DestructoBlog: Solved/Unsolved Mysteries Podcast Episode 5

Hey everybody, long time no post. This site is a touch uglier and more annoying to use than I remember.

Whew. Anything happening with you guys? It's my birthday today, and I decided to finally update a few things instead of getting drunk on bourbon and scream-vomiting about my childhood like I had planned.

Recently, I (finally) finished the video edition of episode 5 of the podcast. The episode was delayed two times, and was supposed to come out in January of 2020. It came out in March, but because of the whole COVID situation, it was stuck at about 80% all the way until October 2020. In the meantime, I had updated several sections, found more research material, and turned this episode into another bloated nightmare is desperate, sad attempts at humor.

The video version is below, please enjoy. (UPDATE: Link fixed)

The list of sources is below. It was WAY too long to fit into the YouTube description box.

SOLVED UNSOLVED MYSTERIES PODCAST EPISODE 5

The audio version was posted back in March, but the video edition is finally here. Welcome to pandemic pandemonium. The entire world has changed since my last episode was uploaded here. This episode is not about viruses or quarantines, but I hope it gives you something to do while you count your rolls of toilet paper and ensure you have enough shotgun shells for the ensuing apocalypse. (This joke was written in March before the west coast caught on fire and all those people died.)

In this episode we discuss the MURDER of Elmer DeBoer by Jerry Strickland with accomplice Melissa Munday, the ROBBERY and possible mistaken identity case in Michael Scott Martin's FINAL APPEAL, possible satanic cult murders or coincidences with the story of Kurt McFall's UNEXPLAINED DEATH, and FINALLY we get to talk about how mail worked in WWII! YES! EXCITING!

It goes really sideways in story with lots of information about Satan, so hydrate, wash your hands, and prepare for evil to enter your body in the much belated EPISODE FIVE!

Visit the website for the full listing of all the sources I used to create this episode.

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*Unsolved Mysteries is property of its rights holders and is not affiliated with this show in any way. Its subjects and brief clips are used for commentary, criticism, parody and review only. This is not an episode of Unsolved Mysteries, and this program is designed to be a fan-made companion piece to each actual episode of the show. So support the show by watching the episode first, then checking in here after!*
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VIDEO/AUDIO

Unsolved Mysteries, S1E2 (Used under fair use.)
1987-88 (Edited and re-aired.) Viewable via Amazon and now on Youtube.

WWII U.S. Navy Recruit Film, Pearl Harbor 1942. Used under Public Domain.
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
https://archive.org/details/NPC-3133

Sailors Barter With Natives And Receive Mail Aboard USS Nicholas (DD-449), CC0
Tulagi Harbor, 1943.
https://archive.org/details/NPC-1849a

PRIVATE SNAFU Films are in the Public Domain as they were produced by WB for the US Gov't.
Censored, Dir. Frank Tashlin. July 1944.
Booby Traps, Dir. Bob Clampett. Jan 1944.
Fighting Tools, Dir. Bob Clampett. Oct 1944.

U.S. Army Field Post Office CC0
U.S. Army Field Post Office near Vierville, France during WWII. France, June 21, 1944
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqxOETv2tEs

Western Chase with a Twist (clip from Sunset Range) CEP390 CC0 Public Domain
Clip taken from the film. 1932.
http://www.archive.org/details/sunset_range , https://archive.org/details/CEP390

Häxan
Clips from the first half used (satan clips). 1922. Public Domain.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/haxan-witchcraft-through-the-ages-1922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkXlXc0lA9c

Mazes and Monsters (Film, fair use)
1982. CBS (TV Movie). Dir: Steven Hilliard Stern.
https://www.amazon.com/Mazes-Monsters-Tom-Hanks/dp/B06WVY91TW

Jury Finds Radecki Guilty on 12 Counts in Drugs-for-Sex Case
https://youtu.be/_lVYM6hhKZI

60 Minutes: Dungeons and Dragons Special (1985)
https://vimeo.com/167583241

Larry King - Debate On Violence In Comic Books (1989)
https://youtu.be/dbRl2pnR3bU

CBC: Is Dungeons & Dragons Dangerous? (Cut from final, but gives context)
https://youtu.be/VvBvltu32Fs

Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged 700 Club Clip

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MUSIC

THREE CHAIN LINKS, Album: PHANTOMS, Tracks: Magic Hour, Shadows, Architects
www.threechainlinks.bandcamp.com/ Used under Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Dark Walk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: Used under Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

“Sunglasses” Loyalty Freak Music, Album: INSTRUMENTAL R&B BEATS TO SING OR RAP ON
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Used under CC0 1.0 Universal License.

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PHOTOS

Assorted stills from Unsolved Mysteries, Season 1 Episode 2.
Most other images taken from Google maps, or are composite images made in photoshop.
Message me if you see a mistake or would like an image credited or sourced.

Suit of armor photo originally by morguefile user lauramusikanski

STRICKLAND-196117.jpg (from Google Images)
https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=196117
https://www.bailbondshq.com/michigan/midoc-inmate-STRICKLAND/196117

Photo of Mary DeBoer
DailyTribune_DeBoer329200_20140717
https://cache.legacy.net/legacy/images/cobrands/dailytribune/photos/DailyTribune_DeBoer329200_20140717.jpg

V-Mail Images, combined and edited
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/mail-call-v-mail

Chevrolet_Camaro_Z28_(10065927676)
Dennis Elzinga / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

1971_Camaro_SS
cars cars cars Florida / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

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ARTICLES/DOCUMENTS

STORY 1

Jerry Wayne Strickland MDOC STATUS
https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=196117

Strickland Convicted in May 1987 Robbery-Slaying
Author's name omitted. AP News. 24 Aug 1988.
https://apnews.com/4fae4198d91c47880c055699f2860dfc

Obituary of Mary Alice DeBoer
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/mary-deboer-obituary?pid=171750954

"Teen linked to murder left home at 15"
by Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press. 15 May 1987.
Accessed via Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019

"'Unsolved Mysteries' leads to arrest of murder suspects"
The Times (Streator, Illinois) From UPI. 8 Feb 1988.
Accessed via Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019

"TV show helps nab suspects"
Scrantonian Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) From UPI. 7 Feb 1988.
Accessed via Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019

"Teen returns from youth home"

The Star-Democrat (Easton, Maryland) From AP. 1 Jun 1989.

Accessed via Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019

"West Virginia parolee is charged in slaying of oil company courier"

Brian Flanigan and Georgea Kovanis. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 14 May 1987.

Accessed via Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019

"FUGITIVES FACE SLAYING CHARGES \ COUPLE IDENTIFIED IN TV SHOW LEFT \ STATE TO 'MAKE A BETTER LIFE"

Georgea Kovanis. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 8 Feb 1987.

Accessed via blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.

"TIPS BRING ARRESTS IN 2 OF 3 MICHIGAN CASES SHOWN"
Deborah Kaplan. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 8 Feb 1988.

Accessed via blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.

"A" SECTION, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL

Compiled by Bob Kelly from wire reports. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 8 Feb 1988.

Accessed via blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.

"FUGITIVE COUPLE HAD PREPARED TO MOVE ON"

Georgea Kovanis. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 8 Feb 1988.

Accessed via blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.

"SUSPECTS IN SLAYING WON'T FIGHT EXTRADITION"

Georgea Kovanis. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 10 Feb 1988.

Accessed via blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.

"MOSES LAKE COUPLE WON'T FIGHT EXTRADITION"

The Seattle Times. AP by Knight-RidderNewspapers.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 10 Feb 1988.

Accessed via blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.

"RUNAWAY WAS GOOD STUDENT \ LIFE OF TEENAGE SLAYING SUSPECT \ SURPRISES HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS"
Georgea Kovanis. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 15 Feb 1988.