Something Dark

In July 2014 a group of five friends travelled from Germany to Varna, Bulgaria for a summer holiday. This holiday was spent like any other, they were partying, relaxing at the beach and enjoying their time off. Just one day before the group were scheduled to fly home something happened and it resulted in one of them disappearing. What began as a carefree Eastern European getaway ended in a family's worst nightmare and a mystery that endures to this day. Today we are going to be discussing the case of Lars Mittank. Find Lars Mittank Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/findetlarsmittank My YouTube - https://youtu.be/9Z6KnRzRr7k

On Monday morning on November 21st 2016, Jill Walker woke up and walked into her daughters room to wake her up for school. It was around 6.15am. She was usually pretty easy to wake up, Jill touched her leg but didn’t get any response. Worried, Jill looked at her daughters face, checking for a pulse she realised something was terribly wrong. She can’t recall much of what happened next, but she called 911. Her 16-year-old daughter, a beautiful, vibrant and warm-hearted cheerleader and high school student, lay unresponsive. Tonight we will be discussing the case of Emma Walker. www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

On April 20, 1999, in Columbine, Colorado, a high School massacre took place. The perpetrators, two twelfth grade students, murdered 12 students and one teacher. Twenty-one additional people were injured by gunshots, and gunfire was also exchanged with the police. Another three people were injured trying to escape the carnage. The two murderers ended their killing spree in the schools library, where the pair committed suicide. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history and this crime has inspired several copycat attacks. Tonight we are discussing the case of the Columbine High School Massacre and the two shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

On February 14, 2017, two bodies were discovered near the Monon High Bridge Trail, which is part of the Delphi Historic Trails in Delphi, Indiana. This was just one day after two young girls had disappeared from the same trail. The murders received a lot media coverage because of a video and because of an audio recording of an individual believed to be the girls' killer that were found on one of the victims smartphone. Despite thousands of tips that have been sent to the police and the circulation of the recordings of the suspect, no arrest in the case has been made. Tonight we will be discussing the case of the Delphi Murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German. www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

On December 6th, 2009 a woman went missing in West Valley City, Utah. Her husband, was named a person of interest in the investigation into her disappearance but was never charged. Three years later, he killed himself and their two young sons in a murder–suicide. It’s a case that shocked and stunned the public. As the case unraveled, sordid details came out exposing those involved Tonight we are covering the case of Susan Powell. www.anchor.fm/somethingdark www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

At around 9:20pm on a warm October night in 1989, three boys rode their bikes home along a dead-end road from the Tom Thumb store in St. Joseph, Minneapolis, where they had rented The Naked Gun. On a deserted stretch, they were stopped by a man with a gun, dressed in black with his face covered. The man told boys to lie in a nearby ditch and asked each of the boys their age. Two of the boys were told to run for the woods without looking back, but one boy was taken. For nearly 27 years, the case went unsolved, no body, no abductor. Tonight we are covering the case of Jacob Wetterling www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast/

On April 22, 2020 a first class army officer went missing from Fortwood military base in Texas. Her body was later discovered dismembered and burned. Outrage and confusion fuelled her family to look for answers and justice. How could a solider go missing from a military base? The case captured attention of celebrities, lawmakers and other public figures, and has drawn particular outrage from women in the military and Latinos The family raised allegations that before she was killed she had been sexually harassed and Activists expressed their anger at the lack of answers and action from the military and called for systematic changes in how the military handles reports of sexual harassment and assault. Her case inspired protests and caught the attention of the president, and led the Army to discipline more than a dozen officials. Tonight we are going to be discussing the case of Vanessa Gullien. www.www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

On the evening of February 9th 2004, a minor car accident turned into a decades long mystery that has baffled police, captivated the internet, and left a family heartbroken. Tonight we are going to be discussing the case of Maura Murray who seemingly disappeared into thin air www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

Tonight we are covering the case of Scott and Laci Peterson. Laci Peterson disappeared while eight months pregnant with her first child on Christmas Eve, 2002. When her husband, Scott Peterson, started acting suspicious, the entire country started paying attention and the case was heavily publicised. Scott, was later convicted of first-degree murder for her death, and second-degree murder for the death of their unborn son Conner.  www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

Tonight we are going to look into the case of a missing boeing 777. In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared. The aircraft departed from Kuala Lumpur Airport on March 8 destined for Beijing, China, with 239 people on board. Under the control of Captain Zaharie Shah, the Boeing 777 last communicated with air traffic control at 1.19am while travelling over the South China Sea, before disappearing. Despite two full years of searching an area of ocean covering more than 120,000 square kilometers, it has never been found. MH370 is the only unexplained missing vessel in modern aviation history. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/ www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

Tonight we are going to be looking into the case of The Zodiac Killer, an American serial killer who operated in Northern California from at least the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The unidentified killer originated the name in a series of taunting letters and cards sent to the San Francisco Bay Area press. These letters included four cryptograms (or ciphers). The Zodiac had five known victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Napa County, and San Francisco, between December 1968 and October 1969. www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

Tonight we are going to be discussing a very well known case. From June 1984 to August 1985 the residents of the Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area were terrorised by the "Night Stalker" A serial killer, serial rapist, kidnapper, pedophile, and burglar. His name was Richard Ramirez. www.Instagram.com/something.dark.podcast

On February 19th, 2013 the body of Elisa Lam was recovered from a water tank atop the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Tonight we are going to discuss the mystery around her disappearance and death. www.instagram.com/something.dark.podcast 

Tonight we’re going to look into the case of Matthew Hoffman who brutally murdered three people in 2010 and took another hostage.

This evening we are looking into the tragic case of Kaylee Sawyer. A case about a beautiful young college student and a campus security officer turned almost serial killer.

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