61: Deadly Sins (Archbishop Valerian Trifa) | USA

Between September 2003 and April 2006, Wisconsin prosecutors built one of the most challenging murder cases in the state's history: proving a family annihilation without bodies, a crime scene, or eyewitnesses. In July 1998, Allen Krnak, his wife Donna, their son Thomas, and the family dog vanished without a trace after leaving for a Fourth of July weekend at their cabin. When their truck was found wiped clean with thousands of unexplained miles, investigators knew this was no ordinary disappearance. The discovery of Allen's remains 800 miles away in North Carolina would reveal a horrifying truth about betrayal and greed. But Donna and Thomas remain missing to this day, their bodies never recovered from the mountains where they were likely disposed of.Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions.Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTokFor more information, visit: Evidence Locker WebsiteListen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ResourcesWeb Wisconsin Missing Persons - Donna Kay KrnakThe Charley Project - Thomas John KrnakThe Charley Project - Donna Kay KrnakThe Doe Network - Donna Krnak (2333DFWI)The Doe Network - Thomas Krnak (3418DMWI)Wisconsin Supreme Court - State v. Anderson (2005)Wisconsin Supreme Court - State v. Derek AndersonWisconsin Court of Appeals - Derek Anderson v. Leverett BaldwinArticlesWisconsin State Journal - Anderson Convicted of Murder (April 8, 2006)Racine Journal Times - FBI Agent Investigating Different Case Finds Lead (August 15, 2024)WFMY News 2 - Man Found Guilty in Missing Family Murder TrialWRN - Killer's Appeal Rejected (December 30, 2009)The Sylva Herald - Wisconsin Jury Finds Former WCU Student Guilty of Murder (April 13, 2006)Tulsa World - Family's Disappearance Grips Rural Town (February 26, 2019)La Crosse Tribune - Wisconsin Briefs (March 30, 2006)Created & Produced by Sonya LoweNarrated by Noel VinsonMusic: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus BresslerBackground track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudiosThis True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.

8 Feb 27min

On a windy January day in 1965, two fifteen-year-old best friends walked into the sand dunes at Wanda Beach near Sydney. They never came home. What followed was one of the largest investigations in Australian history, yet the killer vanished without a trace. Sixty years later, three suspects have emerged, but no one has ever been charged. Was it a teenage surfer, a serial killer, or someone far more sinister?Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions.Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTokFor more information, visit: Evidence Locker WebsiteListen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon50% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ResourcesBooksAlan J. Whiticker - "WANDA: The Untold Story of the Wanda Beach Murders" (New Holland Publishers, 2003)DocumentariesCrime Investigation Australia - "The Wanda Beach Murders"Christopher Wilder: The Beauty Queen KillerWebWikipedia - Wanda Beach MurdersWikipedia - Derek PercyWikipedia - Christopher WilderNational Film and Sound Archive - Nine News: the Wanda Beach MurdersAustralian Missing Persons Register - Christine Sharrock and Marianne SchmidtNews ArticlesAustralian serial killer Christopher Wilder linked to the Wanda Beach murders Loved ones of the two girls murdered at Sydney's Wanda Beach...Ivan Milat's Family Reacts After Chris Minns Considers Inquiry Into More Unsolved MurdersPodcastThe Backpacker MurdersCreated & Produced by Sonya LoweNarrated by Noel VinsonMusic: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus BresslerBackground track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudiosThis True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.

25 Jan 18min

Between 1959 and 1987, a series of brutal attacks in the forests and lakesides of Finland and Sweden left multiple victims dead – and investigators haunted by their similarities. From Tulilahti and Lake Bodom to Appojaure and the deck of the Viking Sally, the victims were ordinary people, asleep and vulnerable, when violence struck without warning. Some cases were solved. Most weren’t. What links these murders? Could they be the work of the same person, or do they reveal something darker about the illusion of safety in the wild?This is a special episode that brings together cases previously featured on Evidence Locker, uncovering the patterns, suspects, and unanswered questions that continue to grip true crime researchers to this day. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions.Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTokFor more information, visit: Evidence Locker WebsiteListen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon50% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ResourcesDocumentariesThe Confessions of Thomas Quick Murhan DNA: Bodominjärvin murhatWebWikipedia: Appojaure MurdersWikipedia: KytäjäWikipedia: Lake Bodom MurdersKyllikki Saari Murder (1953)Wikipedia: Tulilahden kaksoismurhaArticlesSerial Killer has second thoughts - The Confessions of Thomas QuickThe Lake Bodom MurdersCampsite Killer: The Unsolved Mystery of the Lake Bodom MurdersForenSeek: The Tulilahti Double MurderCreated & Produced by Sonya LoweNarrated by Noel VinsonMusic: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus BresslerBackground track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudiosThis True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

21 Jan 19min

In July 1984, beneath Sweden’s midnight sun, a remote campsite near Lake Appojaure became the scene of a brutal double murder. Dutch tourists Marinus and Janny Stegehuis were stabbed to death as they slept in their tent, an attack that shocked the nation and remains unresolved.This episode marks a milestone for The Evidence Locker: released in celebration of our 250th episode, it is also a remastered re-release of our very first case. We revisit the Appojaure tent killings, the failed investigation, and the later false confession by Thomas Quick, whose story collapsed under forensic scrutiny.Decades on, the truth remains buried in the wilderness, and the real killer has never been identified.

19 Jan 39min

In the summer of 1960, four teenagers went camping at Lake Bodom. In the pre-dawn hours, an unknown assailant attacked them inside their tent, slashing them with a knife and hitting them with a blunt object. Of the four, only 18-year-old Nils Gustafsson survived, narrowly escaping death. 45 years later, he was charged with killing his friends, but acquitted. To this day, the mystery of what happened at Lake Bodom on that sultry night haunts the people of Finland.Special thanks: Pahan Äärellä PodcastBooks: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions.Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTokFor more information, visit: Evidence Locker WebsiteListen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ResourcesDocumentaryMurhan DNA – Bodominjärvin murhatWebWikipediaMurha.comHypnosis of Nils GustafssonArticlesTrue Crime: Lake Bodom MurdersCampsite Killer: The Unsolved Mystery of the Lake Bodom MurdersWhen Anneli Happo, 72, heard of the events of Lake Bodom…A Killing at Lake Bodom: a nation looking for a murdererThe Lake Bodom MurdersEspoo politician is sure he knows who the Bodom killer wasThe dark secret of Lake BodomDouble Murder at TulilahtiWe lost the Butcher of Lake BodomThe Double Death at TulilahtiCreated & Produced by Sonya LoweNarrated by Noel VinsonMusic: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus BresslerBackground track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudiosThis True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

12 Jan 38min

July 1959. Two young women on a cycling holiday vanished from a Finnish campsite. Eine Nyyssönen, 21, and Riitta Pakkanen, 23, were found buried in a bog three weeks later, marked by a sharpened stick. Over 60 years later, this brutal double murder remains unsolved. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources Books Pennanen, Mikko: Tulilahden murhamysteeri  Keskisarja, Teemu: Tulilahti  Markkula, Hannes: Suomalainen murha 1953-1990 Documentary Tulilahden murhenäytelmä (1959 - Suomen Filmiteollisuus) Ei vanhene koskaan: Tulilahden kaksoismurha - syyllinen vai syytön (1997) YLE Elävä arkisto: Takaisin Tulilahdelle Web Wikipedia: Tulilahden kaksoismurha ForenSeek: The Tulilahti Double Murder - Interview with Mikko Pennanen Deserted Finland: Tulilahti Murder Scene Articles Unsolved Mysteries: The Double Murder at the Tulilahti Campsite  Two Young Women Killed Whilst Camping in Finland  Tulilahden kaksoismurha ei selvinnyt – Pääepäilty hirttäytyi vankisellissään  Riitta, 23, ja Eine, 21, ovat yhä vailla oikeutta  Tulilahden kaksoismurha: kuka surmasi julmasti nuoret naiset?  Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe Narrated by Noel Vinson Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.

5 Jan 22min

On a winter evening in 1931, a soft-spoken insurance agent was lured from his Liverpool home by a strange telephone message. The address he searched for didn’t exist. By the time he returned, his wife had been brutally murdered. Who was the caller? Was the alibi a masterstroke of deception? Or did someone exploit the perfect opportunity? Tried. Convicted. Acquitted.  Nearly a century later, the murder of Julia Wallace remains one of the most baffling cases in British criminal history. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources Book Jonathan Goodman – The Killing of Julia Wallace Web The Julia Wallace Murder Foundation Wikipedia – William Herbert Wallace Wikipedia – R v Wallace (1931) Articles The Unredacted – The Killing of Julia Wallace: An Impossible Murder Chess Notes by Edward Winter – Wallace Case The Spectator Archive – "The Wallace Case" Murder Archives: Liverpool Echo Retrospectives Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe Narrated by Noel Vinson Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.

29 Dec 202518min

Every December, thousands of letters addressed to Santa are sent to North Pole, Alaska. Boxes full of letters are then sent to North Pole Middle School, where they are included in the 6th Grade curriculum: North Pole’s 11 and 12-year-olds are nominated as Santa’s little helpers and reply to all the letters on Santa’s behalf. But in April 2006, the peace in this snow globe of a town was shattered when six 7th Graders hatched a plan to kill their classmates. The would-be attackers had drawn up a “naughty list” of kids at school that they wanted to murder in one violent, coordinated attack. Just the previous year, they were acting as elves, writing letters to other children all over the country. A couple of months later, they were gearing up to be monsters. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources  YouTube Tour of North Pole Alaska Articles Last night’s TV: Death in Santaland Alaskan boys planned school massacre North Pole, Alaska Bad tidings A man named Santa Claus was elected to city council in North Pole, Alaska Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe Narrated by Noel Vinson Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

24 Dec 202518min