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On the morning of September 11, 1979, nineteen-year-old Micki Jo West left her mother’s home in St. Joseph, Missouri, as she had every morning. She wore her nurse’s aide uniform, pulled on a khaki coat, carried her white purse, and adjusted her glasses, marked with her name on the right lens. Bright, outgoing, and compassionate, she had a quick laugh and a warmth that drew people to her. She walked the familiar four-block route to the bus stop that would take her to St. Joseph State Hospital. She never made it. Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Dead Girls Don’t Talk: The Case of Micki Jo West.’ Listener discretion by Edward October of @octoberpodVHS All music is by our EP at @theinkypawprint Sources:  https://www.oxygen.com/buried-in-the-backyard/crime-news/micki-jo-west-case-family-killer-marvin-irvin-hunt-body https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94341424/neighbors-awaken-to-nightmare/ https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2212dfmo.html https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94260117/irvin-pleads-guilty-to-murders-of-3/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Micki_Jo_Westhttps://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP18179 https://charleyproject.org/case/micki-jo-west https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94343713/ex-officer-held-in-missing-womans/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94354374/law-officers-halt-search-for-body/ https://mysterydelver.com/st-josephs-devil/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94343327/skeletal-remains-identified/ https://websleuths.com/threads/mo-micki-west-19-st-joseph-11-sept-1979-m-irwin-guilty.88462/ https://murderpedia.org/male.I/i/irvin-marvin-lee.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktbaB-i1uZ8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you, Petra, for the episode suggestion. In 1990, a teenage girl escaped from a house in Pretoria, South Africa, narrowly avoiding an unimaginable fate. Her story revealed that she was not the first of several young girls taken under suspicious circumstances. Evidence suggested the girls were being held and moved, possibly for a wider trafficking network that spanned beyond the city. Despite investigations, no remains were ever recovered, and the true scope of what happened remains unknown. Almost 40 years later, the disappearances remain unsolved, leaving a shadow over the city and haunting questions about the children who were never found. Join Jen & Cam as they discuss The Missing Six & The Monster of Melherbe Street. A huge Thank You to our team: Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theinkypawprint.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can find the sources for this episode on ourtruecrimepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this month’s special, Cam and Jen talk with Hopper from Final Trace. In the summer of 1986, 18-year-old Brent Brand went to a party in Vincennes, Indiana, and never made it home. Eight days later, across state lines, Brent’s body was found face down in a drainage ditch. No injuries. No clear cause of death. What began as a missing-person case soon spiraled into something bigger: accusations, rumors, and more than 30 witnesses — including police officers — drawn into the investigation. Listen as Hopper returns to his hometown to revisit a mystery still shadowed by unanswered questions and a silence that refuses to fade. Don’t forget to subscribe to Hopper’s podcast, Final Trace. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Music by Nico Fyffe-Vettese Editing by Jesse Fyffe-Vettese Check them out , The Inky Paw Print Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a bitterly cold night just before New Year’s Eve, 23-year-old Ashley Kline disappeared from her home in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, after walking to a friend’s house just four blocks away. She was never seen alive again. When Ashley vanished, her family and community were left searching for answers, clinging to hope that she would return. But as investigators traced her final movements, they uncovered a devastating truth and a brutal betrayal. Join Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled “The Cruelest Betrayal: Ashley Kline.’ Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS Music is by our EP @theinkypawprint Sources:  https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/two-pennsylvania-men-get-life-in-prison-in-murder-of-disabled-woman-idUSKBN0JM2HX/ https://www.facebook.com/ashleyklinelaw/ https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/family-to-charged-killers-i-just-dont-want-them-to-ever-be-able-to-hurt/article_03564a38-6ff6-11e4-82b6-37d915877836.html https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/194741/woman-raped-stabbed-burned-alive-friends-she-left-home-new-year-s-eve https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/family-reacts-to-death-penalty-for-accused-killers-of-ashley-kline/article_4fb044ec-1ad9-5456-abbc-bb3dabbc9e30.html https://lancasteronline.com/news/woman-found-in-wildlife-area-idd-as-ashley-lynn-kline/article_9b0912f8-8934-53f4-8a8e-bc2a6df4b862.html https://6abc.com/archive/9395586/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM14Hin5ktM https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28616008/ https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/world-news/woman-told-family-going-nye-33145175 https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/victims-father-was-ashley-klines-killer-upset-over-rejection/article_6a1b59b4-7edf-11e4-8759-17ebcd4c9538.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the middle of a spring night in 1988, Margie slipped from her bed, which she shared with her husband, and slowly crept into the other room where he kept his briefcase with all his important documents. There was no doubt that her husband’s behavior had changed since their wedding day just seven weeks ago. Some things that he said just didn’t make sense. Things didn’t line up. His temper was shorter, and his intensity was stronger. And sometimes she just felt overwhelmingly afraid of him. She retrieved his briefcase from the closet and realized that he’d locked it. Luckily, she’d been paying attention and remembered the combination. The briefcase popped open, and she slowly took each document out and photographed it, all the while listening for him to wake up. Then she put each document back in the briefcase and returned the numbers to their exact locations. Maybe this was all part of that witness relocation program that he’d told her about? But what if it wasn’t? Join Jen & Cam as they discuss "Charmed: Margie's Story." Thank you, Samantha S, for the request! Promo by our friends Neil and Megan of Mortal Musings. A huge Thank You to our team: Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theinkypawprint.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sources: 1) https://www.familysearch.org/en/memories/memory/88280195 2) https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/4th/11/1466.html 3) https://amw.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Steven_Mack 4) https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/evil-lives-here/a-utah-wife-and-mother-slowly-realized-her-new-husband-was-lying-about-his-identity 5) https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/woman-discovers-husband-is-a-murderer-weeks-after-wedding/WYYSVYT6WQ2C3ZV577SZLVAEEI/ 6) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207701494/karen-grace-winslett 7) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147636377/annette-ramelle-huddle 8) https://www.oxygen.com/charmed-to-death/crime-news/margie-danielsen-learns-husband-paul-mack-is-murder-suspect 9) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1236834971/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder - Sacramento Union May 12, 1987 10) https://www.newspapers.com/image/294507813/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder - The Marion Star Aug 11, 1981 11) https://www.newspapers.com/image/624357885/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder - the Sacramento Bee Oct 19 1988 12) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjTlE35s4V4 Charmed to Death Season 1 Episode 3 13) https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00LOSBGYG/ref=atv_sr_fle_c_src13fdd_1_1_1?sr=1-1&pageTypeIdSource=ASIN&pageTypeId=B00LOSCTS8&qid=1768408872149 (Handsome Devils Season        1 Episode 1) 14) https://www.newspapers.com/image/601928702/?match=1&terms=%22Annette%20Huddle%22 15) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1771949.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices