Episode 277: The Chilling Case of The Yuba County Five

On February 24, 1978, 5 young men from Yuba County, California attended a college basketball game at Chico State, which is a CSU campus in Chico, Ca. The game was about 50 miles away from their hometowns. The 5 men were: 29 year old Bill Sterling, 24 year old Jack Huett, 32 year old Ted Weiher , 30 year old Jack Madruga, and 25 year old Gary Mathias. By the next morning, their families realized their sons had not returned home that night. They have never been seen alive again. There are so many theories and unanswered questions in this case that we could discuss it for days, weeks, years... what do YOU think happened to the Yuba County 5?

Sources for this episode:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/07/06/5-boys-who-never-come-back/f8b30b11-baeb-4351-89f3-26456a76a4fb/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/13126392/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/13126398/

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226544615.html

https://www.historicmysteries.com/yuba-county-five/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/yuba-county-five

https://curioushistorian.com/inside-the-chilling-disappearance-of-the-yuba-county-five-copy/23

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee/48047374/

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/the-yuba-county-5-revisited/

https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1513681?page=1#sr-170496384