Ominous Ones Tara & not Tara

On August 18th, 2010 Ben McDaniel went cave diving at Vortex Spring in Florida. 30 year old Ben passed two employees on his way in the cave, one of which opened a gate in the cave for him. After that we can only speculate what happened to Ben. With employees with questionable backgrounds and Ben's rough past there are a few theories. 



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Sources:
https://www.easternctparanormal.com/post/the-disappearance-of-ben-mcdaniel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD3p0ToPCrI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Ben_McDaniel
https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/ben-mcdaniels-missing-at-vortex-springs-8-20-2010.348997/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/9b04lv/ben_mcdaniel_a_scuba_diver_who_vanished_from_and/

This is a bigger episode and one we were excited to do. In 2003 Brian Wells walked into a PNC bank with a bomb. This story has several time lines and several murders along with all the other ominous situations and quite a few characters. Thanks for listening, follow us on social media for updates on the show. 





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Sources:
Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist
https://pizzabomber.com/timeline-of-pizza-bomber-events/
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/robberies/brian-douglas-wells/
https://pizzabomber.com/pizza-bomber-excerpts/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/collar-bomb-probe-gets-weirder/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brian_Wells
https://www.wired.com/story/collar-bomb/
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a858320/evil-genius-ending-jessica-hoopsick-confession-jerry-clark-bill-rothstein/
https://people.com/crime/evil-genius-read-handwritten-instructions-pizza-bomber-brian-wells/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3087366

For our 50th episode we decided to bring you an unsolved ominous murder. 

On the night of December 4th in 2003 Jonathan Luna was about to leave his office. He left a voicemail to someone relating to work and left. Instead of going home he went on a strange drive and left little clues. The next day an ominous scene was found in what appeared to be a random location. 

We are so excited to bring you our 50th episode, we want to thank all of our listeners who have stuck around. We have a bunch of fun new things planned for the show and are excited to bring it to you. Thanks and here's to many more!

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/a-decade-later-prosecutor-lunas-death-still-a-mystery/2013/12/10/211e2ab8-f563-11e2-aa2e-4088616498b4_story.html


https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog885/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog885/files/file/Luna Case Study/CS10.pdf


https://thedailyrecord.com/2014/08/02/jonathan-luna-and-the-foia-request/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Luna


https://www.fox43.com/article/news/jonathan-luna-murder-mystery-2003/521-2229b272-9355-43a8-8163-506440862577


https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-jonathan-luna-coroner-records-20200211-gygcnqtblrcmto2g2rrcwskbmu-story.html


https://blackthen.com/black-mysteries-unsolved-death-jonathan-luna/

https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Luna-Timeline/LunaCase4Class




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On March 25th, 2018 the Hart family was last seen on the California coast shopping for groceries. The next day a tourist would come across a terrible crash that would reveal the families dark secrets. Thanks for listening. 



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Sources:
https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2018/04/lesbian-couple-driving-90-mph-off-cliff-six-kids-died/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_family_murders
https://people.com/crime/hart-family-murders-anniversary/
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/hart-family-jennifer-hart-sarah-hart-devonte-hart-suv-crash

The murder of Sherri Rasmussen went unsolved for about 23 years. With new DNA testing available and new detectives to put clues together a suspect was found that surprised everyone. Thanks for listening. 



Sources:

This case has been on snapped and deadly women to name a few, they made the show Lazarus files and articles have been written about it along with the Lazarus files book, which I listened to a summery of and the interview of the author.


https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/lapd-lazurus-murder-mystery-killer
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-16/stephanie-lazarus-as-a-cop-killed-ex-boyfriends-wife-now-recommended-for-parole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ljpPTNvCM
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stephanie-lazarus-sherri-rasmussen-lapd-detective-murder-parole-rcna129130
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLSNPkf8RCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8oD0tJkIW8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sherri_Rasmussen

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In December of 1971 a neighbor asked the cops for a welfare check on the List family next door. Once there they had no idea what they would find or what had happened in the house about a month before. While cops had a suspect they couldn't find him to question him until 1989. 


Sources:
https://www.mycentraljersey.com/picture-gallery/news/history/2023/04/11/list-verdict-and-murders/11636988002/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List_(murderer)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-list




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