Joan Risch // 347

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In October of 1961, police reported to the home of a 31-year-old Massachusetts woman after a neighbor spotted blood inside her house. When police began investigating, it felt clear that she had been met with foul play. But after finding library books on murders and disappearances similar to her own, suspicions were raised, begging the question: what really happened to Joan Risch BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Joan's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196335677/joan-carolyn-risch 2. Martin's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172928385/martin-donald-risch 3. Anderson Independent-Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/812685762/?terms=joan%20risch&match=1 4. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: https://www.newspapers.com/image/52772631/?terms=harold%20bard%20josephine%20bard&match=1 5. A Kitchen Painted in Blood: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Kitchen_Painted_in_Blood/EbUEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR3&printsec=frontcover 6. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/swhph8/the_bizarre_disappearance_of_joan_risch/ 7. Medium: https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/into-thin-air-what-is-the-likeliest-explanation-for-the-disappearance-of-joan-risch-1bdd4953b4e 8. Wicked Horror: https://wickedhorror.com/features/february-2022-missing-person-of-the-month-joan-carolyn-risch/#:~:text=Joan%20graduated%20with%20honors%20from,Crowell%20Co. 9. Prabook: https://prabook.com/web/martin_donald.risch/406588 10. Uncovered: https://uncovered.com/cases/joan-risch 11. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/433749083/ 12. Lost n Found Blog: https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/into-thin-air 13. I Can't Believe It's Not Fiction: https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2017/07/05/joan-risch/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on True Crime fans, I'm your host Teeve.
0:17.4	And I'm your host Daphne.
0:18.6	And you're listening to Going Last.
0:20.9	Hello everybody, you probably can't tell because he sounds so good and strong.
0:24.5	He is not feeling good today, he has a chest infection, so he's going to be making
0:28.8	comments in the background while I tell the majority of today's story, so that will explain
0:33.9	that.
0:34.9	But thank you for being here today anyway.
0:35.9	A little short of breath today, nasty kind of chest infection going on, so trying to
0:41.1	heal up and take it easy.
0:43.0	Yeah, not the best condition for you to like talk and tell a story and so again, thank
0:48.3	you for being here, Heath, we love you, thank you everybody for tuning in and thank you
0:52.3	to Anna for recommending today's case.
0:55.2	This is a very mysterious story at a 1961 out of 19, does that make sense?
1:01.6	I think that makes sense, yeah.
1:03.8	It is out of New England, so what do you say?
1:07.0	Let's do it.
1:08.0	Alright guys, this is episode 347 of Going West, so let's get into it.
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1:35.1	Just ask Alexa each day to unlock a new fright.
1:38.2	With quizzes so tricky and jokes that amuse, you can unwrap the mystery that's left us confused.
1:44.0	We can't wait for Halloween, there's only three weeks to go.
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