Invisible Choir

Reach Freaks

The Invisible Choir true crime podcast examines the most heinous murders through investigative storytelling, primary source audio, and victim testimonials. We aim to bring voice to the voiceless, and visibility to the invisible. Independently recorded and produced by Michael Ojibway and Reach Freaks, LLC. 

  • 53 minutes 41 seconds
    Snapped

    Rashod Newton had committed violent crimes before. He had even been violent with his girlfriend Alessia before. So when Rashod shot and killed Alessia Mesquita just feet from their year-old daughter, it took friends and family little time to piece together the tragedy…

    Written by Samantha Grove, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/snapped 

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    21 December 2025, 4:15 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Premonition

    Not every homicide case is a mystery.  There are times when the perpetrator is suspected from the very start, as was the case when 26-year-old Charlie Wyrick vanished on December 21st, 2015.  As investigators would soon discover, she had left behind a critical clue to solve her own murder…

    Written by Trevor Pason, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/premonition  


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    7 December 2025, 6:01 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Blood in the Snow

    When the newly married Mark and Lori Phillips went out to celebrate their upcoming move to Bismarck in February of 2019, the night did not go according to plan. As they were out at a Wisconsin bar with some friends, Mark became angry at Lori and began shouting at her. The two left the bar and returned home. There the fight continued, prompting Lori to speed away in the couple’s new truck for fear that Mark might hurt her. She slept in an empty parking lot for the night, but when she returned expecting an apology from her husband, she found something far more grim…     

    Special thanks to Lori Gamoke for her bravery, transparency and willingness to speak with us for this episode, as well as Leslie Morgan Steiner for her insights about domestic violence. Written by Sam Foster, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/bloodsnow   

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    23 November 2025, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Cold Snap

    This is a special off week re-release of Invisible Choir + Episode 229 to our free/regular audience. 

    In the early morning hours of January 6th, 2021, police were called to a home located in Kenosha, WI to investigate a possible sex crime.  The call was made by a concerned neighbor who awoke to three children knocking at their door, informing them that their older brother, 24-year-old Jesus Medrano, had attacked their parents.  When officers arrived at the Medrano family home, they found a crime scene that can only be described as a literal blood bath…

    Written by Trevor Pason, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/premium-sources/p229  

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    16 November 2025, 8:30 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Murder He Wrote

    On December 2nd, 2022, hunters in Riceboro, GA came across something horrific. A human torso.  One 911 call led to multiple agencies getting involved and the discovery of additional evidence.  Once the remains were identified months later, things only got more bizarre…

    Written by Trevor Pason, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/hewrote 

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    9 November 2025, 6:01 am
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Return to Sender

    On October 13th, 2021, 33-year-old postal worker Jason Schaefer was following his usual route through a quiet Colorado neighborhood. Known to locals as a friendly and dependable presence, Jason’s day began like any other until tragedy struck… 

    Written by Samantha Grove, Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/returnsender  

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    26 October 2025, 4:46 pm
  • 59 minutes 53 seconds
    The Kingdom of Nye

    Las Vegas residents Roy Jaggers and Heather Pate were not only neighbors, they were friends. Because of their close proximity, Heather would sometimes ask Roy to babysit her two children while she went out on the town. However, one evening in the late summer of 2021 would not only fracture the trust between the two neighbors but would ultimately lead to a long night of unimaginable suffering in the desert and one of Nevada’s most gruesome recent crimes…  

    Written by John Garland Wells, Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/premium-sources/p250  

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    19 October 2025, 4:05 pm
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    Creep

    When 27-year-old Jamie Haggard went missing in 2016, it seemed like an open and shut case. But what started as a missing persons investigation quickly turned in something much darker, leading detectives to uncover a long and disturbing history of abuse…

    Written by Christian Gonzalez , Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/creep   

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    12 October 2025, 2:45 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Just a Bad Dream

    18-year-old Kolton Shearer was a recent high school graduate with big dreams for his future. In July of  2016, he had just returned home from college to Clay County, Florida, and was looking forward to spending time with friends. But a fun evening out suddenly turned into a nightmare, when a shocking attack left one person dead and another gravely wounded. As police interviewed witnesses, they zeroed in on a young woman who presented herself as an innocent bystander. But was she? 

    Written by Jessamyn Ansary, Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/baddream   

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    28 September 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 56 minutes 8 seconds
    She Said, She Said

    On the morning of October 3rd, 2021, investigators combing through the charred remains of a Colorado home uncovered the burned body of a man. But it wasn’t the fire that killed him. He had been stabbed in the neck multiple times, murdered before the flames were ever set. When two suspects were taken into custody, their conflicting stories and contradicting details only deepened the mystery of what really happened that night…

    Written by Sam Foster, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/shesaid   

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    14 September 2025, 5:00 am
  • 58 minutes 12 seconds
    Endless Spiral

    On a rainy night in Davenport, Iowa, a routine car crash investigation takes a chilling turn when the injured driver begins making disturbing claims… ones that involve a baseball bat.

    Written by John Garland Wells, Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/spiral 

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    31 August 2025, 3:34 pm
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