58. The Octopus Theory - Danny Casolaro

Listen to this episode from Into The Dark on Spotify. In this episode, Payton delves into the mysterious case of Danny Casolaro, a journalist who was probing a conspiracy theory and was found deceased in his hotel room. Did he get too close to the truth, or was there another factor at play in his demise? Socials, AD DISCOUNTS AND MORE: https://linktr.ee/intothedarkpod Case Sources: The Octopus by Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith Unsolved Mysteries: Original Robert Stack Episodes: Season 5 Episode 21  Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina: Season 3 Episode 17 Unsolved Mysteries - https://unsolved.com/gallery/dan-casolaro/  The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/08/31/what-killed-danny-casolaro/ea110460-d4d0-4052-a84c-3660b6989ebe/  All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/danny-casolaro  Vanity Fair - https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1991/12/the-strange-death-of-danny-casolaro  The Text Message - https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2010/12/02/the-octopus/  The FBI - https://vault.fbi.gov/daniel-joseph-casolaro/daniel-joseph-casolaro-part-01/view  The Department of Justice - https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/Pre_96/September94/555.txt.html  The Centers for Disease Control - https://www.cdc.gov/prions/bse/about.html The US Food and Drug Administration - https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/all-about-bse-mad-cow-disease  The College at the University of Chicago - https://varewir.uchicago.edu/writers/rosenbaum.shtml American Forensics - https://usaforensics.com/faqs/ PBS - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/post-mortem/things-to-know/autopsy-101.html  Hopkins Medical - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/multiple-sclerosis-ms   Mayo Clinic - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/multiple-sclerosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20350269  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices