Aug 24, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 19 segments
Jack Irwin was a 71-year-old Korean War veteran who lived a quiet, isolated life in a cabin on Mount Baldy, California. In 1999, he befriended Marcia Johnson and Judy Gellert, a couple interested in…
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Jack Irwin was a lonely retiree who lived in a cabin on Mount Baldy in California.
In early 1999, he befriended Marsha Johnson and Judy Geller, a couple who were interested in buying his home.
A month after signing a trust that gave the women full access to his assets in the event of his death, Jack disappeared.
I, I think we know who the, the sus- first suspects [laughs] are gonna be, right?
At the time of his death in 1999, he was 71 years old and living out his retirement in this cabin in Mount Baldy, which has been my nickname for a number of years now.
I was gonna say, uh, uh, uh, did, do they know that many people call you Mount Baldy?
No one was quite sure where he lived before that, but he was born in the Midwest.
There was talk that Jack had a, either a cousin or a sister with whom he had a falling out years earlier over a home he owned in West Covina, California.
In a detailed 2005 article on this case, LA Weekly reported that Jack suffered from dystonia, a progressive neurological disorder that affected his fingers, foot, and his vocal cords.
Jack Irwin was a lonely retiree who lived in a cabin on Mount Baldy in California.
In early 1999, he befriended Marsha Johnson and Judy Geller, a couple who were interested in buying his home.
A month after signing a trust that gave the women full access to his assets in the event of his death, Jack disappeared.
I, I think we know who the, the sus- first suspects [laughs] are gonna be, right?
At the time of his death in 1999, he was 71 years old and living out his retirement in this cabin in Mount Baldy, which has been my nickname for a number of years now.
I was gonna say, uh, uh, uh, did, do they know that many people call you Mount Baldy?
No one was quite sure where he lived before that, but he was born in the Midwest.
There was talk that Jack had a, either a cousin or a sister with whom he had a falling out years earlier over a home he owned in West Covina, California.
In a detailed 2005 article on this case, LA Weekly reported that Jack suffered from dystonia, a progressive neurological disorder that affected his fingers, foot, and his vocal cords.
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