The 1986 Disappearance of 7-Month-Old Christopher Abeyta

As summer draws to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, we are going to discuss two Vacation Nightmare cases in this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast. Australian woman Elly Warren travelled to Africa in 2016 for the trip of a lifetime.  She had been scuba diving with marine biologists and had been swimming with Manta Rays.  One night, towards the end of her vacation, she went to a bar in Tofo Beach, Mozambique for a few drinks and to catch up with friends.  She indicated to the group that she was going to get a drink and she would be back to join them.  When Elly didn’t come back, her friends assumed she had gone back to their hostel.  Elly’s body was found the next morning, outside a public bathroom.  Mozambique officials have given varying stories about how Elly died.  Her family believes she was murdered and an investigation is ongoing to this day. Heather Mack and her mother Sheila had a contentious relationship.  Police were called to their family home on average once a month.  There were allegations of abuse and violence between the pair.  In 2014, Sheila paid for herself and Heather to fly first class to Bali for a vacation.  They checked into luxury hotels, but their relaxation didn’t last long.  Heather stole her mother’s credit card and bought airplane tickets for her boyfriend Tommy to join them in Bali.  When Tommy arrived in Bali, he fought with Sheila and their altercation turned deadly.  Sheila was beaten to death and her body was stuffed in a suitcase.  Heather and Tommy were arrested in connection with her murder and they were incarcerated in Indonesian prisons.  Heather was pregnant at the time of the murder – she gave birth and her baby lived in the squalid jail cell with her for years. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cases of murdered Australian woman Elly Warren and the case of suitcase murderer Heather Mack. **TIMESTAMP** If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (11:18) Read our blogs for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/09/05/australian-woman-elly-warren-murdered-in-mozambique/ https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/09/05/heather-mack-the-bali-suitcase-murder/ We are now on Patreon!  Thank you for your support -  patreon.com/Truecrimesociety

7 Sep 20231h

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the separate cases of two missing people – Morgan Bauer and Yohanes Kidane. Morgan Bauer was 19 in 2016 when she left the small town in South Dakota where she had grown up, for the bright lights of Atlanta, Georgia.  Morgan embarked on her adventure with only dollars to her name.  The excitement quickly turned to desperation.  Morgan was thrown out of the accommodation that she had arranged to stay in and she frantically tried to find employment.  Morgan had only been in Georgia for a few weeks before friends and family realized that they hadn’t heard from her.   As of August 2023, Morgan remains missing and the two people who were last known to have been with her have been arrested in connection with her murder. Yohanes Kidane had the world at his feet.  He graduated from Cornell University earlier in 2023 and had relocated from New York to the Bay Area in California to take up a promising job with Netflix.  Yohanes spoke to his brother on Sunday August 13 and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.  When Yohanes’ siblings checked his location the following day, they saw that this phone was the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.  When his family called the phone, it was answered by a stranger who had found Yohanes personal belongings including his laptops, ID and wallet.  Yohanes is thought to have taken an Uber from his apartment in San Jose to the bridge.  He remains missing.   Did something sinister happen to Yohanes while in the ride share or did he travel to the Golden Gate Bridge for another reason? There have been updates in the Bryan Kohberger murder case and killer nurse Lucy Letby has been sentenced for killing multiple infants.  We discuss these updates in the episode. Timestamps -  Bryan K and Lucy Letby Updates (3:05) Morgan Bauer/ Yohanes Kidane - (10:20) Read our blogs for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/28/arrests-made-in-the-case-of-missing-woman-morgan-bauer/ https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/21/yohanes-kidane-missing-after-getting-into-an-uber-in-san-jose-ca/ We are now on Patreon!  Thank you for your support -  patreon.com/Truecrimesociety

31 Aug 202356min

Erin Patterson invited her elderly relatives, including her estranged in-laws, over for lunch in late July 2023 in rural Victoria, Australia.  She made them a meal of Beef Wellington, which they all enjoyed.  She told police that she and her children also consumed the meal. The day after the lunch, all of the guests became so ill they had to attend hospital.  Three of them would pass away, and the fourth is fighting for his life, waiting for a liver transplant. Erin has given a statement to police saying that she made the meal with dried mushrooms that she purchased from an Asian grocer.  She cannot remember the name of the store where she made the purchase.  She also threw out her food dehydrator after her husband questioned if she had poisoned his parents. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the case of Erin Patterson – murder or naïve accident? In this episode, we also discuss updates in the Jared Bridegan and Moscow murder cases.  As of the day this episode was released, there have been further Moscow updates which we will discuss in our next episode. Time Stamps: Jared Bridegan & Moscow Updates: (6:13) Erin Patterson: (12:18) Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/08/death-by-mushroom/ We are now on Patreon!  Thank you for your support -  patreon.com/Truecrimesociety If you’re looking for a new true crime obsession, follow True Crime Obsessed wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by Microdose Gummies - To learn more about microdosing THC, goto microdose.com and use code TCS to get free shipping and 30% off your first order.

24 Aug 202357min

TW – Child Murder. Lauren Dickason and her husband Graham tried desperately for years to have children.  The endured 17 rounds of IVF and were eventually blessed with three beautiful daughters – Liane, and twins Maya and Karla.  The South African couple were very successful in their careers – Lauren was a doctor and Graham was a surgeon. In 2021, they decided to move their young family to New Zealand in the hope of living a safe and peaceful life. The family had only been in their new home for a few weeks, when Lauren seemingly snapped.  One night in September 2021 when Graham was out with colleagues, Lauren told her three daughters that they were going to make necklaces.  She tied cable ties around their necks, and when that did not work to kill them, she smothered them in their beds. Lauren’s case has just gone to trial in New Zealand.   Right before this episode was released, she was found guilty of the murder of her three children.  She is yet to be sentenced. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the case of Lauren Dickason – a mother who murdered her three daughters in their beds. If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (10:38) Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/15/lauren-dickason-murdered-her-three-daughters-in-their-beds/ We are now on Patreon!  Thank you for your support -  patreon.com/Truecrimesociety This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try.  Visit www.betterhelp.com/society today to get 10% off your first month

17 Aug 202356min

An estimated 850,000 adults in the United States are cyberstalked each year. Ina and David Steiner run a blog called ECommerceBytes.  Their website is a resource for sellers on a number of platforms, from Etsy to Amazon.  In 2019, Ina wrote some pieces regarding eBay and the exorbitant salaries of their executives.  These articles got the couple onto the radar of senior executives at the company.  A bloodied pigs head face mask and a funeral wreath were among the terrifying objects sent to Ina and David.  There is currently a lawsuit ongoing between the Steiners and the people involved in the cyberstalking incidents. Teenager Nate Bronstein was struggling with not being able to attend school during the pandemic in 2021.  He changed to the prestigious Latin School in Illinois, mainly because they were offering face-to-face classes.  When he started at the new school, the other students were not quick to help Nate to fit in.  Nate was bullied relentlessly on social media and was told to kill himself.  In January 2022, Nate hanged himself from the shower in his home.  In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cyberstalking of Ina and David Steiner, as well as the cyberbullying that resulted in the suicide of Nate Bronstein. If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (11:02)   Read our blog for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/07/the-rise-of-cyber-crime/ We are now on Patreon!  Thank you for your support -  patreon.com/Truecrimesociety This episode is sponsored by Care/of.  Care/of is a subscription service that ships high-quality, personalized vitamins, supplements and powders conveniently to your door every month.   For 50% off your first Care/of order, goto TakeCareOf.com and enter code tcs50

10 Aug 202350min

TW – Graphic violence. Taylor Schabusiness was in a sexual relationship with Shad Thyrion in 2022 in Wisconsin.  The two had known each other since high school. One night in February 2022, the two went into Shad’s mother’s basement and Taylor said she ‘went crazy’.  She stranged Shad with metal chains until he died and she then abused his body. Taylor used kitchen knives to dismember Shad and she then fled the scene.  Shad’s mother went into the basement and stumbled across the horrific site of her son’s head in a bucket.    When police caught up with Taylor, she told them they were  “going to have fun trying to find all of the organs as she dismembered the body”. She also said, “damn the head,” and “I can’t believe I left the head though.” In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the horrific murder of Shad Thyrion by Taylor Schabusiness. If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (9:42) Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/07/26/taylor-schabusiness-and-the-murder-of-shad-thyrion/ We are now on Patreon!  Thank you for your support -  patreon.com/Truecrimesociety

3 Aug 202358min

In 2020, in one of our very early podcasts, we bought you a double episode on the Long Island Serial Killer. In terms of a background in the case, the Long Island Serial Killings or the Gilgo Beach Killings were a series of murders between 1996 and 2011 in which the remains of up to 18 people were found in Gilgo Beach, on the South Shore of Long Island. Most of the known victims were sex workers who advertised on Craigslist. On July 13, 2023, Rex Heuermann was arrested and charged with three of these murders.   It is thought that more charges are to come.  Rex was not on anybody’s radar in relation to this case.  He was living a seemingly normal, suburban life in Massapequa Park, New York, living with his family and working as an architect. Police have spent days searching Rex’s home and have been seen emerging with creepy dolls and pornography.  It is also believed that Rex had a large vault in the basement of his home. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the arrest of Rex Heuermann and the Long Island Serial Killings. If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto 9.35. Read our blogs for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/07/19/is-rex-heuermann-the-long-island-serial-killer/ We are now on Patreon!  Thank you for your support -  patreon.com/Truecrimesociety This episode is sponsored by: Microdose Gummies - To learn more about microdosing THC, goto microdose.com and use code TCS to get free shipping and 30% off your first order.

27 Juli 20231h 14min

Rudy Farias was 17 when he vanished in Houston in 2015.  He was last seen walking his two dogs – the animals returned home and he did not. Over the years, Rudy’s family gave multiple media interviews and conducted fundraising in an effort to find him.  Rudy’s mother Janie even flew to California to visit a John Doe in a hospital at one point, who authorities thought may have been Rudy.  When she found the male was not her son, she collapsed and had to be hospitalized herself. On June 29, 2023, a man resembling Rudy was found injured and unable to communicate on the steps of a Houston church.  Somehow, Rudy’s family were notified and were on the scene before law enforcement.  They made many social media posts announcing that their beloved son had been found alive after eight years!  What a miracle! Except their story quickly unravelled.  It turns out that Rudy actually returned two days after he went missing in 2015 and he had been home this entire time.  There are now allegations of abuse and sexual assault against Rudy’s mother, Janie.  In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the wild case of ‘missing man’ Rudy Farias. We also discuss a quick overview of the recent Island Serial Killer updates. If you’d like to skip straight to Rudy’s story, please goto (9:56) Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/07/09/the-twisted-tale-of-missing-person-rudy-farias/   We are now on Patreon!  Thank you for your support -  patreon.com/Truecrimesociety This episode is sponsored by: MasterClass - With MasterClass, you can learn from the world’s best minds – anytime, anywhere, and at your own pace.  Visit MasterClass.com/tcs to get 15% off an annual membership.

20 Juli 20231h 2min