Stranger in the Family Portrait: The Walt Stroud Secret

Son Watches Father Walk Free: The Dennis Tate Disappearance

Son Watches Father Walk Free: The Dennis Tate Disappearance A blood-type card with the name Dennis Tate appeared on a dead-end road thirty years after his disappearance, dry and legible as if it had been dropped yesterday - and yet Dennis had been declared dead in 1989. How could a card issued between 1982 and 1989 turn up intact on Birch Spur Road in January 2019, and what does it mean for a son who grew up with nothing but a silhouette of a father? In this episode, we follow how a found-property report and one man's questions unravel a thirty-year family silence and a county's quiet file. Listen as the discovery of a Dellard Community Blood Bank card pushes a son to reopen the story his mother never fully told: what really happened the night Dennis Tate drove to the reservoir? Person: Dennis Tate Date: Truck found in June 1989 Location: Birch Spur Road, near Fenwick reservoir boat landing Event: Blood-type card found at 5:40 AM on a Tuesday in January 2019 Person: Alan Tate - The blood-type card was found twenty yards from the Fenwick reservoir boat landing. - Heather Simpson found the card at 5:40 AM while operating a road grader and had driven the road four days earlier. - The card matched the format used by Dellard Community Blood Bank between 1982 and 1989. - Dennis Tate’s truck was found the morning after his disappearance with the driver’s door open and one boot on the roof of the cab. - Alan Tate was seven months old when Dennis disappeared and was twenty-six when his mother Connie died in spring 2017. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

Stranger in the Family Portrait: The Walt Stroud Secret

Stranger in the Family Portrait: The Walt Stroud Secret A photograph left in plain sight on a kitchen table led to the discovery that one man had maintained two families for decades: two marriages, two homes, and a life insurance policy that was amended and abandoned. How did a formal wedding portrait captioned "Walt and Norma - June 14, 1963" end up in the empty Route Six house decades after Walt Stroud's 1991 death, and what truth did so many carry in silence? In this episode, we walk through the municipal records, property deeds, and family recollections that piece together Walt Stroud’s double life - from his hiring as a deputy assessor in 1960 to the Route Six property sale in 1972 - and ask how personal choice and community knowledge intersected in a secret that spanned fifty-three years. Person: Walt Stroud Date: June 14, 1963 Location: Route Six property (purchased October 1972), Crestfield, Kellerton referenced Event: Photograph found May 9, 2019 by lineman Lloyd Hayes Status: Walt Stroud deceased April 1991 - The photograph’s inscription read "Walt and Norma - June 14, 1963, St. Ambrose Hall, Kellerton." - Walt Stroud was promoted to township assessor within two years of being hired as a deputy assessor in 1960 and served eleven years. - Roger Larsen purchased the Route Six property in October 1972 for $11,400 in cash from attorney Doyle Fetters. - Norma Pietsch married Roger Larsen by 1965 while her 1963 marriage to Walt Stroud was never legally dissolved. - Lloyd Hayes, a lineman for the Fennimore Township gas cooperative, found the photograph on the kitchen table on the morning of May 9, 2019. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

She Finds a Stroller at Dawn: The Kettering Baby Swap

She Finds a Stroller at Dawn: The Kettering Baby Swap Fear and curiosity collide: a pale yellow stroller left at 3 a.m. in an empty hospital lot contained a Kettering Memorial maternity ledger open to April 9, 1999-what secret tied two Millhaven families together for 23 years? Who placed the stroller there, and why did one retired hospital administrator stay silent for a decade? In this episode, we follow the discovery, the DNA match that unraveled two households, and the small-town ties that hid a swapped identity for decades. Listen to how a misplaced binder, a consumer ancestry test, and a quiet reunion raise the question: how did two families end up raising each other’s children? Person: Christine Edwards Location: Millhaven, Kentucky Date: April 2022 Event: DNA ancestry match revealing likely half/full sibling between Kevin Marsh and Patricia Young - Christine Edwards found a pale yellow stroller in an overflow parking lot before sunrise in April 2022. - The binder inside was Kettering Memorial Hospital maternity ward discharge records dated January-June 1999 and open to April 9. - Deputy Aaron Spivey arrived within 20 minutes and noted the stroller showed no dew and wheels had no dirt. - Kevin Marsh received his DNA results in late January 2022 showing a close-family match to Patricia Young. - Patricia Young was 22 years old in spring 2022 and a junior at the University of Kentucky studying health administration. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

Son Left a Shoe at Her Door: The Secret April Taylor Kept

Son Left a Shoe at Her Door: The Secret April Taylor Kept A single child's white Mary Jane, size four or five, appeared on the concrete meter pad outside 4431 Millhaven Road the morning after April Taylor died - clean, unscuffed, and inexplicable. That shoe was the smallest visible trace of a secret April had carried for forty years: a son named Thomas, born September 1982 and privately surrendered to a couple in Muncie; who was he, and why had no one at 4431 Millhaven Road known? In this episode, we follow the facts left behind in a shoebox, a hospital bedside confession, and a shoe on a utility pad to piece together what April told her son Harvey in her final days. What does the discovery of that shoe and the sentence she finally spoke mean for the family she left? Person: April Taylor Age: 81 Location: 4431 Millhaven Road Event: Death from congestive heart failure on March 13 Revealed fact: Named son Thomas born September 1982, father named Ray, surrendered in Muncie - A single white Mary Jane shoe, size four or five, was found on the meter pad outside 4431 Millhaven Road on the morning of March 14. - April Taylor had lived at 4431 Millhaven Road since 1992 and had been married to Donald until his death in 2003. - Harvey Schmidt (Harvey Taylor), age 38, was listed as April's emergency contact and was at her hospital bedside on March 9 when she named Thomas. - April worked 22 years as a bookkeeper at Keller's Bend Plumbing Supply and was admitted to St. Ambrose Regional Medical Center on March 8 with congestive heart failure. - Behind Christmas cards in a shoebox in April's closet Harvey found papers revealing fourteen years of a separate life April had kept hidden. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

The Letters in the Attic: A Mother's Hidden Life Revealed

The Letters in the Attic: A Mother's Hidden Life Revealed A retired postal worker finds a misdirected box in a church attic containing fourteen handwritten letters addressed to the dead Edith Hollis and signed by Sandra Dempsey - a name the recipient already bears decades later. Who wrote to Edith from a P.O. box in Marvell, Arkansas, wrote about Calloway streets, and vanished after April 1970? In this episode, you’ll hear the discovery in the attic, Sandra Dempsey’s reaction as she reads all fourteen letters, and the tangled details that don’t fit with the life she knows - including a return address in Marvell, Arkansas and references to Calloway, Indiana. What was the relationship between the writer and Edith, and why was it kept hidden? Person: Edith Hollis (also known as Edith Crane) Person: Sandra Dempsey Location: Calvary Lutheran Church attic, Calloway, Indiana Date: Letters dated February 19, 1967 to April 1970 Event: Fourteen handwritten letters found in misdirected box - Fourteen envelopes all in the same handwriting were found in a cardboard box in the church attic on the morning of February 4, 2019. - Every letter was addressed to a P.O. box in Marvell, Arkansas and all bore Marvell postmarks. - The letters span three years and two months, from February 1967 to April 1970. - The writer signed every letter as Sandra Dempsey, a name the living Sandra had only held since 1988. - The last letter is postmarked April 1970, after which there is no further correspondence. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.