Martin Family

A steamship in locks at Cascade Locks

The spot in The Dalles where tire tracks were found

Attempt to pull the Martin car out of the Columbia River

Georgia:

The Martin Family disappearance

Episode sources:

1. “A reporter was haunted by a Portland family’s 1958 disappearance. Her daughter saw the mystery to its end” by Fedor Zarkhin (The Oregonian) 2025

2. “An Oregon Family Vanished in 1958. Their Car May Have Been Found in a River.” By Simon J. Levien (The New York Times) 2025

3. “In 1958, The Martin Family Suddenly Vanished — And Oregon Police Still Don’t Know What Exactly Happened” by Genevieve Carlton, Edited by John Kuroski (All That’s Interesting) 2026

4. “Diver says human remains found in car connected to 1958 Portland cold case” by Spencer Schacht (KPTV) 2025

5. “Special documentary 50 years after Martin family’s disappearance” (KOIN 6) 2018

6. “Friends Rate Missing Ken Martin as Top-Flight Santa in Candy Lane” (The Oregonian) 1958

7. “Cold waters of the Columbia cradle secrets closely” by Ann Sullivan (The Oregonian) 1986

8. “After Martin family disappeared, theories obsessed police, journalists” by Fedor Zarkhin (The Oregonian) 2025

Karen:

The Grant High School bandits

Episode sources:

1. “Most Likely to Succeed” by John Cloud (Time Magazine) 1999

2. “The Boys Next Door” by Maureen O’Hagen (Willamette Week) 1998

3. “Runner’s High” by Julian Balsey (Grant Magazine) 2023

4. “Star Student Comes Home to Robbery Charges” (The New York Times) 1998

5. “Teen robbery suspect arrested at Las Vegas hotel” (Las Vegas Sun) 1998

6. “Tom Curtis -- student body president and armed robber -- freed from prison” by Michelle Cole (The Oregonian) 2009

7. “A Kids Book About Incarceration” by Ethan Thrower

8. “Teen Felon Nabbed in Vegas” (CBS News) 1998

9. “Earlier stories about Tom Curtis and his string of robberies” by Jerry Casey (Oregonian) 2009

Grant High School

Tom, left, and Ethan, right

(Willamette Week Archives)

Map of all the businesses Tom and Ethan robbed, with a Grant High School locator (with the white background) at center-right