Dead & Gone in Wyoming

In October 1997, 14-year-old Amanda Gallion disappeared on her way to school in Gillette, Wyoming. Six days later, 20-year-old Patrick Ghering vanished too. Nearly three decades on, the space between those two disappearances remains one of Wyoming’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.

In November 1982, a Chevy Blazer was found running along Interstate 80 near Elk Mountain, Wyoming. The doors were open. A single set of footprints led north into the prairie.The vehicle belonged to 35-year-old Don Kemp, a former New York advertising executive who had set out west to write a book. Days later, a storm shut down the search.Months after Don was believed to have died, a turn in the case raised a startling possibility: that he might still be alive.

In August 1976, twenty-year-old Celeste Hensley Greub disappeared while backpacking in Wyoming’s Cloud Peak Wilderness. She was last seen waiting near Misty Moon Lake as her companions climbed toward the summit. When they returned, she was gone.What followed was one of the largest search efforts the Bighorn Mountains have ever seen.Want early access to new episodes? Become a Patreon supporter: http://patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

In November of 1997, the body of fifteen-year-old Daphne Sulk was found in the foothills east of Laramie.In this episode of Dead & Gone in Wyoming, we trace Daphne’s final days, the investigation that followed, and the trial that ultimately brought a verdict. It's a story about what the law decides is enough - and what quietly remains once certainty arrives before every truth can be known.Want early access to new episodes? Become a Patreon supporter: http://patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

A chance meeting in Iowa. A business deal gone wrong. A brutal double murder in the wilds of early 1900s Wyoming.On this episode, the story of Diamond L Slim Clifton, a cowboy whose reputation once stood tall in the Wyoming Territory—until it all unraveled in the most vicious of crimes.The source for this episode is the book: Murder on the Plains: The Killing of "Diamond L. Slim" Clifton, available for purchase on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Plains-Killing-Diamond-Clifton/dp/B0CXQSNKM2For those in the Cody area, I'd love to see you at the Cody Holiday Inn on March 13th for my presentation: "Dead & Gone in Wyoming: Mysterious Tales of True Crime in the Cowboy State".Find tickets and additional information here: https://centerofthewest.org/event/ccc-dead-gone-true-crime/

Kathleen Pehringer, 41, disappeared from her Riverton, Wyoming home on April 17, 1989. She was last seen while her daughter was at school. Kathleen took her purse and glasses but left her car behind.

The FBI uncovers a plot to murder two Wyoming school teachers, which shakes loose an investigation into the deaths of a mother and son who had fallen to their deaths years earlier.

In Fall 1982, America was gripped by an unprecedented form of criminality. The Tylenol Murders took at least seven lives and changed society forever.Thank you for listening to Dead & Gone in Wyoming.Interact with Scott via email: [email protected] the show, and gain early access to episodes, via Patreon: www.Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

We're happy to announce the return of the podcast with two stories of mysterious missing person cases from America's first national park.It's good to be back!Thank you for listening to this episode of Dead & Gone In Wyoming. Reach out Twitter (or 'X', whatever it's called this month) @wyomingpodcast.And you can contact the show via email: [email protected]

A quick update about the future of Dead & Gone in Wyoming.

Violence in America's schools has become tragically endemic to a generation.Many of those stories are so tragic, they can be told in a single word: Columbine, Parkland, and far too many others.Cokeville, Wyoming was very nearly such a place.

Remembering the forgotten murder of Casper socialite Grace MacManus.

The abduction of an 11-year-old girl ten years ago today, October 8, 2012, changed Cody, Wyoming forever.This episode contains depictions of harm to a child. Listener discretion is advised.The resource mentioned at the end of this episode is The National Sexual Assault Hotline. It's free, confidential, and available 24/7. Learn more at RAINN.org.Thanks to our presenting sponsor this week: The Hampton Inn & Suites in Riverton, Wyoming.

The story of Clay Rubano, an expert outdoorsman who disappeared into the mountains around Lander, Wyoming in 2007.You can contact Scott by email: [email protected] on Twitter: @WyomingPodcastSupport the show and receive early access to new episodes here: www.Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

Listener Barb writes:"Can you research the murder of Dr. and Mrs. Payne in Jackson, Wyoming in the mid to late 60s?"Here's your story, Barb.Thank you for listening to Dead & Gone In Wyoming. You can email Scott here: [email protected] early access and exclusive episodes, consider supporting the show on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

In October 1998, perhaps Wyoming's most infamous murder occurred in Laramie.The brutal torture and murder of college student Matthew Shepard drew immediate and strong reaction nationwide, and changed American society forever.Thank you for listening to this month's episode.Email Scott here: [email protected] support the show and receive exclusive content, consider becoming a Patron: www.Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast