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Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

ABDUCTED: Kelly Bergh Dove

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're exploring the 1982 abduction of 20-year-old Kelly Bergh from the Imperial Gas Station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. We'll cover her frantic 911 calls, the police mishandling, potential suspects, and ongoing efforts by her family to uncover the truth, along with recent developments that keep hope alive.

 

Those with information about Kelly’s case should contact Detective Wetherell at 540-432-7788 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Solvers at 540-574-5050. 

 

Research by Haley Gray, assistance from Beth Weitz and Anna Luria. 

 

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Sources:

 

  1. https://charleyproject.org/case/kelly-bergh-dove 

  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229673858/kelly_jean-dove 

  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240915094215/https://www.evaporatethemissing.com/post/a-stranger-in-the-night 

  4. https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2413dfva.html 

  5. https://www.whsv.com/2020/07/30/police-reopen-case-of-kelly-bergh-dove-disappearance/ 

  6. https://www.whsv.com/2023/06/20/41-years-later-kelly-bergh-dove-cold-case-investigation-continues-move-forward/ 

  7. https://www.whsv.com/2022/06/23/suspect-list-narrowed-down-1982-disappearance-kelly-bergh-dove/ 

  8. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/missing-persons-case-virginia-mother-kelly-bergh-dove-remains-unsolved-n884026 

  9. https://www.dnronline.com/dnronline/family-still-seeks-closure-in-disappearance-40-years-ago/article_9b86dbd6-dba7-51b3-8b39-d4b1fdb6166e.html 

  10. Haley Gray’s interview with Elaine

  11. https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2009/10/21/duval-jury-must-decide-self-defense-claim-in-racially-ti/15969542007/ 

  12. https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2009/10/21/targeted-because-of-his-race-or-not-waffle-house-patron-returned-t/15969635007/ 

  13. https://pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=J40391&TypeSearch=AI 

  14. https://core.duvalclerk.com/CoreCms.aspx 

  15. https://www.newspapers.com/image/989119407/

  16. https://www.newspapers.com/image/919497427/

  17. https://www.newspapers.com/image/830542075/

  18. https://www.newspapers.com/image/917021308/?match=1&terms=kelly%20bergh%20dove

  19. https://www.newspapers.com/image/830568386/

  20. https://www.newspapers.com/image/966278124/?match=1&terms=kelly%20bergh%20dove

  21. https://www.newspapers.com/image/966339519/?match=1&terms=kelly%20bergh%20dove

  22. https://www.newspapers.com/image/966282411/

  23. https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A14706BFBAB0F31E3%40GB3NEWS-16E1BC5A545D297D%402445144-16AAA7AF4285DA51%4019-16AAA7AF4285DA51%40?h=15&fname=kelly%20&mname=bergh&lname=dove&rgfromDate=1982&rgtoDate=1982&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&kwinc=&kwexc=&state%5B0%5D=virginia&sid=bvwxmokgxxketvpaheplcoldhcmbwudn_ip-10-166-46-159_1736539848859

  24. https://www.johnsonfs.com/obituaries/Dale-Wolf-Thomas-Dove?obId=31428326 



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0:00.0

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0:15.0

Please zoom hangs where we chat, laugh, and maybe overshare just a little.

0:19.1

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0:23.1

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0:24.8

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0:30.2

You don't want to miss out on what we have planned.

0:32.6

If Patreon isn't your thing, you can always check out our bonus episodes on Apple Podcast.

0:37.3

We can't wait to see you there. Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Varuka of the Sea. How are you doing today?

1:13.0

Wait, is it? Oh, the Varuka Salt of the Sea. Yes. I'm not too salty today, I guess. I feel pretty good. How are you?

1:21.2

I'm doing quite well. Real quick, my, we'll explain the Varucca Salt thing in a minute, but my daughter turned 16 this week, and I'm

1:29.6

kind of having a moment. Mind blown. Yeah. She's so great and wonderful, and I adore her, and I'm just,

1:37.3

it's so cool to see her grow up. But when we started this, our older ones were both nine. Is that right?

2:02.1

I don't think so. Eight. Wait, that can't be right. Okay. Don't ask me to do math in real time. Eight years ago. Eight. They would have been eight years old. So like half of their lives, we've been doing this. Yes. Yes. It is, it is truly wild to think that they're turning 16 this year.

2:09.2

It's got me a little emotional, and I try not to be emotional, but I guess I'm also old, so having a 16-old point of us off.

2:12.9

It's fine. We can be emotional about our babies turning 16. That's like a huge milestone.

2:19.5

It is. So anyway, I'm just, I adore her, and I'm very excited for her and what life has in store.

2:22.8

And she'll never hear this because there's no way she lives into her show.

2:23.4

Right.

2:27.9

Does she have any big plans for her how she's going to celebrate this year? Yes.

2:28.3

So this weekend, I'm bringing her and two of her friends to the beach and we're staying like in an Airbnb. They're just like

2:36.7

I love that. That's so nice. Yeah. It's like she wanted like a SpongeBob birthday kind of thing. So like

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