Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

On July 2, 2021, Krista Halderson did not show up for work. When a friend went to her Windsor, Wisconsin, home to check on her, Krista and her husband, Bart Halderson, were both gone, but their cars were still in the garage. Their son, Chandler Halderson, said they had left for the family cabin with friends, but he could not say who had taken them there.

As the holiday weekend passed, the cabin trip made less and less sense. Investigators found that Chandler’s story was only one part of a much larger pattern involving college records, a job he never had, a planned move to Florida, and a series of explanations that fell apart under scrutiny.

In this episode, we follow the disappearance of Bart and Krista, the evidence that led investigators to two separate locations, and the case that went to trial. Chandler was convicted in 2022 and is serving two life sentences without eligibility for release. His remaining convictions were affirmed on appeal, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined review in June 2026.

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Sources:

Obituary information for Bart A. and Krista R. Halderson

Chandler Halderson case: Did a Wisconsin man's lies lead to the murders of his parents?

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/b7/8b7fc425-ea29-50bb-8d0d-d770a106bdd8/60f0bea8818de.pdf.pdf

Girlfriend's Snapchat helps police unravel the mysterious double murder of Wisconsin couple Bart and Krista Halderson - CBS News

Eagle Scout convicted of killing, dismembering parents sentenced | Court TV

Judge says man who killed parents can’t skip sentencing | Court TV

Eagle Scout convicted of killing, dismembering parents sentenced | Court TV

Man Allegedly Fabricated SpaceX Job Offer Then Dismembered Parents When They Discovered His 'Web of Lies'

Wisconsin man charged in parents' killing and dismemberment - Wausau Pilot & Review

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/ab/4ab1fe53-5ad7-5bd6-a7d4-77735779c202/60ecbc18b5c1d.pdf.pdf

Chandler Halderson charged with murder in father's death

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2021/07/30/dna-match-used-to-id-remains-of-missing-wisconsin-woman/

Chandler Halderson formally charged in mother’s death | Crime and Courts | wxow.com

'I felt like I needed to do something:' Brother of Chandler Halderson testifies

Trial opens for Wisconsin man accused of killing parents

Defense rests without calling any witnesses in Chandler Halderson murder trial | News | wkow.com

WI v. Chandler Halderson Trial Day 1 - Prosecution Opening Statement by William Brown

https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html;jsessionid=20A3258A2AB4A8EE49D4C0DDC5A60BE8.render4?caseNo=2021CF001568&countyNo=13&mode=details

Wisconsin Supreme Court denies review of Chandler Halderson's conviction in killing of his parents

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In the woods of northwest Georgia, Dr. Charles Lee Scudder and Joseph “Joey” Odom built an off grid home unlike anything their neighbors had seen. There was stained glass, a golden harp, a pink gargoyle, and a reputation that grew stranger with every rumor told about the place they called Corpsewood Manor.

On December 12, 1982, two men Charles and Joey had welcomed onto the property arrived with a plan to rob them. What happened next left Charles and Joey dead inside the home they had spent years building, sent two teenage witnesses fleeing in fear, and led to another murder across state lines.

In this episode, we follow the real story behind Corpsewood Manor, the rumors that surrounded it, and the violence that turned an unusual home in the Georgia woods into a lasting piece of true crime folklore.

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Charles L. Scudder — “A Castle in the Country,” Mother Earth News (1981)https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/castle-in-the-country-zmaz81mazraw/

Pam Purcell — “Pair Enjoy Roughing It in County’s Backwoods,” The Summerville News (February 22, 1979)https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053933/1979-02-22/ed-1/seq-21/ocr/

West v. State — Georgia Supreme Court (1984)https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/1984/40134-1.html

West v. State — Mississippi Supreme Court (1985)https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/supreme-court/1985/55443-0.html

West v. State — Mississippi Supreme Court (1988)https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/supreme-court/1988/519-so-2d-418-0.html

Peggy Nadramia — “The Tragic Case of Dr. Charles Lee Scudder, Satanist,” Church of Satanhttps://www.churchofsatan.com/tragic-case-dr-charles-lee-scudder/

B.T. Harman — “The Corpsewood Murders: 40 Years Later,” Atlanta Magazinehttps://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/the-corpsewood-murders-40-years-later/

Luke Gregson — “The Corpsewood Manor Murders,” Oxford Americanhttps://oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-corpsewood-manor-murders

Christopher Feldt — “Death Comes to Corpsewood Manor,” North Georgia Historyhttps://www.northgeorgiahistory.com/post/death-comes-to-corpsewood-manor

Leland Kent — “Corpsewood Manor,” Abandoned Southeasthttps://abandonedsoutheast.com/2019/01/28/corpsewood-manor/

David Bulit — “Corpsewood Manor,” Abandoned Georgiahttps://abandonedgeorgia.com/corpsewood-manor/

Kelly Kazek — “The Murders of ‘Devil Worshippers’ at Corpsewood Manor”https://kellykazek.com/2019/02/25/the-murders-of-devil-worshippers-at-corpsewood-manor/

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Faith Danielle Hedgepeth was 19 years old and studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she was killed inside her Durham apartment in September 2012. Investigators recovered DNA evidence, a handwritten message, and other clues from the scene, but the case remained unsolved for years.

Now, 14 years later, Miguel Salguero Olivares is on trial in connection with Faith’s death. He is charged with murder, burglary, rape, and sexual offense, and he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. There has not yet been a verdict.

In this episode, we review Faith’s final night, the evidence investigators collected, the years long investigation, and the case now being presented to a jury. It is a full catch up for anyone starting to follow the trial now.

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Sources:

9 years after UNC student Faith Hedgepeth was killed, Chapel Hill police make arrest

Faith Danielle Hedgepeth (1992-2012) - Find a Grave Memorial

Murdered UNC Student's Final Moments: What Police Say Happened to Faith Hedgepeth - ABC News

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1283962/hedgepeth-case-files.pdf

9 years after UNC student Faith Hedgepeth was killed, Chapel Hill police make arrest

‘Noise’ or ‘evidence?’: Opening statements in UNC student murder trial :: WRAL.com

Additional charges filed against suspect in killing of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth

Court documents reveal how investigators linked suspect in Faith Hedgepeth's murder

https://web.archive.org/web/20240916185307/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article257547083.html

Murder trial of Miguel Salguero-Olivares accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth

Persons Of Interest Listed In Hedgepeth Murder Investigation Documents

‘She feels cold’: Emotional 911 call played in UNC student murder trial :: WRAL.com

Faith Hedgepeth murder suspect gets trial date more than a decade after her death

Judge calls lost blood sample ‘absurd’ in UNC student murder case :: WRAL.com

Faith Danielle Hedgepeth homicide records sealed

https://web.archive.org/web/20240119215718/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article61107117.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/faith-hedgepeth-timeline-her-life-093000380.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Love, Hope, And Faith | Faith Hedgepeth Murder 20/20 ABC | FULL EPISODE

Faith Hedgepeth’s former roommate testifies midway through second week of murder trial

Blood, slushie or vomit? Roommate of murdered UNC student cross-examined as testimony continues

One alternate juror still needed in UNC student murder trial :: WRAL.com

Faith Hedgepeth’s Roommate Full Testimony | NC v. Miguel Salguero-Olivares

'Step was missed': Witness testifies about missing blood evidence in Faith Hedgepeth murder case

Video Voicemail Found Left by UNC Student's Phone on Night of Her Murder: Part 4 - ABC News

Faith Hedgepeth case: 10 unanswered questions ahead of trial - 9th Street Journal

https://www.youtube.com/live/_it9pn2FIYg?si=i12Ynb9YnpezS5A6

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We have a shorter spooky season story for your Friday. In 1977, firefighters found Teresita Basa murdered in her Chicago apartment, but months passed without an arrest.

Then a doctor told police that his wife had entered a trance and spoken in a voice that identified itself as Teresita. Detectives could not verify that explanation, but they could investigate what the voice claimed to know. The lead took them back to Edgewater Hospital and helped uncover evidence in a case that still raises questions nearly 50 years later.

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Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/386658919/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/386502681/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/385452553/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/385412418/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/386661148/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/09/17/voice-from-the-grave-evokes-a-murder-trial/13b6d805-2413-4015-b70a-b9b28ab5d40d/

https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1978/di1978-09-07.pdf

https://newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/62a3b8a2-82b5-427d-a26e-893002ba7213/content

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160913/edgewater/did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder-true-life-ghost-story-still-haunts/

https://thebestoffatemagazine.blogspot.com/2014/10/read-free-how-voice-from-grave-named.html

https://jimharold.com/the-strange-and-sad-case-of-teresita-basa-unpleasant-dreams-17/

https://www.mamamia.com.au/teresita-basa-unsolved-mysteries/

https://morbidology.com/did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder/

https://mail.survivalafterdeath.info/articles/rogo/spontaneous.htm

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This week, we tell the 1897 story of Elva Zona Heaster Shue, known as Zona, whose sudden death in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, was initially treated as natural causes. After Zona’s mother said her daughter appeared to her and described what happened, an exhumation revealed a broken neck, and Zona’s husband went to trial for her murder.

Since so many of you enjoyed Black Hope Cemetery, we are spending Thursdays for the rest of October on historical cases with a little mystery and a spooky season feel.

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Sources:

https://archive.wvculture.org/history/crime/shuearticles.html

https://archive.wvculture.org/history/crime/crimeandpunishment.html

https://archive.wvculture.org/history/notewv/ghost.html

https://archive.wvculture.org/history/notewv/ghost1.html

https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcsearch.aspx

https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx

https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/2107

https://wvdn.com/14205/

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=50356

https://greenbrierwv.com/editorials/the-greenbrier-ghost

https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/01/greenbrier-ghost.html

https://appalachianhistorian.org/the-greenbrier-ghost-what-the-records-really-show/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/31/halloween-ghost-story-time-an-apparition-helped-convict-murderer/

https://blueridgetruecrime.com/crime/the-greenbrier-ghost-did-an-australian-ghost-story-solve-a-west-virginia-murder/

https://wvmetronews.com/2026/07/21/the-greenbrier-ghost-is-an-odd-west-virginia-tale/

https://unsolvedfiles.com/greenbrier-ghost-file-complete-dossier/

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