Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery

Toby Dorr was a rule follower. Until she met a man who made her change her ways.

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Sources:  

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/toby-dorrs-great-escape/615487/

https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-prison-program-director-fell-in-love-inmate-broke-out-2022-9

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/a-trip-to-remember-woman-reflects-on-huge-2006-police-chase-to-knoxville-after-breaking-man-out-of-prison/51-eecc36bd-acf3-4509-994e-3808ef361492

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/toby-dorr-toby-young-who-helped-inmate-john-maynard-escape-max-prison-in-dog-crate-tells-story

https://www.corrections1.com/escapes/inmate-who-escaped-from-kan-prison-in-dog-crate-dies-while-incarcerated

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/37838227/prison-escape-volunteer-fell-inmate-dog-crate/\

https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/john-manard-notorious-kansas-prison-escapee-died-sunday-in-arizona-prison 

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Imagine being so convinced a lost city exists… that you walk straight into the Amazon to prove it. That’s exactly what Percy Fawcett did—and no one ever saw him again.

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Fawcetthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_City_of_Zhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript_512

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-lost-city-of-z-15468171/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/percy-fawcett-lost-city-of-z-amazon
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35956514

https://www.history.com/news/percy-fawcett-lost-city-of-z-amazon
https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/percy-fawcett-lost-city-z-amazon-explorer-disappearance/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/percy-fawcett-0011373
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-happened-to-percy-fawcett

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/movies/the-lost-city-of-z-review.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lost-cities-of-the-amazon-discovered-from-the-air/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/amazon-civilizations-discovered-lidar
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/amazon-didnt-used-be-wilderness-we-thought-it-was-180973033/

https://www.livescience.com/amazon-civilization-lidar-discovery.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45466768

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Percy-Fawcett
https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-history/percy-fawcett/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3398625-the-lost-city-of-z

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

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On New Year’s Eve 1997, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope boarded a yacht in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds after missing their ride back to shore. By morning, they had vanished—launching one of the country’s most debated murder cases.

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Ben_Smart_and_Olivia_Hope
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-timeline-of-events/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-case
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-case
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/scott-watson-parole-hearing-decision/https://www.paroleboard.govt.nz/decisions
https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/cases/r-v-watson
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/107745722/scott-watson-appeal-bid
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/451385/scott-watson-supporters-seek-royal-commission
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gerald-mcneilly-testimony-scott-watson-trial/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/ben-smart-olivia-hope-trial-jailhouse-informanthttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/scott-watson-denies-confession-to-inmate/

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Dorothy Kilgallen was an American journalist and TV personality who was investigating the assassination of JFK when she reportedly died of an accidental drug overdose. 

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kilgallen

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dorothy-Kilgallen

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/appendix5.html

https://time.com/archive/6813826/reporters-50000-word-leak/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/dorothy-kilgallen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories

https://youtu.be/VYDaqto22NY?si=-ynfi0nYb0M6NCv4

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on F

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In 1969, University of Michigan law student Jane Mixer was found murdered in a cemetery in Denton Township after responding to a ride-share ad home for spring break. 

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Mixer
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/mi-court-of-appeals/1364596.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2005/04/gary_brown_convicted_in_1969.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2004/10/man_charged_in_1969_sl.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2010/03/gary_brown_appeal_denied_in_1969_jane_mixer_case.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2007/20070426-c267822-59-267822-opn.html
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35629649/jane-mixer-case-dna/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Murdershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Norman_Collinshttps://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/collins-john-norman.htm
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2009/07/40_years_later_the_michigan_murders.html

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on F

acebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need. 

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