📍 Richmond , Virginia.

🎧 Chapter 31: The Final Trace of Taylor Behl

Seventeen-year-old Taylor Behl had just begun her new life at Virginia Commonwealth University when she vanished from her dorm room — leaving behind a glowing computer screen, unanswered messages, and a digital trail no one knew how to read yet.

In 2005, social media was still new. MySpace pages, online journals, and late-night chats felt harmless… until Taylor disappeared, and investigators realized those same spaces might hold the only clues to where she went — and who she trusted.

What followed was a case shaped by technology, deception, and a photograph that would lead police somewhere no one expected.

This is The Final Trace of Taylor Behl — a story about innocence in the early internet age… and how a young woman’s life was taken long before she ever had the chance to live it.

Sources & Readings:

🔗 Wikipedia — Murder of Taylor Behl
A well-sourced case summary covering her disappearance, investigation, suspect, and outcome. Taylor Behl case overview (Wikipedia)

🔗 WTVR News — Taylor Behl: 20 years later
Local news overview on the anniversary of her disappearance and legacy. Taylor Behl: 20 years after the VCU disappearance (WTVR)

🔗 VCU News — Search becomes criminal investigation
Details on when and how law enforcement escalated the search. VCU police take lead in Taylor Behl investigation (VCU News)

Recent retrospective reportingInvestigation timeline

Ben Fawleys Roommate prospective:

https://www.styleweekly.com/my-roommate-ben-fawley/

📍 Hana, Maui, Hawaii ➝ Ta‘ū Island, American Samoa

🎧 Chapter 30: The Final Trace of The Sarah Joe

1979, five friends left Maui on a small fishing boat.
No radio. No life vests. No distress call.
When a sudden storm rolled in… they vanished without a trace.

A decade later, the boat washed ashore on a remote island—
half-buried in sand.
Nearby, a shallow grave.
Only one man had come back.

What happened in those ten missing years?
And who was there to bury him?

Some stories sink.
This one came back.

📘 News & Case Details

40 Years Later, Mystery Still Surrounds the Sarah Joe (Maui News) — Local reporting on the disappearance, the crew, the search efforts, and family perspectives. mauinews.com

The Crew of the Sarah Joe (Unsolved Mysteries Wiki) — Overview of the case, crew names, disappearance details, the later discovery, and the strange buried papers. Unsolved Mysteries

🧭 Case Summaries & Background

🌊 Historical Context

Overdue — Sarah Joe disappearance summary (Futility Closet) — Brief synopsis of the disappearance and the later finding on Taongi Atoll.

📍Athens, Georgia.

🎧 Chapter 29: The Final Trace of Debbie Collier

She vanished on an ordinary afternoon.
What followed was anything but.

A cryptic message.
A sudden transfer of money.
A remote wooded scene that raised more questions than answers.

Authorities would eventually release a final conclusion on what happened they day in the woods— but for many, the details refuse to settle.

📚 Key Sources & Readings

• Debbie Collier disappearance and death: What we know (Fox 5 Atlanta) — A comprehensive local news overview of the case and investigation. FOX 5 Atlanta

• ‘They are not going to let me go’: GA mom sent disturbing message, then was found dead (People) — Coverage of the cryptic Venmo/text messages and the subsequent disappearance. People.com

• Debbie Collier’s death: Georgia mom’s killing described as a ‘deliberate and personal act’ (FOX 5 Atlanta) — Early investigative framing from law enforcement. FOX 5 Atlanta

• Debbie Collier death: daughter says her mom took her own life (Atlanta News First) — Statements from family and timeline details. https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com

• Debbie Collier’s death ruled suicide (Now Habersham) — Autopsy results and official ruling statement. Now Habersham

• Debbie Collier’s son frustrated by lack of answers (People) — A family perspective on the investigation and communication with law enforcement.

📍 Staffordshire, England

📍 Banff, Alberta, Canada

🎧 Chapter 28: The Final Trace of Steven Johnson & Lucie Turmel

In 1990, on opposite sides of the world, two taxi drivers began ordinary night shifts — and never made it home.

Steven Johnson was murdered in rural England. His case remains unsolved.
Lucie Turmel was murdered in Banff, Alberta — and years later, science revealed her killer.

Though they never knew each other, their stories share chilling similarities: last fares, isolated roads, and clues left behind in the dark.

In this episode, we explore both cases side by side — one solved, one still waiting — and ask whether the same advances that brought justice for Lucie could one day bring answers for Steven.

🔎 EPISODE RESOURCES & FURTHER READINGSteven Johnson — Staffordshire, England (1990)

• BBC Crimewatch (case appeal & coverage)
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg3c
  (Search archives reference Steven Johnson case; Crimewatch featured the murder in 1991)

• Staffordshire Police – Cold Case Appeals
  https://www.staffordshire.police.uk
  (Search: “Steven Johnson taxi driver murder”)

• Unsolved UK Taxi Driver Murder Summary
  https://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=660
  (Independent UK cold case archive referencing Steven Johnson)

  Lucie Turmel — Banff, Alberta, Canada (1990)

  • Taxi-Library.org – Lucie Turmel Case File
    https://www.taxi-library.org/canada/turmel-l.htm
    (Detailed timeline, evidence, conviction, and parole history)

  • Global News – Ryan Jason Love parole coverage
    https://globalnews.ca
    (Search: “Ryan Jason Love Banff taxi driver murder parole”)

  • Secrets of Forensic Science (2001 dramatization)
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274295/
    (Episode dramatizing the forensic investigation; victim renamed in reenactment)

    Forensic & Legal Context

    • RCMP & DNA Evidence in Canadian Law
      https://www.justice.gc.ca
      (Criminal Code amendments influenced by forensic cases like Lucie Turmel’s)

    • DNA Collection & Cold Case Breakthroughs
      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547805/
      (Peer-reviewed overview of DNA’s role in cold case investigations)

📍 Troy, New York

🎧 Chapter 27: The Final Trace of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas

For two centuries, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas has shaped the way we imagine Christmas Eve.

But behind the stockings, sleigh bells, and familiar opening line lies a mystery frozen in time.

The world’s most famous Christmas poem was published anonymously… and the man who later claimed it may not have written it at all.

Tonight, we unravel a literary cold case buried beneath snow, legacy, and one vanished author.

Special thanks to our friend Beans from the Tall Boy Radio Podcast for lending his amazing voice to this story. 🖤

📍Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England

🎧 Chapter 26: The Final Trace of Paul Logan

On a cold December night, Paul Logan was lured to Blue House Farm — and murdered.
More than three decades later, his case remains unsolved.

Police investigated numerous suspects, arresting ten men at one point, yet no charges were ever filed. Some people spoke poorly of Paul, others defended him, and the truth became harder to separate from rumor. What’s clear is that this was not a random act — it was planned, targeted, and followed by years of unanswered questions.

In this episode, we step away from speculation and focus on what can be confirmed: the timeline, the investigation, and the chapter of Paul Logan’s life that ended at Blue House Farm.

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Unsolved Murders (Paul Logan case page)
Supports: timeline, location (Blue House Farm), unsolved status
👉 https://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=673&termRef=Paul+Logan

British Murders – Paul Logan
Supports: murder described as planned/targeted, large-scale investigation
👉 https://www.britishmurders.com/paullogan/

ITV News – Family still seeking justice
Supports: family statements, long-term impact, lack of resolution
👉 https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2018-12-23/ongoing-anguish-for-the-family-of-paul-logan-twenty-five-years-have-passed-and-we-still-have-no-answers-and-no-justice

Crime Immortal / Crime Immemorial – Paul Logan
Supports: lured to location, premeditation language
👉 https://crimeimmemorial.com/2024/08/28/paul-logan/

🔗 Primary Case Summaries & Reporting

🔗 Reddit (Community Discussion / Speculation — clearly label as such)

r/UnresolvedMysteries – Paul Logan thread
Supports:
• public perception that Paul was disliked by some
• discussion of suspects and alleged grudges
⚠️ Speculation, not official findings
👉 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a8zmun/two_days_before_christmas_paul_logan_was_lured_to/

YouTube – Paul Logan case summary
Supports: general overview and recap
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyJm7AlwEh8

🔗 Video Overview

📍 Fayetteville, West Virginia

🎧 Chapter 24: The Final Trace of The Sodder Children

The case began with a fire… but it never ended there.
Five siblings vanished from their beds on Christmas Eve, leaving behind a burned home, a dozen unanswered questions, and parents who refused to believe the official explanation. The trucks wouldn’t start. The phone line was cut. A ladder went missing. And the fire chief’s report only deepened suspicion.
In the years that followed, the Sodders uncovered a trail of eerie clues: rumors of a buried “heart,” bones that didn’t belong to their children, stories of a woman who may have seen them alive, and a photograph mailed from Kentucky that looked unmistakably like Louis.

This is the haunting legacy of a mystery that never cooled—one where every detail seems deliberate, every silence suspicious, and every Christmas afterward carried the weight of five empty chairs.

🔗 SOURCE MATERIAL — & READINGS

• Smithsonian Magazine — “The Children Who Went Up in Smoke”
  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

• West Virginia Historical Society Quarterly (1998) — Full Sodder Case Analysis (PDF)
  https://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhs/wvhs1504.pdf

• Wikipedia: Disappearance of the Sodder Children
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance

• The Doe Network — Missing Children Case File
  https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2106dfwv.html

• Legends of America — Sodder Children Fire
  https://www.legendsofamerica.com/missing-sodder-children/

• American Hauntings Ink — “The Sodder Children Mystery”
  https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/sodder

• Lost n’ Found Blogs — “The Sodder Children: Nightmare Noel”
  https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/the-sodder-children-nightmare-noel

• Famous Trials (UMKC Law) — Sodder Children Overview
  https://famous-trials.com/sodderchildren/337-sodderhome

• West Virginia Archives & History — Fayette County / Historic Fire Materials
  https://wvculture.org/west-virginia-history/

• Hushed Up History — Sodder Children
  https://husheduphistory.com/post/176093625553/up-in-smoke-the-tragedy-of-the-sodder-children

• Investigation Discovery (ID) — Case Mention in Specials
  (No single episode link; ID references the Sodder case across multiple “Unsolved” compilations.)
  https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/