Robin Spielbauer was a mother, a daughter, and a shining light in Amarillo Texas. But tragedy stuck when she was found beaten and murdered on the side of the road. Was it her ex-husband, trying to get even? Or his new wife, who wanted her out the way once and for all? Two suspects, a missing murder weapon, this is the ultimate case of he said-she said. But who is telling the truth...?

Sources Cited:

• Amarillo Globe News. “Robin Dane Bledsoe Spielbauer (1981-2014) - Find...” Find a Grave, 12 Apr. 2014, www.findagrave.com/memorial/128169467/robin-dane-spielbauer.

• Ganguly, Shrija. “5 Key Details about Robin Spielbauer’s Murder.” Sportskeeda, Sportskeeda, 11 Oct. 2022, www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-5-key-details-robin-spielbauer-s-murder.

• Helker, Jacob. “Appeals Court Upholds Life Sentence for Jeremy Spielbauer.” ABC 7 Amarillo, 13 Oct. 2021, abc7amarillo.com/news/local/appeals-court-upholds-life-sentence-for-jeremy-spielbauer.

• Hernandez, Tony. “The Fatal Amarillo Love Triangle Featured on Dateline.” NewsTalk 940 AM, 4 Jan. 2023, newstalk940.com/the-fatal-amarillo-love-triangle-featured-on-dateline/.

• Honore, Pretty. “What Happened to Robin Spielbauer’s Kids after Jeremy Was Arrested?” Distractify, 4 June 2021, www.distractify.com/p/where-are-katie-phipps-kids-now.

• Keenan, Caden. “Jeremy Spielbauer Murder Conviction Confirmed by Seventh Court of Appeals.” My High Plains, KAMR - MyHighPlains.com, 13 Oct. 2021, www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/jeremy-spielbauer-murder-conviction-confirmed-by-seventh-court-of-appeals/.

• News Channel 10. “Update: Suspect Arrested in Helium Road Homicide.” www.Newschannel10.Com, 8 Apr. 2014, www.newschannel10.com/story/25194671/update-womans-body-found-on-helium-road-identified/.

• Pirtle, Patrick A. “Jeremy David Spielbauer V. The State of Texas Appeal from 251st District Court of Randall County (Opinion).” Justia Law, 22 Jan. 2020, law.justia.com/cases/texas/seventh-court-of-appeals/2020/07-18-00028-cr.html.

• Rector Funeral Home. “Obituary Information for Robin Bledsoe Spielbauer.” Rector Funeral Home, 2014, www.rectorfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Robin-Bledsoe-Spielbauer?obId=29578231.

• Stein, Robert. “Spielbauer Capital Murder Trial: Katie Phipps, Initial Suspect, Testifies for Prosecution.” Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo Globe-News, 22 Jan. 2018, www.amarillo.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/23/spielbauer-capital-murder-trial-katie-phipps-initial/13025329007/.

• Williams, Kori. “Katie Phipps Has Graduated College since Being Wrongly Imprisoned for Murder.” Distractify, 4 June 2021, www.distractify.com/p/jeremy-spielbauer-now.

• Zamora, Kaitlin. “Seventh Court of Appeals Affirms Spielbauer Murder Conviction.” News Channel 10, 13 Oct. 2021, www.newschannel10.com/2021/10/13/seventh-court-appeals-affirms-spielbauer-murder-conviction/.

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Alana is ready to take us out of this world! Or maybe just to Hopkinsville Kentucky for one wild Aliens case. The Hopkinsville invasion is one of the most witnessed alien encounters, that led to a full shootout and 11 terrified occupants. This case is as baffling as it is interesting, so let's grab our tin-foil hats and cough syrup, and get into it!

Sources Cited:

• Carey, Liz. “When ‘Little Green Men’ Invaded Kelly, Kentucky.” The Daily Yonder, 22 Oct. 2022, dailyyonder.com/legend-of-little-green-men-invading-kelly-kentucky-continues/2021/10/22/.

• Clark, Ryan. “65 Years Later, Kelly Residents Still Battle UFO Stigma .” Lethbridge News Now, 16 Sept. 2020, lethbridgenewsnow.com/2020/09/16/65-years-later-kelly-residents-still-battle-ufo-stigma/.

• Davis, Isabel, and Ted Bloecher. Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955. Center for UFO Studies, 1978.

• Janssen, Volker. “How the ‘Little Green Men’ Phenomenon Began on a Kentucky Farm.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, 2 Jan. 2020, www.history.com/news/little-green-men-origins-aliens-hopkinsville-kelly.

• Nickell, Joe. “Siege of ‘Little Green Men’: The 1955 Kelly, Kentucky, ...” Skeptical Inquirer, 2006, cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2006/11/22164554/p12.pdf.

• Smith, Daniel. “History Lesson: Goblins of Hopkinsville.” Courier & Press, Evansville, 21 Aug. 2017, www.courierpress.com/story/life/columnists/2017/08/21/history-lesson-goblins-hopkinsville/104796526/.

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This week, dive into the unsolved mystery that's plagued England for nearly a century! Lady tells us the story of the young woman, "Bella," whose decomposing remains were found in the center of a tree. Who put her there? Why was she there at all? And most importantly, who even is Bella? Let's dive in to this classic unsolved mystery!

Sources Cited:

• Armitage, Rebecca, and Lucia Stein. “When Four Boys Found a Woman inside a Wych Elm, It Sparked a Series of Wild Theories.” ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2023, www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-07/mystery-over-who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm-/102171844

• BBC News. “Disease Killing ‘Europe’s Oldest’ Elm Tree.” BBC News, BBC, 29 July 2021, www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-58013952

• Coleman, M (ed.). (2009). Wych Elm. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-906129-21-7.

• Haywood, Bob. “60-Year Link to Bones Riddle; Skeleton Found at ‘witch’ Death Spot.” The Free Library, 12 June 2005, www.thefreelibrary.com/60-YEAR+LINK+TO+BONES+RIDDLE%3B+Skeleton+found+at+’witch’+death+spot.-a0133177420

• Holder, Bev. “Iconic Bella Graffiti on Hagley Monument Mysteriously Changed.” Stourbridge News, Stourbridge News, 30 Nov. 2020, www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/18909712.iconic-bella-graffiti-hagley-monument-mysteriously-changed/

• Hunt, Amber, and Emily G. Thompson. “Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?” CrimeReads, 25 Feb. 2019, crimereads.com/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/

• IWM. “What Life Was like in Britain during the Second World War.” Iwm.Org.Uk, www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-life-was-like-in-britain-during-the-second-world-war Accessed 20 May 2025.

• Jacob George Strutt (1822). Sylva Britannica. p. 66. Full text of expanded 1830 edition.

• Josefjacobs.info. “Bella in the Wych Elm – The Mysterious Anna from Claverley (a.k.a. Una Hainsworth).” Josefjakobs.Info, 12 Jan. 2018, josefjakobs.info/2018/01/bella-in-wych-elm-mysterious-anna-from.html

• Kane, Hannah. “The Cursed Spy Who Was the Last Person to Be Executed at the Tower of London.” My London, 8 Dec. 2021, www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/spy-executed-tower-of-london-18286103

• "La main de gloire, & ses effets" [The Hand of Glory, and its effects] (in French). Chapter 45. Retrieved March 15, 2015.

• Lockley, Mike. “Revealed after 75 Years: The Face of Bella in the Wych Elm.” Birmingham Live, 25 Feb. 2018, www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271

• Staveley-Wadham, Rose. “‘who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm?’ – An Unsolved Murder Mystery Seventy-Seven Years On.” The British Newspaper Archive Blog | Amazing Finds and News from over 300 Years of Historical Newspapers, 4 Apr. 2019, blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2019/04/04/who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm/

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