True Time

Avery Hammel has been invested in true crime content for as long as she can remember. Now she is taking this interest to set forth into telling true crime stories in a way that provides listeners with a captivating experience. True Time provides factual research, along with commentary between Avery and her husband. Each new case covered on the True Time podcast will be informational while learning important life lessons along the way!

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Episodes

Tuesday May 10, 2022

This week Avery and Dylan read through real life scary encounters from Reddit. Changing it up we look through individuals eyes who have experienced real life Horror Movie moments. Please let us know if you enjoy the change of pace; we will be back next week with our usual content!
 
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Reddit Sources:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/nq71nr/what_is_the_creepiest_true_crime_case_that_has/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4vjyf0/whats_the_worst_crime_to_happen_in_your_area/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kfijzw/serious_what_small_town_crimes_happened_in_your/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ulojnt/night_shift_workers_of_reddit_what_is_your/
https://imgur.com/a/GkSjika
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/tx8yni/creepy_pastas_are_good_and_all_but_whats_one/
 
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Monday May 02, 2022

On this week's case, Avery and Dylan talk about the heartbreaking Stay Family murders. On July 9th, 2014, 15 year old Cassidy Stay was watching her four younger siblings while her parents went out to run errands. While they were gone, a man dressed as a FedEx driver came to their home and eventually forced his way in. Cassidy Stay realized the man was actually her uncle named Ronald Haskell who had recently gone through a divorce with her aunt. When the parents returned home, Haskell forced them to all lie down in a row and he took their innocent lives. However, Cassidy survived and was able to contact 911 and ultimately saved the rest of her family members that Haskell was after.
 
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Case Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Harris_County_shooting
https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-shooter-ron-haskell-choked-threatened-mom-week/story?id=24512009
https://abc13.com/stay-family-cassidy-murders-ronald-haskell-jr/5495611/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/cassidy-stay-takes-the-stand-in-trial-of-man-she-watched-kill-her-family
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Lone-survivor-of-Stay-family-murders-testifies-in-14382911.php
https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-massacre-survivors-courage-saved-grandparents-lives/story?id=24518195
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9816103/family-massacre-killer-uncle-houston-texas-court/
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/trial-to-begin-for-man-accused-of-killing-six-members-of-texas-family/news-story/f4bfd175c5245fdf3458b81a3fca64f7
https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/teen-told-uncle-please-dont-hurt-us-before-her-lds-family-was-murdered
https://www.newser.com/story/280964/cassidy-stay-cries-as-uncle-is-convicted-of-killing-her-family.html
https://abc7chicago.com/stay-family-murdered-execution-style-spring-killed-trial/5610608/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-who-killed-6-members-ex-wife-s-family-gets-n1065366
https://www.today.com/popculture/j-k-rowling-sends-care-package-grieving-teen-cassidy-stay-1D80024912
 
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Monday Apr 18, 2022

On this week's episode, Avery and Dylan talk about the murders of Jason Allen and Lindsay Cutshall. On August 14th, 2004, Jason and Lindsay had decided to take a small weekend trip away from their summer jobs as camp counselors at a Christian adventure camp. The couple explored San Francisco and made their way up north to a beach town called Jenner. Unfortunately there were not any rooms available at the motel they stopped at, so they decided to use the sleeping bags they had and camped out on the beach for the night. A few days later during an unrelated 911 call, a helicopter was dispatched to save a man stuck on a cliff. That's when the pilot noticed two bodies not moving on the beach below. The bodies were identified as Jason and Lindsay, but discovering who had committed such a terrible crime against two innocent people would be a long investigation.
 
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Case Sources:
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/10-years-on-Jenner-beach-killings-haunt-two-5691117.php#taboola-1
https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/finally-solved-2004-fish-head-beach-murders-99dc9ca060aa
https://thecinemaholic.com/lindsay-cutshall-and-jason-allen-murders-how-were-they-killed-where-is-shaun-gallon-now/
https://people.com/crime/people-magazine-investigates-lindsay-cutshall-jason-allen-murders/
https://abc7news.com/sonoma-sheriff-announces-break-in-2004-killing-county-couple-killed-cold-case-lindsay-cutshall-jason-allen/5397294/
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/jenner-murders-shaun-gallon-cutshall-allen-14096891.php#taboola-1
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tantalizing-clues-in-pair-s-slaying-Sonoma-2536103.php
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/inside-the-disturbing-mind-of-jenner-beach-killer-shaun-gallon/#:~:text=She%20noted%20Gallon%20was%20%E2%80%9Cbizarre,Allen%2C%20according%20to%20the%20report.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Jenner,_California,_double_murder
 
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Monday Apr 11, 2022

This week Avery and Dylan talk about the death of Rebecca Zahau. In July of 2011 Rebecca was watching her boyfriend's son in a California mansion when a terrible accident occurred and he was critically injured. A few days later Rebecca's body was found hanging from a balcony. The police ruled her death to be a suicide but multiple investigators and the Zahau Family believe the evidence found involves foul play.
 
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Case Sources:
https://popculturecrime.medium.com/11-bizarre-true-crime-stories-2ad39455d11e
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Rebecca_Zahau
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/rebecca-zahau-adam-shacknai-mansion-mystery-suicide-san-diego/129712/
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/judge-sets-deadline-for-sheriff-to-answer-questions-on-zahau-investigation/
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2021/07/12/10-years-ago-rebecca-zahau-saga-began-with-a-bound-body-beneath-a-balcony/
https://medium.com/dark-aberrations/rebecca-zahau-murder-or-suicide-5431d8750298
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/judge-tentatively-rules-zahau-family-may-not-depose-former-sheriff-bill-gore/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/rebecca-zahaus-death-ritualistic-killing-expert/story?id=14463695
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2016/03/11/lawsuit-filed-by-rebecca-zahau-family-moving-forward/
https://www.sdsheriff.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/122/637329264138970000
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide#:~:text=The%20total%20age%2Dadjusted%20suicide,females%20(6.0%20per%20100%2C000).
https://afsp.org/suicide-prevention-resources
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or 1-800-273-TALK
Crisis Text Line: Text TALK to 741-741
 
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Trick or Treat (instrumental) by RYYZN https://soundcloud.com/ryyzn Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/l_trick-or-treat Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/uNPXJ9CDzbc

Monday Apr 04, 2022

This week Avery and Dylan discuss the murder of Teresita Basa. Teresita Basa worked as a respiratory therapist at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago while she was earning a doctorate degree in music. On February 21st, 1977 Teresita's body was discovered under a burning mattress in her apartment with a knife stabbed through her chest. Police didn't have much evidence to go off of until 6 months later when they received a tip that contained the name of Teresita's killer. Dr. Chua told police his wife Remi Chua had been possessed by the spirit of Teresita Basa who told him the name of the murderer and where they could find evidence. 
 
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Case Sources:
https://www.police1.com/bizarre/articles/10-mysterious-police-cases-that-are-still-unsolved-1SWLJYbfRQwcxs4w/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/teresita-basa
https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder-bba7259e022
https://the-line-up.com/teresita-basa
https://www.historicmysteries.com/teresita-basa/
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160913/edgewater/did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder-true-life-ghost-story-still-haunts/
https://morbidology.com/did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder/#:~:text=After%20graduating%20from%20Assumption%20College,on%20to%20study%20inhalation%20therapy.
https://books.google.de/books?id=CM4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=where+was+teresita+basa+getting+her+masters+degree&source=bl&ots=dS99u67toy&sig=ACfU3U0TTM5sz1epyN-c9af9otj5HVwoyw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj25LnJ_ej2AhVu8LsIHT4OB2wQ6AF6BAgwEAM#v=onepage&q=where%20was%20teresita%20basa%20getting%20her%20masters%20degree&f=false
 
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Monday Mar 28, 2022

This week's case follows the story of Brittanee Drexel, a 17 year old girl who lived in a suburb near Rochester, New York. With the stress of her parents divorce, Brittanee asked her mother if she could head to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for spring break with some friends. With Myrtle Beach being so far away, her mother told her no but Brittanee was determined to head to the beach for spring break. While her mother believed she was staying at a friends house, she made the trip south. However, while walking back to her hotel room after visiting a friend she disappeared on April 25th, 2009. There was no sign of Brittanee anywhere and over the years the police and FBI have followed many leads that have only led to more questions.
 
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Case Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/brittanee-drexel
https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/brittanee-drexel/
https://www.huffpost.com/topic/brittanee-drexel
https://disappearedblog.com/brittanee-drexel/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brittanee_Drexel
https://people.com/crime/brittanee-drexel-teen-who-went-missing-in-2009-likely-dead-fbi-says/
https://abcnews4.com/news/local/timothy-taylors-mom-stop-associating-him-with-missing-teen-brittanee-drexel
https://www.wyff4.com/article/greenville-upstate-counties-sc-top-10-worst-list-human-trafficking/
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Human Trafficking Resources:
https://polarisproject.org/2020-us-national-human-trafficking-hotline-statistics/
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/states
Human Trafficking Hotline Phone Number: 1-888-373-7888
Human Trafficking Hotline Text: 233733
Travel Resources:
https://www.nationwide.com/lc/resources/home/articles/travel-safety-tips
https://expertvagabond.com/travel-safety-tips/
 
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Monday Mar 21, 2022

This week's case follows the abduction of Sherri Papini. On November 2nd, 2016 a young mother was out for a run when she vanished. The Papini Family, community, and police department immediately came together to figure out where Sherri could have gone. However, 22 days later she was found chained, beaten, bruised, and branded on the side of a highway. Sherri told police and the FBI the story of how she had been abducted, but over the years of investigation a DNA discovery allowed the cracks in her story to come to light.
 
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Case Sources:
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/07/us/sherri-papini-affidavit-ex-boyfriend/index.html
https://people.com/crime/the-piece-of-evidence-that-broke-open-the-sherri-papini-case/
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article259197843.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sherri-papini-charged-faking-kidnapping-released-jail/
https://abc7.com/sherri-papini-family-kidnapping-husband/11623930/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/04/california-kidnapping-sherri-papini
https://abcnews.go.com/US/california-mom-sherri-papini-message-burned-skin-sick/story?id=43869060
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Papini_kidnapping_allegations
https://polarisproject.org/2020-us-national-human-trafficking-hotline-statistics/
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/states
Human Trafficking Hotline Phone Number: 1-888-373-7888
Human Trafficking Hotline Text: 233733
 
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Trick or Treat (instrumental) by RYYZN https://soundcloud.com/ryyzn Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/l_trick-or-treat Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/uNPXJ9CDzbc

Monday Mar 14, 2022

This week's case covers the planned murders of the Whitaker Family on December 10th, 2003. When an unsuspecting family arrived home from celebrating their oldest son's graduation, each one of them was shot. The father Kent and the oldest son Bart survived, but sadly the wife Tricia and younger son Kevin did not. Police began the investigation only to discover that this was no accident and the person who conspired the murders may just be one of the victims.
 
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Case Sources:
https://www.cracked.com/article_26167_5-true-crime-stories-that-had-unbelievable-plot-twists.html
https://thecinemaholic.com/is-bartlett-whitaker-dead-or-alive-where-is-he-now/
https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/thomas-bartlett-whitaker/
https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/whitakerthomas.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bart-whitaker-sugar-land-texas-murders-father-fights-to-save-son-from-execution/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-death-row-inmate-could-be-spared-after-unusual-appeal-n850276
 
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Monday Mar 07, 2022

This week's case is about the Taconic State Parkway Crash. On July 26th, 2009, a mother named Diane was driving her 2 children and 3 nieces home from a camping trip when something went terribly wrong. Diane turned onto an exit ramp and drove the wrong way until eventually hitting another vehicle in a head on collision. Listen to discover the heartbreaking reasons that led to multiple deaths.
 
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Case Sources:
https://medium.com/murder-by-design/the-2009-taconic-state-parkway-crash-aunt-diane-was-drunk-and-high-649d38c732a
https://www.ranker.com/list/aunt-diane-taconic-state-parkway/erin-wisti
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-pleasant/2019/07/25/diane-schuler-taconic-state-parkway-crash/1769219001/
https://themansonfamily-mtts.medium.com/the-supermom-who-snapped-c17bceb55e11
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/MindMoodNews/story?id=8309138
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8268313&page=1
https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving
https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/car/drunk-driving/
 
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Monday Feb 28, 2022

On this week's episode, Avery and Dylan discuss the unsolved deaths of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon. Kris and Lisanne were two young women from the Netherlands on their dream trip in Panama. On April 1st, 2014 the girls set off for a day hike on the Pianista Trail but they never returned. As evidence related to their deaths is discovered, it only left authorities with more questions.
 
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Case Sources:
https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2018/07/true-crime-stories/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_of_Kris_Kremers_and_Lisanne_Froon
https://allthatsinteresting.com/kris-kremers-lisanne-froon
https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/lost-girls-the-unsettling-fate-of-kris-kremer-and-lisanne-froon-2cc065261f7b
https://nypost.com/2017/02/11/family-members-pay-tribute-to-columbia-grad-killed-in-panama/
https://www.cairnme.com/
https://americanhiking.org/resources/summer-safety-series/
 
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