Ghosts and Garnets
Hosted by lifelong friends Whitney Rivera and Camden Schacher, Ghosts and Garnets is a true crime podcast that blends well researched storytelling with humor and a touch of absurdity. This laugh-out-loud show promises listeners a unique and entertaining perspective on true crime. Their goal is to keep listeners engaged, educated, and, most importantly, laughing, while also raising awareness about these real-life cases.
Every week, Whitney and Camden take you on a deep dive into a mix of well-known and lesser-known cases in Idaho and beyond. With its engaging storytelling, thought-provoking insights, and just the right amount of levity, each episode of the podcast provides a fresh perspective on the cases that have long haunted communities and captivated the public's imagination.
Episodes
99 episodes
Treefort 2025 Live Show: The Disappearance of Marie Ann Watson
November 22, 1977 was a typical Tuesday when Marie Ann Watson vanished without a trace from Emmett, Idaho. No signs of struggle, no security footage, no witnesses—just an empty car in a diner parking lot and a mystery that has haunted the small...
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April 2024 Bonus Episode: The Tortoise and The Chair- Ammon Bundy
We're so grateful for your continued support. We are releasing an old patreon bonus episode to tide you over while we get back on track. April 2024 Bonus Episode: The Torto...
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Epsiode 80: The Murder of Nori Jones
Pocatello, Idaho has always been a close-knit community, where crime seems like a far-off problem. But on the evening of September 28, 2004, that illusion was shattered. A 25-year-old woman with a bright future and an infectious smile was...
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Episode 79: Halloween Tales 2024
Today we're talking about Bloody Mary, exorcisms, ghost chickens and murder... Happy Halloween!
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Episode 78: Kaylor vs. Guardipee
Kellogg, Idaho is a small city in the Silver Valley of Shoshone County in the Idaho Panhandle. After its incorporation in 1907, Kellogg was a mining community, the inhabitants primarily silver miners. After around a century of mining and severa...
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Episode 77: Roadtrip Illinois- Richard Speck, Knife Penis
The story we have for you this week is straight out of an Illinois nightmare: an armed male intruder breaks into a women’s dorm and binds and gags the residents. Then one by one, he kills them all. Today we are telling you about the life and cr...
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Episode 76: The Disappearance of Gwendolyn Brunelle
The story we have for you this week is shocking and heartbreaking and most of all confusing as hell. A healthy adult woman left her house one morning and vanished into thin air, and although a year later her family has some answers, so ma...
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Episode 75: The Trial and Sentencing of Chad Daybell
The story we have for you today is a follow up to our two part episode about Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. Lori’s demon ass was convicted last fall. This week we are going to go through the events of Chad Daybells trial and sentencing.&nb...
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Episode 74: Roadtrip Hawaii- Aloha Bitch
One spoiled teenage bride, multiple false accusations and systematic racism led to not one famous trial, but two. The first for rape and the second for murder. This is the story of Thalia Massie and those unfortunate enough to land in ...
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Episode 73: Brass Knuckleheads- The Abduction of Chelsi Urias
The story we have for you this week is wild. Stolen casino winnings, fake affairs, socket wrenches and brass knuckles. This is the story of the abduction of Chelsi Urias and the absolutely drug addled buffoons who kidnapped, torture...
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Episode 72: Roadtrip Georgia- The Alday Massacre
This week we are headed to Georgia to tell you the story of of a 1973 crime spree of escaped inmates in rural Georgia that took the lives of 7 people, 6 of the victims from one family. Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https:...
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Episode 71: The Murder of Kendy Wilkins
On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in a Kootenai county courthouse, former ISP trooper Daniel Howard was found guilty of second-degree murder and domestic battery in the death of his wife, Kendy Wilkins. Nearly 3 years after Kendy's death, her family ...
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Episode 70: Roadtrip Florida- The Congenital Defect and The Carnival- Grady Stiles
The story we have for you this is about the life and death of a man who was both a victim and a villain and a very good example of how the choices of a parent can well and truly fuck up a kid to the point of madness. It also has Carnies. <...
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Episode 69: The Rapists Didn't Fall Too Far From The Tree
The story we have for you this week is about an absolute shit bird named Richard Leavitt, who was not only a rapist and a murderer, but also was so potently deviant that he left the world with a couple of living reminders of his evil. This is t...
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Episode 68: Roadtrip Connecticut- A Sadist and A Woodchipper, Richard Crafts
The story we have for you this week is a shocking and gruesome crime that thrust the state of Connecticut into the national headlines and ultimately became the inspiration of the award-winning 1997 movie, Fargo. We are telling you about t...
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Episode 67: The Ineptitude of Azad Abdullah
The story we have for you today, from the outside, is a little different than others we tell you. Its easy to focus on cultural differences, but when you strip this particular crime down it’s really very simple. This is like all the other stori...
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Episode 66: Roadtrip Delaware- Wannabe Martyr, James Red Dog
The story we have for you this week shows the horrendous outcome when a violent criminal is put in the Witness Protection Program and the Fed's decide it’s too risky to tell anyone, including local law enforcement that there is a convicted murd...
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Episode 65: The Psych Professor and His Student- The Murder of Katy Benoit
The story we are telling you this week is a good example of how even when you do all the right things, tell all the right people and stay vigilante, you have no real control over anything. When a beautiful young woman began a relationship...
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Episode 64: The Coalition of Dipshittery Part 2
This week we wrap up the story of the group of women who allowed themselves to be led blindly down the path of murder by the pied piper of dipshits, Dale Shackelford.Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Episode 63: Coalition of Dipshittery- The Murders of Donna Fontaine and Fred Palahniuk
We're back and starting 2024 off with a wild tale of prison romance, arson, murder and stupidity. So much stupidity. This is part one of two. Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Episode 62: Roadtrip Colorado- Attic Creeper Theodore Coneys
The story we have for you today is creepy at it’s finest. The dark tale of the Denver Spider Man is quite different than that of the crime-stopping, live-saving Marvel super hero we all know and love. Instead, this 'Spider Man' secretly hid ins...
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Episode 61: The Swan Dive of Douglas Van Vlack
This week we are telling you the story of a verified nitwit who murdered two police officers and his ex wife in 1936, while on the run from authorities in multiple states. This is the story of Douglas Van Vlack.Music: Frosty Forest by Shane...
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Episode 60: Bib Overalls and Boston Mobsters- Enrico Ponzo
Known as the gateway to the Owyhee Mountains, Marsing, Idaho is a small agricultural community tucked between the snake river and a butte resembling a sunbathing lizard. It was a quiet community, where everyone knew everyone's business, or so t...
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Episode 59- A Thanksgiving Tale- Fucking Idiot David Gifford
The story we have for you this week is a Thanksgiving tale of terror. One absolute psychopath + one upside down turkey led to a nightmare for a woman and her kids. This is the story of fucking idiot David Gifford and his Thanksgiving rampage. &...
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