Missing: Brooke Wilberger & The Wedding Gift Bomb: Curry and Elsie Thomas

About this episode

This episode explores the disappearance of Brooke Wilberger and the wedding gift bomb murder case of Curry and Elsie Thomas.

This episode delves into the mysterious Pacific Northwest disappearance of Brooke Wilberger, gone in a flash. There was an extensive search and investigation efforts, and the unfolding of the case with new leads and suspects. It highlights how investigators catch her killer and the discovery of Brooke Wilberger's remains. In the second case, Erin discusses the details of the 1936 wedding gift bomb murder case. Curry and Elsie Thomas were just married and picking up what they thought was a wedding gift from the post office only to have it explode in their car. This becomes a federal case and left investigators to quite literally pick up the pieces to solve it.

People in this episode

Host: Erin

Topics covered

• disappearance
• murder investigation
• wedding gift bomb
• federal case
• Pacific Northwest
• crime history

Keywords

• Brooke Wilberger
• Curry Thomas
• Elsie Thomas
• wedding gift bomb
• murder investigation
• Pacific Northwest
• crime
• disappearance
• 1936

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Pacific Northwest

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