In 1937, a young college woman, Ruth Baumgardner, says good night to her friends and heads to her dorm room. That’s the last anyone sees of her. The next day her friend finds Ruth’s car key on the dorm building staircase, but Ruth is nowhere to be found. The week we are joined by guest reader Mallory Kennedy. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana,…

Karen Atkinson, Army Captain Reserve, Grant Recipient & Board Member, Stand Up and Play Foundation, talks about how she has overcome her disability and how she is helping others do the same by educating adaptive athletes about the opportunities available through Foundations like Stand Up and Play Foundation.…

In 2000, model Lourdes Gruart disappears. Her brother says that she told him she was leaving for Europe for a modeling job and left their shared apartment. But Lourdes doesn’t have an active passport, nor has she told anyone else of her travel plans. In the 24 years since, Lourdes’s disappearance has remained a mystery. Join us on Patreon! Your sup…

Ann talks about the Stand Up and Play Foundation, a not for profit that makes active standing therapy a reality for individuals with mobility challenges. Karen Atkinson, Army Captain Reserve, Grant Recipient & Board Member, Stand Up and Play Foundation, and Anthony Netto, S.A. retired military veteran, master golf professional, Founder, StandUpandP…

In 1928, Bessie and Glen Hyde take a scow down the Colorado River in their attempt to have Bessie become the first woman documented to have gone down the river through the canyon. Their plan is to leverage their experience into a career on the lecture and vaudeville circuit. They are last seen heading down the river in mid November. Join us on Patr…

Ann visits with Hall of Famer Renee Powell, and they discuss how she overcame racism throughout her life, and the work that Clearview Golf Club & the Powell Education Center in Canton, Ohio, are doing to promote diversity in the game.By Ann Liguori

Ann talks about the 2024 AIG Women's Open which took place at St. Andrews in Scotland, with Championship Dir. Zoe Ridgway, Martin Dempster, veteran golf writer for The Scotsman, and Hall of Famer Renee Powell, who was named an Honorary Member of the R&A.By Ann Liguori

Known to the courts as a glamor girl, 26 year old Jean Spangler was trying to make her way in Hollywood as an actress and dancer while raising her young daughter as a single mom. And then the unthinkable happens, on the night of October 7, 1949, Jean Spangler left her home telling her family she would be doing a bit part at one of the studios. She …

Summary Known to the courts as a glamor girl, 26 year old Jean Spangler was trying to make her way in Hollywood as an actress and dancer while raising her young daughter as a single mom. And then the unthinkable happens, on the night of October 7, 1949, Jean Spangler left her home telling her family she would be doing a bit part at one of the studi…

In 1998, an unidentified woman’s remains are found near a highway truck stop in Weatherford, Texas. It is believed that she died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but in the past 26 years no one has come forward to claim her. Today, little has been publicized about her case, making her one of the many unidentified women whose stories aren’t told. …

Everyone knew Evelyn Throsby’s fifth husband wasn’t right for her. Everyone except Evelyn that is. But what they didn’t know was that he was a conman. He used his skills to isolate Evelyn from her friends and family, steal her money, and, ultimately, kill her while keeping everyone in the dark for months. Evelyn’s murder would go on to become a lan…

It’s 1946. Twenty-four year old Lola Celli is visiting her parents in Grandview Heights, Ohio when she decides to take a bus into Columbus to buy some nylons. But her neighbors don’t report seeing her on the morning bus nor is there any record of her making a purchase at the store she planned to visit. Is it possible that something happened to Lola…

Ann talks with veteran golf writer Ron Sirak, winner of the PGA of America Lifetime in Journalism Award, about Lydia Ko's Gold Medal, getting into the LPGA Hall of Fame, the difficulty of getting into the LPGA Hall of Fame, her career, and the success of Olympic Golf with a mixed-gender event on the horizon for the 2028 Summer Olympics.…

Ann visits with renown actor/excellent golfer Alex Hyde White about his passion for golf, similarities between acting and golfing, working with the likes of Steven Spielberg and Julia Roberts, and working in the Pro Shop of a golf club Bubba Watson owns.By Ann Liguori

On the Fourth of July weekend in 1966, three young women head to Indiana Dunes State Park to enjoy the beach and swim in Lake Michigan. Despite the over 8000 other beach goers there that day, the women somehow vanish without a trace. They’re disappearances spawn many theories over the years, but none bring investigators closer to finding out what h…

Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation, about the great work the Foundation is going in teaching children in Israel tennis and life skills. He also talks about several fundraisers taking place in The Hamptons.By Ann Liguori

Ann connects with Jack Milko, SB Nation, on his Irish golf experience and his thoughts on Olympic golf format and who he thinks will be named 'Player of the Year.'By Ann Liguori

Ann visits with Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland, on what Irish golf has to offer, and tips on planning a trip.By Ann Liguori

Ann talks with Alison Metcalfe of Tourism Ireland and to SB Nation golf writer Jack Milko about golf in Ireland and how best to plan a trip there. Ann visits with Yani Yair, Exe. VP, Development, for the Israel Tennis & Education Center's Foundation, about the important work of the Foundation, teaching tennis and life skills to children in Israel.…

A serial killer sends investigators a series of notes, detailing his crimes. In them, he mentions a married woman who drove a white grand am. He claims he murdered her and that investigators should be able to use his clues to identify her. There’s one problem though, investigators can’t find any missing person or murder cases that match these clues…

In 1990, a mushroom hunter finds the burned skeletal remains of woman in rural Arkansas. Due to the brutal treatment of these remains by her killer, she will become known as Bone Woman, and, less often, as Benton County Jane Doe. In 2022, Benton County authorities make a major announcement. Using investigative genetic genealogy, they were able to i…

Ann talks with PGA members, top golf instructor Tom Patri; golf gaming expert Keith Stewart; and singer/songwriter Javier Colon, winner of The Voice, Season 1, and passionate golfer.By Ann Liguori

It’s June 1989 and Kansas is rocked by a series of attacks on young women. Twenty-four year old Terri Maness was found murdered in her townhouse and eleven days later 24 year old Joan Butler goes missing from her apartment. Just days after that, two roommates, Theresa Brown and Christine Rusch are abducted as well. These abductions spur a manhunt a…

Ann visits with LPGA Hall of Famer and legend Pat Bradley; Ward Clayton, author of 'The Legendary Caddies of Augusta National,' and Fiona Togher, GM, Carne Golf Club and Gerry MaGuire, Chairman, Carne Golf Club, about the western Ireland gem's incredible journey, through the hardships of Covid, to a thriving international membership.…

Summary In June 1989, Terri Maness is found murdered in her townhouse in Wichita Kansas. Over a week later and 200 miles away, Joan Butler doesn’t show up for work worrying her family and co-workers, but when they go to her apartment, she’s nowhere to be found. Initially, there’s nothing to connect these two cases, but within a week, investigators …

In 1979 the body of a woman was found on or under a porch in North Camden, New Jersey. Years later, her skull is found in another residence. Despite this shocking find, little information is known about her. This week we try to shine light on her story and the factors that have worked against her identification. This week our guest reader is Shay M…

Though Dr. Sneha Philip, who lived just blocks from the World Trade Center, is last seen on September 10th, she is added to the list of 9/11 victims. That is until the NYPD starts investigating her personal history and this investigation leads to her removal. Over the years her family fights for her to be recognized as one of the victims and, in 20…

Max Togisala talks about pursuing competitive golf after a ski accident left him paralyzed, how the VertaCat enhances his game and his health, and his future plans in and outside of adaptive golf tourneys.By Ann Liguori

Ann visits with Travelers VP Andy Bessette about this week's Travelers Championship, it's elevated 'Signature' status, and the top players who will be competing.By Ann Liguori

Ann talks with Nathan Grube, Tournament Director, Travelers Championship, about the preparations for the PGA Tour 'Signature Event' and the star players who will be there to compete.By Ann Liguori

Steve Doudt, an Air Force combat controller, who became paralyzed from the waist down from a motorcycle accident, talks about overcoming the challenges from his accident, the benefits of using the VertaCat, the importance of being able to transfer from a sitting to standing position, and playing in The Cairns Cup, a 'Ryder Cup like' match play even…

Ann visits with Michael Whelan, who programmed The Golf Channel in the early days, and who talks about his award-winning TV Sports career, his long-time battle with mental illness l, and his more recent fight against cancer.By Ann Liguori

New York City, September 10th, 2001. The day before the attacks on the World Trade Center is a day when most New York City residents are going about their regular business. The same was true for Dr. Sneha Philip who left her Battery Park apartment that evening to run some errands. It wasn’t unusual for her to spend the night out in the city, but wh…

Ann visits with Golf Historian Martin Davis about the 2024 inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Hall of Fame recently moved back to Pinehurst, N.C., and to USGA's Julia Pine about the departments of the USGA who have relocated to Pinehurst.By Ann Liguori

In December 1990, a woman accidentally drowned in the Passaic River in New Jersey. Despite these tragic circumstances, her story garners little media attention. She becomes one of the tens of thousands of individuals who are currently unidentified in the United States. Researchers call these tens of thousands of unidentified our “silent mass disast…

Ann visits with USGA's Julia Pine on the move of various USGA departments to Pinehurst, the World Golf Hall of Fame's move back to Pinehurst, the toughness of Pinehurst #2, Yuka Sasso's U.S. Women's Open win and more.By Ann Liguori

On March 22, 2011, employees at Dr. Promila Mehta-Paul’s medical office arrive and get ready for another busy day of patients and appointments. There’s one problem? The Doctor never arrives. Always reliable and communicative, they know it’s unlikely that she wouldn’t have called if something came up and soon they, along with Promila’s family and fr…

Ann visits with Michael Whelan, the programming and production architect of the Golf Channel in the early days of the niche cable network and mental health advocate, as they discuss the beginnings of one of the first niche cable channels, his mental health struggle and his battle against cancer.By Ann Liguori

At 3:30am, a 13-year-old Deanna Merryfield shows up at her uncle’s trailer and wakes her twin who is sleeping inside. The two talk for just a moment before Deanna, startled by her uncle waking up, bolts. This is the last confirmed time she was seen alive. Since 1990, the year she disappeared, until now, there are a few clues that she might be out t…

Ann visits with Carne Golf Club's Chairman Gerry MaGuire and GM Fiona Togher about Carne's extraordinary dunes links experience in Western Ireland and how they bounced back from Covid depths.By Ann Liguori

In 1952, a man comes across the burned body of a woman in Cottonwood Gulch, just outside of Black Hawk, Colorado. He returns to this site several times before reporting what he found to the sheriff’s office, a fact that will immediately cloud his actions in suspicion. Without any identifying information, she becomes known as Maria to some, or more …

Perhaps you’ve seen the photo before. A young woman with her hands bound, tape over her mouth, laying in the back of a van with a similarly bound little boy. This photo has, for better or worse, become synonymous with the case of Tara Calico, a 19 year old young woman who disappeared while riding her bicycle in New Mexico in 1988. But beyond that p…

Ann talks with LPGA legend Pat Bradley about her illustrious career, being honored with Beth Daniel at the Cognizant Founders Cup, her thoughts on Nelly Korda's win streak, the fact that she stopped Nancy Lopez's win streak in 1978 and the Mass. Golf House housing her own trophies and memorabilia.By Ann Liguori

Ann talks with adaptive golfers Steve Doudt, Max Togisala, and Anthony Netto, Co-Founder of the VertaCat, the all-terrain mobility rider that elevates the athlete in a standing position, about adaptive golf in general, and on the VertaCat's many benefits for adaptive golfers and beyond.By Ann Liguori

In 1977, a young female hitchhiker catches a ride from a man who offers to bring her to her home. Within an hour, the man murders her and leaves her body to be found by a group of blackberry pickers a few days later. She has no identification on her. Though it’s not long before they pinpoint him as the murderer, but he doesn’t know her name. Invest…

Ann talks with Ward Clayton, author of 'The Legendary Caddies of Augusta National.'By Ann Liguori

In 1968, the body of a young woman was found in rural Pennsylvania. She’d been shot to death. Months later, another young woman is found just a few miles away. Their only connection? They wore the same leather sandals. It will take nearly fifty years and an online database dedicated to missing and unidentified persons to identify who they are. But …

Ann visits with world renown golf instructor David Leadbetter and they discuss GolfZon Range Leadbetter and how golf instruction has changed through the years.By Ann Liguori

Ann talks about her new book, 'Life on the Green, Lessons and Wisdom from Legends of Golf,' with 1991 Masters Champion and 8-time Ryder Cup competitor Ian Woosnam about the 2024 Masters, about his thoughts on LIV golfers playing in the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage, and being the Global Ambassador for Apes Hill Barbados Resort; Ann also visits with Ha…

In August 1993, a man walks into a police station and gives a statement about the disappearance of 16-year-old Sequoya Vargas. In it, he details the brutal assault and murder of the teenager, placing blame for these on his two friends. This statement of what happened to Sequoya will be just one of many that’s given over the years by the three men. …