Murder at the Bike Shop | Ep. 6 – The Boogeyman

Proof: A True Crime Podcast

Red Marble Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

For decades, an alternate suspect has been the center of scrutiny in the murder of Earl O’Byrne. The PROOF team uncovers a connection between this suspect and a key piece of evidence that was never fully investigated. Meanwhile, Scott Baldwin is approached by a fellow inmate who begins asking too many questions not only about his case, but other cold cases as well — including one of Kalamazoo’s most horrific crimes: the Polderman murders. Visit our website at proofcrimepod.com. Follow us on social media. On Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook we are @proofcrimepod. Listener questions or tips about any of the cases we cover are welcome @proofcrimepod@gmail.com. Sponsor Deals: Go to Quince.com/proof for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Go to GREENCHEF.com/proofgraza and use code proofgraza to get started with 50% off Green Chef + FREE Graza Olive Oil Set in your 2nd and 3rd boxes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast with Benjamin Boster.
0:08.0	If you're tired of sleepless nights, you'll love the I Can't Sleep podcast.
0:16.0	I help quiet your mind by reading random articles from across the web to bore you to sleep with my soothing voice.
0:24.6	Each episode provides enough interesting content to hold your attention, and then your mind lets you drift off.
0:34.6	Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
0:41.7	That's I Can't Sleep with Benjamin Boster. This detective heck, the date is 12-8-0-09, and this is in reference to the cold case homicide homicide investigation,
1:15.0	revolved in the death of Earl O'Byrne.
1:20.9	Scott Baldwin was convicted of Earl O'Burne's murder in 2001,
1:24.3	and most of the time, 99 times out of 100,
1:27.2	that would be the end of any police investigation. Case closed. That was not the end
1:30.3	here. Because in 2009, the Kalamazoo police reopened the murder at the bike shop.
1:38.8	We come in and talk to you? About a case that we're looking into.
1:43.8	Well, it's not it's kind of just getting started back up
1:51.0	we inherited this second round of the cold case I guess you can call it basically the case
1:58.6	got reopened again because the judge and the prosecutor's office feel that there might be enough there
2:06.8	to reopen the case.
2:11.5	After Scott's conviction, new witnesses started coming forward
2:15.0	because they thought the cold case team had made a mistake.
2:18.3	I heard that Scott Baldwin or whoever got convicted.
2:23.3	So when you heard about that, what were you thinking?
2:26.3	That was the wrong diagonal.
2:29.3	Everything I know about that, why didn did you lock this other guy?
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