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		<copyright>&#xA9; 2026 The Dark Oak</copyright>
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	<title>Episode 150: The Miyazawa Massacre &#8211; Perfect Family, Perfect Crime</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-150-the-miyazawa-massacre-perfect-family-perfect-crime/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[The  Miyazawa  family lived in a quiet, two-story home near Soshigaya Park in Setayata, Japan. 44 year old Mikio worked for the British marketing firm Interbrand, while Yasuko was a homemaker. They had two children: 8 year old Niina, active in soccer and ballet, and 6 year old Rei. Who would have wanted this picture perfect family dead? That...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The  Miyazawa  family lived in a quiet, two-story home near Soshigaya Park in Setayata, Japan. 44 year old Mikio worked for the British marketing firm Interbrand, while Yasuko was a homemaker. They had two children: 8 year old Niina, active in soccer and]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The  Miyazawa  family lived in a quiet, two-story home near Soshigaya Park in Setayata, Japan. 44 year old Mikio worked for the British marketing firm Interbrand, while Yasuko was a homemaker. They had two children: 8 year old Niina, active in soccer and ballet, and 6 year old Rei. Who would have wanted this picture perfect family dead? That...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The  Miyazawa  family lived in a quiet, two-story home near Soshigaya Park in Setayata, Japan. 44 year old Mikio worked for the British marketing firm Interbrand, while Yasuko was a homemaker. They had two children: 8 year old Niina, active in soccer and ballet, and 6 year old Rei. Who would have wanted this picture perfect family dead? That...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>01:06:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The  Miyazawa  family lived in a quiet, two-story home near Soshigaya Park in Setayata, Japan. 44 year old Mikio worked for the British marketing firm Interbrand, while Yasuko was a homemaker. They had two children: 8 year old Niina, active in soccer and ballet, and 6 year old Rei. Who would have wanted this picture perfect family dead? That...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Episode 149:  The Zaharias Abduction &#8211; Stolen Childhood</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-149-the-zaharias-abduction-stolen-childhood/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[On November 20, 1987, in Mission Viejo, California, Susan Zaharias abducted her two toddlers—three-and-a-half-year-old Christopher and fifteen-month-old Lisa—after a violent argument with her husband Louis, assaulting his mother and fleeing with almost nothing for the children. Battling severe alcohol, cocaine, and crystal methamphetamine addiction that had drained the family’s savings, Susan had met Louis in...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On November 20, 1987, in Mission Viejo, California, Susan Zaharias abducted her two toddlers—three-and-a-half-year-old Christopher and fifteen-month-old Lisa—after a violent argument with her husband Louis, assaulting his mother and fleeing with almost n]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On November 20, 1987, in Mission Viejo, California, Susan Zaharias abducted her two toddlers—three-and-a-half-year-old Christopher and fifteen-month-old Lisa—after a violent argument with her husband Louis, assaulting his mother and fleeing with almost nothing for the children. Battling severe alcohol, cocaine, and crystal methamphetamine addiction that had drained the family’s savings, Susan had met Louis in...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On November 20, 1987, in Mission Viejo, California, Susan Zaharias abducted her two toddlers—three-and-a-half-year-old Christopher and fifteen-month-old Lisa—after a violent argument with her husband Louis, assaulting his mother and fleeing with almost nothing for the children. Battling severe alcohol, cocaine, and crystal methamphetamine addiction that had drained the family’s savings, Susan had met Louis in...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:11:59</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On November 20, 1987, in Mission Viejo, California, Susan Zaharias abducted her two toddlers—three-and-a-half-year-old Christopher and fifteen-month-old Lisa—after a violent argument with her husband Louis, assaulting his mother and fleeing with almost nothing for the children. Battling severe alcohol, cocaine, and crystal methamphetamine addiction that had drained the family’s savings, Susan had met Louis in...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Episode 148: Unearthed from the Dark Oak: Where is Paola Miranda Rosa?</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-148-unearthed-from-the-dark-oak-where-is-paola-miranda-rosa/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Today we’re Unearthing Episode 83 from the Dark Oak vault: “Where is Paola Miranda Rosa?” This case is local to us—Paola vanished in a park near where Cynthia and Stefanie grew up. The original investigation was mishandled, but in January 2026 the new Osceola County Sheriff reopened it. Her family now has renewed hope after...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Today we’re Unearthing Episode 83 from the Dark Oak vault: “Where is Paola Miranda Rosa?” This case is local to us—Paola vanished in a park near where Cynthia and Stefanie grew up. The original investigation was mishandled, but in January 2026 the new Os]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today we’re Unearthing Episode 83 from the Dark Oak vault: “Where is Paola Miranda Rosa?” This case is local to us—Paola vanished in a park near where Cynthia and Stefanie grew up. The original investigation was mishandled, but in January 2026 the new Osceola County Sheriff reopened it. Her family now has renewed hope after...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today we’re Unearthing Episode 83 from the Dark Oak vault: “Where is Paola Miranda Rosa?” This case is local to us—Paola vanished in a park near where Cynthia and Stefanie grew up. The original investigation was mishandled, but in January 2026 the new Osceola County Sheriff reopened it. Her family now has renewed hope after...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>01:17:33</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Today we’re Unearthing Episode 83 from the Dark Oak vault: “Where is Paola Miranda Rosa?” This case is local to us—Paola vanished in a park near where Cynthia and Stefanie grew up. The original investigation was mishandled, but in January 2026 the new Osceola County Sheriff reopened it. Her family now has renewed hope after...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Episode 147: Missing: Yolanda Bindics</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-147-missing-yolanda-bindics/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[When 25-year-old Yolanda Bindics, a mother of four, failed to return home after her closing shift at the Family Dollar Store in Jamestown, NY, the entire community went into overdrive. Law enforcement dove into the investigation with searches and witness interviews but there was no sign of Yolanda leading the investigation to focus on two...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When 25-year-old Yolanda Bindics, a mother of four, failed to return home after her closing shift at the Family Dollar Store in Jamestown, NY, the entire community went into overdrive. Law enforcement dove into the investigation with searches and witness]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[When 25-year-old Yolanda Bindics, a mother of four, failed to return home after her closing shift at the Family Dollar Store in Jamestown, NY, the entire community went into overdrive. Law enforcement dove into the investigation with searches and witness interviews but there was no sign of Yolanda leading the investigation to focus on two...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When 25-year-old Yolanda Bindics, a mother of four, failed to return home after her closing shift at the Family Dollar Store in Jamestown, NY, the entire community went into overdrive. Law enforcement dove into the investigation with searches and witness interviews but there was no sign of Yolanda leading the investigation to focus on two...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:04:43</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[When 25-year-old Yolanda Bindics, a mother of four, failed to return home after her closing shift at the Family Dollar Store in Jamestown, NY, the entire community went into overdrive. Law enforcement dove into the investigation with searches and witness interviews but there was no sign of Yolanda leading the investigation to focus on two...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Episode 146: Kanika Powell &#8211; Killer in the Hallway</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-146-kanika-powell-killer-in-the-hallway/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Kanika Powell was a 28-year-old Army veteran and security contractor with top-secret clearance who lived alone in the Deerfield Run Apartments in Laurel, Maryland, and led a quiet, ordinary life of work, family, and close friends. In the week before her death, she endured three bizarre knocks at her door: a man claiming to be...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Kanika Powell was a 28-year-old Army veteran and security contractor with top-secret clearance who lived alone in the Deerfield Run Apartments in Laurel, Maryland, and led a quiet, ordinary life of work, family, and close friends. In the week before her ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kanika Powell was a 28-year-old Army veteran and security contractor with top-secret clearance who lived alone in the Deerfield Run Apartments in Laurel, Maryland, and led a quiet, ordinary life of work, family, and close friends. In the week before her death, she endured three bizarre knocks at her door: a man claiming to be...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Kanika Powell was a 28-year-old Army veteran and security contractor with top-secret clearance who lived alone in the Deerfield Run Apartments in Laurel, Maryland, and led a quiet, ordinary life of work, family, and close friends. In the week before her death, she endured three bizarre knocks at her door: a man claiming to be...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>01:10:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Kanika Powell was a 28-year-old Army veteran and security contractor with top-secret clearance who lived alone in the Deerfield Run Apartments in Laurel, Maryland, and led a quiet, ordinary life of work, family, and close friends. In the week before her death, she endured three bizarre knocks at her door: a man claiming to be...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Episode 145: Amanda Antoni  &#8211; The Basement Mystery</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-145-amanda-antoni-the-basement-mystery/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[On a Saturday night while he was out of town, Lee Antoni was on the phone with his 31 year old wife, Amanda, when he heard strange noises on the other end of the line before the call was abruptly disconnected. Unable to reach Amanda for the rest of the weekend, Lee returned home to...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[On a Saturday night while he was out of town, Lee Antoni was on the phone with his 31 year old wife, Amanda, when he heard strange noises on the other end of the line before the call was abruptly disconnected. Unable to reach Amanda for the rest of the w]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[On a Saturday night while he was out of town, Lee Antoni was on the phone with his 31 year old wife, Amanda, when he heard strange noises on the other end of the line before the call was abruptly disconnected. Unable to reach Amanda for the rest of the weekend, Lee returned home to...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On a Saturday night while he was out of town, Lee Antoni was on the phone with his 31 year old wife, Amanda, when he heard strange noises on the other end of the line before the call was abruptly disconnected. Unable to reach Amanda for the rest of the weekend, Lee returned home to...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:11:33</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[On a Saturday night while he was out of town, Lee Antoni was on the phone with his 31 year old wife, Amanda, when he heard strange noises on the other end of the line before the call was abruptly disconnected. Unable to reach Amanda for the rest of the weekend, Lee returned home to...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Episode 144: The Ice Miracle &#8211; Jean Hilliard</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-144-the-ice-miracle-jean-hilliard/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[In December 1980, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard from Lengby, Minnesota, slid her car into a ditch on an icy rural road during a bitterly cold night with temperatures at -22°F. She decided to walk about two miles to a friend&#8217;s house for help but collapsed unconscious in the snow just 15 feet from the door, where...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In December 1980, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard from Lengby, Minnesota, slid her car into a ditch on an icy rural road during a bitterly cold night with temperatures at -22°F. She decided to walk about two miles to a friend&#8217;s house for help but collaps]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In December 1980, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard from Lengby, Minnesota, slid her car into a ditch on an icy rural road during a bitterly cold night with temperatures at -22°F. She decided to walk about two miles to a friend&#8217;s house for help but collapsed unconscious in the snow just 15 feet from the door, where...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In December 1980, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard from Lengby, Minnesota, slid her car into a ditch on an icy rural road during a bitterly cold night with temperatures at -22°F. She decided to walk about two miles to a friend&#8217;s house for help but collapsed unconscious in the snow just 15 feet from the door, where...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:55:53</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In December 1980, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard from Lengby, Minnesota, slid her car into a ditch on an icy rural road during a bitterly cold night with temperatures at -22°F. She decided to walk about two miles to a friend&#8217;s house for help but collapsed unconscious in the snow just 15 feet from the door, where...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Episode 143: The Strange Death of Blair Adams</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-143-the-strange-death-of-blair-adams/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[There are some cases that make absolutely zero sense- the death of Blair Adams, a 31-year-old Canadian construction foreman found murdered in a Knoxville, TN parking lot on July 11, 1996, is one of those cases. In the days leading up to his death, Blair began exhibiting extreme paranoia, emptying his savings, crossing the U.S....]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There are some cases that make absolutely zero sense- the death of Blair Adams, a 31-year-old Canadian construction foreman found murdered in a Knoxville, TN parking lot on July 11, 1996, is one of those cases. In the days leading up to his death, Blair ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There are some cases that make absolutely zero sense- the death of Blair Adams, a 31-year-old Canadian construction foreman found murdered in a Knoxville, TN parking lot on July 11, 1996, is one of those cases. In the days leading up to his death, Blair began exhibiting extreme paranoia, emptying his savings, crossing the U.S....]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are some cases that make absolutely zero sense- the death of Blair Adams, a 31-year-old Canadian construction foreman found murdered in a Knoxville, TN parking lot on July 11, 1996, is one of those cases. In the days leading up to his death, Blair began exhibiting extreme paranoia, emptying his savings, crossing the U.S....]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:04:09</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[There are some cases that make absolutely zero sense- the death of Blair Adams, a 31-year-old Canadian construction foreman found murdered in a Knoxville, TN parking lot on July 11, 1996, is one of those cases. In the days leading up to his death, Blair began exhibiting extreme paranoia, emptying his savings, crossing the U.S....]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Episode 142: Shannan Gilbert&#8217;s Disappearance and the Long Island Serial Killer</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-142-shannan-gilberts-disappearance-and-the-long-island-serial-killer/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[In May 2010, 24-year-old escort Shannan Gilbert vanished after a frantic episode in Oak Beach, Long Island, captured on a bizarre 911 call where she claimed people were trying to kill her. Her disappearance prompted searches that uncovered the remains of multiple women along Ocean Parkway, including the &#8220;Gilgo Four&#8221; (Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In May 2010, 24-year-old escort Shannan Gilbert vanished after a frantic episode in Oak Beach, Long Island, captured on a bizarre 911 call where she claimed people were trying to kill her. Her disappearance prompted searches that uncovered the remains of]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In May 2010, 24-year-old escort Shannan Gilbert vanished after a frantic episode in Oak Beach, Long Island, captured on a bizarre 911 call where she claimed people were trying to kill her. Her disappearance prompted searches that uncovered the remains of multiple women along Ocean Parkway, including the &#8220;Gilgo Four&#8221; (Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In May 2010, 24-year-old escort Shannan Gilbert vanished after a frantic episode in Oak Beach, Long Island, captured on a bizarre 911 call where she claimed people were trying to kill her. Her disappearance prompted searches that uncovered the remains of multiple women along Ocean Parkway, including the &#8220;Gilgo Four&#8221; (Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan...]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:01:18</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In May 2010, 24-year-old escort Shannan Gilbert vanished after a frantic episode in Oak Beach, Long Island, captured on a bizarre 911 call where she claimed people were trying to kill her. Her disappearance prompted searches that uncovered the remains of multiple women along Ocean Parkway, including the &#8220;Gilgo Four&#8221; (Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan...]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Episode 141: The Disappearance of Heidi Allen</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-141-the-disappearance-of-heidi-allen/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[On Easter Sunday, April 3, 1994, 18-year-old Heidi Marie Allen vanished from the D&#38;W Convenience Store in New Haven, New York, where she was working alone as a cashier, with her last transaction recorded at 7:42 a.m. and the store found abandoned shortly after 7:50 a.m. despite money and personal items left behind. The case...]]></description>
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