What is going on to Prime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.

Thank you everybody for tuning in for yet another episode of Going West. And thank you to Danielle for recommending this string of cases that we have for you today.

This is a wild one with a lot of information and a lot of possibilities so we cannot wait to hear your guys theories.

Yes and for those of you who are looking for more going West, we just released a new episode over on our Patreon that's P-A-T-R-E-O-N dot com slash going West podcast.

That episode is on the Lady of the Dunes. I'm sure that some of you guys have heard about that case but it's very wild.

It is an interesting one and yeah we just covered that one so that was our 70th bonus episode. So we have 70 full length ad free bonus episodes on cases that we have not and will not cover on going West that you guys can go listen to right now for five to $10.

Yes so go check them out. Alright guys this is episode 220 of Going West so let's get into it.

Between 1993 and 2014 five women with similar appearances and backgrounds vanished under comparably suspicious circumstances in the same small area of California.

As an area that is already nicknamed the Black Hole for its large number of disappearances many locals believe that there is a serial killer stalking the area.

These are the stories of Jennifer Wilmer, Karen Mitchell, Christine Walters, Sheila Franks and Danielle Bertolini.

Also known as the Humboldt Missing Five.

The mysterious region of Humboldt County in Northern California has long been shrouded in mystery and intrigue.

It's home to the largest distributors of marijuana in the United States and also to an extremely high rate of crime and the highest concentration of missing people in the state of California.

According to the Netflix multi part documentary on the region Murder Mountain the area has bred it quote a culture of people who want to disappear.

The region got its name from serial killers Michael Bayer and Susan Carson who moved there after brutally killing their roommate Karen Barnes in San Francisco after deciding that she was a witch.

They fled to a marijuana farm in Humboldt County where they lived on a hippie commune working as trimmers.

They shot and killed one of their friends and co-workers there and fled again and when they were picked up by someone in Baker's field whom they also decided was a witch.

They were caught killing him in his own car on the side of the road and after they were arrested that's manifesto for the assassination of Ronald Reagan was found among their belongings.

Now this case in particular has nothing to do with what we're talking about today but it's interesting to know like other bizarre stuff that has happened in Humboldt County and the kind of people that it can attract because there are a ton of crazy stories about things that have happened in this particular area.

And also by the way if you're a long time listener of going west you probably remember when we covered the case that I just discussed also known as the San Francisco witch killers back in what was it episode two?

I think it was episode two yeah. Yeah unfortunately that episode along with the other original seven they disappeared in a media transfer probably a year and a half ago but we're still working on recovering some of those cases.

So a little more information on this area so Humboldt Trinity and Mendocino counties are three can join counties on the North Coast of California just north of San Francisco and just shy of the Oregon border.

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