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Apple for the Teacher — True Crime
Apple for the Teacher

True crime stories in the school system – told by a teacher from Australia. For people looking for something different in the true crime genre, other than Ted Bundy or the Zodiac Killer. Diverse and lesser-known stories – an albino student murder in Africa, schoolgirl sexual slavery in Libya, a teacher beheaded in France, Polish teachers executed by the Nazis, just to name a few. School-based tragedies are also featured – a school bus stranded in a snowstorm, a school wiped out by a landslide, the drowning of students in a sinking ship. So join host Ana Thomas, as she presents the bad apples.

Copyright: © Ana Thomas

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EP 61 - Aladdin's Cave Aug 24, 2020

Show notes

The school students went on an excursion through a cave system.
(Story from - Australia)
Intro by - Rachael at Hashtag History Podcast
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Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

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Sources -

https://cavesaustralia.caves.org.au/archive/v107161/ac_126.pdf

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-16/the-hidden-underworld-tasmanias-cave-history/7084386?nw=0
https://tastrails.com/mystery-creek-cave/

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121384181/

The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - 4 July 1990 Page 1 * 13 Oct 1990 Page 9 * 20 Oct 1990 Page 71 * 20 Oct 1990 Page 73

The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) - 15 July 1990 Page 6 * 26 Sept 1990 Page 3 * 28 Sept 1990 Page 4 * 5 Oct 1990 Page 6 * 6 Oct 1990 Page 12 * 20 Oct 1990 Page 24

EP 60 - Quick as a Flash Aug 19, 2020

Show notes

A crime was committed, but was the right person convicted?
(Story from - U.S.A)
Intro by - Alison Cunningham at the Resolved Mysteries Podcast - https://resolvedmysteriespodcast.com/

Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/applefortheteacherpodcast/
Sources -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kL4M_WTLpw

https://wacotrib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-clifton-principal-released-after-more-than-three-decades-in-prison/article_847de63c-c464-5327-9006-03454816a54f.html

https://www.propublica.org/article/33-years-after-dubious-evidence-helped-convict-him-joe-bryan-has-been-released-on-parole

https://www.propublica.org/article/joe-bryan-forensic-evidence-bloodstain-pattern-analysis

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/us/joe-bryan-texas.html

https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/clifton-man-convicted-of-wifes-1985-murder-speaks-after-being-released-on-parole/500-3b7bfbff-65b2-4a87-b758-165172415a9c

https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter/joe-bryan-conviction-blood-spatter-forensic-evidence/

https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter/mickey-bryan-murder-blood-spatter-forensic-evidence/

EP 59 - Light a Fuse//Go to Extremes Aug 16, 2020

Show notes

Story 1 - There was a suspicious backpack in the school cafeteria.
Story 2 - The schoolgirl went to a school with a special curriculum.
(Stories from - U.S.A and Indonesia)

Intro by - Kate Wallinga at Ignorance Was Bliss Podcast
Promo - Murder Was the Case

Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/applefortheteacherpodcast/

Sources -
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2018/02/15/kss-police-dont-believe-isis-flag-at-high-school-was-placed-by-anyone-tied-to-islamic-state/#.XwV1BygzY2x

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2018/03/05/mgk-juvenile-questioned-by-police-in-pine-view-bomb-scare-is-suspect-in-isis-flag-flap-in-hurricane#.XwV0migzY2w

https://www.cedarcityutah.com/news/archive/2018/11/12/srr-defense-in-pine-view-bombing-case-says-washington-county-school-district-failed-teen/#.Xwa8NSgzY2w

https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2018/06/18/state-gives-evidence-teen-high-school-bomb-isis-vandalism-cases/711497002/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/04/25/utah-teen-who-admitted/

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2018/06/21/mgk-defenses-witness-says-autism-bullying-played-part-in-bomb-scare-case/#.Xwa9RigzY2w

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_resource_officer

https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/isis-fast-facts/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=111&v=FAzuIiy05_4&feature=emb_logo

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/world/asia/indonesia-islamist-extremism-isis.html

https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/10/531288/indonesia-grapples-how-deradicalise-suicide-bombers-children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Rb01CTaPM

EP 58 - Snow White Aug 11, 2020

Show notes

The African twins would grow up with vastly different lives. Why?
(Story from - Africa)
Intro by - Bernadette at the Murderific Podcast - http://murderific.com/

Promo - Great Lakes True Crime - https://greatlakestruecrime.weebly.com/
Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/applefortheteacherpodcast/

Sources -
https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/teacher-who-killed-mpumalanga-albino-teen-for-muti-gets-two-life-terms-20190823

https://mobserver.co.za/100724/muthi-murderer-spend-rest-life-jail/

http://www.ritualkillinginafrica.org/category/witbank/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=54&v=jQzWQ46cCkc&feature=emb_logo
https://www.voanews.com/africa/albino-girl-aces-kenyas-national-primary-school-exam
https://013.co.za/2019/08/20/themba-guilty-murder-gabisile-shabane/
https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2019-08-24-double-life-sentence-for-teacher-who-killed-teen-with-albinism-for-muti/
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170425-the-silent-killer-of-africas-albinos
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/09/it-felt-punishment-growing-albinism-tanzania
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/13/kids-albinism-belong-home-and-school

http://elct-selvd.org/buhangija-albino-center/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tanzania/11718452/The-Albino-children-locked-away-to-be-kept-safe-from-witch-doctors.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30394260

http://paulandalicesingleton.blogspot.com/2015/01/hunted-like-animals.html

https://www.thejournal.ie/albino-schoolgirl-malawi-teacher-2332935-Sep2015/

EP 57 - Dear Mr President//Mixed Race Aug 04, 2020

Show notes

Story 1 - Why did the schoolgirl write a letter to the President?
Story 2 - Linda couldn’t attend the school near her house. Why?
(Stories from - U.S.A)
Intro by - Ariel Cooksey at the Malice Podcast - https://www.spreaker.com/show/malice
Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message
Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/applefortheteacherpodcast/
Sources -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmMS9XVIa00
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townville_Elementary_School_shooting
https://www.wyff4.com/article/townville-school-shooter-jesse-osborne-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-on-day-3-of-sentencing-trial/29796172# https://www.postandcourier.com/news/run-gunfire-on-a-south-carolina-school-playground-still-haunts-the-first-graders-who-survived/article_bee1a582-4ecd-11e7-86a8-371fd61cb4c9.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Qp7PojJd4
https://www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2019/the-washington-posts-latest-an-animated-film-about-an-elementary-school-shooting/ https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/linda-brown-whose-case-ended-racial-segregation-in-us-schools-dies/4319535.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Carol_Brown
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eop/eopweb/smi0015.0647.098lindabrownsmith.html
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4720634/linda-brown-involvement-brown-v-board-education-supreme-court-case

EP 56 - Bewitched//Devil in Disguise Jul 28, 2020

Show notes

Story 1 - The student was suspended for casting a spell on a teacher.
Story 2 - The teachers enrolled in an exorcism course.
(Stories from - U.S.A. and Italy)

Intro by - Genevieve Germaine at the True Crime Real Time Podcast - https://truecrimerealtimepod.com/
Promo by - Murder Under the Midnight Sun - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-under-the-midnight-sun/id1375283451
Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/applefortheteacherpodcast/

Sources -
https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95218&page=1
https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/school-suit-appeal-dropped/article_a28b35b6-cf65-5196-b44c-0d9f3735f95a.html
https://www.religionnewsblog.com/15331/brandi-blackbear-student-accused-of-practicing-witchcraft-loses-lawsuit
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/15/unholy-row-italy-education-ministry-offers-teachers-exorcism/
https://www.thelocal.it/20190218/exorcism-italian-teachers-offered-training-course-on-correct-practice
https://www.thedailybeast.com/italys-schoolteachers-are-being-taught-to-deal-with-the-devil
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2018/03/01/as-italians-turn-to-fortune-tellers-priest-points-to-growing-need-for-exorcists_a_23374751/
http://www.mindpowernews.com/TeenExorcists.htm
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024621/Meet-exorcist-schoolgirls-spend-time-casting-demons-worldwide.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emjLXdsj6xA

EP 55 - Amish Grace Jul 21, 2020

Show notes

The Amish students were inside their schoolhouse. What happened next?
(Story from - U.S.A.)
Intro by - Javier Leiva at Pretend Podcast - http://pretendradio.org/
Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/applefortheteacherpodcast/

Sources -

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/04/amish_school_shooting_widow_fi.html

https://lancasteronline.com/news/gone-west-nickel-mines-school-ripped-down/article_55ca9984-5a39-560f-9b55-c8a446fd545e.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPxRLjHYxFk

https://www.womansday.com/life/inspirational-stories/a53626/terri-roberts-forgiven-excerpt/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/amish-school-shooters-widow-marie-monville-remembers-tragedy/story?id=20417790

https://lancasteronline.com/charles-carl-roberts-iv/collection_a4f928e6-6703-11e6-9bd4-b7a67e8438e0.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/amish.shooting/

https://www.discoverlancaster.com/amish/history-beliefs/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/02/amish-shooting-10-year-anniversary-pennsylvania-the-happening

https://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/miller.tues/

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/the-day-murder-visited-an-amish-school-house/

https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/roberts-charles.htm

EP 54 - Shipwrecked Jul 14, 2020

Show notes

The schoolboys stole a boat. What happened next?
(Story from - Tonga)
Intro by - Beyond Bizarre True Crime - https://www.beyondbizarretruecrime.com/
Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/applefortheteacherpodcast/

Sources -

https://matangitonga.to/2020/04/16/ata-archaeology

https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/sold-slavery
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-16/tongans-say-shipwreck-story-not-lord-of-the-flies-tale/12249028

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/13/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-mano-totau-survivor-story-shipwreck-tonga-boys-ata-island-peter-warner
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8309561/Six-Tongan-schoolboys-stranded-island-15-months-real-Lord-Flies.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

http://paradise.docastaway.com/six-tongan-castaways-ata-island-shipwreck-1965/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYebOCCoTYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yreccvcQOr0

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018746750/peter-warner-lord-of-the-flies-rescuer

https://www.newsweek.com/real-lord-flies-true-story-boys-island-william-golding-humankind-human-nature-rutger-bregman-1503204

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-370541289/view?sectionId=nla.obj-374703999&partId=nla.obj-370594270#page/n102/mode/1up-

EP 53 - Swept Under the Mat Jul 07, 2020

Show notes

What happened to Kendrick? Accident or murder?
(Story from - U.S.A)
Intro - Emily Thompson (Morbidology Podcast - https://morbidology.com/)
Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/applefortheteacherpodcast/

Sources -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0

https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/archives/kendrick-s-final-walk/article_14b87e1a-bf73-5d56-9885-e9fae70f076a.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHI4Zaudbv

https://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/21/justice/kendrick-johnson-surveillance-videos/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kendrick_Johnson

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kendrick-johnson

https://talkmurder.com/kendrick-johnson/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobTGZnk5LA&t=312s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtmrXKsYR3o

https://meaww.com/kim-kardashian-west-kendrick-johnson-death-justice-tamla-horsford-albert-winston

EP 52 - Daddy Day Care (Part 2) Jul 02, 2020

Show notes

The man worked at a day care centre. What was he accused of?
(Story from - New Zealand)

Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

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Sources - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(childcare_worker)

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/117932998/mums-of-former-crche-kids-dismayed-by-peter-ellis-appeal-process

http://www.crime.co.nz/c-files.aspx?id=39

https://peoplepill.com/people/peter-ellis-6/

https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-social-issues/why-the-peter-ellis-civic-creche-case-wont-go-away

http://www.crime.co.nz/c-files.aspx?ID=84 https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/07/794705/melanie-reid-we-all-failed-peter-ellis

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12285026 https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/queer-nation-peter-ellis-a-question-of-justice-2003

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