Episode 77: A High Schooler, A Stripper & A Suspicious Mom (Case of Franklin Floyd)
Sharon - the high school student with straight A’s. She seemed perfect - but her best friend noticed a few strange things. Why does a 14 year old have a closet full of lingerie and provocative clothes?
Tonya - the mom who took a job as a dancer at a club. She was found dead on the side of the road. But why is her husband acting so strange?
Sandra - the mom who’s baby was kidnapped. But why are there rumors that Sandra sold her child?
And how do these three individual stories collide into one big devious mess?
Full Source Notes Here: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book - “A Beautiful Child: A True Story of Hope, Horror, and an Enduring Human Spirit” - by Matt Birkbeck
Book - “Finding Sharon” - by Matt Birkbeck
Show - “Motives & Murders Cracking the Case” - by ID
Season 4 Episode 1 “Identifying Remains”
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/cold-case-investigation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Floyd
^why is he listed as a child actor?
https://www.oklahoman.com/article/5491091/after-20-years-of-lies-kidnapper-admits-killing-oklahoma-boy
https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2498278/judge-finds-floyd-guilty-in-kidnapping-officials-still-search-for-child?_ga=2.41485218.1289536424.1625073862-1450929107.1625073849
^They have a ton of great articles on this case some dating as far back to the 90’s and they’re all linked at the bottom of the articles so I didn’t want to bomb you with all the links!
http://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/floyd-franklin-delano.htm
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Hughes
DISCLAIMER: Some links are listed in the source material but the material may never be discussed in the podcast (I just wanted to list them because they gave me a deeper picture of the case in full). If there are un-verifiable sources (ie Reddit) - they are typically referred to as un-verified sources, opinions, and or theories in the podcast and not treated as fact.