Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 4, Episode 3 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

this program is about unsolved mysteries whenever possible the actual family members and police officials have
participated in recreating the events what you are about to see is not a news broadcast do you have any pain anywhere
do you know your name okay you're in the hospital can you tell me your name when
I first regained consciousness I was extremely afraid and confused I didn't know who any of these people were I
didn't know if these people were going to hurt me later they're going to help me one was know who they were where I
was who I was my mind just felt like a big white sheet of paper there was nothing there
fear was probably the most overriding feeling fear and confusion I everything's overpowered me you're in
the hospital do you know this man has amnesia he is lost and alone he has no idea where he's from
how old is or even if he has a family tonight an unsolved mysteries we will examine is frightening and most baffling
case of amnesia found wandering in the desert nine months ago this young man remains frozen in a shadowy existence of
not knowing who he is with no past no future perhaps you can help we also profile the twisted saga of Joe Maloney
Maloney lured his estranged wife into drinking a cocktail laced with poison she died he has been at large for more
than 20 years many believe that this ancient strip of linen called the Shroud of Turin is the actual burial cloth of
Jesus Christ and that it bears a miraculous imprint of Christ's body skeptics claim at the Shroud is a work
of a masterful medieval forger join me for this fascinating edition of unsolved mystery
[Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] On January 28 1991 a young man was found
wandering aimlessly through the desert 30 miles from Las Vegas Nevada he was dressed in three layers of clothing
carried no identification and had apparently been in the desert for at least three days
he was rushed to hospital suffering from exposure and extreme dehydration are you having any pain anywhere the
patient was diagnosed with psychogenic amnesia a condition caused not by physical injury but by some traumatic
emotional experience while a mysterious young man quickly regained his physical health his memory remained completely
and totally blocked the hospital staff gave him the name Tyler and enrolled him in a state-funded program which provided
a job in an apartment in the past nine months several tantalizing clues of surfaced but Tyler is still a man
without an identity tonight he desperately hopes that someone watching can finally tell him who he is
[Music] authorities in Las Vegas were baffled they found no one reported missing who
matched Tyler's description there was no record of his fingerprints of the FBI the Department of Defense of the CIA
however doctors did find two clues evidence of hairline fractures in the knuckles of both hands and what is
believed to be an old gunshot wound on his right thigh otherwise it is as if Tyler never existed
then another clue surfaced during a conversation with a fellow patient from San Diego California Tyler got the eerie
feeling that he once lived there but the recollections were vague and lacked any
detail until he underwent hypnosis under hypnosis this kind of sharpened the memories that I was having and it
brought pictures to them whereas most of my memories of the past came to me just
seemed like words coming out of my mouth and more like I was looking at a piece of paper then I was really living the
memory and this brought life to it I started remembering a lot about the beaches and different things around the
beaches I also remembered a lot about the military bases in San Diego there's North Island Naval Air Station there's a
Coast Guard airfield right across from Lindbergh Field actually more like a hangar and they have a gate that they
open up and bring the planes across Harbor Boulevard there and I just really got a sense of belonging like San Diego
was the place that I needed to be under hypnosis Tyler also vividly recalled flying over San Diego he was
struck by the certainty that he knew how to pilot an airplane Tyler felt that getting behind the
controls of a plane might help trigger additional memories accompanied by a flight instructor he put his uncanny
knowledge of flying into the test finally complete control of the plane was given to Tyler and he brought it in
for a landing the instructor concluded that although a little rusty Tyler had definitely flown before
as time passed more intriguing clues emerged although Tyler cannot remember his own
name incredibly he can single-handedly dismantle and rebuild a sophisticated racecar engine he also possesses highly
developed skills of scuba diving martial arts and computer programming perhaps most intriguing of all is titres
detailed an intimate knowledge of the bombing mechanisms found on the navy's a six attack plane many clues suggest that
tyler has some kind of military background but no record of this man discovered in the desert last January
has been found with a navy or any other branch of the service and really kind of
a difficult point my life right now where I can't move ahead with myself I can't get on with my life I can't do
anything really I'm almost like an illegal alien here I I have no identification of any of any form now I
can't go to work because I I'm not eligible for a Social Security number I can't drive a car because I don't have a
social security number or a date of birth I'm starting to feel more frustrated as
the days go by because I really feel this needs to come to an end I do need to find out who I am a County
psychiatrist diagnosed tighters a genuine victim of amnesia last month as case took on added urgency when the
state funding was provided his job an apartment was abruptly cut off then on the night of our broadcast
Tyler searched for his identity came to a poignant but unsettling conclusion within minutes Tata was reunited with
his mother by phone but as more details emerged some began to believe that Tyler
may not have lost his memory at all that evening Tyler gathered his friends to watch the
show before his segment even aired in Las Vegas a man from Boise Idaho called our telecentre and identified Tyler as
his son unsolved mysteries immediately contacted Tyler looking to cross-reference and we have located your
family for you you have I have located your dad and your mother and your a wife who you've
been separated from since February of 1990 and she they've informed me that you also have two children and your wife
lives in Iowa your mother okay learned that his real name is Arthur Paul Beal but he goes by Paul he is 23 years old
before he was stricken with amnesia he lived in Boise Idaho a few minutes later a nervous Paul Beale called the
mother and stepfather he could not remember hello may I speak with mrs. beale this is your son
how are you you smell great I've waited so long to hear you talk I'm scared I bet you are I don't remember
you I'll help you Paul the emotional phone call lasted nearly 20 minutes okay a short time later the case of Paul
Beale aka Tyler doe took a stunning and unexpected twist North Las Vegas police arrived and placed Paul under arrest for
grand larceny he was wanted by Boise police in connection with a stolen shipment of frozen food I've come to get
my son the next night Paul's mother Lynn Beale arrived from Iowa to post bail for him
[Music] Oh the reunion was both emotional and awkward Paul Beale still did not recognize his
own mother it's strange being apart and has not remembering anything about me not knowing who I am I just want to push
everything into his head we can remember everything I want to make sure I can do
things to help him I'm scared I don't want to do something to push it back farther I want to reinforce happy
thoughts good memories no I just want to know I can I'm relieved that he's safe he's alive the reunion was tempered not
only by Paul's amnesia but by the criminal charge against him in Boise Paul was a salesman for a food
supply company in January 5th 1991 he left for Las Vegas to sell a shipment of frozen food he never returned to Boise
on January 25th Paul surfaced with the empty truck in Boulder City Nevada during his question
but not arrested by local police at that particular time my impression of mr. Beal was that he was very intelligent
very well-versed very possibly well educated very clean-cut and extremely talkative
it just wasn't Paul that isn't something he would do he's done silly stupid things like
anybody else has made mistakes but nothing to the degree that this was where he was actually breaking the law I
told him when he left Isis boys are gonna get a warrant for you you know they're gonna do it it's gonna be grand
larceny felony so it's just a matter of time you better get up there go back up there he said yeah I'm going back now
I'm going right back up there and take care of the situation it'll be fine three days after he was detained Paul
Beale who came to be known as Tyler was found wandering in the desert detective Bowman raises the obvious and disturbing
question is Paul Beale faking amnesia is easy I don't know who are you I don't know where are you from I don't know do
you know anything I don't know that's just easy and we got like him he's convincing is this the four of you this
still isn't my son-in in the fact that this isn't how he would react to me we were very close I could tell by his eyes
when I first saw him tonight that he really didn't recognize me he was he wanted to I could see it in his face he
wanted to if he was faking it there was no way he could have faked that I am NOT
and have not throughout this entire ordeal faked anything this is probably the most horrifying nightmare that
anybody could go through losing an identity losing every ounce and fiber of a person's life having it pulled away
and then nine months later I have it given back to you or have it presented to you but you still don't don't have it
and I give anything in the world to remember right now next an international fugitives what is for the cold-blooded
poisoning of his own wife in March of 1967 27 year old June Maloney of Rochester New York walked out on her
husband Joseph after five years of emotional and physical abuse force what about the kids in a formal agreement
junus in custody of the couple's two young children Joe was allowed to visit whenever he
wished June confided in me that Joe had roughed her up a couple of times he didn't hit her she was bruised but he
wasn't above with this flaring Irish temper of turning bright red and jumping around hollering and yelling and looking
very dangerous and perhaps grabbing hold of him shaking it and that's that's pretty intimidating so Neil suppose I
wanted to kill a dog what kind of poison could I use that couldn't be traced certainly after June moved out Joe
Maloney paid Neil Duncan an unexpected visit Neil an amateur chemist had set up a laboratory in the basement of his
mother's home trouble is they're very difficult to calibrate he told me that there was a dog who was continuously
tipping over his garbage cans and giving him fits and he would like to poison the
dog but he was a little little shaky about doing this because it belonged to a policeman that lived in his
neighborhood or as you would get it in a chemical supply company wouldn't it no choice Joe
showed interest in one particular chemical a clear liquid was chosen dermis tasteless and lethal when
ingested in sufficient amounts when Joe comes in and picks my mind about something like this immediately
afterward I would start thinking why did he want to know that and I I got cautious I went up and I double locked
the side door that led into my laboratory and I informed the members of my family that no one was to go into my
lab to keep everybody out and especially to keep Joe out thank you so much I appreciate this your life unfortunately
it didn't work my younger sister was at home on a week two weeks later perhaps and Joe showed up at the house and sweet
talked her into letting him into my laboratory because he had to sterilize some instruments that's all I need there
that's it all done two weeks later June arrived to Joe's house for their son's fifth birthday
party Joe offered Jonah drink and she stayed at the party for two hours New York you know Joey told me this was his
best birthday party ever okay it's fine Joe glad you stayed it's a real nice during
the time that she was at Joe's for the parody she had called up and she was kind of like wound up different than
when she left and I had asked her I said June I said how many drinks did you have
when she says why and I only had two and so she went to her apartment you know a
while later I went over to check on her and I asked her she wanted me to stay with her
she's know she said that was not necessary you know she was didn't feel quite well and she was gonna go to bed
the next morning Wanda Moore Denker was surprised to find Joe Maloney and a doctor in the hall outside Joon's
apartment everything all right here June isn't feeling too well so I called the doctor over she's gonna be fine I
think I'll go check on her no I don't think that's a good idea right now one day I'll just be a couple minutes when I
went in to check on Jim hyeju she was there and we were in the bedroom talking and she didn't want to leave her alone
with Joe she wanted me to stay with her that was quite definite she wanted me to
stay with us so I did so what did the doctor say he said he thought it was food poisoning but I think it's
something else hmm all soon she stopped and it was like a almost I would almost have to say a fear
look in her eyes and I looked over and Joe was standing in the doorway can I get you anything June no thank you
what are you doing I'm just going to the bathroom to get some aspirin aspirin I'll get you the aspirin she got up and
walked around a little bit with a bantam as he fell behind her I told you before
I don't want to be here look Joe I'm just trying to help who wants your help June is a friend of mine
I don't want her health if you want to do something for me go to the store get me some plop okay I'll get
the prescription filled too [Music] the next day June lapsed into a coma and was immediately hospitalized
despite his battery of tests doctors could find no cause for her rapid deterioration
according to Wanda more dengue the situation appeared hopeless [Music] Joe Maloney seemed unruffled by his
wife's condition he offered his own explanation doctor my marriage has been on the rocks for about six months now
we're separated not living together lately she's been despondent depressed not getting along with people at work
being irritable with my son I think there's a possibility that she might have attempted suicide here Joe had
tried to commend me the tune you commit suicide and he told me that I shouldn't talk to anybody about anything so a few
tests I didn't think she would commit suicide I really wasn't it but I was afraid that
they would you know somehow they would make it look like that June Maloney never regained consciousness on June 5th
1967 she died an autopsy determined that June had ingested a lethal dose of the same type
of chemical Joe had taken from Neal's lab four hours after his wife's death Joe Maloney was arrested and charged with
first-degree murder it was Sun right I thought she would get better but she never did it was a shock
right I couldn't believe that it happened and he would do that to her against his attorneys advice Maloney has
to be committed to the rochesters state mental hospital for psychiatric evaluation the court granted his request
authorities were unaware that Joe Maloney had once worked at the hospital and was familiar with the layout on
September 25th 1967 less than two weeks after he was admitted Joe Maloney escaped from the hospital and
disappeared five years later and more than three thousand miles away authorities in Dublin Ireland were
called to investigate a burglary at the home of a mr. Michael O'Shea morning Sarah
constable Devaney this is constable McCormick the police apparently already knew Michael O'Shea he didn't have any
criminal record in Ireland there was no allegation of criminal wrongdoing on his
part but they were looking for the burglars prints all the people who were in the house obviously weren't the
burglar so they wanted to be able to eliminate those prints from the prints taken do you mind if we check the
mantelpiece and the desk for fingerprints oh no none at all do you mind if we take your own my own for
elimination purposes its standard procedure oh well fine okay it allowed them to take his fingerprints
well this detective went right into his office and sent it into Interpol and he had a hit investigators were stunned to
discover that Michael O'Shea's fingerprints matched Joseph's Maloney's incredibly the twisted Odyssey of Joseph
Maloney was not over he could not be arrested because Ireland in the United States had no extradition agreement but
1984 the Irish parliament did pass an extradition treaty after 18 years at large joseph Maloney aka Michael O'Shea
was finally taken into custody he was held without bail all the while steadfastly denying that he with Joseph
Moloney [Music] the suspect remained incarcerated for 14 months at Mount Joy prison outside
Dublin he refused to cooperate with the authorities and did not allow himself to
be photographed then in 1986 the irish-american extradition treaty was voided because of a legal technicality
on July 24th of that year Joseph Maloney walked out of prison and disappeared perhaps forever when we
returned the intriguing mystery of the Shroud of Turin could it be the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ
[Music] the face of Christ Jesus of Nazareth his life and death of inspired artists
through the ages but how did they know what Jesus looked like for more than 13 centuries depictions of
Jesus have been remarkably similar to one another yet the Bible does not contain a single word a physical
description many people think this piece of linen holds the key it is called the
Shroud of Turin [Music] according to the Bible Jesus was wrapped in fine linen after he was taken from
the cross many believed the Shroud of Turin is the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ and that through some
miracle his image was imprinted on its threads this is the shroud it is three and a half feet wide and 14
feet long the brown marks and wires on either side of the image are the results of a fire after the fire these
triangular patches were sold on by nuns this Renaissance painting shows how the 14 foot long shroud would have covered
the body of Jesus front and back on the second half of the shroud there is a rear image showing a man of powerful
build five feet 10 inches in height the faint imprints between the scorch marks are the source of hundreds of years of
controversy when I first began to study the Shroud of Turin I was convinced it was a crock and that it would take me
probably less than two hours to put away this pious fraud after all anyone with an IQ of a hundred or over knows that
all relics by definition or frauds but I must admit Here I am some 17 years later
I who came to scoff have stayed to pray my own personal belief is that the Shroud is probably authentic
the Shroud was first exhibited publicly in Lyrae France around 1355 AD in the Renaissance period no one seemed to know
where it had come from a venturi the Shroud was acquired by the Royal House of Savoy
in 1578 ad they moved it to Turin Italy where it was rarely shown in public in 1898 the Savoy is allowed the Shroud to
be photographed for the first time by a man named segunda Pia surprisingly his photographic negatives showed more
detail than could be seen by the naked eye he was to write of this experience years later and would never forget that
as he lifted that glass plate he believed that he was the first person in two thousand years to have seen the face
of Jesus of Nazareth from that point on the Shroud of Turin became more and more
an object of scientific inquiry dr. Robert Buckland a forensic pathologist has examined life-sized photographic
negatives of the Shroud looking for wounds that might correspond to the crucifixion the body shows a number of
injuries on the head we see a series of bloodstains around the forehead high in the scalp and along the posterior
portion of the scalp these are consistent with the application of a crown or a cap of thorns on the chest
area there's a rather unique wound it is quite consistent with a puncture type wound made by an implement which entered
the chest cavity and produced an outflow of Vote blood and water in the region of
the left wrist there is a puncture wound which was clearly made by some implement which
passed into the tissues of the wrist and produced bleeding the crucifixion of Jesus has
traditionally been depicted with nails driven through his palms if it is real why would the shroud show puncture
wounds through the wrists surprisingly modern research has confirmed that at the time of Jesus's death nails were in
fact driven through the victims wrists dr. Pierre barbae a French surgeon long ago proved that a nail through the palm
would not support the weight of the body the Romans did enough of these sometimes
500 a day to be excellent anatomist and like a butcher they knew where the bones
were they put it in the wrist and it held the body and held it well da studio Capilouto fre and she do it from the
studies I've made on Roman crucifixion I've been able to prove that the Shroud is an authentic image of Roman
crucifixion whereas the medieval this form of crucifixion was unknown according to many the Shroud of Turin is
authentic they hold that is somehow survived for nearly 2,000 years that it's stained with the blood of Jesus and
bears a miraculous imprint of his body however some scientists believe that the imprint on the shroud is more likely a
masterful work in medieval French or Italian art a painting with brushstrokes so delicate they cannot be seen by the
naked eye a controversy about the shrouds origins has taken on all the earmarks of an obsession for believers
skeptics alike in 1978 the shroud is made available to a number of scientists for the first time using particles
lifted from the Shroud with adhesive tape biophysicist John Heller and chemist alan adler determined that there
was blood on the cloth further their analysis showed chemical composition reflecting severe torture consistent
with crucifixion their findings however are not universally accepted when I first started working on it I expected
it to be authentic and I looked for body fluids that's where I started but the red turned out to be red ocher
and another pigment Vermillion these are common artist pigments there's no question in my mind that it is a
painting many copies of the Shroud were made it was felt by pious people at that
time if you touch the copy to the original it would give the copy extra sanctity it's called a brand IAM as the
technical name when they were touched of course some of that pigment ended up on
the Shroud and that is what has been discovered but it is not responsible for the image let alone the whole body image
total front and total back dr. max Frei renowned swiss botanist who died in 1983
also examined tape samples he discovered plant pollen trapped in the threads of the shroud these microscopic organisms
have hard shells that allow them to survive for thousands of years dr. Frey found several pollens in the shroud that
were not native to Europe in a documentary made 5 years before his death Frey stated that most of the
pollens came from the Middle East including the area around Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
oddly some of the pollens came from the region we now know is Turkey the presence of such a significant number of
pollens from plants growing in Turkey leads me to one fundamental conclusion at some time of its history the shroud
must have been exposed to the air in southern Turkey or the surroundings of Istanbul
if the shroud is genuine could it have been taken to Turkey after Jesus's death and kept there for more than a thousand
years some believe the answer lies in a centuries-old legend which originated in
a Turkish city of Edessa around the year 33 AD the king Apgar fell ill he had heard of Jesus's power to cure and sent
for him the king was not aware that Jesus was already dead one of his disciples arrived instead carrying a
mysterious image of the face of Christ the king was immediately cured and the image came to be known as he Edessa
cloth it was then known only as a face cloth but there's a keyword in ancient documents tetra died Paul which means
doubled in four if you double the shroud in four you end up with a little rectangle with a face in the middle many
believe that the Edessa cloth was the Shroud folded and partially covered to show only the face because grave clothes
were considered untouchable the Edessa cloth was eventually brought to Constantinople now Istanbul in 1204
AD Crusaders sacked the city and the cloth vanished 150 years later the Shroud surfaced in
France are the pollens found by Max Frey proved that the shroud was brought to France by returning Crusaders I think
it's impossible I'm in an awkward spot at this point because max Frye was a friend of mine but I think that he
wanted the shroud to be real so badly that he found pollen grains which I didn't find I had another set of tapes
and I did not find the same pollens optical specialist Kevin Moran claims that computer studies reveal the unique
qualities of the image on the shroud when I take a normal photograph such as this child and I place the child under
the analyzer you can immediately see a very distorted figure the nose with respect to the cheek is totally
distorted and this is because this is a reflected image this image is made by reflected light this is not what we see
on the Shroud the Shroud is a very different type of image the image immediately comes into a
three-dimensional form the eyes and nose mouth relationship are all clearly recognizable the image on the shroud is
so unique that it almost enters a scientific faith factor all by itself many people believe that the
resurrection caused a burst of radiation when the body was transformed to its new
existence this burst of radiation marked the shroud incredible image there simply is no way we can duplicate
this image even today even now and people have certainly tried investigative journalist Joe Nickell
created this pigment on cloth facsimile of the face on the Shroud Nichols image is very similar in appearance to the
Shroud of Turin under the computer analyzer it does exhibit some but not all of the characteristics displayed by
the Shroud image this is the Joe Nichols painting well note the height of the hair and the heights of forehead the
nose cheek these are all quite at the same height there's no proportioning or no shading here's a man of the shroud
notice particularly that the nose is sticking above the rest of the face either cheeks the proportions of the
cheeks to mouth to chin area in respect to the nose are quite good in the forehead across the forehead
notice how the hair actually stands up a little bit but not too much bolstering Moran's work believers say the fact that
no brushstrokes appear on the shroud proves it is not a painting skeptics point out that Leonardo da Vinci's
brushstrokes were often invisible some maintain of the shroud we know today was painted by Leonardo on commissioned by
the Savoy family in her diary the last widow of the House of Savoy wrote believe the shroud was not authentic
in an effort to resolve the centuries-old controversy the Vatican allowed samples to be cut from the outer
edges of the Shroud in 1988 each of three universities are provided with a tiny piece of linen for carbon
dating dr. Paul Damon at the University of Arizona headed the carbon-dating team in
the United States their findings placed the shrouds origin between 1290 and 1360
ad with less than five minutes we could see that it could not possibly be first century the difference between 14th
century in first century is so great that you could see it within a few minutes in the first measurement we made
quite a few measurements 16 but that was enough the rest of us would say we have no
disagreement with what they dated but are you sure you dated the main body of the shroud or might you have dated a
patch or re with my co-principal investigator who is Irish from an Irish Catholic family and tried to be quite
blase about the whole process looked very dejected and I said Doug what's what's wrong and he said I didn't think
I'd be disappointed but I'm terribly disappointed the Vatican accepted the results of Paul Damon's carbon dating at
the same time carbon dating tests done in Switzerland and England confirmed Damon's findings in 1989 the Vatican
issued a statement allowing that the shroud was a suitable object for meditation and veneration the statement
did not dispute the carbon testing results on August 18th 1990 the Vatican agreed to accept proposals for a new
route of scientific tests on the Shroud of Turin the proposals could possibly include new carbon dating but perhaps
scientific analysis no matter how fascinating or controversial misses the point of the Shroud of Turin for true
believers further testing will make little difference for them the Shroud has always been simply a matter of faith
next authorities need your help to solve the brutal murder of an elderly grandmother
[Music] the tranquil rolling hills of rural Orange County Virginia are less than 70
miles but a world away from the streets of Washington DC this peaceful landscape
is an ideal setting for families looking to escape the crime and congestion of the nation's capital
[Music] the community of burrow Hill consists of little more than a post office and a few
homes per Ethel kid and her husband Gilbert the Township seemed the perfect refuge from the big city
they bought a plot of land in Burr Hill the 1988 began building the retirement home
/ Ethel kid the move was a dream come true her children and grandchildren lived in the area a 61 years of age much
of Ethel's life centered around her family she was a good person she was liked by everybody she she'd like to
cook she liked to have cookouts and picnics and she just enjoyed life Wednesday April 12th 1989 brought the
promise of an ordinary day in the country the house was nearly complete and Ethel was spending most of her time
in bur Hill that morning she visited her daughter who lived less than a mile away
Ethel returned home and was seen checking her mailbox shortly after 2 p.m. there was nothing to suggest the
sinister events which were about to unfold Thursday the next morning my wife called her mother about 7:30 and the
answer machine answered and she said that's funny mom must've left earlier she's on her way
here to have a cup of coffee but 9:30 I rolled by I saw the car there something hit me that something's wrong if she
didn't have to the phone I saw this book then I saw that it was a an atlas of math and I just picked it up
Kerry - Whitney I thought maybe Eiffel may have dropped it when I opened the door that's when my
heart come up in my throat that's when I knew something from it hidden me that yes she would never leave the door
unlocked she always had the door locked even during the day [Music] are you here not only was there no sign
of Ethel there was no sign of burglary or foul play everything in the house was eerily in place as if Ethel had been
there one moment and then simply vanished the next with no other leads authorities
mobilised a large task force law enforcement officers spanned off from Ethel's home an acre by acre
painstakingly search the woods and fields there was still no sign of Ethel kid eight days later less than three
miles Methos home a local hunter came across a shocking sight in the same area which had been thoroughly searched the
previous week [Music] it was a body of Ethel kid bound to a tree an upright position facing a
logging road less than fifty feet away investigators that trimmer that Ethel had been strangled they also found
evidence of sexual assault an estimated that she had been dead for around seven days this area had been searched by land
and air she was definitely not at that location earlier in the week to kill her is
extremely brazen to bring a body back to the area where it was kidnapped from and
place it in a position so as it would be found facing a road just off of a state road
and just off of a logging road it's even as if he may have been taunting the police saying catch me if you can it
seemed obvious that Ethel kid had been kept in storage after she was killed surprisingly there were no signs of
decomposition the medical examiner stated that in his opinion from the evidence that he found in his
examination that she had been kept in an insect free climate-controlled condition
which could mean refrigeration either stationary or mobile the authorities theorized that the body could have been
kept in a refrigerated truck an ice house or a walk-in freezer other clues soon emerged Ethel had been bound with a
type of drapery cord used in hotels and hospitals but not available to the general public
car upholstery fibers were recovered from Ethel's clothes but the main focus of the investigation centered on several
items tucked inside the road atlas found in Ethel's front yard these two sheets of paper from the National motel chain
contains sexually suggestive messages investigators surmise that the notes had been used as flashcards to solicit sex
along the interstate the most chilling discovery was a handwritten list of seven items also found in the Atlas
police suspected that it was a meticulous blueprint for murder [Music] line two for instance listed clothing
and accessories which may have been used for a disguise line three read ID ASAP paper trip book the authorities were
aware of a book entitled the paper trip which details how a person can obtain a new identity item four simply read
choose location [Music] item five was perhaps the most baffling of all it listed the abbreviations HC TP
and SG the best that we can come up with would be handcuffs tape and either surgical
gloves or stun gun this individual is a methodical very particular cunning individual he is a loner that he is a
white male probably between 35 and 45 years old and that he has not had successful relationships with females we
have to assume that this individual does traveling and stays in motels which could be consistent with an interstate
trucker or a salesperson Ethel kid was extremely security conscious authorities theorized if the
assailant may have devised a clever scheme which would not alarm her quite possibly he used a road atlas to create
the impression that he was lost this was a very cunning devious plan calculated murder because of leaving clues bringing
the body back just just the way that he did everything in this case and hasn't been caught yes it's my opinion that he
will kill again hopefully if he gets put away for doing this that it won't be done to anybody
else cuz nobody deserves to be done like this know what it deserves to die like this
[Music] join me next time perhaps you hold that crucial clue which could help solve a
mystery [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Brief Summary

Paul Beale's amnesia case, Joe Maloney's murder of June, and the Shroud of Turin's authenticity are featured in this episode.

Key points

The Mystery of Amnesia. A young man found in the desert struggles with amnesia and seeks his identity.
Paul Beale's Reunion. Paul Beale is reunited with his family after months of amnesia, but complications arise.
The Shocking Twist. Paul Beale's reunion is overshadowed by his arrest for grand larceny.
The Shroud's Mysterious Origins. The Shroud of Turin's history is filled with intrigue and controversy.
Scientific Inquiry into the Shroud. Forensic examinations reveal injuries consistent with crucifixion, raising questions about authenticity.
Ethel Kid's Disappearance. Ethel Kid vanishes from her home, leading to a large-scale search.

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Fear was probably the most overriding feeling.

Describing the emotional state of a man with amnesia.

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