In March 2000, a 23-year-old from North Carolina left a note about Jack Kerouac, packed her Jeep, and drove west toward a mountain she'd only read about – and what searchers found in the woods nine days later still has no explanation.
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https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y6mnafrdFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: If you have information regarding Leah Roberts’s disappearance, contact the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office at 360-778-6600 or the Whatcom Communication Dispatch Center at 360-676-6711. A free-spirited young woman set off on a soul-searching road trip inspired by Jack Kerouac — but what she left behind in the wilderness was a wrecked Jeep, a haunting mystery, and no trace of herself. What happened to Leah Roberts? (Leah Roberts’ Last Road Trip) *** In the tropical beauty of Antigua, a chilling mystery unfolds as locals continue to vanish without a trace — leaving a trail of grief, fear, and dark speculation. (The Mystery of Antigua’s Missing People) *** Would you still eat a special love-attracting cake if you knew it was covered in someone's sweat from their armpits and... everywhere else? (The Horrifying History of Love Potions) *** As if death isn’t unnerving as it is, science is now suggesting that you might still be conscious after death — aware your body has failed, but powerless to escape the darkness. (We Might Know We’re Dead When We Die) *** Some believe doppelgängers are omens of death – and some found out personally. (Haunted By Your Own Ghost) *** Biblical legend, Cold War espionage, and decades of silence — the hunt for Noah’s Ark might be stranger than fiction… and it includes the CIA. (The CIA Searches For Noah’s Ark) *** What if a murderer didn’t act alone… but under orders from a mind-control program no one was supposed to know about? (Programmed To Kill: The MKUltra Murders)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:00:59.741 = Show Open
00:03:16.502 = Leah Roberts’ Last Road Trip
00:13:30.991 = Programmed To Kill: The MKUltra Murders ***
00:22:12.690 = The Mystery of Antigua’s Missing People
00:26:30.224 = The Horrifying History of Love Potions
00:35:18.384 = We Might Know We’re Dead When We Die ***
00:39:41.170 = Haunted By Your Own Ghost
00:46:44.479 = The CIA Searches For Noah’s Ark
00:54:56.045 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Leah Roberts’ Last Road Trip”:
https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-leah-roberts-disappearance/jenn-dzikowski,
https://charleyproject.org/case/leah-toby-roberts, “The Mysterious Disappearance of Leah Roberts” (Investigation Discovery)
“Programmed To Kill: The MKUltra Murders”:
https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/“The Mystery of Antigua's Missing People”:
