The NAMUS-45: Ray Gricar
True Crime Bullsh**: The Israel Keyes Investigation
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🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Season 6 of True Crime Bullsh** will premiere in March.
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This episode was written and researched by Michelle Tooker.
It was edited, produced, and host by Josh Hallmark. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyi
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Resources:
- https://charleyproject.org/case/ray-frank-gricar
- https://charleyproject.org/case/mel-l-wiley
- https://raygricar.com
- https://www.crimewatchpa.com/crimestoppers/316/cases/cold-case-missing-person-ray-frank-gricar-bellefonte-centre-county-5000-reward
- https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/04/the-hunt-for-ray-gricar-15-years-of-clues-theories-and-the-search-for-answers.html
- https://www.statecollege.com/articles/local-news/news-report-says-police-investigating-possibility-that-ray-gricar-was-murdered-by-member-of-biker-gang/
- https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2012/04/ray_gricar_mystery.html
- https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2015/04/ray_gricar_the_missing_centre.html
- https://www.dailyitem.com/news/hard-drive-yields-no-clues-in-disappearance-of-gricar/article_e6db9b51-511f-5172-bdee-023c8954a547.html
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- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iZYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5334,210533&dq=ray+gricar+laptop
- https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/centredaily/name/billy-leathers-obituary?id=15532835
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. And This is a studio both and production. |
| 0:34.0 | Before we start the show, I wanted to share some exciting news. |
| 0:38.0 | It's been almost a year since the last season of true crime bullshit. |
| 0:42.0 | And now, season six. since the last season of true crime bullshit. |
| 0:43.0 | And now, season six begins next month |
| 0:46.6 | with our continued investigation into Israel Keys. keys. |
| 0:58.0 | On April 15th of 2005, Ray Frank Greichar vanished from Western Pennsylvania, setting off an almost two decades long |
| 1:08.7 | mystery. |
| 1:10.8 | As you'll hear in this episode, significant questions and conjecture surround Grecar's case, |
| 1:17.0 | and this includes speculation that his disappearance is connected to one of the largest scandals in US higher education. |
| 1:26.4 | We were able to review select police files from the case thanks to research conducted by Rebecca |
| 1:31.5 | Knight, |
| 1:32.5 | host of the podcast Final Argument, |
| 1:35.4 | the disappearance of Ray Grecar. |
| 1:38.8 | Knight's mission with the podcast |
| 1:40.5 | is to see a statewide grand jury convene to investigate Ray's presumed murder. |
| 1:46.0 | And her podcast debunked some much discussed case details and misinformation. |
| 1:52.4 | Fair warning, however, that the show appears to be on a hiatus. |
| 1:59.0 | When he vanished, Ray Grecar was a well-respected district attorney of Center County, Pennsylvania, a position that he held since 1985. |
| 2:08.0 | The county that Grecar represented includes State College, which is home to the Pennsylvania State University, better known as Penn State. But more on that, later. |
| 2:22.0 | Shortly before he disappeared, Grecar had announced that he would not seek re-election, |
| 2:27.0 | effectively retiring after a 20-year career, come December of 2005. At the time, Grecar was living with his girlfriend of four years, Patty Fornacola, and their dog Honey. |
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