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This is the story of 18-year-old Heidi Allen, who was kidnapped in a small town where corruption got in the way of justice. In school we are all taught that the justice system punishes bad people for doing bad things. The justice system is here to protect us, but sometimes that is not the case and the system in place to protect us is not infallible. This is Peebles for the People where injustices are exposed. For advertising opportunities on this show, or any of the other shows on our networ ...
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Black Springs. Darkness Lives Here. Welcome to the new horror podcast on Underdog. At first glance, Black Springs, looks like any other suburban town in Florida. Built on a swamp with a checkered past, it's the city most people would pass by without another thought. But if you live in Black Springs, you know it's different. Subscribe Here: Spotify:…
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One of the suspects in Heidi Allen's 1994 kidnapping was arrested after attacking his long time ex-girlfriend. Roger Breckenridge has a history of violence towards women, and is now facing menacing, harassment, Criminal trespass, attempted criminal mischief, and unlawful imprisonment charges. According to charging documents Breckenridge's victim th…
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I was sitting at the dinner table with my family when my phone buzzed. It was a text message with a picture of a facebook post by Heidi Allen's sister, Lisa Buske. I saw my name in the first line, I immediately thought she must not have been happy about the voicemail I left her. After reading the post thoroughly, that wasn't the case. The post gene…
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In this special episode of Peebles for the People I take you behind the scenes to give you a look at the story telling process. In this episode you'll hear never before heard audio of phone calls I made to help better tell Heidi's story. I have to say, I never could have imagined how these calls turned out. I heard baseless accusations, lies, and w…
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This is the final episode of the first season of Peebles for the People. Gary Thibodeau's case was heard by the New York State Court of Appeals. His fight for innocence came to an end in August of 2018. Towards the end of the more than 20 years he spent in prison Gary wrote letters to his defense attorney Lisa Peebles, everyone was signed: "Gary th…
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Gary Thibodeau's defense team fought tooth and nail to get his 1995 conviction overturned. Lisa Peebles dredged up details of Michael Bohrer's horrific criminal history, yet prosecutors and Judge King saw no significance in Bohrer kidnapping another woman between the ages of 18 and 21. During Bohrer's testimony he talked about chilling details that…
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As more information about Heidi Allen's kidnapping came to the surface, a plausible theory about what happened to her started to develop. Could it have been the Thibodeau brothers who kidnapped and killed Heidi for no reason? Or was Heidi targeted by a group of drug dealers, after her identity had been exposed? In 2015, during the evidentiary heari…
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In this episode of Peebles for the People: Michael Bohrer was the last of the three new suspects to testify at the evidentiary hearing. During his testimony, Bohrer had an emotional breakdown after being asked about Heidi Allen. Gary Thibodeau's defense team believed they had him on the verge of a confession, but Judge King stopped Bohrer's testimo…
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Oswego County District Attorney, Greg Oakes, withheld evidence from Gary Thibodeau's defense team until the eve of the hearing. Oakes admits he should have turned evidence over sooner. His reason for the late disclosure of Brady material was he did not want that information to be leaked to the public, and that is NOT a valid reason under the law. W…
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In January of 2015, Gary Thibodeau and his defense team were ready to fight for the truth in a hearing to determine whether or not his 1995 conviction should be overturned. But even before the hearing began it was clear that the deck was stacked against Thibodeau. Less than 72 hours before the start of the hearing the district attorney, Greg Oakes,…
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Though police denied it for years, it turned out that Heidi Allen was in fact a confidential drug informant. Then the sheriff's office claimed that even though she was signed up as an undercover agent, she was never provided them with any information. But according to people close to Heidi, that was also false. What is even more concerning is the f…
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Tonya Priest came forward and told police that James Steen confessed to her that he and others killed Heidi, and dismembered her body at a cabin in the woods. Police concluded their investigation by saying that Priest was not credible and that there was no cabin in the woods. But Gary Thibodeau's defense team and a reporter had already found a cabi…
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Two people now told sheriff's investigators that James "Thumper" Steen bragged about disposing of Heidi Allen's body at a cabin in the woods. In 2010 Steen executed his estranged wife and boyfriend with a shotgun in Pulaski, New York. This horrific crime ended in a seven hour standoff with police, during which Steen received a text message from a f…
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Nearly 20 years after the kidnapping, a witness said she knew where Heidi was taken after disappearing from the D&W Convenience store. This was the first time anyone has ever said publicly they knew where Heidi was taken after being abducted. The witness was on the phone on what she thought was a private conversation with a friend, but what she did…
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Gary Thibodeau was convicted of kidnapping Heidi Allen and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. As Thibodeau sat behind bars and days turned into months, and months turned into years, rumblings, around the small New Haven community in Oswego County, New York, about what happened to Heidi began to raise more questions. There was someone openly w…
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A verdict that Gary Thibodeau's defense team said it could see coming, but a recantation by a key witness raised more questions about the integrity of the investigation. According to multiple statements from a teenage witness, she was pressured by prosecutors to omit certain things that would help Thibodeau's defense team. On the day of Gary Thibod…
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As Gary Thibodeau awaited trial for the kidnapping and presumed murder of Heidi Allen, rumors about what really happened to Heidi began to surface. In February of 1995 the FBI questioned a man who ran up and down Green Road, in Mexico, New York, yelling he had information about Heidi's kidnapping. That man told the FBI that Heidi was wrapped up in …
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As Gary Thibodeau awaited his trial prosecutors tried to disprove his alibi, and even though police were getting no closer to finding Heidi it seemed like the only thing that mattered was that someone be punished for her kidnapping. There was still nothing linking Gary Thibodeau to Heidi's kidnapping besides the statements of two jailhouse informan…
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On April 3rd 1994, in the small upstate NY town of New Haven. An 18-year-old girl by the name of Heidi Allen was kidnapped from the convenience store she worked at. It's been over 25 years since Allen's disappearance and there is still no trace of her. Two brothers were charged with her kidnapping but two separate trials yielded two different outco…
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A look at the upcoming true crime podcast Peebles for the People.By Alex Peebles
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