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  • Trouble at Rocky Comfort Creek: The Mysterious Disappearance of Bill “Bo Peep” Farrer
    Sep 21 2026
    On Friday the 13th of September 2002, a Georgia man vanished without a trace. Bill Farrer’s vehicle and fishing supplies were found abandoned at a quiet creek where he often went fishing. At first, it seemed like Bill may have suffered some kind of accident and drowned. But after an extremely thorough search of the shallow creek turned up nothing, that explanation started to seem less likely.

    As the hours passed, Bill’s close-knit family started thinking back on some of the things that had happened in the years and months leading up to his disappearance. There were questions about whether Bill had stumbled into something he shouldn’t have, and just months earlier, he had been attacked by two men at that very same creek.

    Bill lived a pretty simple life, but there was a lot more going on beneath the surface. More than two decades later, his family is still trying to figure out what happened to him that Friday morning.

    TIPS: the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 478-625-7538 or Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Thomson Regional Investigative Office at 706-595-2575, or submit a tip through the GBI tip line at 1-800-597-TIPS
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    Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay
    Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast

    Source Material:
    Renetta DuBose
    WJBF Piece from 2021 reported on by Renetta DuBose
    The Charley Project
    Farrer Family File on Bill's Disappearance which included a ton of reporting from the late journalist Ben Nelms of The News and Farmer Newspaper

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    1 h et 17 min
  • The Secret Trip: The Unsolved Disappearance of Patricia "Patti" Adkins
    Sep 14 2026
    In the summer of 2001, a woman clocks out of her shift at the Honda factory, eagerly anticipating a week away with her boyfriend. She had been telling her family about the trip for weeks and was so excited. They were going to spend some much-needed time together at a secluded cabin in Canada, and it would be the first time she and her boyfriend had been able to take a trip like this.

    Her family did not expect to hear from her throughout the week, but when she didn’t return to pick up her daughter, they knew something was wrong. Suddenly, the strange details she had shared about the trip beforehand took on a more sinister meaning. The more her loved ones looked into what she had told them, the more disturbing it became.

    This year marked 25 years without justice in her case, one where many people believe someone blatantly got away with murder.

    TIPS: Union County Sheriff’s Office at 937-645-4110
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    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/
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    Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast



    Source Material:
    https://charleyproject.org/case/patricia-ann-adkins
    https://manufacturing.honda.com/ohio/marysville-ohio/marysville-auto-plant/
    https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ng/date/2011-03-10/segment/01
    https://fox17.com/news/local/new-investigator-now-tasked-to-investigate-union-county-moms-2001-disappearance
    https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Missing-Persons/Missing-Adults-1/Adkins
    https://www.unioncountyohio.gov/media/Sheriff/Patricia%20Adkins%20Cold%20Case%20Information%20(002).pdf
    Various newspapers.com articles under asimplertimetruecrime username



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    35 min
  • Staten Island Serial Killer: The Unsolved Abduction of Ethel Atwell Part 2
    Sep 6 2026
    Andre Rand once worked at Willowbrook and would eventually become one of Staten Island’s most notorious convicted criminals. In this second and final part of Ethel Atwell’s story, I look at Rand’s criminal history, the cases connected to his name and the crimes for which he was charged.Many believe Rand was a serial killer responsible for multiple disappearances and murders across Staten Island. But what actually connects him to Ethel Atwell and Shin Lee? Was Rand responsible for both women, or has the focus on him allowed another killer to remain hidden?

    TIPS: 908-413-7258 You may also contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential.
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    Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/
    Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay
    Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast

    Source Material:
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-intensive-search-1/205350291/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-intensive-search-2/205399311/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-hundreds-join-sear/205401839/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-more-search/205401978/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-new-security-gates/205402013/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-security-gate-22/205404475/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shin-lee-missing/205405889/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-body-found-12/205406000/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-body-discovered-in/205406325/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shin-lee/205408172/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-threats-to-bosses/205408406/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-search-expands/205410750/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-phone-calls-12/205411533/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shift/205411779/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-still-missing/205415065/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-1982-no-leads/205415110/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-more-cases/205415135/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p/205415877/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-2/205415975/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-3/205416017/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-4/205416067/
    https://charleyproject.org/case/alice-pereira
    https://charleyproject.org/case/holly-ann-hughes
    https://charleyproject.org/case/tiahease-tiawanna-jackson
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropsey_(film)
    More on newspapers.com username: simplertimecrimepod

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    42 min
  • Staten Island Serial Killer: The Unsolved Abduction of Ethel Atwell Part 1
    Sep 6 2026
    Before dawn, Ethel Atwell arrived at the Willowbrook State School for her shift and disappeared from the employee parking lot. Her murder would later become part of a much larger mystery surrounding the institution, the nearby woods and a series of missing and murdered women and children. Was convicted kidnapper and former Willowbrook employee Andre Rand responsible for Ethel’s death, or was another predator hunting in Willowbrook’s shadow?

    TIPS: 908-413-7258 You may also contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential.
    Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
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    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/
    Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay
    Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast

    Source Material:
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-intensive-search-1/205350291/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-intensive-search-2/205399311/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-hundreds-join-sear/205401839/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-more-search/205401978/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-new-security-gates/205402013/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-security-gate-22/205404475/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shin-lee-missing/205405889/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-body-found-12/205406000/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-body-discovered-in/205406325/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shin-lee/205408172/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-threats-to-bosses/205408406/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-search-expands/205410750/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-phone-calls-12/205411533/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shift/205411779/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-still-missing/205415065/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-1982-no-leads/205415110/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-more-cases/205415135/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p/205415877/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-2/205415975/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-3/205416017/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-4/205416067/
    https://charleyproject.org/case/alice-pereira
    https://charleyproject.org/case/holly-ann-hughes
    https://charleyproject.org/case/tiahease-tiawanna-jackson
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropsey_(film)
    More on newspapers.com username: simplertimecrimepod

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    34 min
  • Encountering Evil: The Cowden Family Murders
    Aug 31 2026
    A young family takes a spontaneous camping trip over Labor Day weekend in 1974. On Sunday morning, everything at their campsite looks normal. There are things from breakfast on the picnic table, a dishpan filled with water, children’s belongings, and a carton of milk bought just hours earlier. But by that evening, the entire family is gone. Their truck is still parked nearby. The keys, a wallet, and a purse have all been left behind. It looks like they stepped away from the campsite expecting to come right back.

    The family was camping near Copper, Oregon, a tiny community within the Siskiyou National Forest that has since been inundated and buried beneath Applegate Lake. More than fifty years later, the full story of what happened there remains buried with it.

    TIPS: contact the Oregon State Police Cold Case Team at OSP.CCU@osp.oregon.gov
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    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/
    Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay
    Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast



    Source Material:
    https://www.oregon.gov/osp/pages/cold-case-unit.aspx?utm_source=chatgpt.com
    https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/cowden-murders
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DWWC592?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback
    Various newspapers.com articles that will be linked but can be found under username simplertimetruecrimepod

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    48 min
  • Abducted at the Arcade: The Unsolved Murder of Alexander Harris
    Aug 24 2026
    Just after Thanksgiving in 1987, a seven-year-old boy was traveling home to California with his family after spending the holiday in Las Vegas. Heavy traffic led the family to stop at a hotel and casino along the way. The hotel had an arcade, and his family set him up with a game while they waited. They believed he would be safe there. But shortly before they were ready to leave, he was gone.Witnesses would later report seeing the boy leave the arcade hand-in-hand with an unknown man. An intensive search continued for weeks before ending with the worst possible outcome. In the years that followed, the case would take a complicated path toward justice. But nearly four decades later, no one has ever been held responsible.TIPS: If you have any information on the abduction and murder of Alexander Harris in 1987, please contact the LVMPD Homicide Section at (702) 828-3521. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555 or visit crimestoppersofnv.comCase suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.comIG: @simplertimecrimepodYoutube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from PixabayThumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF PodcastSource Material:https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/boys-killing-near-nevada-border-remains-unsolved-after-30-years/?clearUserState=truehttps://www.lvmpd.com/about/bureaus/homicide/open-cases-by-year/1980-1989https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/8386/639160949781030000https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-police-scour-area-f/204385046/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-fbi-joins/204386054/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-search-continues-de/204389409/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-no-leads-dec-2/204389859/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-believed-to-be-in-l/204390302/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-body-found-1/204390453/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-body-identified/204391487/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-missing-boys-body/204393993/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-services-held-for-s/204395005/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-arrest-made-1/204395249/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-waive-extradition/204396220/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-paul-haupt/204402599/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-haupt-makes-bail/204402687/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-sad-ending-t/204402786/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-workplace-su/204402855/https://www.newspapers.com/article/desert-dispatch-alexander-harris/204403100/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-missing-boys-body-discovered/204403429/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-haupt-confident/204403973/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-trial-opens-jury-s/204404057/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-mistaken-identity/204407183/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-kimberly-luce/204407197/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-time-of-death/204419580/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-witness-id-and-no/204419608/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-spent-hours-on-vid/204419633/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-items-found-in-hom/204419682/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-haupt-witness-plac/204419718/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-witness-2/204419774/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-video-technology/204419944/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-not-guilty-verdict/204420851/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-judge-intimidated/204420867/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-mom-sues-casino/204420915/https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-haupt-suit/204420944/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-surveillance/204421166/https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-iverson-case/204421174/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.
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    44 min
  • The Job Offer: The Unsolved Murder of Sharmini Anandavel
    Aug 17 2026
    In the summer of 1999, a Toronto teenager leaves her house for what she believes is a new job. She is 15 years old, about to start high school, and had been eager to make some money over the summer. But that afternoon, she never comes home.It would take months of searching before Sharmini Anandavel's family would learn what happened to her. But they still wouldn't know who was responsible.Police would eventually come to believe that the job Sharmini thought she had that day wasn't actually a job at all. They believed someone may have used the offer to get her out of the house. And they had reason to look closely at the man who had connected Sharmini with that job in the first place.He was someone her family knew. Someone they trusted. And although police would come to consider him a strong suspect in Sharmini's murder, he has never been charged.

    TIPS: please contact the Toronto Homicide team at 416-808-7400, or at homicide@torontopolice.on.ca. You can also remain anonymous by contacting 416−222−TIPS (8477); or via the internet at www.222tips.com
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    Source Material:
    https://www.tps.ca/organizational-chart/specialized-operations-command/detective-operations/investigative-services/homicide/case/36/1999/
    https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/sharmini/
    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s5-sharmini-e1-the-crime-beat/id1364665348?i=1000449161869
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-missing/203801685/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-sun-sharmini-please-come-hom/203860501/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-search-is-on/203916517/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-always-trying-to-help/203931183/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-sun-vigilsearch/203931224/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-plaza-video/203931989/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-post-missing-kids/203932013/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-classmates-honor/203932035/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-mans-life-hell-since/203932187/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-tippett-2/203932611/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-august-baffling/203932631/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-remains-found/203932744/

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    45 min
  • “He’s Just Awfully Naïve”: The Unsolved Murder of Debra Lynn O’Quinn
    Aug 10 2026
    On a May evening in 1979, an eighteen-year-old woman went car shopping with her dad. Afterward, he dropped her off at her apartment, and the two went through their usual routine. She went inside first, did a quick safety walk-through, and then came back outside to let her father know everything was okay and he was good to head home. It would be the last time he saw his daughter.

    The next morning, her roommate returned to the apartment to pick her up for work. Instead, she found her roommate missing and a disturbing scene left behind. Months would pass before a pair of men doing target practice made a discovery that ended any remaining hope that she might still be out there somewhere. In the decades since, the investigation has gone down a number of different paths, including false confessions and possible connections to other murders in the area.

    But when you strip all of that away and go back to the earliest days of the investigation, there are details that seem much more significant with the benefit of hindsight. And they leave you with one question: did investigators have the answer in front of them from the very beginning?

    TIPS: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office at (904) 630-0500 . To remain anonymous you can call First Coast Crime Stoppers at (866) 845-8477
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    Source Material:
    https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/unsolved-39-years-after-a-local-teens-violent-death-police-continue-investigating/77-516740341
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72943520/debra_lynn-o'quinn
    https://projectcoldcase.org/victim-detail/debra-oquinn-438/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-foul-play-feared/203095237/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-foul-play-22/203100291/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-violent-abduction/203100814/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-violence-involved/203100884/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-clues-sought/203101616/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-victim-of-foul-play/203101642/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-torn-robe-12/203103796/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-van-didnt-move/203103825/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/jacksonville-journal-reward/203125834/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-false-leads/203129583/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-42-days/203139667/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-reward-doubled/203141544/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-debras-dad-asks/203141648/
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