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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Cautionary Tales Presents Vultures from Lost Hills: Dark Canyon

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

History, Society & Culture

4.76.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The disappearance and death of Mitrice Richardson remains Malibu, CA’s most baffling unsolved case. It’s been nearly 14 years since her remains were discovered in a remote canyon, and still, no one has been held accountable for her demise.

To this day, her death remains an unsolved mystery.

The truth lies in the remote Malibu community where Mitrice was last seen. And now, finally, people are starting to talk.

Enjoy this episode from Lost Hills: Dark Canyon. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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0:46.2

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States.

0:51.0

Since it was established in 1861, there have been 3,517 people awarded with the medal.

0:58.0

I'm Malcolm Gladwell, and our new podcast from Pushkin Industries and I Heart Media is about those heroes.

1:05.0

What they did, what it meant, and what their stories tell us about the nature of courage

1:11.1

and sacrifice.

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Listen to Medal of Honor, Stories of Courage,

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wherever you get your podcast.

1:18.0

Hello, Tim Harford here.

1:20.0

Today I'm taking you to Malibu, California to explore one of the city's great unsolved mysteries.

1:28.0

In 2009, a woman named Mitrese Richardson was released from the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff Station.

1:37.3

She never made it home.

1:39.4

Nearly a year later, Mitrese's remains were discovered in a canyon six miles from the station.

1:47.0

Everyone knows something horrible happened to Mitrese, and for 15 years, the Sheriff's Department has failed to solve her case.

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