In 2004 a teenage girl goes missing. What starts appearing as nothing more than an abandoned car by an old barn, turns into a missing persons case that still remains unsolved. 

This conundrum involves nearly a whole town. Ken Rex McElroy was such a notorious bad man that there was over 40 people to have been in the area when Ken was murdered in his pickup on Main St. For almost 40 years this little town has kept a very tight lip on the secret of who killed Ken Rex McElroy. Because no one saw a thing.

Disclaimer: This story has a lot of mention of numerous sexual assault cases and violence. Please feel free to skip this episode if this is something that makes you feel uncomfortable.  

Today well be taking a trip to Germany, the hunting ground of the Ruhr Cannibal. We'll follow a disturbing story of wrongful arrests, suicide, murder and cannibalism that takes place over a span of 20 years.  

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Like I promised in the Cary Stayner Episode, I am going to cover his brother’s story. This child was abducted at 7 years old and was able to escape captivity after seven long years and in that process he saved another boy's life. Please pull up a stool and let me tell you the story of Steven Gregory Stayner.

A family of 4 can't just disappear right? Well in 2010, that’s exactly what happened. One afternoon the McStay family disappeared without a trace. with all evidence pointing to a last minute vacation in Mexico, everything changed when remains are discovered in the desert years later. Pull up a stool as we cover the conundrum of the McStay family.

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There this story is about a man who reached a breaking point and decided to become a serial killer in one of the most peaceful beautiful places in the United States . His reign of terror lasted less than six months. When being interviewed he admitted that he the feelings of hatred and wanting to stock and murder women was inside him since the age of seven years old. Please pull up the stool as I tell you the story of Cary Anthony Stayner and we will try to figure out the conundrum of why he snapped.

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In October 2011 more than 100 men responded to an employment ad on craigslist.  All they had to do was look after a big farm, they'd get a weekly pay and housing. No one suspected that this dream job was the rouse of a killer. Pull up a stool as we cover the conundrum of the Craigslist killer.    

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This story is just a straight up conundrum. Most likely not even a true story, but an entertaining one.

Could Soviet Russia be held responsible for the death of five prisoners who were enemies of the state? Did the effects of this experiment really cause these men to go crazy enough to inflict self-harm and give them strength that almost couldn’t be controlled by special trained operatives? Are there other experiments that are being attempted that are similar? Would it be farfetched to say that this might actually be a true story? I will let you come to your own conclusion as I tell the story of The Russian Sleep Experiment.

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