Unexplained Deaths and Disappearances: The Indiana Dunes Disappearances (Season 3)

What happened to Patricia Blough and Renee Bruhl, and Ann Miller?

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Resources:

• YouTube: “How Did 3 Friends Disappear Without a Trace? The Indiana Dunes Cold Case” - uploaded by Crime Junkie - March 21st, 2025
• Websleuths website - ‘IN - Renee Bruhl, Patricia Blough & Ann Miller, Indiana Dunes SP, 2 July 1966’ - by Richard - July 4th, 2005 - https://websleuths.com/threads/in-renee-bruhl-patricia-blough-ann-miller-indiana-dunes-sp-2-july-1966.25728/
• NBC News - "What happened to three young sunbathers who disappeared at Indiana Dunes State Park 57 years ago?” - by Kyani Reid - February 2nd, 2023 - https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/happened-three-young-sunbathers-disappeared-indiana-dunes-state-park-5-rcna69110
• American Hauntings Ink - “YOUNG WOMEN LOST: THE INDIANA DUNES DISAPPEARANCE OF 1966” - https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/young-women-lost
• Readers Digest - “15 Mysterious Disappearances That No One Can Explain” - by Lauren Cahn - September 22nd, 2025 - https://www.rd.com/list/mysterious-disappearances-no-one-can-explain/
• newspapers.com
• The Times article - “Vanished from the Dunes” - By Susan Erler - August 3rd, 2009 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/304613036/?match=1&terms=Indiana%20Dunes%20Disappearance
• The Call-Leader article - “Mystery of Women Missing from Indiana Dunes Deepens” - July 7th, 1966 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/87891818/?match=1&terms=Indiana%20Dunes%20Disappearance
• The Kokomo Morning Times - “Debris of wrecked boat found” - July 7th, 1966 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/32529538/?match=1&terms=Indiana%20Dunes%20Disappearance
• NPS history website - ‘NPS Morning Reports/Coalition Reports from 1989-2025’ - https://npshistory.com/morningreport/incidents/indu.htm
• The Chicago Tribune - ‘Found Near Where The Girls Disappeared: Boat Wreckage Close to Dunes’ - July 7th, 1966 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/371951286/?terms=Indiana%20Dunes%20Disappearance
• The Doe Network - 662DFIN - Patricia Blough - https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=662dfin
• The Doe Network - 656DFIN - Ann Miller - https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=656DFIN
• The Doe Network - 384DFIN - Renee Bruhl - https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=384DFIN
• Medium - ‘What is the Likeliest Solution to the Indiana Dunes Mystery?’ - by William Keckler - November 11th, 2018 - https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/what-is-the-likeliest-solution-to-the-indiana-dunes-mystery-45492c60ec42
• Chicago Tribune article - “WITHOUT A TRACE’ - by Chicago Tribune - June 21st, 1987 - https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/06/21/without-a-trace-3/
• NBC News - “Boy, 6, swallowed by sand dune expected to recover, doctors say” - by Daniel Arkin and Andrew Rafferty - July 15th, 2013 - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-6-swallowed-sand-dune-expected-recover-doctors-say-flna6c10633599
• Palatine Historical Society website - ‘Farms’ - https://palatinehistoricalsociety.com/history/farms/
• Chicago Tribune - ‘OFFICIALS PIN MORE TERROR ON ‘THE HORSE SYNDICATE’ - by STAFF REPORTS - March 23rd, 1995 - https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/03/23/officials-pin-more-terror-on-the-horse-syndicate/
• Documents to the People website - ‘Investigating a Serial Killer: The Development of the FBI’s Role Told Through Public Documents’ - by Kaylee Osowski 0 November 2018 - https://journals.ala.org/index.php/dttp/article/view/6892/
• Wikipedia - ‘Richard Speck’ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Speck