Episode 107: Rey Rivera Part 1

Written By Chelcie Parry

They were a seemingly happy couple with a perfect life. But one phone call seemed to change everything. When their beloved husband, brother and son goes missing, an entire community searches for him. But when he is finally found, they instead begin searching for clues. Was this a tragic case of an unanswered cry for help? Or was their missing loved one the victim of a game among power players for which he paid the ultimate price? This Week's episode is Rey Rivera Part 1.

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An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere by Mikita Brottman - https://amzn.to/2RxKe3I

'Unsolved Mysteries': Netflix Releases Full Version of Rey Rivera Note, Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/unsolved-mysteries-netflix-rey-rivera-note-full-transcript-1517538

How did Rey Rivera die? Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ explores questions in 2006 death of Baltimore man, Baltimore Sun: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-unsolved-mysteries-rivera-20200703-s33eqch2h5co3lieik4plsdduy-story.html

Unsolved Mysteries producer urges unknown caller to come forward to crack Rey Rivera case. The identity of the caller has thus far been unable to determine, owing to the fact that it was made from a switchboard, Radio Times: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/rey-rivera-unsolved-mysteries-phone-call/

Rey Rivera had token from wife in his pocket when he died, says Unsolved Mysteries boss – no one knows why. Showrunner Terry Dunn Meurer has revealed previously unaired evidence in the Netflix true-crime case, Radio Times: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/rey-rivera-unsolved-mysteries-penny-pocket-wife/

Unusual occurrence days before Rey Rivera’s disappearance could help solve Unsolved Mysteries case. The finance writer was approached by two mysterious men a week before his death., Radio Times: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/rey-rivera-unsolved-mysteries-evidence-men/

Everything Unsolved Mysteries Leaves Out About Frank Porter Stansberry, Unsolved Mysteries references Porter Stansberry but leaves out relevant information. Here's what you need to know about Rey Rivera's colleague, Screen Rant: https://screenrant.com/unsolved-mysteries-rey-rivera-frank-porter-stansberry-updates/

What Did Rey Rivera's Mysterious Note Actually Mean?, Marie Claire: https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a33074957/rey-rivera-note-unsolved-mysteries/

The Death of Rey Rivera Remains Unsolved To This Day, His case is covered in the first episode of Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries, Marie Claire: https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a32944829/who-was-rey-rivera-unsolved-mysteries/

Freemasonry (secret organization), Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/order-of-Freemasons

What It’s Like to Join the Freemasons “The only competition in Masonry is to see who can be the better person.”, The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/what-its-like-join-freemasons/594844/

'An Unexplained Death' Tells The Tale Of An Unsolved Mystery — And Being Remembered, NPR: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/660940874/an-unexplained-death-tells-the-tale-of-an-unsolved-mystery-and-being-remembered

What Really Happened to Rey Rivera of Unsolved Mysteries? We Might Never Know, Oprah Magazine: https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a32971096/who-is-rey-ramirez-unsolved-mysteries-netflix-book/

Copy of the Autopsy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ar84b7xDk1rTJviV_G7nj8iYVK7VumYn/view

Where Is Allison Rivera After Her Husband Rey Rivera’s Mysterious Death?: https://www.earnthenecklace.com/allison-rivera-wiki/

Netflix show explores mysterious death of former Winter Park water polo star, Orlando Sentinel: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/os-et-netflix-unsolved-mysteries-rey-rivera-20200723-dks5daj6ffbinbj2fdqrah5wsu-story.html

Man found dead at Belvedere worked at company that had SEC complaint, Washington Examiner: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/man-found-dead-at-belvedere-worked-at-company-that-had-sec-complaint

SEC Complaint against Agora/Pirate: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/comp18090.htm

Appellate decision: https://casetext.com/case/us-sec-v-pirate-investor-llc

The Last Days of Rey Rivera, Baltimore True Crime: https://www.facebook.com/BaltimoreTrueCrime/posts/land-of-the-unsolved-the-last-days-of-rey-rivera-monday-10-august-2009-0810by-st/516703798389176/

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