Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge "The Mud Shark Incident" sex tape

Red Snapper Photo by Geeklikepi (not the one used)

On July 28, 1969, what exactly happened at The Edgewater hotel room in Seattle, Washington has been disputed. Factors that remain in the tale were that of a fish, a red-headed groupie, member or members, and road managers of Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge were involved. It would be called the Mud Shark Incident or Shark Episode and there was possibly a sex tape recorded.  There's no denying that this event had happened, but some of the details seem to change or be wrong with each retelling. 

The hotel was on Puget Sound and guests were able to fish right out of the windows of their room. While Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge were staying some of the members had done the same. Led Zeppelin's drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham and road manager, Richard Cole, had done this. When catching them they would put hangers through the gills and hang them in the closet. 

According to Richard Cole, this is what exactly happened.

"It wasn't Bonzo, it was me. It wasn't shark parts anyway - it was the nose that got put in. We caught a lot of big sharks, at least two dozen, stuck coat hangers through the gills and left 'em in the closet... But the true shark story was that it wasn't even a shark. It was a red snapper and the chick happened to be a fucking redheaded broad with a ginger pussy. And that is the truth. Bonzo was in the room, but I did it. The keyboardist to Vanilla Fudge, Mark Stein, filmed the whole thing. And she loved it. It was like, "You'd like a bit of fucking, eh? Let's see how your red snapper likes this red snapper!" That was it. It was the nose of the fish, and that girl must have cum 20 times. But it was nothing malicious or harmful, no way! No one was ever hurt."

The supposed sex tape has never been revealed it's unknown if it still exists to this day. 

SOURCES:

Lost Media Wiki

Snopes

Rollingstone

Murder of Herbert McWright

On May 25, 1968, 57-year-old Herbert McWright was at his neighbor's house on Ohio Ave in Wichita, Kansas. The neighbor would leave her home around 10:30 pm to run and get gas. She would return home within a few minutes. She would find Herbert in his car swerving on 10th st. She knew this was strange and honked her horn at him. This would cause him to pull over for him.

He had been shot and told her that he was looking for her. That she needed to call the police. She opened the door and this would cause him to fall out of the car and would soon die before help could come. It was found that he had been shot in the hip. 

Herbert was a former Kansas City Police Officer. 

SOURCES: 

Witchita Police

Uncovered

The Witchita Eagle May 26, 1968

Witchita Beacon May 27, 1968

Disappearance of Winnefred Jeanette Freeman

On May 8, 1968, 20-year-old Winnefred Freeman was last seen getting into her 1964 blue and white Chevrolet with a heavyset middle-aged man in Portland, Oregon. Her car would be found abandoned four days later in Portland.

Winnefred is a black female and was 20 years old at the time. She's 5'4" and 115 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:
NamUs

April 13, 1989 New York, New York John Doe

On April 13, 1989, the Synagogue on 12 Eldridge St in New York City, New York was undergoing renovations. A worker was shoveling a pile of coal ash in the basement when a skull would be found. Police were called and the rest of the skeletal remains of a teenage boy were found. It's believed that the remains may have been there for a long time. There was a bottle from the 1930s was found in the same area. It's not clear how it may be forensically significant to this case. Also, the building did not have a coal burner for the last 50 years. So it's believed the young man had died between 1930 to 1960. 

John Doe was a black male between 14 to 17 years old. He was around 5'2".

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Daily News April 14, 1989

Daily News April 15, 1989

Murder of Joyce Neill

At about 2:30 or 3 p.m On April 10, 1969, 17-year-old Joyce Neill was dropped off at City Park, Colorado near the lake. It would not be for 3 days till anyone knew what had happened to Joyce. 

On April 13th a family picnicking 3 miles up from the Golden Gate Park Road from the turnoff to Crawford Gulch. They would find her body down an embankment from the road. She had been stabbed in the chest with a sharp object likely a long knife. 

Joyce had moved to Denver from Arizona. She was working as a nurse's aide at Mercy Hospital and was living in a home with several roommates in Denver. It was stated that she was associating with motorcycle gangs that were possibly the Husky Hustlers or Iron Horseman.

SOURCES:

Jefferson County, Colorado

Uncovered

Fort Collins Coloradoan April 14, 1969

Suspicious Death of Henry Hults

At about 6:30 am on March 22, 1963, 62-year-old Henry Hults was found dead in his backyard about 15 feet from his house in Oxford Junction, Iowa. He had been badly burned and there were several patches of burned ground near him. It's possible this was from him trying to stop the flames. The fire had caused his death. 

It's not stated why they think it is a murder and not an accident. That is why I titled it a suspicious death. 

SOURCES:
Iowa Cold Cases
Find a Grave

March 16, 1968 Accokeek, Maryland John Doe

On March 16, 1968, skeletal remains of a man were found in a wooded area of nature reserve near the Piscataway National Park and the Potomac River in Accokeek, Maryland. The man could not have died before 1966 due to money found with his remains from 1966. The area they were found is now a housing development.

John Doe was a white male between 30 to 50 years old. He's 5'3" and 150 lbs. He has old fractures of the nose, upper jaw, left clavicle, left ribs, one of the hands, and arthritic shoulders. He was wearing a long sleeve knit v-neck shirt with a pattern of longitudinal lines, a pair of blue trousers, a white t-shirt, a black leather belt, light-colored socks, and a pair of green with print undershorts.

He had items with him three red dice with white dots, have word "Wet" imprinted on them, three keys one with "G.M.",a fingernail knife or pen knife with "Machinists Inc." with photograph of a lathe and a phone number of #Li7-6220 (547-6220), a Ronson cigarette lighter with gold-colored top and black body some money fragments of three 5-dollar bills, two 1-dollar bills, five quarters with "1965," one dime with "1965," one nickel with "1964," three pennies with three different dates: "1966," "1952-D," and "1957-D.

SOURCES:

NamUs

February 26, 1969 Monroe County, Florida Jane Doe

Photo of the crime scene

On  February 26, 1969, the chard remains of a woman were found in the Everglades about 10 miles northwest of Monroe station in Monroe County, Florida. The woman had been bound with metal coat hangers, and placed in a wood trunk. Her killers then covered the trunk with gasoline and burned it with her inside. It's not stated how she died, but she had died within the last few days. Her body had been badly burned and unrecognizable. 

Jane Doe was a woman between 25 to 50 years old. She was 5'0" to 5'5". She may have had black hair. She was wearing a yellow bra. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

The Miami-Herald Feb 26, 1969

The Tampa Tribune March 1, 1969

February 1, 1992 Grand Rapids, Michigan Doe

February 1, 1992, partial skeletal remains were found in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This person died between 1940 to 1992.

SOURCES:
NamUs

January 4, 1961Desert Foothills, California Jane Doe

On January 4, 1961, the skeletal remains of a woman were found by a road in Desert Foothills, California by a hunter. She had been dead for around 15 months. 

Jane Doe is a white female between 35 to 55-years-old. She had red/greyish/blond hair. He had Bony growths on all vertebrae and some phalanges. She had well-manicured nails. She was wearing a white cotton dress with a lavender floral print, a beige cotton sweater, a white nylon slip, possibly wearing snuggie underwear, and size 5 blue wedge shoes.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Webslueths

December 31, 1969 Aguila, Arizona Jane Doe

The skeletal remains of a young woman were found 11 miles south of Aguila, Arizona in a dry wash area near Eagle Eye Rd.

Jane Doe was a white female between 17 to 23-years-old.  She was between 5'0" to 5'5". She was wearing a dark gray /green miniskirt, a white blouse with blue, green, and yellow floral designs, and white underwear.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Robert Spohn

On November,14,1969 the sister of 69-year-old Robert Spohn would come to their home in Columbus, Ohio. When she was trying to get her car in their garage this is when she would find his body. He had been severely beaten with a heavy object. He had several puncture wounds around his left eye and forehead. Blood was found on the front seat of the car, on the trunk, and throughout the garage. His wallet was missing.

SOURCES:

Uncovered

Ohio Attorney General

The Times Recorder November 16, 1969

Ghost: Specter of Newby Church

In 1963 Reverend Kenneth F. Lord would be taking pictures of the Church of Christ the Consoler on the grounds of Newby Hall in North Yorkshire, England. When the pictures were processed a strange figure would show up standing next to the altar.

The being was semi-transparent and was standing on the first step to the altar. It still towered over it however as it stood 9ft high. The figure was wearing a black robe that covered where its feet supposedly were and the hood was over the head. The hands are unseen and the face is covered in a white sheet with two depressions where the eyes are. The figure seems to look right at the camera. It's believed that this figure could have been a 16th-century monk wearing a white shroud over the face to mask leprosy or disfigurement.

Reverend Lord was confused by this figure as the church had no history of the paranormal. It was said the he was not the type of man who would pull a hoax at the time. 

Reverend Lord would then release the photo. It's believed that the photo was a hoax or possible double exposure. It's said that professionals at the time looked over the photograph and came to the conclusion that it wasn't so.

So was this a hoax or is there a harmless Specter at Newby Church?

SOURCES:

Burials and Beyond

Wikipedia

Ghosts Wiki

Urban Legendpedia

Murder of Rosetta Witt

On October 2, 1961, 74-year-old Rosetta Witt was in her small grocery store that was attached to her house on 5050 Carr St. in Arvada, Colorado. At about 10:44 am Rosetta was found dead in the grocery store. Money was also missing from the register. 

A man was last seen in the store. The man is a white male between 30 to 35-years-old old. He was between 5'8" and 5'10" and around 165 to 175 lbs. He has dark hair and was sporting it in a pompadour style. He appeared to have needed a shave. He was wearing a windbreaker-style jacket, dark pants, and brown, heavy work boots. He would leave in a two-tone blue or blueish green 1950 to 1954 Oldsmobile-like car. There was a white woman in her late 20s in the car. She had short dark hair.

On October 2, 1961, 74-year-old Rosetta Witt was shot in her small grocery store attached to her home at 5050 Carr St. at about 10:44 a.m. Money was missing from the cash register. Shortly before the shooting, a white male (depicted in the composite drawing), about 30 to 35 years of age was seen in the store.
The man, described as being between 5 foot 8 to 5 foot 10 inches tall and 165 to 175 pounds, had dark hair in a pompadour style and appeared to need a shave. He was wearing a windbreaker-style jacket, dark pants and brown, heavy work boots. The man got into a two-tone blue or bluish-green 1950 to '54 Oldsmobile-type car. A white female about 25 to 30 with short dark hair was in the car.

SOURCES:

Jefferson County

Colorado Bureau of Investigation

September 10, 1966 Onondaga Township, Ontario John Doe

On September 10, 1966, the body of a man was recovered from the Grand River in Onondaga Township, Ontario, Canada. He may have died in late August or early September. He had eaten a large meal of corn shortly before death.

John Doe was a white male between 40 to 60-years-old. He's 5'9" and around 170lbs. He has dark hair with frontal balding. Many of his teeth were missing, but there was evidence of dental work, He has an old 2" appendectomy scar running obliquely on his right abdomen.

SOURCES:

Canada Missing

August 30, 2013 La Paz County, Arizona Doe

On August 30, 2013, on the banks of a river near Ehrenberg, Arizona a mandible was found. Gender could not be determined, but it's believed that they were between 18 to 55-years-old, and died between 1905 to 2005.


SOURCES:
NamUs

August 28, 1963 Indio, California Baby Boy Doe

On August 28, 1963, the burned remains of a newborn were found in Indio, California. The infant had evidence of charing, but the infant died from a head injury. The placenta and gas can were found at the scene. They likely died the day before.

John Doe was a white or Hispanic male. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of James E. Smith

At 2 a.m. on August 15, 1961, 31-year-old James Smith went to work at the Hi Joy Bowling Alley in Port Orchard, Washington. James was working as a custodian for the bowling alley at the time. At 8 a.m. other staff of the bowling alley arrived and found James lying on the floor near the register counter. He had been assaulted and then struck in the head multiple times with a hatchet or axe.

A back window of the business was broken. Nothing was stolen, but it's believed that James may have interrupted a robbery and struggled with the intruder.

SOURCES
Port Orchard

Kitsap Sun

Uncovered

Longview Daily News August 16, 1961

Murder of Bruno Désilet

Photo of the crime scene

On July 10, 1963, Bruno Désilet was last seen walking along the roadside of rang du Petit Saint Esprit in Nicolet, Quebec, Canada. His wife would report him missing on the 18th. Two days later on July 20th, two fishermen would find his body near rivière Nicolet. It was found that he had been murdered.

SOURCES:

Government of Quebec 

Disappearance of Jill Lynn Rosenthal

On July 2, 1965, 21-month-old Jack Rosenthal was found abandoned outside McCrory's Variety Store on Broad Street in Atlantic City, New Jersey. At the time it was believed he was Paul Fronczak and who was kidnapped from a Chicago, Illinois hospital after birth. Jack would be raised as Paul, but he had doubts about being him. In 2015 he decided to take a DNA test and found that in fact he was not actually Paul but was born as Jack Rosenthal and he had a twin sister. In 2019 Paul was found and identified as Kevin Baty, but he died a year later.

However, no one had realized that the twins had disappeared. Neither was reported missing and seeing as Paul (Jack) was abandoned it was possible that Jill was also abandoned somewhere. There is evidence that Jill existed for example her birth certificate and people remembering the twins. Their parents had passed by the time this information was revealed.

Jill is a white female. She was 1'2" and 17 lbs at the time.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Doe Network
Uncovered
Paul Foundling