The Deadly Voyage: The Disappearance of Pegye Bechler PART 1 OF 2

Crime Salad

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True Crime

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

A married couple sets sail on the ocean to celebrate their five-year anniversary when tragedy strikes; Pegye Bechler falls overboard in a terrible accident and is never seen again. Immediate suspicions about this incident revolve around Pegye's disappearance. Could a champion swimmer simply disappear into the water after falling off a boat, never to be seen again, or do investigators suspect a motive for ending Pegye's life? CRIME SALAD is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/CRIMESALAD and get on your way to being your best self. MOSH Protein Bars will keep your brain & body fit, fueled, and feeling good. Head to moshlife.com/CRIMESALAD to save 20% off plus FREE shipping on your first 6-count Trial Pack. You can listen to Women and Crime now, wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Crime Salad, we are husband and wife and partners in crime,
0:06.7	here to give you your weekly healthy portion of true crime.
0:10.5	My name is Ashley, and I'm Ricky. So glad to be back in this booth after a much needed
0:16.1	break. My grandma of 87 years passed away. So we got the opportunity to spend some much needed extra time with family which was really nice.
0:26.5	Yeah and honestly it was a good recharge.
0:28.9	Yeah, so we're back and we're so happy that you could join us for our very first episode of
0:35.8	2024. So brace yourself as we embark on this true crime journey that includes the constant pursuit for justice.
0:44.8	As always, listener discretion is advised. Oh, So this story will be split up into two parts because there's so much to the story. So if you're
1:16.0	currently somewhere cold we are going to a much warmer place to Newport Beach
1:21.2	California which I've never been there but I hear that it's one of the best places to go whale watching.
1:27.0	Definitely on the bucket list.
1:30.0	Now Newport Beach is a coastal town located in Southern California.
1:34.4	Popular shows like the O.C. and Arrested Development
1:38.9	were filmed in this area.
1:41.2	I love that show.
1:42.6	Isn't that cool?
1:43.6	So in Newport Beach, on a hot July day, back on July 6th of 1997 around noon,
1:51.5	the married couple Peggy and Eric Beckler rented a boat to
1:55.4	celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. I imagine this would be a very
1:59.9	exciting yet relaxing experience as they took this romantic journey to
2:05.0	celebrate their life together. Sounds like a nice time. Yeah, you should do
2:08.9	that Ricky. Set that up. I want to go too, so okay. Now about four hours into this boat rental, Eric decided to take the boogie board out for a spin.
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