimp%22  

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19. https://www.newspapers.com/image/717818949/?match=1&terms=%22blimp%22 

20. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-80-year-mystery-of-the-us-navys-ghost-blimp-180980531/  

21. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ghost-blimp-s-enduring-mystery-How-did-crew-13267309.php 

22. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1970/march/mystery-l-8 

23. https://www.newspapers.com/image/460862756/?terms=%22 Ensign%20 Charles%20 Adams%22 

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25. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126112450/charles_ellis-adams  

26. https://navylog.navymemorial.org/adams-charles-24 

27. https://navylog.navymemorial.org/cody-ernest 

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We're going to dive into some of the most shocking "firsts" in true crime history. From the groundbreaking use of DNA to convict a killer, to a parrot’s surprising role in a murder case, and the infamous Golden State Killer finally being caught—this episode has it all. Plus, we explore the fascinating origins of the Body Farm and how it changed forensic science forever.

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In July of 2002, former NBA star Bison Dele, his girlfriend Serena Karlan, and a boat captain named Bertrand Saldo vanished while sailing the South Pacific Ocean. The only person to return from the trip was Bison’s older brother, Miles. When Miles arrived alone in Tahiti, the boat had been repainted and renamed. Authorities suspected Miles had murdered the other three while at sea so that he could assume his brother’s identity, but with no bodies ever found and with Miles’ death in 2002, the fate of Bison and his companions remains a mystery to this day. 

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1. Bison Dele (1969-2002) - Find a Grave Memorial

2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/361724023/?match=1&terms=Bison%20Dele

3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/361724031/?match=1&terms=bison%20dele

4. Kevin “Miles Dabord” Williams (1967-2002) - Find a Grave Memorial

5. Cohen: An Unsolved Mystery | NBA.com

6. Dabord's Autopsy Released - Los Angeles Times

7. Ex-Bishop Gorman star Dele tells Pistons he plans to retire - Las Vegas Sun News

8. Mystery NZ woman link to mid-sea triple killing

9. Did Sibling Rivalry Lead to NBA Star's Death at Sea? - ABC News

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26. ESPN.com: NBA - Brother of missing Bison Dele dead at 35

27. ESPN.com: NBA - Dele's disappearance might turn into murder investigation

28. What Ever Happened to the NBA's Brian Willams, aka Bison Dele?

29. THE LOVE SONG OF BISON DELE - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com

30. DABORD’S GIRLFRIEND: I’VE TOLD ALL – Sun Sentinel

31. https://www.espn.com/magazine/vol5no21dele.html

32. Just missing or triple murder? Dele case is a test of faith

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34. Serena Karlan Facebook

35. Bison Dele : l'histoire dingue du basketteur fou (Pics)

36. Dark Waters: Murder In the Deep - S2 E2 Screams of the South Pacific - ID GO

This week, we are giving an update on the story of Brittanee Drexel. Since our last episode, there have been civil lawsuits as well as a new arrest. 

From the original episode: This week we are discussing Brittanee Drexel, a strong-minded and independent young woman whose life was taken by a man whom the police had suspected almost immediately after her disappearance, but he wouldn't be charged with her murder for over a decade.

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Sources:

1. https://charleyproject.org/case/brittanee-marie-drexel

2. https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/5438

3. https://13wham.com/news/top-stories/fbi-brittanee-drexel-held-against-her-will-killed-in-south-carolina

4. https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/crime/waiting-for-brittanee-drexel-mother-thinks-missing-daughter-was-trafficked/article_1fcd7134-0055-11e4-b157-0017a43b2370.html

5. https://people.com/crime/murdered-teen-brittanee-drexels-father-come-forward-if-you-have-information/

6. https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/13397810/family-friends-remember-brittanee-as-soccer-star/

7. https://web.archive.org/web/20161015184506/https://www.postandcourier.com/20160826/160829517/fbi-agent-missing-teen-brittanee-drexel-was-kidnapped-shot-and-dumped-in-alligator-pit/

8. https://wpde.com/news/local/new-documents-show-man-questioned-in-brittanee-drexels-case-failed-polygraph-test

9. https://www.scribd.com/document/322491855/Transcript-of-hearing-for-Timothy-Da-Shaun-Taylor

10. https://www.scribd.com/document/373974733/Sentencing-Memo-for-Timothy-Taylor

11. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/activist-calls-on-feds-to-stop-the-witch-hunt-against/article_78ae0d22-fb33-11e7-b291-ff744bfb134d.html

12. https://www.live5news.com/2019/12/09/man-once-suspected-drexel-disappearance-be-sentenced-robbery-charge/

13. https://www.whec.com/news/fbi-informant-speaks-with-news10nbc-says-he-witnessed-brittanee-drexels-murder/5260439/

14. https://www.whec.com/news/brittanee-drexel-is-the-fbi-skeptical-of-its-jailhouse-informant/5427864/

15. https://www.live5news.com/2019/04/26/fbi-investigating-new-lead-brittanee-drexel-case/

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17. https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/outreach/awareness-months/new-details-in-case-of-teen-who-was-abducted-gang-raped-shot-and-fed-to-alligators-fbi/520-8f7ec39c-9477-423f-9efc-0d778056af8d

18. http://htrafficking.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2015-Annual-Human-Trafficking-Report-PDF-00826567xD2C78.pdf-01456614xD2C78.pdf 

19. https://www.wmbfnews.com/2021/01/11/horry-county-tops-sc-human-trafficking-reports-according-state-report/ 

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22. https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/16954603/mbpd-names-person-of-interest-in-drexel-disappearance/

23. https://www.live5news.com/2022/10/31/she-was-scared-i-was-scared-solicitors-office-releases-raymond-moody-confession-tape/

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31. https://www.wbtw.com/georgetown-county-news/raymond-moody-confessed-led-officials-to-brittanee-drexels-body-deputies-say/

32. https://people.com/crime/brittanee-drexel-advances-gps-technology-cracked-murder-case/

33. https://abcnews.go.com/US/darkest-night-13-year-long-investigation-murder-missing/story?id=91383422

34. https://abcnews4.com/news/local/exclusive-timothy-taylor-discusses-being-named-suspect-in-brittanee-drexel-disappearance-myrtle-beach-georgetown-county-mcclellanville-sc-wciv-raymond-moody

35. https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/raymond-moody-accused-killer-of-brittanee-drexel-appearing-in-court-wednesday-morning-georgetown-county-courthouse-convicted-sex-offender-kidnapped-children-myrtle-beach-spring-break

36. https://www.whec.com/top-news/interviews-with-girlfriend-of-brittanee-drexels-killer-released/

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38. https://www.live5news.com/2022/11/02/moodys-ex-girlfriend-signed-cooperation-agreement-after-his-confession/

Update Sources:

1. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/georgetown-woman-sentenced-18-years-lying-fbi-during-brittanee-drexel-investigation

2. https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/myrtle-beach/timeline-brittanee-drexel-murder-case-2009-til-now/

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Sources:

1. https://milkfoundation.org/

2. https://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography

3. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1834395.html

4. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/mayor-moscone/11 

5. https://uchastings.academicworks.com/opportunities/1637

6. https://www.kqed.org/news/11708263/remembering-george-moscone-the-peoples-mayor-of-san-francisco

7. https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/598-whiteconfession

8. ​​https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/mayor-moscone/32/ 

9. https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/595-openingstatements

10. https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/588-defense

11. https://www.famous-trials.com/danwhite/607-rolandtestimony

12. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116135122/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/29/archives/2-deaths-mourned-by-san-franciscans-25000-pay-tribute-at-city-hall.html

13. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116135122/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/28/archives/suspect-sought-job-moscone-had-been-asked-to-reappoint-him-as-a.html

14. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116140625/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/29/archives/exaide-held-in-moscone-killing-ran-as-a-crusader-against-crime.html

15. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116141539/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/22/archives/exofficial-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-slayings-on-coast-3000-protest.html

16. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121001637/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/22/us/dan-white-killer-of-san-francisco-mayor-a-suicide.html

17. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Dan-White-Had-Other-Targets-Cop-Says-Plot-2990060.php

18. The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/image/460828822/?terms=dan%20white%20supervisor&match=1

19. The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/image/460894957/?terms=dan%20white%20supervisor&match=1

20. The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/image/460800558/?terms=dan%20white%20supervisor&match=1 

21. The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/image/460810075/?terms=dan%20white%20supervisor&match=1 

22. The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/image/460896167/?terms=dan%20white%20supervisor&match=1

23. The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/image/460916394/?terms=dan%20white%20supervisor 

24. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/04/archives/dan-white-gets-7-years-8-months-in-double-slaying-in-san-francisco.html 

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On July 9, 1993, just after 1:40am Russell Peterson of Sedona, AZ called 911 and reported that there had been a very bad accident during an argument with his wife, Stephanie. When asked to elaborate, Russel said that his wife had been shot and she was hurt very badly, though Russel couldn’t give a straight answer when it came to WHO shot her but he suggested that she may have shot herself. Suspicions arose later when the couple’s 4 year old daughter told investigators that it was her dad who fired the fatal shot. 

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Main source: police documents

 Other sources:

1. Lum, Justin and Keating, Joe. “Unsolved in Sedona: Decades Later, Family Members Frustrated at Lack of Progress in Cold Case.” Fox10. June 15, 2022.  https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/unsolved-in-sedona-decades-later-family-members-frustrated-at-lack-of-progress-in-cold-case

2. Eland, Ron. “Sedona Police Department Adds More Pieces to Puzzle in 1993 Death.” Red Rock News. July 27, 2020. http://www.redrocknews.com/2020/07/27/sedona-police-department-adds-more-pieces-to-puzzle-of-1993-death/

3. “My Mothers Case is ‘in a Review Phase’ Feb/2023.” Change.org. February 25, 2023. https://www.change.org/p/demand-a-complete-homicide-investigation-for-the-murder-of-stephanie-marie-wasilishin/u/31345140 

4. Letter to Lt Dana Schmidt from Chief Deputy James H. Landis. July 30, 1999. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16oadMeBpwtNRotFk7V2rIYXoGHIYkG9U/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YCZ_tisi7aOBnXTx0OCplco-wOCbwYs1/view?usp=sharing 

5. Letter to Chick Hastings from Jim Landis. November 9, 1993. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GoG8SslTgIauNmoXLB2HbXdA77DHAzHL/view?usp=sharing 

6. “The Death of Stephanie Wailishin: Sedona mother’s murder unsolved 30 years later (PART 1).” FOX 10 Phoenix. June 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXOV0coC5fk 

7. “The Death of Stephanie Wasilishin: A changing alibi, and why charges were never filed (PART 2).” FOX 10 Phoenix.June 16, 2022.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n97i-p69kSc 

8. TikTok video @nicolewasilishin. December 27, 2023. https://www.tiktok.com/@nicolewasilishin/video/7317348757526351134 

9. TikTok video @nicolewasilishin. December 15, 2023. https://www.tiktok.com/@nicolewasilishin/video/7312731883673079070 

10. Harry’s obituary https://www.newspapers.com/image/117712007/?article=124794b1-bc6a-40a1-89e0-7228f6321acc&focus=0.3382629,0.85013527,0.441506,0.97445124&xid=3355 

11. Steven and Stephanie’s birth announcements https://www.newspapers.com/image/524233395/?article=9fd0bbe4-9557-4953-b6c0-294a28c13ca4&xid=5905&terms=Steven_Waiilishin 

12. Article about Steven’s death https://www.newspapers.com/image/524254018/?article=629f1a10-cc20-4ddc-b116-0c77387c1dde&xid=5503&terms=Stephen_Harry_Wasilishin 

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We’ve got everything from unexpected family connections to crime, like the wild Bicycle Bandit story, to confessions of childhood theft that are as innocent as they are foolish (who knew there were so many hamster thiefs?!) And of course some connections to Scamanda and other infamous people in true crime. 

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This week, we're discussing the mysterious disappearance of Dail Dinwiddie, who vanished after a U2 concert in 1992. We’ll cover her background, the immediate search efforts, the ongoing investigation, and the emotional toll on her family. Additionally, we’ll explore various leads and suspects over the years, including a serial killer, while ultimately highlighting the unresolved nature of the case and the enduring hope of Dail's family for answers.

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21. “Dail Dinwiddie - 9 of Diamonds, South Carolina”, The Deck Podcast