The Keddie Murders
Unresolved: A True Crime & Mystery Podcast
Unresolved Productions
4.5 • 190 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Keddie is a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains, located roughly halfway between Redding and Reno. Originally established as a stop along the railroad, the area was in the middle of a total transition when the Sharp family moved there in the latter half of 1980.
On the morning of April 11th, 1981, 14-year-old Sheila Sharp was returning from a neighbor's house following a sleepover. That was when she discovered the gruesome crime scene that had been left behind... and the vile mystery that would haunt her (and the rest of Keddie) for the next four decades...
Episode researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan
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Theme music created and composed by Ailsa Traves
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| 0:00.0 | Kedi, California is an incredibly small town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, located |
| 0:15.4 | roughly halfway between Redding, California and Reno, Nevada. |
| 0:19.9 | Since it is essentially in the middle of nowhere, Kedi has a reputation for being a very small |
| 0:25.0 | town, and by small I mean incredibly small. |
| 0:29.1 | As it can only be accessed by a single road that runs through town and has a population |
| 0:34.4 | that has lingered under 100 for decades, and has actually been decreasing steadily for |
| 0:40.3 | the last few. |
| 0:42.2 | Originally established as a railroad town in Northern California, Kedi was named after |
| 0:47.0 | its founder, Railroad Surveyor Arthur W. Kedi. |
| 0:51.4 | For a while, it became a scenic little town where rail workers and their families would |
| 0:56.0 | live. |
| 0:57.0 | But a recession in the early 1970s would change that. |
| 1:00.9 | When the railroad terminal in Kedi was shut down, the city's growth came to a complete |
| 1:05.8 | halt, and it would never be the same again. |
| 1:09.2 | This caused Kedi to go into a small period of turnover, as it transitioned from a one-industry |
| 1:15.1 | town to just another small town in the mountains. |
| 1:18.5 | In 1978, Kedi would attempt to rebrand itself as a resort town known for hiking and other |
| 1:25.0 | outdoor activities. |
| 1:26.9 | But even that would be halted just about three years later, when one of the darkest chapters |
| 1:32.2 | in California history would begin to unfold within it. |
| 1:36.2 | This is the story of the Kedi Cabin murders. |
| 1:49.6 | Helena Susan Davis was born on March 24, 1945, in Springfield, Massachusetts. |
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