Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina - Season 5, Episode 6 | Forensic Files

[Music] next on Unsolved Mysteries a deputy sheriff is convicted of killing his lover but he claims he is innocent Edgar
Casey became famous in the 1920s when he diagnosed diseases while sleeping was it
a special gift or was it just luck a college student vanishes during a party was he murdered or did he simply
walk away for his entire life Tim Harold believed that he was abandoned by his birth mother then he learned the story
was a lie and now he wants to find her there's nothing like a good mystery and guess what they're even better when
they're true I'm Dennis finina join me won't you [Music] [Music] Gorman Maryland
population 200 it was a typical workday for 19-year-old Kathy Ford she was a waitress at her family's restaurant The
Old Mill around 2:00 Kathy received a mysterious phone call and she left work early she never returned Paul Ferell a
former deputy sheriff was convicted of her kidnapping and murder I did not kill Kathy Ford I never
hurt her in any way they don't have any evidence that I did and and I have evidence that I made some mistakes and
I've admitted here that I did make some mistakes but I never killed Kathy Ford or harmed her in any any way
whatsoever Paul's conviction was very unusual Kathy's body was never found and there was no proof that she was actually
dead in fact two eyewitnesses claimed that they saw Kathy almost a year after frell was
convicted Paul frell lived in gourmania West Virginia just across the pomac river from where Kathy lived Grant
County Sheriff's Department Deputy frell speaking the month before Kathy Ford disappeared phoh became a deputy sheriff
in Grant County he also rented a trailer just outside of town Paul and Kathy were involved in a
secret romance even though each of them them was seeing another person Paul was seeing a local woman with two children
Kathy was involved with a man named Darin Moon we had a lot in common because of our backgrounds and the fact
that you know we both run businesses for our families and we talk a lot about how
some people irritated us we talk about that and you know she was had a lot of plans but she really couldn't do
anything either cuz she was stuck there running the store for a family her family really depended on her okay do
you know what time sure sure I can do that the day Kathy disappeared she got a phone call at around 100 p.m. some say
it was a tip off supposedly the sheriff was cracking down on local bars and restaurants for selling alcohol to
miners who was that on the phone I can't say he'd lose his job her mother had asked her a couple times you know where
she was going and she said she couldn't tell us so Kathy left and went up to her
house to shower and when she come back down she was dressed up could you hand me my
first s sh and that's the last I saw or how do I look around 2:00 p.m. Kathy drove off in her father's silver
Bronco at 8:30 that night almost 7 hours later Paul phoh met with friends at a local bowling Alle there he heard that a
woman had been calling and asking for him I went over the pay phone and made a call and Kathy Ford answered real
quickly there and started saying that she wanted to see me that and she seemed really upset she was like crying and and
and just and didn't see him herself you I thought her voice was rather slurred no I don't want to meet at the trailer
and she' mentioned that she really wanted to see me down at the trailer look we can meet uh we can meet at the
high school in the parking lot I'll be right there okay frell says he waited for Kathy at the high school
parking lot for 20 minutes but she never arrived he had no idea that Cathy Ford's
parents had already called the police and reported her missing the next day Kathy's family and
her boyfriend Darin Moon organized search parties and put up posters offering a reward during the search Darin moon
talked to Paul Ferell Outside The Old Mill Restaurant there was a story going around Kathy had been seen the day
before near Paul's trailer Darvin also told frell that smoke from some unexplained Source had
been seen near his trailer to Paul frell it felt like an accusation so he decided to look around
for himself according to frell he found Kathy's burnt out car less than 200 yd from his trailer at that point he made a
critical decision he wouldn't tell anyone about the car frell says that it was simply a matter
of fear initial thing was panic I was afraid to even go close afraid of what I might find maybe and I how do I explain
this you know she's dead and she's dead in my backyard you know and all these people were searching and they're
they're talking about these big searches and about the vehicles in in someone's backyard and it's in my backyard frell
says then he made another mistake that made him look even more guilty he wrote an anonymous letter to the Old Mill
Restaurant pretending to be Kathy the letter said that she had run away and that she wanted her parents to
know that she was safe Ferell even enclosed $200 to help pay for the ruined Bronco initially he denied sending the
letter but in court an FBI handwriting expert proved that he had written it my idea was to stop the search for the
vehicle to avoid someone from going in there and finding that vehicle in my backyard or finding what I thought maybe
a body was back there too you I just panicked I did an irrational thing and and I don't think it says guilt or
anything else but it was just something I looking back I don't have a real good explanation for just that I panck
finally almost 3 weeks after Kathy disappeared Darin Moon and Kathy's brother rich found the missing
Bronco the FBI searched the area and found no trace of Kathy body or any sign that she was ever there fire and rust
had destroyed any fingerprints because the area around the Bronco was relatively uncharred some
people believe that the car was probably burned somewhere else Paul frell's trailer was now the
focus of the investigation 8 Days Later FBI agents tore up the newly late carpet and Paul
master bedroom they found traces of Blood on the floor wall and ceiling the most experts could say about
the blood was that it was a woman's and that it was not inconsistent with the blood of Kathy's parents the blood was
found in such places and in such quantities that it was obvious that some effort had been made to hide this
particular evidence linked with the kind of search that was conducted the kind of
efforts that were put forth by law enforcement people to find Kathy Ford established that Kathy Ford was dead and
that Kathy Ford was killed by some violent act they said we found blood in your trailer Mr frell what do you got to
say about that it's all over the place Buckets of Blood in there I said I said in my reaction was you know bewilderment
I said you know I said well maybe uh you maybe someone cut their finger you know
I didn't know what they were talking about maybe a speck here I said or that trailer's 8 years old maybe there's a
speck or something the blood analysis proved nothing but the engaging mathematical Wizardry that was that was
presented to the jury made that blood look like it was Kathy Ford's blood when in fact we have no idea whose blood it
belongs to it's that simple Paul farell was formally charged with kidnapping arson and
Murder coming up key Witnesses claim the prosecution influenced their testimony against Paul farell
19-year-old Kathy Ford mysteriously disappeared after leaving work one afternoon Paul Ferell was her secret
lover when police discovered Kathy's burnt out car near frell's home as well as blood in his bedroom prosecutors
charged him with murder now it was up to the state to prove its case without a body
frell's trial began a little more than a year after Kathy disappeared what was your position there a book seller
prosecutors discovered that frell made hundreds of crank sex calls to businesses in the
area he called bookstores and libraries in several cities pretending to be a doctor he asked these women to read the
same sexually explant passage it was a phone sex type thing to me had nothing to do with hurting anyone it would be
more the same of anyone calling a phone sex number just I couldn't afford a credit card and I look back and and you
know it it appear it is wrong and it but it was just something that had nothing to do whatsoever with with Kathy Ford or
anything would you state your name please Tamila kitsmiller other women testified that they had also received
strange phone calls from a man who asked them to meet him in various locations yes I did Tamila kitsmiller says that
while she thought Paul farell might be the man who called her she was never positive prosecutors prior to the
original trial date you know they asked me not to elaborate on any doubts that I
had uh that they knew Paul Ferell was the caller and they could prove that so I you know stated the information
briefly I did not elaborate on on any doubts and I waited for them to prove that Paul Ferell was the caller
and that did not happen Tamila also claimed that prosecutors told her that frell had been connected
to a series of murders in Yellowstone Park where he once worked they told me that he was a sicko and he needed to be
put away I was very influenced by that very influenced um you know you have people
in an official capacity who are telling you these things as if they're a fact and I waited for this information to
come out in court and it never did I know what we did and I know we did not force anybody to say anything other than
by subpoena them to come to court and testify now because of your specialized train as the trial progressed the
prosecution introduced some unusual testimony yes an FBI expert said that during frell's interrogation he gave
frell a hypothetical scenario about Kathy's murder as frell was talking the experts says that he saw science of
guilt in frell's body language I told Mr frell that I believed that maybe something had happened such as Kathy
Ford had taunted him teased him something had caused him to lose his temper he had responded emotionally as
opposed to rationally and Mr frell was nodding in this regard he said that I was basically nodding an agreement when
I was simply telling him I understood I knew what he was saying you I understood
what he was saying like you're shaking your head right there that was an admission of guilt that was a confession
way you shook your head just this is the first time ever in the history of American criminal Juris Prudence that
this kind of evidence has ever been allowed to go to a jury that I'm aware of the evidence that I killed or
kidnapped Kathy for there's no evidence there and they know it and that's why they had to use the body language that's
why he had to make up a complete fabrication of that blood evidence you know cuz he had no evidence against
me additional evence evidence against frell came from his neighbor Kim Nelson her home had a clear view of his trailer
she told prosecutors that she had heard screams coming from the trailer on several different occasions even before
phoh moved in she testified that one day she heard banging a gunshot and a woman
scream coming from the trailer today however she says prosecutors distorted her account yes sir well I told the cops
that the only thing I heard was screaming and gunshots which is normal what be and that really I didn't know
nothing about Paul F killing anybody I didn't see nothing or hear anything Kim says that before the trial she signed a
statement typed up by the prosecutors without reading it she later discovered that the statement said that she had
heard screams on a specific day when in fact she never mentioned a specific day saying that if I didn't say what was
on this paper that I could go to jail he goes that if uh that Paul gets loose or
he gets freed he' come back and do harm to my kids and me no one in my presence nor I had any time ever tried to force
her to say anything I mean I I would have been to totally out of my mind to have done that to a witness what was the
nature of the screaming you heard it was a terrifying scream she answered the questions she answered the questions
honestly and I'm still convinced that she was telling the truth I think what's happening to her now is that she's just
become involved in the aftermath of this whole thing and this refusal on the part
of of some of the family members and some of the community to believe that Paul phoh is guilty ladies and gentlemen
of the jury have you reached the verdict in this case yes we have Paul was found guilty
of kidnapping murder and arson he was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison the court acted properly in what
it did council did what they had to do Paul frell got a fair trial basically the jury did what it had to do and that
is it did Justice and convicted Paul farell journalist Martin Yan has reinvestigated all the aspects of this
case I don't think that was proved certainly Beyond a reasonable doubt that Paul frell killed Kathy Ford yance says
that he has found two witnesses who are positive that they saw Kathy a year and a half after she disappeared the
witnesses lived near Kathy's Hometown but they were traveling through Tennessee over there doesn't she remind
you of somebody what impressed him was she seemed to be disturbed at the appearance
of this couple that she recognized them also and when the waitress came over she
asked what he thought was a rather odd question for a restaurant right off a freeway you seem to be strangers here
where are you from when she went back she whispered something to this woman who looked like Kathy Ford and she
looked at them again and ran for the kitchen well Kathy's we we know Kathy's deceased U we uh we would have heard
something from her with within a week if she was able to call or or get word to us in some
way Paul frell appealed his conviction twice to the West Virginia Supreme Court but the court denied his appeals and
ordered Ferell to finish serving his sentence he was finally released after serving 18
years next the amazing Edgar Casey many believe he could diagnose a complicated disease
while in a deep psychic [Music] trance 27-year-old Kathy kamora visited her opthamologist after having some
minor vision problems she was horrified when her doctor told her she had optic neuritis a severe inflammation of the
optic nerve she was told that she would probably go blind it was a very frightening experience they said I
wouldn't run out right away and and buy a white cane but it's very serious and I
was scared I mean I suddenly realized that there was a possibility that I could go blind there is no known cure
for the disease so K Cathy chose to look for an alternative treatment she found the Doctor Who was familiar with the
mysterious methods of a man named ed edar Casey Edgar Casey became famous in the
1920s as a diagnostician even though he had absolutely no medical training in his lifetime Casey made more than 9,000
diagnosis or readings as he liked to call them while in a deep self-induced [Music]
trance even though Edgar Casey died in 1945 many practitioners still follow his teachings some people dismiss the cures
as a lucky coincidence or the power of suggestion but try telling that to the people who believe that Casey's methods
actually cured them my father was a very ordinary person he liked the garden he liked the
fish we had Gardens wherever we lived he taught Sunday school I mean in everyday
life uh you wouldn't know him from anybody else it was only when he was asleep that he had extraordinary
ability Edgar Casey discovered his mysterious ability when he was just 13 years old a borderline student one day
he fell asleep on the top of his spelling book when his father later quiz him Edgar could spell every word in the
book and he even knew the page numbers where each word appeared cattle from that time on all he had to do was sleep
on his books at night and uh he moved along very rapidly whether it was spelling or math or history or whatever
and he became a exceptional student rather than an average student when Edgar was 23 he suddenly lost the
ability to speak doctors couldn't explain or cure his condition as a last resort Edgar's parents convinced him to
see a hypnotist his family physician attended and recorded the session in exact detail when Edgar awoke from a
deep hypnotic sleep everyone was shocked he spoke for the first time in a year he
started to talk and say yes we have the condition as a constriction to the throat uh some uh constriction of the
blood flow so we will correct it and when uh laye the Hypno just told him to wake up he set up and coughed up a
little blood and he could talk and I think that was probably the first reading though it was on
himself Casey doctors convinced them to diagnose other patients who had not responded to traditional medicine but
within a short time he became disillusioned when people tried to exploit his abilities at the end of some
of the readings people would start asking him questions about who was going to what horse was going to win a race uh
what was going to happen in the commodity of the stock market results of a ball game and when
he found out what had happened or what people were doing he said I'm giving it up Casey stopped doing his psychic
readings got married and moved to Alabama where he worked as a photographer by 1914 he had two sons
Edgar Evans and Hugh Lynn when Hugh Lynn was just 8 years old he was seriously injured in a dark room explosion the
local doctor was not hopeful the doctors examined him and said well we think we're going to have to take out one eye
probably going to lose a sight in both of them and um a brother said Daddy give me a
reading for Casey it was the ultimate test he hadn't done a reading in years could he now save his own son from a
life of blindness he described uh an application for the eyes that included tanic acid
well that was unheard of at the time and the doctors thought it was too strong but they thought he was going to lose
his eyes anyway so they wouldn't hurt to try it and when they first put it on well Ulin said this must be daddy's
medicine it doesn't hurt it seemed like a Miracle Within 6 weeks Ulin sight was completely back to
normal word of the boy's recovery spread and soon Casey was famous in the 1920s he moved to Virginia
Beach and opened a center over the next 20 years Casey received thousands of requests for readings he felt like he
couldn't refuse people so he started doing two and three and four and five and it got up to I understand nine or 10
a day and it was just too much for him near exhaustion Edgar Casey suffered a massive stroke he died on January 3rd
1945 leaving behind more than 120,000 Pages documenting his readings his work continues to offer hope to
those in search of cures that have eluded modern medicine Kathy anray exam when Kathy kora's optic neuritis was
diagnosed she went to Dr John Pagano a chiropractor in New Jersey who had studied Edgar Casey's readings for 30
years Casey was very specific on what areas of the spine to adjust the fact that uh Casey suggested this certain
procedure for eye problems does not not mean that he specifically diagnosed it as optic neuritis he talked about vision
problems blindness and that's what I approached that not as optic neuritis Kathy's eyesight was restored within 7
Days Dr Pano believes that Casey's treatments are responsible for her recovery but Skeptics
disagree I think much of the casy material is based upon illusion and I think there's a placebo effect here at
work often if you believe that someone is going to cure you you give them white sugar pills they might
be cured so the power of the mind can have a powerful effect I do believe in the power of the mind and um I tried to
will the sight back before I had gone to Dr Bano and um it didn't work and it was
only after I had gone to Dr Bano and after he had adjusted my neck that um that the site came back so how can the
unique light of Edgar Casey be explained the medical world refuses to endorse Casey's methods yet at the same time it
is unwilling to dismiss them coming up a popular college student goes to an allight party the next day
his keys and artwork are found in his car and he has disappeared [Music] the University of Idaho sits in the
picturesque rural setting of Moscow Idaho little out of the ordinary happens here so when a local University student
suddenly vanished the town was in shock people don't disappear around here murders don't happen you know I can name
them on on one hand and the last 20 years at 25 will Hendrick seemed very happy about where he was headed he was
well-liked in the drama department and had a good job on campus some believe his disappearance may be related to the
fact that he was openly gay but for now all we know for sure is that he disappeared after a college
party that evening began with hard work will and his partner of 5 years Jerry were REM modeling their kitchen well
Katie's party's tonight we're going right will decided he wanted to go to Katie's party I'm just I'm too tired I
didn't want to go I wanted to go to sleep come on and at about midnight he said okay I'm going to go and I'll uh be
home in a few hours I'll see you in a few hours hey Katie when will arrived there were two parties in full swing on
the third floor were mostly former athletes from the local high school at Katie's party on the second floor were
friends from the theater Department because of the two different worlds that were kind of colliding that
night my concern was that there could be a possibility for some sort of Confrontation since well has no problem
being open with how he is and with every opinion okay okay I'm a little worried about Karen okay I don't like that guy
that night will was concerned about another friend Karen Karen was having trouble with her boyfriend who was at
the party on the third floor go downstairs good I'll cause you a SC let me go I'll push you all I want let's go
with me there were times when if he'd had a bit to drink he'd get belligerent if somebody yelled a slur at him he'd
respond he'd take the bait by 2:30 a.m. Karen had gone home leaving Katie to keep will from getting
into trouble I'm going upstairs no you're not yes I I want to go upstairs you don't Katie left to make sure that
Karen got home safe when she returned will was gone will will Katie noticed Will's car was
still parked out front and just assumed that he had gone upstairs by the next morning his car was also gone it was
about 11:30 12:00 when I called Katie and I said can you wake will up and send him home we've got some stuff to do
today and she said well he's not here he didn't stay here last night and I started calling around to all the
theater students trying to find out if he'd gone to somebody else's house continued drinking passed out on their
couch and um nobody had seen him he called about 7:30 Sunday evening and I he was concerned and I was
immediately concerned it was Winter and my initial concern was hypothermia when will hadn't shown up by
Monday morning his friends began to search for him find anything nothing down here let check over a big break
came when they found his car parked on a downtown Street found I did Jerry Will's
partner was surprised to find that it was unlocked and that will had left his portfolio inside the car portfolio that
portfolio carried all of Will's artwork his drawings his makeup sketches um everything that was important to him was
in that portfolio on the dashboard were his work keys from the University here his keys right here we
did go through the car with a fine Toth comb with uh with crime lab folks uh there weren't any um blood or any hair
samples that weren't Wills uh there wasn't anything in there that would indicate that any kind of Bou play
occurred at least in the car finding the car only raised more questions about Will's disappearance some of his friends
thought it was possible that perhaps will just left voluntarily to start a new life will had a lot of trepidation
about school and I I think he shared that with me because we had that in common sometimes you just get
overwhelmed and his comment was you know I'd like to tour the country i' just like to take off someday and I was like
Wow and not tell anyone no I you know not even your parents you know what about what about your commitments said
no I'd just go I spent probably about a year hoping praying that he had walked away because the alternative was he was
dead my hype hypothesis I guess you should say is that something happened and it got out of control and it
probably didn't mean to happen but then whatever happened got covered up simply because it was it became so huge I could
see that this might have been a possibility that he ran into somebody that didn't like G's and they did him in
we did interview all of the folks on the top floor and did not get indication from any of them that they had done
anything other than just talked to well uh subsequent to our initial contact with them those individuals on the top
floor um took a polygraph and all of them did pass the polygraph Jerry believes that Will's car offered the
best Clues I found out that there was mud caked on the inside wheel wells of the
car so there was no reason for mud to be caked on the inside of to the wheel wells and then the other odd thing was
that somebody had moved the seat all the way to its far back position uh indicating to me that a large person may
have been the last person to drive Will's car Jerry was desperate for answers he
pursued a theory that someone they both knew might have crossed Will's path early that January morning 2 months
before will disappeared Jerry had fired a van driver who worked for his shuttle service the man got angry and used a
sexual slau get off the property I don't want you here again he subsequently went
to work for a Long Haul Trucking outfit and on the morning of Will's disappearance at approximately 4:30 5:00
in the morning he checked out a refrigerated truck from the dispatch in Lewiston 30 Mi south of here
there is a coincidence there in that the last time will was seen was about the time this driver would have been going
to Lewiston we have had a number of sightings across the country that people call us out and say hey we have seen
will we have checked each and every one of those calls out and they have not proven to be a will we have checked out
hundreds of leads put in hundreds and hundreds of hours on this particular case and as far as absolute facts that
we can lay down on a piece of paper to show what may have happened we are no closer than we were on day one I don't
know that it that it's important to find him because if he's dead and I believe that he is I know where he's at but I
think having a body can really definitely put some closure update more than two 2 years after will
disappeared two Hunters found his skull and Jawbone in a rural area outside of Moscow Idaho no other remains were
found the cause of death could not be determined but police believe will was murdered they also suspect that will
knew who his attacker was if you have any information about will Hendrick's murder please log on to
our website at unsolved.com next a veteran journalist searches for his mother who supposedly left him in a
garbage can when he was just a few days [Music] old Tim Harold is a veteran journalist
he's covered thousands of stories but solving his own personal mystery has been his toughest assignment
hi Bill Tim her over Channel 13 News it's so frustrating to know that here I am I can
go out and get good stories I can break stories I can do great interviews I can get nominated for emies I can win Awards
but I can't find my mother Tim was raised by a woman named Helen harell she never made a secret of the fact that Tim
was adopted or the tragic details of his early [Music] life uh she told me that she had found
me abandoned in a garbage can behind Barnes Hospital in St Louis before she worked as a nurse and that when she
found me um I was very sick I had a birth defect known as a cleft pallet and a hair lip and uh she took me in and uh
had a plastic surgent repair that uh I also had rheumatic fever which was a heart problem where I had a heart
murmur as well and she took care of that Helen somehow managed to adopt him at a time when choosing to be a single
parent was almost unheard of she always was concerned that there was never a male force in my life so she made sure I
was in military school she made sure I was in the YMCA she made sure I was in little league and she went to these
things with me I mean she went to the Little League games with me she went to the YMCA with me me uh she took the role
of being father and mother but then came the day when Tim wanted to know more about his past
mom yes what happened to my mother she and your father were low class trashy her
favorite term for them was white trash no way of taking care of you I just hated my birth mother I thought my God
how could a a human being just throw away a baby particularly one who had a physical defect and and and just throw
him in the garbage like it was a piece of garbage I mean that just gnawed away at me and as I got into journalism as I
did stories about mothers who abandon their children you know I I always lumped my birth mother in with them and
they were always usually people that were low class that uh that had no caring for their children and I would
always identify my birth mother with those those people when Tim was in his late 20s he got a job at a Los Angeles
newspaper by then he was married and had a son of his own and that summer Tim received a phone call city desk may I
speak to Tim Harold speaking who's calling this is your mother excuse me what are you talking about my mother's
at home this is your mother your real mother it came right out of the blue like a bolt of lightning I mean I've
been through riots I covered things in Vietnam but that just was the most emotional thing that I've ever had in my
life to to get that phone call don't you think it's a little late to suddenly be taking an interest in my
life I'm sorry about what I did to you but there are things you don't understand all of a sudden all the
hatred just exploded I said how could you how could you throw me away like I was a piece of
garbage how could you do that and uh she said well you don't understand I said I
don't want to understand I'd like to see my grandson there's no way you're ever going to see my son son all the emotions
just flowed out of me the uh City editor who was working there looked at me and he says my God what's wrong you look
like you seen a ghost and I told him I have later that day Tim told his adopted mother about the call and she became
quite upset you're not going to try and see her are you of course not I have no interest in seeing her or my father I
told him to stay away from my family Helen's reaction convinced him that he was making the right decision to keep
his birth mother out of his life a couple of years later Helen died Tim got divorced and then remarried and even
though he was happy with his life Tim couldn't shake the feeling that something was
wrong on a trip back to St Louis Tim and his wife tried to locate his birth mother through adoption records but he
was told that the files were confidential she said adoptions in in Missouri are confidential and we played sort of a
game of uh 20 questions if you will she says think Bay Area I said San Francisco
she says no a little further south and I said San Jose she said yes she says think relative of your mother of your
adoptive mother couldn't think of who that would be listen I'm going to go get a cup of
coffee seems silly to put this away just to get it out again later I'm going to be gone for about 5 minutes
in those 5 minutes Tim learned that Helen had lied about every detail of his life his birth mother was not some
cold-hearted stranger who had thrown him into a garbage can she was apparently Helen's own niece and she had given Tim
up only because she had to went through me like a jolt of electricity the only thought in my mind was is I really
wanted to find her now I really wanted to say look I didn't know and I am so sorry Tim learned that
Helen's niece was just 18 when he was born his father had just gotten out of the army and was in no position to be
both a husband and the father they gave Tim to Helen and quietly walked away um may have lived in the St Louis area back
in 1947 or so I have to find this woman even if it turns out that she has died uh I'd want to go to the Grave I'd want
to talk to her I didn't give her an opportunity to explain uh here I am a journalist I'm
supposed to be fair I'm supposed to be even-handed I'm supposed to listen to both sides and I would even give my real
mother the opportunity to explain what happened um I I I to this day I'm very worried
that I don't have that opportunity update when we aired this story a private investigator named Alice Simon
from Scottdale Arizona was watching she volunteered to help Tim with a search and within one week she had found Tim's
mother Tim's birth mother Muriel Gartner lives in Campbell California she gathered her entire family to welcome
Tim and his son Adam home at last I'm not going to cry you there's always been the hole an
empty hole though I've had a lot of other kids in a Wonderful Life great kids but it it feels like this hole is
beginning to feel fill in now this is your brother Joe Joe how are you welcome it's just the most amazing feeling in
the world to know that I've got this family and that I'm going to be a part of this family and and that they're
going to be a part of my life and I mean I just can't tell you what the feeling is like he's just one of us and and it
felt that way from the very beginning when he called me he said hello Mom and I said hello son and that was it when we
went to hang up he said can I call you again tomorrow mom I've been wanting to call my mom for a long time and I cried
and he cried [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]

This, Episode includes:Ford's Fugue (Pts. 1 & 2), Edgar Cayce, Missing Theatre Student and Newsman's Lost Love.

Brief Summary

Kathy Ford's disappearance, Edgar Cayce's psychic abilities, Will Hendricks' vanishing, and Tim Harold's search for his birth mother are explored.

Key points

The Mysterious Disappearance of Kathy Ford. 19-year-old Kathy Ford vanishes after a mysterious phone call, leading to a controversial murder trial.
Doubts About the Trial. Witnesses claim the prosecution influenced their testimonies against Paul Ferell.
Paul Ferell's Conviction. Paul Ferell is convicted of Kathy Ford's murder despite no body being found.
Tim's Search for His Birth Mother. Tim Harold, a journalist, embarks on a personal quest to find his birth mother, revealing deep emotional scars.
The Shocking Phone Call. Tim receives an unexpected call from his birth mother, leading to a tumultuous emotional confrontation.
A Family Reunion. After years of searching, Tim finally reunites with his birth mother, filling a long-held void in his life.

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