Box in the Basement
A weekly True Crime podcast
Box in the Basement
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Catrina Mowrey's death in 1985 remains one of Dallas, Texas' haunting cold cases. Kansas native Catrina was found dead in her Oak Cliff apartment, and despite the passage of nearly 40 years, questions about what exactly happened to her continue
Late on July 4th, 2010, 19-year-old Shonda Townsend, a kind mother of one, disappears on a drive home after celebratory fireworks in Palo Pinto, Tx. Months later, her remains would be found. Why would anyone murder Shonda? Staff Sergeant Jessi
Phyllis Barry, a member of the Choctaw, headed off camping in Terlingua, Texas, in 1975. Enjoying nature and a motorcycle ride with a stranger, Phyllis spent the evening around the campfire with friends. As they dispersed to look for more fire
Today's epsiode covers two suspicious missing persons cases in Texas. In 2006, Cole Jackson left his friend in a gas station Whataburger without a word as to where he was headed, speeding off in his half-ton pickup. He then crashed into a fenc
On a cold December evening in 2017 in Bailey, Colorado, high school senior Maggie Long left school to grab cookies and water for a concert. She never came back. Hours later, her home was engulfed in flames, and Maggie’s remains were found insid
Late on an August night in 2004, 20-year-old college basketball star Katara Johnson left her job at Taco Bell and returned to her home in Taylor, TX. When Katara didn't return her grandmother's calls the next day, her grandmother immediately ch
On Saturday, August 18, 2024, Brownwood, TX, lost its heart and voice. Steve Harris, owner of Steve's Market & Deli, passed away at 63. He has supported Arlene in her quest for answers in Brownwood and touched everyone he met. He loved Brownwoo
80-year-old Margorie Nugent met 32-year-old funeral director Bernie Tita when her husband died in 1990. Lonely and wealthy, she enjoyed his company, and soon, he became her daily companion. Exotic trips, expensive watches, large loans, the two
A quiet, modest, retired couple, Margaret and Keith Conable lived comfortably in San Antonio in 1980. Late Friday night in May, neighbors heard gunshots. The next day, the neighbors found the couple dead in their home. Who would target the cou
On a hot day in July 1993, Bill Roland headed out with his extended-cab pickup truck and a 24-foot pontoon boat for his lake house near Lake Sam Rayburn, with a fishing trip in mind. When Bill failed to return home as planned on July 21st, 1997
On a hot summer night in August of 1982, 19-year-old homebody Christie Wilson & her co-worker locked up Snappy's convenience store in Dayton, Texas. She got in her 1969 Thunderbird with cash from the store to deposit the next day. When she fail
Sandra Dubbs left her home in St. Charles, Missouri to start a new life in Texas. Her life would end with a vicious attack - who would want 30-year-old Sandra dead? After being attacked and found nearly dead, Jackie Lambert fears for her life a
In 1997 Amarillo Texas, two women were murdered and another was attacked. A few year later, a possible witness, 9-year-old Dorian Thomas, goes missing while riding around his neighborhood. Did the murderer attack Dorian for seeing too much? Joi
In 2006, two women go missing in the small eastern Texas town of Jacksonville. One woman, Terri Reyes raised her children and lived a quiet life. Shaunti Coleman lived a transient lifestyle, and was reported missing by her mother. Both bodies w
When couples are discovered murdered in lover's lanes in the Texarkana twin cities metro. Who would attack these couples and why? Join Arlene and Leah as they take us back to 1940's Texas and walk through the murders, the victims, and the evide
Violence splashed across El Paso newspapers late summer of 1966. Ruth Holland lived a quiet, opulent life, her wealth on display as she drove a gold Cadillac around town. The ex-wife of a race track owner, intellectual Ruth loved gardening and
Three cases haunt the hosts of Box in the Basement in today's episode. In 1998, a 15-year-old High School student, Michael Flores, in Rio Hondo unsuspectingly blasts his radio as a bullet shatters his window. Laura Guerra's dead body is found i
In 1989, thirteen-year-old Elisa Roberson left her home to meet a friend in the Texas gulf town of Aransas Pass. Born in Nicaragua, she adjusted well to American life, enjoying hair band 80's music and bossing around her younger siblings. After
Three women, Sherry Newman, Christy Jo Eggers, and Stephanie Jo Flannery's last moments were nearly identical: sexually assaulted, beaten, and murdered by a sick and depraved serial killer roaming the hills and flatlands of central Texas, leavi
On a rainy day in May 1989, Amanda "Sissy" Goodman fails to return home from school. Within 45 minutes, Amanda's body is found outside of town, shot to death, mystifying the entire city of Brownwood. Who would murder a sweet, innocent, church-g
Box in the Basement continues its look into the unsolved and solved murders in Brownwood, Tx, looking for the broader context in how Leon's murder remains unsolved. In Part 2 of an Era of Terror, we focus on an innocent woman whose life was cu
In this emotional episode, Arlene shares memories of Leon as we near the anniversary of his murder. On May 10th, 1996 at midnight, someone kidnapped Leon Laurales from his workplace, Kroger's grocery. Fifteen minutes later, they shot him outsid
Box in the Basement begins An Era of Terror in Brownwood, a series highlighting all the murders in Brownwood from 1980-1996, a period of time in which most of Brownwood's murders happened. We start with Judge Bunnell, a politician whose car goe
When a child goes missing is one of the most terrifying nightmares for any community. Join us as we share the stories of two children in 80's Texas. Desiree Carroll, a toddler, was last seen walking down the wooded road outside a small town by
Our own host Leah and her Father share their memories of an explosion that rocked a quiet neighborhood in Akron, OH in 1978. A teacher out for a dating game at a local bar ends up discovered in her charred car in a dead-end alley near Leah's ch
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