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The Investigators

17: The Murder of Girly Chew

The Investigators

Burning Mountain

True Crime, Society & Culture

52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Girly Chew was a Malaysian-born woman who went missing on September 9, 1999, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The investigation into her disappearance revealed a series of bizarre conspiracy theories involving a cure for cancer, shape-shifting lizard people and an alien invasion; all centered around one man’s murderous agenda.

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0:00.0

Oh, I've been running from the law.

0:07.0

Hope they won't shoot me down soon.

0:12.0

I'm Todd Macombus and I'm Jessica Noel and we are the investigators.

0:20.4

Try to catch me hauling out to move. shares. And if you did not, we hope that everyone is okay and that you have the right investigators on the case.

0:37.0

And if you don't, reach out to us.

0:40.0

This week's story was particularly intriguing for us to research.

0:44.0

Now setting aside the horrible things that happen to certain individuals in this story and focusing only on the research,

0:51.0

we really enjoyed learning about this, let me say, rather bizarre case.

0:57.0

Yeah.

0:58.0

First off, it's the perfect example of how sometimes fact is stranger than fiction, but also the elements that make it

1:06.7

so freaking bananas really hit us in our wheelhouse.

1:10.3

1,000 percent, which is a percentage that doesn't exist by the way.

1:15.0

Todd and I share a very short list of things that fascinate us both.

1:19.0

On this list, among others, are highly successful con artist and extraterrestrial

1:25.8

phenomenon. We are intoxicated by the psychology behind why certain people are

1:30.9

so masterful at deceiving and manipulating others and of course the

1:36.7

inevitable threat of an alien invasion.

1:39.2

Two of my favorite movies are Catch Me If You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, an independence

1:45.4

day with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.

1:48.6

In this week's case is like those two movies had a threesome with Charles Manson and somehow made a baby.

1:56.0

And although the science behind that analogy is seriously flawed, the idea behind it

2:02.0

is pretty much spot on.

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