Melissa Jeltsin

It's the early days of COVID, April 2020. A woman in a small town in Oklahoma makes a strange post to Facebook and then disappears.

It's the early days of COVID, April 2020. A woman in a small town in Oklahoma makes a strange post to Facebook and then disappears.

Pretty quickly, a ragtag group of women on the internet start their own investigation.

Pretty quickly, a ragtag group of women on the internet start their own investigation.

But the world they uncover is beyond their wildest imagination.

But the world they uncover is beyond their wildest imagination.

Listen to What Happened to Talena Zarr on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to What Happened to Talena Zarr on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

It's May 11th, 2020, and Detective Joel Weber is at Talena and Corey's house once more. This time, he's there to use a chemical called Blue Star Forensic Spray in the garage. This spray causes blood to glow blue. I'm sure you've seen it on TV shows. Corey shows the officers into the garage and tells them that her dogs had recently peed on the concrete.

It's May 11th, 2020, and Detective Joel Weber is at Talena and Corey's house once more. This time, he's there to use a chemical called Blue Star Forensic Spray in the garage. This spray causes blood to glow blue. I'm sure you've seen it on TV shows. Corey shows the officers into the garage and tells them that her dogs had recently peed on the concrete.

She'd attempted to clean it up using a combination of chemicals she had around the house, bleach, Pine Sol, lime powder, and kitty litter, the latter of which is sprinkled around the garage floor, still visible to officers. They get to spraying and the results are instantaneous. The floor glows.

She'd attempted to clean it up using a combination of chemicals she had around the house, bleach, Pine Sol, lime powder, and kitty litter, the latter of which is sprinkled around the garage floor, still visible to officers. They get to spraying and the results are instantaneous. The floor glows.

There's a large area in the center of the garage, maybe two feet, in the same place where some of the kitty litter is. The visual is striking, but officers know it's not conclusive of anything. Bleach is also known to make Bluestar react. So for now, the officers take photos and samples of the floor to be tested for DNA.

There's a large area in the center of the garage, maybe two feet, in the same place where some of the kitty litter is. The visual is striking, but officers know it's not conclusive of anything. Bleach is also known to make Bluestar react. So for now, the officers take photos and samples of the floor to be tested for DNA.

A week later, Corey goes to the sheriff's office for her scheduled polygraph appointment. She's volunteered for a lie detector test in an effort to help police rule her out as a suspect.

A week later, Corey goes to the sheriff's office for her scheduled polygraph appointment. She's volunteered for a lie detector test in an effort to help police rule her out as a suspect.

The polygraph is being administered by Scott Miller, who works for the Department of Public Safety. This is a recreation of some of their interview.

The polygraph is being administered by Scott Miller, who works for the Department of Public Safety. This is a recreation of some of their interview.

Miller attaches the instrument to her body. There's a cuff on her arm to watch the dips and rises in her blood pressure, two electrodes on her fingers to measure her pulse and sweat production, and two tubes wrapped around her chest to track changes in breathing. Miller explains he's going to ask her a series of questions multiple times.

Miller attaches the instrument to her body. There's a cuff on her arm to watch the dips and rises in her blood pressure, two electrodes on her fingers to measure her pulse and sweat production, and two tubes wrapped around her chest to track changes in breathing. Miller explains he's going to ask her a series of questions multiple times.