Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

A true crime podcast with a sprinkling of spooky based in and focused on the Cascadia bioregion.

Episode 162: The Wisdom Light Murder & The Disappearance of Anna Schrader 11/22/2025

Episode 162: The Wisdom Light Murder & The Disappearance of Anna Schrader Oregon's oldest unidentified missing person's case & a fascinating theory - who is the Oak Grove Jane Doe and could it be Anna Schrader? Sources . /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/39132300

Episode 161: BONUS - The Unknown Number Documentary + True Crime Ethics 11/08/2025

Episode 161: BONUS - The Unknown Number Documentary + True Crime Ethics note: this episode was recorded during the Seattle Mariners' historic playoff run and we were very excited. we are still very sad it ended the way it did. Mariners, please sign Josh Naylor. This is a BONUS episode because we had big feelings and wanted to cover this absolutely insane documentary. We suggest viewing "Unknown Number" on Netflix prior to listening to this episode, and for extra info, read the article on this case from The Cut in January of 2025 titled "Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter?" We won't be making a habit of traveling outside of Cascadia. Sources Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, directed by Skye Borgman (Netflix) /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/38958615

Episode 160: Creepy Cascadia Campfire Tales for Halloween 10/31/2025

Episode 160: Creepy Cascadia Campfire Tales for Halloween Happy Halloween! Please enjoy these tales from around Cascadia for our favorite spooky holiday. Don't go swimming at Sunset Bay after the sun goes down (longest story ~22min) Must be Santa Shasta's Ghostly Choir A Really Rude Poltergeist The UBC Ghost Hitchhiker Something's Following Me Fort Casey/Camp Casey tales Sources (creepy camping story from Shasta, not read in the episode) (scary story with bullet sounds, not read in the episode) /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/38868690

Episode 159: Waheela 10/19/2025

Episode 159: Waheela We travel into Canada's Northern Territories for the story of the great white wolf of the Nahanni Valley. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicyon /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/38637625

Episode 158: Time Slip at Courtney Lake 10/11/2025

Episode 158: Time Slip at Courtney Lake Sara gets a gold star for the first episode covering a time slip as a topic as she brings us a unique eyewitness account from Courtney Lake in British Columbia. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/38547230

Episode 157: Battery Point Light 09/26/2025

Episode 157: Battery Point Light The origins of the hauntings at the Lighthouse at Battery Point in Crescent City, CA are debated, but the hauntings themselves are not. Visit (or stay as a volunteer lightkeeper) if you dare. Sources https://spookt.com/place/battery_point_lighthouse /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/38372670

Episode 156: Missing - Marvin Clark 09/20/2025

Episode 156: Missing - Marvin Clark Sara brings us the oldest active missing person's case in the US from the wayback machine. What happened to Marvin Clark? Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/38291400

Episode 155: The Pitt Lake Lizard 09/13/2025

Episode 155: The Pitt Lake Lizard Today we go to Pitt Lake in British Columbia, where tales are told of giant black salamanders undulating through the waters, climbing up onto shore to terrorize small rodents, and even hiding out at construction sites. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/38206450

Episode 154: The Murder of Ivah McDonnell 08/29/2025

Episode 154: The Murder of Ivah McDonnell Forced entry, a violent assault, a DNA match that was kept quiet? We now know who murdered Ivah McDonnell, but we don't why. Nor we do know why it took so long. Rest in Peace, Ivah. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/38017470

Episode 153: The Murder of Harry Minto 08/25/2025

Episode 153: The Murder of Harry Minto We turn to the wayback machine for our next case - the 1915 murder of Harry Minto, officer of the law and prison warden of the Oregon State Penitentiary. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/37951330

Episode 152: Missing - Laurie Lynn Partridge 07/23/2025

Episode 152: Missing - Laurie Lynn Partridge Case starts at 5:35 :) Where is Laurie Partridge? If you have any information regarding Laurie’s case please contact the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office at 509-477-4760, or Crime Check at 509-456-2233. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/37515490

Episode 151: What Happened to Lesner Noe Velasquez Cardenas? 07/10/2025

Episode 151: What Happened to Lesner Noe Velasquez Cardenas? Lesner Cardenas has been missing since the afternoon of 5/29/25 in the Mount Shasta area of Northern California. His phone has not been active since he disappeared. Lesner is a 21 year old Latino male with brown eyes, black hair, and brown skin. He is 5 foot 5 inches tall, between 140 and 155lbs. We do not have a description of the clothing he was last seen in aside from the detail that he had a backpack and some level of hiking gear. If you have any information regarding his case, please contact Sergeant Josiah Ferrin of the Redding Police Department at 530-225-4200. Lesner’s family and friends desperately want to bring him home safe. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/37355200

Episode 150: Missing - Denny Poole 07/06/2025

Episode 150: Missing - Denny Poole Nearly a decade ago, Denny Poole attempted to walk over 40 miles to another town from Dawson Creek, British Columbia and vanished after separating from his friend. What happened to 14 year old Denny? If you have any information about Denny Poole please contact the Dawson Creek RCMP at 250-784-3700 and reference case 3026-1547. If you wish to remain anonymous, please contact Crime Stoppers as per usual at 1-800-222-8477. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/37292405

Episode 149: Lola in Kamola (CWU might be haunted) 07/04/2025

Episode 149: Lola in Kamola (CWU might be haunted) We've got a couple ghosty stories from our OG episode topic list - CWU students and faculty, is your university haunted? Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/37285615

Episode 148: The Crimes of Sophie Hartman 06/11/2025

Episode 148: The Crimes of Sophie Hartman CW: This episode discusses medical child abuse. If you're familiar with the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case, this will sound sadly familiar. The crimes of Sophie Hartman thankfully did not go on nearly as long, but still inflicted years of pain on a little girl Hartman had adopted. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/36948870

Episode 147: Who Killed Karen Etta Whiteside? 06/06/2025

Episode 147: Who Killed Karen Etta Whiteside? It's been almost 50 years - who killed Karen Etta Whiteside? Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/36885770

Episode 146: Florence, Oregon's Exploding Whale 05/29/2025

Episode 146: Florence, Oregon's Exploding Whale Once upon a time, Oregon blew up a whale carcass on the beach near Florence. The news broadcast of the event has now been viewed millions of times all over the world. If you needed a palate cleanser, we got you. Sources Video of the broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34 /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/36764455

Episode 145: The Unsolved Death of Jeffrey Surtel 05/20/2025

Episode 145: The Unsolved Death of Jeffrey Surtel What happened to Jeffrey Surtel? If you have any information regarding the disappearance or the death of Jeffrey Surtel, please contact the RCMP at 604-826-7161, Police File # 2007-5465. As always you can also contact CrimeStoppers if you would like to remain anonymous. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/36636575

Episode 144: Missing - Rio Boyd 05/14/2025

Episode 144: Missing - Rio Boyd Rio is described as a white female, 5’6” and 215 lbs, (missing flyer shows 5’5 and 205 lbs) with brown shoulder length hair and blue eyes. She has a scar on her left forearm and a mole above her lip. She was last seen wearing blue jeans. Some sources also mention a black Seattle Seahawks jacket, but her family has stated they are unaware of the existence of this jacket. If you have any information on this case please contact the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office at 253-798-3278. I believe you can also report to CrimeStoppers if you’d like to remain anonymous. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/36559645

Episode 143: Missing - Giovanna Tyler 04/29/2025

Episode 143: Missing - Giovanna Tyler What happened to Giovanna Tyler? If you have any information on Giovanna's case, please contact your local FBI (field office phone numbers are all available online - just stay on the line and you’ll get an operator), the Tacoma Police Department at 253-591-5506, or CrimeStoppers. Sources - Link to missing persons poster /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/36350045

Episode 142: The Murder of Mary Ellen Stackhouse 04/22/2025

Episode 142: The Murder of Mary Ellen Stackhouse The gruesome murder of Mary Ellen Stackhouse rocked her San Jose, CA neighborhood in 1963, and her attacker should have been in some kind of custody years prior to ever meeting her. Sources Practice to Deceive, Ann Rule /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/36256775

Episode 141: Who Killed Sandra Albiani? 04/10/2025

Episode 141: Who Killed Sandra Albiani? A twenty-minute window holds the answer we still don't have: who killed Sandra Albiani? Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/36079485

Episode 140: Some Sordid History & Haunted Mysteries of Lake Tahoe's Cal-Neva Hotel 03/29/2025

Episode 140: Some Sordid History & Haunted Mysteries of Lake Tahoe's Cal-Neva Hotel The last in Caro's Tahoe miniseries (but not the last of Tahoe content!) takes us to the Cal-Neva Hotel, a property that has changed hands many times, been host to celebrities, mobsters, politicians, and more over the years, and most recently, inspired a 2018 film featuring some folks you might be familiar with! Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe are the most famous of the folk said to occasionally haunt the Cal-Neva and other Lake Tahoe properties, but they aren't alone. Sources . . /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/35920215

Episode 139: The Unsolved Murder of Euarchol Wanichpan 03/09/2025

Episode 139: The Unsolved Murder of Euarchol Wanichpan Who killed beautiful, joyful art student Euarchol Wanchipan? Her case has been cold since 2017. If you have any information, please call the VIIMCU information line at 250-380-6211, or if you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- TIPS. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/35595685

Episode 138: Missing - Ruthie Fawn Kindness 02/24/2025

Episode 138: Missing - Ruthie Fawn Kindness What happened to Ruthie Fawn Kindness? If you have any information about this case, please contact the Auburn Police Department at 253-931-3080. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/35400770

Episode 137: The Ong 02/12/2025

Episode 137: The Ong Kind of a cryptid + Indigenous legend story time for this one - the Washoe legend of the great bird of Lake Tahoe, The Ong. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/35251075

Episode 136: The Crimes of John Bolsinger 01/29/2025

Episode 136: The Crimes of John Bolsinger We wouldn't even have this case to present if Utah's justice system hadn't victim-blamed and fucked up so badly - twice. Rest in peace Gladys Hensley, Janice Dickinson, Geraldine Toohey, and Caysie Sorensen. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/35061860

Episode 135: Water Babies/Pawapicts 01/22/2025

Episode 135: Water Babies/Pawapicts Continuing the Tahoe miniseries, we tell the tales of the water babies/pawapicts of Lake Tahoe and Pyramid Lake. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/34952070

Episode 134: Missing - Cynthia Martinez 01/14/2025

Episode 134: Missing - Cynthia Martinez What happened to Cynthia Martinez? Cynthia is described on her NamUs page as 4’8" - 5’4" and 120-140 lbs. Another flier states she is 5’1" and 135 lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes, and has pierced ears. Again, she was last seen wearing black lace up booties, fake eyelashes, and a black flowered romper. She has several tattoos listed below: “Trust No One” - collarbone “Dominguez” - chest “Faith” and “Trust” - arms “Karisma” - right shoulder Princess crown - left shoulder “503” - behind right ear “Walk by faith not by sight” - right calf “Forgive never forget” - left shoulder blade Old English style “C” - between index finger and left thumb Marilyn Monroe’s face with a skull intertwined - right thigh “If you are going to be two-faced at least make one of them pretty” - next to Marilyn on right thigh “Jesse” - below collarbone If you have any information regarding Cynthia and her disappearance, or Alvarez-Olivera, you can of course always contact Crimestoppers anonymously, or you can contact the Keizer Police Department at 503-856-3529. Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/34846080

Episode 133: Tahoe Tessie 12/30/2024

Episode 133: Tahoe Tessie Is there a giant serpent living in the depths of Lake Tahoe? Sources /episode/index/show/cascadiacrimepod/id/34663155

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