The Disappearance of Randy Leach | 1980's Satanic Panic | Do Small Town Police Mishandle Cases?
The Misery Machine25 Touko 2020

The Disappearance of Randy Leach | 1980's Satanic Panic | Do Small Town Police Mishandle Cases?

This week, Yergy and Drewby tackle another listener suggestion (thank you, Amir!) - the unsolved disappearance of Randy Leach. We discuss the hard facts, and ponder whether or not the combination of the 1980's "Satanic Panic" phenomena and shoddy police work rendered his case unsolvable. Randy was a senior at Linwood High School (Linwood, Kansas) in 1988. He left his home at 6:30 p.m. to attend a friend's pre-graduation party which took place on a farm owned by Annie Erwin, the mother of one of the graduating teens, on April 15, 1988.

Randy did not arrive at the party until between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m. He was driving his mother's gray four-door 1985 Dodge sedan with the Kansas plate number LVJ8721, and carried about $50 or $60 in cash.

There were between 70 and 150 guests at the party and there was considerable drug and alcohol use by the mostly teenaged guests. Some witnesses reported Randy was acting drunk, however there were conflicting accounts on this, and it's unclear whether he actually took any substances.

He may have left the party between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m., but some witnesses reported seeing him there as late as 2:15, and no one actually saw him leave. Randy never returned home and has not been heard from again.

Randy was reported missing by his parents on April 16, 1988.

Randy's parents then contacted police. Investigators went to the site of the party Randy had attended, but it had already been cleaned up and there was no evidence to be found. The farm burned down soon thereafter due to mysterious circumstances.

Authorities do not believe Randy left of his own accord, since he left behind the 1966 Ford Mustang he was restoring and his friends and family say he had no plans to leave home. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do after graduating high school, but he was thinking of enrolling in trade school.

The house where the party was held was destroyed by a fire shortly after Randy's disappearance. Rumors circulated that Randy was abducted and killed by a Satanic cult that was supposedly active in the Linwood area, however this was never proven. Many people were harassed by local police, as well as wrongfully arrested due to the narrative that Randy's disappearance was due to a cult sacrifice.

Several people have come forward about Randy's disappearance and those people have since disappeared or died in mysterious ways.

His case remains unsolved to this day.

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The Case of Julissia Batties

The Case of Julissia Batties

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to NYC to discuss the case of Julissia Batties, who was failed repeatedly by child welfare officials. Even after her grandmother, Yolanda Davis, provided recorded proof that her granddaughter was in distress, the powers that be turned a blind eye. Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://nypost.com/2025/03/14/us-news/grandma-of-slain-bronx-girl-7-numb-after-verdict-not-fair/https://nypost.com/2025/03/12/us-news/nyc-mom-admits-she-beat-7-year-old-daughter-to-death-but-son-charged-with-molesting-girl-to-go-free/https://bdnews24.com/world/americas/at-6-days-old-she-went-into-foster-care.-at-7-years-old-she-was-deadhttps://www.bronxda.nyc.gov/downloads/pdf/pr/2022/72-2022%20bronx-mom-teen-indicted-child-homicide.pdfhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231395951/julissia-batties https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-death?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-deathhttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-grandmother-says-she-fought-for-custody-before-girl-died-of-injuries-suffered-athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-julissia?utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer&fbclid=IwAR2eauyj4Xy4O6sql2a2LFaRBjFGpLXv3jeEhM0FPDF-yZzq5ggvm14i17Ihttps://nypost.com/2021/10/31/nyc-girl-julissia-batties-funeral-arrangements-scheduled/https://nypost.com/2021/11/02/julissa-batties-wake-draws-nyc-mourners-demanding-justice-for-abused-7-year-oldhttps://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/7-year-old-bronx-girl-dies-julissia-battieshttps://meaww.com/julissia-batties-murder-bronx-girl-begs-granny-to-not-send-her-with-mom-in-audiohttps://youtu.be/WnEIAuwHuvk?si=qpBDrbgDTOsZVatLhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-deathhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/public-safety/2023/04/24/the-case-of-7-year-old-julissia-battieshttps://pix11.com/news/local-news/bronx/julissia-batties-stomach-injuries-old-new-grandmother-says/https://childwelfaremonitor.org/2021/https://dreamindemon.com/community/threads/sentenced-7yo-girl-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment-with-head-body-injuries.125276/https://bdnews24.com/world/at-6-days-old-she-went-into-foster-care.-at-7-years-old-she-was-deadhttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-7-barely-knew-her-mom-before-she-died-of-injuries-suffered-at-her-bronx-homehttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-7-barely-knew-her-mom-before-she-died-of-injuries-suffered-at-her-bronx-homehttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/public-safety/2023/04/24/the-case-of-7-year-old-julissia-batties https://www.englishoutdoors.org/blog/8-surprising-facts-about-brooklyn#:~:text=Brooklyn%20is%20one%20of%20the,its%20fast%20growth%20and%20development

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The Case of Reygan Ajai Moon

The Case of Reygan Ajai Moon

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Georgia to discuss the case of Reygan Ajai Moon, a 2-year-old little girl who never had a chance at life. While her mother, Devin, was working 12-hour shifts at a local "adults only" club, little Reygan was locked in a feces filled closet without food or water.Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime***Source Materials Available Upon Request As The Sheer Amount Of Links Exceeds The Character Count Allowed On Spotify***

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The Case of UK Necrophile David Fuller & the Bedsit Murders

The Case of UK Necrophile David Fuller & the Bedsit Murders

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back over across the pond to discuss the case of David Fuller, a British man who committed a serious of heinous crimes in the 1980's known as the Bedsit Murders. But it wasn't until recently that the full scope of David's crimes would come to light... In addition to the murders, David had defiled the corpses of over 100 victims ranging in ages from 9 to 100 years old, and videotaped his deprived acts. Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mortuary-sex-corpse-murder-fuller-b1951834.html#:~:text=On%2023%20June%201987%2C%20the,sexually%20assaulted%2C%20beaten%20and%20strangledhttps://news.sky.com/story/david-fuller-what-were-his-crimes-and-how-did-he-evade-justice-for-so-long-13018147#:~:text=Five%20months%20after%20killing%20Ms,restaurant%2C%20which%20he%20had%20visitedhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/08/david-fuller-1987-killings-of-two-women-in-tunbridge-wells#:~:text=A%2067,UK%E2%80%99s%20longest%20unsolved%20homicide%20caseshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/15/david-fuller-jailed-for-of-two-women-and-abuse-of-over-100-corpses#:~:text=Handing%20down%20a%20whole,Fuller%20would%20die%20in%20jailhttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/david-fuller-sentence-trial-family-kent-morgue-b971925.html#:~:text=Fuller%20had%20met%20Ms%20Knell,his%20photographs%20to%20be%20developedhttps://people.com/david-fuller-case-british-hospital-necrophiliac-murderer-8729224#:~:text=Knell%2C%2025%2C%20was%20found%20naked,But%20there%20was%20no%20suspecthttps://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/R-v-David-Fuller-sentencing-remarks-071222.pdf#:~:text=Sentencing%20Remarks%201,and%20well%20publicised%20investigation%2C%20youhttps://deanwilson.co.uk/nhs-trust-agrees-compensation-protocol-for-families-of-david-fullers-mortuary-victims#:~:text=On%208th%20November%202021%2C%20The,to%20report%20in%20early%202023https://www.nusghani.org.uk/campaigns/leading-action-extending-sentencing-necrophilia#:~:text=The%20Independent%20inquiry%20announced%20and,%E2%80%9Dhttps://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/mortuary-abuser-killer-david-fuller-who-sexually-abused-the-bodies-of-more-than-100-women-and-girls-is-jailed-for-longer-3945940#:~:text=Fuller%20is%20originally%20from%20Portsmouth,Crown%20Court%20in%20the%201970shttps://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/man-on-trial-for-1987-bedsit-murders-256651/#:~:text=Mr%20Atkinson%20said%3A%20,addresses%20where%20victims%20were%20residenthttps://www.lbc.co.uk/news/david-fuller-wife-bedsit-killer-david/#:~:text=The%2067,know%20the%20names%20of%2078https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58250043https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-59134272

15 Syys 21min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Enthusiastic Lady Chops Off S*x Offender's Willy

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Enthusiastic Lady Chops Off S*x Offender's Willy

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 23min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Crazy Woman Has Multiple Babies With a Mannequin

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Crazy Woman Has Multiple Babies With a Mannequin

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 11min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Feces: The Internet's Hip New Drug To Get High On

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Feces: The Internet's Hip New Drug To Get High On

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 17min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Are Labubus Secretly Satan’s Beanie Babies?

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Are Labubus Secretly Satan’s Beanie Babies?

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 11min

The Story of Terry Blanchette, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, & Hanne Meketech

The Story of Terry Blanchette, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, & Hanne Meketech

In the quiet province of Alberta, Canada, a crime unfolded so disturbing it sounds more like a nightmare than reality. A man slaughtered a father, a defenseless toddler, and an elderly neighbor… but it didn’t stop there. In a scene that defies comprehension, he cut into the little girl, tore out her heart, and drank her blood. This was no ordinary murder... it was a descent into pure evil, a night of horror that left a community shaken and the world asking how something so monstrous could ever happen. Tonight, we uncover the story of Canada’s cannibal killer, Derek Saretzky.Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/hailey-dunbar-blanchette-timeline-vigils-fundraisers-1.3233210 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/timeline-of-events-hailey-dunbar-blanchette-abduction-case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0LCexA3VuQhttps://www.thefreepress.ca/news/saretzky-to-undergo-psychiatric-assessment-5089442https://globalnews.ca/news/2249477/derek-saretzky-to-make-first-court-appearance-in-blairmore-murders/  https://www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca/obituary/Hailey-Lynn-Dunbar-Blanchette https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2017/06/21/mother-of-hailey-dunbar-blanchette-testifies-in-saretzky-triple-murder-trial https://globalnews.ca/news/3522447/victims-father-takes-stand-at-derek-saretzky-murder-trial https://globalnews.ca/news/3504914/derek-saretzky-murder-trial-day-1/https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2017/06/13/blood-in-crib-jury-hears-details-about-home-where-father-was-killed-girl-taken/https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2017/06/19/he-had-done-something-bad-really-bad-aunt-of-derek-saretzky-warning-story-contains-graphic-details/https://globalnews.ca/news/2221431/amber-alert-what-we-know-so-far-about-terry-blanchette-and-daughter-hailey https://globalnews.ca/news/2224110/she-was-my-baby-hailey-dunbar-blanchettes-mother-cheyenne-breaks-down https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2017/06/21/former-friend-mother-of-dead-alberta-girl-faces-accused-killer-in-court/https://globalnews.ca/news/2242484/derek-saretzky-out-of-medically-induced-coma-after-suicide-attempt-source/https://globalnews.ca/news/3531093/court-hears-derek-saretzky-tell-police-about-death-of-hailey-dunbar-blanchette/https://www.thefreepress.ca/news/disturbing-video-confessions-played-at-derek-saretzkys-triple-murder-trial-5099467https://globalnews.ca/video/3532445/first-of-3-derek-saretzky-video-confessions-played-at-triple-murder-trialhttps://globalnews.ca/news/2222343/her-dad-was-the-highlight-of-her-life-godmother-pleads-for-missing-alberta-girls-return/https://globalnews.ca/news/2249477/derek-saretzky-to-make-first-court-appearance-in-blairmore-murders/https://globalnews.ca/news/2939076/derek-saretzkys-mother-and-grandmother-break-their-silence-on-anniversary-of-blairmore-tragedy/https://globalnews.ca/news/3534085/derek-saretzky-trial-court-hears-accused-murderer-re-enacted-childs-killing-for-police/https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2017/06/16/god-did-it-not-me-jury-shown-confession-video-in-saretzky-trial-warning-graphic-details/https://globalnews.ca/news/6534558/alberta-appeal-derek-saretzky-murder/https://globalnews.ca/news/3535324/derek-saretzky-triple-murder-trial-to-continue-with-disturbing-evidence-monday/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/murders-who-received-more-than-25-year-sentences-canada-1.4240611 https://www.gofundme.com/f/zm4hucks (Full source list exceeds character limit, but is available upon request)

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