Case 279: Zebb Quinn
In early January 2000, residents of Asheville, North Carolina were told to be on the lookout for 18-year-old Zebb Quinn after he failed to return home after finishing his shift at Wal-Mart. A co-worker of Zebb’s, Robert Jason Owens, claimed that Zebb had sped off after receiving a mysterious message on his pager.
Two weeks later, an unexpected breakthrough in the case presents some bizarre clues. But as twist after twist emerges, the prevailing question remains - did Zebb Quinn leave of his own accord, or was he the victim of foul play?
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Elsha McGill - research, writing
Milly Raso - creative direction
Mike Migas - production, music
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - music
Comments (13)
I keep wondering about Jason’s wife.. was she oblivious to it all? Does she fit the description of the woman seen driving Zeb’s car? That’s just the peak of the iceberg re: the investigation
I didn't hear most of this podcast because Host had to stop to explain what a pager was and what it did and I crumbled away into dust like a 3000 year old mummy
Awh that makes me so happy knowing the puppy at least got to live a good life
3 people have been murdered and your happy about a puppy that has managed to stay alive ?
I remember learning of this case on Disappeared and never knew there was a resolution to it. Great choice for an episode! And just a shout out to Mike and his always excellent music!
Never heard of this one before. Tremendously sad loss of life, Zebb. Side note, my heart broke when describing Zebbs dog wimpering for him at his chair.
So well written and executed as usual! Thank you for the detail about what happened to the puppy. I was thinking I was going to have a sleepless night wondering about it.
I'm not even 10 minutes in, but hearing things like pagers and *69 being explained as old technology
i thought i knew this case and turns out i didn't know the HALF, well done as always
The puppy detail is bewildering
Absolutely compelling.
Good to see a male victim featured. Given that 80% of murder victims in the US are male, and 70% in Australia and England, I have to wonder why only about 30% of cases here feature male victims. Does that speak to the biases of the listeners or of the presenters?
I would imagine it's a mix of most crimes being drug and/or gang related and therefore not falling as easily into the arena of the true crime genre, and the factor of the audience (meaning a general true crime audience) for whatever reason being less interested in those crimes than they are in something that's more of a mystery. That said Casefile makes everything interesting!