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The Jamison Family Mystery: Vanished in the Oklahoma Wilderness
Manage episode 484244631 series 3522832
A crisp autumn day in Oklahoma turns tragic when the Jamison family vanish without explanation, leaving behind $32,000 and their starving dog locked in their truck. What forces could lead a family of three to disappear in the remote Sandboi Mountains, only to be discovered as skeletal remains four years later?
The case of Bobby, Sherilyn, and six-year-old Madyson Jamison defies conventional explanation. Surveillance footage from the day they vanished captures the couple moving in trance-like states, walking back and forth to their vehicle without speaking, sometimes carrying nothing at all, sometimes the same items repeatedly. This haunting behavior, described by experts as appearing drug-induced, is just the first layer of strangeness surrounding their disappearance.
Delving deeper reveals a family struggling with chronic pain, mental illness, and increasingly bizarre beliefs. Their storage container home featured spray-painted warnings about witches and judgment. Sherilyn claimed to practice witchcraft, while Bobby sought special bullets to shoot the evil spirits he believed haunted their home. A Satanic Bible found in their possession and reports of seances add to the unsettling picture of their final days.
Most compelling are the conflicting clues – a vehicle left with thousands in cash yet missing a brown briefcase seen being loaded on camera; a family dog left locked inside a truck, slowly starving; and an 11-page letter expressing Sherilyn's hatred for her husband. Why would someone murder a family but leave behind $32,000? Was Sherilyn truly on a white supremacist cult's "hit list" as her mother believes?
The medical examiner could only declare their deaths "suspicious," leaving us to wonder what truly happened that October day. Was it murder, suicide, cult activity, or something else entirely? Join us as we examine every bizarre detail of this haunting Oklahoma mystery that continues to baffle investigators and true crime enthusiasts alike.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamison_family_deaths
https://buzzfeed-unsolved.fandom.com/wiki/The_Disturbing_Mystery_of_the_Jamison_Family
https://medium.com/@dellantonio.caterina/and-yet-no-answer-e17fbe4bf7af
Music:
Crime Trap by Muza Production
Things that Live in the Cellar by Geoff Harvey
Gone in a Blink is created by Heather Hicks and Danielle E.
Written and produced by Heather Hicks and hosted by Danielle E. and Heather Hicks.
Gone in a Blink theme: Crime Trap created and produced by Muzaproduction
We would love to hear from you!
Follow us on social media:
Instagram @ Goneinablinkpod
Facebook @ Gone in a Blink podcast
YouTube @ Goneinablinkpodcast@goneinablink
Email us with comments and/or ideas for an episode at [email protected]
Thanks for joining us on the airwaves. And remember......Be Safe, Be Smart, and Try Not to Blink.
Chapters
1. Introduction to the Jameson Family (00:00:00)
2. Background and Family Struggles (00:05:43)
3. The Day of Disappearance (00:10:12)
4. Discovery of the Truck (00:14:43)
5. Strange Findings at Home (00:19:02)
6. Bodies Found Four Years Later (00:22:14)
7. Surveillance Footage Evidence (00:26:38)
8. Theories: Cult Involvement (00:31:02)
9. Final Thoughts and Case Analysis (00:32:37)
41 episodes
Manage episode 484244631 series 3522832
A crisp autumn day in Oklahoma turns tragic when the Jamison family vanish without explanation, leaving behind $32,000 and their starving dog locked in their truck. What forces could lead a family of three to disappear in the remote Sandboi Mountains, only to be discovered as skeletal remains four years later?
The case of Bobby, Sherilyn, and six-year-old Madyson Jamison defies conventional explanation. Surveillance footage from the day they vanished captures the couple moving in trance-like states, walking back and forth to their vehicle without speaking, sometimes carrying nothing at all, sometimes the same items repeatedly. This haunting behavior, described by experts as appearing drug-induced, is just the first layer of strangeness surrounding their disappearance.
Delving deeper reveals a family struggling with chronic pain, mental illness, and increasingly bizarre beliefs. Their storage container home featured spray-painted warnings about witches and judgment. Sherilyn claimed to practice witchcraft, while Bobby sought special bullets to shoot the evil spirits he believed haunted their home. A Satanic Bible found in their possession and reports of seances add to the unsettling picture of their final days.
Most compelling are the conflicting clues – a vehicle left with thousands in cash yet missing a brown briefcase seen being loaded on camera; a family dog left locked inside a truck, slowly starving; and an 11-page letter expressing Sherilyn's hatred for her husband. Why would someone murder a family but leave behind $32,000? Was Sherilyn truly on a white supremacist cult's "hit list" as her mother believes?
The medical examiner could only declare their deaths "suspicious," leaving us to wonder what truly happened that October day. Was it murder, suicide, cult activity, or something else entirely? Join us as we examine every bizarre detail of this haunting Oklahoma mystery that continues to baffle investigators and true crime enthusiasts alike.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamison_family_deaths
https://buzzfeed-unsolved.fandom.com/wiki/The_Disturbing_Mystery_of_the_Jamison_Family
https://medium.com/@dellantonio.caterina/and-yet-no-answer-e17fbe4bf7af
Music:
Crime Trap by Muza Production
Things that Live in the Cellar by Geoff Harvey
Gone in a Blink is created by Heather Hicks and Danielle E.
Written and produced by Heather Hicks and hosted by Danielle E. and Heather Hicks.
Gone in a Blink theme: Crime Trap created and produced by Muzaproduction
We would love to hear from you!
Follow us on social media:
Instagram @ Goneinablinkpod
Facebook @ Gone in a Blink podcast
YouTube @ Goneinablinkpodcast@goneinablink
Email us with comments and/or ideas for an episode at [email protected]
Thanks for joining us on the airwaves. And remember......Be Safe, Be Smart, and Try Not to Blink.
Chapters
1. Introduction to the Jameson Family (00:00:00)
2. Background and Family Struggles (00:05:43)
3. The Day of Disappearance (00:10:12)
4. Discovery of the Truck (00:14:43)
5. Strange Findings at Home (00:19:02)
6. Bodies Found Four Years Later (00:22:14)
7. Surveillance Footage Evidence (00:26:38)
8. Theories: Cult Involvement (00:31:02)
9. Final Thoughts and Case Analysis (00:32:37)
41 episodes
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