The Final Trace

OdieStew Productions
  • 5.0 (38)
  • True Crime
  • Updated Weekly

The Final Trace is a true crime podcast digging into chilling disappearances, cold cases, and mysteries that still leave us searching for answers. Hosted by Hopper Dailey & Mckenzie, each chapter steps into final moments, overlooked clues, and theories that linger. Every story is a chapter - not the whole book. Just one page of someones story... the page where everything changed. From strange sightings to unsettling truths, we follow the clues wherever they lead. New Chapters every True Crime Tuesday.

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  1. 15h ago ·  Bonus • Subscribers Only

    Off The Record 016: The Silent Twins

    📍 Haverfordwest, Wales 🟠 OFF THE RECORD 016 • EXCLUSIVE For most of their lives, June and Jennifer Gibbons existed in a world that seemed to belong only to them. They barely spoke to anyone else. They moved in eerie synchronization. They shared a private way of communicating no one seemed able to understand. But beneath their silence was something darker — a bond filled with love, resentment, obsession… and eventually, a belief that only one of them could ever truly be free. Then, shortly before everything changed, Jennifer quietly told a journalist: “I’m going to die. We’ve decided.” Ten days later, she was dead. This week on Off the Record, we’re stepping just outside true crime and into one of the strangest stories we’ve ever told. The Silent Twins. 🎧 Quick audio note: McKenzie’s audio is a little off in this one — we didn’t catch it until after recording. Eek. 😬 She’s still totally understandable, but forgive us for the occasional wonkiness!

    Off The Record 016: The Silent Twins

  2. 2d ago

    Murdered: Bryan Haltom

    📍 Spencer, Indiana | July 17, 1996 🎙️ Chapter 60 | The Final Trace of Bryan Haltom Just after midnight, 18-year-old Bryan Haltom was driving his red Trans Am through the quiet streets of Spencer, Indiana, when an encounter with another car followed him onto U.S. 231. Minutes later, Bryan was dead. The other driver vanished into the night. What initially appeared to be a senseless act of road rage would soon raise questions that have lingered for three decades. A disputed timeline, strange rumors, and the possibility that Bryan's encounter with a stranger wasn't random at all. Thirty years later, no one has been arrested. And someone may still know.. Who killed Bryan Haltom? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Murdered: Bryan Haltom

  3. Aug 18 ·  Bonus

    Mysterious Death: Erin Valenti

    📍 San Jose, California | October 2019🎙️ Chapter 14 Revisited | Mysterious Death: Erin Valenti We’ve told Erin Valenti’s story before. But we’ve never told it like this. After first covering Erin’s strange and unsettling final days, we went back—reexamining the timeline, digging deeper into the medical findings, and exploring new information and theories we never touched the first time around. Erin’s death was officially ruled natural. But the mystery of what she was experiencing in those final hours has never really gone away. “It’s all a game.”“It’s a thought experiment.”“We’re in the Matrix.” Was Erin experiencing a sudden medical crisis? What was happening inside her mind—and could her haunting final words tell us more than we realized the first time? This is Erin Valenti... revisited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Mysterious Death: Erin Valenti

  4. Aug 17 ·  Bonus

    Introducing: Our True Crime Podcast

    Today, we're doing something a little different! Introducing you to one of our favorite podcast! We're handing The Final Trace feed over to our friends Cam and Jen from Our True Crime Podcast for a special feed swap! In this episode, they take us back to March 26, 1990, and the murder of Elizabeth Mackintosh: a case we had never heard before, and one we think you're going to want to hear. If you're new to Our True Crime Podcast, consider this your introduction. Cam and Jen have been telling true crime stories together for years, and there's a reason their listeners keep coming back. We love their storytelling, their chemistry, and most importantly, the people behind the microphones. So settle in, meet our friends, and join Our True Crime Podcast for the story of Elizabeth Mackintosh. And when you're finished, go give Cam and Jen a follow. because we're pretty sure this won't be the last episode of theirs you 'll want to listen to. Visit: Our True Crime Spotify for more! We'll be back next week with a brand-new chapter of The Final Trace. Until then… tell your dog I said hi. 🐾 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Introducing: Our True Crime Podcast

  5. Aug 11

    Mysterious Disappearance: Frederick Valentich

    📍 Bass Strait, Australia | October 21, 1978 🎙️ Chapter 59 | The Final Trace of Frederick Valentich 🔎 Mysterious Disappearance Twenty-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich took off from Melbourne for what should have been a routine flight to King Island. Less than an hour later, he contacted Melbourne Flight Service with a strange question: Was there any known traffic below 5,000 feet? There wasn’t. But Frederick could see something in the sky with him. For the next several minutes, an air traffic controller listened as the pilot described what was happening outside his cockpit. Then the transmission ended. No confirmed wreckage was recovered. No body was found. And nearly fifty years later, theories range from a tragic aviation accident to a carefully planned disappearance—and something far more difficult to explain. This week on The Final Trace, we follow Frederick’s final flight, hear the haunting words he transmitted that night, and examine the evidence behind one of aviation’s most enduring mysteries. What happened to Frederick Valentich? 🎙️ VOICE CAST: Frederick Valentich — Dean Boese, Family Plot PodcastVoice portrayal for Frederick’s final radio transmissions.Listen to Family Plot on Apple Podcasts Melbourne Flight Service / Steve Robey — Trose (Mckenzie's oldest son!)Voice portrayal for the air traffic controller during Frederick’s final radio exchange. A huge thank you to Dean and Trose for lending their voices and helping us recreate Frederick Valentich’s final communications. Production Note: The radio communications featured in this episode are dramatic recreations based on the documented transcript of Frederick Valentich’s final exchange with Melbourne Flight Service. They are not the original recording. 📻 Final Radio Transmission Transcript of Frederick Valentich’s Final Communications with Melbourne Air Traffic Control — UFO Research Australia (PDF) 📚 SOURCES & FURTHER READING ABC History Listen – Last Light: The Valentich Mystery ABC History Listen – Last Light: The Valentich Disappearance (2023 edition) Flight Safety Australia – Leaving This World ABC News Australia – Frederick Valentich Disappearance ABC Radio National – Aviation Mystery Department of Transport Case Files / ATC Recording Archive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Mysterious Disappearance: Frederick Valentich

  6. Aug 6 ·  Bonus • Subscribers Only

    Off the Record 015: Murdered Mary Towey

    📍 Location: Oakville, Missouri 🟠 OFF THE RECORD 015 • EXCLUSIVE What began as a small Friday the 13th party among friends ended in betrayal, a cross-country cover-up, and a crime that still leaves more questions than answers.

    Off the Record 015: Murdered Mary Towey

  7. Aug 4

    Mysterious Death: Michael Dean Riley

    📍 Indianapolis, IN | Year: 1976 🎧 Chapter 58 — The Final Trace of Michael Dean Riley A walk home. A missing college student. A discovery that raised more questions than answers. This week on The Final Trace, we revisit the 1976 case of Ball State student Michael Dean Riley. Fifty years later, investigators know how Michael died—but what happened during a Fourth of July party remains one of Indiana's most haunting unsolved mysteries. Join us as we follow Michael's final known journey... and examine the theories that still leave one question unanswered: What really happened to Michael Dean Riley? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Mysterious Death: Michael Dean Riley

  8. Jul 28

    Missing: Molly Dattilo

    📍Indianapolis, IN | Year: 2004 🎧 Chapter 57 - The Final Trace of Molly Dattilo On the night of July 6, 2004, 23-year-old Molly Dattilo spent the evening with new acquaintances, made a phone call from a pay phone outside a Thornton's gas station in Indianapolis... and vanished. The call disconnected before a single word was spoken. More than twenty years later, investigators believe Molly was the victim of homicide, yet no one has ever been criminally charged in her disappearance. In this chapter, we follow Molly's final known movements, examine the questions surrounding the last person to see her alive, and explore how her family turned unimaginable heartbreak into lasting change through Molly's Law. What happened after that final phone call? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Missing: Molly Dattilo
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The Final Trace is a true crime podcast digging into chilling disappearances, cold cases, and mysteries that still leave us searching for answers. Hosted by Hopper Dailey & Mckenzie, each chapter steps into final moments, overlooked clues, and theories that linger. Every story is a chapter - not the whole book. Just one page of someones story... the page where everything changed. From strange sightings to unsettling truths, we follow the clues wherever they lead. New Chapters every True Crime Tuesday.

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  • Creator
    OdieStew Productions
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    83
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © OdieStew Productions
  • Show Website
    The Final Trace
  • Provider
    Ty Hopper

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