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Hell and Gone

Hell and Gone: Mary "Bobo" Shinn

Hell and Gone

iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.37.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On July 20, 1978, 25-year-old Mary Jimmie Shinn - who everyone knew by her nickname, Bobo, was getting ready to sell a house. That day, a man called her asking to meet up to get a tour of the house. Bobo left to meet him but she never came back, and her family and friends never saw her alive again.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.7

School of Humans.

0:09.8

Helen God Murder Line actively investigates cold case murders.

0:13.6

In an effort to raise public awareness, invite witnesses to come forward, and present evidence

0:18.5

that could potentially be further investigated by law enforcement.

0:22.3

While we value insights from family and community members, their statements should not be

0:26.8

considered evidence and point to the challenges of verifying facts inherent in cold cases.

0:32.9

We remind listeners that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

0:38.6

Nothing in the podcast is intended to state or imply that anyone who has not been convicted of a crime is guilty of any wrongdoing.

0:46.8

Thanks for listening.

0:53.5

On July 20, 1978, 25-year-old Mary Jimmy Shin, who everyone knew by her nickname Bobo, was getting ready to sell a house.

1:04.3

Bobo Shin was born on January 11, 1953.

1:08.1

She had grown up in Magnolia, Arkansas, with her parents, Mary Sue and Greshamshend.

1:13.4

And they were very close.

1:15.7

After she graduated from Southern Arkansas University in 1976, Bobo moved back home with her parents.

1:22.9

And she started working two jobs, her regular job and her side gig.

1:30.8

Bobo had opened up a studio in downtown Magnolia, where she taught art classes. Her dad, Gresham, was a very successful motel developer,

1:37.5

and Bobo also shared an interest in real estate with her dad. When we started to look into this case, we found out from the beginning, there were a lot of

1:47.8

things reported about this case that were incorrect and that have stayed pretty much

1:52.5

uncorrected for almost 50 years.

1:55.6

One of them was that Bobo was a real estate agent.

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