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Today we're going to be talking about the murder of Shirley Ann Duguay, who went missing in 1994 and was later found dead in a shallow grave.
Shirley Ann Duguay was from Canada and a 32-year-old mother of five. Most reports don’t go into any sort of detail about who she was as a person or really anything about her personal life, mostly due to the nature of her death and the fact that her case marked a “first” in a legal trial.

Sources:

1) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183574170/shirley_ann-duguay
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shirley_Duguay
3) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/doug-beamish-released-2025-halfway-house-1.7591226
4) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-doug-beamish-parole-1.7344995

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On the morning of November 15, 2004, Peter Porco woke up as usual and carried out his typical morning routine: he packed a lunch, he filled the dishwasher, and he wrote and signed a check to his son Christopher. He even locked himself out of the house, found his spare key, and let himself back in.
And then, Peter Porco fell over and died. It would seem so random – he had a completely normal morning, after all – except for the fact that Peter had been struck in the head 16 times with an axe prior to getting out of bed and somehow carried on with his day despite the horrific blood trail he left throughout his home.

Sources: 1)https://web.archive.org/web/20090606011130/http://www.timesunion.com/specialreports/porco/
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pc8B9PQ0To
3) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/an-unfamiliar-face-in-a-distant-courtroom-578517.php
4) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/porco-trial-prosecutors-point-to-unusual-alarm-580228.php
5) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/porcos-son-indicted-578542.php
6) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/peter-porco-s-death-detailed-580264.php
7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Peter_Porco
8) https://spotlightnews.com/news/2006/07/20/jurors-see-video-of-yellow-jeep-leaving-campus/
9) https://spotlightnews.com/news/2006/08/03/former-neighbor-who-saw-jeep-testifies/
10) https://allthatsinteresting.com/christopher-porco
11) https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/E-mails-reveal-Porco-family-rift-578537.php

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On September 7, 1978, Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian defector living in London, was on his way to work. He left his car and crossed the Waterloo Bridge, which was part of his everyday routine. While waiting for the bus, Markov felt a stinging sensation in his right thigh. When he turned around, he saw a man picking up an umbrella from off the ground and running away. Not feeling well, Markov checked himself into the hospital on September 8. He was convinced there was something wrong with him. Markov was running a fever and complained of nausea and vomiting. He kept pointing to an area on his right side, stating that it was swollen and causing great pain. 4 days after the run in with the man with the umbrella, Georgi Markov was dead, at the age of 49 years old.

Sources:

1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVRYhLLPCM
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov
3) https://www.usagm.gov/news-and-information/threats-to-press/georgi-markov/
4) https://spyscape.com/article/spy-murder-the-poisoned-umbrella-mystery-georgi-markov
5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Gullino
6) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/17/poison-umbrella-documentary-sheds-new-light-infamous-spy-killing-cold-war
7) https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/georgi-markov-murdered-by-a-bulgarian-secret-service-assassin#:~:text=No%2Done%20was%20ever%20charged,destroyed%20to%20remove%20hard%20evidence.
8) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-11/bulgaria-to-end-umbrella-murder-probe-after-35-years?embedded-checkout=true

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Today, we’re going to Norway! We’ve got another international case on our hands this week, with some parallels to The Somerton Man, which was recently covered. This one goes back to the autumn of 1970, to a place nicknamed “The Ice Valley”.
It is the story of the (still unidentified) Isdal Woman -- a woman with no name, two suitcases, and perhaps a secret.

Sources:

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdal_Woman
2) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39369429
3) https://www.aetv.com/articles/isdal-woman
4) https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/who-was-the-isdal-woman-and-what-do-we-know-about-her-death/

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Did this famous Brazilian television presenter and politician really murder for more views? Let's talk about it on this new episode of Small Town Mysteries.

Sources:

1) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-10785494
2) https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32377654
3) https://www.mamamia.com.au/wallace-souza/
4) https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32573467
5) https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/wallace-souza-the-journalist-who-orchestrated-the-murders-he-covered-6d59a01388f1
6) https://www.thetimes.com/world/latin-america/article/wallace-souza-and-the-incredible-true-crime-drama-behind-netflixs-killer-ratings-kkwvwd5xt
7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Souza#cite_note-Times_Online-4
8) https://agenciacenarium.com.br/justice-dismisses-accusation-of-wallace-souzas-son-in-case-of-plot-to-kill-judge/?lang=en

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The murder of teenager D'Andre Green remains unsolved - and someone knows who his killer is.

Sources:
1) https://www.wdel.com/news/video-7-years-on-family-of-teen-killed-in-brookside-community-center-shooting-still-seeking/article_9f234312-3f20-11eb-a652-6b6d733d7c1c.html
2) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/31/delaware-teen-killed-seeking-community-help/4262275/
3) https://www.newcastlede.gov/DocumentCenter/View/60047/DAndre-Green-
4) https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/baltimore/news/press-releases/fbi-offers-10-000-reward-for-information-in-murder-of-teenager-at-community-party

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Today we're talking about The Somerton Man - a case that reads like a novel and frustrated investigators for over seventy years.

Sources:

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Man
2) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/27/somerton-man-mystery-identity-solved-identified-australia
3) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-enduring-mystery-somerton-man-one-of-australias-most-puzzling-cold-cases-50795611/
4) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/somerton-manfamily-photographs-revealed-/101643524
5) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555

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The 1970s and 80s was a hotbed of excellent paranormal horror films – The Exorcist, the original Amityville Horror, Halloween, Carrie, Eraserhead, Dawn of the Dead, Suspiria, Invasion of the Body Snatchers…. I could go on. It was quite the era of film – and remarkably, some of these legendary tales are based on true stories.

One of the lesser known films of this era is The Entity. It’s sort of your run-of-the-mill poltergeist film: single mother, claims she’s being attacked and harassed physically and sexually by a ghost or demon or something…

But! It was based on the true story of Doris Bither…whose case was, in fact, rather unique for an alleged haunting.

Sources:

1) https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/10/a-closer-look-at-the-entity-photographs/
2) https://laghosttour.com/the-entity-house/
3) https://www.themysticmedium.com/the-entity-haunting-the-doris-bither-story/
4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Bither_case
5) https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/paranormal-activity-ucla-haunting-story

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