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Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

384 // Wanted William Bishop

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna speak with Laura Riste about the disappearance of William Bradford Bishop. Bishop disappeared in 1976 after slaughtering his family. If you have any information please contact your local FBI office. Thank you to Laura Riste for her help on this episode. Please check out her site about Trenny Gibson at https://www.canadiangurl77.com/ and check out the new FB page for Trenny's case: https://www.facebook.com/searching.for.trenny. Check out our Missing subscription service where we have a bonus show and ad-free episodes! https://missing.supportingcast.fm/ To hear the Generation Why's 4-part series, follow Generation Why wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to The Dead Files wherever you get your podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dead-files/id1642377102 Check out Morbid wherever you get your podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/30381209-4d12-4c82-ba16-5bde361156c9/morbid Go to https://airdoctorpro.com/ and use promo code MMM and, depending on the model, you’ll receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:30.0

Welcome to Crawl Space. I'm Tim here today with Lance Lance. How are you today?

0:40.0

I'm doing fantastic today Tim because I can hear the sizzling over there.

0:44.0

You're grilling something for this long holiday weekend, aren't you?

0:48.0

You know it. It's grill season. We're finally here Lance.

0:54.0

So I hope everyone out there has a great holiday weekend.

0:58.0

I wanted to share this conversation we had with researcher Laura Ristie here on the Crawl Space Feed.

1:04.0

It previously aired on the Missing Podcast, but we wanted to share it here because it's very interesting.

1:11.0

It's about William Bradford Bishop. This is not a missing person who is a victim.

1:17.0

Actually this is a missing person who is a criminal that we're talking about here today.

1:21.0

And we are joined by Laura Ristie once again who has joined us for our series on Trendy Gibson and Polly Melton and about the disappearance of Dennis Martin.

1:34.0

And that's all from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

1:38.0

As is this case in a very small way. William Bradford Bishop murdered his wife, mother, and three sons in 1976.

1:48.0

And then left his car in the parking lot of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

1:53.0

And by all accounts left to avoid prosecution. He had worked for the US government.

2:01.0

And so it's possible that this is a guy who escaped the country in order to avoid prosecution.

2:08.0

And for anybody who has heard Laura on the show before will know that she comes with a vast amount of research.

2:15.0

She's extremely articulate, extremely detailed and pretty much everything that she brings to the table.

2:21.0

We know has been vetted as completely as possible. And it's always a great conversation with her.

2:25.0

And it's always great to learn about her process. And now let's add that element of fascination to it.

2:31.0

You said that this one has a small connection to the Great Smoky National Park, just like Trendy Gibson and the other ones that we've spoken about.

2:38.0

Laura's created this bit of a universe where the crimes that she investigates independently have some tie to this area.

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