{"podcast":{"title":"Seriously Mysterious - Missing Persons, Unsolved Murders & Historical True Crime","slug":"seriously-mysterious-missing-persons-unsolved-murders-historical-true-crime-1291220","podcast_index_feed_id":1291220,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4532075/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.LordanArts.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/88743a88eabedb79149b359418e6dd7d.jpg","author":"John Lordan - Respectful True Crime Content Creator, Advocate and Host","episode_count":280,"summary":"Seriously Mysterious is a true crime podcast hosted by John Lordan, who leverages over a decade of meticulous research experience from his popular YouTube shows, BrainScratch and Searchlight. Featuring baffling cases, from unsolved murders and mysterious disappearances to events that simply can't be easily explained, the core strength of Seriously Mysterious is its commitment to respectful, deep coverage, and dedication to truth and reason. New episodes released weekly.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:21:13.049505+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-mysterious-missing-persons-unsolved-murders-historical-true-crime-1291220"},"episode":{"title":"The Murder of Betty Shanks","slug":"the-murder-of-betty-shanks","published_at":"2026-06-16T13:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-mysterious-missing-persons-unsolved-murders-historical-true-crime-1291220/the-murder-of-betty-shanks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-mysterious-missing-persons-unsolved-murders-historical-true-crime-1291220","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-murder-of-betty-shanks--72214568","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72214568/ep274.mp3","summary":"Betty Shanks was an independent young woman living a quiet life, but a routine walk home left an entire nation wondering who was waiting for her in the dark. Let's dive into Queensland Australia’s oldest active unsolved murder case. Thank you The Sunday Mail, The Courier Mail, www.abc.net.au, qhatlas.com.au, the Bella Fiori YouTube Channel and Wikipedia for information contributing to today’s story. Written by Frederick Crook - check out our other collaboration WRAITHWORKS - Wraithworks at Amazon https://www.amzn.com/dp/B07HXNCW4L (audiobook narrated by John Lordan) Also avaible on iTunes: https://apple.co/2OFXb8L Do you have any comments, or a case you’d like to suggest? You’ll find a comment form and case submission link at LordanArts.com . This is not intended to act as a means of proving or disproving anything related to the investigation. It is a conversation about the current known facts and theories being discussed. Everyone directly or indirectly referred to is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. LordanArts 2026","meta_description":"Betty Shanks was an independent young woman living a quiet life, but a routine walk home left an entire nation wondering who was waiting for her in the da…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1224,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seriously-mysterious-missing-persons-unsolved-murders-historical-true-crime-1291220/episodes/the-murder-of-betty-shanks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-mysterious-missing-persons-unsolved-murders-historical-true-crime-1291220/the-murder-of-betty-shanks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}