Vile Virginia: A True Crime Podcast

In this episode we ask the public for help in solving the murder of 21 year old Sean Cameron in Hampton, Virginia on June 25th, 2019.

In light of the news coming out of SCOTUS today I'm replaying an episode from our Falwell series that explains exactly how we got here in the fight for reproductive health. HINT: it has a lot to do with racism and power and very little to do with unborn babies.

In the final episode of our four part series on the Haysom Murders we talk about Jens Soering's efforts to get his conviction overturned and explore case evidence in depth.

In this episode we talk about the Elizabeth Haysom and Jens Soering's trials for the. murder of Derek and Nancy Haysom.

In this episode we describe the crime scene and Jens Soering and Elizabeth Haysom's run from the law.

In this episode we introduce Elizabeth Haysom and Jens Soering and how they met in 1984 at the University of Virginia.

In this bonus episode we do a quick run down of what we know so far about the crimes of the so-called Shopping Cart Killer who is responsible for the murders of several women in Virginia and Washington, DC.

In this second episode in a two part series we discuss the trials and wrongful convictions of four men known as the Norfolk Four who were coerecd into giving false confessions in the 1997 murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko.

In this episode we tell the story of the murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko and the miscarriage of justice that led to the wrongful imprisonment of four sailors.

In this episode we tell the remarkable story of two babies switched at UVa birthing center in 1995.

In this second of a two part series we talk about the multiple trials of Justin Wolfe in the murder of Danny Petrole in March of 2001.

In this first of a two part series we talk about the murder of Danny Petrole and the beginning of the investigation into Owen Barber, Justin Wolfe and a massive drug ring in Northern Virginia in the late 1990's.

In this episode we talk about the first amendment battle between Jerry Falwell and Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt.

In this episode we talk about Jerry Falwell's rise to prominence as the leader of the Moral Majority.

In this episode we journey along with a young Jerry Falwell as he finds God and starts his own church.

In this episode we continue the story of Jerry Falwell Sr.'s early years including his discovery of the church which would shape his life and eventually help him shape a movement.

Episode 1 of the Vile Virginia Special Series, The Falwells talks about the early days of Jerry Falwell's family in Campbell County, Virginia, including the shooting death of his uncle Garland Falwell.

Listen to the trailer for the Vile Virginia Special Series: The Falwells, a family that has had a powerful impact on more than just a single town or the state of Virginia. This special series will start at the beginning and bring us all the way to current events with Jerry Falwell Jr. and the sexual assault scandal at Liberty University. Subscribe now so you don't miss a word!

In this episode we tell the story of Irene Morgan who refused to give up her bus seat for a white man in Virginia in 1944.

In this episode we tell the story of Joe Giarratano who became a legal scholar while on death row and fought for the rights of himself and his fellow inmates.

In this episode we tell the story of the wrongful conviction of Earl Washington Jr. the only man to be exonerated and released from Death Row in Virginia.

In this episode we tell the story of Roberto Villegas who was murdered on September 7th, 1995 in Fauquier County, Virginia

Christopher Douthat went missing on October 25th, 2013 in Vinton, Virginia. If you have information please visit our website where you can make an anonymous tip to the Virginia State Police.

In this episode we discuss the abduction and murder of the Lyon Sisters on March 25th, 1975.

On this episode we tell the story of the High's Ice Murders which took place in Staunton, Virginia on April 11th, 1967.

In this episode we tell the story of Naval Officer Cory Voss who was murdered on April 29th, 2007 in Newport News, Virginia.

In this episode we talk about Lorena Bobbitt's attack on her husband John Wayne Bobbitt in June of 1993.

In this episode we talk about the murder of Dr. Robert Schwartz who was killed in his home on December 8th, 2001.

In this episode we tell the story of the Piper Rountree and the murder of her ex-husband, University of Richmond professor Fred Jablin.

In this episode we talk about the disappearance of Deborah Fitzjohn in 1977 and primary suspect John Brennan Crutchley AKA The Vampire Rapist.

In this episode we finish the story of the Mecklenburg Six who escaped from Death Row on May 31st, 1984.

This episode is the second of a three part series. Listen to the first episode before you listen to this one. Today we're talking about the Briley Brothers Gang who terrorized Richmond for seven months in 1979.

In this episode we detail the crimes of four of the six escapees from the Mecklenburg Correctional Center Death Row in May of 1984.

In this episode we tell the story of Roger Keith Coleman who was executed for the murder of Wanda McCoy.

In this episode we talk about Montie Rissell's 1976/1977 rape and murder spree which was instrumental to the study of criminal profiling.

In this episode we tell the story of Henrietta Lacks whose cancer cells would revolutionize the world of medicine.

In this episode we tell the story of Amy Lynn Bradley who went missing from a Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship in 1998.

In this episode we discuss the history of the Gordonsville Exchange Hotel and Civil War Museum and the mysterious hauntings that have been reported there for years.

In this episode we tell the story of the mysterious and strangely true story of The Bunny Man.

In this episode we tell the story of Edward Chen and the crimes he committed in the late 1990s in Great Falls, Virginia.

In this episode we talk about the forced sterilization of Carrie Buck in 1927 at the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded.

In this episode we tell the story of two UVa students and their interactions with Virginia ABC Special Agents and discuss the history and origins of policing in America.

In this episode we tell the story of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and how it changed the course of American History.

In this episode we tell the story of Prince Edward County Schools Massive Resistance to integration which resulted in them closing their schools for five years.

In this episode we tell the story of Raymond Byrd who was murdered by a lynch mob on August 15th, 1926 and how his death led to Virginia's Anti-Lynching Law.

In this episode we talk about the arrest and prosecution of Mildred and Richard Loving who committed the crime of interracial marriage in 1958.

In this episode we tell the story of Ota Benga, an African man who was featured in a zoo exhibit in New York in 1906.

In this episode we tell the story of the 1971 hijacking and disappearance of the man known as D.B. Cooper.

In this episode we tell the story of the mysterious disappearance of the passengers and crew of the ship The Mary Celeste in 1872.

This week we tell the story of the mysterious Beale's Treasure which is purported to be buried in the mountains near Bedford, Virginia. Is it real or is it just a clever hoax? You decide!

On this episode we journey into the heart of The Great Dismal Swamp for a history lesson on the escaped enslaved community of people called Maroons.

In this episode we learn about Mary Mallon who was imprisoned on an island for 26 years for spreading Typhoid Fever.

In this episode we tell the story of James Bryant Hudson, murderer of Stanley, Wesley, and Patsy Cole.
EXTRA CONTENT - The Disappearance of Chrisotpher Douthat from Vinton on October 25th, 2013

In this episode we tell the story of Teresa Lewis who along with Matthew Shallenberger and Rodney Fuller had her husband and stepson murdered in 2002.

In this episode we tell the story of the murder of Ida Belote and the execution of Virginia Christian.

In this episode we talk about Joe Savino's murder of Thomas McWaters in 1988 and the death penalty advocacy of Marie Deans.

In this episode we tell the story of the 1831 rebellion led by Nat Turner to free himself and other enslaved people in Southampton, Virginia.

In this episode we tell the story of Wallace Thrasher who flew planes loaded with drugs into the mountains of Virginia until a plane crash killed a man and he himself disappeared. Did he die in his own plane crash or did he fake his death and escape to freedom? Listen to the episode and decide for yourself.

In this episode we tell the story of Larry Bill Elliott who murdered Dana Thrall and Robert Finch on January 2nd, 2001.

In this episode we talk about Earl Bramblett and his 1993 murder of the Hodges Family in Vinton, Virginia and his suspected participation in the disappearance of Tammy Akers and Angela Rogers in 1977.

In this episode we tell the story of serial killer Melvin David Rees and his murders of Margaret Harold and the Jackson Family.

In this episode we tell the story of serial killer Marc Evonitz and the girls he abducted and murdered: Sofia Silva, and Kristin and Kati Lisk.

In this episode we cover the Route 29 Stalker and the 1996 abduction and murder of Alicia Reynolds.

In this episode we tell the story of Gina Hall who was murdered by Stephen Epperly on June 28th, 1980.

In this episode we talk about the murders of Marion Marshall and Marion Newman in Springfield, VA in 2006 and how new DNA techniques may help find their killer.

On this Thanksgiving week episode we take a field trip to the earliest days of the Jamestown Colony where starving settlers resorted to cannibalism for survival.

In this episode we tell the story of the murders of Debra Kelley, Mark Niederbrock, Emma Niederbrock, and Melanie Wells in Farmville, Virginia in September of 2009 by Sam McCroskey.

On this episode we talk about the murder/abduction of the Short family from their home in Henry County, Virginia in 2002.

In this episode we tell the story of serial killer Charles Severance.

In this Halloween Week episode we tell the story of the mysterious Sisters in Black whose lives were marked by bizarre ritual and criminality and who are said to still haunt a Christiansburg, Virginia middle school today.

In this episode we talk about the disappearance of Sage Smith from Charlottesville, Virginia on November 20th, 2012.

In this episode we tell the story of the murder of Jocelyn Earnest on December 19th, 2007.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast that pokes at the dark underbelly on the old dominion. Sic Semper Tyrannis, Y'all.

In this episode we tell the story of the Muse Brothers who were kidnapped and sold into a life of slavery in the circus freak shows.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

In this episode we tell the story of Alexis Murphy who disappeared on August 3rd, 2013 in Lovingston, Virginia.

This is the second of a two part series. Please listen to Episode 9 first.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

This episode tells the story of 19 year-old Samantha Clarke who went missing September 13th, 2010 from her home in Orange County, Virginia.

This is the first of a two part series. Please listen to episode 10 for the conclusion of this story.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

On this episode we tell the story of the unsolved murders of Virginia Tech students Heidi Childs and David Metzler at Caldwell Fields on August 26th, 2009.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

This week we tell the story of UVa student and lacrosse player Yeardley Love who was murdered by George Huguely on May 3rd, 2010.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

In this episode we tell you the story of Dr. Michael Halberstam and the man who killed him in 1980, Bernard Welch.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

This week we tell you the story of seven black men quickly tried, convicted, and executed after the rape of a white woman in Martinsville, Virginia in 1949.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

Today we tell you the story of the murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward by Vester Flanagan at Smith Mountain Lake on August 26th, 2015.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

This week we tell the story of the murder of Laura Williams and Laura Winans on Skyline Drive in 1996.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

On today's episode we tell the story of Shadrack Minkins, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and what it means to be a human being in America.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

On our first episode we talk about the 90's, sharks in the waters, and what it means to be brave as we tell you the story of Old Dominion University freshman Sarah Wisnosky who was murdered by Derek Barnabie in the Fall of 1993 in Norfolk, Virginia.

Vile Virginia is a true crime and history storytelling podcast.

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