Thanks for tuning in. Today Genevieve tells us about the absolutely awful human being Barbara Opel & Haley tells us about the also awful history of Northern State Mental Hospital

Content Warning: Violence, murder, neglect

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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8

Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese

Sources

(Barbara Opel Story)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpUoyPMpggE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF1uO98DIq0&t=455s

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/26/us/woman-accused-of-enlisting-teenagers-in-killing.html

https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Woman-Convicted-for-Masterminding-Murder-10541211.php

(Northern State Mental Hospital Story)

https://seattleterrors.com/northern-state-mental-hospital/

https://www.northernstatehospital.org/history

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/mar/23/whats-the-deal-with-the-old-northern-state-hospital/

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. Today Genevieve tells us about the crimes of Robert Yates & Haley tells us about haunted PNW shipwrecks

Content Warning: Violence, murder, sexual assault

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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8

Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese

Sources

(Robert Yates)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF1uO98DIq0&t=455s https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicupload/eclips/Clips%20Tacoma%20News%20Tribun e%2003.21.14.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4nWd-VDu0I https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1998/mar/03/teens-demise-torments-parents-the-short- life-of-a/ https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Yates,%20Robert%20Lee.htm

(PNW Shipwrecks)

https://ghostlyactivities.com/the-puget-sound-shipwrecks-with-the-spookiest-reputations/

https://www.kuow.org/stories/local-explorers-believe-they-ve-found-puget-sound-s-deadliest-shipwreck

https://seattlesailingship.com/seattle-ghost-stories-ss-dix/?srsltid=AfmBOoq24JXoydysz0YTKsUPcGY8kFj5QzLUPYe1EM7w-b_xMU7b7b4n

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwreck-in-puget-sound-180983317/

https://m.kuow.org/stories/seattle-shipwreck-enthusiasts-find-possible-site-of-deadliest-wreck-in-pnw-history

https://www.historylink.org/file/7382

https://www.historylink.org/File/7936

https://cdh.princeton.edu/projects/pacific-northwest-maritime-trade/

Good evening, folks! Thanks for tuning in. Today Genevieve tells us about the train hopping murderer Robert Silveria Jr & Haley shares some stories from Oregon's dark desolate highways.

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Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8

Intro & Outro music by Ray Meese

Sources

(Robert Silveria Jr) https://youtu.be/oWlafiMk9UE?si=J7-jaemI-h4CTpIW

https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Silveria,%20Robert%20Joseph%20-%202005.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Joseph_Silveria_Jr.

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/silveria-robert.htm

(Haunted highways)

https://thatoregonlife.com/2021/09/van-duzer-corridor-haunted-hwy-18-oregon/

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1070

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Route_18

https://cbhistory.org/blog/spooky-stories-head-scratchers-tall-tales/

https://www.clarabush.com/the-bandage-man-urban-legend/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/jh7wuv/strange_person_on_oregon_hwy_22_near_the_coast_at/