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Joan Risch // 347
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Oct 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In October of 1961, police reported to the home of a 31-year-old Massachusetts woman after a neighbor spotted blood inside her house. When police began investigating, it felt clear that she had been met with foul play. But after finding library books on murders and disappearances similar to her own, suspicions were raised, begging the question: what really happened to Joan Risch
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CASE SOURCES
1. Joan's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196335677/joan-carolyn-risch
2. Martin's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172928385/martin-donald-risch
3. Anderson Independent-Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/812685762/?terms=joan%20risch&match=1
4. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: https://www.newspapers.com/image/52772631/?terms=harold%20bard%20josephine%20bard&match=1
5. A Kitchen Painted in Blood: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Kitchen_Painted_in_Blood/EbUEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR3&printsec=frontcover
6. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/swhph8/the_bizarre_disappearance_of_joan_risch/
7. Medium: https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/into-thin-air-what-is-the-likeliest-explanation-for-the-disappearance-of-joan-risch-1bdd4953b4e
8. Wicked Horror: https://wickedhorror.com/features/february-2022-missing-person-of-the-month-joan-carolyn-risch/#:~:text=Joan%20graduated%20with%20honors%20from,Crowell%20Co.
9. Prabook: https://prabook.com/web/martin_donald.risch/406588
10. Uncovered: https://uncovered.com/cases/joan-risch
11. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/433749083/
12. Lost n Found Blog: https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/into-thin-air
13. I Can't Believe It's Not Fiction: https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2017/07/05/joan-risch/
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Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398
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CASE SOURCES
1. Joan's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196335677/joan-carolyn-risch
2. Martin's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172928385/martin-donald-risch
3. Anderson Independent-Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/812685762/?terms=joan%20risch&match=1
4. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: https://www.newspapers.com/image/52772631/?terms=harold%20bard%20josephine%20bard&match=1
5. A Kitchen Painted in Blood: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Kitchen_Painted_in_Blood/EbUEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR3&printsec=frontcover
6. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/swhph8/the_bizarre_disappearance_of_joan_risch/
7. Medium: https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/into-thin-air-what-is-the-likeliest-explanation-for-the-disappearance-of-joan-risch-1bdd4953b4e
8. Wicked Horror: https://wickedhorror.com/features/february-2022-missing-person-of-the-month-joan-carolyn-risch/#:~:text=Joan%20graduated%20with%20honors%20from,Crowell%20Co.
9. Prabook: https://prabook.com/web/martin_donald.risch/406588
10. Uncovered: https://uncovered.com/cases/joan-risch
11. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/433749083/
12. Lost n Found Blog: https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/into-thin-air
13. I Can't Believe It's Not Fiction: https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2017/07/05/joan-risch/
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Released:
Oct 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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