The Mason Jar That Cracked Open Two Dead Men and a Secret

Unexplained Mysteries · Jul 23, 2026 · 19m

The Mason Jar That Cracked Open Two Dead Men and a SecretA mason jar left in a crawl space for fourteen months held $4,300 in cash and a spiral notebook labeled PROOF that recorded sixteen cash entries totaling roughly $9,000 tied to the initials D.F.; what secret did Raymond Schmidt keep that someone killed him for, and why was the money hidden beneath his house? The jar’s discovery will reveal a timeline of withdrawals, a ledger, and a patience that kept violence silent for over a year-so who was being leveraged, and by whom?In this episode, we follow how a lineman’s flashlight and an…