Having run out of mysteries, the team takes on the task they’ve always discussed: a cooking show! They start with a Choopie favorite, Goat Blood Soup! (PS, happy April fools!)
Death of Hugues de la Plaza
In June 2007 Hugues de la Plaza was found stabbed to death in his San Francisco apartment, doors locked from the inside, weapon missing. Police consider the cause of death to be unknown, but his family and friends think otherwise. Who murdered Hugues, and why?
Some of Our Research:
SF Weekly shortly after the incident
SF Weekly several years later
Reddit discussion
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Death of Mary Anderson
In 1996, a woman named Mary Anderson paid cash for two nights in a hotel in Seattle. Three days later, when she didn’t check out, hotel staff found her peacefully dead by apparent suicide. Problem is, Mary Anderson doesn’t exist.
Some of Our Research:
News article from the time
Websleuths take
From Doe Network
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Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
In 1987 a 7 to 8 foot tall reptilian creature was sighted for the first time in Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina. Since then many people have claimed to have seen the Lizard Man and even charged it with damaging their property. Is it real or not?
Some of Our Research:
Interviews from 1988
Damage to the van
2015 sightings
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Bennington Triangle
A man vanishes from a bus; a college student sets out on a mountain trail and is never seen again… plus some others, and all in a small geographical area. Something’s going on…
Some of Our Research:
The basics
Paula Welden’s story
James Tedford’s story
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