From the Dark Side: Podcast
Welcome weirdos! I’m Sheri and I discuss disappearances, true crime cases and other strange stuff without all the banter. Please subscribe! 💀 All suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Sources are listed in the description area. All podcasts are for entertainment purposes only.
Episodes
177. The Case of Ed Gein
November 16th 1957. In the small, quiet town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, the local hardware store owner went missing. Her last sales receipt pointed to one man, Ed Gein. When police arrived at his isolated farmhouse, they stepped into somethi…
176. The Case of Karina Holmer
June 21st 1996. 20-year-old Karina Holmer from Sweden came to Boston for a summer of adventure and working for an American family. In her letters she wrote to family and friends back home, she wrote about how happy she was. Then the letters…
175. The Case of Jesse Capen
December 4th 2009, 35-year-old Jesse Capen vanished in the rugged terrain of the Arizona wilderness. Police and family were left searching for answers, until they learned that Jesse had been living with a hidden obsession. One that explains…
174. The Case of Alice Hufnagle
November 23rd, 2002. 67-year-old Alice Hufnagle was found brutally attacked and murdered in her East Norriton home, just days before Thanksgiving. Evidence revealed an unlikely suspect. 💀SOURCES💀▫️https://www.timesherald.com/2003/07/28/da…
173. The Case of Rusty Sneiderman
November 18th 2010. 36-year-old Rusty Sneiderman had just dropped off his young son at preschool when he was gunned down in the parking lot in broad daylight. What first seemed like a random attack soon revealed something far more sinister.…
172. The Case of Chris McCandless
April 28th 1992. After 24-year-old Christopher McCandless graduated college, he decided to reject his wealthy upbringing, society and expectation. After burning his social security card and donating all his money to charity, he wandered thr…
171. The Case of Carla Walker
February 17th, 1974. After a Valentine’s dance, 17-year-old Carla Walker is abducted from the passenger seat of her boyfriend’s car and murdered soon after. For decades her killer was unknown, until nearly fifty years later, when science fi…
170. The Case of Tania Head
September 11th, 2001. A woman whose lies ran deeper than anyone could have imagined. Tania Head claimed she escaped the 78th floor of the South Tower just moments before it collapsed. Badly burned and clutching a stranger’s wedding ring, sh…
169. The Case of Ben McDaniel
August 18th, 2010. 30-year-old Ben McDaniel, an experienced but uncertified cave diver, heads into the clear blue waters of Vortex Spring, Florida, just before sunset. For two days, no one notices he hasn’t come back until they see his truc…
168. The Case of Dana Pastori
March 27th 2002. Dana Pastori, a 35-year-old mother of two, tells coworkers she’s leaving New Orleans to write a book and reconnect with family. She gave two weeks notice to her job, but never showed up again. Only keeping in touch through …
167. The Case of Christopher Mosier
December 30th 1993. 14-year-old Christopher Mosier is babysitting for a family friend at the apartment he shared with his mother in Salt Lake City. When his mother came home, Christopher was found deceased having been stabbed more than twen…
166. The Case of Molly Miller & Colt Haynes
July 7th 2013. 17-year old Molly Miller and 21-year old Colt Haynes vanish after being passengers in a high-speed police chase in rural Oklahoma. Their friend who was driving the car emerged from the woods without Molly and Colt. They began…
165. The Case of Peter Bergmann
June 12th, 2009. A man named Peter Bergmann checks into a hotel in Sligo, Ireland. Intent on erasing his existence, he moves with quiet precision and always alone, always careful, discarding unknown items across the city. Days later, his bo…
164. The Case of Monica Schmeyer
March 31st 2010. When a 55-year-old woman is found dead in her York County, PA home after managing to crawl to the phone and call 911, detectives are left with a chilling mystery. They quickly zero in on a prime suspect, but that suspect ha…
163. The Case of Linda Collins
June 4th 2019. 57-year old Linda Collins was found stabbed to death outside of her home in Pocahontas, Arkansas.. Investigators learned this wasn’t random. It was a betrayal by someone she trusted…and the killer is on video. 💀SOURCES💀▫️ht…
162. The Case of Blair Adams
July 11 1996. Blair Adams, a 31-year-old Canadian construction foreman, was found dead in a parking lot 2600 miles away in Knoxville, Tennessee. Scattered around his body were thousands of dollars in cash and valuables. In the days leading …
161. The Case of Joseph Crater
August 6, 1930. New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Crater left a restaurant, stepped into a taxi and was never seen again. Was he the victim of foul play, a man overwhelmed by scandal, or did he orchestrate his own vanishing act? His dis…
160. The Case of Diane Schuler
July 26 2009. When a minivan barrels down the wrong side of New York’s Taconic State Parkway, crashing head-on into an SUV and killing eight people, the nation is stunned. The driver, 36-year-old Diane Schuler, is described by those who kne…
159. The Case of the OceanGate Disaster
June 18 2023. Despite numerous warnings about its safety, OceanGate’s submersible, the Titan, plunged 12,500 feet beneath the surface to explore the Titanic wreckage. Then, communication was lost. What followed was an intense international …
158. The Case of Alan Helmick
June 10th 2008. When 62-year-old Colorado real estate developer Alan Helmick is found shot to death in his home, investigators are left searching for answers. As police dig deeper, they uncover a recent attempt on his life that was dismisse…
157. The Case of Max Devries
May 12th 2004. What was supposed to be a nice family vacation turned into a nightmare. While in Aruba, the Devries family met a nice father and son at the hotel and the two families became friends for a couple days. 14-year old Max Devries …
156. The Case of Grizelda Hernandez
April 9th 2018. A 27-year old Mom and her 1-year old son were found deceased in a park in Laredo Texas. Suspicion fell on someone who blended in effortlessly. 💀SOURCES💀▫️https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/guilty-laredo-usbp-agent-s-t…
155. The Case of the SOS Incident
July 24th 1989. Rescue helicopters scanned the rugged terrain of Mount Asahidake in Japan’s Daisetsuzan National Park, searching for two missing hikers. They were found quickly thanks to a massive SOS sign made from birch trees. But when qu…
154. The Case of Michael Carruth & Jimmy Brooks
January 30th 2002. Tragedy struck a quiet Alabama neighborhood when an elderly couple was found murdered in their home. Just weeks later, a father and son were kidnapped from their home, with one victim buried alive. In this episode, we dis…
153. The Case of Ashley Biggs
June 21st 2012. 25-year old Ashley Biggs was in the middle of a messy custody battle over her 6-year old daughter. She took a late night pizza order while working her shift as a Dominos delivery driver. Ashley was lured to a dark location o…
152. The Case of Bob Eidman
June 8 2007. A quiet Friday turns deadly when 48-year-old car insurance salesman Bob Eidman is shot and killed in his office in St. Charles, Missouri in the middle of his workday. Bob was known as friendly, but as detectives dig deeper, the…
151. The Case of Noah Donohoe
June 21st 2020. 14-year old Noah Donohoe set out on his bike to meet up with some friends. He never returned home and was quickly reported missing. He was found dead six days later. Noah was captured on surveillance on 22 cameras over a per…
150. The Case of Roberto Ayala
July 16 2011. 43-year old Roberto Ayala was the trusted foreman of Moores Farm in Colusa, California. While inspecting the electric panel box that controlled the irrigation pumps in the rice fields, a powerful blast killed Roberto instantly…
149. The Case of Jason Dalton
February 20 2016. 45-year old Jason Dalton was a seemingly normal, married Dad and insurance adjuster. Recently, he took a side job as an Uber driver as a way to earn extra cash. One night during his shift behind the wheel, he decided to re…
148. The Case of Tanya Van Cuylenborg & Jay Cook
November 18th 1987. 18-year old Tanya Van Cuylenborg and her boyfriend, 20-year old Jay Cook set out on an overnight road trip from British Columbia to Seattle. After failing to return home, their families worst fears became a reality. The …
147. The Case of Brandon Lawson
August 9th 2013. 26-year old Brandon Lawson runs out of gas in the middle of the night while on a desolate highway in Coke County, Texas. He places a distressing call to 911 that has been widely analyzed by the true crime community. What e…
146. The Case of Alexis Murphy
August 3rd 2013. 17-year old Alexis Murphy is excited to get some items needed for her upcoming senior portraits. She stopped into the local gas station during her travels and had a brief encounter with a stranger who held the door for her.…
145. The Case of Lars Mittank
July 8th 2014. After a week-long holiday with friends in Bulgaria, 28-year-old Lars Mittank arrived at Varna Airport to head home. But what started as a routine trip quickly turned strange. Lars began exhibiting erratic behavior before sudd…
144. The Case of Kelsey Berreth
November 22 2018. A young Colorado mom goes missing on Thanksgiving after picking up some last minute items at the grocery store. It would take 10 days until she is reported missing. Suspicion quickly falls on her fiancé and his ex-girlfrie…
143. The Case of Michelle Nyce
January 16th 2004. 34-year-old Michelle Nyce was discovered deceased in her car which was still running. Investigators realized this wasn’t just a typical car accident. In the snow, a single set of footprints led away from the vehicle, hint…
142. The Case of Richard Beasley
November 6th 2011, Scott Davis found what seemed like the perfect opportunity on Craigslist: a job in Caldwell, Ohio offering $300 a week to live and work on a farm, complete with free housing and utilities. Eager to secure the position, Sc…
141. The Case of Bison Dele
May 2002. 30-year old Bison Dele walked away from the NBA and the 36 million dollars remaining on his contract to embrace a life of adventure. He set off to sail around the world on his boat, taking his girlfriend, his brother and an experi…
140. The Case of the Savopoulos Family
May 14th 2015. Firefighters respond to a large mansion on fire in Washington DC. Inside was a horrifying scene. Three family members and their housekeeper were found dead, victims of a brutal hostage situation. Investigators launched a desp…
139. The Case of Joshua Guimond
November 9th 2002. It was a chilly fall night when 20-year old Joshua Guimond walked out of a college party without a word. His friends thought he’d stepped out for a moment to use the restroom, but he never returned. More than two decades …
138. The Case of Louis Barbati
June 30th 2016. A beloved co-owner of a legendary New York pizza shop was fatally shot outside of his home. Was this a calculated mafia hit? Could the motive be tied to a feud over a stolen sauce recipe? Or was it something else entirely? …