The Buddy System // 141

This episode is available early and ad-free on Invisible Choir + through Apple Podcasts and Patreon, and is scheduled for free/regular release on Sunday, March 30th, 2025.

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On a frigid January morning in 2021, Tina Goad—a devoted Ohio mother of three—never arrives at her sister’s house to pick up her son for school. Concerned, her family wastes no time reporting her missing. As detectives begin their search, they uncover a chilling connection between Tina’s disappearance and a call from a distraught father whose son has just confessed to an unimaginable crime... 

Written by John Garland Wells, Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway.

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Written/Audio Sources: 

1. FOIA Request: Crime Scene Photos (GRAPHIC)

2. FOIA Request: Amanda Kencsan Interview.mp3

3. FOIA Request: Leslie Johnson Interview.mp3

4. FOIA Request: Robert Stroup Interview.mp3

5. Ashland man gets life term in prison for 'senseless' killing of Tina Goad in 2021

6. Ashland's Ryan Stroup pleads guilty to killing Shelby's Tina Goad

7. Ashland man accused of killing woman, leaving body in woods could face death penalty

8. ‘We knew something was wrong’: Family of mother of three whose body was found in Ashland wants answers

9. Police chief: Man told family member he killed a woman he met in an Ashland bar

10. Fundraiser by Trisha Kareff : My sister Tina Goad was taken from us

11. 'He killed her out in the country': Mansfield woman's body found in Ashland

12. Suspect charged in murder of woman found in Ashland County

13. Grand Jury indicts man who allegedly admitted to killing Mansfield woman he picked up at bar

14. Tina Louise Goad, age 41

15. Tina Louise Goad Obituary - Mansfield, OH

16. Ryan Stroup, Tina Goad, homicide, case, Ashland, murder

17. Stroup indicted for murder; death penalty a possibility

18. 🔵When An Emotionless Killer Realizes He’s Been Caught

19. Man who met woman in Ashland bar charged with her murder

20. Woman's body found in wooded area in Ashland County

21. https://www.whitepages.com/name/Ryan-Stroup/Ashland-OH?fs=1&searchedName=Ryan%20Stroup&searchedLocation=Ashland%2C%20OH

22. https://warcog.com/

23. Man held on $5 million bond for death of Mansfield woman found in wooded area in Ashland County

24. The Wagon Wheel

25. FOIA Request: Wagon Wheel Surveillance Videos

26. FOIA Request: Full Incident Report.pdf

Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “Twostop” by Lotus

• Closing Track: “Tarnishing Memories” by Charles Holme; “Death Whistle OUTRO” by Michael Ojibway

Music & Sound Effect Sources

All music and sound effects used with express permission under unlimited blanket license authority from Epidemic Sound ® and SoundStripe ®.  Individual sources are available via request at info@invisiblechoir.com