Missing Pieces

Norse Studio

This channel explores real-life crimes, unsolved cases, and the dark psychology behind them. Each episode dives deep into evidence, motives, and the stories that still haunt investigators and families. We focus on facts, timelines, and credible sources — without sensationalism. From cold cases to shocking verdicts, these are the stories that refuse to stay buried. Listen closely — every crime leaves a trace.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

  1. 20 HR AGO

    The Pastor and Teresa: A Crime at the Heart of the Community

    The story revolves around a tragic love triangle set in Independence, Missouri, involving two deeply religious families who appeared to live perfect lives.Randy, an ex-marine born in 1968, was a sensitive man who wrote love letters and poems. He married his childhood friend, Teresa, who was three years younger. Together, they ran a successful insurance business, had two children, and were heavily involved in their local church. Randy drove the Sunday school bus and assisted with church finances, while Teresa baked goods and helped the community.At the center of their church community was Pastor David, a charismatic leader born in 1960 who was married to a woman named Kimberly. David and Kimberly relocated to Independence in 1999 following an incident in Virginia involving missing funds. The two families became close friends, often spending time together due to their shared faith.Despite outward appearances, a secret romance blossomed between Teresa and Pastor David. Rumors began to circulate, and Randy suspected his wife of infidelity, leading them to ironically seek marriage counseling from David himself. Unbeknownst to Teresa, Randy eventually removed her from his $800,000 life insurance policy. Kimberly also grew suspicious after intercepting a romantic text message on David's phone in late 2010. Her suspicions peaked when she discovered David had purchased two rings: a cheap one for her and a much more expensive one that Teresa was later seen wearing. In reality, emails from 2009 revealed that David and Teresa were secretly planning to marry.On March 31, 2010, Teresa left the couple's insurance office to run errands. Later, she returned to find the office blinds drawn and discovered Randy lying dead on the floor, fatally shot in the head. The weapon matched a model missing from their home. Investigators quickly ruled out a robbery, as the office was undisturbed and Randy's wallet was left untouched.Police found a torn birthday card in the trash with a message indicating the sender had been with Teresa for nine years. When questioned, Teresa claimed to have a "secret admirer" but accidentally incriminated herself by muttering about her mistake while alone in a monitored interrogation room. Investigators soon discovered a text message sent by David to Teresa on the day of the murder, instructing her not to return to the office.In November 2012, Pastor David pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to life in prison. Shortly after, Teresa confessed to her involvement in the plot to eliminate her husband and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Kimberly eventually divorced, remarried, and successfully rebuilt her life. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

    46 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    A Dark Family Secret: The Schenecker Story

    Julie Powers was born on January 13, 1961, in Iowa, and grew up in a prosperous and seemingly perfect family. She was highly athletic, participating in track and basketball, and later attended college with the initial goal of becoming a physical education teacher. Changing her career path, she joined the Defense Language Institute to learn Russian and was assigned to the 18th Military Intelligence Battalion in Munich, Germany, in 1987. There, she met Parker Schenecker, an intelligence officer, and the two married in New Orleans in 1992.The couple had two children: a daughter, Calyx, born in 1994, and a son, Beau, born in 1997. Parker's military career required the family to move frequently to locations including Arizona, Hawaii, Maryland, Germany, and finally Tampa, Florida, in 2008. These continuous relocations, combined with periods of isolation when Parker deployed, took a severe toll on Julie's mental health. She experienced significant mood swings and depression, leading to a psychiatric hospitalization in 2001, where she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and unspecified personality problems.By the time the family settled in Tampa, Julie had developed an intense obsession with "New Age" spirituality, believing she was a divine being and increasingly neglecting her household and family responsibilities. Her relationship with her children became deeply strained and hostile. On one occasion, she slapped her daughter Calyx twelve times in the face over a minor dispute, leading Calyx to report the incident to social services, though no criminal charges were ultimately filed. Julie also struggled with substance abuse, causing a car crash in November 2010 while under the influence of alcohol and medication. She briefly attended a rehabilitation center, but her condition did not improve upon returning home.In January 2011, Parker was deployed to Afghanistan. During his absence, Julie began sending bizarre, illogical emails to her family, frequently complaining that her children were disrespectful. The situation escalated tragically on January 28, 2011. While driving Beau to sports practice, an argument broke out between them. Julie pulled the car over, drew a recently purchased gun, and fatally shot her son twice. She then returned home and shot Calyx, who was doing her homework at her desk, before moving her daughter's body to a bed and physically manipulating her face to form a smile.Julie’s mother, highly alarmed by her daughter's disturbing emails, contacted the police, who quickly discovered the crime scene. Julie immediately confessed to the officers, stating she killed her children because they "talked back" and lacked respect. Investigators found substantial evidence of premeditation, including a journal outlining her plan to "teach her children a lesson," a deceptive note left on the front door claiming the family was away in New York, and the prior purchase of the firearm under the false guise of needing it for protection against burglaries.In May 2014, Julie was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Parker subsequently divorced her. In a 2015 interview from prison, she expressed no remorse for the murders, claiming she had actually "saved" her children and referencing her belief that Calyx also suffered from bipolar disorder. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

    42 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    A Love Gone Wrong: The Case of Paul and Linda Curry

    Linda, born in 1944, was an ambitious, highly educated, and generous woman who held a lucrative managerial position at a power plant. After two failed marriages and a long-term relationship that ended amicably in 1989, the 45-year-old Linda purchased a beautiful, two-story house in San Clemente, California, where she frequently hosted her friends.In 1989, a 32-year-old new employee named Paul Curry started working at her company. Paul constantly boasted about his high IQ and claimed to be a member of Mensa, leading many of Linda's friends to view him as arrogant. Despite her friends' strong reservations and the significant age gap, Linda was drawn to his confidence and they quickly began a relationship. They moved into her house and married in Las Vegas on September 12, 1992.Almost immediately, the marriage exhibited warning signs. Despite a combined annual income of over $140,000, the couple faced severe financial difficulties. It was soon revealed that Paul had hidden a massive secret from Linda: he had been married twice before, and a large portion of his income was going toward alimony and support for his three children. Furthermore, Paul continuously pressured Linda to purchase a new $1 million life insurance policy, even though she already had multiple policies totaling roughly $400,000 that named him as the beneficiary.In July 1993, Linda's health suddenly deteriorated. She suffered from mysterious stomach issues, weakness, and rapid weight loss, leading to her hospitalization. During her stay, Linda noticed her IV bag looked cloudy; subsequent testing revealed it had been tampered with and contained lidocaine. Although Paul was the only visitor left alone with her, Linda vehemently defended him to the police, refusing to believe he would harm her. Linda recovered and returned home, but fell seriously ill again in December 1993. Another suspicious hospital incident occurred, prompting medical staff to explicitly ban third parties from being alone in her room. While Linda was recovering, her best friend Mary went to the couple's house to retrieve some belongings and found new life insurance policies naming Paul as the beneficiary conspicuously spread across the living room table. Despite these glaring red flags, Linda refused to leave her husband.On June 9, 1994, Paul sent Mary a strange email stating that Linda's health was rapidly failing. Around midnight, Paul called 911, and emergency responders found Linda deceased. Toxicology reports revealed that she had been incapacitated with sleeping pills and given a fatal, massive dose of nicotine, a substance she strongly avoided in her daily life. Due to a lack of immediate, concrete physical evidence, Paul was not initially charged.Following Linda's death, Paul cashed out over $400,000 in life insurance, began collecting her monthly pension, and inherited the house, which he quickly sold. Around the same time, his employer discovered that Paul had falsified his college degree and was not an actual engineer, forcing him to resign. Paul moved away, remarried, and eventually settled in Kansas as a building inspector.The case remained cold until 2002, when an investigator reopened it. Using deductive logic, investigators realized that because Linda was deeply incapacitated by modern sleeping pills, she could not have administered the fatal dose of nicotine to herself. During questioning, Paul confirmed that he was the only other person in the house for the six hours leading up to his 911 call. This logic provided the breakthrough needed for an arrest. In November 2014, twenty years after Linda's death, Paul Curry was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

    44 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    Slovenian Insurance Fraud: The Severed Hand Scandal

    This case revolves around a bizarre and extreme insurance fraud scheme in Slovenia orchestrated by Sebastian Abramov (who was born Sebastian Colarič in 1990) and his girlfriend Julija.Before meeting Julija, Sebastian was engaged to a young woman named Sara. In 2014, Sebastian allegedly needed $17,000 for a business venture involving importing and flipping cars, and he borrowed this money from Sara's mother, Nada. He only ever repaid $1,000 of the debt. Sara eventually discovered that Sebastian was involved in shady financial practices and threatened to expose him or end the relationship if he did not stop. On March 15, 2015, Sara tragically died from a gunshot wound. Sebastian claimed it was a complete accident that occurred while he was cleaning his legally owned firearms. While authorities initially ruled the death accidental, Sara's parents firmly believed it was intentional and continued extensive legal battles to prove his guilt and recover their stolen money. Following this incident, Sebastian changed his last name to Abramov to distance himself from the tragedy.In 2016 or 2017, Sebastian began dating Julija, an 18- or 19-year-old from Ljubljana who had estranged herself from her family. Julija was highly invested in her appearance, loved fashion, and had no desire to work for a living. When their finances began to run dry, the couple devised a drastic plan to secure lifelong wealth without having to get jobs. Starting in mid-2018, they began purchasing multiple accident and disability insurance policies under Julija's name. By January 2019, they had acquired five different policies that offered a combined payout of 1.3 million dollars, as well as a monthly disability pension of $3,000 for the rest of her life.In January 2019, Julija and Sebastian's father arrived at a hospital in a panic with a shocking injury: Julija's left hand had been completely severed. They claimed she had accidentally cut it off with pruning shears while trimming branches in the garden. However, they suspiciously left the severed hand behind at the house, forcing Sebastian to retrieve it later. Doctors miraculously managed to reattach the hand. Allegedly, Julija then placed her reattached hand in a refrigerator or freezer to intentionally cause permanent tissue damage, ensuring the hand would remain non-functional so they could claim the massive insurance payout.Authorities and medical staff immediately suspected foul play. The story of an accident with pruning shears did not align with the clean nature of the injury, and medical experts concluded it was likely caused by a circular saw and could not have happened accidentally without her noticing. Investigators also uncovered the recently purchased insurance policies, an unusually comprehensive and professional first-aid kit in their home, and internet search history showing that Sebastian had been looking up prosthetic hands just days prior to the incident.The couple was arrested and kept separated, though they managed to get officially engaged while awaiting trial when Julija smuggled a white gold ring to Sebastian. During the trial in July 2019, the court concluded that the incident was entirely planned, with Sebastian and his family masterminding the plot. Sebastian was sentenced to two years in prison, Julija received a three-year sentence, and Sebastian's father received a one-year suspended sentence. They never received any of the insurance payouts, and Julija's hand remains permanently paralyzed. Despite the grim outcome, Julija was reportedly pleased with the international fame and media attention the scandal brought her. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

    37 min

  5. 4 DAYS AGO

    Drew Peterson: The Twisted Crimes of a Fatal Husband

    Drew Peterson, born in 1954, was a police officer from Bolingbrook, Illinois, whose life became defined by a series of deeply troubling marriages characterized by extreme control, infidelity, and ultimately, murder. Raised by a pampering mother and a strict father, he was a popular high school track athlete who eventually pursued a career in law enforcement. Despite his arrogance and being fired for misconduct and corruption in 1985, he inexplicably managed to get his police job back in 1986.Peterson's romantic relationships followed a dark, repetitive pattern. He married his high school sweetheart, Carol Brown, in 1974. While the relationship initially seemed happy, Drew's constant need to know her whereabouts and his frequent affairs led to their divorce in 1980. He then married Vicki in 1982. As his police career and ego grew, so did his disturbing behaviors, which included planting listening devices in their home to monitor her conversations. Vicki divorced him in 1992 after catching him with another woman and enduring threats from Drew that he could dispose of her and get away with it.The woman he was caught with was Kathleen (Caitlyn) Savio, whom he married in May 1992. Like his previous relationships, this marriage deteriorated due to Drew's infidelity and surveillance. In 2001, Kathleen learned Drew was secretly seeing a 17-year-old girl named Stacy. Their divorce was finalized in October 2003, but a bitter financial settlement regarding their shared assets remained unresolved. On March 1, 2004, just weeks before their scheduled financial hearing, Kathleen was found dead in a dry bathtub with a head injury. Though initially dismissed by police and the coroner's jury as a tragic slipping accident, it was later revealed that Peterson had previously offered a man named Jeff Pasternak $25,000 to murder her to secure an alibi, an offer Drew later rescinded.Peterson's fourth wife was Stacy, the teenager he had been seeing, who was 30 years his junior. By 2007, Stacy was deeply unhappy, feeling stifled by his control over her life and studies, and began expressing a desire to leave the marriage. Crucially, she confided in her pastor that Drew had admitted to killing Kathleen to avoid the financial payout, and she feared for her own life. On October 28, 2007, Stacy vanished. Peterson claimed she ran off with another man, but her family and the police strongly suspected foul play, noting she would never abandon her children. Suspicion grew when Drew's half-brother, Thomas Murphy, confessed to helping Drew move a heavy blue barrel around the time of her disappearance, an object neighbors also witnessed. Furthermore, a fifth woman Peterson was engaged to in 2008, Christina Raines, broke off their relationship and told authorities that Drew had confessed to murdering both of his previous wives.Aware of the tightening investigation, Peterson retired early in 2007 to secure his $6,000 monthly police pension before facing any criminal charges that would revoke it. He was finally arrested in May 2009 with bail set at $20 million. On September 6, 2012, he was found guilty of Kathleen's murder and sentenced to 38 years in prison. In 2016, his time behind bars was extended by an additional 40 years after he was caught on wiretaps attempting to orchestrate a hit on James Glasgow, the prosecutor responsible for his conviction. To this day, Stacy's disappearance remains unsolved, and her body has never been found. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

    33 min

  6. 5 DAYS AGO

    Behind Closed Doors: The Story of the Turpin Family

    David and Louise Turpin subjected their 13 children to decades of extreme abuse, starvation, and isolation while projecting the image of a perfect family to the outside world.The children were forced into a bizarre and punishing daily routine. They slept for up to 20 hours during the day and were only allowed to be awake for about four hours in the middle of the night to avoid the attention of their neighbors. During these brief waking hours, the parents restricted them to a single daily meal, typically a simple peanut butter sandwich, bologna, or a frozen meal. Hygiene was severely neglected, with the children permitted to bathe only once a year and forced to wear the same dirty clothes for months. Even washing their hands above the wrists was forbidden, bizarrely justified by the parents as a religious rule against "playing with water".Psychological torment was a regular occurrence in the household. David and Louise would often purchase appealing items like pumpkin pies or line up 10 brand-new bicycles in the yard, deliberately placing them within sight but strictly forbidding the children from touching or eating them. The parents claimed this cruel teasing was a method to train the children's "willpower". If any of the starving children were caught trying to sneak food from the kitchen, the punishments were horrific; the parents used metal cages, padlocks, and ropes to chain the offending children to their beds, sometimes keeping them restrained for days or months at a time.Despite living in the house, the children were profoundly isolated from the world. David registered their home as a private school to evade state safety inspections, but the actual education was virtually nonexistent, rarely progressing past basic line-drawing or a few letters of the alphabet. Meanwhile, the parents actively maintained a false public facade. They frequently took to social media to post staged, smiling photos of the family, dressing the children in identical outfits and matching bowl-cut hairstyles to create an illusion of a happy, well-adjusted household.Tragically, multiple red flags were ignored by neighbors, relatives, and professionals over the years. Neighbors noticed the children aimlessly marching up and down stairs for hours at night but assumed they were simply ill or participating in a sect. At one point, when the 20-year-old daughter Jennifer attempted to escape and begged a neighbor to help her find a job and a car, her profound ignorance of the outside world led the neighbor to simply call Louise to pick her up. Even when the children were taken to a medical clinic in 2013, doctors somehow missed the blatant signs of severe malnutrition and muscle atrophy.The nightmare finally ended in January 2018. Seventeen-year-old Jordan escaped the house through a window and successfully dialed 911. When police arrived, they discovered the horrific reality of the filthy home and the starving, sometimes chained children. David and Louise Turpin were arrested and subsequently sentenced to life in prison, while the 13 children were finally placed in medical care to experience basic human compassion, proper food, and a chance to rebuild their lives for the very first time. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

    1hr 1min

  7. 6 DAYS AGO

    Baltimore’s Tragedy: Yeardley and George

    Yeardley Love was born on July 17, 1987, in Baltimore, Maryland, into a wealthy and respected family. She was an intelligent, caring girl who actively engaged in charity work and excelled in both academics and sports. After her father, who taught her to play lacrosse at the age of five, passed away from cancer, she remained deeply determined to honor his legacy by attending the University of Virginia. She achieved this dream, moving to Charlottesville to study political science and play for the university's women's lacrosse team.During her freshman year, she met George V, a fellow student and player on the men's lacrosse team. Born in Washington D.C. on April 4, 1987, George came from a highly affluent family with a successful construction business. Despite his privileged upbringing, George's childhood was marked by his parents' unhappy marriage, his father's excessive drinking, and their eventual divorce. George himself developed a severe drinking problem and a sense of entitlement, leading to multiple arrests for underage drinking, public intoxication, and fleeing from law enforcement, though his family's wealth often shielded him from severe consequences.Their relationship quickly became a highly toxic cycle characterized by ambiguity, heavy drinking, and mutual attempts to spark jealousy. Although they never explicitly defined themselves as a couple, they constantly fought and controlled each other. George exhibited increasingly aggressive and alarming behavior. He once sneaked into a male student's room and assaulted him simply because the student had walked Yeardley home. In another instance, after Yeardley caught him in her apartment with another woman and an argument ensued, George sent her a threatening email stating he should have ended her life. In February 2010, George assaulted Yeardley at a party by choking her, which was only stopped when another student intervened. Despite these massive red flags, Yeardley downplayed the danger, declined to seek a restraining order, and focused on her upcoming graduation and a new job in New York.On May 2, 2010, after a day of heavy drinking, George entered Yeardley's apartment around midnight to confront her. The confrontation turned physical, and George repeatedly battered her head against the wall. He then stole her laptop in an attempt to delete their compromising emails and fled, leaving her behind. Around 2:00 AM, Yeardley's roommate returned home and found her lifeless on the floor with severe head injuries that did not match a simple fall.George was arrested the same day; while he admitted to the physical altercation and stealing the laptop, he showed genuine shock when told that his actions had killed her. In 2012, George was found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in prison. In the wake of this tragedy, Yeardley's mother and sister established the One Love Foundation to educate young people about the warning signs of abusive and toxic relationships. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

    22 min

  8. 28 APR

    Inside the Haysom Family’s Dark Secrets

    Nancy and Derek Haysom were a wealthy couple who placed immense pressure and high expectations on their daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in 1964. After being sent to a strict boarding school in England, Elizabeth struggled academically and had difficulty adapting, causing her relationship with her parents to deteriorate significantly. Following her expulsion from the school, she spent several months traveling across Europe, engaging in drugs and illicit work. She eventually returned to her parents' strict control and enrolled at the University of Virginia.At the university, Elizabeth met Jens Söring, a highly intelligent but socially awkward student and the son of a German diplomat. The two fell in love and began a romantic relationship. Elizabeth frequently complained to Jens about her parents, portraying them as highly controlling and even claiming that her mother had taken inappropriate nude photographs of her. Derek and Nancy openly disliked Jens, viewing him as arrogant, and urged their daughter to end the relationship, which deeply angered Jens.On the weekend of March 29, 1985, Elizabeth and Jens rented a car and booked a hotel room in Washington, D.C., establishing an alibi. Days later, on April 3, Elizabeth's parents were found brutally murdered in their home with no signs of forced entry or robbery. While the couple's alibi initially seemed solid, investigators noted that their rental car had 600 unaccounted-for kilometers on the odometer. When authorities requested Jens's fingerprints months later in October, he panicked, and the couple immediately fled the country.They traveled internationally living under fake identities and committed financial fraud until they were arrested for check fraud in London on April 30, 1986. In their apartment, investigators discovered their real identification documents and diaries containing references to their escape plan and an unspecified crime.Jens initially confessed to the murders, stating he had driven back from Washington, D.C. to confront the Haysoms about his relationship with Elizabeth, and violently attacked them after a hostile argument. Elizabeth admitted to knowing about the plan and encouraging him. However, during their subsequent trials in the United States, they turned against each other. Evidence presented in court, including personal letters, demonstrated that Elizabeth had heavily manipulated Jens to kill her parents due to her deep resentment and a desire to secure her inheritance.In 1987, Elizabeth was sentenced to 90 years in prison, and in 1990, Jens received a life sentence. Jens later published an autobiography retracting his confession, claiming he had only taken the blame to protect Elizabeth and that she was the actual perpetrator. After serving decades in prison, both were granted parole in 2019 and were extradited to their respective countries as free individuals: Jens to Germany and Elizabeth to Canada. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

    35 min
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This channel explores real-life crimes, unsolved cases, and the dark psychology behind them. Each episode dives deep into evidence, motives, and the stories that still haunt investigators and families. We focus on facts, timelines, and credible sources — without sensationalism. From cold cases to shocking verdicts, these are the stories that refuse to stay buried. Listen closely — every crime leaves a trace.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/missing-pieces--6886558/support.

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  • Creator
    Norse Studio
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    138
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright Norse Studio
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