Our card this week is Susan "Susie" Poupart, the 7 of Spades from Wisconsin. When 29-year-old Susie went to a house party on her reservation, surrounded by friends and so close to home, she should’ve been safe. But when the mother of two left the party in a car with some younger men, things took a turn for the worse. Susie never made it home, and six months later, her remains were found in a nearby forest. The men Susie was last seen with became immediate suspects, but to this day, there just is...
Feb 26, 2025•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Tessie Temores, the 10 if Diamonds from Mississippi. When 37-year-old Tessie went more than a month without contacting any of her six children, her mom had a sinking feeling that something was wrong. Her loved ones never thought over five years would go by without hearing from her. But here they are ... still in the same stagnant spot. Still wondering what really happened... still waiting for Tessie to come home. If you know anything about the disappearance of Tessie Temore...
Feb 19, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Carole Clement, the Ace of Hearts from Florida. When a beloved mother and grandmother is found stabbed to death inside her own home in an affluent seaside community, detectives are immediately suspicious of her soon-to-be ex-husband. But when his alibi seemed to check out, they were compelled to look at less obvious alternatives. Was this a murder-for-hire plot, or could the killer be someone much closer to Carole than they’d previously assumed? If you know anything about t...
Feb 12, 2025•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Jefferson "Jeff" West, the King of Diamonds from Mississippi. On July 2nd 2018, Jeff West, a 46-year-old father of four, got into an argument with his mom in the backyard of her house. In the heat of the moment, he apparently stormed off into the woods surrounding her property… and has never been seen again. If you know anything about the mysterious disappearance of Jeff West from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, in July of 2018, we urge you to call Detective Sergeant Dustin Wei...
Feb 05, 2025•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Agustin Chacon, 25, and Marshall McCarthy, 37, were both shot to death in their homes in the same Odessa, Texas, neighborhood on the same winter night in 1982. While Marshall’s case nearly had too many leads for investigators to chase, Agustin’s hardly had any. A language barrier between police and Agustin’s roommates made things even harder. Now, more than 40 years later, one cold case detective is working through the different challenges in each case as she tries to solve both of these men’s m...
Jan 29, 2025•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is LaQuandra “Shavonne” Slater, the 4 of Clubs from Michigan. Thirty-eight-year-old, LaQuandra “Shavonne” Slater was known for being independent. Everyone who knew her said she was outspoken, knew how to take care of herself, and wasn’t one to be pushed around. So, it was all the more shocking when, in December of 2016, she disappeared without a trace. If you know anything about the disappearance of LaQuandra “Shavonne” Slater in Flint, Michigan in December of 2016, we urge yo...
Jan 22, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is My-Dung Tran, the 10 of Spades from Mississippi. On September 27th 2008, 51-year-old My-Dung Tran boarded a bus from her home in Pensacola, Florida to Biloxi, Mississippi for a trip to the casinos. She planned to stay for a couple of weeks to gamble with friends in the area. But on October 4th, 2008, My-Dung got into a cab outside of a casino and was never seen or heard from again. In the 16 years since then, her case has remained a mystery to Biloxi police. If you know any...
Jan 15, 2025•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is William Alvarado, the Ace of Spades from Connecticut. William Alvarado was 73 years old when he was found stabbed to death in his living room in Willimantic, Connecticut in 2016. For years, his case was ice cold. But just recently, it started heating up– all thanks to a tip that came in from a deck of cold case playing cards. Now, detectives are working around the clock to finally solve William’s murder – and they’re the closest they’ve ever been. If you or anyone you know ...
Jan 08, 2025•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Debra Sue Moore, the Jack of Clubs from Texas. After a night out with a new love interest in May 1986, 25-year-old Debra Sue Moore was fatally stabbed steps outside her date’s apartment door. Police quickly zeroed in on her estranged husband as a suspect, but a string of attacks on several other women in the same area during the same week forced them to consider whether a serial predator could be to blame for Debra’s death. If you have any information about the death of Deb...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Javed Akhtar, the Jack of Diamonds from Connecticut. When 32-year-old Javed Akhtar was fatally shot outside his convenience store in East Windsor, Connecticut, on a cold winter night in 2007, his wife, their two young children, and a community of loyal customers were desperate for answers. Police soon found the murder weapon, but solving the case wouldn’t be simple, and the investigation stalled for years. Now, after reviewing case files for this episode of The Deck, invest...
Dec 18, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Deborah Perry, the 3 of Spades from South Carolina. Three decades have passed since 29-year-old Deborah Perry was found shot to death on a rural cul-de-sac outside Columbia, South Carolina, and her killer has never been caught. As cold case investigators follow new leads, Deborah’s daughter wonders if a pair of flowered pants and men’s underwear her mother was found holding could be the key to cracking the case. If you have information about the 1994 murder of Deborah Perry...
Dec 11, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Wojciech Fudali, the 3 of Spades from Rhode Island. On its face, this missing person’s case might appear to be a tragic tale of a young man experiencing some sort of mental break. But there are a lot of loose ends and strange occurrences that can’t fully be explained away by a young college grad simply taking off on his own. If you know anything about the mysterious disappearance of Wojciech Fudali on December 6th, 2008 in Narragansett, Rhode Island, you can call Narraganse...
Dec 04, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Dominic Marino, the 2 of Clubs from Connecticut. There had been many times that Mark Marino hugged his oldest son goodbye and feared he might never see him again. After all, Dominic was an Air Force vet who’d been deployed overseas more than a few times. But this wasn’t one of those moments. 30-year-old Dominic was just heading home after a short visit with his dad, both sure they would see each other again soon. Now that hug is a scene Mark will play on a loop in his mind ...
Nov 27, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is John Phillips, the Jack of Diamonds from Rhode Island. Nineteen-year-old John Phillips was found dead and surrounded by dozens of weapons in a Rhode Island parking lot on October 28, 1986. His death was ruled a suicide, and for 15 years, the case was considered closed. But in 2001, after taking a closer look at the case files, detectives realized something didn’t quite add up… Today, they’re still working to uncover exactly what… or who… brought John to his death that Octob...
Nov 20, 2024•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Alfonso McCoy Jr. & Debra Gomez, The Queen of Clubs from Arizona. It seems like more than just a coincidence that this couple is on that particular face of cards, because by all accounts, Debbie was Alfonso’s queen. They’d only been together a few years or so, but according to both families, Alfonso always took care of his people. When he did choose to settle down, he was loyal to that one person. He was Debbie’s protector . But in the darkness of winter more than twenty ye...
Nov 13, 2024•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Randa Jawhari, the 10 of Spades from Michigan. Randa was last seen on February 10th, 2009 at her apartment complex. By the next morning, she had disappeared without a trace, leaving a close-knit family of ten to unravel the mystery. Fifteen years later, detectives are still trying to find her and figure out what happened that fateful night… and who might be responsible. If you know anything about the 2009 disappearance of Randa Jawhari or if you have any information about s...
Nov 06, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Nikole "Niki" Bakoles, the 3 of Hearts from Utah. When duck hunters discovered human remains in an area called Saltair near The Great Salt Lake in Utah in the fall of 2000, investigators began the difficult task of trying to learn the real name of the woman they called “Saltair Sally". It took 12 years for the remains to be identified as those of Nikole “Niki” Bakoles, a 20-year-old mom originally from Washington state. Now, nearly another 12 years have passed, and investig...
Oct 30, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Elisa Gano, the Queen of Diamonds from Arizona. At just 30 years old, Elisa had already lived a lifetime of ups and downs. She often found herself experiencing homelessness while battling her own personal demons. All the while struggling to be a mother to five children. Despite her difficulties, Elisa’s family felt she would come out on the other side. The problem is she never got that chance. If you know anything about the murder of Elisa Gano in October of 2000 in Phoenix...
Oct 23, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Anne Paetz, the 7 of Clubs from Michigan. When 23-year-old Anne Paetz went out for cigarettes after midnight on July 2nd, 1999, no one in her family thought much of it. But while out, she crossed paths with the wrong person, and never made it back home. The next morning, Anne was found dead on the side of the highway. Nearly 25 years later, her family is still desperate for answers. If you know anything about the 1999 murder of Anne Paetz in Michigan, or if you have any inf...
Oct 16, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Patricia "Patti" Barrett, the 2 of Hearts from Utah. When Patricia “Patti” Barrett got on a bus from Dallas to Salt Lake City in 1978, her family had no way of knowing they’d never see her again. For over 30 years they were left wondering what happened to Patti, until 2012, when, with the help of Patti’s daughter and DNA testing, Salt Lake County detectives were able to connect her to the remains of a 1978 Jane Doe. Nearly 12 years have passed since that identification, and...
Oct 09, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this season is Ada Haradine, the 3 of Clubs from Indiana. "The Deck Investigates" returns with Season 2, delving deep into the perplexing case of Ada Haradine, a 40-year-old mother of two who vanished without a trace from her Elkhart, Indiana home on a seemingly ordinary Wednesday afternoon in May 1985. Over 14 gripping episodes, we'll meticulously reconstruct the events leading up to Ada's disappearance, explore the initial efforts to find her and the myriad of suspects and theories th...
Oct 04, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Jay Durnil, the 2 of Hearts from Nebraska. Jay Durnil, 11, was last seen on April 29th, 1976 biking to the Elkhorn River in his family’s neighborhood near Waterloo, Nebraska. Jay’s dog Tex returned home that night but Jay was never seen alive again. Jay’s case was handled as an accidental drowning until his body surfaced in a different river 21 days later, with clear signs that he’d been murdered. If you have any information about the 1976 murder of 11-year-old Jay Durnil n...
Oct 02, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Ralph Salazar and Alice Griego, the Ace of Hearts from Utah. Back in October of 2023, we were contacted by one of Alice Griego’s son, Frankie, about covering his mother’s case. He was a listener of The Deck and had previously heard us cover cases in Utah. Unknown to him, our reporting team had already flagged his mother’s case as one we needed to take a closer look at. Not just because it was unsolved, but because we felt it had never received the full coverage it deserved....
Sep 25, 2024•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Brianna Vibert, the jack of Hearts from Michigan. In the summer of 2017, Brianna was at a crossroads in her life. At the young age of 24, she was recently divorced from her husband and now living with an allegedly abusive boyfriend, all while battling some personal demons. So, on July 15th, when Brianna mysteriously disappeared, some people might assume she just walked away from it all and left her troubles behind. The Flint Township Police in Michigan are not those people....
Sep 18, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Richard Chadek III, the 3 of Clubs from Nebraska. When an 11-year-old went missing from a quiet Nebraska suburb in 1986, an entire task force got to work searching for him. But as days passed by, their hopes for a safe return dwindled, and the unimaginable was confirmed a week after the disappearance. It’s been 38 years since Richard Chadek III was taken in broad daylight… but that doesn’t mean the leads have all dried up. If you have any information regarding the abduction...
Sep 11, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Deck Investigates Season One, episodes 13-18. Click HERE to sign the petition and demand justice for Darlene Hulse. If you believe you have information about Darlene Hulse’s 1984 abduction and murder in Argos, Indiana, please email thedeck@audiochuck.com . To view information and photos referenced in these episodes, visit: https://thedeckpodcast.com/the-deck-investigates/ . Find more of The Deck Investigates on social media. Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @thedeckp...
Sep 04, 2024•3 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Deck Investigates Season One, episodes 7-12. Click HERE to sign the petition and demand justice for Darlene Hulse. If you believe you have information about Darlene Hulse’s 1984 abduction and murder in Argos, Indiana, please email thedeck@audiochuck.com . To view information and photos referenced in these episodes, visit: https://thedeckpodcast.com/the-deck-investigates/ . Find more of The Deck Investigates on social media. Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @thedeckpo...
Sep 04, 2024•2 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is The Deck Investigates Season One, episodes 1-6. Click HERE to sign the petition and demand justice for Darlene Hulse. If you believe you have information about Darlene Hulse’s 1984 abduction and murder in Argos, Indiana, please email thedeck@audiochuck.com . To view information and photos referenced in these episodes, visit: https://thedeckpodcast.com/the-deck-investigates/ . Find more of The Deck Investigates on social media. Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @thedeckpod...
Sep 04, 2024•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Jeannette Drzewiecki, the 8 of Diamonds from Texas. When 19-year-old Jeannette left the little rented house she shared with her husband Matt in Odessa, Texas on the evening of September 13th, 1982, he had every reason to believe she’d be back in no time. What he couldn’t have known was that a silent countdown started the moment she walked out the door... and that every passing minute brought him one step closer to a life he never planned. One where he would be left to raise...
Aug 28, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our card this week is Mary Cooper & Susanna Stodden, the Ace of Hearts from Washington. For 18 years, no one has been able to figure out who killed Mary Cooper and her daughter Susanna Stodden while they were out for a scenic mother-daughter hike in the beautiful mountains of Washington state. No one understands why either. Their deaths and the evidence left behind continue to perplex detectives in Snohomish County. If you know anything about the murders of Mary Cooper and Susanna Stodden on the...
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