Zion's Lost Podcast

21/02/2024

https://www.ksl.com/article/50882527/a-utah-family-is-seeking-help-finding-a-missing-mother-of-2

A Utah family is pleading for help finding a missing mother of two in crisis who disappeared Thursday.

30/07/2023

Julia here in McCarthy, Alaska where in 1983 there was a mail day massacre in this tiny town. Six people were gunned down by a man who was upset about the Valdez Pipeline construction. There are only 50 year round residents in McCarthy these days.

05/01/2023

-1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. For trans or gender non-conforming folks, this number jumps to 54% (National Center for Transgender Equality).
-1 in 3 adolescent girls in the U.S. are victims of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner.
-It takes an average of 7 attempts for a survivor to leave their abuser and stay separated for good. Leaving is the most dangerous time in an abusive relationship.
-Each day in the US, three women are murdered by current or former intimate partner (Bureau of Justice Statistics).
-1 in 5 homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner. Over half of female homicide victims in the U.S. are killed by a current or former male intimate partner (CDC).
-From 2010-2014, 22% of law enforcement officer “line of duty” deaths occurred while responding to a call for service involving a domestic dispute (US Department of Justice).
-In UT from 2009-2016 84 women were murdered by intimate partner. (Utah Department of Health)

Every single person reading this knows someone who was killed by their partner. Let that sink in.

Officials in Enoch, Iron County, say a husband shot and killed seven people before taking his own life inside a home in the rural town just outside of Cedar City.

03/10/2022

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: The moment we've been anxiously waiting for has finally been achieved. IMF laboratory processing for Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy is officially ISO 17025 accredited by ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB). On Friday September 30, IMF was given notification that ou...

22/06/2022

13/02/2022

Check out this episode of Cold Case talk. Julia gave her 2 cents on this episode about a death of a vulnerable man in the state hospital.

In March of 1969, LeRoy Ortiz was taken from his Ogden home and murdered. Ortiz was a young rising boxer but his career was cut short by a bullet to the heart. For years, the Ortiz family said they knew who killed LeRoy and that the killers had even taunted them on the streets of Ogden. Now we know....

08/01/2022

Hi friends! 👋🏼

I saw this on Instagram (those algorithms know me too well) and thought it sounded fun! I’ve never done it before, but I thought I would let all my true crime obsessed, arm-chair detective friends know about it! You only need one ticket per team. Each team consists of 6 people. Julia and I put our team together today! There are only 7 tickets left.

Use code TAKE50 to take the price down to just $35. It’s on Saturday, June 11th in Ogden.

Let us know if you sign up and create a team!

Think you could solve a murder case? Experience life as a Crimescene Investigator in this thrilling outdoor murder mystery event, coming to Ogden, UT on Saturday the 11th June 2022. Use forensic techniques, codebreaking, and good old-fashioned detective work to crack the case in this limited ticket....

28/11/2021

22/10/2021

Julia here…this here is my man Grant who passed in 2019. I never knew him when he was alive. But, last Saturday night I was home alone and bored, so I did what any normal person does: got on namus.gov to see if I could match any unidentified deceased to a missing person. Instead, I ended up browsing the list of Utah’s unclaimed dead. Which, is really sad to know we have. Anyway, Grant stuck out at me and I decided to see if I could find his family. I got on Family Search and Ancestry. I knew it was a long shot because all I had was his name and year of death, not even a DOB, and Grant Snyder isn’t exactly an uncommon name. Regardless, I was able to find his DOB and parents names very quickly, which led me to a marriage license for him in the state of NY. Well, I googled his ex wife and found out she just barely passed. Her obituary had the names of their 2 sons, and it was obvious I had the right people because one son was named after Grant and another after Grant’s dad. One of his son’s is married to a woman with a very unusual name. I found her on Facebook, then her husband and in turn found both of Grant’s sons and his adult grandsons. I notified Namus and the detective in charge of Grant’s case with the SLC PD. The detective returned my call yesterday and he had me tell him the entire story. He was surprised to hear that someone went through the trouble of getting on Namus do any sleuthing. He apparently underestimated arm chair detectives and the amount of snooping we are willing to do to solve a mystery 🤣 My point here is, we can all make a difference, even a small one like this. Obviously, my buddy Grant here wasn’t close to his sons at all, but if this were my dad, I’d at least want to know. So, even if all you have is 15 minutes, get on Namus and look around. You never know if that friend from high school that no one has heard of in 25 years was found dead in another state, and without ID, and is just waiting for you to put a missing piece into place.

27/09/2021

FYI…Julia is creating TikToks for the Cold Case Coalition. Some cases we discussed in episodes, but she will also covering cases we didn’t cover. You can follow her if you are interested. 😃

30/08/2021

SUNSET, Utah (ABC4) – 39-years ago today, Elaine Runyan was a frantic and terrified mother. The day before her three-year-old daughter Rachael, was kidnapped from a school playground near the…

11/08/2021

Our Farewell episode is up on all listening platforms

Please let us know what episodes you remember, enjoyed, or made the most impact on you!

Again, we will keep interacting and posting on this page, so don’t unfollow! We will be keeping the old episodes up, so no need to hurry and binge 😉

27/07/2021

We started Zion’s Lost Podcast 3 years ago as a hobby and to expand our passion for true crime, unsolved mysteries and missing persons. It was important to us that we bring awareness to cold cases in Utah. We didn’t have any experience with or knowledge about audio equipment or podcasting, but decided it was worth a shot.

We have been privileged to have incredible experiences and opportunities as our podcast grew. We’ve met and spoke with victims families, participated in searches, organized a sheet drive for r**e victims, have been interviewed by several Utah news stations, and of course, appeared on Dateline.

But after over 150 episodes, we have decided to hang up the headphones. We have both been considering it individually for quite some time, and have mutually decided that it is time to pull the plug. We are pursuing other directions and goals in our personal and professional lives, which is needing our attention and focus. It is bittersweet, but it’s time for us to move on.

We have sincerely appreciated the support we have received from you, our dedicated and loyal listeners. It sounds cliche, but Zion’s Lost wouldn’t have been the success it is, without you. We are so very thankful.

Our last episode will be on August 10th. We will talk about why we came to this decision, our favorite memories and episodes, and cases we wish we could have covered, but weren’t able to do due to privacy, available info, or other reasons.

We hope you will join us one last time.

-Julia & Janet

27/07/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

In 1989, Annette Hill left her home, never to return. A robbery and murder gone wrong led police to a suspect, but he was never charged with any crime. However, that would all change in 2011 when another cold case from 1989 was reopened, and evidence was retested.

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1 & 2 Annette Hill
3-Felicia Pappas
4-Thomas Noffsinger

23/07/2021

As promised, the time our Mom had our picture taken as “saloon girls” in Lagoon’s pioneer village. This was in about 1995. Note the cash in Janet’s hands. 🤦🏼‍♀️

20/07/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

It’s what fun is! Family-owned Lagoon Amusement Park has had quite the history since 1886. Despite many challenges along the way including a fire, injuries and even deaths, it continues to be a family destination for Utahns.

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13/07/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

Eztil Cortez Trujillo was last seen by their broken down vehicle on the North Ogden Divide. Shelby Campbell left for a hike during a heavy windstorm and no trace of her or her belongings have been found near the trail.

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30/06/2021

This week, we are continuing with commemorating Pride Month by discussing a murder and an assault. Both crimes were solved, but the murder was not solved until 30 years later, and the assault was on a friendly bicyclist well known to those in the Logan area.

1- Dennis Piernick
2-Brent Carpenter
3-Comic honoring Brent

22/06/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

In November of 1988, Gordon Church stopped at a 7-11 for a pack of ci******es. Two men approached him, and the next several hours he was tortured, r**ed, and murdered.

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1- Gordon Church
2- Michael Archuleta
3- Lance Wood

17/06/2021

Possible clues found in Bobbi Ann Campbell’s disappearance

08/06/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

A 19 year old hitchhiker from Colorado never makes it to his California destination. Meanwhile, police in Wendover are working to identify a body found in a water treatment facility.

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1-David Stack in high school
2-Composite of Wendover John Doe

26/05/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

This week we discuss two kidnapping cases. The cases are both bizarre, not connected, but the victims were reunited with their families.

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25/05/2021

Episode will be delayed this week! Hoping Internet cooperates and we can release it on Wednesday 🤞🏼

24/05/2021

Due to technical difficulties our episode this week is going to be late 😭😭😭 But, just to give you a hint, it’s going to be about 2 different children who were kidnapped, but eventually reunited with their families. And no, one of them is not Elizabeth Smart.

18/05/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

In 1896, human bones and teeth were found in a church furnace. The Reverend of the congregation had left town days earlier. As they learn about his history, it’s discovered that the women in his life either disappeared themselves or died under mysterious circumstances.

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11/05/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

This week we explore two missing persons cases that are not connected, but involve endangered and at-risk individuals.

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04/05/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

Our three part series on University of Utah track star, Lauren McCluskey, is now available.

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https://www.laurenmccluskey.org

19/04/2021

Julia here 👋 bad news, part 2 of our episode on Lauren McCluskey will be delayed a week. I’ve been sick this weekend and I want to make sure my expresses outrage at the end of part 2 is on point. Sorry for the wait!

30/03/2021

*NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW*

A mother of two, including a 4 month old baby boy, leaves the family home to go to the grocery store and never returns. When her vehicle is found abandoned at her favorite hiking spot, her husband and 12 year old son spending the next year searching Hobble Creek Canyon to find their beloved wife and mother.

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