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- 380 - 256. The Hitchhiker: The Murder of Dorothy Donovan
Today, we are going to Harrington, Delaware, where 41-year-old Charles Holden returns home from work just after 1 am. Pulling up to his home, he notices a man lurking outside, peeking in the windows. Charles, who shares the property with his mother, left the scene to phone the police. Charles explained to the dispatcher that he feared the man was trying to break into his mother’s home and was worried since she lived alone. Charles went back to the location to wait for the police. Corporal Myrna Williams Kinney of the Delaware State Police arrived, walked around the house, and discovered a window on the back of the house had been shattered. Charles's heart sank as he worried about his elderly mother.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of ‘Our True Crime Podcast’ as we discuss “The Hitchhiker: The Murder of Dorothy Donovan.”
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All music is by our executive producer Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1847944/
https://tt.se/media/image/sdl6DlqWhr5rbk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mSAimU3THQ
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dorothy_Donovan
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-272822.html
https://veritycreates.medium.com/killer-hitchhiker-the-murder-of-dorothy-donovan-b6c5dfc6d359
https://www.facebook.com/341180555899616/posts/in-memory-of-dorothy-donovanshe-was-born-dorothy-mae-bonney-on-may-18-1921-in-bu/2557279680956348/
https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/6opxy3/tomt_hitchhiker_kills_family_member_of_the_man/Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 379 - 255. Never A Marine: Krystal Tobias, Laura Hobbs & Amanda SnellIt was a cold and snow-covered morning in February 2010 when Thomas and Lynn Love decided to take the scenic route to Woodbridge, a suburb of Alexandria, Virginia. The area had recently been pummeled with snow, not once but three times that month, leaving record-breaking accumulations across the Washington, D.C. area.
They drove by Prince William Forest and turned east onto Minnieville Road. The area is a sleepy suburb, with wide open roads interspersed with the occasional subdivision or neighborhood. However, large parts are still fields and woods, so the deer often play dodgeball in the traffic. So, Thomas drove more cautiously than usual. As their vehicle approached Alps Road, Thomas saw something move. He pulled over and got out of the car. When his wife realized what they were looking at, she, too, got out of the vehicle.
It was a woman, half-dressed, covered in slush and snow and blood, stumbling toward them. She was scraped from the knees down, her face pitted with tiny red dots, and the whites of her eyes were reddish-purple. Shivering, she said in a hoarse whisper, “I’ve been raped and beaten. Where’s Lisa? Is she alive?” Lynn wrapped the woman in a blanket, put her in the car, turned up the heat, and then called 911.
There was no way at that moment that the Loves could fully comprehend that they had just played a small part in catching a murderer, freeing a wrongfully imprisoned man from jail, and bringing closure to three families, all by saving the life of the half-frozen woman now seated in their backseat.
Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "Never A Marine"
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
Complete list of sources on Our True Crime Podcast website
Article written by Harry Jaffe that Jen mentioned.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2012/09/11/predator-in-the-ranks-inside-a-real-life-ncis-murder-case/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-4th-circuit/1872283.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Avila-Torrez
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/jorge-avila-torrez-ex-marine-sentenced-100-years-for-murder-laura-hobbs-krystal-tobias
https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2018/09/19/convicted-va-killer-already-facing-death-penalty-admits-slaying-two-girls-illinois/Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 378 - 254. Natural Born Killers: Joshua Maxwell and Tessie McFarland
We are headed to Indiana, near the famed Speedway where the iconic Indy races unfold. It's September 12, 2000, around 7 a.m. when a call comes into police, reporting a vehicle ablaze near Decatur Township off State Road 67. Detective Larry Sanders swiftly responds, observing the inferno and sensing its deliberate nature. Amidst the efforts to douse the flames, a chilling discovery emerges from the trunk: a charred body, its gender indiscernible, limbs bound with wire. Amidst the chaos, crucial identifiers - the car's license plate and VIN - are found, linking the vehicle to Robby Bott. Robby, a resident of Morgan County, Indiana, leaves investigators grappling with unsettling questions: Is the deceased indeed Robby Bot? How did he end up in the trunk? And, most urgently, who perpetrated this heinous act, and what drove them to such brutality?
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Natural Born Killers: Joshua Maxwell and Tessie McFarland.’
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Listener discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is by our EP @theinkypawprint
Sources:
https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/maxwelljoshua.html
https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2002/02/22/brooklyn-murder-suspect-on-trial-in-texas/118393996/
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/11/Texas-executes-sheriffs-sergeant-killer/71481268362604/
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-indiana-man-who-murdered-2-executed-in-texas-2010mar11-story.html
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Shootout-Suspect-Admits-Slaying-Confession-2733133.php
https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/10/18/Pair-wanted-in-crime-spree-arrested-in-SF-shootout/2552971841600/
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/prosecutors-want-local-trial-victims-family-doesnt/531-6490bb0f-1b55-432a-84c3-d8331e1eac7c
https://www.themarshallproject.org/next-to-die/tx/nsbhpd2o
https://thecinemaholic.com/joshua-maxwell-tessie-mcfarland/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/ex-convict-stripper-lured-men-sex-killed-them-for-cash
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-indiana-man-who-murdered-2-executed-in-texas-2010mar11-story.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/in-court-of-appeals/1091648.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2024 - 377 - 253. Taking the Bait: The Carly Ryan Story
In 2007, Carly became friends with a musician named Brandon Kane on MySpace. The two initially bonded over their love of music, and soon, Brandon regaled her with stories of growing up in the wide-open spaces of the American Southwest and traveling to other exotic places. Carly hung on to his every word. Carly soon shared with her mother that she’d “met” this awesome guy named Brandon Kane.
Within 18 months, Brandon quickly became Carly’s entire world. Unfortunately, Brandon Kane didn't exist.
The ease with which one online predator was able to groom, lure, and murder fifteen-year-old Carly Ryan in Australia would not only rock the nation but would make headlines globally. It was a horrifying wake-up call. The world suddenly realized that the darling invention of social media had teeth, and it could bite.
Join Jen and Cam as they discuss 'Taking the Bait: The Carly Ryan Story'
If you're worried that your child is being groomed online or sexually exploited, please report it.
USA
call 1-800-843-5678 or go online to Cyber Tipline https://report.cybertip.org
Australia
Call Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000 or report online at crimestoppers.com.au.
UK
Make a reporthttps://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre
or police on 101 or online at www.police.uk
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
https://www.carlyryanfoundation.com/
https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-06-13.185.1
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/the-ex-wife-of-carly-ryans-killer-garry-francis-newman-says-she-suffered-decades-of-abuse-at-his-hands/news-story/a44fffae2985ec53c6a21945358036b0
https://youtu.be/VV43ezxdg5M?si=YwLqursVJ2Ardo3v
https://youtu.be/1co77A5sQG0?si=wfgfABfNZDIgXFoc
https://youtu.be/feSqADrsreU?si=y7Ijd-4BwUwLM2Gc
https://youtu.be/tQ7jQUEHRd0?si=_9c9EglisUADiLBr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Carly_RyanWed, 27 Mar 2024 - 376 - 252. Wild Child: Evan Ebel
Commerce City, Colorado, is a working-class community with a higher-than-average crime rate. On March 17, 2013, Nate Leon embarked on a journey to Domino's Pizza around 10:45 a.m. Nate, a devoted father of three and a full-time employee at IBM, also worked weekends at Domino's to supplement his income. On that particular day, Domino's received a call requesting a pizza delivery to an unspecified intersection. The employee informed the caller that an exact address was needed for delivery, prompting the caller to hang up abruptly. Minutes later, the caller phoned back, asking for a pizza delivered to a truck stop in North Denver. Although such requests were not their standard practice, the manager made an exception after the caller explained he was stranded at the truck stop, awaiting a tow truck. Nate was assigned the delivery, but when he failed to return to work, his manager reported him missing. This was just the beginning of a crime spree that would shock the community but not just in Colorado.
Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘Wild Child: Evan Ebel.”
Listener Discretion is by @octoberpodVHS
Music is by our EP @theinkypawprint
Sources:
Raw Video of shoot out:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYU2FWAeHY
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/widow-of-slain-colorado-prisons-chief-may-testify/
https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/31/justice/colorado-ebel-prison-records/index.html
https://www.westword.com/news/inside-evan-ebel-murder-case-info-from-stripper-confidential-informants-7991468
https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-governor-sympathizes-parents-gunman/story?id=18797416
https://abcnews.go.com/US/error-led-colorado-prison-chief-shooting-suspect-evan/story?id=18858510
https://www.westword.com/news/video-shows-evan-ebel-shooting-texas-deputy-5853260
https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/state/2013/03/24/man-killed-texas-called-suspect-colorado-slaying/15100830007/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300942/White-supremacist-Evil-Evan-Ebel-threatened-kill-female-prison-guard-murder-jailors-family.html
https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_23224829/evan-ebel-branded-himself-hopeless-but-his-father/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298492/The-family-tragedy-led-double-murder-suspect-white-supremacist-Evil-Evan-life-crime-parents-fought-end-bad-streak.html
https://gazette.com/news/clements-assassin-ebel-caught-on-tape-with-fellow-211-crew-member/article_277975a4-c5f8-11e9-96a4-5b75106e2f9b.html
https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/26/us/evan-ebel-profile/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/widow-of-slain-colorado-prisons-chief-may-testify/
https://www.denverpost.com/tag/evan-ebel/Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 375 - 251. Best Laid Plans: Teresa SieversCome travel to the UK with Jen and Cam!
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On the balmy night of June 28th, 2015, 46-year-old Dr. Teresa Sievers lugged her suitcases through Southwest Florida International Airport. At 4’ 11” tall, Teresa was known as a “little dynamo.” She was intelligent, abrupt, forceful, and, above all, caring. She always wore high heels, and she always spoke in an urgent manner. Nothing was ever blasé when it came to Dr. Sievers.
The four members of the Sievers family took a short trip to Connecticut for a family reunion, leaving on Friday, June 26th. Teresa decided to cut her visit short and head back to Florida to prepare for her workload the next week. There was no point in making Mark or their daughters cut their visit short, so she took a solo flight home. Mark dropped her off at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. It was the last time he would see her alive.
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/why-teresa-sievers-florida-physician-and-mother-of-two-was-bludgeoned-to-death
https://winknews.com/2022/06/29/teresa-sievers-convicted-killer-jimmy-rodgers-claims-innocence-plans-to-file-for-new-trial/
https://winknews.com/2023/03/10/teresa-sievers-convicted-killer-jimmy-rodgers-files-second-appeal/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/husbands-chilling-plot-kill-wife-21712683
https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2022/12/27/mark-sievers-files-motion-after-death-row-appeal-denied/69729001007/
https://winknews.com/2022/11/17/florida-supreme-court-rejects-mark-sievers-appeal-of-murder-conviction/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tk4LwJXXT0&ab_channel=48Hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkvUEiQUtQY&ab_channel=TrueCrimeDaily
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gktAx68hsGE&ab_channel=Law%26CrimeNetworkWed, 13 Mar 2024 - 374 - 250. Unspeakable Horrors: Gary Heidnik
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Today, we are headed to North Philadelphia. It is March 25, 1987, and police are about to enter a run-down home on North Marshall Street. Even though officers were told what they were about to encounter, there was no way anyone could ever prepare for what they saw. The smell hit them first before they even got into the residence. Officers were gagging as they made their way inside, trying desperately to concentrate on the task at hand. A sign outside the home indicated that it was a place of worship, claiming to be the United Church of the Ministries of God, but it was far from that: it was a severely demented man’s torture chamber.
Join Jen and Cam for this episode of Our True Crime Podcast, “Unspeakable Horrors: Gary Heidnik.”
Listener discretion by the smooth-voiced talent Edward Octoberpod @octoberpodVHS
All music is by our executive producer Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:
Davidson, Peter. (2006) Death by Cannibal: Criminals with an Appetite for Murder. Berkley. ISBN 0-425-20741-2
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2007/07/23/inside-the-house-of-heidnik/
https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/heidnik/spiral_8.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h1/heidnik-gary.htm
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Gary_Heidnik
https://allthatsinteresting.com/gary-heidnik
https://web.archive.org/web/20130607034824/http://articles.philly.com/1999-07-07/news/25522531_1_gary-heidnik-lethal-injection-death-chamber
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g8VdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4440,344661&dq=gary+m+heidnik+sentenced&hl=en
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/19/us/gary-heidnik-pennsylvania-death-penalty-cec/index.html
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963945,00.html
http://6abc.com/gary-heidniks-house-of-horrors-30-years-later/3429565/
https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B0DEEDF1131F93BA15750C0A961948260
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1991/526-pa-458-1.html
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/gary-heidnik
https://broadandliberty.com/2021/07/07/thom-nickels-what-gary-heidnik-the-last-man-executed-in-pa-foretold/Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 373 - 249. Speedboat Killers: The Deaths of Charlotte Brown & Nancy Manni
Sometimes, being in the wrong place at the wrong time can have deadly consequences. Sometimes, it's not just the place that's the problem; it's the who that you're with. In the two cases we discuss in this episode, neither of these men intended to kill their victims. They did not set out that morning to take the life of another human being. Nor did they gain anything from the demise of their victims. But they were responsible for their deaths all the same.
The first case is in London, England, where twenty-four-year-old Charlotte "Charli" Brown from Essex had been looking for love on Tinder for some time but had had no luck. She wasn't interested in having a good time; she was looking for a long-term relationship. Before long, she began talking to a thirty-year-old web designer named Jack Shepherd. On December 8th, 2015, a Tuesday night, Jack took Charlotte to a restaurant on the 32nd floor and wined and dined her. Everything was going well until Charlotte was killed in an accident involving Jack Shepherd's speedboat.
The second case is a request from Jenn K on behalf of her mother.Thirty-one years ago, on August 30th, 1993, the body of a 33-year-old Nancy Lynn Manni was found floating in the Chesapeake Bay just 250 yards from the Cove Point Lighthouse in Cove Point, Maryland. Nancy had lacerations on the back of her legs and buttocks, which were most likely made from a propeller. The coroner felt that Nancy had been alive and trying to swim away when she was run over by a boat. It would take years and being featured on Unsolved Mysteries to discover who was responsible for Nancy's death.
Join Cam and Jen as we discuss 'The Speedboat Killers: The Deaths of Charlotte Brown & Nancy Manni.'
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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of TheInky Paw Print
Sources:
https://www.itv.com/watch/the-speedboat-killer-the-killing-of-charlotte-brown/10a1748
https://youtu.be/V_Wgp-p4M0o?si=KRlfJd5_S1GoWf7a https://news.sky.com/story/amp/charlotte-brown-father-urges-daughters-killer-jack-shepherd-to-reveal-truth-about-speedboat-death-ahead-of-prison-release-13038792?fbclid=IwAR0qSr3kqmWAUCLTVp_sO7spYUJb0Huy-LW5bc5tm7b-Tw4cvvCGteBi_kEWed, 28 Feb 2024 - 372 - 248. Innocent Victims: Eastburn Murders
Katie Eastburn had posted a classified advertisement in a local newspaper catering to the military community near Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg to sell their English setter, Dixie. At the time, Katie's husband Gary, an Air Force captain, was away attending a squadron officer's school in Alabama, leaving her at home with their three young children. The couple had met twelve years prior at a singles' softball game, and Gary vividly remembers her powerful impact on him, saying, "It was like somebody hit me between the eyes with a ball-peen hammer. I was madly in love with her." They tied the knot in 1975, and Katie became pregnant three years later. In 1983, the Air Force relocated Gary and his family to Pope Air Force Base, where he served as air traffic control chief. When Gary proposed the idea of moving to England, Katie had some reservations; however, her passion for horses played a significant role in her decision, and after Gary assured her that she and their daughters would have ample opportunities to ride in the English countryside, she agreed to the move. Gary typically made Saturday morning calls to check in with Katie while he was away, but when he tried to reach her on Saturday, May 11, she didn't pick up, and he wasn't overly concerned yet. He tried repeatedly that day to reach Katie, but the calls went unanswered. When a neighbor noticed the newspapers were piling up, he looked in a window and made a gruesome discovery.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled “Innocent Victims: Eastburn Murders.”
Listener Discretion by the amazing Edward OctoberpodVHS @octoberpodVHSAll music is by our editor and EP Nico @theinkypawprint
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Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116638/
https://www.amazon.com/Innocent-Victims-Eastburn-Family-Murders-ebook/dp/B01N5VD3R7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastburn_family_murders
https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/newcaaf/opinions/2019OctTerm/170263.pdf
https://www.cbs58.com/news/triple-murder-suspect-goes-from-guilty-to-innocent-and-back-to-guilty
https://www.wral.com/story/1422972/
https://journalnow.com/soldier-gets-death-sentence-in-1985-family-murders/article_e33c942e-7ec3-57f8-93eb-7de9b4504cae.html
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https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-execution-draws-closer
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https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2015/03/05/timothy-hennis-seeks-relief-in/22233652007/Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 371 - 247. Death of a Butterfly: Heather Palumbo-JonesWant to travel to the UK with Cam and Jen in June of 2025?
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The entertainment district of Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, draws people from all over the world to participate in its blues music and dine on the famous Memphis-style barbecue.
Home of Sun Studios and Graceland, it’s often referred to as the birthplace of rock-n-roll. So, it might surprise some people to find a little hotspot, an inconspicuous-looking (in kun spic yoo us) building, where the Latin beats pulse through the crowd of dancers. They go there for the salsa dancing with its fast, syncopated celebration of life. Dancers are bathed in pink and purple lights and sweat the night away.
It was there, in that little rumba room, where Heather Palumbo-Jones would spend one of her last happy nights on earth, wearing a brand-new dress and a big beaming smile. She danced for three hours with one of her best friends, something she might not have even been able to do just a year or two earlier.
It would turn out to not just be one of Heather's last happy nights on earth; it was one of her last nights on earth, period.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss 'Death of a Butterfly: Heather Palumbo-Jones.'
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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of TheInky Paw Print
Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/court-of-criminal-appeals/2017/w2015-01028-cca-r3-cd.html
https://wreg.com/news/mother-of-murder-victim-hoping-to-start-movement/
https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/playback/vod/GMO_00000000372680_01/24947c74-4386-359b-9fb8-995607ff5c62?paused=true https://www.newspapers.com/image/777114190/?terms=Palumbo&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/777110979/?terms=Palumbo&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/777123966/?terms=Palumbo&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/777133521/?terms=Palumbo&match=1 (Obituary)Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 370 - 246. The Leaf Killer: Matthew Hoffman
It is 4 pm on Thursday, November 11, 2010, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, when a phone call comes from police. On the line is Valerie Haythorn, manager of the nearby Dairy Queen, who is concerned that her employee 32 year- 32-year-old Tina Herrmann, has not shown up to work today or the previous day. This was very unlike Tina’s character, who has always been dependable. Valerie tells the police she is so worried she goes to Tina’s house to check on her. She is there as she is phoning the police. She informs police that she went inside the house via a rear window. Tina lives in the home with her two children, 13-year-old Sarah and 11-year-old Kody, and her live-in boyfriend. She informs officers that there is blood everywhere. The officer tells her to stay outside, and they are on their way. Once officers are on the scene, they encounter a blood bath. The problem is that although blood was everywhere, there were no bodies. It was as if the family had disappeared.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode named “The Leaf Killer: Matthew Hoffman.’
Listener discretion by Edward October @octoberpodVHS
All music is by our EP/editor Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:https://abcnews.go.com/US/killer-matthew-hoffman-stockpiled-leaves-ohio-home-made/story?id=12877942
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2011/02/09/what-was-in-home-mind/985882007/
https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch/Search/Details/A645571
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/leaf-killer-house-horrors-stuffed-30078266
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/matthew-hoffman-ohio-killer-who-hid-bodies-in-tree-pleads-guilty/
https://www.oxygen.com/twisted-killers/crime-news/why-matthew-hoffman-is-known-as-leaf-killer
https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hoffman-matthew.htm
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Matthew_Hoffman
https://www.10tv.com/article/news/knox-county-killer-i-did-not-know-single-one-them/530-bce26d0a-7feb-48d0-82c5-40901a730740
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/06/ohio.family.sentence/index.html
https://www.grunge.com/964006/where-is-convicted-murderer-matthew-hoffman-now/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40948174
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354984/Matthew-Hoffmann-Confession-burglar-murdered-3-raped-girl.htmlWed, 07 Feb 2024 - 369 - 245. The Happening: West Nickel Mines Massacre
***This episode talks about the school shooting at West Nickels Mines Amish School. If you are sensitive to this subject, you may want to skip this one.
***Jen had points where her voice cracked and tightened as this topic is very difficult for her, so please bear with her.
On October 2, 2006, the sun peeked over the horizon at 7:05 a.m. in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, bathing the green, undulating hills in a warm glow. It should have been a perfect day filled with friendship and laughter. Instead, this day would be remembered for the heartbreak and chaos that the community endured. It would also be remembered as when a small group displayed incredible compassion and benevolence. In fact, the day showed the entire range of human behavior, from the utterly vile to the impossibly divine.
That morning, children filed into the one-room schoolhouse, excited for the day to begin. Boys and girls, ages 6 to 13, took their seats. Their teacher, twenty-year-old Emma Mae Zook, was also excited to begin her day. Her family was thrilled that she decided to become a teacher, and that day, some of them, her mother, two adult sisters, and a friend had accompanied her to school. They wanted to watch Emma Mae do her job. This was not unusual for this community. The sign above the chalkboard read: Welcome Visitors.
Just one mile away from the West Nickel Mines School, 32-year-old Charles Roberts IV, known as Charlie to his friends, was having a very different morning.Charles put his two older children on the school bus. A neighbor heard Charles call his children back from the bus at the last minute for “one last hug.” The hugs lasted longer than usual, and he said to them, “Remember, Daddy loves you.”
He then loaded up his truck with carefully curated supplies and drove to the small one-room schoolhouse so he could "take revenge on God."
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss 'The Happening: West Nickel Mines Massacre'
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of TheInky Paw Print
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_West_Nickel_Mines_School_shooting
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3678190
https://www.newspapers.com/image/199843560/?terms=West%20Nickel%20Amish&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/199844055/?terms=West%20Nickel%20Amish
https://www.newspapers.com/image/199844055/?terms=West%20Nickel%20 Amish
https://www.newspapers.com/image/554591829/terms=West%20Nickel%20Amish&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/554591932/terms=West%20Nickel%20Amish&match=1Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 368 - 244. Soul-Less: The Crimes of Jacob Kinn
We are headed to Bemidji, Minnesota, where firefighters are at the scene of a mobile home fire where 35-year-old single mother Melissa Norby lived. As they worked to put out the fire, they noticed that windows had been blown away from the building by as much as 12 to 15 feet. They determined that the start of the fire seemed to be the primary bedroom. Once inside the home, in the bedroom they locate a gas can that had not burnt up in the fire. What else they find is much more disturbing. They find a body, but the body is underneath a mattress, and both the body and the mattress are severely burned. Furthermore, both were located in the middle of the home, not the bedroom. When firefighters noticed that the body had their hands taped and bound, they contacted the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Authorities rule it an arson, but it is clear that there is a homicide as well, but this is just the beginning of this twisted crime.
Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss “Soul-Less: The Crimes of Jacob Kinn.”
Promo is by British Murders
Listener Discretion is by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP @theinkypawprint
Sources:
https://wireofhope.com/prison-penpal-jacob-kinn/
https://lptv.org/tag/jacob-kinn/
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/jacob-kinn-sentenced-to-52-years-for-murder-kidnapping/89-452234228
https://www.twincities.com/2017/06/26/bemidji-man-sentenced-for-raping-5-year-old-girl-strangling-her-caretaker/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26761622/
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/race-against-time-the-search-for-a-missing-5-year-old/85-516024729
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/jacob-kinn-murder-rape-sentence/
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/videos/jacob-kinn-monster-who-asked-unthinkable-interrogation-raw
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/search-warrants-bemidji-girls-kidnapping/
https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/waiting-for-answers-family-of-slain-bemidji-woman-wonders-why-no-arrests-charges-in-her-death
https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Doctor-finds-Bemidji-kidnap-suspect-competent-to-stand-trial-410952165.htmlWed, 24 Jan 2024 - 367 - 243. Coffee, Crackers & DNA: The Wichita Falls Serial Killer
This is a listener request from Kari Schaan on our FB discussion page. Thank you Kari!
On a cold January night in 1985, just outside Wichita Falls, Texas, a bloodied and naked Toni Jean Gibbs tumbled from an abandoned trolley car where she had just been brutally raped and stabbed. Her attacker, knowing his job was done and that her death was inevitable, had already fled the scene, driving away in Toni’s brand-new Camaro.
Stumbling through the dark across the thick and scratchy grass of a north Texas grazing field, Toni, in a state of shock, ran for help. When she could run no further, she stumbled to the ground and pulled herself along on her belly. But there was nobody around to help. There was nothing around for miles. Maybe Toni just wanted to ensure that her body would be found. She wouldn’t be stuck in that rusty heap of metal, rotting away for years, while her family wondered what had happened to her. Finally, when she could crawl no more, 23-year-old Toni Jean rolled over onto her back, looked up at the endless starry sky twinkling above her, and took her last breath.
It would be almost a month before her remains were found, and the Wichita Falls police would eventually tie the murder of Toni Gibbs to several other murders in the area, and early DNA science would squash any doubt that it was the technology of the future.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Coffee, Crackers & DNA: The Wichita Falls Serial Killer"
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Promo from our friend Dawn of https://www.methodandmadnesspodcast.com/
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Link to shop with Jen's Dateline Sweatshirt- Not sure if they are still carrying it.
WitTeeUS on Etsy
Sources:
Scream at the Sky: Five Texas Murders and One Man’s Crusade for Justice by Carlton Stowers
https://www.amazon.com/Scream-Sky-Murders-Crusade-Justice/dp/0312998198
Wichita Falls Body Snatcher by Jack Smith
https://www.amazon.com/Wichita-Falls-Body-Snatcher-Faryion-ebook/dp/B0BS1MRNFX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhsmO4_N6R4&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zcNeuhiRpc&t=1577s&ab_channel=TheNewDetectiveshttps://www.newspapers.com/image/782051204/?terms=Toni%20Jean%20Gibbs&match=1 (community reaction to Gibbs)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/638985170/?terms=Toni%20Jean%20Gibbs&match=1 (Gibbs found)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/780111197/?terms=Toni%20Jean%20Gibbs&match=1 (About Gibbs)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/779949485/ (Gibbs found)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/779947478/?terms=Toni%20Jean%20Gibbs&match=1 (Missing Reward for Gibbs)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/781953892/?terms=Toni%20Jean%20Gibbs&match=1 (Autopsy)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/779933023/?terms=Toni%20Jean%20Gibbs&match=1 (Laughlin Murder suspect)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/779949675/?terms=Toni%20Jean%20Gibbs&match=1 (Gibbs investigation)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53140620/toni-jean-gibbs
https://www.newspapers.com/image/779950544/?terms=Toni%20Jean%20Gibbs&match=1 (increase security)Wed, 17 Jan 2024 - 366 - 242. The Gig's Up: Rori Hache & Kandis FitzpatrickSURPRISE!
We have one last episode for 2023!
Thank you to Tina for requesting this episode. She's been a listener since pretty much the beginning of OTCP.
On the evening of September 11th, 2017, a fisherman spotted an unusual object floating along the surface of Lake Ontario near Oshawa Pier. After several attempts to bring the object closer with his fishing line, he realized he had made a grim discovery - the dismembered torso of a woman. There were no signs of identification, such as age indicators, scars, or tattoos, so Durham Police began scouring their missing people database for clues.
It would take two months for police to identify the torso as 18-year-old Rori Hache, who had been reported missing a few days prior to being found. Despite their efforts to find the killer, the investigators could not find any significant leads that would give them the answers they were looking for.
On December 29th, 2017, the police received a call a huge break. A plumber had dialed 911 to report a suspicious substance found in a drain at a property he was working at. He had gone to the property following complaints from neighbors that their plumbing was backing up into their sinks and bathtubs and was causing an unpleasant smell throughout their apartments.
Durham Regional Police arrived on the scene a short while later and knocked on the home's basement apartment. When 45-year-old Adam Strong answered the door, he calmly said, "The gig's up..."
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss the horrifying case "The Gig's Up: Rori Hache & Kandis Fitzpatrick"
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Fern Bushnall @eoacrime
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Sources:
https://globalnews.ca/news/3736628/woman-torso-lake-ontario/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/autopsy-on-torso-found-in-oshawa-harbour-inconclusive-police-say-1.4288354
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oshawa-harbour-torso-1.4285247 https://www.durhamregion.com/news/concern-growing-for-oshawa-teen-who-simply-vanished-in-august/article_5ebe0d37-de93-505e-86c6-c7b1de4d110c.html https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/oshawa-murder-victim-rori-hache-was-pregnant-and-determined-to-keep-the-baby
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/she-did-not-deserve-to-die-family-remembers-teenage-girl-whose-torso-found-in-lake-ontario-1.3673593?cache=yesclipId10406200text%2Fhtml%3Bcharset%3Dutf-80404%2F7.314145%2F7.314145 https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/mother-of-murdered-teen-rori-hache-believes-her-daughter-was-hunted/article_a04d0075-585d-5f13-8e73-b9cf44ea13f4.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHfRhKzmaWc https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/body-parts-found-with-undetonated-explosive-matched-to-torso-found-in-september
https://www.durhamregion.com/news/torso-found-in-oshawa-harbour-is-that-of-rori-hache-teen-missing-since-august-durham/article_5b8bbc37-bb39-5e63-801f-c9ce5dfc7caa.html https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/body-parts-found-with-undetonated-explosive-matched-to-torso-found-in-septemberhttps://nationalpost.com/news/canada/body-parts-found-with-undetonated-explosive-matched-to-torso-found-in-september https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/sun-exclusive-ex-of-hache-suspect-says-he-needs-to-choke-women-to-orgasm
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/rori-hache-dismemberment-suspect-controlling-and-abusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6k8lr_Efjc https://www.durhamregion.com/news/crime/police-discover-dna-of-second-woman-kandis-fitzpatrick-while-searching-home-of-adam-strong/article_deaf5e2f-f5ad-5d46-8ff6-d8112eb074ed.htmlWed, 27 Dec 2023 - 365 - Little White Corvette: Robert Lee Yates Jr Day 12:12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
We made it to Day 12! We hope you've had a wonderful holiday season! Thank you all for such a great 2023!
Most people have heard of the Green River Killer. Washington State’s most notorious serial killer was hard to miss in the 1990s. His moniker and his horrendous deeds could be found in most major newspapers across America. But there was another serial killer preying on society’s weak and vulnerable at about the same time in the exact same state.
While Gary Ridgeway was killing women and dumping them on the western side of Washington, Robert Lee Yates Jr was doing the same thing just four hours to the east on the other side of the state. In fact, at one point, investigators thought that the Green River Killer had just moved his hunting ground. But after a few bodies showed up in Spokane with gunshot wounds and plastic grocery bags wrapped around their heads, they realized that the MO was totally different. With a growing sense of dread, investigators realized that the sex workers and runaways of Spokane were not the victims of the Green River Killer. They were the victims of an entirely different monster.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Little White Corvette: Robert Lee Yates Jr."
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=zK9oS7LvoIk&ab_channel=RealCrime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CInxSUo55tM&ab_channel=A%26E
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4864008/ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u5GI8TAG4U&ab_channel=LMN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lee_Yateshttps://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/yates-robert-lee.htmhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/604663550/?terms=Novella%20Yates&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/571180108/terms=%22Susan%20Savage%22%20Patrick%20Oliver&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/803298584/terms=%22Susan%20Savage%22%20Patrick%20Oliver&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/803360991/?terms=%22Susan%20Savage%22%20Patrick%20Oliver&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/873550866/terms=%22Susan%20Savage%22%20Patrick%20Oliver&match=1Sun, 24 Dec 2023 - 364 - The Torture Dungeon of Charles Ng and Leonard Lake: Day 11: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
On June 2, 1985, the Southern San Francisco police department received a report of a shoplifting incident. A man calmly exited a store with a tool called a vice, placed it in the trunk of a beige 1980 Honda Prelude, and vanished before apprehension could occur. Officer Daniel Wright reported to the South City Lumberyard. Inside the car was a man who presented a driver's license identifying him as Robin Stapley. One issue: the license photo did not match the man sitting in front of them. License plates on the vehicle indicated that it was registered to an individual named Lonnie Bond, and the car was listed as a Buick. Growing suspicious, officers got into the trunk and discovered the vice that had been reported as stolen. Also inside the trunk is a .22-caliber revolver fitted with a silencer. The unknown man was taken into the station, where he adamantly denied any involvement in any wrongdoing. What would unfold in the next several days is unthinkable.
Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss The Torture Dungeon of Charles Ng and Leonard Lake: Day 11 of The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas.
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/08/news/mn-61708
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19850616&id=2tsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6662,3773323&hl=en
http://www.biography.com/people/charles-ng-11735781#synopsis
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/apr/12/news/mn-26600
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19850616&id=2tsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6662,3773323&hl=en
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/county-289813-convicted-murders.html
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/apr/21/local/me-29591
https://web.archive.org/web/20110308053131/http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/miranda.htmSat, 23 Dec 2023 - 363 - The Saskatchewan Stabbings Day 10: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
Day 10 is here!
On September 4, 2022, 32-year-old Myles Sanderson went on a killing spree in Weldon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on the James Smith Cree Nation. Eleven people lost their lives, and eighteen more were injured. This event is considered to be one of the deadliest massacres in Canadian history.
In a country where mass killings are relatively rare, the attacks shook the country to its core. Especially when Canadians discovered shortly thereafter that the RCMP had been looking for Myles since May of 2022 when he stopped meeting with his caseworker. The public was aghast to learn of Myles Sanderson’s criminal history and how the system had so grievously failed them.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "The Saskatchewan Stabbings."
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/worlduscanada65405210.ampfbclid=IwAR2994KEosA5lr9iTeFg5UD0Wg3zeZpYBgtIcRLnL1sAIX66_B1-huuj-vk]
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=yUpq_R3IBQg&ab_channel=CBCNews%3ATheNationalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxae5-sVnaU&ab_channel=CBCNews%3ATheNational
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62829432
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Saskatchewan_stabbings
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a-timeline-of-the-deadly-stabbing-rampage-at-james-smith-cree-nation-in-saskatchewan/article_a34550a5-7a21-5518-a7e4-2edf7c096a5a.html
https://globalnews.ca/news/9232740/james-smith-cree-nation-vanessa-burns-myles-sanderson/
https://globalnews.ca/news/9232740/james-smith-cree-nation-vanessa-burnsmyles-sanderson/
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/here-s-what-we-know-about-myles-sanderson-accused-killer-in-saskatchewan-stabbing-rampage/article_676a69c4-444c-5df6-9ea3-01632de2b1b1.htmlFri, 22 Dec 2023 - 362 - The Family That Kills Together: India’s Baby Killers Day 9: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
On the 9th day of our "12 Nightmares before Christmas," our journey takes us to Pune, India, where we encounter twenty-one-year-old Renuka Kiran Shinde. She had just returned to her home, which she shared with her second husband, her son from her first marriage, her mother, Anjanabai, and her younger stepsister, Seema Gavit. Renuka was excited, as the family had long struggled financially and was searching for a way to obtain money quickly. Renuka believed she had a perfect plan, albeit a highly gruesome one, that would eventually earn the three women the infamous title of 'India’s Child Killers.'
Join Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss India’s Baby Killers: The Family That Kills Together: Day 9 of The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/gavit-sister-case-files-how-a-25-year-old-legal-battle-unfolded-101642525732195.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/thieves-who-kidnapped-used-and-killed-babies
https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9zX7klHdlUkMFDBkPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1702364517/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.news.com.au%2fworld%2fasia%2fserial-killer-sisters-renuke-shinde-and-seema-gavit-who-abducted-and-murdered-children-in-bid-to-avoid-execution-at-the-gallows%2fnews-story%2fef93b4b1ccc699db80223bbf0b4018ad/RK=2/RS=jnLE6M79LjOhcMYmotZkPaGMKM4-
https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9zX7klHdlUkMFFBkPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzQEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1702364517/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.indiatoday.in%2findia%2fstory%2fkolhapur-sisters-death-sentence-commuted-to-life-imprisonment-1901450-2022-01-18/RK=2/RS=YkfM2ACzy0NPpMqR6Mph14JiF44-
https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Renuka-Shinde-and-Seema-Gavit-the-Serial-Killer-Sisters-of-India
https://www.opindia.com/2022/01/maharashtra-serial-killer-sisters-death-sentence-commuted-life-imprisonment-kidnapped-children-murdered/Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 361 - The Glynn County Massacre: Guy Heinze Jr Day 8: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
Welcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
It's already day 8!
On an August morning in 2009 in Brunswick, Georgia, twenty-two-year-old Guy Heinze Jr returned to the trailer that he shared with nine family members. When he stepped inside, he found the beaten bodies of seven people: his father, Guy Sr, Russell Toler Sr, Russell Jr, Michelle and Chrissy Toler, Brenda Falagan, and Joseph West. Michael Toler and Chrissy's three-year-old were clinging to life. Michael would later die at the hospital.
Guy Heinze Jr was arrested for the murders and found guilty in a court of law. But not everyone agrees with the verdict. While some agree Guy Jr killed his entire family in a drug-fueled rage, others believe that he is completely innocent. At the very least, they feel he did not get a fair trial and that the investigation was poorly executed.
Listen to Cam and Jen discuss "The Gynn County Massacre: Guy Heinze Jr" and decide for yourself.
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/2020/s20a1353.html
https://casetext.com/case/heinze-v-state-3#:~:text=The%20blood%20on%20the%20top,%2C%20Sr.%2C%20on%20it.
https://www.bbcselect.com/ca/watch/life-and-death-row/
https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/lawyer-heinze-passed-lie-test/article_c2ef5216-bd07-5909-a687-d053ee9a294a.html
https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2014/10/11/polygraph-operator-ken-blackstone-pleads-guilty-to-perjury/
hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIDxPdnnmaU&ab_channel=CharleyBourneTrueCrime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwvPvE8rGvI&ab_channel=TracyAnne%28Chasing%29
https://www.change.org/p/free-guy-heinze-jnr-wrongfully-convicted-of-familicide
(this petition is now closed, but it does give information about the case )
https://www.jacksonville.com/picture-gallery/news/crime/2019/09/23/a-look-back-guy-heinze/67382362007/
https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2009/09/01/stub-1847/15975006007/Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 360 - The Backpack Killer: Ivan Milat Day 7: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
On Saturday, September 19, 1992, Ken Seily and his companion Keith Caldwell were pursuing their shared passion for running. Both were running club members and regularly trained on various trails within the Belangalo State Forest. They spent a significant part of the day running through the forest, eventually reaching a location known as the "Executioners Drop" due to its steep descent into a deep gorge. However, as they neared this spot, a foul odor began to fill the air. The closer they came to the area, the more intense the stench. Upon reaching their destination, they noticed an unusual mound on the ground, with what appeared to be strands of human hair protruding from it. Upon closer examination, they also observed a shoe fragment emerging from the mound. Sadly, the discovery of this body would be the first of many to come.
Join Cam and Jen from Our True Crime Podcast to discuss The Backpack Killer: Ivan Milat: Day 7 of The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas.
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/27/ivan-milat-chilling-serial-murders-haunt-australia-after-death
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/ivan-milat
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/ivan-milat-backpacker-murderer/ivan-milat-the-australian-serial-killer-who-murdered-7-backpackers
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/the-real-wolf-creek
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/backpacker-paul-onions-took-down-serial-killer-ivan-milat
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7620569/UK-backpacker-helped-convict-Ivan-Milat-says-serial-killers-death-doesnt-change-anything.html
https://nypost.com/2016/12/06/backpacker-serial-killer-boasts-prison-is-a-cakewalk/Tue, 19 Dec 2023 - 359 - Bye Bye Velma: Death Row Granny Day 6: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
Day 6! We are halfway there!
The revival was just getting started when 56-year-old farmer Rowland Stuart Taylor felt a wave of nausea and abdominal discomfort. Thinking it was just something he ate, Stuart fidgeted but wanted to stay for the revival. As the service went on, he began to feel worse and worse. He also didn’t want to disappoint his girlfriend, 45-year-old Velma Barfield, by leaving, so he decided to go out to the truck to lie down for a while.
When the revival ended, Velma returned to the truck and drove them home. She had to stop the vehicle at least once for Stuart to throw up on the side of the road. Assuming he had one of the many strains of influenza, Stuart asked a friend to care for his pigs “just until I get over this flu.” Stuart never got over the flu. He died two days later.
Stuart had not died of natural causes. He’d been murdered by his sweet, unassuming girlfriend, Velma Barfield.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Bye Bye Velma: Death Row Granny".
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Sentence-Barfields-Crimes-Punishment-ebook/dp/B07W1PVKHX
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=qDS_Pijlzx0&ab_channel=TheCrimeReel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXHn2dqhLzM&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=ofdGA8yudqU&ab_channel=DeathRowExecutions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfieldhttps://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/capital-punishment/biographies/barfield
https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/barfield-velma.htm (your one-stop info dump on Velma)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/401327868/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/494467203/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/569891081/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/705107544/?terms=Velma%20Barfield&match=1Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 358 - Wicked Romance: Cynthia Coffman and James Marlow Day 5: The 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
On November 10, 1986, the Redlands, California, police department received an urgent phone call from a concerned woman. She reported that her highly responsible employee, 20-year-old Corinna Novis, had failed to show up for work for several days, which was uncharacteristic of her. Corinna recently relocated from Idaho to California and worked diligently to support her education. As news of Corinna's disappearance began circulating in the media and spread throughout the area, the Redlands Police Department received an intriguing phone call from the Laguna Police Department. A Laguna Police sergeant reported that a local convenience store manager had made a puzzling discovery near the dumpster.
Join Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast to discuss Wicked Romance: Cynthia Coffman and James Marlow: Day 5 of The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas.
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:
https://murderific.com/cynthia-coffman-james-marlow/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-supreme-court/1445535.html
https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-marlow-33453
https://wickedwe.com/cynthia-coffman/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-26-mn-1532-story.htmlSun, 17 Dec 2023 - 357 - Broken: Leslie Allen Williams Day 4: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
It's Day 4!
On a cold and cloudy May of 1992, a middle-aged man and his mother visited the Hillview Memorial Cemetery in the Springfield township of Oakland County, Michigan. They were there to leave flowers for his father, who had passed away two years before. The man noticed something odd as he approached his father’s grave. There was a car parked haphazardly on the drive, with the door standing wide open. The man honked his horn, but when he got no response to that, he became worried. He got out of the car to investigate, and that’s when he saw a tattooed, muscular man with a mustache dragging a woman into the bushes along the tree line. The mustached man had his hand over the woman’s mouth, and she looked frightened. “Sir, will you go away?” the muscular tattooed man yelled.
The older man’s blood ran cold as he realized that what was going on wasn't consensual. As casually as he could, he placed the flowers on his father’s grave, turned, took down the car's license plate number, and then drove away. Soon, hehappened upon a patrol officer who was at the scene of an accident just a quarter of a mile from the entrance to the cemetery. He told the officer he’d just seen a man try to abduct a woman from Hillview Memorial. Oakland County Deputy Gary Alexander hopped in his car and headed straight for the graveyard. As the officer got closer, he saw the car speeding down the road, and he then engaged in a high-speed chase.
As he was cuffing the man, he heard a sound. He stopped, glanced around, and realized the noise was coming from the car's trunk. After securing the suspect, the officer managed to open the trunk, and there he found a woman bound with a plastic zip-tie around her neck. Alexander also found a handgun, a knife, and a bag of zip ties in the car. The deputy pulled the driver’s license from the man’s wallet, which read: Leslie Allen Williams.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss " Broken: Leslie Allen Williams"
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/williams-leslie-allen.htm
https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=130095
https://omny.fm/shows/already-gone/serial-killer-leslie-allen-williams
https://www.newspapers.com/image/453978537/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/453978836/
https://crimeindetroit.com/documents/Deadly%20 Nighmare%20ends%20Confession%20to%204%20Deaths.pd
fSat, 16 Dec 2023 - 356 - A Fine Line Between Genius and Insanity: Amy Bishop Day 3: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
Today, we are going to the University of Alabama at Huntsville. It was February 12, 2010, and the day commenced like any other typical school day. The campus bustled with activity, featuring a mix of young students envisioning their future and more mature individuals returning to complete degrees they had embarked on years earlier.
On that morning at UAH, Instructor Amy Bishop conducted her science classes, and her students later described the course as uneventful and routine. Meanwhile, a meeting for the biology department was slated for Room 369 in the Shelby Center for Science and Technology, which housed both the Biology and Mathematics departments. Amy Bishop joined her colleagues at the meeting, and for approximately 40 minutes, she sat silently among them.
What would happen next would shock the academic community, leaving three families grieving and many asking why.
Join Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast to discuss A Fine Line Between Genius and Insanity: Amy Bishop: Day 3: The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas.
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/11/a-loaded-gun
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/us/21bishop.html
https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/amy-bishops-son-seth-anderson-died-in-unintentional-shooting-huntsville-teen-indicted.html
https://www.al.com/topic/Amy%20Bishop/index.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/amy-bishops-son-seth-bishop-200037215.htm
lhttps://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/types-of-crime/school-violence/amy-bishop/
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/amy-bishop-husband-alleged-university-alabama-shooter-loving-mother-wife/story?id=9883895
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3280081/Former-Alabama-professor-shot-6-3-fatally-apologizes.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/02/amy_bishop_alleged_uah_shooter.htmlFri, 15 Dec 2023 - 355 - Room 354: Jeffrey Gorton Day 2: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
Welcome to day 2 of The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
Fifty-five-year-old Margarette Eby lived a rich and full life as a music professor at the University of Michigan. Margarette was well-liked by her students and coworkers and had several grown children of her own. Around 4:30 in the afternoon on November 9th, 1986, some of Margarette’s students arrived at the cottage to take her to a concert. When the students knocked on the door, they were met with silence. Finally, one of them tried the doorknob, and it was unlocked. They entered the cottage and found a grisly scene.
Margarette Eby was Flint, Michigan’s 56th homicide that year.
Five years later, in hotel room 354 in Romulus, Michigan, the wake-up calls from the front desk went unanswered. A 41-year-old flight attendant, Nancy Jean Ludwig Lud wig, from Minnetonka, Minnesota, had checked into room 354 around 9 P.M. the night before. Nancy had been a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines since 1976 and enjoyed her job quite a bit. It was about 12:50 in the afternoon when the housekeeper opened the door to a pitch-black room. The housekeeper walked over to the window and, upon opening the curtains, turned and discovered Nancy Jean Ludwig. She had been stabbed to death.
Both cases went cold until 2002 when new technology helped investigators find their killer, Jeffrey Wayne Gorton.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Room 354: Jeffrey Gorton"
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Sources:
https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=428571
https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gorton-jeffrey.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Gorton
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B017VDEE7I/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s2 (S2E8 of Your Worst Nightmare on ID “Fight or Flight”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTRvWZIpw-I It is also featured on the Forensics Files episode "Silk Stalkings." S2E25
https://thecinemaholic.com/nancy-ludwig-and-margarette-eby-murders-where-is-jeffrey-wayne-gorton-now/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/99449048/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/99449061/?terms=Eby&match=1
http://www.bernethy-eby-scribner.com/getperson.php?personID=I271987797047&tree=EbyThu, 14 Dec 2023 - 354 - With Friends Like These: Adrianne Reynolds Day 1: 12 Nightmares Before ChristmasWelcome to Our True Crime Podcast’s original “12 Nightmares Before Christmas,” where we discuss a true crime story daily for the days leading up to December 24. Make sure to like, subscribe, and tune in each day.
High school is brutal. To quote my dear friend Dexter from season 6, “High school, a small world unto itself, combining all the elements of a federal work camp with those of a third-world poultry farm.”
Adrianne Reynolds, a 16-year-old, had recently arrived in town in November. Originally, Adrianne had been residing in Kilgore, Texas, with her mother. However, due to difficulties in school, her parents decided to send her to live with her stepfather, hoping that a change of environment would provide her with a fresh beginning. Consequently, Adrianne relocated to East Moline, Illinois, where her father and stepmother eagerly welcomed her. It was in East Moline that Adrianne crossed paths with Sarah and Corey. Like most teenagers, all Adrianne wanted was to fit in, and she was an outgoing and talkative girl who loved to sing. Her biggest dream was to be a contestant on American Idol. Adrianne would never get the chance to audition for the popular television show. Adrianne would never get a chance to do anything ever again.
Join Jen and Cam from Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘With Friends Like These: Adrianne Reynolds Day 1: The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas.’
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15333880
https://web.archive.org/web/20150722111604/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20146836,00.html
https://www.themidwestcrimefiles.com/post/unthinkable-the-murder-of-adrianne-reynolds
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15333880https://web.archive.org/web/20150722111604/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20146836,00.html
https://qctimes.com/news/local/article_491d3fbc-0643-11df-a00e-001cc4c03286.html
https://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=296357
https://qctimes.com/news/local/accomplice-in-east-moline-teen-s-killing-dies-in-fiery/article_2d85584c-8996-11e1-a999-0019bb2963f4.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20120324123837/http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?90249-Illinois-teen-killed-and-dismembered-classmates-under-arrest
https://www.kwqc.com/2022/03/09/cory-gregory-gets-same-sentence-2005-killing-adrienne-reynolds/?outputType=ampWed, 13 Dec 2023 - 353 - 241. Burning Anger: Stanley Ford
We are heading to Akron, Ohio, specifically to the Sherbondy Hill neighborhood, where families are actively engaged in their lives and the upbringing of their children. This well-established neighborhood is home to a diverse group of middle-class families, ranging from elderly residents to brand-new parents. The quiet area was shocked when, on April 18, 2016, a deadly house fire killed two of the neighborhood's own citizens. Friends wonder how this could happen to such sweet and loving people. The fire was determined to be arson, but investigators could not determine who set the house on fire; the case went cold. Then the unthinkable happened. On Mother’s Day 2017, the arsonist struck again, but this time, the blaze would end up being the deadliest house fire in the city's history.
Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘Burning Anger: Stanley Ford.’
Promo by our bestie Edward OctoberpodVHS introducing his new Holiday series. @octoberpodVHS
Edward also does our listener discretion!! Check him out; you will love him as much as we do.
The music is by our EP, Nico. We love him, too. @theinkypawprint
Episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh! Go to HelloFresh. com/otcpfree and use code otcpfree for FREE breakfast for life!
Sources:
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/07/20/judge-addresses-sentencing-issue-in-stanley-fords-arson-murder-case/70439441007/
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-ford-92317
https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/10/26/stanley-ford-akron-man-who-killed-9-people-sentenced-by-judge-following-jurys-recommendation-life-prison/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XTaxvtGjQs
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2021/08/17/what-we-know-stanley-fords-arson-trial-9-murders-akron-start-again-lewis-hart-huggins-boggs/8164058002/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLWhNSLgFNchttps://thecinemaholic.com/who-were-stanley-fords-victims-where-is-stanley-ford-now/
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/stanley-ford-sentenced-akron-fires-killed-9-people/95-a9869f03-e9b2-4747-9c11-b17e118aa28d
https://nypost.com/2021/10/27/disgruntled-ohio-neighbor-stanley-ford-who-killed-9-by-arson-gets-life-sentence/
https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2023/2023-Ohio-2220.pdfWed, 06 Dec 2023 - 352 - Listen Now - Dr. Death: Bad Magic
From Wondery, and hosted by Laura Beil - The new season of Dr. Death, BAD MAGIC is a story of miraculous cures, magic, and murder.
When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu’s genius, the company he co-founded rockets in value to over half a billion dollars. But when a team of researchers makes a startling discovery, they begin to suspect the brilliant doctor is hiding a secret.
You can listen to Dr. Death: Bad Magic exclusively and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. https://wondery.app.link/DRDS4_otcpMon, 04 Dec 2023 - 351 - 240. Picture Perfect: Karla BrownIt was the summer of 1978 in America. The minimum wage was 2.65 an hour, the Bee Gees ruled the pop music airwaves, and Star Wars enjoyed a rerelease in select theaters nationwide. On the east side of the Mississippi River, just thirty minutes from St. Louis was the small residential town of Wood River, Illinois, where summer activities like fishing, swimming, and backyard barbecues were in full swing. Most of the residents of Wood River had lived in the town their whole lives and considered it the best of both worlds.
Karla Lou Brown, aged 22, felt the same way. When she and Mark, her boyfriend of five years, decided to move in together, there was no place that they’d rather live. They bought a home right in the center of Wood River.
Karla adored her boyfriend Mark, who was a few years older, but so far, he had been reluctant to make a long-term commitment regarding their relationship. When Mark finally suggested they buy a house together, she immediately said yes. Karla was the happiest she had ever been in her life.
That happiness lasted for one day.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Picture Perfect: Karla Brown"
Promo by our friend Javier from Pretend Podcast. Be sure to check out the Stalker season.
Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Source:
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Man-convicted-in-high-profile-murder-case-charged-16948305.php
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140736226/terms=John%20Prante%20murder&match=1 (John Prante's arrest for murder)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/766752272/terms=John%20Prante%20murder&match=1 (neighbor's testimony and arrest for lying)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140737121/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/140737900terms=John%20Prante%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/766752531/terms=John%20Prante%20murder&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140079870/terms=John%20Prante%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/139946986/terms=John%20Prante%20murder&match=1 trial
https://www.newspapers.com/image/770488181/terms=John%20Prante%20murder&match=1Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - 350 - 239. From Cop to Killer: The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen
In the summer of 1984, John Ruetten met Sherri Rasmussen, and the two immediately hit it off. Their deep bond led to their marriage in November 1985, and they were thrilled to start life as a couple. On February 24, John left for his job at an engineering company, allowing Sherri to sleep in a little longer. Typically, Sherri would have already left for work by this time, but that particular day brought a change in routine. Sherri had contemplated calling in sick because she was slated to attend a seminar and didn’t really want to deal with that. John's workday began with his arrival just before 8 a.m. A few hours into his day, he attempted to reach Sherri to check if she had gone to work. He continued trying to get her throughout the day but to no avail. Upon returning home, he noticed that the garage door was unexpectedly open, a departure from the norm, and Sherri's car was gone. As he ventured into the garage, he observed broken glass on the ground. A horrifying scene awaited John inside the residence. 29-year-old Sherri lay on the floor, her face bearing the brutal signs of violence—bloodied, with a swollen and bruised right eyelid, a vacant gaze from her open left eye, and her mouth in its final, silent gasp. In desperation, John reached out to touch her, hoping for a sign of life, but her skin was chillingly cold. At that moment, he knew that Sherri was no longer with them. John called 911.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘From Cop to Killer: The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen.’
Listener discretion by Edward October @octoberpodVHS
Music is by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint
Promos are by our good friends:
Emily from Mobidology Podcast https://morbidology.com/
And
Eric from True Consequences who has launched ‘Angels' Voices Silenced No More,’ an organization with a mission to empower families of victims by equipping them with the necessary resources and referrals to advocate for their missing or murdered loved ones.
https://www.angelsvoicesnm.org/
Listen to his podcast here: https://www.trueconsequences.com/
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbenSMLueyE
https://www.westsidecurrent.com/valley/parole-board-recommends-release-for-former-lapd-detective-convicted-of-1986-murder/article_1c207ab6-850e-11ee-b4ce-a35abef146d2.html
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-16/stephanie-lazarus-as-a-cop-killed-ex-boyfriends-wife-now-recommended-for-parole
https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/A-Dad-Knew-Who-Stalked-and-Murdered-His-Daughter-But-It-Took-23-Years-to-Make-an-Arrest-The-Sherri-Rasmussen
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1707766.html
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/women/stephanie_lazarus/1.htmlWed, 22 Nov 2023 - 349 - 238. Two Hours and Seventeen Minutes: The Skelton Brothers
It's a typical situation across America, in hundreds of towns and thousands of homes. As the Thanksgiving holiday approached, a recently separated couple hashed out the details of which parent would get the kids on what day and at what times. For now, Tanya Skelton had full custody of the children she shared with John Russell Skelton. Still, Tanya felt that their three sons, Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner, should get to spend part of the holiday with their father, so she allowed them to spend Thanksgiving Day with him. The boys were to be returned to her at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon on the following day, Black Friday, but they didn't come home.
For Tanya and the tiny town of Morenci, Michigan, Friday the 26th of November 2010 would turn out to be the blackest of all Black Fridays.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Two Hours and Seventeen Minutes: The Skelton Brothers."
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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Be sure to listen to the long-form podcast on the Skelton Brothers called
Shattered: Black Friday.It's really well done, and where we found most of the information for this episode. I think you'll really like it.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uPEBLxvL9rA2l7GEuu3kM
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=OlSdqwP3bbw&ab_channel=ClickOnDetroit%7CLocal4%7CWDIV
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=h2bici5VYBE&t=3s&ab_channel=ClickOnDetroit%7CLocal4%7CWDIV
https://www.wkar.org/2010-11-29/mom-of-missing-mich-boys-is-on-sex-offender-list
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/remains-of-three-children-found-in-shed-not-a-match-for-missing-mich-brothers/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40427984
https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/john-skelton-missing-brothers-parole-denied-permanent/512-774b38f8-04cb-4297-acc1-1fb951db653a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjboRIc62O0&ab_channel=ClickOnDetroit%7CLocal4%7CWDIVWed, 15 Nov 2023 - 348 - 237. We Need To Talk About David Barnett
Warning: This episode deals with child abuse. Listener discretion is advised.
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 4, 1996, 19-year-old David Barnett went to the residence of his adoptive grandparents, Clifford and Leona Barnett. His grandparents were away, attending church services at the Kirkwood Baptist Church in St Louis. David accessed their home by entering through a bedroom window, where he sat on the couch, turned on the television, and eventually drifted off to sleep. Upon waking up, he contacted his stepbrother, Scott, and enthusiastically claimed that he had recently won the lottery overnight. Clifford and Leona returned home from church around 1 p.m. Barnett was waiting for his grandparents when they returned home. A horrifying turn of events unfolded, resulting in the brutal murders of two individuals, leaving the community bewildered and seeking answers as to what happened to David.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘What Happened to David Barnett.’
Listener Discretion by Edward October @octoberpodVHS
Music by our E.P. Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources:
Forsaken Me: A Survivor’s Life Sentence: The Baffling True Autobiography of David M. Barnett. (https://read.amazon.com/ref_=ku_ap_rw_cr_rdnw&asin=B087C65WNG)
https://www.newsweek.com/i-am-killer-david-barnett-prison-released-release-netflix-john-barnett-1489244
https://www.change.org/p/mike-parson-free-david-barnett
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/barnett-david.htm
https://www.courts.mo.gov/SUP/index.nsf/0/0b5191e7fbb19c2286256c95005c7e15/$FILE/SC84806%20Barnett's%20brief.PDF
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mo-supreme-court/1021446.html
https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-killer-david-barnett-now/
https://www.missourinet.com/2020/03/04/missouri-supreme-court-considers-case-that-could-impact-sentences-for-teen-murderers/
https://www.phillipsblack.org/david-barnettWed, 08 Nov 2023 - 347 - 236. The Short Family Murders
In August 2002, Michael Short, his wife, Mary, and their daughter, Jennifer, lived in a red brick ranch-style home right off Hwy 220 in Oak Level, Virginia. Michael owned a business named M.S. Mobile Home Movers, employing various people, most of whom were temporary or transient. The company was not doing well, so Michael decided to put their house up for sale and move into a mobile home until he could figure out his next move. He had even made a trip to the coast of North Carolina to see if he could find work there.
On the evening of Wednesday, August 14, 2002, the family's plans were up in the air. They may or may not sell the business, and they may or may not move to North Carolina. On that night, they had every reason to believe that whatever came their way, they'd do it together as a family.
Unfortunately, Michael and Mary would be found shot execution-style the following day, and 9-year-old Jennifer was nowhere to be found.
After an exhaustive search, Jennifer's remains were found 41 days after her parents were found murdered.
Now, 21 years later, police are no closer to finding their killer.
Join Jen and Cam as they discuss The Brown Family Murders.
If you have any information, no matter how small, please call one of the following numbers and report it.
Henry County Sheriff’s Department: 276-638-8751
Henry County Crime Stoppers: 276-632-7463
Rockingham County Sheriff's Department: 336-634-3300
Rockingham County Crime Stoppers: 336-349-9683.
Requested by Judy B
Promo by our friends Amanda and Lauren of Most Wanted
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October fromhttps://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of https://theinkypawprint.com
Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/959768809/?terms=Angry%20landlord%20fingered%20Bowman&match=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFL2Fv9iyjU&ab_channel=UnderTheAshTree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RSMpP_jqw&ab_channel=DarkCuriosities
https://unresolved.me/the-short-familyhttps://www.wxii12.com/article/memorial-ride-honors-short-family-unsolved-murders/40891007
https://www.newspapers.com/image/921024090/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/921516510/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/837402518/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/837396650/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/921085015/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/921020776/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/837399732/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/837400335/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/837278775/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/837397288/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/921531331/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/989300186/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/921568216/?terms=%20Oak%20Level%20Jennifer%20Short%20Virginia%20murder&match=1Wed, 01 Nov 2023 - 346 - 235. Sleep My Babies: Sandi Nieves
On July 1, 1998, at nearly 1 p.m., a call came into the 911 emergency call center to report a fire at her home on Cherry Creek Drive in Saugus, California. The woman caller had a dry, matter-of-fact tone “The house is all smoke.” The dispatcher asked if the house was still smoking and the woman said “No, not now, it’s over.” She then went on to say “We had a fire last night. I woke up and everything was black.” The dispatcher in a bit of confusion confirms what she heard. “You had a fire last night?”
Caller: “Uh-huh”
Dispatcher: “And you just woke up?”
Caller: “Yes”
Dispatcher: “You were sleeping the whole time during the fire?”
Caller: “Yeah, I assume”
When responders arrived, they found that the fire had already been extinguished for some time. Sandi Nieves, who called first responders, was covered in soot and was waiting in the living room on the couch along with her 14-year-old son, David who also had soot on him. Both of them were eating cookies and acting bizarrely. David was zoning out watching TV. Sandi told the paramedics that everything was fine and they didn’t need to be there. What authorities would discover was a grisly crime that no one could have ever imagined.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Sleep My Babies: Sandi Nieves.’
Listener Discretion by Edward October @octoberpodVHS
Music by our E.P. Nico @theinkypawprint
Promo by our friend at I Talk To Ghosts. https://www.italktoghosts.com/
Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2021/s092410.htmlhttps://thecinemaholic.com/sandi-nieves-where-is-the-killer-mom-now/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9541967/Death-sentence-overturned-California-mom-murdered-four-daughters-fire.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/california-supreme-court-reverses-death-sentence-sandi-nieves-1998-murders-4-young-daughters/
https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nieves-sandi.htm
https://www.liveakhbar.in/2023/09/16/where-is-sandi-nieves-now-and-who-is-she/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/women_on_death_row/s01/e05
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/mother-sandi-nieves-in-a-family-photo-with-her-son-and-four-news-photo/569159055
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.true-crime/psQH1FXuaXwhttps://murderdb.com/sandi-nieves-murders-4-children/?amp=1
https://abc7.com/death-sentenced-reversed-santa-clarita-woman-sandi-dawn-nieves-children-murdered/10575971/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-18-me-31278-story.html
https://mycrimelibrary.com/sandi-nieves-women-on-death-row/Wed, 25 Oct 2023 - 345 - Listen Now: New Podcast “Ghost Story”
Tristan Redman is a journalist who doesn’t believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom – weirder than normal. When, years later, he discovers subsequent occupants of his family home say they have been visited by the ghost of a faceless woman, he’s curious. It just so happens that the house Tristan grew up in is right next door to the house where his wife’s great-grandmother, Naomi Dancy, was murdered – killed by two gunshots to the face. Could there be a connection? Tristan decides to investigate and soon finds himself where no son-in-law should ever be: delving deep into his wife’s family history, asking questions no one wants answered. Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios present Ghost Story — a seven-part podcast series about family secrets, overwhelming coincidence, and the things that come back to haunt us.
Follow Ghost Story on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge all episodes of Ghost Story ad-free right now by joining Wondery Plus.
Listen now: Wondery.fm/GS_OTCPMon, 23 Oct 2023 - 344 - 234. The Fatal Exorcism of Joan Vollmer
On February 1st, 1993, a minister was summoned to a house off Dimboola Road in the outback town of Antwerp, Australia. When he arrived, he was greeted by a man named David Klingner, who said, “It’s a long story,” as he led the pastor into the house. Inside, the minister was overcome by a foul stench. Blowflies were buzzing around the house, attracted to the putrid smell of decay. The minister was pretty confident that whoever they had called him for was beyond saving.
He made his way past a group of people who were calmly eating their lunch at the kitchen table into a bedroom where the swollen remains of 49-year-old Joan Vollmer lay fully dressed on a mattress. The minister immediately phoned the police, and a constable was sent to the house.
When Constable Michael Arnott arrived, he spoke to the dead woman’s husband, 54-year-old pig farmer Ralph Vollmer. After just a few moments, the constable understood the situation as thus: Ralph’s wife had been possessed by ten different demons, and she had died as a result of her “deliverance,” otherwise known as an exorcism.
Join Jen and Cam as they discuss “The Fatal Exorcism of Joan Vollmer.”
Promo by our friend Edward October from Octoberpod AM.
Be sure to catch his newest spooky tale, “The Spirit Doll: A Halloween Fantasia,” on October 24!
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October fromOctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211590852/joan-vollmer
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/the-creepy-australian-country-house-abandoned-after-joan-vollmers-terrifying-death-when-an-exorcist-tried-to-rid-her-of-demons/QSK4KYGCVHVSUMXGBUDKS7C4VA/
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/the-victorian-woman-who-died-after-a-fourday-exorcism/news-story/884b0b37067ce3bfad090c45c29283cc
https://casefilepodcast.com/case-128-joan-vollmer/https://forgottenillawarra.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/a-terrible-exorcism/
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127247897https://www.newspapers.com/image/120622909/?terms=Joan%20Vollmer%20exorcism&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/120621692/?terms=Joan%20Vollmer%20exorcism&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/120464050/?terms=Joan%20Vollmer%20exorcism&match=1Wed, 18 Oct 2023 - 343 - Listen Now: Mr Ballen’s Medical Mysteries
Follow MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge the first eight episodes early and ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today.
The human body is a miracle. But when it’s not working, it can be the stuff of nightmares. In this new series from master storyteller MrBallen, we share medical horror stories and diagnostic mysteries that are surgically calibrated to make your blood run cold.
From bizarre, unheard-of diseases and miraculous recoveries to strange medical mishaps and unexplainable deaths — you’ll never hear the phrase “heart-stopping” in the same way again. MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between MrBallen and Wondery, the award-winning company behind Dr. Death.
Listen Now: Wondery.fm/GS_OTCPTue, 17 Oct 2023 - 342 - 233. Visions: The Murder of Tracey Schoettlin
Today, we are en route to Birmingham, Alabama, where we'll meet Tracey Schoettlin, a 26-year-old with big aspirations. In the summer of 1986, Tracey worked as a waitress at the Southpoint American Cafe while diligently preparing for the LSAT, the crucial exam for law school admission. She took the LSAT multiple times until she achieved the necessary score for acceptance into Samford Law School. Her ultimate aim was to become a lawyer and serve an underserved community. Tracey's determination and ambition indicated that she was well on her way to realizing her dreams. On the fateful evening of July 13, 1986, Tracey left the restaurant around 11 p.m. intending to head home. Tragically, she never reached her destination. As the investigation unfolded, the circumstances surrounding her murder were deeply disturbing and nearly unbelievable. This homicide case would ultimately evolve into one of the most extensive criminal investigations in Jefferson County. The perplexing question remained: What could have motivated someone to inflict harm upon this young woman?
Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled ‘Visions: The Murder of Tracey Schoettlin.’
Listener Discretion by the oh-so-talented @octoberpodVHS
All Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint (formally known as @wetalkofdreams)
Promos from our friends at Angels’ Voices Silenced No More angelsvoicesnm.org
and @Twisted_Pod
Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1990/577-so-2d-541-0.html
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7846082/
https://www.facebook.com/WBRCnews/videos/who-is-tommy-bradley/589135551060/
https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/bradley-v-state-6-890015804
https://www.facebook.com/WBRCnews/videos/25-years-later-the-tracey-schoettlin-murder/2640830944248/
https://www.al.com/opinion/2013/03/alabama_justice_system_your_vi.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/795110929/?terms=Tracey%20Schoettlin%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/795110929/?terms=Tracey%20Schoettlin%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/795087157/?terms=Tracey%20Schoettlin%20murder&match=1
https://www.wbrc.com/story/16043204/25-years-later-the-tracey-schoettlin-case/Wed, 11 Oct 2023 - 341 - Introducing: Southern Gothic
Step into the world of the unknown and unravel the dark history and infamous legends of the American South. Join us as we journey into the heart of this rich and fascinating region, uncovering its ghostly stories, haunted places, and eeriest tales through captivating storytelling, in-depth historical research, and an immersive audio soundscape.
From the Bell Witch of Tennessee to the haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium, the ghostly tales of the Myrtles Plantation, the Curse of Lake Lanier, and beyond, get ready for an unforgettable experience that brings history to life and uncovers the truth behind classic tales of the paranormal.
This full-length episode is about the Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar. Our very own writer and researcher, Lauretta Allen, contributed to this episode. Plus, if you listen carefully, you can hear Jen's voice.
Make sure you listen and subscribe to Southern Gothic on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!Sat, 07 Oct 2023 - 340 - 232. Napa Valley Nightmare: Adriane Insogna & Leslie Mazzara
Pumpkin spice season is often people's favorite time of the year. Relief from scorching summer temperatures arrives, and with it, a glorious orange, gold, and red blanket splays across the countryside. And in October of 2004, California's Napa Valley, home of America's wine country, was amping to be a spectacular autumn.
In one of Napa's cozy neighborhoods on Dorset Street, a house was decorated for Halloween like many others. In that house lived three women, friends who decided it was wiser to pool their resources and live together than separately. And even though Napa had a low crime rate—two years since there had been a serious crime—there was safety in numbers. Or so they thought.
On November 1st, 2004, at about 2:00 in the morning, Lauren was awakened by the security light flipping on behind the garage. She didn't overthink it because sometimes the cats would often get out. But then she heard her dog give a "warning bark." Lauren quieted her dog, but within minutes, she heard someone entering the house and going up the stairs. Thinking it may be one of her roommate's boyfriends, she quieted the dog again and dozed off.
Then she heard a blood-curdling scream.
Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "Napa Valley Nightmare: Adriane Insogna & Leslie Mazzara'.
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The promo on this episode is I Talk to Ghost. Available on all podcast apps.
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
with bits added in by Jen
Listener Discretion by Edward October fromOctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/LegalCenter/story?id=1187524&page=1
https://www.theforgivenessproject.com/stories-library/cathy-harrington/
https://www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/parallels-in-idaho-stabbings-2004-napa-murders/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/630821863/?terms=Eric%20Copple&match=
https://www.newspapers.com/image/192676146/?terms=Eric%20Copple&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/192886956/?terms=Eric%20Copple&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/192885977/?terms=Eric%20Copple&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/192888528/?terms=Eric%20Copple&match=1Wed, 04 Oct 2023 - 339 - 231. New York City Zodiac: Eddie Seda
On May 31, 1990, in New York City, a call came into the police about a 78-year-old man named Joseph "Joe" Proce, who was shot in the back outside his home by a stranger New York City has seen its share of homicides. In fact, Newsweek magazine said that 1990 was one of the worst years for homicides in the city. This shooting was different because the shooter left a note. A circle at the top of the letter is divided into sections with symbols inside each piece. It was later determined these symbols were the zodiac signs of Gemini, Scorpio, and Taurus. Below the circle is written the statement, “This is the Zodiac. The 12 sign will die when the belts in the heaven are seen.” At the end of the letter, there is yet another symbol, one that is familiar to many: a circle with a cross in it, as in gun sights. Next to the symbol is the name ‘Faust.’ Today, we will discuss the Zodiac Killer but not that Zodiac Killer. This is the New York City Zodiac, and people are wondering if the original has returned to finish what he started all those years ago.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled New York City Zodiac: Eddie Seda.
Listener Discretion by the oh-so-talented @octoberpodVHS
All Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint (formally known as @wetalkofdreams)
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Sources:
Crowley, Keiran (2003). Sleep My Little Dead: The True Story of the Zodiac Killer. St Martin's Paperbacks
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/zodiac-killer-new-york-caught-b2368470.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/25/nyregion/3-weeks-later-a-victim-shot-by-zodiac-dies.html
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/new-york-zodiac-killer-heriberto-eddie-seda-now-catching-killers-netflix/
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Heriberto_Seda
https://www.distractify.com/p/new-york-zodiac-killer-now
https://readysteadycut.com/2023/06/24/who-is-heriberto-seda-serial-killer
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/who-was-zodiac-killer-catching-killers-netflix-b1091107.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/25/nyregion/brooklyn-man-is-guilty-in-three-zodiac-killings.html
https://www.fresherslive.com/latest/articles/is-heriberto-seda-still-alive-where-is-new-york-zodiac-killer-heriberto-seda-now-who-are-heriberto-seda-parents-1555036888
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/n_10181/
https://thecinemaholic.com/heriberto-seda-now/Wed, 27 Sep 2023 - 338 - Listen Now: Generation Why
The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Two friends, Aaron & Justin, break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, mysteries, and conspiracies.
Follow The Generation Why Podcast on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to Generation Why ad-free right now by joining Wondery Plus.
Listen Now: Wondery.fm/GY_OTCPMon, 25 Sep 2023 - 337 - 230. Killing Cousins: Susie Newsom Lynch & Fritz Klenner
On June 3rd, 1985, in Summerfield, North Carolina, police watched in horror as a Chevy Blazer full of passengers exploded on NC150 right before their eyes. There were no survivors. Within minutes, the dark clouds hovering in the sky let loose, dumping rain and hail on the grotesque scene. “It was like the Lord was mad,” one officer said later. “Like He was real mad. I mean, really pissed off.”
In the Blazer was Susie Newsome Lynch, her first cousin and lover Fritz Klenner, and Susie's young sons, John and James. The events that led to this tragic moment are drenched in deep-seated resentment, paranoia, fear, obsession, and hatred. By the time the carnage was over, nine people had died, three officers were wounded, three families were left in ruins, and those who survived were devastated. It left everybody scratching their heads and asking, “Why?”
Join Jen and Cam while they discuss the wild case "Killing Cousins: Susie Newsom Lynch & Fritz Klenner'.
The book Jen talked about is called Bitter Blood by Jerry Bledsoe. Mr. Bledsoe originally wrote about this case in the Greensboro News & Record, and that piece won an award. That was then turned into this book that hit the New York Times Bestseller list. Jen would mark it as one of the top True Crime books she's read. You can find the Amazon link at the top of the sources list.
The made-for-TV two-part movie is called In The Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness. Starring Kelly McGillis, Harry Hamlin, and Keith Carradine.
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Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
with bits added in by Jen
Listener Discretion by Edward October fromOctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
Bitter Blood on Amazon
https://www.nydailynews.com/2022/06/11/justice-story-kissing-and-killing-cousins-kept-their-crimes-in-the-family/
https://wfhszephyr.com/4137/features/too-close-to-home-fritz-klenner-and-susie-lynch/
https://carolinacrime.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/cc-episode-2-susie-lynch-and-fritz-klenner-.pdf
https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/40-the-bitter-blood-murders
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9421073/frederick-robert-klenner
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90748424/susie-sharp-lynch
https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/klenner-frederick.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7842386/delores-lynch
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kEQsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bM4EAAAAIBAJ&dq=Susiee%20lynch&pg=6795%2C3744851
https://www.newspapers.com/image/624539730/?terms=Fritz%20Klenner&match=1 (Ian Perkins)Wed, 20 Sep 2023 - 336 - 229. A Mother's Intuition: Ashley Wilson
We are headed to the great state of Texas, Houston, to be exact. Renee and her 19-year-old daughter Ashley Wilson are very close, talking often, usually every day. There was no answer when Renee tried to reach out on the phone to have their usual chat. Usually, this may scare Renee, but she thought she knew why. Ashley had called her mom a few days earlier to tell her she had some news, and that news came with lots of crying in about nine months. Renee thought Ashley was upset with her as her, as Renee told Ashley there would have to be some changes in her life with a baby coming. One of those changes included moving back home. Ashley, who had just moved out, had been in a terrible car accident with severe injuries. Ashley took a long time to heal and was proud of her new independence. On January 19, 2004, a call came into the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s office. Renee is shocked to find her sweet daughter dead inside her apartment. Around her neck is the cord she wore around her neck at her high school graduation and a pillow over her head. Ashley had hanged herself, but Renee did not believe this to be the case. Perhaps Renee was wrong, or maybe it was a mother’s intuition.
Join Jen and Cam on this “Our True Crime Podcast” episode entitled ‘A Mother’s Intuition.’
Listener Discretion by the oh-so-talented @octoberpodVHS
All Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint (formally known as @wetalkofdreams)
Promo from our friends at www.crimewithmycoffee.net
Sources:https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=127642&page=1
https://www.foxnews.com/story/passion-confessor-pleads-guilty-to-murder
https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/film-prompts-murder-confession-2509128
https://medium.com/vandal-press/an-assholes-guide-to-getting-away-with-murder-677337e321ed
https://militaryjusticeforall.com/tag/ashley-wilson/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4607592
https://www.cbn.com/entertainment/screen/passion_eldred_texaspassion.aspx?mobile=false
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Killer-confesses-Teen-s-death-not-suicide-9749822.php
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-ashley-nicole/26483377/
https://thecinemaholic.com/ashley-wilson-murder-where-is-dan-leach-now/
https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Autopsy-Victim-in-Passion-case-not-pregnant-8955115.php
https://www.imdb.com/find/?q=%20%E2%80%98Signs%20Of%20A%20Psychopath%3A%20Unholy%20Acts%E2%80%99%20&ref_=nv_sr_smhttps://
ww.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B091JSM2D4/ref=atv_hm_hom_c_lZOsi7_2_7?jic=8%7CEgNhbGw%3DWed, 13 Sep 2023 - 335 - 228. Gone In A Flash: Holly JonesContent Warning
This episode deals with the rape and death of a young child.
Ten-year-old Holly had been playing with a neighborhood playmate a bit younger than her. When it came time for her friend to go home, Holly didn’t want the little girl to walk back alone. So her mother, Maria, gave her permission to escort her friend home since the walk wasn’t very far, only about six minutes. In fact, it was the same route that Holly took every day to get to school.
By 8:30, darkness had fallen, and Holly had not arrived home. At first, Maria thought that her daughter must have stayed at her friend’s house to play for a little while, but a quick phone call confirmed that she hadn’t. Family and friends began canvassing the neighborhood. A frantic Maria called the police and reported her daughter missing.
The next morning, a man was walking their dog along the beach when he saw a black nylon duffel bag in the water. Inside that bag, he would find the torso of a young girl wrapped in plastic.
Join Jen and Cam as they discuss the heartbreaking case 'Gone In A Flash: Holly Jones.'
Michael Briere is up for parole in 2028. There is already a petition to make sure he stays behind bars. Here is the link if you would like to add your name.
https://www.change.org/p/holly-jones
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October fromOctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
https://www.missingkids.org/education/
kidsmartzhttps://www.crime-safety-security.com/child-safety-kidnap.html
https://www.primetimecrime.com/Recent/Murder/murder_Holly_Jones.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwEDVJZ9xmY&ab_channel=AlexanderGoddard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs2H8x0oEAg&ab_channel=CP24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Holly_Jones#:~:text=Hours%20after%20her%20disappearance%2C%20she,Island%20on%20May%2013%2C%202003.
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-the-grim-20-year-anniversary-since-holly-jones-was-abducted-and-killed
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/detective-who-solved-holly-jones-murder-reveals-what-sharp-eyed-officers-noticed-in-killer-s-apartment-1.5599109
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/briere-michael.htm
https://canadiancrowe.tripod.com/holly.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239273387/holly-maria-jonesWed, 06 Sep 2023 - 334 - 227. Silenced Witness: Donna Willard
Donna Willard, a single mother of three, lived in a tight-knit community of South Philly, doing her best to raise her three children. Her oldest was Todd, 12, with his baby sisters, 10-year-old Donna and 7-year-old Jessica, following. They were the light of her life, and she worked hard as a hairdresser to give them a good life. Donna was petite, weighing just over 80 pounds at 4’10, but she was big in her principles. She believed in working hard and doing the right thing. She was energetic and outgoing; love was the only thing missing in her life. In 1988, that would change for Donna when a man named Tommy Tyrrell, a pipefitter by trade, stepped into her hair salon for a haircut and ended up leaving with much more: her heart. After dating for a bit, Tommy popped the question, and the two were engaged. Life was perfect for Donna and Tommy, with a bright future ahead of them, but neither would know that was all about to change.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Silenced Witness: Donna Willard.’
Listener Discretion by the oh-so-talented @octoberpodVHS
All Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint (formally known as @wetalkofdreams)
Sources:
https://chaddsfordlive.com/2014/11/25/court-upholds-death-sentence-in-willard-murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gettysburg-times-donna-willard/355976/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/30388069/
https://casetext.com/case/burke-v-us-14
https://www.newspapers.com/article/standard-speaker-donna-willard/355958/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7830400/http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/99d0956p.pdf
https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/homicide-bureau-attorney-anna-sigga-nicolazzi-takes-viewers-inside-the-fight-for-justice-in-investigation-discoverys-new-series-true-conviction/
https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/14d0588p.pdfWed, 30 Aug 2023 - 333 - 226. Massacre in Muskegon: The Privacky Family Murders
In many ways, the Privackys were your average American family. They lived in western Michigan, in rural Dalton township just north of Muskegon. The family consisted of Stephen Privacky, a his wife Linda, and their two sons. Jedidiah, and Seth.
Around noon on November 29th, the already tense family relationships were strained to the breaking point when Seth and his father had yet another fight. Only this time, his father told Seth that he wanted him to move out of the house. This enraged Seth, who claimed that his father never had anything positive to say to him.
Steve left the house around 12:45 to pick up his father, John, to bring him back to their home for Thanksgiving dinner and Linda decided to take a quick shower. Jed made himself comfortable on the couch in front of the TV.
Seth went upstairs to his parent’s bedroom and took the gun out of his father’s closet. While the aromas of Thanksgiving dinner filled the house, Seth loaded his dad’s .22 caliber Ruger.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss 'Massacre in Muskegon: The Privacky Family Murders.'
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October fromOctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskegon,_Michigan
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Muskegon,+MI/@43.2606111,-86.3913292,11z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x88197cc3a93d9ed9:0x247e359134f72540!8m2!3d43.2341813!4d-86.2483921!16zL20vMHZmczg?entry=ttu
https://www.michigan.org/city/muskegon
https://www.newspapers.com/image/481046064/?terms=Seth%20Privacky&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/512122262/?terms=Seth%20Privacky&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/204917423/?terms=Seth%20Privacky&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/209378302/?terms=Seth%20Privacky&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/442308058/?terms=Seth%20Privacky&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/735981881/?terms=Seth%20Privacky&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/204088750/?terms=April%20Boss%20&match=1 (April's mother)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/212458485/?terms=April%20Boss%20&match=1 (911 call)Wed, 23 Aug 2023 - 332 - 225. I Will Not Be Ignored: Cari Farver
Today, we are going to a small town in Iowa called Macedonia. The city is located just outside of Omaha, Nebraska, and boasts a population of around 250 residents. It is the kind of town in America where everyone knows each other, and you can’t get away with much because you are either related to them or someone you know is related to them. When a 37-year-old single mom named Cari Farver disappeared in 2012, it was all hands on deck. It would take many people to get some answers for those who loved Cari, and when the answers came, the truth about what happened was nothing less than a horror movie. If this story were not true, you would find it difficult to believe.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘I Will Not Be Ignored: Cari Farver.’
Listener Discretion by Edward October @octoberpodVHS
Music by our E.P. Nico @theinkypawprint
Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9015931/Texts-Nebraska-woman-sent-family-murdered-Cari-Farver.html
https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/shanna-golyar-killed-cari-farver-after-impersonating-her
https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-disappearance-of-cari-farver
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/stalker-convicted-of-murdering-missing-woman-spent-up-to-50-hours-weekly-on-twisted-plot
https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/cari-farver/
https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/5-key-details-cari-farver-s-missing-case-ahead-lifetime-s-the-disappearance-cari-farver
https://www.the-sun.com/news/5371202/cari-farver-murder-shanna-golyar-dateline/
https://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Farver-Howard-Braunstein-Films/dp/B0B67ZXJB3
https://nonpareilonline.com/news/a-tangled-web-the-cari-farver-case-becomes-lifetime-movie/article_d7afce42-45c9-11ed-a2af-37a43f4b81f8.html
https://heavy.com/news/cari-farver-body-disappeared-found/Wed, 16 Aug 2023 - 331 - 224. Preconceived Notions: Patricia Stallings
David and Patricia Stallings married in August of 1988, and with the belief that they were about to embark on their part of the American Dream, the couple bought a small white farmhouse on Lake Wauwanoka in Hillsboro, Missouri
Twenty-four-year-old Patricia gave birth to the couple’s first child, Ryan Stallings, in April of 1989. Even though Ryan suffered from gastronomic distress since birth, the couple were overwhelmingly happy in their new roles as parents. But on July 9th, 1989, that would all change as Ryan became horribly ill with nonstop vomiting and labored breathing. Patricia drove full speed up Highway 21 toward St. Louis with her sick baby cradled in his car seat. In a panic, Patricia got lost and ended up at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital instead of going to St. Louis Children’s Hospital, as she intended.
Once there, Ryan was immediately ushered into the ICU, put on a ventilator, and had numerous tubes and IVs going into his tiny body. Patricia was overwhelmed when the doctors couldn’t seem to diagnose what was wrong with him. They slammed her with a barrage of questions and then ran a complete blood and urine analysis. The staff would not allow her or David to be alone in the room with Ryan. Anytime David and Patricia were in Ryan’s room, there had to be medical staff present.
Three days later, Patricia was arrested on assault charges for poisoning Ryan.
Join Jen and Cam as we talk about "Preconceived Notions: "Patricia Stallings"
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October fromOctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print
Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/139943203/?terms=Patricia%20Stallings&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/819970269/?terms=Patricia%20Stallings&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/207793816/?terms=Patricia%20Stallings&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/139942291/https://www.newspapers.com/image/139942651/?terms=Patricia%20Stallings&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/139958402/?terms=Patricia%20Stallings&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/141238228/?terms=Patricia%20Stallings&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/141439318/https://www.newspapers.com/image/141439346/?terms=Patricia%20Stallings&match=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_StallingsWed, 09 Aug 2023 - 330 - 223. Death in Davie: Donna DeckerToday we are heading south to a town called Davie, just outside of Florida’s Gold Coast. It is a small town where not a lot happens, and that is precisely how the townfolk like it. A massacre in this sleepy town would disrupt the calm community, leaving them in fear. It would take a long time to finally get justice, but how the case unfolds is genuinely one of the most bizarre.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of ‘Our True Crime Podcast’ entitled 'Death in Davie: Donna Decker.'
Promo by our friends Whitney and Melissa over at @NavAdvocacyPod. Check them out today!
Listener Discretion by the oh-so-talented @octoberpodVHS
All Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint (formally known as @wetalkofdreams)
Sources
https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1996/84198-0.htmlhttps://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-11th-circuit/1717231.htmlhttp://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/sc07-564/07-564ini.pdfhttps://mycrimelibrary.com/dana-williamson-florida-death-row/https://mycrimelibrary.com/dana-williamson-florida-death-row/http://www.floridacapitalcases.state.fl.us/inmatedetails8a88.html?IID=87https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1994-07-16-9407150625-story.htmlhttps://www.sun-sentinel.com/1990/05/04/invasion-victim-arrested-davie-home-robbery-killed-woman-wounded-3-in-1988/https://casetext.com/case/williamson-v-state-296https://www.scribd.com/book/195157649/Until-Proven-InnocentWed, 02 Aug 2023 - 329 - 222. Together Forever: Barbara and Patricia Grimes
Life in America in the 1950s often conjures up images of an idyllic suburban life. Fueled by unprecedented economic growth after the lean and stressful years of World War II, Americans enjoyed the stability and prosperity that they craved. The innocent and wholesome portrayal of the nuclear family was often depicted in programs like Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver as one where every problem could be solved with a good ol’ heart-to-heart talk and a slice of apple pie.
But look closer, and there are cracks in that façade. The polio epidemic terrified families of the early 1950s, the Cold War raged, and there was little room for divergent views in what had become a homogeneous society. And crime? It existed, even if television shows tried to pretend that it didn’t.
Elvis Presley rocked America socially and literally with his huge hit Heartbreak Hotel in January 1956. Less than a year later, Presley would have a legion of fans and a new movie called Love Me Tender. And it was on a freezing cold night in December of 1956 when two teenage sisters, Barbara and Patricia Grimes, disappeared off South Archer Avenue in Chicago after having seen Love Me Tender for the twelfth time at the Brighton Park Theatre. Their disappearance and subsequent story would be hailed as the crime that stole Chicago’s innocence. It just shone a light on the less than Leave-it-to-Beaver reality.
This case is still open, so if anyone has any information regarding the Grimes sisters case, the Cook County Sheriff’s dept has a page where you can submit information. Link below.
https://www.cookcountysheriff.org/case/819/
Theresa Grimes is the only sibling left of Barbara and Patricia, and she is in her 80s. It would be amazing if she could see her little sisters get justice.
Research and writing by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by OctoberpodVHS & OctoberpodAM
Producer Music & Editing by Nico at We Talk of Drea
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLOjBEarKY&ab_channel=WGNNews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhaptd2v5bw&ab_channel=WGNNews
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Grimes_sisters
https://gizmodo.com/the-hideous-chicago-triple-child-murder-that-was-finall-1728039519
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372809377/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372809377/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371134987/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372098382/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371481073/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371506269/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372089264/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1 (funeral details)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371489418/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371506299/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1 (Bedwell's confession details)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371686309/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1 (4 Quizzed in Grimes Case)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371483321/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371483354/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20 (Detailed breakdown of "sightings")
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372095078/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371314373/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372098303/ (details of the girls last day)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372573261/Wed, 26 Jul 2023 - 328 - 221. The Murder of Mark Kilroy
Warning: This episode is graphic. Listener discretion is advised.
It is a rite of passage for many American college students, and that is Spring Break. It’s a time when students can cut loose, drink too much, and make plenty of bad decisions. Whether Palm Springs or Palm Beach, kids flock to the surf, sun, and sand to have a week full of fun. As parents, we know our children are getting older, and we would probably prefer them not to go, but we have to trust them and know they will be ok but…what if the darkness that lurks out there is more evil than we could ever comprehend and it is just waiting for the right moment to strike.
On Wednesday, March 15, 1989, in Brownsville, Texas, two young men came into the station to talk to Chief Investigator George Gavito. The two men tell the investigator their good friend is missing as they explain that they are visiting South Padre Island for spring break. When investigators finally learn what happened to Mark Kilroy, it is indeed the stuff of nightmares.
Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled ‘Murder of Mark Kilroy.’
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP. @wetalkofdreams
Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13380628/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-believers-cult-murders-in-mexico-53577/
https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-work-of-the-devil/
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/spring-break-trip-matamoros-murder-mark-kilroy-17838251.php
http://people.com/archive/the-grisly-secrets-of-a-lonely-ranch-vol-31-no-17/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/mexico-kidnapping-matamoros-mark-kilroy-b2297461.html
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1989-05-08/news/8905085178_1_jesus-constanzo-leon-valdez
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_99155ab6-236b-5055-9dff-06ccc00
https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/friend-recalls-horrific-murder-of-mark-kilroy/cf207.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20160206041321/http://www.biography.com/people/adolfo-constanzo-408870#investigation-and-deathWed, 19 Jul 2023 - 327 - Listen Now: Suspect "Five Shots in the Dark"
Leon Benson spent 24 years in an Indiana state prison for the 1998 murder of a young man named Kasey Schoen. His conviction hinged on the testimony of two eyewitnesses – but what if their memories turned out to be wrong? And what if the people who knew what really happened had never been allowed to speak?
Suspect Season 3: Five Shots in the Dark is the story of two victims: one murdered, one sentenced to life. Follow host Matt Shaer and attorney Lara Bazelon as they investigate how the justice system failed both Leon and Kasey and who the real killer might be.
Join this unprecedented look inside the attempt to overturn a wrongful conviction and find out if justice will finally be served. Listen to Suspect wherever you get your podcasts.
You can binge Suspect ad-free on Wondery Plus. Find Wondery Plus in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts: Wondery.fm/Suspect3_OTCPMon, 17 Jul 2023 - 326 - 220. There Were Six: The Staudte Family Murders
Springfield, Missouri, is an unassuming town of historical significance. Located in the southwest portion of the state, Springfield is home to about 170,000 people. And although the city is no stranger to violent crime, as many might remember the now world-famous 1992 disappearance of the Springfield Three, it's mostly a quiet place to live.
Mark and Diane Staudte resided in Springfield with their four children. Mark played the guitar and sang lead for a local band, and Diane was a nurse and the family's primary money maker.
On Easter Sunday, April 8th, the paramedics and police were called to the Staudte home to find Mark unresponsive and without a pulse. Initial examination by the paramedics concluded that Mark had been dead for several hours. Nothing seemed unusual except a ring of blood around his mouth. The coroner ruled Mark died by natural causes.
Mark and Diane's 26-year-old son Shaun would be found dead five months later. It would take the second oldest child, Sarah, to be admitted to the hospital in critical condition before an anonymous caller would ask the police to investigate. They feared the members of the Staudte family were being murdered one by one.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss 'There Were Six: The Staudte Family Murders'
Research and writing by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by OctoberpodVHS & OctoberpodAM
Producer Music & Editing by Nico at We Talk of Dreams
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staudte_Family_Murders
https://www.ozarksfirst.com/crimetraveler/crime-traveler-the-chilling-murders-of-the-staudte-family/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/149506784/?terms=Diane%20Staudte&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/176114263/?terms=Diane%20Staudte&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/118485077/?terms=Diane%20Staudte&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/126626823/?terms=Diane%20Staudte&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/213404200/?terms=Rachel%20Staudte&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/159818284/?terms=Rachel%20Staudte&match=1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189253566/mark-alan-staudte
https://www.newspapers.com/image/176114263/?terms=Diane%20Staudte&match=1
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/chilling-story-church-going-mum-7772251Wed, 12 Jul 2023 - 325 - 219. Four For The Money: Lowell "Ed" Amos
It is Saturday morning, Dec 10, 1994, when a phone call from the fancy downtown Atheneum Hotel comes into the police. A hotel guest named Roberta Amos is found dead in the bed. Investigators are sent to the scene. Police ask the 51-year-old Lowell Amos, who goes by Ed, to recount the hours leading up to when he woke up and discovered his 37-year-old wife dead next to him. Ed said the previous night, the couple attended a Holiday party thrown by his employer, who booked several hotel rooms for the attendees to stay in. Ed said the couple was having a great time and drinking lots of bubbly when his wife, who goes by Bobbie, started whispering sweet nothings in his ear. The two left the party, but the night was not finished for the couple, who would attend yet another early morning party. What happened to Bobbie is not immediately apparent, but investigators suspect something is amiss. As they begin the investigation, they are led down a twisty path of mysterious deaths.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Four for the Money: Lowell Ed Amos”
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music is by our Producer. @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482468/reviews
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0922VYDTK/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1 "Married to Death"
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-lowell-amos-2/79308173/
http://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/1998/19980818-c200898-0059-200898-opn.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-11-05-9611050141-story.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216028775/lowell-ed-amos
https://www.inquisitr.com/3829909/lowell-ed-amos-bobbie-bobbe-amos-serial-killer-who-murdered-mom-wives-story-on-ids-pandoras-box
https://apnews.com/article/047ebeef9a58d47c559a30acc0ff1664
http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/25/04712153/0471215325-2.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/047ebeef9a58d47c559a30acc0ff1664
http://www.mayhem.net/Crime/serial4.htmlWed, 05 Jul 2023 - 324 - 218. Blame It On The Game: Mary Towey
On April 13, 1984, in a suburb of St Louis, Missouri, eighteen-year-old Mary Towey never showed up to the Friday the 13th party she was hosting at her parents' home.
Within a week, her body would be found, and her murderers arrested. Since it was the 80s, one of her killers would try to use the Satanic Panic to his advantage.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss Blame It On The Game: Mary Towey
Research and writing by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS & OctoberpodAM
Producer Nico at We Talk of Dreams
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Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Dungeon-Master-Disappearance-Dallas-Egbert/dp/0395355362
https://apnews.com/article/a1121256e68b13b701eea0bc355a6a5c
https://apnews.com/article/a1121256e68b13b701eea0bc355a6a5c
https://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/court-of-appeals/1987/50199-0.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/court-of-appeals/1987/50199-0.html
https://www.oxygen.com/in-ice-cold-blood/crime-news/in-ice-cold-blood-dungeons-and-dragons-moral-panic-explainedhttps://limsk.tripod.com/pulling.htm https://doctorow.medium.com/takes-one-to-know-one-104d7d749408
https://www.grunge.com/47814/easter-eggs-missed-dd/
https://mirrornews.hfcc.edu/news/2020/03-28/its-time-roll-dungeons-dragons-resurgence
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794216/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794234/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794219/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794213/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140820757/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794778/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794734/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/679238660/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/938709865/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/938709865/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140795850/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140857018/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140831302/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833182/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/562445082/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833892/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/679549926/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833242/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140832999/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140846235/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833634/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833634/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/679563696/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140904739/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47138592/mary-christine-towey
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794315/?terms=Mary%20Towey%20Obituary&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794315/?terms=Mary%20Towey%20Obituary&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794734/?terms=Pezzani&match=1Wed, 28 Jun 2023 - 323 - 217. Web of Lies: Cherrylle Dell
It is March 17, 1997, and the day is winding down for Killaloe Ontario police superintendent Ken Leppert. As he leaves the Ontario Provincial Police dept, he is greeted by 39-year-old Nancy Filmore. The visibly upset woman demands to speak to a detective. As the two sit down, Nancy tells the detective she is there to talk about Cherrylle Dell. She blasts into name-calling, directed at the 42-year-old widow and mother of three, Cherrylle. Nancy goes on to say that Cherrylle has been opening accounts of credit under fake names and reporting bogus burglaries to gain insurance money. When asked if she could prove her allegations, Nancy said no, leaving the detective with little to go on. He takes her statement and files it away for now. When asked how she knows Cherrylle, Nancy said they used to date, but the relationship ended and not on a good note. Nancy adds that she is suing Cherryll, claiming that her ex-lover stole money and clothing from her. Now the detective wonders if this is just a scorned lover out for revenge, but this is only the beginning. As Nancy is telling the detective this long detailed story, Nancy messes up and tells a little too much…it is too late now. She could not go back. The detectives knew there was much more to this story than revenge and a jilted lover. Nancy is clearly scared of implicating herself...but in what and why?
Join Jen and Cam from Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘Web of Lies: Cherrylle Dell.”
Listener discretion is by @octoberpodvhs
Music by our executive producer @wetalkofdream
Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11027060/
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/archival-how-sex-lies-and-antifreeze-convicted-the-angel-of-death-cherrylle-dell
https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dell-cherrylle.htm
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dells-daughter-tells-of-weird-conversation/article4169567/
http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0102/ts010203.htm
https://ottawasun.com/2016/01/21/no-early-parole-for-convicted-killer-cherrylle-dell
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/killer-stripper-cherrylle-dell-stories-of-true-crime
https://www.ranker.com/list/crimes-committed-by-modern-witches/amber-fua
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/escaped-killer-arrested-in-toronto-1.1061528Wed, 21 Jun 2023 - 322 - 216. Bega Schoolgirl Murders: Lauren Barry and Nichole CollinsContent Warning: this episode contains graphic details. Listener discretion is advised.
On October 3, 1997, Nichole Collins and Lauren Barry went camping near Tathra and Bega Roads in New South Wales, Australia. The group was celebrating Labour Day weekend along with Lauren's birthday. At 10 pm on Sunday, October 5, Lauren and Nichole decide to walk to a party in nearby Jellat Jellat, five miles away.
It should have been a safe journey.
Join Jen and Cam as we talk about one of Australia's most vicious crimes on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled Bega Schoolgirl Murders: Lauren Barry and Nichole Collins.
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Research and Writing by Lauretta Allen
Music is by our executive producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bega_schoolgirl_murders
https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/4972821/schoolgirl-victims-of-one-of-australias-most-vicious-crimes-remembered/
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/beckett-lindsay.htm
https://julesyus.medium.com/two-schoolgirls-viciously-murdered-on-their-camping-trip-51c50ca286f7
https://www.carolineoverington.com/facing-the-devil-
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-05/school-girl-killer-sentenced/5138310
https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/bega-schoolgirl-killer-moved-after-prison-guards-love-letters-found/news-story/cb7d7a2aa6e0f13d92ad2b8614461f9a
https://www.smh.com.au/national/act/a-grope-in-the-dark-and-a-weapon-is-found-20121210-2b64q.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/camilleri-leslie.htm
https://www.newspapers.com/image/122860735/?terms=Bega%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/123800576/?terms=Bega%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/119759011/?terms=Bega%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/123799247/?terms=Bega%20murder&match=1Wed, 14 Jun 2023 - 321 - 215. For Sin Burns Like A Fire: Death of James Matheney
It is June 16, 1987, and we are in Nashville, Tennessee, and a beloved church named Emmanuel Church of Christ Oneness Pentecostal has experienced a substantial damaging fire. Detective Robert Moore reports to the scene. He quickly determined that the fire had severely damaged the structure, burning extremely hot. The organ had melted, and the chandeliers had fallen to the ground. The walls were black from soot and smoke damage. Although he could see the severity of the fire, he was not there to investigate the fire itself but rather something that the fireman discovered in the church's attic. Since there was no electricity, Moore had to use a flashlight to make his way. In the corner, he notices a pile of stuff, primarily unused wood, materials, just a bunch of stuff thrown on top of what looked like a rolled-up carpet. Wondering what could be on the rug, he begins to unroll it. As it unwinds, human feet appear, but the shock is yet to come. The body had no head, and half of the arm was missing. Upon closer inspection, he notices a belt with a belt buckle. The buckle had the initial ‘T’ on it. Only one person had such a buckle: the well-loved 44-year-old church pastor John David Terry. There was not a break-in, so robbery was out of the question. As the investigation begins, investigators will travel down a deep and twisty path to get a resolution. What they find out is difficult to believe, even for seasoned detectives.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of ‘Our True Crime Podcast’ entitled ‘For Sin Burns Like Fire: Death of James Matheney’
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Listener Discretion courtesy of @octoberpodVHS
Music is courtesy of our executive producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
https://www.nashvillepost.com/home/minister-terry-on-death-row-for-murder-apparently-kills-self-second-suicide-in-west-tn/article_30ffe683-6b66-5e4e-8ff8-0b1b2d28a956.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/27/us/minister-sentenced-to-death.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115897725/john-david-terry
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7984224/
https://thecinemaholic.com/james-matheny-murder-how-did-john-david-terry-die/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/tn-supreme-court/1257486.html
https://christianpundit.wordpress.com/2019/01/06/preacher-john-david-terry-murdered-and-beheaded-friend-to-fake-own-death-1987-equally-yoked-is-pointless/
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-terry-74Wed, 07 Jun 2023 - 320 - 214. Death Of A Cover Girl: Raudha Athif
This is a case that has stuck with Jen for a few years now.
In late 2015 a breathtaking image of nineteen-year-old Raudha Athif wearing a snow-white sleeveless dress, standing chest high in the cerulean, teal swirl of the Indian Ocean. It wouldn’t take long before the image snagged the attention of Vogue magazine. While being a model is a dream for many young women. Raudha had aspirations of being a doctor like her father.
After receiving a scholarship to Islami Bank Medical College, Raudha headed to Bangladesh, which was quite a culture shock. Raudha adapted beautifully. When her Vogue cover hit the stands in October of 2016, the happiness Raudha felt soon gave way to concern. The students at the school began to treat her differently. She received threats and insults for not dressing in a manner appropriate for a Muslim girl. Raudha adhered to the dress code while at school, but modeling, in general, is looked down upon in some of the factions of Islam. To have her depicted in the magazine with exposed arms, shoulders, and hair made matters even worse.
By the end of March 2017, Raudha was found dead in her dorm room. While doctors in Bangladesh ruled her death a homicide, Raudha's family believes it was foul play.
Join Cam & Jen as they discuss "Death of a Cover Girl: Raudha Athif."
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Research and writing by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by OctoberpodVHS & OctoberpodAM
Producer Music & Editing by Nico at We Talk of Dreams
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK7d1U-SALY
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/death-of-vogue-cover-girl-raudha-athif-was-work-of-extremists-parents-say/news-story/654ee6a51a345e8f712bf043da038cd4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raudha_Athifhttps://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/raudha-died-suicide-pib-1721938
https://www.india.com/viral/vogue-cover-girl-raudha-atif-allegedly-murdered-for-wearing-jeans-in-a-muslim-college-in-bangladesh-2009544/
https://mujunaeem.com/2017/04/02/the-case-of-the-missing-instagram-users-from-raudha-follow-list/
https://www.9news.com.au/world/60-minutes-team-forced-out-of-bangladesh-while-investigating-models-alleged-murder/29a5ce22-3b80-4963-bb5a-2c5b6069aa65
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaldivesWed, 31 May 2023 - 319 - 213. Trolling for Murder: The Killings of Billy and Billie Jean
It is January 31, 2012, and a family member decides to drop by the home of 24-year-old Billie Jean Hayworth and her fiance 35-year-old Bill Payne. The couple, who shared a 6-month-old son, had recently gotten engaged and we were excited for the future. A family member who regularly stopped by to check in on the young family was always greeted by the baby crawling around. This time it was different. After not being invited into the home, she entered through the unlocked door. She was immediately thrown off since there was not the usual hustle and bustle of the morning. Instead, pure silence. The women called out to them but no one responded. As she made his way through the hallway, she looked into the bedroom and saw Bill Payne lifeless on the bed. Then he came upon Billie Jean on the floor, covered in blood, with her still clutching to her baby boy. The baby had her mother’s blood on him but seemed to be unharmed. The woman makes a frantic call to 911 in shock from what she has witnessed and tries to soothe the baby. Police head to the location nervous about what they will discover. This is not the norm in this quiet Tennessee town of Mountain City, population 2415. Agent Scott Lott from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports to the scene. He determines Bill Payne had a gunshot wound to the face and his throat had been slit. Billie Jean had a gunshot wound to the head as well. The house did not seem to be in disarray indicating this was not a burglary gone wrong. What it did indicate was that someone wanted both of them dead and made sure to make that happen. The murders looked clean, as in a hit.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Trolling for Murder: The Killing of Billy and Billie Jean.’
Listener Discretion courtesy of @octoberpodVHS
Music is courtesy of our executive producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m40-nbJzKLE
https://abcnews.go.com/US/social-media-feud-led-murder-young-tennessee-couple/story?id=34346840
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/matriarch-of-tennessee-family-convicted-of-infamous-facebook-murders-pleads-guilty-after-being-granted-new-trial/
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/mother-daughter-convicted-in-facebook-murders-case-to-appear-in-court-tuesday/
https://www.timesnews.net/one-of-three-facebook-murder-convictions-overturned-mother-granted-new-trial/article_4aea9524-0618-11ec-a093-8b71991a842d.html
https://www.thetomahawk.com/news/article_495b5c6e-83ce-541f-92b3-26b9a209e73c.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/court-of-criminal-appeals/2019/e2015-02261-cca-r3-cd.html
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/matriarch-of-tennessee-family-convicted-of-infamous-facebook-murders-pleads-guilty-after-being-granted-n/ew-trialWed, 24 May 2023 - 318 - 212. Unsolved in Massachusetts: Deanna Cremin
On March 29th, 1995, 17-year-old Deanna Cremins completed a project at school in which the assignment instructed her to list the five most important goals in her life.
These were Deanna’s answers:- To graduate high school.To find a successful job that I enjoy.To have a dark green convertible Mustang.To have a happy family.To live a long time and healthy. When the assignment asked which of the five things she would choose as the most important, Deanna answered: To live long and healthy.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Unsolved in Massachusetts: Deanna Cremins."
Anyone with any information regarding the murder of Deanna Cremin,
please call617-448-3842
This episode was requested by Russell through our Twitter page. Thank you!
Promo this week is for our friends Mike and JT at Brew Crime
Research and writing by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by OctoberpodVHS & OctoberpodAM
Producer Music & Editing by Nico at We Talk of Dreams
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Maria_Child
https://www.flufffestival.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-killed-deanna-cremin/id1473081850?i=1000468277808https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_Gang
https://www.trailwentcold.com/?s=deanna+cremin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Deanna_Cremin
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2015/03/29/20-years-without-deanna
/http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm444678.
htmlhttps://thesomervillenewsweekly.blog/2017/11/04/dasomerville-police-in-possession-of-new-incriminating-evidence-mayor-joe-curtatone-accused-of-stifling-22-year-old-unsolved-murder-investigation-for-associates-family-member/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLF_MIELfJc
https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/close-to-home-the-murder-of-deanna-cremin-150d9b86e8ab
https://medium.com/the-candid-cuppa/the-unsolved-murder-of-deanna-cremin-6a124015a0e0
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7028427/deanna-jean-cremin/photoWed, 17 May 2023 - 317 - Introducing: Morbid
It’s all a lighthearted nightmare on the MORBID podcast. Hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley, Morbid is a full dose of true crime with a splash of comedy.
Join us all month long as we celebrate 5 years of MORBID with a special anniversary series, a festive edition of listener tales, and more surprises to come.
Listen to Morbid wherever you get your podcasts: Wondery.fm/MB_OTCP
Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Morbid early and ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today.Mon, 15 May 2023 - 316 - 211. Dear Katherine: The Murder of Katherine Foster
One of the scariest yet most exciting things is letting go of your child as they become an adult and go to college. As a parent, you have done your job getting your child to this point; now, you will drop them off at college, trusting they will be safe and have a blast while getting an excellent education. That is how it is supposed to go, but sadly that isn’t always the case. Today we are headed to the southern united states to Mobile, Alabama, which struggles with New Orleans to claim the right to be the one Mardi Gras city. Debate is to which city helps the first mardi gras. It is a cute small, safe town. In Mobile, you will find the University of South Alabama. Now if you are a local or a student, it is simply South. The year is 1979, and 18-year-old Katherine Foster is excited to start college. Katherine has a beaming smile and friendly personality, but she also has the brains since she was the salutatorian of her class. What should be the best time of her life ends before she even really had a chance to get started.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled "Dear Katherine: The Murder of Katherine Foster."
Music by @wetalkofdreams
Listener Discretion @octoberpodVHS
Sources:
http://www.doc.alabama.gov/InmateHistory
https://www.foxnews.com/story/woman-arrested-at-homeless-shelter-for-1980-murder-of-alabama-student
https://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2008/11/25/28-years-later-arrest-made/
https://thecinemaholic.com/katherine-foster-murder-where-is-jamie-kellam-letson-now/
https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-t0pdxt/nightmare-next-door-season-6/?episode=b-rj1emr
https://www.facebook.com/InvestigationDiscovery/posts/the-body-of-freshman-katherine-foster-is-discovered-in-a-wooded-area-near-the-un/10150974067484902/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3038426/
http://www.mobilebaytimes.com/foster051710.html
https://www.wlox.com/story/9399395/cold-case-arrest-unearths-painful-memories-in-pascagoula/
https://www.thoughtco.com/woman-arrested-1980-murder-katherine-foster-3969309
https://www.al.com/live/2010/05/jamie_letson_convicted_of_1980.htmlWed, 10 May 2023 - 315 - 210. The Secret Life of Jeffrey PeloCONTENT WARNING
This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.
Bloomington-Normal is a metro area of about 130,000 people in north-central Illinois. Located just two hours southwest of Chicago, Blo-No, as it is affectionally called, is one of those cities in America that’s known for being, well, normal. It’s flat, there’s not much to see, and it's surrounded by cornfields. One local real estate agent describes Bloomington-Normal as the town that “has everything you need and nothing that you don’t.”It's a town where people feel safe.
So, it was quite disconcerting when on the 4th of April in 2003, a twenty-five-year-old woman, who was sound asleep in her home in Bloomington-Normal, was suddenly and terrifyingly woken in the middle of the night by an intruder. This was the second rape in four months, and police noticed that the details of that case were terrifyingly similar. It was unusual for the town to have even one occurrence of stranger rape at all, let alone two. Something was horribly wrong. The police had the sickening suspicion that the town had its very first-ever serial rapist.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "The Secret Life Of Jeffrey Pelo"
Thank you to EJ Hammond for requesting this episode.
You can find her book, Ted Bundy: Memories of the Beast here
Research and writing by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by OctoberpodVHS
Producer Music & Editing by Nico at We Talk of Dreams
Sources:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/il-court-of-appeals/1541002.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/illinois-police-sergeant-jeffrey-pelo-doubled-serial-rapist/story?id=11497530
https://www.wglt.org/show/wglts-sound-ideas/2018-01-10/bloomington-mom-shares-heroin-heartache-to-help-others
https://www.newspapers.com/image/75556460/?terms=Jeffrey%20Pelo&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/75850779/?terms=Jeffrey%20Pelo&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/75540537/?terms=Jeffrey%20Pelo&match=1
https://www.amazon.com/From-Protector-to-Predator/dp/B091JG4FGL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23LHV8WP0NAGV&keywords=who+the+bleep+did+I+marry+Pelo&qid=1680189416&s=instant-video&sprefix=who+the+bleep+did+i+marry+pelo%2Cinstant-Wed, 03 May 2023 - 314 - 209. The Bone Collector: The Death of David Reed
There is a job for kids that doesn’t exist today: the old paperboy. Kids would wake before sunrise and hop on their shiny Schwinn bikes with a banana seat to deliver the newspapers to the neighborhood. 13-year-old David Reed was the local paper boy for the Pottsville Republican, and he always made sure to get papers to his neighbors in Schuylkill Haven so they could get the morning news with their coffee. David always wore his uniform, a t-shirt with the newspaper’s name and logo, when he delivered so people knew him and liked the kid. At this age, your bike is your transportation. You take great pride in it, and it gets you to where you want to be. One summer day, David left on his bicycle to go and meet up with friends. This was common; however, when he failed to come home, worry sets in as this was not like David. It was also a concern because David had juvenile diabetes, and eating on time was crucial. It would take years to find out what happened to David Reed.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled 'The Bone Collector: The Death of David Reed.'
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All Music is by our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
https://www.mcall.com/2009/02/27/man-sentenced-23-years-after-schuylkill-death-he-says-guilt-haunted-him-ever-since-fatal-blow-over-marijuana/
https://www.mcall.com/2008/01/20/pursuing-break-in-boys-case/
https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/local-cold-case-makes-national-television-david-reed-joseph-geiger-files-bone-keeper-ae-network/523-09a8b600-9648-4c1a-bd61-7057b2d373bf
http://berkspets.com/article.aspx?id=109811
http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=103130
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29413530
http://www.mcall.com/news/all-coldcases-story-012008-story.html
http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_584353.html#axzz3pbYOOztO
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/08/21/police-arrest-suspect-in-185-murder-pennsylvania-boy-13-who-left-home-on-bike.html
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8QRSNCF/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s2Wed, 26 Apr 2023 - 313 - 208. Try To Catch Me: The Murder of Darlene "Dolly" Prioriello*****CONTENT WARNING*****
Every now and then, police officers experience a case that shakes them to their core. In May of 1982, that’s exactly what happened. Two beat patrol officers in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada,were first to respond to a frantic phone call reporting a dead body, one would quit the force within six months, and the other would ask for a desk job where he would remain for the rest of his career.
Darlene Prioriello disappeared from a bus stop after spending an evening with her boyfriend. The next day, a local factory received a call telling them to check the field next to their building. For a week, the killer would harass the Prioriello family and taunt the police, threatening to kill again.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Try and Catch Me: The Murder of Darlene "Dolly" Prioriello"
Thank you to our team that helped make this episode possible:
Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his YouTube channel
He also has a podcast called OctopberpodAM. Available everywhere.
Nico at We Talk Of Dreams for editing and theme music.
Lauretta Allen for research and writing.
Sources:
Videos by Deadbug
https://www.bitchute.com/video/pTi5W4Kw208g/
https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=pxd8Kq5Ea64
https://youtu.be/71PvJBD_XvE
https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dobson-david-james.htm
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rapists-teary-contrition-familys-cold-disdain-clash-at-hearing/article1074194/
https://www.finda.grave.com/memorial/139247415/darlene-nicky-prioriello
https://www.newspapers.com/image/728663333/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/728663353/?terms=darlene%20prioriello&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/733300500/?terms=Darlene%20Prioriello&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/510935558/?terms=Darlene%20Prioriello&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/733307137/?terms=Darlene%20Prioriello&match=1Wed, 19 Apr 2023 - 312 - 207. Confession from the Grave: Jack Jones Jr
Today’s case takes us to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where it is May 31, 1991. The area is well-known to sunbathers and tourists alike. It is home to the Swimmers Hall of Fame and several high-end hotels and restaurants. Millions of people set off to soak up the sand and sunshine each year, and Lorraine Anne Barrett was no different. Lori, as she was known by her friends, was a 32-year Pennesylannia native who set off to enjoy some R and R. She had rented a room at the Days Inn Lauderdale and was about to enjoy her time. The following day, the hotel cleaning staff arrived to clean her room around noon but was shocked upon finding Lorriane dead and not from natural causes. A composite was made and shared with neighboring jurisdictions, but no leads were developed. The case grew cold. It would take some time to find the man responsible, but that was only the beginning of the story, with lots of twists and turns along the way.
Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘Confession from the Grave: Jack Jones Jr.’
Listener Discretion is by Edward October from @octoberpodVHSAll music is by Nico @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
Det on The First 48
https://www.facebook.com/thefirst48/videos/the-first-48-det-curcio-is-mongo/10151639755668909/
https://www.thv11.com/article/news/jack-jones/91-717020ea-7af3-4e82-9637-5f80e9033522
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/arkansascompletesfirstdoubleexecutionfirstlethalinjectionsince2000jackjonesmarcelwilliamsdeath-a7700436.html
https://wreg.com/news/prosecutors-executed-arkansas-inmate-claims-1983-florida-murder-after-death/https://archive.ph/20201104090227/
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-stewart-jones-murder-case-20190321-story.html#selection-1695.2-1725.116
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/fl-op-col-grimm-wrongful-conviction-20190502-story.html
https://media.arkansasonline.com/news/documents/2019/03/21/JACK_JONES_LETTER__TRANSCRIPT.pdfWed, 12 Apr 2023 - 311 - 206. Without Remorse: The Frankston Serial Killer
Thank you to Donna for requesting this episode!
*****Content Warning*****
It has been theorized by the experts who study serial killers that a killer’s first victim often knows the offender or, at the very least, lives nearby. Sometimes they are neighbors or friends of friends, coworkers, or possibly people who attend their church.
In 1992 on Claude Street in Seaford, Victoria, Australia, two women were unaware that they were about to be 'baby steps' for the person who would become known as the Frankston Serial Killer. They were his trial run, the middle rung on his escalating ladder of carnage. Within months, Paul Denyer would attack and four women, brutally murdering three.
Paul Denyer is seeking parole in 2023, and many don't believe he should ever be released. Please listen to Jen and Cam discuss "Without Remorse: The Frankston Serial Killer" and see for yourself. If you feel Denyer needs to stay in prison, please go to Change.org and sign the petition.
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Thank you to our team that helped make this episode possible:
Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his YouTube channel
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Nico at We Talk Of Dreams for editing and theme music.
Lauretta Allen for research and writing.
Sources:
The Frankston Murders: 25 Years On by Vikki Petraitis
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MWDJ9YW/ref=x_gr_bb_kindle?caller=Goodreads&tag=x_gr_bb_kindle-20---Great read.
http://media.heraldsun.com.au/multimedia/2013/april/denyerletters/index03.html#:~:text=%22I%20committed%20those%20disgusting%20crimes,that%20I%20was%20a%20male.%22
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/special-handwriting-analysis-provides-an-insight-into-the-mind-of-serial-killer-paul-denyer/news-story/01e16e61b1cf73d5d6f3fc9c548dc336
https://www.newspapers.com/image/123020445/?terms=Paul%20Denyer&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/123020449/?terms=Paul%20Denyer&match=1Wed, 05 Apr 2023 - 310 - 205. Hush Little Babies: Marybeth Tinning
It started with Jennifer, the third child of Marybeth and Joe, joining siblings Barbara and Joe Jr in December of 1971. Little Jennifer was not a healthy child and died from meningitis on January 3, 1972. This news hit Marybeth and Joe hard, especially Mary, who had just lost her father in October. Perhaps the stress ignited a slow-burning fire into a firestorm, or maybe it was always inside and had not yet appeared until now. Whatever the reason, there would be a trail of death with one person responsible for them all. Yet time and time again, the person was left to do it again and again.
Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast episode, ' Hush Little Babies: Marybeth Tinning.’
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The show’s music is from our editor and executive producer Nico @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
Baden, Michael M.; Hennessee, Judith Adler (1989). Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner (1st ed.). New York City: Random House. ISBN 978-0394569826.
Egginton, Joyce (1990). From cradle to grave: the short lives and strange deaths of Marybeth Tinning's nine children (Jove ed.). New York: Berkley. ISBN 978-0515103014.
https://web.archive.org/web/20141010012046/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/women/marybeth_tinning/2.html
Gado, Mark (2011). Bardsley, Marilyn (ed.). Crimescape | Mom: The Killer. New York City: RosettaBooks. ISBN 9780795319228.
"Sacrifice Their Blood | Deadly Women | Investigation Discovery GO". Investigation Discovery GO. 2017.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19861211&id=sRUhAAAAIBAJ&pg=1301,4013409
https://people.com/crime/marybeth-tinning-child-murderer-parole-laying-low/
https://Wed, 29 Mar 2023 - 309 - 204. Bad Creek Bridge: Taylor Paschal-Placker, Skyla Whitaker & Ashley Taylor
"Two young girls gunned down on a beautiful June day" is a headline we, Americans, are all too familiar with. However, most people would be shocked to discover that the brutal slayings occurred along a tree-lined dirt road in America's heartland. "That type of violence doesn't happen here," or "We moved to the country to get away from this type of thing," is what we often hear after such a violent act occurs. And indeed, those were the very emotions that locals expressed in June of 2008, when eleven-year-old Skyla Jade Whitaker and her best friend, thirteen-year-old Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker, were shot thirteen times while walking home from the creek on a beautiful June afternoon.
Police would work on solving the young girl's murder for three years without any luck. It would take the disappearance and murder of 23-year-old Ashley Taylor to lead police to Skyla's and Taylor's killer.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Bad Creek Bridge: Taylor Paschal-Placker, Skyla Whitaker, and Ashley Taylor."
Promo from our friend Bob Motta of Defense Diaries. You won't want to miss this podcast.
See Cam and Jen at True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival on August 25-27, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Go to https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ and use code OTCP for discounted tickets!
Thank you to our team that helped make this episode possible:
Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Nico at https://www.wetalkofdreams.com/ for editing and theme music.
Lauretta Allen for research and writing.
Sources:
Now I Lay Me Down by Faith Phillips https://www.amazon.com/dp/1724577123?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_STH5VV43T5NZF0AKTZZJ
https://people.com/crime/how-dead-woman-helped-crack-cold-case-of-murdered-schoolgirls/
https://www.podcastone.com/episode/Ep-42-Terror-in-Oklahoma-Kevin-Sweat-case
https://youtu.be/OnPm6DVx5yQhttps://youtu.be/H-d0hlesG2M
https://www.amazon.com/The-Message-in-Red/dp/B091HS4X7P/ref=sr_1_4?crid=5LKKE9DC02Y&keywords=murder+comes+to+town&qid=1677446257&s=instant-video&sprefix=murder+comes+to+town%2Cinstant-video%2C95&sr=1-4 (When Murder Comes to Town Season 3 Episode 10)
https://www.amazon.com/Right-Place-Wrong-Time/dp/B091Z4H1YP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UIC9AR8U2OTV&keywords=Discovery+plus+Shadow+of+a+Doubt&qid=1677446519&s=instant-video&sprefix=discovery+plus+shadow+of+a+doubt%2Cinstant-video%2C94&sr=1-1 (Shadow of Doubt Season 2 Episode 7)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16532154/?ref_=ttep_ep6 (Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins Season 1 Episode 6)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27510441/skyla-jade-whitaker
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/double-child-murder-cold-case-4648173
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2712481/Oklahoma-man-admits-killing-2-girls-fiancee.html
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-man-ordered-to-trial-in-deaths-of-2-oklahoma-girls-2013jan29-story.htm
lhttps://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2011/06/11/small-town-in-oklahoma-suffers-one-tragedy-after-another/61157301007/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/kevin-sweat-murdered-ashley-taylor-2-kids-in-oklahoma
https://bridgehunter.com/ok/okfuskee/bh42977/
https://ktul.com/news/local/weleetka-murders-still-a-mystery-ten-years-laterhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/709614130/?terms=Weleetka%20Placker&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/910117113/?terms=Weleetka%20Placker&match=1
https://goo.gl/maps/KQHjv26Xia3U82Cr7https://www.newspapers.com/image/454519610/?terms=Weleetka%20Placker&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/910121158/?terms=Weleetka%20Placker&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/454517245/?terms=Weleetka%20Placker&match=1Wed, 22 Mar 2023 - 308 - 203. The Butler Did It: Roy Fontaine
Today’s bizarre tale begins in Chelsea in 1977, where we go to the home of Walter Travers Scott- Elliot and his 60-year-old wife, Dorothy. The couple enjoyed the riches of what they had worked hard for all their lives, and they were pretty well off, upper crust if you will. Walter and Dorothy came from well-established families and lived in a penthouse apartment surrounded by expensive collectibles. The couple managed a small staff at home. In November of 1977, they hired a man named Roy Fontaine. Roy Fontaine presented himself just as you would imagine a butler would. He was refined and well-spoken. He quickly impacted the Scott-Elliots and gained their trust; they even let him sign checks for them and handle their finances. Unfortunately for the Scott-Elliots, there was a lot about their new butler that they did not know and would pay dearly for. Mr. Fontaine was not who he said he was; his real name was Archibald Thomson Hall, but that was only the beginning.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘The Butler Did It: Roy Fontaine.’
Edward OctoberpodVHS gave us a brand new shiny listener discretion. He’s the best. Check him out at @octoberpodVHS.
All music is original and amazing courtesy of our executive producer Nico @wetalkofdreams
Sources:https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/archibaldthomsonhall/themurderousbutler/
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/glasgows-demon-butler-who-became-24957298
https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hall-archibald.htm
https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hall-archibald.htm
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/the-monster-butler-fake-toff-serial-1098917
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6z5ams
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C15180674
Books:
Hall, Roy Archibald (2002). To Kill and Kill Again: The Chilling True Confessions of a Serial Killer. John Blake. ISBN 978-1-85782-555-8.
Pender, Paul (2012). The Butler Did It: My True and Terrifying Encounters with a Serial Killer. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 9781780575612.
Nicol, Allan (2011). The Monster Butler. Black & White Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84502-336-2.Wed, 15 Mar 2023 - 307 - 202. Terror in the Bushland: Carolynne Watson and Julian Buchwald
Four hours northwest of the central city of Melbourne, located in the southeast region of the continent, lies the vast and protected 1.6 million-acre Alpine National Park. Known as the adventure lovers' dream, the park's mountains make up part of what is known as the Great Dividing Range and offer stunning views of towering ridges, lush wildflower valleys, and majestic waterfalls. Plenty of camping, skiing, and hiking can be enjoyed if one is so inclined.
However excellent the travel brochure for the Australian Alps may sound, locals understand that the landscape can also be a nightmare for people who are not adequately prepared. Victoria is home to at least four venomous snakes and any number of bees, wasps, ticks, and spiders. So when a local farmer driving to town saw two half-naked, sunburnt people stumble on the road before him, he realized they must have been lost in the park and immediately stopped to help them.
The couple, seventeen-year-old Carolynne Watson and twenty-two-year-old Julian Buchwald were taken to Buchan police station. The story that unfolded was the stuff of nightmares, harrowing.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss 'Terror in the Bushland.'
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Come see Cam and Jen at True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival on August 25-27, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Go to https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com/ and use code OTCP for discounted tickets!
Thank you to our team that helped make this episode possible:
Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his YouTube Channel
Nico at We Talk of Dreams for editing and theme music.
Lauretta Allen for research and writing.
Sources:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nailed-bailed-jailed-then-derailed-the-bush-plot-that-cost-a-man-his-country-20160427-gofuxd.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUC4dWpdWmY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLzD7IrZq70
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Satanic+kidnap+'a+fake'.-a0176720333
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles
https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/sex-ruse-kidnapper-julian-mathias-buchwald-loses-appeal/news-story/f3f792553f00af165af676a69aae5495
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/twisted-romeos-darren-saltmarsh-and-julian-buchwald-turned-the-search-for-love-to-pure-terror/news-story/e85b3f7b43b48aea7ceade6803605aa6
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nailed-bailed-jailed-then-derailed-the-bush-plot-that-cost-a-man-his-country-20160427-gofuxd.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-25/gippsland-appeals-kidnap-sentence/2855750
https://www.smh.com.au/national/longer-jail-term-for-notsogreat-escape-20091021-h91b.html
https://www.theage.com.au/national/missing-couple-planned-marriage-at-years-end-20080309-ge6tnh.html
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Satanic+kidnap+'a+fake'.-a0176720333
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Budgeree+VIC+3870,+Australia/@-38.4334681,145.8701512,9z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b297043ed4be9df:0x40579a430a05b40!8m2!3d-38.4255528!4d146.360725!16s%2Fg%2F1tdyft2y
https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/budgeree
https://www.facebook.com/budgeree/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill,_VictoriaWed, 08 Mar 2023 - 306 - 201. The ABC Killer: Moses Sithole
On September 17, 1995, in Boksburg, South Africa, a Johannesburg Police Reservist had the day off and decided to enjoy the day by hunting rabbits. As the man was walking in the field, the putrid smell hit him. It smelled of death, but it was not just one decomposing body, but several. This was the dumping ground and the killing field of a serial killer. Some bodies were unrecognizable since they had been out there a long time, while others looked freshly killed. Thirty police officers, dogs, and a helicopter were called for a grid search. The police believed they knew who was responsible for these deaths since they knew a killer had been working in the area for nearly a year, but this was new. The killer had been killing women and dumping them but never like this, never all in one spot. He was getting reckless and didn’t care, or he was getting brave and better at his actions. The mass grave held ten bodies. Authorities would discover many more bodies in the places such as Atteridgeville, Boksburg, and Cleveland, earning him the moniker ABC Killer.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘The ABC Killer: Moses Sithole.’
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Music @wetalkofdreams
As I stated on the podcast, here is a list of victims:(date is the day they disappeared/died, followed by the name, age, and discovery date)
July 6, 1994 - Maria Monene Monama, 18
August 6, 1994 - Amanda Kebofile Thethe, 26
August 19, 1994 - Joyce Thakane Mashabela, 32
September 7, 1994 - Refilwe Amanda Mokale, 24
September 18, 1994 - Rose Rebothile Mogotsi, 22
December 1994 - *Unidentified Victim* (discovered 3 January 1995)
January 1995 - Beauty Nuku Soko, 27
March 3, 1995 - Sara Matlakala Mokono, 25
April 7, 1995 - Nikiwe Diko (discovered 24 June)
April 12, 1995 - Letta Nomthandazo Ndlangamandla, 25
April 20, 1995 - Sibusiso Nomthandazo Ndlangamandla, 2
May 12, 1995 - Esther Moshibudi Mainetja, 29
May 23, 1995 - Granny Dimakatso Ramela, 21 (discovered 18 July)
May 25, 1995 - Elizabeth Granny Mathetsa, 19 (discovered 16 June)
May 30, 1995 - Mildred Ntiya Lepule, 28 (discovered 26 July)
June 13, 1995 - Francina Nomsa Sithebe, 25
June 22, 1995 - Ernestina Mohadi Mosebo, 30
July 14, 1995 - Elsie Khoti Masango, 25 (discovered on 8 August)
July 17, 1995 - Josephine Mantsali Mlangeni, 25
August 8, 1995 - Oscarina Vuyokazi Jakalase, 30 (discovered 23 August)
August 9. 1995 - *Unidentified Victim*
August 15, 1995 - Makoba Tryphina Mogotsi, 26 (discovered 17 September)
August 28, 1995 - *Unidentified Victim*
August 30, 1995 - *Unidentified Victim*
September 4, 1995 - Nelisiwe Nontobeko Zulu, 26 (discovered 17 September)
September 7, 1995 - Amelia Dikamakatso Rapodile, 43 (discovered 17 September) September 12, 1995 - *Unidentified Victim*
September 12, 1995 - Monica Gabisile Vilakazi, 31 (discovered 17 September)
September 17, 1995 - Hazel Nozipho Madikizela, 21 (discovered 17 September)
September 17, 1995 - Tsidi Malekoae Matela, 45
September 17, 1995 - *3 Unidentified Victims*
September 24, 1995 - Agnes Sibongile Mbuli, 20 (discovered 3 October)
October 9, 1995 - *Unidentified Victim*
October 10, 1995 - Beauty Ntombi Ndabeni (discovered 11 October)
October 14, 1995 - *Unidentified Victim*
November 6, 1995 - *Unidentified Victim*
Sources: https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/moses-sithole-south-africa-s-worst-serial-killer/timelineWed, 01 Mar 2023 - 305 - 200. For Want Of A Child: The Murder of Jossie Merrifield
Just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, lies Collinsville, Illinois.
In this town, the Merrifields raised their blended family of thirteen children.
In August 1999, the Merrifields looked forward to adding two new grandchildren to their ever-growing family. Their daughter, 18-year-old, Jossie, was due any day with her second child, and their daughter Sandra May, who was four years older than Jossie, was due just a short while later with the baby she had long been trying for. The Merrifield family was large, consisting of nine girls and four boys, with plenty of little ones running around to keep things interesting. But before August was over, tragedy would strike the family.
Join Cam and Jen as we discuss 'For The Want Of A Child: The Murder of Jossie Merrifield.
Thanks to the following folks for making this possible!
Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his YouTube Channel
Nico at We Talk of Dreams for editing and theme music.
Lauretta Allen for research and writing.
And a huge thank you to Andy from stabbyhamlet.com for all the stickers, pens, and magnets. Make sure you check out his store for great underground metal music artists. You will find albums, graphic novels, and fun characters that are only available to them.
Sources:
http://www.catsupbottle.com/index.html
https://cahokiamounds.org/https://thecinemaholic.com/jossie-merrifield-murder-where-is-sandra-merrifield-now/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Z1plXV6k8
https://www.newspapers.com/image/769760588/?terms=Merrifield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/769760725/?terms=Merrifield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/128936873/?terms=Merrifield&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/769761257/?terms=Merrifield&match=1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193175552/jossie-lynn-merrifield#:~:text=Funeral%20services%20will%20be%20at,St%20John%20Cemetery%20in%20Collinsville.&text=Jossie%20was%20survived%20by%20her,senior%20at%20Collinsville%20High%20School.Wed, 22 Feb 2023 - 304 - 199. What Happened to Linda Sherman?
On June 28, 1990, two TWA flight attendants decided to grab a bite to eat near the St Louis Lambert airport. They decide to go to a local Mexican fave, Casa Gallardo, on St Charles Rock Road. The pair were seated at a table next to the window. As the pair were talking and trying to decide between the chimichanga or the steak soft tacos, but definitely a must is the grande margarita or, even better, a pitcher of margs. Sitting at their table, one woman noticed something in the bushes across the parking lot. It was hard to make out, and even when they questioned if what they thought they saw was truly what it was. One of the flight attendants called over the manager to point it out. The manager shut the blinds to all the windows facing that direction. It was nearly 1 pm when the manager called the Bridgeton police. After the police arrived, the crime scene investigators followed. The flashbulbs were popping, and crime scene tape went up. It was as if someone had purposely placed it there to stare at the patrons of the restaurant. The dirty skull looked fake, but it was very real.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘What Happened to Linda Sherman?’
Listener discretion is by the talented @octoberpodVHS
All music is by our executive producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:https://unsolved.com/gallery/linda-sherman/
https://truecrimearticles.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/the-unsolved-disappearance-of-linda-sherman/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Linda_Shermanhttps://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/body-of-evidence-2475396
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/mo-linda-sue-sherman-27-skull-found-st-louis-22-april-1985.531293/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13038307/linda-sue-sherman
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/slideshow/5-unsolved-mysteries-from-around-St-Louis-and-224675.php
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/michael-webb-vinita-park-police-chief-pursued-murder-case-for-years/article_af4d26e9-195a-5206-ba1c-4bad8557c3c9.html
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/rip-frank-anzalone-clayton-attorney-defended-those-no-one-would-touch-2603674
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/ill-probably-die-in-that-chair-legendary-st-louis-attorney-frank-anzalone-cant-envision-a-time-when-hell-no-longer-be-practicing-law-2483596Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 303 - 198. Forever Valentine: Patricia Mann & Jesse McBane
Jesse was an All-American young man who was voted Most Likely to Succeed. Patricia was an All-American young woman on track to become a nurse. When the two met, sparks flew. Even though they were usually separated by distance, they knew they would be together forever.
On February 12, 1971, Jesse unexpectedly showed up at Watt's Nursing School in Durham, North Carolina, where Patricia attended, to take her to the Valentine's Dance. The two had a fantastic night at the dance, then left at 11:30 to go to Lover's Lane.
When the two failed to return home, friends and family knew something was wrong and began searching for the two lovebirds.
Then on February 25, a land surveyor found what he thought was a mannequin leg covered with leaves deep in the woods, only four miles from Jesse and Patricia's last known whereabouts. Upon closer look, he saw the bodies of Jesse McBane and Patricia Mann. They had been tied to an oak tree and covered by leaves and debris. Their hands were tied behind their backs, and a rope was around their necks.
This case has remained unsolved for fifty-two years and needs closure. Join Cam and Jen as they go over the case along with the three main suspects. Maybe you will be the one that can help the police solve the case.
If you have any information, no matter how small, about the abduction, torture, and murder of Jesse McBane and Patricia Mann, please contact the Orange County Sheriff's department at 919-644-3050 or visit the Orange County Sheriff's Office's website at www.ocso.com.
Make sure to check out the long-form podcast The Long Dancewith investigating reporter Drew Adamek and writer/filmmaker Eryk Pruitt. It is well done and chock full of information and interviews with many people involved. Jen loved it!
Thank you to our team that helped make this episode possible:
Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his YouTube Channel
Nico at We Talk of Dreams for editing and theme music.
Lauretta Allen for research and writing.
Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/714863400/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/714863475/?terms=Jesse%20McBane
https://www.newspapers.com/image/646280721/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/646111279/?terms=Jesse%20McBane
https://www.newspapers.com/image/662421035/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/787518118/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/787518136/?terms=Jesse%20McBane
https://www.newspapers.com/image/787781871/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/786655309/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/787507036/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/662422419/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/786694153/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/787897967/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/656350784/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/662420511/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/786694416/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/662421231/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/340176850/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/787390649/?terms=Jesse%20McBane&match=1Wed, 08 Feb 2023 - 302 - 197. America's Youngest Serial Killer:Craig Price
It is July 27, 1987, and 27-year-old single mother Rebecca Spencer is sound asleep on her couch. She wakes to a stranger above her. The man has a knife and uses all his strength to bring the knife down and stab Becky violently repeatedly. The community was in shock but the police were sure they would solve the case fast. They were wrong and the case went cold for two years. The killer would strike again on September 4, 1989, when a mother and her two children were attacked in the middle of the night. Police were shocked by the heinousness of the crime but the bigger shock was soon to come when investigators found the killer.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘America’s Youngest Serial Killer: Craig Price.’
Promo is by our good friends Mike Garson from Brew Crime and Paige Elmore from Reverie True Cime. Mike and Paige launched a new podcast called BrewVerie. Take a listen and check them out.
Listener discretion is by our buddy @octoberpodVHS
Music is by Nico @wetalkofdreams –he is also our executive producer
Sources: https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Craig-Pricehttps://www.wpri.com/news/tape-of-craig-prices-chilling-confession-surfaces-1-year-before-serial-killers-potential-release/https://alchetron.com/Craig-Price-(murderer)https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2019/01/18/craig-price-gets-25-years-in-stabbing-of-inmate/986782007/https://turnto10.com/news/local/craig-price-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder-in-floridahttps://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/price-craig.htm#:~:text=Craig%20Price%20(also%20known%20as,criminal%20record%20for%20petty%20theft.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCnW7H_2PVsWed, 01 Feb 2023 - 301 - 196. Missing in Florida: Michelle Parker & Tracy Ocasio
Another listener requested episode. Thank you, Chris Johnson!
Cam and Jen discuss two unsolved cases involving missing women in the Orlando area in Florida.
First, we discuss Michelle Parker. Michelle disappeared in 2011, just hours after millions of viewers tuned in to see her and her ex-fiance, Dale Smith, on The People's Court. She was last seen dropping off her twins at Smith's apartment. There is a $200,000 reward for any tips leading to an arrest or where she is located.
Then we discuss the disappearance of Tracy Ocasio in 2009. She was last seen leaving a bar called Florida Tap Room in Ocoee with a man named James Hataway. Tracy's car was found 150 yards away from Hataway's home, but she has never been found.
James Hataway has since been sentenced to life in prison for the attempted murder of another woman who had given him a ride home.
If you have any information about these two women, please call Crimelines at 1-800-423-8477.
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Thanks to the following folks for making this possible!
Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his YouTube Channel
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Lauretta Allen for research and writing.
These are the videos I spoke about in this episode. Please go to ourtruecrimepodcast.com for the complete list of sources.
WFTV The Search: Michelle Parker
WFTV The Search: Tracy Ocasio
WFTV The Search: Jennifer KesseWed, 25 Jan 2023 - 300 - Wondery Presents: Frozen Head
Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid.
When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to life in the future, and that belief will pull multiple generations of the Pilgeram family into a cryonics soap opera filled with dead pets, gold coins, grenades, fist fights, mysterious packages, family feuds, Hall of Fame baseball legends, and frozen heads — lots of frozen heads.
From Wondery comes a story about life, death, and what comes next.
Follow Frozen Head on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.
Listen to Frozen Head: Wondery.fm/FH_OTCPMon, 23 Jan 2023 - 299 - 195. Motiveless Murder: Haines Family Massacre
Thomas Haines was a 50-year-old industrial supplies local sales manager, while his 47-year-old wife Lisa was a preschool teacher at Lancaster Brethren Preschool. The couple had a 20-year-old daughter named Maggie who had just completed her sophomore year at Bucknell University where she was studying biology and a 16-year-old son named Kevin who was a sophomore at Manheim Township High School. The family was a loving one, with the parents willing to help their children in any way they could. The family of four was enjoying the start of summer break but little did they know, a killer was lurking nearby who had an evil plan he was about to unfold.
Join Cam and Jen as we discuss ‘Motiveless Murder: Haines Family Massacre’ on this episode of ‘Our True Crime Podcast.’
Listener discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music/EP by @wetalkofdreams
Sources: Book: Kreider, Tim. Refuse to Drown.https://web.archive.org/web/20131012070538/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=5398048https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_Next_Doorhttp://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20214203%2C00.htmlhttps://lancasteronline.com/news/local/alec-kreider-never-revealed-motive-for-killing-his-friend-friends-parents-in-brutal-2007-stabbing/article_cf578904-e195-11e6-80c1-5f1fae40c6f7.htm
lhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Kids
https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083554/
http://images.lancasteronline.com/local/205764snbaffidavit.tif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Lives_Here
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/01/father_of_triple_murderer_post.html
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2244585/ Unusual Suspects
https://people.com/archive/rage-to-kill-vol-70-no-2/
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/alec-kreider-commits-suicide-in-prison-was-serving-3-life-terms-for-brutal-manheim-township/article_91ad8c82-e183-11e6-8051-af868aee3ec1.htmlWed, 18 Jan 2023 - 298 - Special Episode: Rogue Transmissions: Friday the 13th
And now for something completely different for you to enjoy on Friday the 13th!
Listen to Rogue Transmissions brought to you by our friends Edward of Octoberpod AM on all podcast platforms, as well as Octoberpod Home Video on YouTube, and J.T.of the Brew Crime Podcast, Crime Trials, Active Shooter, and more!
Samantha (MJ McAdams from Humble Hauntings and Octoberpod) and Calvin (J.T. from Brew Crime Podcast) are moving into their new, very haunted home. All the items they find in the house still work without batteries or being plugged in. Throughout this journey, presented by Octoberpod, Calvin and Samantha will discover the terrifying secret of the 13th Hour. The revelations will shock you!
It's Friday the 13th, the day when anything is possible.
You are listening to Rogue Transmissions.
Paige of Reverie True Crime comes over the airwaves to explain the origins of Friday the 13th. Why are people all over the world so superstitious and fearful and consider this day the unluckiest of all?
Next up, it's Brew Crime Podcast with J.T. and Mike! They're talking about Sam Patch. A daredevil who dared a little too much one Friday the 13th decided to perform his biggest stunt involving a bear, Niagara Falls, and Genesee Falls.
Hey! Curious Cat Podcast, hosted by Jennifer, is on now! She's discussing something mysterious and haunting. As of now, 15 feet have washed ashore on the coast of the Salish Sea in British Columbia, Canada, and a few in the state of Washington that matched some of the other feet in British Columbia. Thirteen of those feet have been identified. Where are these feet coming from? Who do these feet belong to?
Suddenly, Our True Crime Podcast, with hosts Jen and Cam, breaks through the static. They tell us about Samantha and Calvin, the love birds who are moving into this eerie home. Everything is not as it seems, and you won't believe what is uncovered.
Then, Nikki of Serial Napper comes on. The classic horror film, Friday the 13th, may seem unreal, but Nikki tells us about a terrifying tragedy that occurred in 1960 in Finland. Four teenagers went camping at Lake Bodom and were slain. This case seems like it is straight out of a horror movie, but unfortunately, these are true events that will make you second guess that summer camping trip.
Spine Chillers and Serial Killers, hosted by Emma, Tash, and Becky, switch on. Their first story happened on Friday the 13th in 1972, when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was headed to Santiago, Chile. What happened is known as the Andes flight disaster or the Miracle of the Andes. Then, we are presented with a disturbing occurrence from a Friday the 13th in 2012. Brittany Kilgore was murdered during, what she thought, was an S&M session. Lastly, you won't believe what happened on a Friday the 13th at 13:13 to a 13-year-old boy in Lowestoft, England.
Thank you for listening to Rogue Transmissions.Fri, 13 Jan 2023 - 297 - 194. Roch Theriault and Ant Hill Kids Cult*****CONTENT WARNING*****
In 1984, the beautiful, tranquil area of Burnt River in Ontario, Canada, attracted the attention of the free-spirited, organic-food-growing faith community called the Ant Hill Kids. Along an isolated road on August 16th, 1989, it was here that a member of that faith community hitch-hiked her way to a hospital, protecting the stump that used to be her right arm.
A former nurse herself, Gabrielle Lavallee knew only too well the horrors that could befall an untreated amputation. But any horror that could result from rampant infection was mild compared to the horror she’d already endured.
Gabrielle, determined to leave the "utopian" community behind, eventually spilled her story to the police. Gabrielle had existed in conditions far from utopian. She had been living in an absolute sadistic hellscape, controlled and manipulated by the Ant Hill Kids leader, a Quebec man named Roch Theriault.
Join Jen and Cam as we discuss a case that is so heinous and bizarre that if it were a work of fiction, the author would be taken to task for making up such an unbelievable story.
If you or any loved ones need help with either leaving a cult or are in need of therapy to recover from your experiences, you can visit the International Cultic Studies Association’s website at https://www.icsahome.com/support
Promo by Tales From the Darkside. Be sure to check out Season 5
Thank you to
Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his YouTube Channel
Nico at We Talk of Dreams for editing and theme.
Lauretta Allen for research and writing
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/466768310/?terms=Roch%20Theriault&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/743679526/?terms=Roch%20Theriault&match=1
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/733562728/?terms=Roch%20Theriault&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/503747306/?terms=Roch%20Theriault&match=1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1vnaYiNH-ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wBXOkcvhDg&t=889s
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www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/canadian-messiah-formed-doomsday-cult-ulcer-problems-article-1.3797931
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https://www.namnab.com/post/the-canadian-cult-you-ve-never-heard-of-the-ant-hill-kids
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/chilling-insight-doomsday-cult-members-13995059
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1983/1/10/the-reactionary-face-of-catholicismWed, 11 Jan 2023 - 296 - Introducing SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow
For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old
Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family
members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had
scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide.
Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still,
every lead had fizzled. Every person of interest had turned out to be a dead end.
Then, in 2019, Jonelle’s remains were unearthed near the foothills of the Rocky
Mountains. With the discovery came a troubling new question: Had the truth been
hiding in plain sight the entire time? Was the man who couldn’t stop obsessing
over Jonelle’s disappearance also the person who took her?
From Campside Media and Wondery comes season two of SUSPECT. Former CNN reporter
Ashley Fantz and executive producers Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson
(Suspect, Over My Dead Body) dig into one of the most mind-bending cold cases
in modern history, in an attempt to separate fact and fiction, compulsion from
guilt, and true-crime fandom from a motive for murder.
Hey Prime Members, you can binge all 6 episodes of SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today: Wondery.fm/OTCP_Sus2Mon, 09 Jan 2023 - 295 - The Mockingbird Hill Massacre: Ronald Gene Simmons Day 12 The 12 Nightmares Brefore Christmas
In the small town of Cloudcroft, located in a mountainous region of New Mexico, rumors began to surround a seventeen-year-old girl named Sheila Simmons. It was 1981, and most 17-year-old girls were excited about watching music videos on the newly launched 24-hour music channel MTV, reading Teen magazines, dressing in the latest fashion trends, and taking over the landline to chat with each other about their day and other important things. But Sheila's reality was, tragically, much darker. Shy, ashamed, and threatened into silence, she finally admitted her secret to a school counselor after much pressure: she was pregnant. What's more, the father of her unborn child was also the baby's grandfather, 40-year-old Ronald Gene Simmons. When he learned he was being investigated by authorities, Simmons felt betrayed. In a letter discovered almost a decade later, he warned his daughter, quote, "You have destroyed me, and you have destroyed my trust in you…
I will see you in Hell."
Little did anyone know, things would only get worse from that moment on.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas Day 12: The Mockingbird Hill Massacre: Ronald Gene Simmons
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Researched and Written by Jesse Hawke
Sources:
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-30-mn-21766-story.html
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/ronald-gene-simmons-3731/
https://apnews.com/article/6c5ee3b239d03ca1b0302e14795ed02c
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s1/simmons-ronald-gene.htm
https://truecrimefanclub.com/2019/06/05/ronald-gene-simmons/
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/simmons131.htmSat, 24 Dec 2022 - 294 - Bad Romance: Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate Day 11 The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
The year is 1958, and America is still innocent in terms of evil people. We know they were always around, but with snail mail and no internet, things that made the news are not like they are today. Someone commits a heinous crime in Manchester, England, and in mere seconds, we here in the US hear about it. Today's case, Day 11, takes us back to when Eisenhouse and Nixon led the US and the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover, was America’s watchdog. Even though it entered the lexicon in early 1900, the word teenager was coming into the common language. Teens were becoming more independent from their parents thanks to public education. No longer were young children pulled from school to go to work. This led to some rebellion from those teens, who were better to show the cause than James Dean and Elvis. Perhaps it was perfect timing in the US, or maybe it was the shock of how two teenagers could capture the world's attention and go down in infamy. The couple would be memorialized in such movie classics as Terrance Malik’s 1974 Badlands with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as the leads, Tarrantino’s True Romance, David Lynch’s Wild at Hart, Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers. Even today, the couple still holds our gaze with movies, tv shows, songs, books, and more.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas -Day 11-Bad Romance: Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
http://www.biography.com/articles/Charles-Starkweather-233080
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6100
https://books.google.com/books?id=CxYeAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA39&article_id=2740,4258335
https://www.archive.org/details/killerscontractk0000cawt/page/174
https://books.google.com/books?id=348UAAAAIBAJ&q=%22Charles+Starkweather%22&pg=PA21&article_id=5866,2297883#v=onepage
https://lincolnlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/StarkweatherTimeline.pdf
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77473754/the-miami-news/
https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/killing-spree-transfixed-nation-charles-starkweather-and-caril-fugate-1958
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/killer-couple-strikes-the-heartlandFri, 23 Dec 2022 - 293 - The Grim Sleeper: Lonnie Franklin Jr Day 10 The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
On April 17, 1974, a seventeen-year-old girl in Stuttgart, Germany, was visiting her boyfriend. After saying her goodbyes, she left for the train station at around 12:30 am. Along the way, a Fiat with three passengers pulled up beside her to ask for directions. These men, who were US Army soldiers, asked the girl for directions and offered her a ride home. The girl thought that the three were trustworthy. Sadly, her instincts were very quickly proved wrong. One of the men sprung a knife on her, and they drove to a remote location to sexually assault her. All three of the men raped her, and one of them took photographs during the attack. Ingrid was brought back to the car and finally dropped off at home. Ingrid, thinking on her feet, pretended that she was interested in the men, coaxing them to give her a phone number so she could get back in touch with them later. One of them fell for it and agreed, giving her his number. This man was 21-year-old Lonnie David Franklin Jr, a US army private cook stationed at the Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart. Ingrid didn’t know she was not the only victim of the three men that night or that this man would go on to become one of the most prolific serial killers of all time in America.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas Day 10 The Grim Sleeper: Lonnie Franklin Jr
The photos of the unidentified women suspected to be victims of Franklin are available to view at the following link: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-suspects-secret-photos/9/. Anyone with information about these women is asked to call 1-877-LAPD-24-7.
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Written and Researched by Jesse Hawke
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Lonnie Franklin: The Grim Sleeper Serial Killer Who Terrorized Los Angeles
Lonnie Franklin, serial killer dubbed "Grim Sleeper," found dead in San Quentin State Prison - CBS News
The Infamous Case Of Lonnie Franklin Jr ( JCS Inspired )
Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer Lonnie Franklin Once Gang Raped a German Teen
https://www.laweekly.com/grim-sleeper-returns-hes-murdering-angelenos-as-cops-hunt-his-dna/
'Everybody knew Lonnie' - Los Angeles Times
Police collect hundreds of pieces of evidence from Grim Sleeper suspect's home - Los Angeles Times
‘Grim Sleeper’ Serial Killer: Everything You Need to Know – Rolling StoneThu, 22 Dec 2022 - 292 - Landlady from Hell: Dorothea Puente Day 9 The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
It is November 11, 1988, when Detective John Cabrera and his team pay a visit to the once regal but past its prime Victorian home located on F Street in Sacramento, California. The detectives are conducting a wellness check on 51-year-old Alvaro "Bert" Montoya. Bert, a tenant at the home, has an intellectual disability. His social worker had phoned the police, worried that he was missing since she had not heard from him. They knock on the door and are greeted by a landlady of the home, an older woman. Det. Caberea asked her if they could look around the place, and she agreed and told them to go ahead. “Dig in my yard. I don’t know what’s out there.” She knew exactly what, or shall I say, who was in her yard.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas -Day 9: Landlady from Hell: Dorothea Puente.
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
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https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-mar-28-la-me-0328-dorothea-puente-20110328-story.html
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_Women
https://www.netflix.com/watch/81149403
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http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/in-print-dorothea-puentes-killer-cookbook/Content?oid=897848Wed, 21 Dec 2022 - 291 - The Snapshot Killer: Christopher Wilder Day 8 The 12 Nightmare Before Christmas
***The audio issues have been fixed. Please email us at ourtruecrimepodcast@gmail.com if you hear any problems with any of our episodes. Thank you for being so understanding! -Jen
Day 8
On March 5th, 1984, a twenty-three-year-old Orange Bowl Princess named Elizabeth “Beth” Kenyon left the parking lot of the Coral Gables High School where she worked as a special needs teacher. Beth had also been a finalist in the Miss Florida contest in 1982. She thought the pageants were a lot of fun, but her heart was with the kids she taught. She waved goodbye to the security guard on duty, and it is presumed she was headed to the gym. However, she would never make it to the gym, nor would she make it home to her apartment on Ives Dairy Road. The police did list Beth as a missing person but assured the Kenyons their daughter was fine, claiming that young women her age went away for a few days without telling their parents all the time. Beth’s parents knew that their daughter was not that irresponsible. Convinced that something was wrong and unhappy with the apathetic attitude of the police, the Kenyons hired private investigators, a father-son duo named Ken Whittaker Senior and Junior. Ken Senior was an ex-FBI Chief and amazingly thorough. No clue was too small for him. Hiring them would be the most important step in this case.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas Day 8: The Snapshot Killer: Christopher Wilder
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Researched and written by Jen
Copy Editor Lauretta Allen
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43410008-the-snapshot-killer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmBXz0Emm38
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/beauty-queen-killer-christopher-wilder-florida-playboy
https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Wilder-Historical-Killers-Murderers-ebook/dp/B01EZ3Z87W/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=christopher+wilder&qid=1638501577&s=books&sr=1-3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiJovpsOP1o
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHK-G1QsHs
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https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19840425&id=cDodAAAAIBAJ&pg=6904,7213272
https://web.archive.org/web/20131212203006/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+TEEN%27S+TERRIFYING+DAYS+WITH+A+KILLER+IN+1984,+AN+L.A.-AREA+GIRL...-a0179511757
https://healthpsychologyconsultancy.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/making-of-a-monster-christopher-wilder-the-beauty-queen-killer/
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2021/07/19/south-bay-history-christopher-wilders-savage-crime-rampage-included-a-stop-off-in-the-south-bay/
https://charleyproject.org/case/elizabeth-ann-kenyon
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/1983-slaying-of-young-woman-may-have-been-work-of-serial-killer/article_8f92c889-687e-50fc-84fc-53cb210b162f.htmlTue, 20 Dec 2022 - 290 - Blood Lust: The Rainwater Killings: Day 7: The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
25-year-old John Rainwater and 22-year-old Lori Rainwater were a married couple just starting out. The couple had a 15-month-old daughter at home, and Lori had just got home from the hospital after delivering her son, who was just seven days old. The couple lived in Atascadero, CA and by all accounts, were a loving family with many friends. John and Lisa were Christians who managed an apartment complex at 8750 El Camino Real in Atascadero, a city with a population today of 29,000 and located in San Luis Obispo County. They worked hard to get their lives going and were excited about the future. The couple had a lifetime to look forward to, but one man changed all that on a chilly February morning in 1987.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas -Day 7:Blood Lust: The Rainwater Killings
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreamsTue, 20 Dec 2022 - 288 - A Christmas Massacre: The Carnation Murders-Day 6-The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
The 6th day takes us to the small town of Carnation, Washington. On December 24, 2007, 60-year-old Wayne Anderson, a retired engineer from Boeing, and his wife of 31 years, 61-year-old wife, Judy, were anxiously awaiting the arrival of their family to start celebrating the holiday. It was tradition for the Anderson family to get together on Christmas Eve. It was Wayne’s favorite holiday, and they celebrated by opening presents, eating, and enjoying everyone’s company. The couple was expecting their 29-year-old daughter Michele and her partner, Joe, who lived in a trailer on Anderson’s 11 acres. Their 32-year-old son Scott and his wife, Erica, would bring their two small children. In addition, 41-year-old Mary and her son were also planning on coming. At around 5 pm, the king county sheriff’s office receives a 911 call from Anderson’s home. When the dispatcher picked up the phone, they heard a woman screaming. The call only lasts 10 seconds before the line goes dead. The dispatcher tried to call back twice, but the calls went to voice mail. What happened in the home was vicious and savage, but the biggest shock was who committed this heinous crime.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas Day 6
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Sources:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/michele-anderson-sentenced-to-life-for-killing-6-relatives/
https://www.q13fox.com/news/you-are-a-bully-and-coward-michele-anderson-told-before-given-6-life-sentences-for-killing-family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVydO82yBNU
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/At-long-last-Carnation-woman-who-wiped-out-6866197.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TXQIcYckus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVDiTNw2TwY
https://www.nbc.com/homicide-for-the-holidays/video/a-christmas-massacre/3435780
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/i-wanted-my-mum-brother-and-dad-to-die/news-story/ddc51732d3e6f5deb9d7cfa4abf1c813
https://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-yuletide-massacre
https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/tag/michele-anderson/
https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2007/12/26/6-bodies-found-on-carnation-wa-property-122507-police-have-ruled-out-murder-suicide-no-suspects-yet/
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/timeline-of-carnation-killings-anderson-murder-trial/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/577073483/?terms=judy%20wayne%20anderson&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/581643398/?terms=judy%20wayne%20anderson&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/815863858/?terms=judy%20wayne%20anderson&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/822184042/?terms=judy%20wayne%20anderson&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/806151704/?terms=judy%20wayne%20anderson&match=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Pb0JOk7-A
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Man-admits-to-Carnation-killings-in-bid-to-dodge-5129224.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20150119004927/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/12/29/washington-family-murder-suspect-apologized-then-shot-kids-to-death/
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/michele-anderson-convicted-of-killing-6-family-members-to-be-sentenced/233177814/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Carnation_murders
https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/anderson-michele.htmSun, 18 Dec 2022 - 287 - Valley of Death: Lewis Clark Valley Murders Day 5 The 12 Nightmares of Christmas
On day 5, we are headed to Lewistown, Idaho. It is also home to Lewis and Clark State College, where 21-year-old Kristina Nelson was a student in 1982. Kristy, as her friends and family call her, was a bright, articulate student studying business. While not attending classes, she enjoyed her passion for painting. She started a job as a custodian at the Lewiston Civic theatre to get to know more community members. Kristy’s step-sister, 19-year-old Brandy Miller, also worked at the theater with Kristy. Just like Kristy, Brandy was artistically inclined. On September 12, 1982, Kristina left a note for her boyfriend, who would be coming over later to hang out with them, and she didn’t want him to be confused when Kristy and Brandy were not home. The two needed to go to the store to pick up a few snacks for the night. The note assured him they would be home soon. Plans changed as Kristy’s boyfriend got home from work and fell asleep instead of going to hang out with Kristy. The following morning, he headed to Kristy’s apartment and found no one home. He did see the note from the night before on the table. Not thinking much of it, he went on his way. However, when the day came and went, the following day, having still not heard from her, he went to the Lewiston theatre and learned that she had failed to show up for work. In fact, none of Kristy’s friends had seen her at all. Kristy was very responsible, and her friends knew something was wrong. The boyfriend went to the police to file a missing person report for Kristy and Brandy.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas -Day 5:Valley of Death: The Lewis Clark Valley Murders
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
https://vimeo.com/51442715:Confluence
https://lmtribune.com/northwest/fbi-keeps-file-open-on-kristin-david-case/article_ec559279-df44-5002-a29f-4d2c18bb978c.html
https://lmtribune.com/northwest/fbi-keeps-file-open-on-kristin-david-case/article_ec559279-df44-5002-a29f-4d2c18bb978c.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Missing_and_Exploited_Children
https://klewtv.com/news/local/a-look-into-the-suspect-in-christina-white-disappearanceSat, 17 Dec 2022 - 286 - Canada's Youngest Serial Killer: Cody Legebokoff Day 4 The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
Cody Legebokoff was born on January 21, 1990. He was raised in Fort St. James, a district
municipality characterized by severe, snowy winters and short summers on the southeastern shore of Stuart Lake in British Columbia. Cody grew up hunting for grouse and fishing for trout with his family, with whom he had a close relationship. Cody was into country music and dirt biking. He played minor hockey and soccer and competed on school downhill skiing and snowboarding teams. When he graduated from Fort St. James Secondary School in 2008, Cody spent a brief time living in Lethbridge, Alberta, before moving back to British Columbia and settling in Prince George, about 100 miles southeast of Fort St. James, working as a mechanic for a Ford dealership. Cody is presented as a “perfectly normal” young man, described by family and friends as popular, friendly, sociable, and kind-hearted, showing no propensity for violence. For these reasons, the residents of Fort St. James were left shocked and in disbelief when, after a routine traffic stop in November 2010, Cody was found to have committed a brutal murder. The discovery of this murder was just the start and would eventually lead to Cody Legebokoff being named one of Canada’s youngest serial killers.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas Day 4 Canada's Youngest Serial Killer: Cody Legebokoff
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Written and researched by Kira Ackling
Sources:
“Fort St. James” - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._James
“Cody Legebokoff” - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Legebokoff
“Cody Legebokoff: Canada’s Youngest Serial Killer” - Crime Traveller
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2016/08/cody-legebokoff-canadas-youngest-serial-killer/
“Who is Cody Alan Legebokoff?” - Global News https://globalnews.ca/news/167103/who-is-
cody-alan-legebokoff/
“Loren Leslie Murder: Where is Cody Legebokoff Now?” - The Cinemaholic
https://thecinemaholic.com/loren-leslie-murder-where-is-cody-legebokoff-now/
“Cody Alan Legebokoff” - Murderpedia https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/legebokoff-cody.htm
“Cody Legebokoff had blood on face, legs when arrested, Crown says” - CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cody-legebokoff-had-blood-on-face-legs-
when-arrested-crown-says-1.2663413
“Autopsy reveals extensive injuries, Legebokoff trial hears” - Prince George Citizen
https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/legebokoff-trial-archive/autopsy-reveals-extensive-injuries-
legebokoff-trial-hears-3712443
“Legebokoff admits to playing a role in Stuchenko murder” - Prince George Free Press
http://www.pgfreepress.com/legebokoff-admits-to-playing-a-role-in-stuchenko-murder/
“Body found in gravel pit is missing mother of six” - CTV News https://bc.ctvnews.ca/body-
found-in-gravel-pit-is-missing-mother-of-six-1.449385
“For family of missing and murdered woman, violence has historical roots” - Alaska Highway
News https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/bc-news/for-family-of-missing-and-murdered-woman-
violence-has-historical-roots-3494237
“Natasha Montgomery, Missing from British Columbia since 2010” - Justice for Native Women
http://www.justicefornativewomen.com/2016/04/natasha-montgomery-missing-from-british.html
“The victims of alleged BC serial killer” - The Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/the-victims-of-alleged-bc-serial-
killer/article557840/
“‘A slap in the face’: serial killer moved to medium security” - National News
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/a-slap-in-the-face-serial-killer-moved-to-medium-
security/
“Woman tells murder trial of relationship with Legebokoff” - Times ColonistFri, 16 Dec 2022 - 285 - Killer Uncle Joe:Rima Traxler, Kara Rudd & Chila Silvernails Day 3 The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
It is day 3, and we are headed to Longview, Washington. It is a quiet, safe town located about 50 miles outside Portland, Oregon. It is May 15, 1985, when Danelle Traxler is waiting for her young daughter, 8-year-old Rima, to arrive home from school after her walk home. Her mother had a strange feeling knowing that Rima was never one to be late. Danelle went outside and traveled the same path Rima would have, hoping to run into her, but she did not see her. Danelle went home and called the police to report her 8-year-old missing.
Danelle informs officers what Rima was wearing that day and emphasizes that Rima would never talk to strangers, much less get into a car with one. In fact, Rima had a password that her family would use in an emergency. Anyone asking Rima to get in the car with them-family or even friends-- would have to have the family password. No matter who it was, they had to have the password to let Rima know it was ok. It was as if Rima had simply disappeared. Sadly, this was not the first time a young girl disappeared from the area; even worse, it would not be the last.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas-Day 3: Killer Uncle Joe: Rima Traxler, Kara Rudd & Chila Silvernails
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
Douglas, John; Olshaker, Mark (2019). The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
https://tdn.com/news/local/child-killer-joseph-kondro-dies-at-state-prison/article_23c1a25c-964d-11e1-94e7-001a4bcf887a.html
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Sociopath-amazed-he-s-not-on-death-row-1061735.php
https://tdn.com/news/local/california-author-examines-life-of-joseph-kondro/article_6ff0bc74-8aaa-11e2-9106-0019bb2963f4.html
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Part-6-In-their-own-words-The-twisted-art-of-1107772.php
https://www.chronline.com/stories/cowlitz-county-detectives-say-40-year-old-cold-case-of-murdered-girl-still-open,289791Thu, 15 Dec 2022 - 284 - The Babes In The Woods Murders Day 2 The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
On the 9th of October 1986, Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows returned home from school, running through the front doors of their respective homes, eager to get changed and play outside. Around 5 pm, the girls played with friends outside a neighbor's house. Shortly after this, the girls headed to Wild Park; despite knowing they were not allowed there, Nicola was told by her parents that the “boogeyman” lived there, hoping to scare her away from ever entering. Sadly, for unknown reasons, the girls entered the park that afternoon. The girls were spotted around 5:15 pm by a park policeman, playing on some trees, who warned them that they would hurt themselves. As the afternoon turned into evening, both families began to worry. 8 pm was their bedtime, and they both knew to be home by then, but there was no sign of either of them.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas Day 2: Babe in the Woods
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Written and researched by Kira Ackling
Sources:
SOURCES -
“Russell Bishop (murderer)” - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bishop_(murderer)
“Babes in the Woods murders (Wild Park) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babes_in_the_Wood_murders_(Wild_Park)
“'I didn't top the girls': How brazen Russell Bishop greeted victim's father after police bailed him over Babes in the Wood murders... 32 years before he was eventually convicted” - Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6859693/Father-tells-32-years-scapegoat-Babes-Wood-murders.html#v-4228966068257666593
“FACE OF A MONSTER Chilling pics shows Babes in the Wood killer Russell Bishop joining search for schoolgirls he brutally murdered” - The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7946214/cctv-footage-babes-wood-killer-joined-search-murdered-girls/
“'HE'S A MONSTER' Babes in the Wood murder victims’ mums blast ‘coward’ killer as he’s FINALLY convicted 32 years on” - The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7942926/wicked-paedo-russell-bishop-finally-found-guilty-of-babes-in-the-woods-murders-32-years-on/
“The Babes in the Wood murders and the killer who searched for his own victims” - Sussex Live https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/babes-wood-murders-killer-who-4511903
“Russell Bishop jailed for 1986 Babes in the Wood murders” - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46528206
“Babes in the Wood murders: How killer paedophile Russell Bishop was caught by DNA, and tried to accuse victim's father” - Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/babes-wood-murders-russell-bishop-guilty-dna-father-barrie-karen-hadaway-nicola-fellows-cruel-defence-a8630076.html
“Paedophile denies murdering nine-year-olds - but admits sexually assaulting seven-year-old then lying about it” -...Wed, 14 Dec 2022 - 283 - Kiss and Kill Murder: Betty Williams- Day 1 -The 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
Our first nightmare before Christmas takes up back in time to 1961. It is March in Odessa, Texas, and while the state is known for being warm, the spring air is still crisp in the mornings. The William’s household is getting ready for the day.
Mrs. Williams had made breakfast for her 17-year-old daughter Betty who is currently a senior at Odessa High School. Screaming her name from the small kitchen, Betty did not answer. Like most moms of teenagers, we are all too familiar with the oversleeping kid, so Mrs. Williams makes the walk down the hall to Betty’s room and knocks on the door, telling Betty her breakfast is getting cold and she is going to be late for school. When Betty doesn’t answer, she jiggles the door knob and realizes the door is locked. Mrs. Williams, perhaps out of fear or, more likely, anger, leaves the house through the front door to go around to the back of the house. Betty had an outside door in her bedroom, and well, Betty had been known to not always follow her parent's rules. As she opened the door, anger was now gone as she gazed upon a bed that had not yet been slept in during the night. Betty was missing.
Join Jen and Cam on the 5th Annual Our True Crime Podcast’s 12 Nightmares Before Christmas -Day 1: Kiss and Kill Murder: Betty Williams.
Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
All music is courtesy of our Executive Producer @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
https://www.nydailynews.com/true-crime-justice-story/ny-kiss-and-kill-murder-ghost-of-odessa-high-school-20221029-gnokrx6tozfchdkvuxgejbqdpm-story.html
https://www.cbs7.com/content/news/FIRST-ON-CBS7-Kiss-and-Kill-killer-has-died-504111961.html
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5156498/
https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/killer-claims-girl-begged-him-to-shoot-her-6824335131b
https://showbizcorner.com/betty-williams-murder-update-john-mack-herring
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RCRRBO7JMNKF7?ASIN=097775586XTue, 13 Dec 2022 - 282 - 193. Spiderman of Denver: Theodore Coneys
It is October 17, 1941, and 73-year-old Phillip failed to answer his front door. Since his wife was in the hospital, the neighbors took turns having him over for dinner so he would not be all alone. This evening Phillip was excepted to come to the neighbor's house for food, and he didn’t show up. Not sure why the neighbor went to Philip’s house and knocked on the door, but no one answered. Worried something was wrong, she gathered a few more neighbors and went back to the house. After checking all the doors and windows, they located a window that was unlocked and a neighbor crawled into the window. The worst fears became a reality when the young woman started screaming about what she had discovered inside.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Spiderman of Denver: Theodore Coneys’
Listener discretion is by our buddy @octoberpodVHS
All music is by our EP @wetalkofdreams
Promo is by our friend @santamaybe
Check out his fabulous and clever podcast ‘Santa Maybe A Criminal’
Sources:
https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/tale-denver-spider-man
https://www.outtherecolorado.com/features/the-dark-creepy-tale-of-denvers-spider-man-reader-discretion-advised/article_926dccd6-7b94-11eb-b5f1-53f4e77bca3e.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/coneys-theodore.htm
https://www.ranker.com/list/theodore-coneys-facts/jacob-shelton
https://web.archive.org/web/20040213070643/http://www.prisonmuseum.org/spider.htm
https://www.audible.com/pd/15-Theodore-Edward-Coneys-The-Denver-Spider-Man-Podcast/B08ZSZRYWP
https://www.reddit.com/r/CreepyWikipedia/comments/qgu95z/theodore_edward_coneys_a_murderer_who_squatted_in/Wed, 07 Dec 2022 - 281 - 192. The Monster of Worcester: David McGreavy
****This is a brutal episode. Listener discretion is advised ****
In April of 1973, on Friday the 13th, Elsie Ralph was at work, bartending at the Punch Bowl Tavern in the Rainbow Hill district of Worcester, England.
At closing time, her husband came to pick her up and left their three young children at home with their lodger, David McGreavy.
An hour later, as the couple approached their home, they were met by police, informing them that they could not enter their home. Elsie panicked and begged to know why. The police officer gravely told them, “There’s been a murder.” The police would not immediately share with the couple precisely who had been murdered or the details of the crime. Elsie became hysterical, and an ambulance medic gave her a sedative.
Join Jen and Cam as we discuss 'The Monster of Worcester: David McGreavy'
A big thank you to:
Listener Discretion by Edward @OctoberpodVHS. You can find him on all your podcast apps or at https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideo
Producer and theme music by Nico Vettese at wetalkofdreams.com
Researched and written by Lauretta Allen
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McGreavy
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/david-mcgreavy-parole-babysitter-killed-three-children-impaled-bodies-railings-cleared-release-101026018.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-22623176
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/david-mcgreavy-the-monster-of-worcester
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-story-about-the-monster-of-worcester-david-mcgreavy-who-killed-3-children-d1eaea1bfc7c
https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mcgreavy-david.htm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-48593232
http://www.murderuk.com/david-mcgreavy.html
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/killer-babysitters-chilling-answer-asked-16418799
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS9F4xfVtlU&t=6s
https://www.newspapers.com/image/829639153/?terms=%22David%20McGreavy%22%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/290961364/?terms=%22David%20McGreavy%22%20murder&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/785070134/?terms=%22David%20McGreavy%22%20murder&match=1Wed, 30 Nov 2022 - 280 - 191. The Suitcase Killer: Steven Zelich
We are headed to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a resort town in the Midwest. The summer tourist season is about to kick off. The popular destination is located on Geneva Lake and has been popular for years, with everyone from the elite to kids hitting up the water parks. On June 5, 2014, a call came into the Walworth County Sheriff's Department at about 3:20 pm. The dispatch informed them that laying on the side of Como Road, were two suitcases discovered by a local farmer. The farmer attempted to move them, but as he approached, the smell let him know that he needed to call the police. As police arrived on the scene, they located two suitcases, a black one with plenty of insect activity on it and a purple one. Police unzipped the black one and discovered the body of a female inside. Even though the body was badly decomposed, it was a female, and her body was intact. There was a ball gag in her mouth attached to her head by a strap. Around her neck, there was a rope with both of her hands behind her body. It would take a while to find out who was responsible but they would find him.
Join Jen and Cam on this episode of ‘Our True Crime Podcast’ as we discuss ‘The Suitcase Killer: Steven Zelich.’
As always, our listener discretion is by Edward October @octoberpodVHS
Check him out, you will love him. Promise
All music is original by our executive producer Nico @wetalkofdreams
He makes us sound good…and that is a chore.
Sources:
https://www.wisn.com/article/court-ex-cop-can-try-to-rescind-guilty-plea-in-suitcase-death/34797666
https://nypost.com/tag/steven-zelich/
https://fox6now.com/2014/06/30/no-doubt-it-was-her-friends-family-of-jenny-gamez-were-just-waiting-on-dental-records-to-prove-it/
https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/southwest/news/west-allis/2020/12/01/ex-west-allis-cop-convicted-murder-can-try-rescind-guilty-plea/6469784002/
https://kcby.com/news/local/missing-oregon-womans-body-found-in-suitcase-in-wisconsin-11-13-2015-234817734
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627062913/http://abc7chicago.com/news/man-arrested-in-connection-with-wi-suitcase-bodies-case/140271/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-wisconsin-cop-charged-in-suitcase-murders/
https://fox6now.com/2017/10/13/steven-zelich-sentenced-to-10-years-for-hiding-bodies-of-women-in-suitcases/
https://thecinemaholic.com/laura-simonson-and-jenny-gamez-murders-where-is-steven-zelich-now/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/30/how-mrhandcuffs-ended-up-with-two-corpses-in-suitcasesWed, 23 Nov 2022
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