131 - The Cypher of Ricky McCormick

Into The Dark

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode, Payton dives into the mysterious death of Ricky McCormick and the cypher that was found in his pocket. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: FBI - https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/help-solve-an-open-murder-case-part-2 https://vault.fbi.gov/ricky-mccormick/ricky-mccormick-part-01-final All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/ricky-mccormick Esquire - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a33526012/unsolved-cold-cases/ First Alert 4 - https://www.firstalert4.com/2022/01/21/puzzling-case-help-solve-this-cryptic-cold-case-that-has-stumped-detectives/ River Front Times - https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/code-dead-do-the-encrypted-writings-of-ricky-mccormick-hold-the-key-to-his-mysterious-death-2498959 NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42348642 CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-seeks-publics-help-cracking-cryptic-notes-in-1999-murder-victims-pocket/ St. Louis Today - https://www.stltoday.com/news/article_bcc02074-5b1a-11e0-b199-0017a4a78c22.html New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/us/01code.html?scp=1&sq=ricky%20mccormick&st=cse Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-flooded-with-tips-on-encrypted-notes-from-1999-murder-mystery/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Ono Media podcast. Hey everyone and welcome back to the Into the Dark podcast. I'm your
0:06.2	host, Peyton Morland. I am so grateful that you are here listening or watching this episode. Welcome to Into
0:12.6	the Dark, the True Crime podcast that also ventures into everything dark and spooky. For my 10 seconds this
0:20.3	week, I have been listening, actually I've finished,
0:23.4	a podcast called Everyone Has an X. It is an Australian podcast. They have the cutest accents ever.
0:32.4	It's basically different girls or guys coming on and telling a story about how their ex-girlfriend or boyfriend
0:41.8	became their ex-girlfriend or boyfriend. And it is just so interesting and intriguing. I love the
0:48.0	concept of it. So yeah, it's called Everyone Has an X. If you want to go listen to it, and if you
0:53.3	do go listen, can you just like leave them a comment on Instagram or something telling them that Into the Dark sent you? This isn't sponsored or anything. I just want them to know how much I love their show and that my audience will probably love it as well. All right, let's get into it. This episode includes discussions of sexual assault against a minor, so please listen with care.
1:11.9	Crime solving can be a bit like putting together a puzzle. Both require attention to detail,
1:18.3	the ability to spot patterns, and skill at sorting important clues from unrelated red herrings.
1:25.0	Tracking evidence and identifying a killer can be just as thrilling as solving
1:29.2	your daily Sudoku or getting your wordle on the first guess, assuming that is that you're still
1:35.3	playing wordle. But it's rare for an actual puzzle or game to be a clue or for detectives to need
1:43.3	to break secret codes to solve a murder, except that may be
1:47.5	exactly what's in play in today's story. So we are going back and beginning on June 30th,
1:55.6	1999, when a woman is driving near a seemingly empty cornfield outside of St. Louis, Missouri.
2:03.1	But then, she sees something that looks a little off. There's something lying on the ground
2:08.2	at the edge of the field close to a wooded area. So she actually pulls her car over to get a better
2:13.6	look, and that's when she realizes this strange mystery object is a dead body so as soon as
2:20.7	she can get to a phone she calls the police and they rush to the scene and right away they realize
2:26.4	that the deceased is an adult black man in his late 30s or early 40s he's 5 foot 6 and dressed in jeans
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