Hidden Double Lives

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  The Secret Life Behind Unit 114: A Family That Never Existed 28.07.2026 21min

  The Secret Life Behind Unit 114: A Family That Never ExistedA storage unit held a Christmas portrait labeled "The Wells Family, 2009," rotating pharmacy receipts, and a shoebox of birthday cards written in the future-yet the woman in those photos, Susan Wells, and her daughter Claire vanished after a night in February 2011. How did a life split across eight miles and five years unravel into disappearance, and what do those objects really reveal?In this episode, we follow the documented facts found in Unit 114 and the people connected to it, tracing payments, phone calls, and the precise distance that kept two lives separate; what emerges is a question about identity, secrecy, and a single night that changed everything.Person: Susan WellsPerson: Dennis RourkePerson: Lynette RourkeLocation: Unit 114, Harlow Self-Storage on Kellner AvenueDate: February 3, 2011- Unit 114 was rented under the name "Susan Wells" beginning spring 2008 at $78 per month.- Claire was born in March 2008; Dennis Rourke arrived at Harlow Self Medical around 4:00 a.m, during delivery.- Dennis called Susan every Wednesday at 11:15 p.m., often from his truck in his driveway on Millbrook Court.- The Christmas portrait labeled "The Wells Family, 2009" was printed at a studio two blocks from Dennis's Creekside house.- Lynette Rourke watched Dennis for about one year after finding a prepaid phone in his jacket pocket in January 2010, then ended their marriage on the night of February 3, 2011.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Two Lives She Baked: How One Photo Unraveled a Perfect Double Life 27.07.2026 21min

  The Two Lives She Baked: How One Photo Unraveled a Perfect Double LifeA single photograph taken by a dog-walker captured a pale green spiral notebook labeled "Crystal Novak, Bellflour Bakery, Kellum" sitting in a Sugarwork Bakery van twenty-two miles from Kellum, and that image moved through four sets of hands in forty-eight hours. The woman had maintained two bakeries, two names, two towns and two relationships for four years - so how did one notebook make the whole system collapse?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that followed that photograph: who noticed it, how the notebook linked Sugarwork and Bellflour at the Hollenbeck wedding, and the specific patterns Crystal used to keep both lives functioning. What happened next when the logistics for one wedding erased twenty-two miles of separation?Person: Crystal Andrews / Crystal NovakAge: 38 in 2017Businesses: Sugarwork Bakery (Teller Creek) and Bellflour Bakery (Kellum)Distance between towns: 22 milesEvent: Hollenbeck wedding logistics revealed both bakeries- The pale green spiral notebook sat in the wrong van for 11 minutes before Crystal retrieved it.- Both vans were parked in the same wedding venue lot on a warm Saturday in September 2017.- Crystal ran Sugarwork Bakery on Millhaven Street in Teller Creek since 2009 and married Dennis Andrews in 2010.- Crystal opened Bellflour Bakery on Copse Street in Kellum in June 2013 under the name Crystal Novak.- The photograph moved through four sets of hands over the next two days before reaching Dennis Andrews.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Portrait That Unraveled Two Lives, One Secret Son 26.07.2026 22min

  The Portrait That Unraveled Two Lives, One Secret SonA laminated school portrait swept three miles downstream and into a fisherman's trotline exposed a seven-year-old boy who shouldn't have existed in one family's life. The photo carried a school ID that, when traced, split a single woman's life into two households-how did a routine school card topple fifteen years of deception?In this episode, we tell how a found portrait and a mundane insurance bill revealed overlapping marriages, two husbands, and a child kept secret from one side of the family. How did Peggy manage two lives for decades, and what finally made the seams show?Person: Peggy Tate / Peggy MossAge: 61 in 2009 (born circa 1948)Spouses: Frank Tate (married 34 years) and Walt Moss (married since 1994)Child: Marcus Moss (age 7 in summer 2009)Discovery dates: portrait found on third Tuesday of August 2009; insurance bill arrived late September 2009- The laminated school portrait of a seven-year-old was found by fisherman Gordon Whitaker in Sutter Creek and placed on his truck dashboard.- Peggy worked at Stanton and Riddle for 22 years with only 11 sick days and was scheduled Tuesday through Friday, present four days each week.- Peggy lived in Grover Falls on Tanner Road with Frank Tate and also in Coalport on Renner Street with Walt Moss, maintaining both households concurrently for 15 years.- Marcus Moss, age seven in 2009, attended Fairfield Elementary in Coalport and was listed on a pediatric well-visit insurance form naming Peggy Tate as policyholder.- Dean Armstrong, Peggy’s son from a first marriage, discovered the insurance explanation of benefits in late September 2009 at Peggy’s Grover Falls address and later photographed her calendar to map her schedule.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Pilot with Two Addresses: How a Badge Buried a Secret Life 25.07.2026 21min

  The Pilot with Two Addresses: How a Badge Buried a Secret LifeA laminated airline badge buried in boxwood roots turned an ordinary survey into a doorway to deception: a First Officer named Teresa Ward, a badge found in Kellerton where there is no airport, and a second life that ran like clockwork. How did a disciplined pilot’s credentials and a patched cat carrier point to an identity that had been lived in two places for over a year?In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries and records that link a buried badge to a fabricated tenant named Dana Selby, the flight delay that exposed a photo on a crew manifest, and the investigative details that Detective Marcus Sully used to piece together a system of secrecy. What did the cashier’s checks, the maintenance schedule, and the cat carrier really reveal?Person: Teresa WardAge: 26Location: Kellerton, Indiana (badge found), Fort Wayne (based)Date: July 11, 2019 (badge found); July 8, 2019 (flight delay)Case: Dual identity involving a false tenant named Dana Selby- The badge found was a laminated Midstates Regional Airways First Officer credential with the name Teresa Ward and an expiration date.- Teresa Ward was 26 years old in summer 2019 and based out of Fort Wayne flying a 37-seat regional jet on a 21-day rotation.- Dana Selby signed a lease in January 2018 on a two-bedroom house on Forester Lane and paid rent with 17 consecutive cashier's checks from an Indianapolis bank.- Bruce Andrews, Dana’s boyfriend, recognized Teresa Ward from a crew manifest photo after a flight delay of 2 hours 40 minutes on July 8, 2019.- The cat carrier associated with Dana/Grover had a worn patch on one strap and a blue carabiner clipped to the handle; Teresa had sewn a second internal compartment into her flight bag for two separate phones.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Two Lives Tucked Behind a Laminate I‑864 24.07.2026 21min

  The Two Lives Tucked Behind a Laminate I‑864A quiet Wisconsin house hid a laminated federal I-864 taped inside a concrete pump house - a signed affidavit that tied a Guatemalan wife and child to a man still married on paper elsewhere. How did a notarized immigration sponsorship listing 414 Sycamore Trace Road end up in a pump house while two separate households lived within a three-hour drive?In this episode, we follow the facts as they unfold from June 2011 back through marriages, divorce records, volunteer programs, and hidden connections to ask: what happens when an immigration affidavit becomes the hinge between two lives?Person: Jeffrey Alan AlanPerson: Connie SheridanPerson: Teodora Vásquez-RuizLocation: 414 Sycamore Trace Road, Grover Falls, WisconsinDate: June 2011- A Form I-864 affidavit of financial support was found laminated and taped to the interior wall of a pump house in June 2011.- Jeffrey Alan signed the I-864 and listed 414 Sycamore Trace Road as his address; the beneficiary was listed as his spouse.- Connie Sheridan lived at 414 Sycamore Trace Road since 2002 and was 51 years old in summer 2011.- Jeffrey and Connie divorced with a Wisconsin court finalizing the uncontested divorce in April 2005; Jeffrey had been married to Teodora since February 2003.- Jeffrey maintained a storage unit equidistant from Grover Falls and Branton containing a second set of work clothes, toiletries, and a second laptop; the drive between the two lives took less than three hours.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Child's Sneaker on Her Car Roof: The Seven-Year Double Life 23.07.2026 22min

  The Child's Sneaker on Her Car Roof: The Seven-Year Double LifeA single child’s white sneaker, size seven with a faded school label, clung to the roof of a locked blue Honda Accord for weeks and survived highway speeds - yet no child was ever near the scene. How did a shoe that matched a boy in another town end up on the roof of a woman living two lives, and what does that one object reveal about seven years of deception?In this episode, we follow the timeline from a June morning discovery through the threads detectives pulled that exposed a long-hidden double life. You will hear how two phones, two towns, and a pattern of migraines shaped Angela Stevens’s secret, and the moment the sneaker forced those worlds to collide.Person: Angela StevensAge: 33Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2022Location: Sutter Marsh wildlife preserve parking lotOther Identity: Angela Stevens in Dunnmore- A white child’s sneaker size 7 with a faded school label was found on the roof of a blue Honda Accord at 6:15 a.m.- Deputies arrived 11 minutes after Kevin Hunter’s 9-1-1 call and found Angela unresponsive in the driver’s seat.- Angela maintained two phones: one in her jacket pocket for Hartfield and a second, on a different carrier, hidden under a fleece in the car.- Angela began traveling 60 miles west on weekends in spring 2015, leasing an apartment in Dunnmore under the name Angela Stevens.- By spring 2017 Angela had moved into Doug Pelton’s house; his son Marcus, age 8 when the shoe was found, wore child size 7.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Dentist with Two Waiting Rooms and One Secret Life 22.07.2026 18min

  The Dentist with Two Waiting Rooms and One Secret LifeA small blue dental bib in a Dunmore doorway exposed a double life that had gone uninterrupted for eleven years: two active state dental licenses, two offices, two identities, and a paper calendar that kept them from colliding. How could a dentist maintain separate practices in Ohio and Kentucky for over a decade without a single administrative slip - and who finally noticed the mismatch?In this episode, we follow the timeline from a paperboy’s discovery to a neighbor’s search of public records, tracing the concrete steps Victoria took to run parallel practices and the single clue that began to unravel everything. What did the registry photos, separate DEA numbers, and paper calendars reveal about the scale and intent of her actions?Person: Victoria Fitzgerald / Victoria HarmonAge: 52 in 2014Location: Dunmore, Ohio and Lacefield, KentuckyPractice chairs: Ohio 4 chairs, Kentucky 3 chairsPatients: roughly 1,800 in Ohio practice- A pale blue dental bib labeled "Fitzgerald Family Dentistry - Lacefield, KY" sat in Victoria's Dunmore home for nearly three weeks before being reported.- Victoria lived at 4418 Wembley Court in Dunmore, Ohio for 17 years and was married to Tom Fitzgerald since 1991.- She opened a second practice in Lacefield, Kentucky in 2003, registered under her maiden name Harmon.- Both Ohio and Kentucky dental licenses were active and renewed on schedule, and she maintained two DEA registration numbers and two liability insurance policies.- Victoria's paper calendar was kept in a locked box in her car and she traveled to Kentucky 10-12 days per month.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Two Families, One Signature: How an Orange Backpack Unraveled Him 22.07.2026 20min

  The Two Families, One Signature: How an Orange Backpack Unraveled HimAn orange backpack sitting upright in eighteen inches of snow led to two school permission slips, two different last names, and one identical signature-same looping capital V and pen pressure-and a secret that would collapse two households. How could one man maintain two families forty-three miles apart for eight years, and what did a nine-year-old’s curiosity finally expose?In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the discovery on County Road Seven to the moment a child pulled a permission slip from his father’s pocket, revealing a name mismatch that sparked questions about identity, routine, and deception. What do receipts, commute math, and a pet rabbit’s feeding schedule reveal about a life built on a precise impossibility?Person: Vernon Reed / Vernon MarshDate: March 9, 2014Location: County Road Seven, WisconsinDistance: 43 miles between Stover and PelhamDuration: 8 years of the double life- The backpack was found upright in the middle of County Road Seven surrounded by eighteen inches of snow with no footprints or tire tracks nearby.- Inside were two field trip permission slips for different children bearing different last names but the exact same single signature.- Vernon stopped at a Kwik Mart on Route Twelve every Monday between 5:20 and 5:50 PM for eight consecutive years, creating a consistent 30-minute detour.- Fenwick Precision was located eighteen miles east of Pelham, making Vernon’s commute math and the Kwik Mart timing place him forty-five minutes off schedule every Monday.- The Pelham household kept a Holland Lop rabbit named Cleo fed at 6:15 AM and 5:45 PM daily, a routine Vernon never missed, and Cleo lived to twelve years old.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Day a Gym Bag Unraveled Two Secret Families 22.07.2026 22min

  The Day a Gym Bag Unraveled Two Secret FamiliesA gym bag on the shoulder of an empty county road contained a wallet, a gold ring, and three drawings - and it exposed a woman living two full families sixty-one miles apart for four years. How did one zipper and an ice storm collapse an entire, carefully engineered double life?In this episode, we tell the story of what unfolded after Vernon Farrell found the bag on February 9, 2014, and trace how Ruth Chambers sustained two separate households and identities across Dunbar and Farrow - until a single miscalculation forced both lives to collide. What detail finally made everything visible?Person: Ruth ChambersPerson: Troy CallahanPerson: Paul AdlerDate: February 9, 2014Location: Deschutes Mill Road- Vernon Farrell climbed an electrical pole on February 9, 2014, and later noticed a black gym bag on the road shoulder.- The bag contained a wallet, a gold ring engraved "R plus P, fourteenth of June, two thousand ten," and three drawings on yellow construction paper.- Ruth Chambers was married to Troy Callahan in March 2008 and had two children: Lily (11 in winter 2014) and Mason (8 in winter 2014).- Beginning in 2011 Ruth took a remote contract with a Farrow medical practice and logged remote access every Monday and Friday for approximately three years.- Ruth and Paul Adler bought matching gold rings at an estate auction around June 2010 and had a daughter, Cora, who was three in February 2014.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Two Cradles: Married Man, Two Babies, One Abandoned Secret 22.07.2026 20min

  The Two Cradles: Married Man, Two Babies, One Abandoned SecretA dry cherry-wood cradle appeared on a frozen vacant lawn four hours after a snowstorm, identical to another finished at the same time - and it belonged to a man living two lives. One craftsman, two nearly identical cradles ordered within weeks, and a photograph that led a woman to recognize the maker instantly - how did one cradle end up abandoned on a stranger’s lawn?In this episode, we follow the timeline and the material evidence that connected two households, two names, and one craftsman, tracking orders, vehicle registrations, and phone records to ask how the system that kept these lives separate finally failed. What decisions - and which small deceptions - allowed two families to be built in parallel until the morning a cradle was left on Birchwood Court?Person: Alan Fisher (also known as Alan Brandt)Date: January 9, 2019; earlier orders in September 2018; cradles finished first week of January 2019Location: Birchwood Court, Tulliver, Ohio; Parsons Mill Road (shop), Tulliver, Ohio; Kinsley, IndianaEvent: Two identical cherry-wood cradles ordered and built; one found abandonedCase: Photograph of cradle sent by Pam Brandt to Darlene Gardner at 6:00 a.m. on January 9, 2019- The two cherry orders were placed at the same Elyria lumber yard two weeks apart in September 2018.- Alan was fifty-four years old in January 2019 and ran a one-man millwork shop on Parsons Mill Road.- Both cradles shared Alan’s signature scallop hood carving developed in 2012 and finished in the first week of January 2019.- Cell tower records placed Alan in Kinsley on three Tuesday nights in November and December 2018, corroborated by a teammate’s log.- At 6:00 a.m. on January 9, 2019, Pam Brandt sent a photograph of the cradle found on a Tulliver lawn to her half-sister after recognizing the craftsmanship.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Woman Who Kept Two Families Secret - Until a Tax Form 22.07.2026 23min

  The Woman Who Kept Two Families Secret - Until a Tax FormA discarded Form 1040 blew across frozen grass at 19°F and exposed three dependents tied to a Harlow address - a single piece of paper that unraveled a woman living two complete lives for nearly four years. How did an accountant who color-coded billing cycles and kept a laminated insurance-code sheet sustain two households, two names and three children without leaving a paper trail?In this episode, you’ll hear how a tax form found by a meter reader set in motion the discovery of Frances Anne Dempsey’s double life, what she kept secret from her Harlow employer and family, and the question that followed: why did she refuse to surrender either life?Person: Frances Anne DempseyDate of discovery: December 2014Location: 42 Kettner Place, Harlow, OhioChildren: Nora (born 2010), Owen (born 2012), Marcus (born spring 2014)Other person: Brent Slade- A Form 1040 listing three dependents blew onto frozen grass at 19°F and was found near 42 Kettner Place.- Philip Hicks, a meter reader, picked up the tax form on a Thursday morning in the second week of December 2014.- Frances worked full-time at Norlan Distributors and was considered a reliable coordinator by supervisor Gene Ott.- Frances’s Harlow tax returns filed at Harlow Tax Partners for three years listed her as a single filer with no dependents.- Frances’s children lived 240 miles west in Mineral Point, Indiana, with their father Brent Slade.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Man Who Crossed the Bridge to Two Lives 22.07.2026 22min

  The Man Who Crossed the Bridge to Two LivesHe kept two households, two names, and a carefully placed wig for six years while a pedestrian bridge split the city in half-until a folding table and a storage unit on Dellwood Avenue exposed the deception. How did a man with a steady job, a wife, and two daughters manage to live two separate lives in the same 90,000-person city without either woman knowing?In this episode, we tell the story of what was discovered in a First Congregational Church storage unit and how that discovery connected a south-side family, a north-side girlfriend, and a converted rail bridge. What choices and routines allowed the double life to remain stable for so long, and what finally unraveled it?Person: Alan Kenneth WalkerPerson: Connie WalkerPerson: Debra HoltDate: November 14, 2011Location: Dellwood Avenue storage unit- A dark auburn wig was found on a foam mount in storage unit 47 at First Congregational Church.- Leon Zimmerman, a 63-year-old retired postal worker, unlocked the storage unit on November 14, 2011 to retrieve folding tables.- Alan Walker was 38 years old in 2011 and had worked seven years as a project coordinator at Halverson Distribution.- Connie Walker was 41 and taught fourth grade; their daughters were Becca, 11, and Jade, 8.- Debra Holt was 34, lived on Callum Street in Aldine Heights, and had met "Kenneth" at a conference around 2005.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Man With Two Lives and the Orange Flag 22.07.2026 20min

  The Man With Two Lives and the Orange FlagA photograph of a nine-year-old girl, a sandcastle topped with a small orange flag, and thirty-one unexpected vacation photos turn a predictable life into a mystery that spans states. How did a man with perfect routines log fifteen thousand miles in six months and keep two families apart without anyone noticing?In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries that starts with a phone notification and moves through receipts, service records, and volunteer sign-in sheets to the question everyone avoids: where was he really going and who was he with?Person: Lloyd CoxPerson: Roger HuntPerson: Connie FaberDate: October 2019Location: Morganfield, Ohio- Roger Hunt is sixty-two years old and worked thirty-one years at the same structural engineering firm.- Lloyd Cox is twenty-seven years old when he receives thirty-one photos from his father.- Roger volunteered every Thursday evening for eleven years at the Morganfield Food Alliance with no absences on the sign-in sheets.- Vehicle service records show Roger's truck had 114,000 miles in March 2019 and 129,000 miles in September 2019 - a 15,000 mile increase in six months.- Connie Faber found a dry-cleaning receipt with a Prescott Avenue, Morganfield, Ohio address one month after a Gulf Shores, Alabama trip where an orange flag was planted on a sandcastle.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Man With Two Names: How a Pink Backpack Unearthed Twin Families 22.07.2026 22min

  The Man With Two Names: How a Pink Backpack Unearthed Twin FamiliesA pink backpack dangling eleven feet underwater held three documents that exposed a man's secret: for seven years he supported two families ninety miles apart under two names. The discovery linked two daughters who enrolled in school the same week using the same Social Security number - but who was the man they both called father?In this episode, we walk through the sequence of events from the backpack's recovery to the school records that triggered an investigation, and trace how routine paperwork and a fisherwoman's find uncovered a double life. How did a duplicate Social Security number and an administrative decision lead detectives to a man living as Duane Brown and David Whitmore?Person: Duane Brown / David WhitmoreBirth: Spring 1982Location: Millhaven, Indiana and Garfield Point, IllinoisEvent: Pink backpack found on September 12, 2009Investigator: Detective Paul Enright- The backpack was found hanging on a fishhook eleven feet underwater in the Calloway River on September 12, 2009.- Inside the backpack were three documents sealed in a freezer bag that linked to both families.- Duane Brown was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, in spring 1982 and was the second of three children.- He lived a dual life for seven years, spending roughly 9-10 days per month in Garfield Point and the rest in Millhaven.- Two girls enrolled in elementary school the same week in late summer 2009 using the same Social Security number for their father; the duplicate flag sat in a school administrator’s queue for eleven days.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Woman With Two Houses and a Birthday Cake Left Waiting 22.07.2026 19min

  The Woman With Two Houses and a Birthday Cake Left WaitingThe garage held a birthday cake with white frosting, blue roses and eleven candles standing straight, sitting there for an estimated eight to fourteen months - and the party had never happened. Who had been waiting for that cake, and why did one woman maintain two full households for nearly two decades without either family knowing the other existed?In this episode, we tell the story of a woman whose death revealed a parallel life: a life known as Vicki Padgett in Draper Falls and as Victoria Crane in Sutter Bend, and the child who waited for her birthday that never came. How did she manage two households, two calendars and two identities for seventeen years, and what happened when both worlds collided?Person: Vicki PadgettAlternate name: Victoria CraneLocation: Draper Falls and Sutter Bend, OhioDate of death: September 14, 2018Child: Jesse Douglas Crane-Pell, age 10- A county surveyor, Valerie Mason, found the cake in a garage on Coppermill Drive in August 2019 with eleven candles and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSIE banner.- A food scientist estimated the cake had been sitting in the garage for between eight and fourteen months.- Vicki Padgett worked as an operations manager for roughly twelve years and drove a silver Subaru in Draper Falls.- Probate attorney Warren Tice found a cell phone account and a 2016 gray Honda Civic registered to Victoria Crane at a Coppermill Drive address, renewed in April 2018.- Cynthia Snyder discovered two paper calendars kept separately for seventeen years and a child’s bedroom with the name Jesse written on the closet door.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Woman With Two Houses: The Secret Found in a Septic Tank 22.07.2026 21min

  The Woman With Two Houses: The Secret Found in a Septic TankA sealed greeting card pulled from a septic tank led to a double life that ran uninterrupted for nearly six years: two houses, two men, and a cat that may have existed in only one place. How did a 31-year-old billing coordinator keep both households funded and hidden until a waterlogged envelope and a bag of prescription cat food started to unravel everything?In this episode, we tell the story of Donna Lewis and the precise system she built to live in Claremont, Ohio and Hatcherly, Tennessee at the same time, the people who knew different versions of her, and the small, ordinary items that cracked the secret-like a propane delivery receipt and a twelve-pound bag of renal cat food. What really happened between her two households, and when did the double life begin to collapse?Person: Donna LewisLocation: Claremont, OhioLocation: Hatcherly, TennesseeDate: July 9, 2019Occupation: Billing coordinator- A sealed greeting card addressed to "Mrs. D. Lewis, Claremont, Ohio" surfaced from a septic tank on July 9, 2019.- Donna made regular four-hour drives to Hatcherly, Tennessee starting in autumn 2013 and had a house on Dray Mill Road.- By 2014 Donna was 31 years old and working as a billing coordinator at an orthopedic clinic in Claremont.- Pepper, the household cat in Claremont, died in January 2019, yet a fresh 12-pound bag of renal food purchased in May 2019 was found in the house.- A propane delivery receipt bearing the Dray Mill Road, Hatcherly address and the name "D. Lewis" was found in a desk drawer in April or May 2019.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  He Kept Two Lives, Two Phones - Her Purse Exposed His Secret Morning Call 22.07.2026 20min

  He Kept Two Lives, Two Phones - Her Purse Exposed His Secret Morning CallA dawn photograph of two identical purses - one open on a car roof, one sealed inside - cracked open a decade-long double life built on routine and routine deception. How did a birdwatcher's six o'clock shot and a hospital intake form reveal a man living in two towns with two households?In this episode, we follow the sequence of events that unfolded the morning Diane Tate was admitted to Harwick Regional Medical Center and the details that tied Richard Russo to both lives, asking how ordinary habits hid extraordinary deceit.Person: Diane TatePerson: Richard RussoDate: June 11, 2019Location: Harwick Regional Medical Center (overflow lot)Event: Cardiac event and photograph discovery- At 6:00 a.m. Larry Olson photographed two cedar waxwings and captured a dark blue Buick LeSabre with an open woman's purse on the roof.- Diane Tate, age 51, arrived at Harwick Regional at 3:00 a.m. with chest tightness and was admitted to the cardiac unit by 4:22 a.m.- Diane listed a prepaid phone number as emergency contact, which the hospital called at 6:47 a.m.; Richard Russo answered while already driving.- Richard Russo, age 52, maintained two households: one in Harwick with Diane and one in Millburg with his wife Patrice and two children, 46 miles apart on Route 30.- Every Wednesday at 5:45 a.m. Richard placed a standing call to Patrice from the Clement Street driveway before Diane woke.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Woman With Two Lives: How a Cake Exposed Eight Years of Secrets 22.07.2026 19min

  The Woman With Two Lives: How a Cake Exposed Eight Years of SecretsA cake with six unlit candles and a four-day-past sell-by date sat on a doorstep while its baker drove to another state to live a second life; a parking permit sticker glimpsed at 47 mph began to unravel eight years of deliberate engineering. How did one phone in a glove compartment and a pattern of routine make two families blind to the same woman?In this episode, we tell who was involved, how she managed movement between two households, and the exact detail that cracked her system open - the question is how a small, ordinary object led to a larger truth.Person: Amy Williams / Amy CoulterLocation: Orchard Gate Road, Calloway, Indiana; Pembrook Street, Denton Falls, OhioDuration: approximately eight yearsTrips: roughly 200 interstate drivesChild: Cody, about to turn six in spring 2009- A birthday cake with six unlit candles and a box dated four days past its sell-by was left on Pembrook Street while no one was home.- Amy maintained three phone lines: a cell billed to Orchard Gate, a Denton Falls landline billed to a PO box, and a prepaid cell replaced every six months.- She purchased each new prepaid phone at a Walgreens in Indianapolis and topped up balances at different branches, never the same one twice.- Amy made roughly two hundred trips between Calloway and Denton Falls over an eight-year period, a drive of about two hours each way.- The first unraveling clue was a parking permit sticker seen through a rear windshield at 47 miles per hour near Milo Junction on Interstate 70.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  When a Wallet Betrays Her: The Woman Living Two Lives at 29 22.07.2026 23min

  When a Wallet Betrays Her: The Woman Living Two Lives at 29She kept two families, two names, and two sets of life-sustaining paperwork - and no one who knew either Angela noticed the seams for nearly four years. Wallets, medical records, and a laminated birthday card found face-down in a frozen ditch begin to reveal how deliberately one woman split her world; what pushed that system to fail on a Thursday morning in April 2011?In this episode, we tell the facts of the case as recorded in records and witness statements: the timeline of Angela Collins and Angela Marsh, the towns she moved between, the routines that sustained her two lives, and the moment those lives collided. How did she keep two households ticking, and what did her family find when the ledger of her life was opened?Person: Angela Collins / Angela MarshDate: First week of April 2011Location: Heller, Indiana; Portfield, Indiana; Granger, IndianaAge: 29Event: Woman collapsed in parking lot; discovered two identities- Angela was 29 years old when she collapsed in the farm-supply co-op parking lot in Heller in April 2011.- She maintained two families: in Portfield she was Angela Collins with a daughter Lily (born 2005), and in Heller she was Angela Marsh with daughters Lily (born 2006) and Becca (born August 2007).- She traveled every Friday morning and Monday morning between Portfield and Heller for nearly four years, a distance of 73 miles between the towns.- She kept two phones, two email accounts, and two sets of banking records at separate regional banks.- A plastic box found in a closet in Heller contained two complete sets of children's medical records labeled Lily Collins (Portfield) and Lily Marsh (Heller), both girls listed as five years old.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  He Lit the Candles Alone: The Secret Life of Terry Weber 22.07.2026 22min

  He Lit the Candles Alone: The Secret Life of Terry WeberA woman finds a child's birthday cake with six candles burned down to their wax collars in an empty apartment rented under a different name - but the town had no Sophie on any lease and the unit had been vacant for eleven days. Who was the girl those candles were for, and why did the evidence point to a man whose quiet suburban life hid a second household forty miles away?In this episode, we tell the sequence of discoveries from the morning Amanda Wallace stepped into Unit Nine to the clues that led investigators toward the truth about the people connected to that apartment. You will hear how routine inspections, rent records, and a municipal storage unit opened a hidden chapter in one man's life - and what question kept pulling detectives deeper.Person: Amanda WallacePerson: Dennis HoukPerson: Detective Phil NovakPerson: Terry WeberPerson: Patrice Tate- Amanda Wallace discovered the cake on the morning of March 7, 2019 after a routine power-flicker inspection.- The apartment had been empty for eleven days when Wallace entered and found six pink candles burned down to their wax collars.- The lease for Unit Nine listed a single male tenant named Thomas Reidy and had been rented since April 2015.- Rent payments arrived every month, on time, in the form of money orders purchased at a ShopMart on the east side of Keppler.- Terry Weber lived in Garfield Township for twenty-two years, was fifty-four in winter 2019, and walked a two-mile loop to the Keppler Reservoir each morning at 6:15.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: business@obomedia.com.