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Michael Richardson

Father of Mitrice Richardson, whose 2009 disappearance and death in Malibu Canyon was investigated in the Pushkin podcast Lost Hills: Dark Canyon; a longtime advocate for accountability in his daughter's case.

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PODCASTS

Oct 1, 2026

12. Dig Two Graves

Oct 1 · 44m

Dana GoodyearHOST

5:09

He's never opened it.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

5:11

Uh, it, it's in a Ziploc bag, and, um, something just told me never get rid of it, and I couldn't do it if I wanted to, you know? So I just always felt like someday, somehow, we gonna need them.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

5:24

We gonna need them.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

5:25

And so I kept them in a plastic Ziploc bag and, uh, we'll see.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

5:32

[laughs] Yeah.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

5:33

So let me know when you're ready.

33 MINS LATER

Dana GoodyearHOST

38:41

Michael no longer wants revenge.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

38:44

The universe will handle it.

Sep 30 · 43m

Dana GoodyearHOST

7:11

This is Mitrice's dad.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

7:13

My name is Michael L. Richardson.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

7:15

I'm the proud father of Mitrice Richardson.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

7:20

One of my favorite pictures of her is, uh, a picture of her in her cheerleading uniform.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

7:27

It's called a Roman kick that she taught me, and it's when you're standing straight up like this, and you just jump straight up and kick both legs out, and your, your fingers touch your toes.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

7:40

And, you know, her mom caught that picture, and it looked like her legs is just straight out like this.

Michael RichardsonGUEST

7:45

My favorite picture.

Dana GoodyearHOST

8:13

On the trunk, there's a portrait of Mitrice in a white gown and tiara with angel wings.