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ANNOUNCER: This program is
about unsolved mysteries.

Whenever possible, the
actual family members

and police officials
have participated

in recreating the events.

What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Tonight, the story

of auto racing legend and
self-made millionaire Mickey

Thompson.

He and his wife were
gunned down in what police

believe was a contract killing.

50 years ago, the
mysterious George J. Stein

opened 10 savings accounts
across the Midwest

then disappeared.

His unknown heirs stand
to inherit a fortune.

Michael Wayde Mohon, a
convicted armed robbery,

is a modern-day Houdini,
escaping from custody

on three different occasions.

Recently, 12 residents
near Pike's Peak, Colorado,

claimed to have seen evidence
of a bizarre creature,

half-man, half-ape.

Could the legend of Bigfoot
be more than a myth?

Cheerleader Joyce
McLain was brutally

murdered eight years ago.

Friends and neighbors
in her main hometown

are desperate to
find the killer.

Tonight, five stories, each a
unique and compelling mystery.

Perhaps someone watching
can help solve them.

Perhaps that someone is you.

[theme music]

[engine revving]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Mickey Thompson was a legend

in the world of auto racing.

Cars were Mickey's life,
and they propelled him

to success beyond his dreams.

[cheering]

Among his many innovations
were the slingshot dragsters.

And in 1960, his
homebuilt challenger

was the first car to break
the 400 miles per hour mark.

Mickey was also a pioneer in
promoting off-road racing.

DANNY THOMPSON: Yeah, I think
a good description of my dad

was he was flat-out
all the time,

and he was pedal to the floor.

And he did, that's the
way he spent his life.

He loved to go fast,
and he loved racing.

And I think the
businesses were a way

to help him continue to race.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Mickey's obsession

with speed drove him
far, sometimes too far.

In the mid '70s, a speedboat
accident paralyzed him

from the waist down.

Doctors felt he would
never walk again.

Mickey proved them wrong.

With death constantly
at his shoulder,

he looked to the support
of his wife, Trudy.

COLLENE CAMPBELL: Mickey's
and Trudy's daily routine

was just about twice as
frantic as anybody else.

They did not work
an eight-hour day.

They worked at
least a 16-hour day.

Uh, I know that it's only five
hours before the race starts.

COLLENE CAMPBELL:
They had a goal,

and they were trying
to achieve it.

And they liked working,
and they enjoyed it.

And that was their whole life.

It was a fun thing to work hard,
and they really worked hard.

[interposing voices]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
During the '80s,

Mickey developed an
extremely profitable

stadium racing venture.

His business style was similar
to his hard-driving racing

tactics.

Mickey told family members that
he had received death threats.

COLLENE CAMPBELL:
Mickey talked to me

and said that he was
tremendously concerned.

He said he was afraid
that an individual

was going to hurt his baby,
meaning his wife, Trudy.

And I responded, Mick, you
don't really think so, do you?

And he says, I'm telling
you, he's absolutely,

absolutely capable of it.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Mickey and Trudy

lived in Bradbury, California,
an affluent rural community

located near Los Angeles.

At 6:00 AM on March 16, 1988,
the pastoral quiet of Bradbury

was broken by the
sound of gunfire.

[gunshots]

[siren]

The shots came from
Mickey Thompson's home.

At the bottom of the
driveway, sheriffs

found Trudy lying dead.

POLICE OFFICER: 57,
10-33, requesting back-up.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): A
few yards away near the garage,

Mickey Thompson was
also found dead.

The precision and cold-blooded
nature of this double

homicide convinced
investigators that

this was no amateur killing.

For this reason, Mickey
Thompson's friends and family

have put up $260,000
in reward money.

They hope this huge
sum would inspire

someone to come forward with
the identity of the killers.

So far, no one has
provided any information.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
During their crime scene

investigation, sheriffs
found few clues.

When you rolled up here, was
all the jewelry and the body

the way you found it here?

POLICE OFFICER: Yeah,
everything was all the same.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): They did

discover that Trudy
Thompson was wearing

over $70,000 worth of jewelry.

She and her husband were
carrying $4,000 in cash.

Robbery seemed an
unlikely motive.

MICHAEL GRIGGS: It doesn't
make any sense to us

that a person
would had passed up

such obvious pieces of jewelry.

It wasn't like a
ring or a bracelet

that was hidden by gloves or
a long blouse or something.

It was quite obvious.

And it just doesn't make
sense to us why somebody

wouldn't have taken it.

This just wasn't a random crime.

It was well-planned.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): The only

other unusual clue that
was found at the crime

scene was a stun gun.

MICHAEL GRIGGS: We found
a plastic stun gun.

And we cannot say that this ever
belonged to the two victims.

We've talked to
all their friends,

and they say they
never owned one.

And we just don't
believe it was theirs.

We don't really know
why the suspects

would bring it to the location.

It would only be
speculation on why.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
That morning,

the gunshots that
killed Mickey and Trudy

were heard by a witness.

He believes he saw
the killers escape.

Well, my wife and
I were asleep in bed.

It was about 6:00
o'clock in the morning.

[gunshot]

When we heard the
shots, we literally

jumped straight out of the bed.

And I ran over to the
window to see where

the shots were coming from.

My wife got on the
phone and dialed 911

and told the police that
there were shots coming

from the Thompson residence.

There was probably about
15 seconds of silence.

And at that time,
we heard Mickey

screaming, please don't
hurt my wife, please

don't hurt my wife.

The next thing we
heard is another series

of shots and silence again.

After the second
series of shots,

I saw two black men on 10-speed
bikes pedaling as fast as they

could to get out of here.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Several neighborhood residents

spotted the men riding
down a nearby road.

Others recall seeing
the men in the weeks

previous to the killings.

These witnesses provided
investigators with descriptions

of the suspects, two black
males dressed in jogging suits

between 20 and 30 years of age,
approximately six feet tall,

weighing 185 to 200 pounds.

Based on her intimate
knowledge of Mickey

and Trudy's daily routine,
Mickey's sister Collene

has developed her own
theory as to how they

were ambushed and murdered.

COLLENE CAMPBELL: You
could almost set a clock

by Mickey and Trudy's behavior.

They would leave around
6 o'clock every morning.

It would be easy
for somebody to know

what their daily routine was.

And I'm sure the people that
killed Mickey knew exactly what

time they left because they left
about daylight every morning.

[engine starting]

My belief is that when Trudy got
in the van and backed it out,

the people that murdered them
were waiting in the bush.

And Mickey just
didn't have a chance.

He walked right in
to where they were.

[gunshot]

It's been stated that
Mickey was yelling,

just don't hurt my wife,
don't hurt my wife.

And I'm sure he told
her to get out of there,

to run after he was hit.

And she didn't make it.

[gunshot]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Investigators

found it odd that the
killers would ride

to the crime scene on bicycles.

The gunmen also failed to use
silencers on their weapons.

Detective Griggs believes
one explanation might

be that the killers planned
to abduct Mickey and Trudy

before killing them,
intending to make their escape

in the Thompson's van.

Possibly they planned
because of the stun gun

and no silencers to maybe
bring them back in the house

or take them somewhere away
from the location, where they

could do it and the
lack of silencers

wouldn't make any difference.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Almost a year has passed

since the double homicide.

Mickey's son and
sister want to know

not only who killed
Mickey and Trudy

but who may have
ordered it done.

DANNY THOMPSON
(VOICEOVER): I want

to see this person or
persons brought to justice

in the very, very worst way.

And I'm going to do anything
I can with whatever it takes.

COLLENE CAMPBELL
(VOICEOVER): There

is something inside of
you that says yes, I

do want those people punished.

It was just a very
cowardly thing to do.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
After 13 years

of investigation,
police arrested

Thompson's former business
partner, Michael Goodwin.

We do believe that Mr. Goodwin
orchestrated the murders.

We believe he
planned the murders.

And we believe
that his motive was

based on a personal vendetta,
along with financial gain.

There is simply
no evidence, nor has

there ever been that implicates
Mike Goodwin in the murders.

The key innuendo or
motive has always

been the alleged civil
dispute between Mike

Goodwin and Mickey Thompson.

Mike negotiated a settlement
with Mickey Thompson.

There are third-party
witnesses that confirm that.

There was no motive to
kill Mickey Thompson.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Sheriff's investigators claim

that an eyewitness recently came
forward and identified Michael

Goodwin as a man seen
sitting in a station wagon

in the Thompson's
neighborhood, spying on them

with binoculars several
days before the murders.

We've taken his
exact description

of where he says he saw the
vehicle and Mr. Goodwin.

And we basically reenacted
it, and it's almost hilarious.

You would not be able
to see Mickey and Trudy

Thompson's home from there.

The charges against Mike
Goodwin are entirely meritless.

There's no evidence, and
that's just not my viewpoint.

No charges were filed for
13 years in this case,

and there's a reason for that.

The district
attorney didn't file

charges because
there was no evidence

against Michael Goodwin.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
When we return,

the case of Michael Wayde Mohon,
a man that prisons cannot hold.

After three successful escapes,
he is still on the run.

He's a very definite
threat to anybody,

you know, any citizen anywhere.

[theme music]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
New Year's Eve, 1983,

Fountain Valley, California.

[tires screeching]

[sirens]

After being called to the
scene of a reported burglary,

police became involved
in a high-speed chase

with the suspects.

The chase ended in the parking
lot of a condominium complex.

Officer Kevin Arnold took off
after one of the two suspects.

KEVIN ARNOLD: I've been involved
in other vehicle pursuits

and other perp pursuits.

And I've arrested
burglary suspects

before where you
just, everything is

supposed to go a certain way.

We chase him and tell him
to get down on the ground.

He gets on the ground,
and we handcuff him.

And that's the end
of the problem.

This one, all of a sudden he
wasn't obeying my commands.

[grunting]

We're struggling over
the gun, and I realize

that he's trying to kill me.

[gunshot]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In
order to avoid being shot,

Arnold tried to empty his
revolver into the air.

I know there's one left.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Five
out of six shots were fired.

Arnold then reached for his
second service revolver.

He fired five shots
at his adversary.

The man survived.

His name was
Michael Wayde Mohon.

When they checked
their records, police

discovered that Mohon had five
pages of previous convictions.

He was known as a
master of disguises

and often used them
to escape capture.

POLICE OFFICER: Just turn
your head to the right.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): After
his arrest in Orange County

on New Year's Eve,
1983, Mohon remained

in police custody for a
year while he awaited trial.

He underwent physical therapy
at a local hospital outside

of jail for the
six bullet wounds

sustained during his
struggle with Officer Arnold.

RICHARD OLSON: Well, one day
when he was going to therapy,

there was a nurse that was
talking to someone else.

And she made a mistake
by saying out loud

that he was going to be
coming again on a certain day.

And of course, Mohon is a
type of person that would

file that away for future use.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On January 17, 1985,

the date the nurse
had mentioned,

Mohon arrived at the hospital.

RICHARD OLSON: As they
got to the back door

of the therapy building,
Michael started to walk in.

And as he walked in, he
stumbled and fell forward.

MICHAEL MOHON: Don't
move or I'll shoot.

Now handcuff yourself.

RICHARD OLSON: When he
came up, he had a gun.

And of course, he got the
drop on Deputy [inaudible].

MICHAEL MOHON: Let's
go, man, get them on.

Up against the wall.

RICHARD OLSON: Once he had
the deputy handcuff himself,

he took a second set of cuffs,
moved him down the hall,

and used that set of cuffs
to cuff him to a fire pipe.

MICHAEL MOHON: Feel this?

POLICE OFFICER: Yeah, I feel it.

RICHARD OLSON: As Mohon
was leaving the building,

he told the deputy to stay
there and not to make any noise

and that it was his lucky day.

And at that point, he
backed out of the door,

ran to a waiting
pick-up truck, where

his wife Sharon was
waiting in the parking lot,

jumped in the truck.

And they drove away
[inaudible] the escape.

MICHAEL MOHON: I've got
to get into my clothes.

Your clothes are in
that bag on the floor.

RICHARD OLSON: During the course
of the follow-up investigation,

it was our conclusion that
it was Sharon Mohon that

had been driving the truck.

We also felt that she was
the one that planted the gun.

And when we took her into
custody a couple of days later,

we arrested her for
aiding and abetting,

and she eventually pled guilty.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Sharon Shaw Mohon

was sentenced to
three years in jail

for her involvement
in the escape.

She has since been paroled,
and authorities believe

she has rejoined her husband.

One week after
his daring escape,

Mohon surfaced in Mesa,
Arizona, and again

became involved in a
high-speed chase with police.

[siren]

At speeds that sometimes
exceeded 100 miles per hour,

Mohon led police on
a two-hour chase.

[multiple sirens]

A number of units
were in pursuit

and still Mohon
kept ahead of them.

A helicopter joined in the hunt.

Police believe that
Mohon deliberately

prolonged the dangerous
chase, hoping the helicopter

would run out of fuel.

He didn't count on
a second chopper

taking over from the first.

The chase covered so many miles
that eight different police

departments were involved.

[police radio]

Finally, a barricade was set up,
and the chase came to an end.

[tires screeching]

POLICE OFFICER: Hands
where I can see them.

Slide over to your right.

Keep coming, keep coming.

Keep your hands right
where I can see them.

Get down.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Once
again, Mohon was under arrest.

As he was taken
into custody, police

were surprised how
friendly he seemed,

unusual behavior for a man who
was facing a serious charge.

During his interrogation, Mohon
maintained a false identity

but made little effort to hide
the fact that he was lying.

DONALD RYAN: First of all, I
don't really even know you.

What's your name?

Claude Banks Tillman.

DONALD RYAN: Claude,
is Banks a family name?

That's a money name.

DONALD RYAN: That's a good name.

As we end the interview here,
it got to the point where

we kind of realized
between the two of us

that he wasn't who he
really said he was.

And he had kind of a
smirky attitude with him

that my name is Claude Tillman
until you find out differently.

We just got a bulletin
from the intelligence unit.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The following morning,

as Detective Ryan was
leafing through some newly

arrived wanted posters,
he came across one

identifying Michael Mohon.

He realized that this
was the face of the man

they knew as Claude Tillman.

DONALD RYAN: Excuse me, Bob.

Sure.

Did you put these
in here today?

Yeah.

DONALD RYAN: This is the guy,
that, uh, this is Tillman,

the guy I talked about.
POLICE OFFICER: No.

DONALD RYAN: Yeah.

I'll call Orange County.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
At that moment,

unbeknownst to the
authorities, their quarry

was shackled to seven other
convicts, two of them women,

on his way to the
Tempe courthouse.

HARVEY WOODS: After Mohon's
preliminary hearing,

I drove the inmates over
to the Tempe Justice Court.

I had one inmate that
had to go in there

for a preliminary hearing.

I parked in front of the
court, secured the van,

took the prisoner inside.

I was inside
approximately 10 minutes.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
During those 10 minutes,

Mohon and an
accomplice kicked out

a window in the front
of the van and escaped

by running toward
the crowded campus

of Arizona State University.

HARVEY WOODS: Well,
apparently our investigators

in talking to the people
in the van that had stayed,

the two young ladies related
that Mohon and his accomplice

had planned on jumping
me, taking my gun,

and killing me, thereby giving
them a gun and ammunition

to effect their escape.

But the young ladies
had been given

a release that they were due
to be released that evening.

And they pleaded
with Mohon to attempt

to kick out the Lexan glass
as opposed to kill me.

And fortunately, he tried
that and it did work for him.

Yeah, Les, come on, let's go.

[tires screeching]

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Mohon and his accomplice

Jeffrey Leslie stole a
truck from an auto mechanic

and drove away to freedom.

[cheering]

Update, Mobile, Alabama,
within minutes after the story

first aired, the local
FBI office received a call

from a viewer who reported
that she recognized

Michael and Sharon Mohon.

The tipster that
called in indicated

that she had seen Mohon
and his wife in Mobile,

and that they were
using an assumed name

of Steve and Mary Bostwick.

At first, I didn't
think it was him.

And then I noticed
her immediately.

There was no doubt.

Then when they shot
back on his photographs,

I knew beyond a doubt.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The caller told authorities

that Mohon and his
wife were living

in a trailer located behind a
house just outside of Mobile.

The FBI staked out the trailer.

On April the 19th, two
individuals, a man and a woman

who fit the description of
Michael Mohon and Sharon Mohon,

departed that area and then
proceeded to the community

of Prichard, Alabama.

And they went to an
auto parts store.

And after Mr. Mohon came
out of the auto parts store,

he was arrested along with
his wife, Sharon Mohon.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): On July 7,

Michael Wayde Mohon was returned
to Orange County, California,

and is currently in
custody awaiting trial.

Sharon Mohon was returned
to a northern California

correctional facility
for violating her parole.

Coming up next, in the
mountains of Colorado,

12 reliable witnesses
claimed to have seen evidence

of a mysterious creature the
Indians called Sasquatch,

and which the world
knows as Bigfoot.

[theme music]

Pike's Peak, Colorado, 100,000
acres of dense wilderness

surround this majestic mountain.

Mall For centuries,
this forest has

been a sanctuary for bobcat,
black bear, and mountain lion.

But recently, there have been
reports of a different kind

of animal roaming the woods.

It basically looked like
a big man or big shape

coming toward us.

And we turned around
and started running.

It had long hair hanging
off its arms and its legs.

It had a small torso but
long legs and a long arm.

Whatever these
creatures are, I believe

they're more human than ape.

I believe that possibly there
may be a group of anywhere

between seven and possibly 10,
a small band of these creatures

living here in the
Pikes Peak region.

For hundreds of
years, strange ape-like

creatures have been seen across
the western United States.

The Indians call them Sasquatch.

Today, they are known
by the name Bigfoot.

Until recently, many shared
the prevailing belief

that these sightings are either
hoaxes or the misidentification

of common animals.

But today in Colorado,
new physical evidence

seems to substantiate the
numerous eyewitness reports,

suggesting that
perhaps, just perhaps

there really is a Bigfoot.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On
the morning of March 27, 1987,

local resident Dan
Masias' son discovered

a set of mysterious tracks
on the newly fallen snow.

Hey, Dad, look at this.

DAN MASIAS: What do you got?

There are some weird tracks.

DAN MASIAS: Tracks?

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Though
Dan has spent much of his life

in the outdoors, he didn't
recognize the tracks.

DAN MASIAS: Look, they're
going down this way.

Upon examination
of the footprints,

I determined that
it was something

very strange and related
to the past footprints

we had seen around our home.

The next night, on a
hunch, my son and I

stayed up late downstairs.

We watched television.

And every 15 or 20 minutes,
I kept going to my window.

At quarter of 12, I
went to my window.

A few seconds later, I could
see two large creatures

running down the road.

One of them was a small one,
which was about 5 foot 6,

5 foot 7.

And the other creature was
about 6 foot, maybe 6 foot 2.

And other than the
hair, which appeared

to be covering their body, they
looked just like human beings.

Put your hand down there
so we can take a photograph.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
The next day, Dan

took pictures of the tracks.

These are the
actual photographs.

The large set is
almost a foot long,

and the smaller set is
eight inches in length.

With these toes,
the way they--

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): Animal
physiologist Vaughan Langman

believes that this plaster
replica fits the foot

that made the Colorado tracks.

Thing that might
be North American.

There's no way for us to
identify a foot like this.

The print itself does
not fall into any

of the normal grizzly bear,
North American species

classifications.

The foot, the way it
has now been presented

is a primate foot.

If there is an unknown bipedal
hominid-like creature living

in the Pike's Peak
region, it would be

the discovery of the century.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Dan Masias'

nocturnal sighting was featured
in a number of local papers.

He was contacted by
12 other witnesses who

had had a similar encounter.

One summer afternoon in
1978, Jeramy Swisher and five

companions came face-to-face
with an extraordinary creature

while hiking near
the Pike's Peak area.

JERAMY SWISHER: We came around
the base of this big rock.

And we saw this, it
looked like an individual.

And it turned around and
it was coming toward us.

It started to chase us.

It looked like a
fairly good sized man.

It was around 6 foot tall.

That's the shape of it.

The arms might have been a
little bit longer than normal.

The run was more or less
like that of an athlete,

a man of some sort.

It was right across
the road from us,

and that scared
us enough to take

off the rest of the way home.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
For years, eyewitnesses

have claimed to
have seen a creature

like Bigfoot, particularly
in the Pacific Northwest.

The recent sightings
in Colorado have all

occurred in the newly populated
area close to the boundaries

of the Pike National Forest.

Some of these witnesses
prefer to remain anonymous.

ANONYMOUS WITNESS:
I'm positive that I

saw some type of creature.

It was the strangest thing
I've ever seen in my life.

It wasn't a bear.

It wasn't like anything
I've ever seen before.

I had a fear in me.

I got out of the truck,
and it passed me.

And I got behind it but
at a clear enough distance

because I wasn't about to
go tackle it or anything.

But it was, it seemed to have
the figure of a human being

except it had hair
everywhere on its body.

I didn't see the face at all.

But it had hair
covering its body.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
In early August, 1988,

a cabin was broken
into by a large animal.

When the owner rushed
to the back porch,

the intruder had vanished
but the cabin door had

sustained considerable damage.

The next morning, two boys found
that whatever had broken in

had left tufts of hair
snagged in the screen door.

We sent this hair to a
diagnostic laboratory

at the University of
California at San Francisco.

This laboratory is one of
the world's leading centers

for analysis of this type.

I've tested these hairs for
all the major groups of mammals

that have large specimens,
like deer, bear, and so forth,

and it only reacts
with the primates.

And of the primates, it
only reacts with hominids.

And there are only five
hominids, human, chimpanzee,

gorilla, orangutan, and gibbon.

And I have eliminated
all of those

except human and chimpanzee.

So it's some large
animal, closely related

to human and chimpanzee,
or one of those.

And it's hard to see how that
could have escaped detection

over thousands of years.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Biological artist Carol

[inaudible] was able
to create a composite

from four eyewitnesses.

It showed a huge hairy humanoid
creature that closely resembled

other descriptions of Bigfoot.

Is it possible that this
legendary creature might exist?

For centuries,
people have reported

encounters with Bigfoot.

It could be that these reports
are hoaxes or the products

of overeager imaginations.

But there is a remote
chance that a handful

of these creatures
do exist, hidden away

in the vast unexplored
wilderness of Colorado

and the Pacific Northwest.

Until hard physical
evidence appears,

skeptics will continue
to doubt the validity

of these sightings, but skeptics
have occasionally been wrong.

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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On November 12, 1936,

in a bank located
in Ripon, Wisconsin,

a man named George
J. Stein opened

up a savings account for $120.

Stein left no social
security numbers

on file and no home address.

Between 1936 and
1952, George J. Stein

opened dozens of bank accounts,
primarily in savings and loans

throughout the Midwest.

But Stein never returned
to reclaim his fortune.

Today, it totals in
excess of $130,000.

Why would a man deposit
thousands of dollars

and never come back?

There are many
similar unclaimed bank

accounts around the country.

But few are as large and
as mysterious as those

opened by one George J. Stein.

Two investigators had developed
theories as to who Stein was.

One believes he was a
traveling salesman, the other,

a notorious bank robber.

If someone can
unravel this mystery

and prove that they are
related to George J. Stein,

they would inherit
over $130,000.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Stein's deposits were

scattered across the Midwest.

There were three accounts in the
states of Minnesota and Indiana

and at least one in each of
the states of Iowa and Illinois

and five in Wisconsin.

There is also a possibility
of a Stein account in Texas.

Investigator Tom Becker became
interested in one small deposit

made in Indianapolis.

TOM BECKER: But
finally in desperation,

I thought, well, let's check
this little diddly $185

account.

Maybe we'll come
up with something.

Also this was the only one
that I could find where he gave

an address other than
general delivery or YMCA

or on the account it
might say address unknown.

He gave an address
of 505 Washington

Street, Indianapolis.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
This address turned out

to be Inland Jobber's, a
company that made men's hats,

gloves, and other accessories.

Earlier, Tom had found
a physical description

of the elusive Stein,
and he was able to match

it with descriptions
of a traveling

salesman named Ralph Barnett.

Hi Ralph.

Hi Jeff.

Barnett's sales territories
overlapped the towns

from which many of Stein's
deposits were made.

We are running short.

How much do you want for them?

$40.

Good.

TOM BECKER: So as he
acquired more money

than he needed for
living expenses,

my theory is he would mail it to
one of these savings and loans.

In checking the
records, I can't find

any case where he dealt
with two savings and loans

at the same time.

And I think this had to do
with the $5,000 insured limit.

He didn't want too much in
any one savings and loan.

My own theory on this is that
Barnett, or whoever George J.

Stein was, like I
say, he eventually met

an unfortunate end, maybe
a heart attack, maybe

he was murdered, who knows.

And as he disappeared
very suddenly,

he never made a withdrawal
on any of these accounts.

So obviously, when he
stopped, it was a sudden end

because nobody deposits
money without the intention

of ever withdrawing it.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Genealogist Frances

Scoll has a different theory.

When she combed through all
of Stein's deposit records,

she discovered a return
address written on one

of his deposit envelopes.

The name was Ed Fay.

And one day while checking
through some newspapers

from 1903, she discovered
just who Ed Fay may have been.

FRANCIS SCOLL: A man
named Ed Fay had robbed

a post office with his gang.

And it was a post office
up in Superior, Wisconsin.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): In
October of 1903, in Superior,

Ed Fay masterminded
a daring post

office robbery, absconding
with over $15,000

in stamps and cash.

[clicking]

We're in.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Ed Fay was

clever but not clever enough.

Shortly after the post office
robbery, he was arrested.

FRANCIS SCOLL: He had a
reputation for being very, very

slick and
well-educated and could

get away with almost anything.

And he boasted that there was
no jail that could hold him.

[lock jangling]

We're out.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
No jail did hold him.

With an accomplice, Fay
engineered his escape.

He then vanished.

To this day, nobody
knows where he went.

FRANCIS SCOLL: Well, that was
in 1904, and he was 28 or 29.

In the 1939s and '40s,
he would have been

about in his 60s, early 60s.

My theory is that he may have
decided he needed the money.

He couldn't spend it as it was.

And he may have been known
as Eddie Fay in that area

where he mailed it from.

And the only way to do
was to change his identity

so that no one would ask where
Ed Fay got all that money

and then become somebody else
and also have his bank accounts

all in somebody else's names.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
Was George J. Stein

the notorious gentleman
robber Ed Fay?

Or was he a mild-mannered
haberdashery

salesman named Ralph Barnett?

Regardless of his identity,
any legitimate heirs

could collect over $130,000.

But they would first have
to prove they were related

to Stein and provide a signature
matching Stein's handwriting

that was written during
the period of time

when Stein made
his many deposits.

So far there have
been five applicants

but no successful claims.

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Eight years ago, the mill town
of East Millinocket, Maine,

was safe and secure, the
last place you'd expect

a brutal murder to occur.

Children played
outside with no fear.

It was a peaceful, small town
and a close-knit community

of 2,600 souls.

That sense of
security was shattered

on August the 8th, 1980.

On that day, Joyce McLain,
a spirited and promising

16-year-old, was
brutally murdered

in the woods behind the
high school soccer field.

Her murder has not been
solved, and the town

will never be the same again.

It's just something in
a little town like this

that you don't forget.

It's there all the time.

I mean, here we are
eight years later,

and people in the
community, there's not

a day that goes by that
her name isn't mentioned,

mainly because she was such a
bright, beautiful young girl,

so talented.

She made such a
mark on this town.

The population of East
Millinocket is only 2,600, yet

over 6,000 signatures were
collected on this petition that

was sent to us,
urgently requesting

that we tell Joyce's story.

The town's people
feel that "Unsolved

Mysteries" is their last
chance to find Joyce's killer.

They know that nothing
can bring her back,

but they refuse to accept the
intrusion of senseless violence

into their town and
into their lives.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Joyce McLain

was the kind of teenager
that would make any family

or any hometown proud.

She was born in East
Millinocket in 1963.

And 19 months later, her little
sister, Wendy, came along.

Joyce displayed extraordinary
musical talent at an early age

and later on played in
the school orchestra

and composed music of your own.

Joyce was an honors student,
a cheerleader, and an officer

of the student body.

She was popular and well-loved.

PAM MCLAIN: Joyce's
mind was filled

with thoughts of what kind of
a future she was going to have.

She was heading into
a new step in life.

She was getting her
driver's license.

She was going to
turn 17 years old.

She had a big party planned
at the beach with a big band

and lots of friends and
family was going to be there.

I believe that it was
a growing up time.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER):
On Friday, August 8, 1980,

Joyce went jogging at
7:30 in the evening.

That Friday was the last
time Joyce was seen alive.

BARRY SHUMAN: Joyce
had a route that

took her out around the town
and behind Schenck High School.

And the last time she was seen
is turning the corner going

down to the softball field
and the soccer field,

where she usually
did a number of laps.

We have witnesses
that say this happened

roughly between quarter
of 8:00 and 8:00 o'clock

in the evening.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): Two days

later, Peter Larlee one of the
volunteers searching for Joyce,

found her body in the woods
behind the high school.

PETER LARLEE (VOICEOVER): I saw
Joyce, and she wasn't moving.

Her body looked like
it had been beaten.

Joyce.

PETER LARLEE (VOICEOVER): I
knew that she wasn't alive.

Joyce.

PETER LARLEE (VOICEOVER): I
started screaming her name.

And after that, I turned and
ran home and called the police.

Turned out to be a
big part of my life

that, that's really hurt me.

I never expected
what happened at all.

ROBERT STACK
(VOICEOVER): No one knows

exactly what events led up
to the death of Joyce McLain.

The last time she
was seen, Joyce was

jogging towards a soccer field.

BARRY SHUMAN: That particular
Friday night, there were groups

of kids out there partying.

There was also a
softball tournament

in town, which
brought another 300

to 500 people behind
that field where

she would have been jogging.

And they were playing
softball right

up until dusk that evening.

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ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): The
field was a popular hangout.

And one theory is that local
boys were drinking there.

It is possible that when
they saw Joyce approaching,

they began harassing her.

People close to the case feel
that Joyce might have been led

into the woods against
her will, and that some

of the boys in the group
that tormented Joyce

tied her up intending
to attack her sexually.

Instead, they murdered her.

A second theory is
that Joyce's attackers

might have been day laborers
at the local paper mill.

The mill had just
taken on 300 workers

who were not local residents.

Eight years after
Joyce was murdered,

her case remains unsolved.

Her death was a devastating
blow to her family

and of the town of
East Millinocket.

WENDY MCLAIN: Before she
was murdered, all of us kids

would all go out walking around.

Like 6:00 clock, we were
all out on the street.

And after she was
murdered, it all changed.

The parents were real, where
are you going, what time are you

going to be home.

And people never even locked
the doors around here.

People started locking
up their houses.

And I mean, everybody
was just in a panic.

It was like, it's something
you least expect around here.

Can you imagine
living in a town

where people are aware
that these killers have

never been found.

They may very well be
still walking our streets.

The town is, it's been
like a pressure cooker,

just ready to explode.

ROBERT STACK (VOICEOVER): On
the eight-year anniversary

of Joyce's death, the
town held a candlelight

memorial ceremony.

They want to keep
Joyce's memory alive.

And they want to keep alive
the hope that her murderer will

one day be found.

PAM MCLAIN: I believe that
Joyce's murder is solvable.

And I believe out
there someone has just

the tiniest bit of information.

They may not even know it.

They could come forward,
and it could be solved.

For every mystery,
there is someone

somewhere who knows the truth.

Perhaps that someone
was watching.

Perhaps it's you.

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