Unexplained America The Podcast

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the haunts, history and scary stories of the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.William Balser Skirvin built a fortune in real estate ventures. He began his ventures being an original 89er in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. After becoming a widow, he decided to build the most luxurious hotel in Oklahoma. He would build the Skirvin Hotel in 1911.We will discuss the Skirvin family history leading up to the hotel. We will discuss a deadly incident in 1913 within the hotel And many interesting stories leading up to 2007 when the hotel went through a major renovation.Since 2007, the Skirvin Hilton Hotel has amazed guests with it's historic good looks and charm but also with some ghost stories....real and made up.Also, find out why NBA players will not stay at the Skirvin or at least why some won't.....Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:"Historic Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City" Printouts Supplied Via the Front Desk of the Skirvin--Sourced for these documents: 1. Blackburn, Bo. A Tradition of Elegance: 70 Years of the Skirvin Hotel. Retrieved online 7 Dec 2007 at https://www.okc.gov/history/skirvin 2. Lackmeyere, Steve and Erickson, Paula Burkes. Skrivn Renewal. Supplement to The Oklahoman. 25 Feb 2007. 3. Time Magazine. Widow from Oklahoma. 14 Mar 1949. retrieved online 16 Dec 2007 https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0.9171.794659.1.00https://www.newspapers.com/: several articles within--The Enic Morning News--Enid, Oklahoma--26 Mar 1944https://www.ancestry.com/https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/the-skirvin-hilton-oklahoma-city/history.php?src=1806114632https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvRLieYAl9Ahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Balser_SkirvinBig Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained America:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the Nancy Zanone Case from St. Louis, Missouri.On December 2, 1963, Nancy Zanone is working on taking care of her two small children and finishing up some laundry. While she works on this, a 15 year old, named Joseph Arbeiter Jr., walks into her home looking for items to steal. When Nancy sees Joseph in her home, Joseph lunges at Nancy with a knife; stabbing her twice. He runs out of the home and leaves Nancy wounded.This case is riddled with what happens when the justice system only works for the people incapable of following the rules of law.We will deep dive into Nancy's life but; also, her perpetrators. Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:"Slaying in South St. Louis: Justice Denied for Nancy Zanone" written by Vicki Berger Erwin & Bryan Erwin--2018--https://www.amazon.com/Slaying-South-St-Louis-Justice/dp/1625859066https://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained America:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa and guest host Dorothy, will discuss the Murder of Billy Joe Holder.On February 9, 1976, Billy Joe Holder (ex-Sheriff and current Agent with the Alcohol Beverage Control Department in Arkansas) was watching television in his living room with his wife June when all of a sudden he was shot by an assailant outside of his home.This episode is a deep dive into the actual Arkansas State Police case file. In part 1, Lisa will go over the 60 + interviews and 400 page case file, that led the ASP and the FBI eventually to not just one assailant; but, to the arrest of four individuals for Capital Felony Murder charges.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:Arkansas State Police File for Billy Joe Holder--Freedom of Information Act requested by Lisahttps://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained America:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Unexplained Death of John Glasgow--CFO of CDI Contractors in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2008.On January 28, 2008, John Glasgow's vehicle was seen leaving his home by his neighbor around 5:15 am; which was unusually early for John to leave his home. Later that day John's wife, Melinda, would get a phone call from John's employer, CDI Contractor's saying John had not made it in to work that day. A search would come up with the finding of John's vehicle parked at Mather Lodge in Petit Jean State Park. A five day search would not produce John...the question on everyone's mind in Little Rock is what happened to John?This episode will outline John's stressful job situation at CDI. It will outline the relationship issues with the partners and a potential buy in situation. Lisa will also discuss the eventual finding of John's body but the unfortunate inability to know what truly happened on Janaury 28th 2008.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:Disappeared Episode S2E9--Unfinished Businesshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911804/https://www.trailwentcold.com/e/the-trail-went-cold-episode-377-john-glasgow/https://katv.com/archive/medical-examiners-report-released-in-case-of-john-glasgowhttps://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/john-glasgow-case-remains-open-after-cause-of-death-left-undetermined/91-189257534https://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2015/mar/13/little-rock-businessmans-remains-found/https://apnews.com/general-news-7a33d259cd8941c39efed9a3e67be3echttps://swarkansasnews.com/2015/04/14/sheriff-glasgow-investigation-will-remain-open/https://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained Arkansas:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained Arkansas, your host Lisa and special guests Elaine and Cody from Cryptids Across The Atlas Podcast as they discuss the Gowrow--an Arkansas Cryptid.According to Vance Randolph; reports of the Gowrow go back to the 1880's. The Daily Arkansas Gazette on January 31, 1897; published a news article written by Elbert Smithee. Elbert outlined a story about a Little Rock businessman who had traveled to the Ozark area of Arkansas, specifically a small town named Blanco in Searcy County. There Miller heard ghastly stories of a green monster that had been killing livestock and even people. Allegedly, in the article it stated that William Miller took a photo of the monster--a drawing of this photo was posted in the newspaper and is the thumbnail for this episode. He then stated that he and the townspeople killed the monster after finding the monster in a cave with human and animal bones. Wiliam Miller, then stated, he had sent the photo and even the bones of the Gowrow to a museum in Washington D.C. but the evidence never arrived there and was lost....This and more is discussed in length in this episode--listen to whole story.References for this Episode:https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/gowrow-5669/https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Arkansas_Gowrowhttps://www.ky3.com/video/2020/11/11/place-did-gowrow-exist/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTW5o-HXKo4https://youtu.be/JOqYEIzSIXs?si=zvRxipK8HxmLPIxFhttps://www.ancestry.com/https://www.newspapers.com--several articlesContact Information for Cryptids Across the Atlas:Show Notes Links: Cryptid Map https://thecryptidatlas.com/cryptid-map/Website  https://thecryptidatlas.com/To listen to or watch our weekly episodes, check out “Cryptids Across the Atlas,” available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else you get your podcast! (Links below) Podcast Links: Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/@TheCryptidAtlas Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5gtFwX6OPYYxoFPxCsBS1L Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cryptids-across-the-atlas/id1634999390 For more cryptid content, you can follow us on Social! (Links below) Social Links: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecryptidatlas/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@thecryptidatlasFacebook https://www.facebook.com/thecryptidatlas/Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FrhnAGWia/ Reddit  https://www.reddit.com/user/TheCryptidAtlas/ Stories researched and written by Elaine and Cody Johnston Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_elainejohnston/ Music written and performed by Cody Johnston Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brailleatlas/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained Arkansas:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unexplained+arkansashttps://www.patreon.com/c/unexplainedarkansasFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained Arkansas, your host Lisa will discuss the ghosts of Ouachita Baptist University. Ouachita Baptist University is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas (southwest portion of Arkansas-around 68 miles from Little Rock); the university opened it's doors in 1886 and throughout the years has had a rivalry with a college in Arkadelphia now named Henderson State University.The ghosts stories surrounding Ouachita began with a story that a student named Jane lived in Cone Bottom Hall in the early 1920's. Jane dated a boy named Joshua who allegedly went to the rival school Henderson State--it's said that Joshua's friends did not approve of him dating a girl from Ouachita and so right before homecoming Joshua broke up with Jane. Jane who was devastated by this decided to end her own life--she dressed up in a long black dress with a black veil and flung herself down the elevator shaft in her dormitory -Cone Bottoms Hall. What we will dive into will be all the stories and ghosts that have been shared throughout the 100 + years at Ouachita Baptist but also at Henderson State.I will let you know what I believe of the stories and if Jane and Joshua really existed.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:https://obu.edu/archives/index.phphttps://obu.edu/stories/blog/cone-bottoms-legend-lady-black.phphttps://www.obusignal.com/cone-bottoms-ghost-spooks-generations/https://www.arkansashauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/ouachita-baptist-university.htmlhttps://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/nov/01/lady-in-black-still-said-to-haunt-halls-at-hsu/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1095293283/https://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained Arkansas:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unexplained+arkansashttps://www.patreon.com/c/unexplainedarkansasFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained Arkansas, your host Lisa discusses the horrible murder of 19 year old Nona Dirksmeyer in December 2005.In Part 2, we will discuss the time after Kevin Jones acquittal in July 2007. There would be a break in the case and a new suspect would emerge. An ex-convict named Gary Dunn that lived right across from Nona at the Inglewood Apartments.We will discuss Gary's prior conviction in 2002; go over Gary's arrest in August 2008, the 2 mistrials and all the details around them up until the time Gary is let go in April 2011. We will also get into the what Gary does after he's released in 2011 leading up to current day shocking information.This is a very hard case to dive into--we will remember Nona and her legacy and we will not give up on hope of justice for Nona.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/murder-in-apartment-12/id1707558987https://wondery.com/shows/morbid-a-true-crime-podcast/episode/10863-the-murder-of-nona-dirksmeyer/https://katv.com/news/local/a-victim-no-more-miss-arkansas-usas-encounter-with-a-serial-attackerhttps://www.todayinfortsmith.com/post/tifs-investigates-the-unsolved-murder-of-beauty-queen-nona-dirksmeyer-still-looms-over-russellvillehttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24433365https://www.reddit.com/r/ColdCaseMissingPerson/comments/167zzso/murder_of_russellville_ar_beauty_queen_nona/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3095008/--Beauty Queen Murdershttps://www.nwaonline.com/news/2011/dec/16/lawsuit-claims-3-plotted-case-20111216/https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-8th-circuit/1682356.htmlhttps://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained Arkansas:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unexplained+arkansashttps://www.patreon.com/c/unexplainedarkansasFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained Arkansas, your host Lisa discusses the horrible murder of 19 year old Nona Dirksmeyer in December 2005.In Part 1, we will discuss Nona's beginnings, her childhood trauma, and her family history. We will dive into her love of pageants and she was Pope County Fair Queen in 2003 or 2004 and she won two titles in two different pageants in 2004/2005 that allowed her to compete in the Miss Arkansas Pageant in June 2005. We will outline, her relationship with her boyfriend Kevin, her apartment she lived in by herself since the age of 18 (the circumstances behind her living alone) and her life up until the night of December 15, 2005, when Nona would no longer be alive and her family would be devastated. We will cover the 1st trial of the 1st suspect in this awful tale. The failure of the Russellville Police Department to investigate the crime. And how the first trial will end in an acquittal. Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/murder-in-apartment-12/id1707558987https://wondery.com/shows/morbid-a-true-crime-podcast/episode/10863-the-murder-of-nona-dirksmeyer/https://katv.com/news/local/a-victim-no-more-miss-arkansas-usas-encounter-with-a-serial-attackerhttps://www.todayinfortsmith.com/post/tifs-investigates-the-unsolved-murder-of-beauty-queen-nona-dirksmeyer-still-looms-over-russellvillehttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24433365https://www.reddit.com/r/ColdCaseMissingPerson/comments/167zzso/murder_of_russellville_ar_beauty_queen_nona/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3095008/--Beauty Queen Murdershttps://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained Arkansas:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unexplained+arkansashttps://www.patreon.com/c/unexplainedarkansasFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained Arkansas, your host Lisa and guest host Ti King of the Arkansas Podcast Collaborative discuss the history and lore of the "Ozark Witches"."The Arkansas Podcast Collaborative is a non-profit organization created in 2022 out of the need for podcasters in the flyover states to be recognized and boosted in their pursuit of podcasting greatness."Connection Information Below for Ti King- Executive Director:Media Inquiries:Email: tiking@arkansaspodcasters.orgPhone: 501-208-6801https://www.arkansaspodcasters.org/To connect w/ Unexplained Arkansas:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unexplained+arkansashttps://www.patreon.com/c/unexplainedarkansasFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

In this episode of Unexplained Arkansas, your host Lisa discusses the horrible and tragic crash landing of American Airlines Flight 1420--this is Part 2 of a 2 Part episode.On the evening of June 1, 1999, American Airlines pilots Rick Buschmann and Mike Origel are trying to make their last final leg of their day by flying from Dallas/Fort Worth to Little Rock National Airport. Storms that had been building all day in this portion of the country had delayed the pilots on previous flights and time was running out. The pilots were in a rush to get ahead of a storm and to not delay to the point where they would exceed their maximum flight hours per that day and per the regulations in 1999.The fatigue and the rush to get home would turn fatal when the plane would land in Little Rock but it would crash 800 ft beyond the runway killing 11 people from the flight and injuring soo many more.Listen to the whole episode to find out all the details of Flight 1420.References for this Episode:https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/transport_airplane/accidents/N215AAhttps://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-11/American1420_findings.pdfhttps://www.slackdavis.com/notable-cases/manus-v-american-airlines-american-airlines-flight-1420/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0102.pdfhttps://www.arkansasonline.com/news/previousfeatures/1420crash/https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/american-airlines-flight-1420-11931/https://simpleflying.com/american-airlines-flight-1420-crash/https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-crash-of-american-airlines-flight-1420-analysis-33735cd368a7https://youtu.be/XN_lpoI_PD0?si=cUb9WUpfJ3PFDgSohttps://www.ancestry.com/https://www.newspapers.com--several articleshttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5121680Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained Arkansas:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedarkansas@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unexplained+arkansashttps://www.patreon.com/c/unexplainedarkansasFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa