In this episode, Payton delves into the mysterious case of Danny Casolaro, a journalist who was probing a conspiracy theory and was found deceased in his hotel room. Did he get too close to the truth, or was there another factor at play in his demise?
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Case Sources:
The Octopus by Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith
Unsolved Mysteries: Original Robert Stack Episodes: Season 5 Episode 21
Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina: Season 3 Episode 17
Unsolved Mysteries - https://unsolved.com/gallery/dan-casolaro/
The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/08/31/what-killed-danny-casolaro/ea110460-d4d0-4052-a84c-3660b6989ebe/
All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/danny-casolaro
Vanity Fair - https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1991/12/the-strange-death-of-danny-casolaro
The Text Message - https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2010/12/02/the-octopus/
The FBI - https://vault.fbi.gov/daniel-joseph-casolaro/daniel-joseph-casolaro-part-01/view
The Department of Justice - https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/Pre_96/September94/555.txt.html
The Centers for Disease Control - https://www.cdc.gov/prions/bse/about.html
The US Food and Drug Administration - https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/all-about-bse-mad-cow-disease
The College at the University of Chicago - https://varewir.uchicago.edu/writers/rosenbaum.shtml
American Forensics - https://usaforensics.com/faqs/
PBS - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/post-mortem/things-to-know/autopsy-101.html
Hopkins Medical - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/multiple-sclerosis-ms
Mayo Clinic - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/multiple-sclerosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20350269
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