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		<copyright>&#xA9; 2026 The Dark Oak</copyright>
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	<title>Episode 155: Michelle von Emster &#8211; Swimming into Darkness</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[25 year old Michelle Von Emster’s mysterious death in 1994 remains one of San Diego&#8217;s most notorious mysteries. It was officially ruled a Great White Shark Attack but marine experts disagree with that finding. Why would she have gone swimming in frigid weather? Was it possible that her death was a tragic accident resulting from...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[25 year old Michelle Von Emster’s mysterious death in 1994 remains one of San Diego&#8217;s most notorious mysteries. It was officially ruled a Great White Shark Attack but marine experts disagree with that finding. Why would she have gone swimming in fr]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[25 year old Michelle Von Emster’s mysterious death in 1994 remains one of San Diego&#8217;s most notorious mysteries. It was officially ruled a Great White Shark Attack but marine experts disagree with that finding. Why would she have gone swimming in frigid weather? Was it possible that her death was a tragic accident resulting from...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Episode 154: Lauren Spierer &#8211; Bloomington’s Coldest Mystery</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-154-lauren-spierer-bloomingtons-coldest-mystery/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old sophomore studying textiles merchandising at Indiana University, disappeared in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, in Bloomington, Indiana. The night before, she had been out drinking heavily with friends using a fake ID; after leaving Kilroy’s Sports Bar barefoot and without her phone or shoes around 2:27 a.m., she...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old sophomore studying textiles merchandising at Indiana University, disappeared in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, in Bloomington, Indiana. The night before, she had been out drinking heavily with friends using a fake ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old sophomore studying textiles merchandising at Indiana University, disappeared in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, in Bloomington, Indiana. The night before, she had been out drinking heavily with friends using a fake ID; after leaving Kilroy’s Sports Bar barefoot and without her phone or shoes around 2:27 a.m., she...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Episode 153: Mike Mansholt &#8211; The Final Solo Ride</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-153-mike-mansholt-the-final-solo-ride/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Seventeen-year-old German adventurer Mike Mansholt arrived in Malta in July 2016 for his first solo trip. After a week with his girlfriend, he stayed on alone, rented a mountain bike in Sliema on 18 July, sent a cheerful voice message home, and pedalled off to explore. He was never seen alive again. Days later searchers...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Seventeen-year-old German adventurer Mike Mansholt arrived in Malta in July 2016 for his first solo trip. After a week with his girlfriend, he stayed on alone, rented a mountain bike in Sliema on 18 July, sent a cheerful voice message home, and pedalled ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:duration>01:12:48</itunes:duration>
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	<title>Episode 152: Duncan MacPherson – Frozen Betrayal (Part 2 of 2)</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Duncan McPherson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. In 1989 he went on a trip to Austria and disappeared after a day of snowboarding. Searches proved fruitless until 2003 when his body was found in a melting glacier, the very same glacier on which he was last seen. Despite officials believing his death to...]]></description>
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	<title>Episode 151: Duncan MacPherson &#8211; Frozen Betrayal (Part 1 of 2)</title>
	<link>https://thedarkoak.com/podcast/episode-151-duncan-macpherson-frozen-betrayal-part-1-of-2/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dark Oak]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Duncan McPherson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. In 1989 he went on a trip to Austria and disappeared after a day of snowboarding. Searches proved fruitless until 2003 when his body was found in a melting glacier, the very same glacier on which he was last seen. Despite officials believing his death to...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Duncan McPherson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. In 1989 he went on a trip to Austria and disappeared after a day of snowboarding. Searches proved fruitless until 2003 when his body was found in a melting glacier, the very same glacier on ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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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: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>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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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: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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	<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>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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