Hidden Double Lives

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  Grandmother Lives Double Life for 23 Years: The Sarah Armstrong Case 04.10.2026 22min

  Grandmother Lives Double Life for 23 Years: The Sarah Armstrong CaseA quiet herb garden hid two lives for twenty-three years: a pale yellow ranch on Kettner Road and a craftsman house on Winslow Terrace, with the same plant arrangement and a single Social Security number shared between identities. How did a soaked federal I-864 on a gravel road and a shoebox in a closet unravel a secret that neither husband, daughter, nor granddaughter suspected?In this episode, we tell how ordinary objects-a government form, a photograph, a receipt-connected two households and two names, and how routine schedules and small lies kept the double life functioning; what happened when those objects converged and the seam began to pull apart?Person: Sarah L. Armstrong / Sandra Leigh PetrieDate: June 4, 2019Location: Kettner Road and Winslow TerraceEvent: Discovery of an I-864 Affidavit of Support and shoebox of documentsDuration: Double life spanned 23 years- A federal I-864 Affidavit of Support with sponsor field reading "Sarah L. Armstrong" was found soaked on Kettner Road on June 4, 2019.- Sarah had lived at the pale yellow ranch on Kettner Road for nineteen years and taught ESL for more than eleven years, missing exactly two shifts in that time.- A shoebox in Sarah's closet contained a birthday card signed "with love, Douglas," a store receipt from Breckett, and a photograph of Sarah in front of an unfamiliar house.- In Breckett, Sandra Leigh Petrie lived in a two-story craftsman on Winslow Terrace for twenty-three years and met friends for coffee on Thursday mornings.- For seventeen of those years, Sandra was in a relationship with Douglas Petrie, who in 2012 found mail addressed to Sarah Armstrong in a jacket pocket and was told it was from a past marriage.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Photograph in the Easement: How a Marriage Hid Two Lives 03.10.2026 22min

  The Photograph in the Easement: How a Marriage Hid Two LivesA five-by-seven wedding portrait wedged behind a gas meter exposed a life lived in halves: a dental hygienist who organized her pantry by expiration date and a project coordinator whose job required overnight trips 73 miles away. Who left the photo in the easement - and what did that single image finally unspool about two households kept separate by schedules, insurance cards, and a color-coded calendar?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that began the morning of May 9, 2019, when Kevin Marshall found the photograph, and follow how that discovery connects Gina Evans, Ronald Sheridan, and Tessa Wold - asking whether the dual life could have endured and who decided to end it.Person: Kevin MarshallPerson: Gina EvansPerson: Ronald SheridanPerson: Tessa WoldEvent: Photograph found on May 9, 2019- Kevin Marshall had walked the same easement every third Thursday for eleven years when he found the 5x7 wedding portrait.- Gina Evans moved to 14 Portman Street in spring 2016 and was 31 in spring 2019.- Ronald Sheridan was assigned to Terrace-Holm’s Dunbar warehouse project starting fall 2017, 73 miles south of Kellerton.- Tessa Wold found a second health insurance card listing Gina Evans as a covered dependent in October 2018 and stayed with Ronald for seven more months.- A gas receipt dated a Thursday in January 2019 from Birch Mills at 2:17 p.m. contradicted Ronald’s claimed migraine that day.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Two Families She Kept Secret: The Tooth Shirt That Unraveled Everything 02.10.2026 21min

  The Two Families She Kept Secret: The Tooth Shirt That Unraveled EverythingThe discovery of a framed photo and a misplaced renewal form revealed a double life so precise it lasted eight years - two dental practices, two sets of daughters, and a single child's shirt with a cartoon tooth that became the first visible crack. How did Dr. Megan Jenkins manage two households ninety miles apart without a single financial link until small details and routine paperwork exposed everything?In this episode, we tell how parallel routines, prepaid phones, and staged cover stories held the deception together and what finally forced the collapse. What exactly did the photograph, the Ohio State Dental Board renewals, and that tooth-shirt reveal about the life she had been carefully running?Person: Dr. Megan Jenkins / Dr. Megan PruittLocation: Harcastle, Ohio and Harcastle, OhioDate: April 2017 (photo found) and February 2017 (license renewals flagged)Duration: Eight years (double life from 2009 to 2017)Practice addresses: 214 Dellwood Avenue (Harcastle) and 88 Overland Street (Harcastle)- The double life ran for eight years, from 2009 until revelations in 2017.- Megan's Harcastle practice was located at 214 Dellwood Avenue where a framed photo sat in April 2017.- The Harcastle practice operated at 88 Overland Street and used a credit union account under the Pruitt name.- Megan maintained two phones: a personal smartphone and a prepaid phone locked in her car's center console.- The Ohio State Dental Board flagged two license renewals in February 2017 submitted under Jenkins and Pruitt with the same photograph.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Woman with Two Kitchens: How One Shoe Split Two Families 01.10.2026 22min

  The Woman with Two Kitchens: How One Shoe Split Two FamiliesA single size-four white canvas sneaker with a cartoon rabbit and a neatly folded sock was found dry on a soaked trail after heavy rain - and no child was reported missing. Who left that shoe, why was its interior dry, and how did it lead to two families discovering the same woman's double life?In this episode, we lay out the timeline that connects a found shoe, two child services intakes, and one woman known by two names, asking how Marilyn managed two separate households for nearly seventeen years and what finally unraveled her secrecy.Person: Marilyn Padgett / Marilyn CraneDate: March 11, 2019Location: Sycamore Ridge dog park drainage culvertCase: Amy Staines emergency foster intake (March 8, 2019)Caseworker: James Hughes- The shoe was found at 7:48 AM on March 11, 2019 after heavy overnight rain, yet its interior was completely dry.- Officer Dennis Attwell arrived 17 minutes after the 9-1-1 call, photographed the shoe, and bagged it into property.- The shoe remained in the property room for five days with no missing-child report from Calloway Township, Brenton, or Greer's Mill.- Amy Staines entered emergency foster intake on March 8, 2019 and listed her mother as Marilyn Crane.- Cole Padgett’s sons, Brandon (age 5) and Eli (age 3), were placed into emergency foster care on March 10, 2019 and listed their mother as Mari-To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Man Vanishes and Leaves Behind Two Families: The Eugene Norris Case 30.09.2026 20min

  Man Vanishes and Leaves Behind Two Families: The Eugene Norris CaseA fisherman found a dry gym bag at 4:50 AM on February 11, 2014, stuffed with a Tennessee license, $43 cash, two credit cards, and eleven children's crayon drawings signed by names that did not match the address on the ID-yet no body was ever found. How did one man maintain two households eighty-three miles apart for six years, and what broke the system he had built?In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries from the reservoir to motel rooms and hear how two women, each living a full domestic life with the same man, only learned of one another after the bag surfaced-raising the question of whether Eugene Norris intended to abandon a marriage, a second family, or himself.Person: Eugene NorrisDate: February 11, 2014Location: Braden ReservoirPeople: Beverly Norris; Patrice Dunning; children Owen (8) and Sophie (6)Distance: 83 miles- The bag was found at 4:50 AM and the temperature at Braden Reservoir was 19 degrees.- The wallet contained a Tennessee driver's license, $43 in cash, two credit cards, and a gym membership card.- Eleven crayon drawings were inside a manila envelope in the bag, some signed in block letters that did not match the Crestfield Drive residents.- Eugene had two gym memberships and two phones: a Samsung for Beverly in Grayson and a Motorola for Patrice in Carverton.- Eleven days passed between the bag's discovery and locating Eugene alive in a motel room 60 miles away.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Two Cradles, Two Women, One Man Who Vanished Into the Night 29.09.2026 20min

  Two Cradles, Two Women, One Man Who Vanished Into the NightA hand-built white oak cradle sat uncovered in a truck bed on a January night with the temperature at nine degrees Fahrenheit - and a folded moving blanket lay dry and untouched inside the cab. Two women, both pregnant, had commissioned the same cradle from the same carpenter under two different names; where did he go after the second baby was born?In this episode, we lay out the timeline and the concrete details surrounding a missing carpenter, two estimates dated the same day, and a cradle left exposed on a gravel turnaround; what the evidence suggests about the life he was living and the choice that left two women facing the same thing alone is the question that drives the story.Person: Harvey Vaughn (also used name Harvey Brennan)Date: January 2011 (events span January 5-9, 2011)Location: Elmore, Indiana and 4 Sennett Road, Elmore TownshipEvent: Single cradle commissioned twice; truck with cradle found January 9, 2011Status: No crime reported; man unaccounted for after January 6-8, 2011- The cradle was hand-built from white oak with dovetail corners and a long low runner arc, sanded, oiled and finished.- The truck was a 1998 dark green Ford F-250 with a magnetic sign reading "Vaughn Finish Carpentry, Elmore, IN."- Outside temperature was nine degrees Fahrenheit the night the cradle was found; a moving blanket folded and dry sat behind the driver’s seat while the cradle was exposed in the truck bed.- Harvey wrote two estimates for the same cradle on October 14, 2010 - one addressed to Patrice Elston at 4 Sennett Road, Elmore Township, and one to Sandra Vaughn in Elmore.- Patrice Elston’s daughter Clara was born on the morning of January 6, 2011; Harvey was present in the delivery room and later called his bowling teammate that afternoon saying he would miss Tuesday night bowling.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Laminated Tax Return That Unraveled Two Secret Families 28.09.2026 20min

  The Laminated Tax Return That Unraveled Two Secret FamiliesA laminated IRS Form 1040 found in mud by an oak tree exposed a decade-long double life: four children listed as dependents on one return, two families living 112 miles apart, and a courthouse name change that split a single woman into two identities. How did one plastic-sealed page topple a carefully synchronized world - and who noticed the cracks first?In this episode, we follow the events that unfolded after a septic driver photographed the document and left it on the porch, tracing how a tax warning and duplicate Social Security numbers led back to a single woman balancing two households. What happened when the IRS alert collided with the daily routines that kept both lives afloat?Person: Gail YorkPerson: Troy YorkPerson: Kevin FowlerLocation: Vellum RoadDate: December 2017- The tax form was IRS Form 1040 for tax year 2016, laminated and found near an oak tree on Vellum Road.- Four children were listed as dependents on the return: Owen, Sophie, Nora, and Marcus.- The two households were located 112 miles apart between Archer Falls and Dunmore.- Gail used a courthouse name change obtained at age 23 to alternate surnames York and Fowler.- An IRS warning in March 2017 flagged duplicate Social Security numbers on a return filed at Caldwell Associates in Dunmore.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  She Was Found 2.5 Miles Away, Living Someone Else's Life 27.09.2026 20min

  She Was Found 2.5 Miles Away, Living Someone Else's LifeA quiet suburban wife was found two and a half miles from home with a burgundy handbag containing an Ohio driver's license in a different name - and she had kept two separate lives for nearly a decade. What made a woman maintain two addresses, two cars, two libraries and two sets of neighbors without anyone connecting the dots?In this episode, we follow the discovery, the evidence left at the Cuyler River, and the accounts from neighbors and family that reveal how one person could be living two identities across a river; what exactly did the utility account and the nine-year checking history finally expose?Person: Jennifer Paulk HoffmanAge: 54Date: November 14 (arrival time 7:12 AM)Location: Cuyler River (handbag found on retaining wall) and 22 Oberlin Terrace (alternate residence)Vehicle: tan 2003 Civic (distinct cracked passenger mirror and dent above rear wheel well)- Handbag contained $43 cash, a lipstick, a Visa card, a CVS receipt dated three days earlier, and an Ohio driver's license.- Jennifer arrived at the scene after Teresa Erickson found the bag; Erickson arrived at 7:12 AM on November 14.- No missing person report was filed until the following Monday after the bag was found.- An east-side checking account was opened in November 2001 under the name J. Aldrich and remained active for nine years.- Rhonda Snyder observed her mother exit 22 Oberlin Terrace and drive the tan 2003 Civic after watching the car parked there for 40 minutes in November 2009.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Two Names He Lived By: How a Found Phone Unraveled Two Families 26.09.2026 19min

  The Two Names He Lived By: How a Found Phone Unraveled Two FamiliesA lost prepaid phone on a doorstep exposed a man living two parallel lives across two cities for six years: a husband and father in Harwick and a different father in Portsmith who knew him by another name. How did a cloud photo account, stacks of hand-dated cash envelopes, and one retired postal supervisor piece together the schedule that no one else noticed?In this episode, we follow the chain of everyday details - work logs, invoices, travel times and family routines - that connected the two households and the moment those threads snapped. What did the call logs, the cloud photos, and the envelopes of cash reveal about the timing and intent behind his two identities?Person: Roger RamseyAlternate name: Roger RamseyDate found: October 3, 2021Locations: Harwick; PortsmithDuration of dual life: since 2015- The phone was found at 5:47 AM on October 3, 2021, on the doormat at 14 Fenwick Circle.- Roger drove between Harwick and Portsmith eight to nine days per month, a trip lasting exactly two hours and eleven minutes.- He used the name Roger Ramsey from their first meeting in Portsmith in 2015; Ramsey was his mother’s maiden name.- Diane and Roger had lived at 14 Fenwick Circle since their courthouse wedding in 2017; Diane worked Tuesday through Friday as a dental hygienist.- Terri saved envelopes of cash Roger brought in person, dated by hand and kept for three years without depositing them.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Dos hijas del mismo hombre, viviendo once días en el mismo dormitorio sin saberlo 25.09.2026 22min

  Dos hijas del mismo hombre, viviendo once días en el mismo dormitorio sin saberloA quiet, calculated double life unraveled from a single spiral-bound planner left on a gravel path: two college freshmen, two cities 112 miles apart, and a father listed with the same birthday and employer on both emergency forms - how could two families live parallel lives for a decade without knowing? What secret kept those calendars aligned until one ordinary object exposed everything?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that began the morning a road grader operator found a sealed shoebox and what university paperwork revealed next, following the facts that forced campus staff to contact local authorities and raising the question of how two households were coordinated for years.Person: Clifford (first name shared by both fathers)Date: March 19 (shared birthday)Event: Planner from Aldenmoor State University found on September 11, 2014Location: Harwick County; cities Drelling and Cavett, Wisconsin (112 miles apart)Case: Two daughters (Paige and Mara) enrolled at Aldenmoor State in August 2014- The planner found on September 11, 2014 was purchased at the Aldenmoor State campus bookstore in late August and only had the first two weeks of September filled.- The planner’s two columns were labeled Drelling and Cavett, representing two schedules and two addresses.- Both daughters were born on March 19 (Paige in 2001; Mara in 2005) and both enrolled at Aldenmoor State in August 2014.- Both emergency contact forms listed the same employer: Harwick County HVAC Association, and similar physical descriptions for the father.- Clifford alternated weeks between Cavett and Drelling with matching Thursday diner routines (same meal, same $4 tip, same face-down newspaper) for about ten years.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  She Brought the Bag: The Woman Living Two Secret Lives 24.09.2026 22min

  She Brought the Bag: The Woman Living Two Secret LivesCuriosity turns to unease when a navy canvas tote bag left at a locked Grange Hall contains two state driver's licenses with the same woman’s face and a wedding program dated June 2011-how did one woman live two separate lives for eight years without a slip, and why did she bring the only proof with her to a small-town reunion? Search terms like double life and secret identities crawl beneath that question-what finally unravelled on August 10, 2019?In this episode, we tell the sequence of facts that led from a routine breaker reset to a discovery that exposed parallel lives. Hear how the bag, the reunion mailer, and a quiet pattern of weekly travel fit together and ask whether the reunion was planned or accidental.Person: Debra FarrellDate: August 10, 2019Location: Harwick Grange Hall, County Road SevenEvent: High school reunionCase: Navy canvas tote bag with two driver's licenses and a June 2011 wedding program- The tote bag sat beside the back steps of Harwick Grange Hall four days after the reunion.- The wedding program inside was dated June 2011 and named bride Debra Marsh and groom Kenneth Marsh.- Deputies found two driver's licenses in the bag: one Tennessee (Nashville address) and one Kentucky (Clarkston address), both with the same woman's face.- Debra maintained two lives: Monday-Tuesday in Nashville as Debra Farrell and Wednesday-Friday in Clarkston as Debra Marsh for eight years.- The bag remained in an evidence locker for fourteen months before someone signed for it on a Tuesday morning and left without comment.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Blue Card That Unraveled Two Husbands' Lives in One Afternoon 23.09.2026 20min

  The Blue Card That Unraveled Two Husbands' Lives in One AfternoonA single pale blue anniversary card, taped face-out on a mailbox 41 miles from where it was mailed, exposed a two-year double life that relied on meticulous routines and two sets of husbandly assumptions. How did a transposed zip code and a return name - Donna Edwards - force two men into the same kitchen believing the same marriage?In this episode, we trace the chain of small, concrete choices that kept the deception intact for years and the single postal error that began to unwind it. What happened when a card meant for Birchway Court arrived on Prentiss Loop and two husbands converged?Date: July 14, 2011Location: Prentiss Loop, Harwick, OhioPerson: Donna (known as Donna Kearns in Harwick and Dee Shelby in Kellerton)Person: Phil KearnsPerson: Aaron Shelby- The envelope was mailed from Kellerton on July 11, 2011 and misrouted to Harwick on July 14, 2011 due to a transposed zip code.- The return address on the card read "Donna Edwards, 14 Birchway Court, Kellerton, Ohio."- Donna was 26 years old in summer 2011 and had married Phil Kearns in 2008.- Aaron and Donna were married in a civil ceremony at Weston County courthouse in April 2009.- Donna kept two phones: a prepaid Samsung in her car for Harwick use and a phone registered to Donna Crane kept in her purse for Kellerton.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  A Child's Shoe at a House With No Children: The Susan Hayes Case 22.09.2026 19min

  A Child's Shoe at a House With No Children: The Susan Hayes CaseA single size-four white sneaker marked "Owen" sat on a doorstep at a house where no child lived, sent from 230 miles away and photographed by a meter reader who had worked the street for 14 years. What began as one ordinary morning would unravel a decade of double lives and a secret that ended the moment Susan Hayes collapsed in a hospital parking lot-so what was she trying to protect with such precision?In this episode, we lay out the timeline, locations, and relationships that made up Susan Hayes's two lives and the small, concrete clues left behind. We follow the facts from the sneaker on Alderton Way to the separate bank account and consultancy registration in Orenton, asking how Susan balanced two households and who truly knew Owen.Person: Susan HayesDate: June 14, 2011 (collapse) and June 23, 2011 (death)Location: 4 Alderton Way, Carver FallsOther Location: Orenton (230 miles southwest)Person: Debbie Vance- A utility meter reader named Norman Bowers photographed the sneaker on June 28, 2011 after 14 years reading meters on that street.- The sneaker was size four, white canvas with a Velcro strap and "Owen" written across the inner sole in adult handwriting.- Susan Hayes collapsed on June 14, 2011 at 7:52 a.m. in the Carver Falls Regional Hospital parking lot and never regained consciousness, dying nine days later on June 23, 2011.- Susan had lived at 4 Alderton Way since spring 2000 and worked at Carver Falls Regional Hospital since 1998, 13 years in billing and coding.- Susan and Debbie had adopted a boy named Owen about 18 months before Susan's stroke; he was six years old and both mothers were named in the adoption file.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Yellow Phone in the Closet That Kept Two Lives Separate 21.09.2026 20min

  The Yellow Phone in the Closet That Kept Two Lives SeparateA yellow rotary phone hidden on a closet shelf set off the unraveling of a life split in two: a powered-down secondary cellphone with 41 missed calls, $4,300 in cash, and a spiral notebook with two columns of entries kept for three and a half years. How did a medical billing specialist quietly sustain two separate lives for years without anyone noticing?In this episode, we follow how neighbors and a volunteer organizer discovered the hidden items while the owner was in intensive care, and we trace the details found in the notebook and phones to ask what the divided entries really meant.Person: Nicole PorterAge: 32Location: Aldenvale, TennesseeEvent: Collapse and emergency surgery leading to intensive careDuration of notebook entries: 3.5 years- Secondary cell phone showed 41 missed calls, all from a contact saved as "M"- Cash found: $4,300 in mixed bills inside a Ziploc bag- Notebook entries began the January Nicole moved to Aldenvale and continued weekly for three and a half years- Closet discovery made by neighbor Kelly Burns on day eleven after Nicole's collapse- Nicole sang second soprano in Chorale Aldenvale with rehearsals Tuesday and Thursday, 7-9 PMTo listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Widow, The Other Family, The Shoe: Secrets Unravel After Her Funeral 20.09.2026 22min

  The Widow, The Other Family, The Shoe: Secrets Unravel After Her FuneralAn upright navy dress shoe, size seven and a half, stood thirty feet off the Nancy Becker Trail with a dry, hand-lettered birthday card inside that read "Happy eleventh, sweetheart. Love, Mom." Who left a card for a girl no one in town knew existed - and why did it remain unclaimed for five months?In this episode, we tell the sequence of discoveries that connected a found shoe, a box of letters, and a double life spanning two towns, and we ask how one woman maintained two families for sixteen years without either side knowing the whole truth.Person: Marie Murphy / Patricia CainLocation: Dunnfield, Ohio and Sable Fork, IndianaEvent: Found navy dress shoe with birthday card on Nancy Becker TrailDate: April 2017 (shoe found); letters written since 2006Family: Two children in Dunnfield (Connor born 1993, Sienna born 1996) and one daughter in Sable Fork (Jess born 2005)- The shoe was standing upright thirty feet off the Nancy Becker Trail in a stand of silver maples on a Saturday morning in April 2017.- The shoe was a single navy dress shoe, size 7.5, low block heel, with a dry, hand-lettered birthday card tucked inside addressed "Happy eleventh, sweetheart. Love, Mom."- The shoe and card were reported as Found Property by Deputy Aaron Gibbs and then sat in a box for five months with no one claiming them.- Marie Murphy (also known as Patricia Cain) lived a double life for approximately sixteen years, holding two phones, two email addresses, and two sets of neighbors.- Norma Shields, age eighty-one in 2017, had kept eleven years of letters about a girl named Jess in a shoebox under her bed, letters Marie began writing in 2006.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Woman with Two Houses: Keys, a Pouch, and a Hidden Daughter 19.09.2026 22min

  The Woman with Two Houses: Keys, a Pouch, and a Hidden DaughterA dry nylon pouch wedged three feet above Moccasin Fork’s waterline contained a lease, two keys, a utility confirmation, and the name Sandra Voss - a life on paper that no one in Kellerton had ever heard of. How did a woman maintain two full households for two and a half years without anyone noticing, and why was the pouch left to be found?In this episode, we tell how a routine fishing find and one mis-sent text set off a chain of discoveries that revealed parallel lives, two children, and a web of careful details. What choices kept those lives separate, and which moment finally made them collide?Person: Denise BoydPerson: Laura WestPerson: Person: Amanda CrawfordLocation: Moccasin ForkLocation: twelve Meridian Place, Dunbar- Denise Boyd found a dry nylon pouch three feet above the waterline on March 11, 2017.- The pouch contained a lease for an apartment at twelve Meridian Place signed by Sandra Voss, plus two keys and a utility confirmation.- Laura West had worked at the grain elevator in Kellerton for fourteen years and maintained a second household in Dunbar as Sandra Voss for approximately two and a half years.- Fleet mileage records show Laura logged seven Saturday round-trips between 78 and 86 miles each.- Laura sent a text in January 2016 to her sister Amanda mentioning a pouch; Amanda later used that text and the mileage data to locate Dunbar and Sandra Voss.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Man with Two Names: How a Science Fair Exposed a Secret Life 18.09.2026 22min

  The Man with Two Names: How a Science Fair Exposed a Secret LifeA local science fair photo revealed a man living two families, two homes and two names - one identity registered under his first wife’s maiden name, another in a town 91 miles away. How did a tri-fold poster and a volunteer judge unravel three years of meticulous concealment?In this episode, we follow the sequence of events that connected a Pinebrook Elementary science fair, a photo chosen by a mother, and a string of records that tied one man to two separate lives. What happened after Sandra paused at the poster, and how far did Richard’s construction of identity reach?Person: Richard SchmidtPerson: Donna PruittPerson: Carla NunesDate: February 7, 2014Location: Dellard County, Indiana- The science fair occurred at 7:43 AM on February 7, 2014 in a school gymnasium in Dellard County, Indiana.- Richard was 28 years old in February 2014 and worked for Meridian Agricultural Products covering central Indiana, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky.- Donna and Richard married within eight months after meeting in the summer of 2009; their son Caleb was born in 2010 and was ten at the 2014 fair.- In spring 2011 Richard began attending events in Harmon, Illinois (about 91 miles from Dellard County) where he used the name Rick Pruitt.- Rick Pruitt and Carla Nunes married by civil ceremony in October 2012; their daughter Josie was born in March 2013 and was 11 months old when Sandra saw the poster.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Cake, The Yellow Dots, and the Woman Who Vanished 17.09.2026 20min

  The Cake, The Yellow Dots, and the Woman Who VanishedShe bought a birthday cake at 2:17 p.m. on January 4, 2011, paid with a card linked to an address 41 miles from where her husband thought she was - then vanished, leaving a slice removed and no sign of struggle. Who was the woman who kept two lives in perfect balance, and what stopped her system on that afternoon?In this episode, we follow the chronological facts uncovered by investigators and witnesses to map the routines, records, and people connected to Darlene Myers, asking how a life split between two towns could be sustained for over a decade and then disappear without a trace. Could the pattern of colored dots in her calendars and the sudden end of the Thursdays explain where she went?Person: Darlene MyersDate: January 4, 2011Location: rural property in Harmon County (cake found)Age: 54Duration of dual life records: 2001-2010 (17 pocket calendars)- Birthday cake purchase time recorded at 2:17 p.m, on January 4, 2011.- Card used for the purchase listed a home address 41 miles from Kellner/Portsmith.- Cake found on approximately January 6 under a glass dome with one slice removed and no utensils.- Investigators found 17 pocket calendars spanning 2001-2010 with color-coded daily dots.- Seventeen yellow dots appeared on Thursdays from March 2010 through December 2010, then stopped.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Two Lives He Kept: A Life Insurance, A Pond, A Secret Tuesday Night 16.09.2026 22min

  The Two Lives He Kept: A Life Insurance, A Pond, A Secret Tuesday NightA laminated life insurance policy floated face-up in a pond nine days after the insured died, and the beneficiary address was forty miles away - so how did one man keep two separate households without anyone seeing the full shape of it? The pond, a secret apartment, and a string of precise Tuesday-night departures hint at a divided life that only surfaced after his death.In this episode, we follow the documented facts of Ralph Weaver’s death, the discovery of his life insurance policy at Hennessey Pond, and the people who encountered pieces of his double life to ask how ordinary routines can hide extraordinary secrets.Person: Ralph WeaverDate of death: December 2, 2019Discovery date: December 11, 2019Life insurance face value: $312,000Addresses involved: Dorchester Avenue apartment; 4 Birch Hollow Lane (40 miles apart)- Ralph Weaver died at age 23 from cardiac arrest due to an undiagnosed congenital heart defect.- A laminated Heartland Mutual life insurance policy was found floating at the southwest corner of Hennessey Pond.- The policy named two co-primary beneficiaries, Diane Weaver and Susan Colton, both at 4 Birch Hollow Lane.- Ralph paid 14 consecutive monthly premiums on the policy and did not list his Dorchester Avenue address on it.- Every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Ralph reliably attended poker at Scott and David Ames’s house until 10:00-11:00 p.m., providing a recurring two-and-a-half-hour window away from Birch Hollow Lane.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  She Had Two Lives, One Teal Tote - Why Valerie Vanished for 22 Days 15.09.2026 21min

  She Had Two Lives, One Teal Tote - Why Valerie Vanished for 22 DaysA teal tote sat on a porch in Harwick, Ohio for eleven days with yoga clothes, a water bottle marked V.M., a gas receipt from Paxton, Illinois, and an appointment card for a therapist two hundred and forty miles away. How did a woman live two complete, separate lives for years without anyone in either place knowing - and why did she disappear for twenty-two days?In this episode, we follow the facts uncovered after neighbors found the tote and investigators traced an appointment card to a counseling office in Belford, Illinois. We track Valerie Mitchell’s weekday routines, the IT logs that revealed consistent library IP use, and the unanswered questions about why she maintained two lives and then vanished.Person: Valerie MitchellLocation: 18 Sycamore Terrace, Harwick, OhioAge: 38 in November 2021Distance: 240 miles between Harwick, Ohio and Belford, IllinoisEmployment: Overland Transit Solutions, remote three days a week since 2019- The teal tote sat on the porch for eleven days before anyone picked it up.- Inside the tote: yoga clothes in a ziplock, a water bottle with the initials V.M., a gas receipt from Paxton, Illinois, and a cream appointment card.- The appointment card listed Dr. Susan Cho, Licensed Professional Counselor, at 847 Delmar Avenue, Suite 4, Belford, Illinois.- Investigators found Valerie’s home work schedule showed a consistent IP gap 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM three days a week filled by Moorefield Public Library in Illinois for at least two years.- Valerie had lived at 18 Sycamore Terrace since spring 2016 and was thirty-eight in November 2021.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].