Episode 293: Dub and Chance Wackerhagen: How Perceptions Change

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Ed Dentzel

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🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Dub and Chance Wackerhagen were father and son, respectively, from Lockhart, TX. Dub had joint custody of Chance and Chance was 9 years old. Just after Christmas 1993, Dub’s new girlfriend was found shot to death in her house. And nobody could account for Dub and Chance’s location. They were never seen again. Lost And Found Blogs: https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/dub-chance-wackerhagen-last-christmas Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/chance-lee-wackerhagen https://charleyproject.org/case/lee-herman-wackerhagen-jr NAMUS: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/73770?nav https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/2781?nav Article: https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Investigators-reopen-1993-Texas-murder-disappearance-case-379961121.html If you have any information regarding Latricia’s murder and the disappearances of Dub and Chance Wackerhagen, please contact the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office at (512) 398-6777. You can find Unfound episodes on: Spotify, iTunes, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Podbean, and many other platforms, especially outside the United States. Unfound has social media accounts on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Speaking of YouTube, join me on Wednesdays at 9pm ET on the Unfound Podcast Channel for the Live Show, the only one of its kind in true crime. Ask questions. Chat with other viewers. And give the show a thumbs up. You can contribute to Unfound in the following ways: 1. Patreon.com/unfoundpodcast 2. Paypal.me/unfoundpodcast 3. Contribute during the Live Show with Superchat. And 4. Join the YouTube Membership program for the low price of $2.99/month. The website: theunfoundpodcast.com The email address: unfoundpodcast@gmail.com And, please mention Unfound at all true crime websites and forums. Thank you.

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0:00.0	Dub and Chance Wackerhagen were father and son respectively from Lockhart, Texas.
0:06.9	Dub had joint custody of Chance, and Chance was nine years old.
0:11.9	Just after Christmas, 1993, Dub's new girlfriend was found shot to death in her house,
0:18.8	and nobody could account for dub and chances location.
0:23.5	They were never seen again.
0:28.9	I'm Ed Denzel, and this is unfound.
0:33.1	I'm I'm With all types of crimes and incidents, the public is very quick to jump to all sorts of crimes and incidents, the public is very quick to jump to all sorts of conclusions.
1:15.8	Dare I say it, I've even done it once or a hundred times.
1:20.0	This is not only a factor of our 21st century, where we get news almost before it happens,
1:27.1	but also our human need for answers. Keep in mind,
1:31.7	yes, we love mysteries, but only because we love to solve them, not because we desire to be
1:38.8	stumped by them. This topic is relevant to disappearances because we had unfound to have learned the hard way that oftentimes what we think we know isn't true at all, and that the passing of time, if only a few months, can change what we think about a missing person's case.
2:01.1	Esther Westenbarger, that was an accident, not a murder.
2:06.3	Crystal Morrison, that was heatstroke, not a murder.
2:10.9	Or if you prefer a disappearance that is still unsolved, Toby Anderson.
2:16.4	Many people at the time thought he really did walk off.
2:20.7	But as the years have passed, more people have begun to believe his uncle killed him
2:26.4	due to both his uncle's words, behavior, and incarceration.
2:32.8	Well, with the disappearance of Dub and Chance Wackerhagen, back in 1993,
2:39.4	everyone was convinced, even logically so, that Dub killed his girlfriend and took off with
2:46.5	chance.
2:47.8	Hey, parents take off with kids all the time.
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