MURDER WITHOUT MOTIVE: The Stepmother, The Rice, And The Corpse In The Lake

When a detective’s daughter vanished in 1930s Denver, it looked like a kidnapping — but what unfolded behind closed doors was a domestic nightmare involving poison, deception, and a stepmother with a deadly secret.

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READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9xsnde

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: They found the first body stuffed inside the church library’s closet. Then a second body turned up. It’s the creepy case of Theo Durrant – better known in San Francisco as the Demon of the Belfry. (Demon of the Belfry) *** In 1989 a man anonymously claimed he had worked at Area 51 where alien technology was being reverse-engineered for the Pentagon. It sounded like the crazed thoughts of a madman at the time. But now, thirty years later, it does not seem so absurd. (Bob Lazar, The Pentagon, And UFOs) *** One of our Weirdo family members tells the true story of a young child told not to be sad when her grandfather passes away… before anyone knew he had died. (The Old Woman In The Basement) *** Some very strange things have been taking place in Sedona Arizona – including ghosts, UFOs, and even people supposedly seeing living dinosaurs. (Strangeness at the Bradshaw Ranch) *** Is it possible that the reason Jack The Ripper was never caught, is because he was only visiting London at the time and then returned to his home in Missouri, USA? (Was Jack The Ripper From St. Louis?) *** 
It’s a story called “Murder Without Motive”. It’s a chapter from the upcoming audiobook I’m narrating called “Suffer The Children: American Horrors, Homicides, and Hauntings” by Troy Taylor.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…

00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding

00:03:25.609 = Show Open

00:05:39.964 = Murder Without Motive

00:41:07.245 = Was Jack The Ripper From St. Louis? ***

00:54:42.147 = Strangeness At Bradshaw Ranch ***

01:07:18.745 = The Old Woman In The Basement

01:12:45.448 = Bob Lazar, The Pentagon, and UFOs ***