Cascadia Crime & Cryptids – Details, episodes & analysis

Angela Lynn Chan was 19 years old at the time of her disappearance on March 27, 1989. She was a white female, 5'2", approximately 120 pounds, with short blonde/strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a scar on her chin, a rose or orchid tattoo on her left ankle, and a circle with an arrow tattoo on her left shoulder. Her ears were pierced at least twice in each ear. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a pink t-shirt with a Hot Tuna logo which is like a hot pink cartoon angler fish, and white sneakers — the sneakers were found in her abandoned car. She may go by the last name Carlstrom instead of Chan.

If you have any information about Angela's disappearance, please contact the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office at 541-693-6911. Her NamUs case number is MP12063 and her agency case number is 89-0755.

Sources

• https://charleyproject.org/case/angela-lynn-chan
• https://ktvz.com/news/2015/02/12/26-year-mystery-what-happened-to-redmond-teen/
• https://sheriff.deschutes.org/services/detectives/cold-cases/
• https://websleuths.com/threads/or-angela-chan-19-redmond-27-march-1989.157506/
• https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP12063
• https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/angela-lynn-chan
• https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/997dfor.html
• https://www.reddit.com/r/WithoutATrace/comments/1mzksq1/angela_lynn_chan_missing_from_redmond_or_in_1989/

Sara takes us to British Columbia via the wayback machine to talk about the origins of the legend of a long lost gold mine near Pitt Lake.  

Sources

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-starved-out/144982415/
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-another-good-indian/144981676/
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/vancouver-daily-world-hanged-at-the-roya/144982539/
  
• https://skeptoid.com/episodes/952
  
• https://www.westcoastplacer.com/search-for-slumachs-lost-gold-mine-part-1-the-legend/
  
• https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/is-a-secret-gold-mine-hidden-in-the-b-c-mountains-this-treasure-hunter-says-so-1.5306383
  
• https://tricitiesdispatch.com/lost-gold-curse/
  
• https://mapleridgenews.com/2024/12/17/coquitlam-man-claims-to-have-found-slumachs-pitt-lake-gold/
  
• https://www.slumach.ca/
  
• https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/treasure-hunter-getting-close-unearthing-30956811

We've got another lake cryptid for you - and this one has very sharp teeth.  This is the legend of the Tsinquaw.

Sources

• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Tsinquaw
• https://superstitioustimes.com/what-lurks-in-cowichan-lake-stin-qua-adds-to-b-c-s-super-natural-mystique/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLGsl574k8
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%27uubaa-asatx
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan_Lake

This is the tragic, senseless murder of 16 year old Syanna Puryear-Tucker.  If you would like to sign the petition for Syanna's Law, please click here.  The link is also below in the source list.

Sources

• https://www.facebook.com/justiceformaesmom
• https://mycrimelibrary.com/lola-luna-guilty-of-syanna-puryear-tucker-murder/
• https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle/status/1620209000187928578
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/07/08/brother-teen-charged-syannas-death-accused-threat-family/10016898002/
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/06/18/loved-ones-teen-stabbed-death-it-doesnt-seem-real/7734973002/
• https://www.change.org/p/the-legislative-branch-syanna-law
• https://www.reddit.com/r/BremertonWA/comments/zepc9b/lola_luna_guilty_of_murder_in_stabbing_death_of/
• https://www.instagram.com/justiceforsyanna_/?hl=en
• https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/teen-sentenced-fatal-stabbing-syanna-puryear-tucker-bremerton/281-c0bdae41-92cc-43af-8a35-613c9ea2d59d
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2022/12/06/lola-luna-guilty-murder-stabbing-death-syanna-puryear-tucker/69707055007/
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2022/12/01/lola-luna-syanna-puryear-tucker-stabbing-murder-trial/69690331007/
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/11/08/pregnant-teen-lola-luna-murder-trial-syanna-puryear-tucker-delayed-again-give-birth-kitsap/8303417001/
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/07/16/teen-charged-other-teens-death-released-bail-family-claims-harassment/7999430002/
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/lola-luna-bremerton-teen-who-killed-16-year-old-girl-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/teen-found-guilty-in-deadly-stabbing-of-bremerton-16-year-old
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/924149802/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/894537636/?terms=syanna%20puryear-tucker&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/796595120/?terms=syanna%20puryear-tucker&match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/762029611/?terms=syanna%20puryear-tucker
• https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/16-year-old-girl-stabbed-to-death-bremerton/281-8cc82d0f-5899-449b-b3f1-79bf2c250cd9
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/07/16/teen-charged-other-teens-death-released-bail-family-claims-harassment/7999430002/
• https://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=&s=WA&d=169809
• https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/11/15/teens-murder-trial-delayed-again-after-judge-has-medical-emergency/10700435002/

Joan Hall was supposed to meet her aunt at Warrenton Grade School, but disappeared after departing a convenience store to make the half mile walk to the school - what happened to Joan Hall?

If you have any information on Joanie's case please contact the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office at 503-325-8635 or email sheriff@clatsopcounty.gov.

Sources

• https://www.clatsopcounty.gov/sheriff/page/cold-cases
  
• https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/vanishing-of-joan-leigh-hall-a6ea5c5cbc2c
  
• https://www.dailyastorian.com/life/in_one_ear/what-happened-to-joanie/article_89326f4f-3688-5b74-9063-e35bbe16b82b.html
  
• https://charleyproject.org/case/joan-leigh-hall
  
• https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1413dfor.html
  
• https://www.cannonbeachgazette.com/opinion/an-open-letter-to-clatsop-county-da-ron-brown-and-the-clatsop-county-sheriff-s/article_c879b10a-ac3b-11eb-ad76-2322e9d46c34.html
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/385142379/?terms=%22Joan%20Leigh%20Hall%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/338043017/?terms=%22Joan%20Leigh%20Hall%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/565977961/?terms=%22Joanie%20Hall%22&match=1
  
• https://www.dailyastorian.com/obituaries/deaths/article_11b62010-2ad7-5629-a384-e26beb213b6f.html
  
• http://manvsmystery-gonewithoutatrace.blogspot.com/2011/09/reviewing-original-police-reports.html

Alice Rheem was relocated to Orcas Island by her husband in the hopes that her wild ways might calm down, but Alice couldn't be tamed.  Now, her ghost spooks visitors with some real saucy EVPs.  This is the tale of Alice Rheem.

Sources

• https://rosarioresort.com/
• https://www.visitsanjuans.com/haunted-hotels-in-the-san-juan-islands
• http://63.76.193.160/about/history
• https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Washington/Alice-G-Rheem_2bm726
• https://nwpassages.wordpress.com/tag/alice-rheem/
• https://boozeandspirits.com/2021/02/12/moran-manor-investigation/
• https://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/meet-and-greet-with-journal-staff-film-viewing/
• https://www.sanjuanjournal.com/life/the-haunting-sounds-of-english-camps-ancient-past/
• https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/afterglow-vista/
• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/oct/28/hauntingly-familiar/
• https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ad8ebd7a42084a7aad2e2dc769cd33b2
• https://www.islandssounder.com/news/ghosts-on-island/
• https://www.visitsanjuans.com/friday-harbors-haunted-past-and-present
• https://www.discoveringwashingtonstate.com/ghosts-of-the-san-juan-islands/

After telling her brother she was afraid of her partner, Roseann Stone Pleasant disappeared and has never been seen again.  Tragedy would strike again when just 6 years later, Roseann's daughter Valiree vanished from her own backyard. 

Sources

• https://uncovered.com/cases/roseann-stone
  
• https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/brad-jackson/
  
• https://charleyproject.org/case/roseann-marie-stone-pleasant
  
• https://original.newsbreak.com/@the-vivid-faces-of-the-vanished-1590506/2459979899412-two-graves-one-body-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-roseann-pleasant
  
• https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/06/27/roseann-pleasant-went-missing-bf-kills-daughter-7-years-later/
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/573801315/?terms=%22Roseann%20Stone%20Pleasant%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/575489733/?terms=%22Roseann%20Stone%20Pleasant%22&match=1
  
• ​​https://www.newspapers.com/image/821170901/?terms=%22Roseann%20Pleasant%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/573700357/?terms=%22Roseann%20Pleasant%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/573703684/?terms=%22Roseann%20Pleasant%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/574871317/?terms=%22Roseann%20Pleasant%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/575393902/?terms=%22Roseann%20Pleasant%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/575381644/?terms=%22Roseann%20Pleasant%22&match=1
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/575449022/?terms=%22Roseann%20Pleasant%22&match=1
• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/sep/02/slain-girls-uncle-accused-in-flap-over-bench-ads/
  
• Forensic Files, Season 6, Episode 25 - "Bagging a Killer"

The early-morning quiet in Pacifica, California was shattered on January 21, 1999 when a car bomb exploded on a residential street.  The gruesome scene was the horrifying end to a years-long neighborhood feud sparked by a disagreement over a simple flower bed between houses.  

Sources

• https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Pacfica-Woman-Says-Tiff-Grew-Into-Threats-2950547.php
• https://moviechat.org/tt3951130/Fear-Thy-Neighbor/58c82c972214d80b5c059b40/Well-this-is-gruesome-pipe-bomb-neighbor
• https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/bombing-victim-had-ties-to-ff/article_99346fe4-2ede-5151-926f-984259472cd9.html
• https://junthegroomer.com/2017/05/21/its-just-flowers-snails-dont-blow-up/
• https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-pacifica-unkfem-up11498-unkage-right-hand-found-on-a-homeowners-rooftop-jul99.682550/
• https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bomb-Blast-Kills-1-Person-In-Pacifica-Body-too-2950948.php
• https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bomber-s-Ex-Neighbor-May-Have-Been-Target-2950936.php
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/744963749/?match=1
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/744963711/?terms=lalonna%20duffy&match=3
• Fear Thy Neighbor, S2 Ep 9

Teresa Davidson-Murphy disappeared under suspicious circumstances in October of 1999 - after failing to pick up her daughter Jessica after a multi-day sleepover, Teresa's husband Richard unceremoniously told Jessica that her mother had been using drugs and would not be returning.  But that was only his first story about Teresa's sudden vanishing.  What happened to Teresa Davidson-Murphy?

Sources

• https://uncovered.com/cases/teresa-davidson-murphy
  
• https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/theresa-ann-davidson-murphy-still-missing-19th-anniversary-her-disappearance-n917396
  
• https://savagewatch.com/2020/10/
  
• https://charleyproject.org/case/theresa-ann-davidson-murphy
  
• https://www.koin.com/news/missing-persons/20-years-later-teresa-davidson-murphy-remains-missing/
  
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/after-two-decades-family-still-searching-for-missing-oregon-woman/
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/81120491/
  
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/81119515/
  
• https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/cowboy-mike-arraigned-in-yakima/article_c33dd91a-e33b-55c8-bc9d-6998aed97e51.html
  
• https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/braae-michael.htm
  
• https://www.facebook.com/HelpFindTeresaDavidson/
  
• https://www.crimewatchers.net/threads/teresa-davidson-murphy-missing-from-rainier-or-7-october-1999-age-34.275/

On Sept. 17, 1992, after attending the Puyallup Fair with a friend, 14 year old Misty Copsey missed the last departing bus home and was never seen again.  Her case remains unsolved today.  What happened to Misty?

If you have any information about Misty's disappearance, please contact the Puyallup Police Department tip line at 253-770-3343.

Sources

• https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Misty_Copsey
  
• https://www.koin.com/news/missing-persons/true-crime-tuesday-what-happened-to-misty-copsey/
  
• https://charleyproject.org/case/misty-donna-copsey
  
• https://www.facebook.com/BringingMistyCopseyHome/
  
• https://www.ranker.com/list/misty-copsey-disappearance/stephen-morin
  
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170920045103/https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/special-reports/article25857745.html
  
• https://truecrimedetective.co.uk/missing-misty-copsey-377210c256ea
  
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/its-been-27-years-since-misty-copsey-disappeared