Lurking In the Shadows Podcast

Diane Downs: The Hungry Like a Wolf Murder

Episode 61: In Oregon in May 1983, a blood-soaked car pulled up to an emergency room, carrying a mother with a minor gunshot wound and her three young children who had been brutally shot at close range. The mother, Diane Downs, spun a terrifying tale, but as investigators looked, they found a chillingly calm, narcissistic woman who seemed more concerned with a love affair than the survival of her children. Today we will unmask one of the most chilling maternal predators in American True Crime history. https://abcnews.com/2020/diane-downs-mother-shoots-children/story?id=10615736 https://www.kptv.com/2025/12/16/diane-downs-convicted-killing-7-year-old-daughter-springfield-1983-denied-parole/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Downs#cite_note-salem-news1-29 https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/diane-downs-hungry-like-the-wolf-22905cecdd97

The Mysterious Disappearance of Ryan Shtuka

Episode 60: Ryan Shtuka is a 20-year-old Canadian man who mysteriously vanished from the Sun Peaks Resort village in British Columbia on February 17, 2018. Despite immense volunteer efforts and extensive law enforcement investigations, his disappearance remains an unsolved missing person case with no traces or clues ever recovered. https://ryanshtuka.com/contact/ https://sunpeaksmunicipality.ca/residents https://medium.com/@nikyoung/he-disappeared-from-a-popular-ski-resort-town-the-story-of-ryan-shtuka-61a8ae4968e6 https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/ryan-shtuka https://www.icecoldcase.com/frozenfiles/ryanshtuka https://missingkids.ca/en/missing-children-database/207 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/weight-of-silence-ryan-shtuka-missing-sun-peaks-1.4897550 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/13wtpg0/tips_sought_in_ryan_shtukas_case_5_years_after_he/

Hate Crime | The Murder of Angie Zapata

Episode 59: Angie Zapata was an 18-year-old transgender woman living in Greeley, Colorado. In July 2008, Zapata met 31-year-old Allen Ray Andrade through an online social networking site. The two went on a date and spent nearly three days together at Zapata's apartment. After finding photographs that made him question her sex, Andrade confronted Zapata and beat her with his fists and a fire extinguisher, continuing the assault even after realizing she was still breathing. He stole her car and fled the scene. Her sister discovered her body on July 17, 2008. The murder of Angie Zapata is a landmark 2008 legal case that resulted in the first-ever conviction of a hate crime involving a transgender victim in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard_and_James_Byrd_Jr._Hate_Crimes_Prevention_Act https://glaad.org/our-work/ https://storycorps.org/stories/memories-of-a-sister-and-daughter-murdered-in-a-transgender-hate-crime/ https://glaad.org/publications/angiezapata/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su-RHry--W8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Angie_Zapata

Hate Crime | The Murder of Brandon Teena

Episode 58: Brandon Teena was a 21-year-old American transgender man who was brutally raped and murdered in late 1993 in southeastern Nebraska. His death, along with the subsequent systemic failure of law enforcement, became a landmark catalyst for the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and inspired the Oscar-winning film Boys Don't Cry. Tune in to hear his story. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brandon-Teena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Teena https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/tgi-bios/brandon-teena https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/092398teena-film-review.html https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/transgender-man-brandon-teena-raped-and-murdered https://www.amazon.com/Brandon-Teena-Story-Susan-Muska/dp/B07K59C351

True Crime In a Dime Chapter 11: National Park Murders

Welcome to True Crime In a Dime, our short stories segment. In this themed episode we are sharing 4 cases where couples or individuals have been murdered in a state park- Heidi Childs & David Metzler (couple from Virginia Tech, unsolved), Julie Williams and Lollie Winans (couple, solved after many years), Matthew Dunmire (murdered by ex-girlfriend), and Louise Chaput (unsolved murder). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41246610/david_lee-metzler https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41246623/heidi_lynn-childs https://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/16-years-later-childs-metzler-investigation-continues/article_01a9580f-a891-4673-bd57-f78bf2223d4d.html https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/08/26/sixteen-years-pass-without-arrest-murder-young-couple/ https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/09/04/15-years-later-investigation-continues-into-murders-heidi-childs-david-metzler/ https://cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-weeks-after-dna-exoneration-darrell-rice-has-died/ https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/114 https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/exhibits/show/doublemurderinsnp/doublemurderontheat https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/richmond/news/fbi-richmond-identifies-suspect-in-1996-shenandoah-national-park-double-murder https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/woman-who-committed-murder-ohio-national-park-spend-more-22-years-prison https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/09/09/adult-performer-sentenced-cuyahoga-valley-national-park-murder/ https://www.aetv.com/articles/chelsea-perkins-matthew-dunmire-murder https://people.com/coast-guard-onlyfans-murder-chelsea-perkins-matthew-dunmire-11743545 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.doj.nh.gov/bureaus/cold-case-unit/victim-list/louise-chaput&ved=2ahUKEwjkhoqe0cyUAxV-D1kFHV-uH04QFnoECA8QAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw0eECHM9DWbOM7wq1EvNNdh https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1l5xlkw/murder_in_the_mountains_the_unsolved_white/&ved=2ahUKEwjkhoqe0cyUAxV-D1kFHV-uH04QFnoECC4QAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw1PmsVMne0Sdrd_4UuZZ8Ec https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://darkdowneast.com/louisechaput/&ved=2ahUKEwjkhoqe0cyUAxV-D1kFHV-uH04QFnoECCQQAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw2s5BLAe3qq1Z_0-D_Didnr