Amanda Stavik
Criminology
Emash Digital
4.7 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
On Friday, November 24th, 1989, eighteen-year-old Amanda Stavik, who went by Mandy, went for a run around 2:30 in the afternoon. Kyra, the family's German Shepherd, ran with her. This run was often a family affair, with Mandy's mother, Mary, joining on her bike. Because of the holiday, though, Mary was busy at the time, so Mandy decided to head out alone. When Kyra returned to the family home without Amanda, the family became worried.
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the murder of Amanda Stavik. The family's worry quickly increased after searching for her but finding nothing. Three days after she went missing, the search for Mandy came to a sad end when she was found dead, submerged in the Nooksack River. The search for her killer took decades, and in the end, the perpetrator was someone who should have been on the radar of the police early on.
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| 0:00.0 | A missing person, a strange death, a vanished vehicle, a series of unanswerable questions. |
| 0:08.3 | In so many true crime mysteries, the answers remain elusive. |
| 0:12.2 | But in many instances, the clues lead right to the water's edge, and sometimes the truth |
| 0:17.2 | lies below the surface. |
| 0:20.0 | Hi listeners, my name is Olivia, and I'm the host of the true crime podcast below the surface |
| 0:24.7 | from Abjack Entertainment, the podcast that features bizarre cases with a common theme, water. |
| 0:30.6 | You can listen to Below the Surface on every major podcast platform or app. |
| 0:35.1 | Be sure to subscribe today so that you don't miss an episode. |
| 0:40.0 | Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or |
| 0:44.1 | disturbing topics. |
| 0:45.9 | Listener discretion is advised. The |
| 0:57.0 | The Hello everyone and welcome to episode 391 of the criminology podcast. This is Mike Ferguson. |
| 1:23.7 | And this is Mike Morford. |
| 1:25.2 | Mr. Morford, how are you doing in 2006? |
| 1:30.1 | I don't know. |
| 1:31.0 | It's hard to tell because we're only a couple days in, but so far, so good. |
| 1:34.7 | I've been working hard on a new podcast that I'm producing called Below the Surface. |
| 1:39.6 | Listeners may have just heard a preview of that right before we started talking, so I'm very excited about that. |
| 1:45.1 | I just want to hit the ground running and working in 2026. How you doing? |
| 1:50.1 | That's great. That's great news. I'm doing good. It's been spending a lot of time with family. |
| 1:56.0 | The week off was very nice, and now I'm ready to get back into it. But, you know, we say this a lot. |
| 2:02.9 | We probably say it every year, but it's always tough getting into a new year. I remember |
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