Black Springs. Darkness Lives Here.Welcome to the new horror podcast on Underdog. At first glance, Black Springs, looks like any other suburban town in Florida. Built on a swamp with a checkered past, it's the city most people would pass b

Bonus: The Making Of - Part Three

Nov 2nd, 2020 14m 43s

One of the suspects in Heidi Allen's 1994 kidnapping was arrested after attacking his long time ex-girlfriend. Roger Breckenridge has a history of violence towards women, and is now facing menacing, harassment, Criminal trespass, attempted crim

Bonus: The Making Of - Part Two

Oct 19th, 2020 24m 15s

I was sitting at the dinner table with my family when my phone buzzed. It was a text message with a picture of a facebook post by Heidi Allen's sister, Lisa Buske. I saw my name in the first line, I immediately thought she must not have been ha

Bonus: The Making Of - Part One

Oct 12th, 2020 29m 46s

In this special episode of Peebles for the People I take you behind the scenes to give you a look at the story telling process. In this episode you'll hear never before heard audio of phone calls I made to help better tell Heidi's story. I have

Episode 15: Gary The Innocent

Oct 5th, 2020 1h 8m

This is the final episode of the first season of Peebles for the People. Gary Thibodeau's case was heard by the New York State Court of Appeals. His fight for innocence came to an end in August of 2018. Towards the end of the more than 20 years

Episode 14: The Decision

Sep 28th, 2020 56m 11s

Gary Thibodeau's defense team fought tooth and nail to get his 1995 conviction overturned. Lisa Peebles dredged up details of Michael Bohrer's horrific criminal history, yet prosecutors and Judge King saw no significance in Bohrer kidnapping an

Episode 13: A Gentleman With A Concern

Sep 21st, 2020 52m 5s

As more information about Heidi Allen's kidnapping came to the surface, a plausible theory about what happened to her started to develop. Could it have been the Thibodeau brothers who kidnapped and killed Heidi for no reason? Or was Heidi targe

Episode 12: The Other Van

Sep 14th, 2020 47m 2s

In this episode of Peebles for the People: Michael Bohrer was the last of the three new suspects to testify at the evidentiary hearing. During his testimony, Bohrer had an emotional breakdown after being asked about Heidi Allen. Gary Thibodeau'

Episode 11: I Am Not A Snitch

Sep 7th, 2020 45m 24s

Oswego County District Attorney, Greg Oakes, withheld evidence from Gary Thibodeau's defense team until the eve of the hearing. Oakes admits he should have turned evidence over sooner. His reason for the late disclosure of Brady material was he

Episode 10: The Dump

Aug 31st, 2020 49m 38s

In January of 2015, Gary Thibodeau and his defense team were ready to fight for the truth in a hearing to determine whether or not his 1995 conviction should be overturned. But even before the hearing began it was clear that the deck was stacke

Episode 9: The Cover Up

Aug 24th, 2020 47m 2s

Though police denied it for years, it turned out that Heidi Allen was in fact a confidential drug informant. Then the sheriff's office claimed that even though she was signed up as an undercover agent, she was never provided them with any infor

Episode 8: The Cabin In The Woods

Aug 17th, 2020 45m 43s

Tonya Priest came forward and told police that James Steen confessed to her that he and others killed Heidi, and dismembered her body at a cabin in the woods. Police concluded their investigation by saying that Priest was not credible and that

Episode 7: Thumper

Aug 10th, 2020 47m 4s

Two people now told sheriff's investigators that James "Thumper" Steen bragged about disposing of Heidi Allen's body at a cabin in the woods. In 2010 Steen executed his estranged wife and boyfriend with a shotgun in Pulaski, New York. This horr

Episode 6: The Call

Aug 3rd, 2020 45m 52s

Nearly 20 years after the kidnapping, a witness said she knew where Heidi was taken after disappearing from the D&W Convenience store. This was the first time anyone has ever said publicly they knew where Heidi was taken after being abducte

Episode 5: Investigator A

Jul 27th, 2020 49m 9s

Gary Thibodeau was convicted of kidnapping Heidi Allen and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. As Thibodeau sat behind bars and days turned into months, and months turned into years, rumblings, around the small New Haven community in Osweg

Episode 4: The Recantation

Jul 20th, 2020 43m 42s

A verdict that Gary Thibodeau's defense team said it could see coming, but a recantation by a key witness raised more questions about the integrity of the investigation. According to multiple statements from a teenage witness, she was pressured

Episode 3: The Trial

Jul 13th, 2020 44m 59s

As Gary Thibodeau awaited trial for the kidnapping and presumed murder of Heidi Allen, rumors about what really happened to Heidi began to surface. In February of 1995 the FBI questioned a man who ran up and down Green Road, in Mexico, New York

Episode 2: Arresting The Alibi

Jul 6th, 2020 43m 15s

As Gary Thibodeau awaited his trial prosecutors tried to disprove his alibi, and even though police were getting no closer to finding Heidi it seemed like the only thing that mattered was that someone be punished for her kidnapping. There was s

Episode 1: The Clerk

Jul 6th, 2020 40m 56s

On April 3rd 1994, in the small upstate NY town of New Haven. An 18-year-old girl by the name of Heidi Allen was kidnapped from the convenience store she worked at. It's been over 25 years since Allen's disappearance and there is still no trace