Twisted Travel and True Crime

A once happy mail order bride, Michelle Rivera Nyce’s life would end, murdered and surrounded by drama; including  her millionaire husband Jonathan, a lustful gardening lover, an international romance and extortion.

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Farah Fratta was just 33 years old when she was a shot twice in the head at close range in her own garage.  Her husband, Robert Fratta, a police officer and their three children were attending a church service at the time of the attack. When the investigators found out the couple were in the midst of an ugly divorce concerning Robert's strange sexual proclivities attention turned toward him.  Was he guilty of murder for hire?

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A young professional cyclist named Moriah "Mo" Wilson is found dead after returning from a night out in Austin, TX.  She was staying there with a friend in order to compete in an upcoming event. Initially police turned to fellow professional cyclist Colin Strickland who Mo had gone out with earlier that night. Police were able to eliminate him  using cameras in the neighborhood and throughout town but that same video footage gave police a big clue...

Tracy Nessl began a romantic relationship with her biological uncle, Tim McNamara, in 2012.  To escape the criticism of their relationship, they fled to Belize to start a new life. On Christmas day of 2014, Tim would be found dead by a gunshot wound to his head.  His death was originally reported as a suicide but was later deemed to be a murder. Tracy claims crooked Belizean cops tried to frame her. His family says she manipulated Tim into giving her everything he had and then she killed him...

Lana and Chuck, both 35 years old, disappeared under what her family believes are mysterious circumstances.  They were on a boating vacation in Lake Huron when their boat was found off course, tossing about in rough water with the engine in idle, music still playing on the stereo. No one was on the boat.  Nearly 2 weeks later, Lana's body was found 7 miles from where her boat was found. She was naked except for her jewelry. There were no cuts or bruises.  Chuck's body never surfaced...

An American couple quit their jobs to bike around the world in search of experiences they couldn't find behind their desks. After thousands of miles, through more than two dozen countries, Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan's trip came to horrific end on the side of a road in Tajikistan.  They, along with 4 travel companions were plowed down and stabbed by terrorists in the Pamir Mountain Range.   DONATE: One time: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3248826752172032881 Monthly: https://anchor...

Geetha Angara's body was discovered in a water tank at a plant where she worked for over 12 years.  The injuries she sustained. pointed to murder but there was very little evidence.  The facility was well guarded and fenced in. This meant her killer had to be one of 50 coworkers, if there was a killer at all...  This is a fascinating and confounding cold case.  Sponsors: https://javahouse.com Discount code: Twisted10 DONATE TO THE SHOW: One time: https://venmo...

It was an uncomfortably hot and dry day in February of 2016, when two backpackers, one from Germany and one from Brazil, struck up a friendship and decided to head to Melbourne, Australia from Adelaide.  They asked to share a ride with 59-year-old Roman Heinz. Little did they know, they had accepted a lift from a man who was planning a vile and terrifying attack. DONATE: One time: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3248826752172032881 Monthly: https://anchor...

The boy was tired, dirty and hungry.  He climbed up the side of the house using the window ledge to boost himself up to the roof.  He’d been to this house before.  His muddy bare feet barely left a mark on the metal roof.  His tracks snaked along the roof line then disappeared near the window that, he knew, had been left unlocked. He quietly slipped inside.  The house was currently unoccupied but he was quiet nonetheless. He crouched listening to the silence just to make sure...

While on vacation with his wife and son in Brazil, boxing legend, Arturo "Thunder" Gatti was found dead in his hotel room at the age of 37.  His wife, Amanda reportedly woke up to discover her husband had been strangled but she repeatedly stated to police that she didn't do it...