Podcast: The Dark Oak

Episode 52: Carl Tanzler and His Corpse Bride

Thanks to a vision provided by a dead relative, Carl Tanzler claimed to have been in love with Elena de Hoyos before they even met. Actually, decades before they met. He tried desperately to save her from tuberculosis but was unsuccessful. Unwilling to let death separate them, Carl embarked on an unimaginable and unexplainable journey…

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Episode 51: SeaWorld and the Death of Dawn Brancheau

For decades Sea World has been committed to supporting environmental conservation by providing financial and scientific support to organizations focused on animal rescue and rehabilitation, conservation education, habitat protection and species research. Additionally, the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund has donated more than $19 million in support of animal conservation projects on all seven…

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Episode 50: The Unexplained Death of Ryan Singleton

On the 9th of July 2013, a 24-year-old Ryan was driving his car through the Mohave desert through what we know as Death Valley. He was on his way back to Los Angeles after spending the day in Las Vegas, when his car ran out of gas on Hwy 15. After walking several miles towards…

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Episode 49: The Disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel

The 1997 disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel has been called one of the most baffling cases in U.S. history. A massive search was launched when she vanished, the search was so large even Russia was asked to assist. The healthy young athlete went jogging in the Shoshone National Forest and was never seen again. Amy’s…

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Episode 48: The Mysterious Death of Jessica Renee Johnson

When Jessica Renee Johnson’s friends and family were told that she died by suicide, their worlds were shattered.  Over the  next few weeks and months, details came to light that that just didn’t make sense: Jessica was found wearing clothes that no one recognized, she had strange new markings on her body, and the way in…

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Episode 47: The Disappearance of Maura Murray (Part 3 of 3)

Maura Murray is an American woman who disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 near Woodville, New Hampshire, a village in the town of Haverhill. At the time of her disappearance, Maura was a 21-year-old nursing student completing her junior year at the University of Massachusetts. In…

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Episode 46: The Disappearance of Maura Murray (Part 2 of 3)

Maura Murray is an American woman who disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 near Woodville, New Hampshire, a village in the town of Haverhill. At the time of her disappearance, Maura was a 21-year-old nursing student completing her junior year at the University of Massachusetts. In…

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Episode 45: The Disappearance of Maura Murray (Part 1 of 3)

Maura Murray is an American woman who disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 near Woodville, New Hampshire, a village in the town of Haverhill. At the time of her disappearance, Maura was a 21-year-old nursing student completing her junior year at the University of Massachusetts. In…

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Episode 44: The Bizarre Death of Paulette Gebara Farah

Commonly referred to as the “Mexican Jon Benet Ramsey”, the death of four year old Paulette Gebara Farah is nothing short of a tragedy.  What began as a missing person case turned into one of the most suspicious death cases in recent history. Accident? Homicide? Tell us what you think after you listen to the…

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Episode 43: The Abduction of Frederick Valentich

At the time of his final flight, Frederick was an ambitious, healthy, hardworking, and optimistic young person. On the evening of Saturday October 21st, 1978, at 6:15 Fred Valentich left Moorabbin airport and headed west, crossing Port Philip Bay on the way to King Island. Fred’s flight started without incident.  After about 6 minutes over…

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