When Stacey Powell doesn't log onto her work computer for two days in the middle of the week, and family can't get her on the phone, police are asked to do a "well-being" check. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack open the door on the "well-being" check on Stacey Powell and how police knew her boyfriend, Andrew Ridgeway, was lying from the first minute they talked to him.

During this episode we mention a show that dropped December 23, 2025;

1983 Car Fire Death: Charred Remains Buried. Victim Found ALIVE! Who is in GRAVE?

Transcribe Highlights
00:01.62 Introduction - Well-being check

01:02.14 "savage"

05:02.26 Police show up - looking for Stacey

06:05.69 Andrew Ridgeway lies to police

10:01.21 Police need a warrant

15:02.62 What do "raccoon eyes" mean?

20:01.27 Past show - charred remains, 1983 car fire death

25:22.65 Lacerations are not sharp force injuries

30:05.43 Fresh blood, slippery

35:12.74 Stacey was shot and beaten

40:00.73 Beat cops deal with everything

45:20.16 M.E. said face unrecognizable

49:38.18 Conclusion

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In November 2006, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were found on a beach in Taholah, an unincorporated village on the Quinault Indian Reservation, in Grays Harbor County, Washington. he Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office and the Grays Harbor County Coroner's Office responded and began collecting evidence and investigating. The Skeletal Remains: Adult Man - 5'9" - 170 - 180 lbs Likely between 20 and 60 years old (OR OLDER!!!!) Needless to say, the case went cold. For 20 years. In 2025 - Grays Harbor County Coroner's Office and the King County Medical Examiner's Office and submit evidence to Othram. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about the case that didn't seem possible to solve, and the Mayor who was able to finally be laid to rest.

Transcribe Highlights

00:03.34 Introduction - Story of "Pearl"

03:23.81 Ann Rule - true crime author

05:05.05 Skeletal Remains found on beach

10:10.94 Dental wear to determine age

15:09.54 Skull wear - suture lines

20:34.97 Standing at the edge of raging rivers

25:01.85 Soft tissue eaten

30:23.00 Mayor Edwin Asher

35:11.85 Skeleton found in 2006

41:12.23 Identifying remains

45:17.78 Having to breathe life into DNA

48:52.47 Othram making a difference

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Robert Eugene Brashers was a serial killer and rapist who got away with murders. He was only proved to be a "serial killer" 20 years after he killed himself! Brashers body was exhumed and his DNA tied him to the infamous "Yogurt Shop Murders" in Austin, Texas in 1991. Now in the recent past, another cold case has been tied to Brashers - the 1998 murder of Linda Rutledge in Lexington, Kentucky. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the evidence that ties Brashers to both of those crimes as well as several more!

Transcribe Highlights
00:02.71 Introduction: Yogurt Shop Murders

05:33.02 Working Serial homicides

10:00.38 Joining the Army, then Navy

15:07.68 Is three years enough for the crime?

19:59.05 Shot to death, fire used to cover-up crime

25:19.93 Comes prepared to start fire

30:24.34 Execution style shooting

35:04.41 Austin and Lexington cases both cold

39:04.69 Did not know Brashers was serial killer until 2018

42:19.26 Conclusion

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