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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

In my new podcast, we're traveling to a quiet road in rural Wisconsin that’s become infamous for dozens of sightings—stretching back decades—of a strange creature known as the Beast of Bray Road. The entity has become one of America's most enduring cryptid stories.

It’s my STRANGEST podcast yet! 🎧👹

Creature in the Cornfields: The Beast of Bray Road

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 10/07/2025 · 16m

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8d

Today’s episode of my podcast digs into the tragic disappearance in 2001 of 15-year-old Erin Pospisil — one of Iowa's most haunting unsolved cases. It's a truly perplexing mystery that has endured for more than two decades. 🔎🫆

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧

The Last Ride: What Happened to Erin Pospisil?

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/30/2025 · 14m

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15d

Today’s episode of my podcast looks back at the chilling case of the Ardenwald Axe Murders, a brutal crime that shook the small, tight-knit community of Ardenwald, Oregon in 1911. It’s one of the state's most horrific and perplexing unsolved crimes. 🔎🫆

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧

Chopped Silence: The Ardenwald Axe Murders

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/23/2025 · 13m

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, release the Epstein files!!!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22d

My podcast today will give you a taste of the world's sweetest diamond heist. A customer at a bank in Antwerp's Diamond District befriended the staff by bringing them weekly gifts of Belgian chocolates. One day, he calmly walked into a bank vault and walked out with $28 million worth of diamonds. 💎

Chocolates and Carats: The World's Sweetest Diamond Heist

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/16/2025 · 11m

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wazzuer.bsky.social @wazzuer.bsky.social · 25d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26d

My husband @robertcooper-us.bsky.social and I had breakfast today at our local Waffle House. 🧇 I had a chance to take pics with three of our favorite waitresses. ❤️

We love their food, and we always get such amazing and friendly service! 😃

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29d

A brand-new mystery is waiting for you! 🚨🎙️

My latest podcast delves into one of the most intriguing missing persons cases in American history—the baffling disappearance in 1930 of Judge Joseph Crater.

This case became so famous that Crater earned the nickname "the missingest man in America." 🔎🕵️‍♂️

The Missingest Man in America: What Really Happened to Judge Crater?

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/09/2025 · 16m

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 4

I just dropped a new episode of my podcast! 🚨🎙️

It dives into a case in California that has haunted investigators for decades. It’s one of America's most disturbing, unsolved mass murders—the brutal killing of four people at the Keddie Resort. 🔎🫆

Listen now 🎧:

Horror in Cabin 28: The Keddie Murders

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 09/04/2025 · 19m

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 26

Check out today’s episode of my podcast, which delves into the puzzling disappearance of a young woman who vanished just before a planned July 4th getaway, after clocking out of the night shift at the local Honda manufacturing plant.

It’s one of Ohio’s most perplexing unsolved disappearances. 🔎🫆

July 4th Getaway: The Disappearance of Patti Adkins

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 08/26/2025 · 13m

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 12

In today's episode of my podcast, we’re revisiting a chilling crime that left an indelible scar on the community of Bowie, Maryland.

This is the tragic story of the murder of a teenage girl following a party — and the painfully frustrating effort over the next five decades to find her killer. 🔎🫆

The Final Party: Who Killed Donna Dustin?

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 08/12/2025 · 14m

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 5

Today’s episode of my podcast revisits one of Canada's most perplexing unsolved murders. A young man from British Columbia was found dead — half naked and brutally battered — in the parking lot of a hotel under contruction in Knoxville, Tennessee. The bizarre case continues to baffle investigators.🔎

Cross-Continental Enigma: The Bizarre Murder of Blair Adams

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 08/05/2025 · 20m

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · Aug 2

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound)

DAY 2 AUGUST 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

WHY I FIGHT
and I'm sure you do also

For the CHILDREN
All Children
Listen to Them
They know

So please WE MUST TAKE BACK THE HOUSE & SENATE

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 3

My cousin Jan is visiting us for a cousins reunion, along with several of my other cousins from across the country. We’re having such a great time together!

Jan runs a small business that creates and sells a line of gourmet fruit spreads, fruit curds, scones, pound cakes, and more. Check it out! 😋

Just Jan’s (@justjansspreads.bsky.social)

From our heart to your table — passion and fine ingredients to make food that tastes like home. www.justjans.com

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Just Jan’s @justjansspreads.bsky.social · Aug 3

Kicking things off! 🥐 Come along on my sweet culinary adventure—where every bite tells a story. 🍯 The fig is how it all began!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jul 29

Check out today’s episode of my podcast, which looks back at the disappearance in Orlando of Jennifer Kesse. It’s one of the most baffling missing persons cases in modern American history.

The only clue was a haunting surveillance video the FBI dubbed "the luckiest and unluckiest footage ever." 🫆🔎

The Unluckiest Footage Ever: Who Abducted Jennifer Kesse?

Podcast Episode · Echoes of the Unknown · 07/29/2025 · 14m

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · Jul 28

One good thing
About summer in the desert 🏜🌵
Nah
Actually, it's scary as f*ck
This and the heat 108° today

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · Jul 28

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound up)

DAY 27 JULY 2025

THESE HORRIBLE TIMES

But Tonight THIS
To give you HOPE
This brilliant articulate 9-year-old
Speaking at a town hall

HE'S the smartest person in the room

He is WHY WE FIGHT
His FUTURE

All the children
Sorry I don't know his name

AWESOME

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jul 27

When I heard the delicious crunch of my husband’s pernil — a slow-roasted pork dish — I couldn’t resist a taste! ❤️👨🏼‍🍳🐷😋
#CubanPapaCooks #CubanFood

Papa says if it don’t crunch, don’t touch. Even my husband couldn’t resist a taste. 🐷👨‍🍳💥 #CubanPapaCooks #CrunchTok #CubanFood #PernilCheck #FoodieTok #LatinoFlavor #MyBigFatCubanKitchen

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · Jul 27

here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit gets the Scottish welcome he deserves" — he’s such an international embarrassment.
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Preznit Fuckwit gets the Scottish welcome he deserves

he’s such an international embarrassment

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Jul 27

Friendly reminder: the president who most increased debt in US history? Donald Trump! More than 43 other presidents accumulated in the country’s first 216 years combined.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 27

Russ Vought: "It is very possible that we might use pocket rescissions as one of our executive tools ... nothing is taken off the table for us to be able to deal with the deficits that we have."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jul 27

Fuck Russia.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 27

Massie on Mike Johnson saying he just wants to inflict political pain: "Is the pain he talking about that somebody in our party will be embarrassed by those files? Then that's not a good excuse ... why is it painful for Mike Johnson to call a vote on this?"

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 27

Epstein accuser Maria Farmer on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I’ve never met a more predatory, terrifying human being in my entire life. She’s a very dangerous person. The woman is not a victim, she’s a victimizer.”

via @msnbc.com

(ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social)

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