Beyond the Rainbow Podcast

In 1976, 19 year old college student Michelle Mitchell was a good daughter, she had just taken her father something for his low blood sugar, but on her way home when her car died near the University of Reno Nevada campus, evil would find her. Over 1,800 miles away in Louisiana a 29 year old woman would tell her mental health doctor, she killed a girl named Michelle in Reno. Then all hell would break loose.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
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This episode is from the U.K. in 2013 then it travels to Rome, Italy. 24 year old Jason Marshall had a rough childhood and spent much of his time fantasizing he was an authority figure. Either law enforcement or an MI5 agent. Posing as an MI5 agent, he gained the trust of an older man he met on a dating app. The results were deadly.

True Crime Quickie is from Long Island, New York in 2019.

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Striving to find a welcoming community of LGBTQ+ members, 36 year old Jason Marous would leave his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio for Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For 9 years Jason had found his people and a boyfriend. Then one fateful night, Jason was murdered by an unknown killer.

Our true crime quickie is from Queens, New York in 1976. A love triangle between a wife, a husband and the wife's female lover.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
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Before Epstein's Island was around, there was another island in Lake Michigan ran by a wealthy man named Frank Shelden. He and his associates trafficked young boys for sex on this secluded island.

Our True Crime Quickie is from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1991. The Murder of Kerry Arbon.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:
https://medium.com/@tttimetales/dark-secrets-of-north-fox-island-7a061a5058a6
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/20...

18 year old Eric Hansen had a rough childhood in Wisconsin. His parents divorced when he was young, he had run away several times, and he was an outcast in high school. The last time he ran away, he told his mom he was going to Indiana. But he actually went to live with a 50 year old gay man in Milwaukee.

Our True Crime Quickie is from 2014 in British Columbia.

If you have information about Eric Hansen, please contact Clark Williams at clarkwiliams@hotmail.com   or 408-829-0375

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On February 27th, 56 year old Cheryl Miranda would take a road trip to Alabama from Florida. She was hoping to find a new state to live in to escape the ups and downs of a bad relationship with a woman named Tonya Miller. But ex girlfriend Tonya asked Cheryl if her and her 20 year old son Jabaris could get a ride to Atlanta, Georgia on Cheryl's trip to Alabama. Cheryl agreed only to be on a trip from hell.

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Our golden years should feel safe and secure, surrounded by nothing but love. For the most part that was the relationship of 70 year old Milt Lindgren and his 73 year old partner Eric Hendricks until they became involved with the wrong man

.Our True Crime Quickie is from British Columbia, Canada in 2012, the murder of trans woman January LaPuz

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://unfinishedlivesblog.com/2008/10/24/two-elderly-gay-men-found-slain-in-their-indiana-home/<...

In April 2025, 34 year old trans woman, Jax Gratton left her home in Denver with 44 year old Brandon David Mumma. Jax was never seen alive again. 52 days later, her body was found in an enclosed alleyway underneath Brandon's 2nd story office building in Lakewood (a suburb adjacent to Denver). Thank you to Courtney of Book of the Dead podcast . And thank you to Cherilynne, Jax's mom. Oh and to Dharma and Jordan for bringing Jax's case to me!

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A lot happened in the 1980's. A ton of serial killers circled the world and the AIDS epidemic came rolling in during the mid 80's. Now when you put the two together, we have Serial/Spree Killer Michael Lupo. A man so driven by revenge once he found out he was HIV positive, he set out to destroy his own people, men of the LGBTQ community.

Our true crime quickie is from the country of Myanmar in January of 2026.

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https://dig.abclocal.go.com/kgo/PDF/DOWNTOWN%20SF%20SHOOT%20INTERVIEW%20REPORT%20WITH%20GUARD.pdfOn the afternoon of December 5th, 1996, 15 year old Jack Morgan had a significant argument with his father at their home in San Diego, CA. After that, Jack vanished. When his younger brother arrived home later, Jack was gone and never to be seen again. Within a week or so the home Jack had once shared with his Marine father and his little brother had his belongings tossed out, any picture hanging on a wall or anywhere else in the home was taken down...

In Indiana 2021, 2 bi sexual women meet on a lesbian dating app. They arrange a get together but both have men in their lives and one of the women won't go anywhere without hers...The other woman is looking for a love slave for her and her fiance, but her fiance is the jealous/violent type. What comes out of this coupling is murder and kidnapping. 

True crime quickie from Pennsylvania in 2021. A mother's mental health takes a turn for the worst and her kids pay. 

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19 year old Ed Cornes was dropped off by his parents on a Monday to start the University College in London. On Wednesday he was dead.  A part that was supposed to be in the audio was inadvertently left out is this: Ed’s autopsy report came back that along with the mass amount of alcohol in his system, and the drugs, there were 36 cuts, bruises and 4 to 5 needle marks around his groin area. He also had blood in his stomach internally.

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:
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In 2019, 81 year old Harvey Marcelin would be paroled. After all what harm could this little old lady cause now? Harvey is a killer. A serial killer and soon after her release in 2019, she would kill again.

Our True Crime Quickie is from Oceanside, California in 1990.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources: 
https://abc7ny.com/post/senior-serial-killer-harvey-marcelin-girlfriend-women-killed/14399395/
https://people.com/crime/83-year-old-convicted-killer-arrested-in-connection-to-torso-found-in-brooklyn/
https://troopers.ny.gov/attica-prison-riots
https://a...

Covid Lockdown Internationally was no joke. Especially if we adhered to the rules and stayed home. In 2020, a young woman named Phoenix Netts was going through a rough patch and was living in an apartment refuge for women in the UK. She was assigned a flat mate, a 27 year old woman named Geereca Gordon. The two started out a friendship but as the lockdown continued, Geereca became obsessed with Phoenix.

Our True Crime Quickie is yet another case of Grindr murders in San Antonio, Texas in 2023.

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In June of 2002, 24 year old Philip Walsted had just gotten home from work. He greeted his partner Jonathan, drank a beer and then headed out for his nightly walk around the neighbor a bit after midnight. Unfortunately, Philip would meet with disaster in the form of a 20 year old Neo Nazi.

Our True Crime Quickie is from Apple Valley California in 1998.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:
https://www...

In Denton, Texas 2008, a gay man named Richard Hernandez would disappear from his apartment. When police showed up for a welfare check to his apartment, they were horrified to see all the blood on the floor, walls and couch. But there was no body. Where was Richard?

Our True Crime Quickie is from South Africa. The Grindr Gang 7.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth239193/m1/6/<...

Hey Warriors, I'm not feeling well at all this week, so I offer you one of my fave shows with hosts Kona and Ethan. I hope to be back to you soon! Hugs

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21 year old Ryan Zimmerman had been looking into transitioning into a female while living with her parents in Kentucky. Ryan placed a Craigslist ad that read she would like to be in a relationship as a submissive female. A husband and wife in Columbus, Ohio answered Ryan's ad and invited Ryan to come live with them and their 27 year old trans female room mate in hopes to create a loving polyarmorous foursome.

True Crime Quickie is from Australia in 2025 & 2026.


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In 1986, in Kentucky, two lovers would go on an evening killing spree that ended with 5 people being murdered in a most brutal way. Our True Crime Quickie is from Scotland in 2013.


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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesillyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/1992/87-sc-356-mr-1.html
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/21/Jury-asks-death-for-female-killer-of-five/5872543301200/#:~:text=LEXINGTON%2C%20Ky.,without%20parole%20for%2025%20years.
https://www.wuky.org/local-regional-news/2011-04-25/notorious-murderer-denied-parole<...

In April of 2013, 57 year old Dallas native Ronald Shumway quit his job and sold his home. His social media posts claimed he met a man and moved to Austin to be with him. But something wasn't quite right. No one had seen packing or moving out.

True Crime Quickie from Tempe, Arizona in 2016 involving a beloved teacher named Eileen Yellin.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources: 
https://www.wfaa.com/a...

Jason Andrews was a bi-sexual porn actor and model living in Chicago. One day in 2009, he met sex worker/kink porn actress Amanda Logue and the two had a deep connection that began a romantic relationship between them. The couple moved to Florida and devised a plan together. They wanted to murder someone in a thrill kill for their own arousal. Dennis Scooter Abrahamsen called upon Amanda's sex worker services in May of 2010. He hired her to come and satisfy him and his two friends. After Amanda completed her work for Scooter, she still had business to take care of...

In 2017, a young woman was driven to a hospital in Santiago, Chile, she was naked and already deceased. Her toxicology report came back with alcohol in her system but no drugs. Yet authorities painted the narrative the young woman DJ Anna Cook had died from a drug overdose due to her lifestyle of being a DJ and a lesbian. The second case is that of 26 year old Stephanie Mora who was dismembered in Costa Rica. Both cases are cold.

The start of this episode is an editorial about the lesbian Renee Good who was gunned down by ICE...

Welcome to the first episode of season 19!!!

In the early 1990's a 19 year old man in Sunderland, England, loathed himself for being attracted to boys. But this didn't stop him from sexually assaulting and killing his victims. We start our new season off with a little known serial killer named Steven Grieveson. His victims were 14 year old Simon Martin, 18 year old Thomas Kelley, 15 year old David Hanson and 15 year old David Grieff.

 Our True Crime Quickie is from 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona and the murder of Cynthia Lostracco.

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Been super busy this week buuuttt....and that's a big butt lol...I'm sending this minisode out!3 cases of LGBTQ murders during Christmas Eve or Christmas Day

Last episode for the year and next year we will start off with Season 19!

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

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Resources:
https://windycitytimes.com/2021/12/08/remembering-courtney-eshay-key/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THeqntwJD8Y
https://avp.org/2020/12/30/ncavp-mourns-the-death-of-courtney-eshay-key-25-year-old-black-transgender-woman-chicago/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/funeral-held-for-courtney-eshay-key-transgender-woman-slain-on-christmas/

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In July of 2022, 20 year old Jimmie Jay Lee, a Mississippi State University student would go missing. Quickly all accounts of his last known whereabouts led investigators to a 22 year old man he was seeing, Sheldon Timothy Herrington, Jr. Sheldon, who went by Timothy was charged with the murder of Jimmie Jay and tried in December of 2024. But no body, no murder would come into play.

Our true crime quickie is from Philiadelphia, Pennsylvania and the murder of 56 year old lesbian Kim Jones.

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An empty nest middle aged couple from Arizona purchased a yacht that they kept harbored in Newport, California. The yacht was the next journey they would embark on as a married couple. It was their dream to cruise around to exotic spots and swim with whale sharks. After two years of cruising they were ready for their next journey when they found out they were new grandparents. Their new plan was to sell the yacht and move closer to their new grand baby. Everything was going as planned until they met once child actor, Skylar Deleon. Skylar had a plan...

It's been a tough week so I'm pulling from the Patreon Exclusive Vault. Enjoy, and I'll be back next week with a regular case for ya'll!

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In 2010, Swedish National Anni would travel to the UK and meet wealthy businessman Shrien Dewani. The two would date and when Anni returned home, they continued a long distance relationship with each other. In the middle of the year, they would become engaged and in October they would marry. In November they honeymooned in South Africa where things would take a tragic turn. Shrien a bi-sexual man would become a victim to some and a killer to others as his wife would end up dead a few days into their honeymoon.

 Our True Crime Quickie is from Savannah, G...

Beginning in 2013, four people with ties to one man would have tragic incidents happen to them. Three would die in various ways, and one, a gay man would end up missing in 2017. Who is this man all four people would be involved with? And why has this man not been charged with any of the deaths or the disappearance?

Our True Crime Quickie is from Italy in 2019. 28 year old lesbian Elisa Pomarrelli would befriend a socially awkward 45 year old man only to have him obsessed with her.

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33 year old Robert Hillsborough was a gardner for the City of San Francisco, Caliornia in 1977. Robert was also gay. At that same time in Florida, celebrity Anita Bryant was beginning a campaign called "Save Our Children" against the LGBTQ community declaring gays were recruiting kids. Listen to how the two lives intermingled without ever meeting.

True Crime Quickie is from the U.K. in 2018. The Murder of black trans woman Naomi Hersi.

Our sunshine this episode is a little different and based upon the episode's title, Stupid is as Stupid Does...

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Grace Jennings was a 21 year old bi sexual woman living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Grace got involved first with a 19 year old bi sexual woman named Kiara McCulley but the relationship ended badly. Then Grace became involved with a 25 year old man named Isaac Apodaca, that relationship ended when Isaac hooked up with Kiara. Feeling there wasn't much left in Santa Fe for her, Grace left for Albuquerque. Here she met a new boyfriend who quickly became her fiance. But when things became rocky in that relationship, Grace went back to Santa Fe and met up with Isaac and...

Welcome to our Halloween Special, Tales of the Darkcast Network Cryptkeeper. This is my episode this week and I hope you will enjoy stories from The Final Trace, Day by Day, Book of the Dead, Pod of Terror, Missing in the PNW, Mythical True Crime, Tragedy With a View, Murder in the PNW, The Bell Witch Podcast, Rainbowcrimes and Rogue Darkness!  Jackie from Cause of Death - 100 seconds to Midnight is our narrator. 

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Sextortion can happen to anyone. This episode is a collection of stories that happened to teenaged boys who were extorted online. While these cases may not involve the boys being LGBTQ, it is important to educate our children to the dangers of the internet and of predators lurking in the dark corners of the web. 

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources: 
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/report-remove/

https://www.kptv.com/2025/07/22/he-died-terrified-teens-death-connected-sextortion-scheme-mother-says/?fbclid=IwY2xj...

This is a collection of different stories where at least one intimate partner ends up murdered.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/10/springfield-woman-gets-28-years/11043177007/
https://epgn.com/2024/04/02/alice-wilson-lesbian-accused-of-murdering-wife-maintains-innocence/
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29994648
https://www.silvertonmemorial.com/obituaries/Alana-J-Miccolis?obId=42233149
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/woman-accused-shooting-killing-27-year-old-orlando-waldorf-astoria-hotel
https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boynton-beach/hes-dead-man-shoots-husband-at-home-in-boynton-beach-calls-911
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In the 80's and 90's eight women living in Massachusetts had murdered their abusive partners. Most had claimed "Battered Woman Syndrome" as their defense. This lowered many of their charges from murder to manslaughter. In the 1990's these women, after all meeting at a prison domestic abuse support group, petitioned the court for an early release. Most were granted. Only one of these eight women however, was LGBTQ. Her name, Debra Reid. Debra had to fight extra hard because it was incredulous to everyone else how a lesbian could suffer battered woman syndrome. She couldn't have possibly been abused the...

Sorry guys, ran out of time for a full episode. Since October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we will be covering a month of these type of cases. Our first will be of Stephen Sylvester Jr in Austin, Texas in 2015. Stephen was 18 years old, he had a large, close knit family and was just starting college. He met 20 year old Bryan Canchola on an online dating app and the two began dating. They moved in together within weeks of seeing each other. The start of the second month of their relationship, jealousy reared it's ugly head.

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In 1990, Two men, 38 year old Denny Young and 49 year old Jerry Parker were embracing at a popular "Gay Hook Up" spot in St. Charles Missouri. In the shadows two teenaged boys were lurking. Seeing their marks to rob, the young punks made their move.

True Crime Quickie is from England. The Murder of 8 year old Ayesha Chowdhury.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

http://www.stlouislgbthistory.com/timeline/1990s/1990...

18 year old Tiffany Valiente had such a bright future ahead of her. She had a full ride scholarship to Mercy College in New York, thanks to her talents on the Volleyball Court. But on July 12th, 2015, she disappeared from her home only to be found miles away clad only in her sports bra and underwear. She had been grotesquely mutilated by a New Jersey train.

True Crime Quickie from Portland, Oregon in 2013. The Murder of 24 year old Precious Jackson.

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Amir Issa was an Egyptian/Italian rapper who was also gay. He lived in Los Angeles with his father Shehada and his mother Rabithah. Shehada was not a good man, he had involvement in drug trafficking and had been incarcerated for it. Shehada also hated his son for Amir's sexual identity. 

True Crime Quickie is from Las Vegas, Nevada in 2023. The rampage of Rosemary Meza.

Some sunshine with coming out stories...

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In both 2011 and 2018, seven years apart, two woman romantically linked to Joyce Pelzer would die in Conyers Georgia. 

True Crime Quickie is from San Antonio, Texas in June 2025. The Murder of actor Jonathan Joss.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/joyce-pelzer-killed-two-girlfriends-shanwdell-mcleod-rosalyn-lewis
https://www.dekalbda.org/news_detail_T6_R253.php
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/woman-serving-life-joyce-marie-lewis-pelzer-stabbing-wife-rosalyn-death-sentenced-killing-former-girlfriend-shawndell-mcleod-decatur-dekalb-county-district-attorney
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=4538dfga
https://www.f...