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74. Sick Ripper William Howell and The murders of Michelle Lewis and Kenny Harris Jun 03, 2018

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Sick Ripper William Howell and The murders of Michelle Lewis and Kenny Harris...

William Devin Howell is the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history. He murdered 7 people in his van "the murder mobile" and buried them behind a shopping centre in a marshy woodland area he called "his garden."

Cheeky tomboy Michelle Lewis and disabled teenager Kenny Harris were two unlikely best friends from the wrong side of the tracks. They had the good fortune to find each other and experience real happiness for the first time in their lives, only to be murdered.

Thanks so much to Regina from Pittsburgh for supplying this weeks True Crime Nerd Time! It's a review on Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko's graphic novel "TORSO".

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72. William Beggs and Rodney Collins May 20, 2018

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William Beggs and Rodney Collins...

William Beggs is the so called "limbs in the loch murderer." This case became one of Scotland's most high profile and gruesome murder investigations after a police diver on a routine training exercise found a bin bag containing a severed forearm and leg.

Rodney Collins was one of Australia’s most prolific hitmen, a mean hearted little man, who mostly killed for greed but was known to commit brutal and vicious crimes for pleasure as well. He was involved in at least 10 murders and was also rumoured to be part of an armed robbery team that killed a security guard.

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70. Pierre Basson and Dennis Bagwell May 14, 2018

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Pierre Basson and Dennis Bagwell...

Pierre Basson was South Africa's first documented serial killer. His lack of empathy made him a very dangerous man. He was described by police as 'a scoundrel from infancy' due to his violence towards animals and later graduated to murdering innocent people for insurance money.

Former meat salesman Dennis Bagwell was a cocaine addicted, rage-monster with a violent criminal past. When his mother would only give him $20 to buy drugs with, his barely contained fury exploded with devastating consequences.

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69. Lenny McPherson Special Edition with Cambo from True Crime Island May 07, 2018

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Lenny McPherson Special Edition with Cambo from True Crime Island...

Cambo from True Crime Island joins forces with Tara and Barney to discuss one of the most powerful and scary Australian career criminals of all time; Lenny McPherson. Lenny controlled much of Sydney's organised crime activity from the 1950's right into the mid 1990's and has been described as “More cunning than a shithouse rat.”

Nicknamed Sydney's "Mr Big" of organised crime, he was feared by his competition and green lit by the corrupt cops supporting him. His criminal activities included robbery, theft, extortion rackets, illegal gambling, sly-grog shops, prostitution, drug dealing and, of course, lots and lots of murder!

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68. Judy Buenoano and Donald Webb Apr 29, 2018

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Judy Buenoano and Donald Webb...

Judy Buenoano was a stone cold, psychopathic serial killer who murdered her son and several lovers for insurance money. Although she favoured poison as a weapon, she wasn't afraid to branch out and try other rather dramatic methods.

Donald Webb was a mob connected, slippery bastard. Police described him as "an itinerant burglar well versed in the art of criminal impersonation". Webb liked to steal shit, murder cops, make it onto FBI lists and hide for years in closets.

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66. Richard Beasley and Daniel Camargo Barbosa Apr 22, 2018

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Richard Beasley and Daniel Camargo Barbosa...

Serial killer Richard Beasley always had a racket going on, including selling drugs, making moonshine or pimping out down on their luck women. He came up with the idea to use Craigslist to lure unemployed, middle aged men to him by promising them the job of a lifetime. Then he'd kill them, rob them and bury them with the help of his gigantic 16 year old accomplice.

Known as The Mangrove Monster, The Colombian Sadist and The Beast of the Andes, Daniel Camargo Barbosa was a psychopathic serial killer from Colombia. Insisting on only attacking virgins, it is believed that he raped and killed over 150 young girls during the 70s and 80s.

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65. Dorothea Kraft and The Berrima Axe Murderer John Lynch Apr 15, 2018

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Dorothea Kraft and The Berrima Axe Murderer John Lynch...

Widow Dorothea Kraft had a tough time trying to raise her daughter on a failing farm in the early 1900's in South Africa. After relying on the kindness of strangers backfired horribly and threatened to leave her homeless she felt she had no choice but to turn to murder.

John Lynch, nasty convict, shitfull farmer, wannabe robber was Australia’s first and possibly worst serial killer. One hundred and fifty years before the term serial killer was even a thing, he wandered the Berrima district murdering people until he finally met his dangly end at the gallows at the old Berrima Gaol.

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64. Cleophus Prince Jr and Bold Jack Donohue Apr 08, 2018

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Cleophus Prince Jr and Bold Jack Donohue...

Cleophus Prince Jr. raped and killed 6 women in San Diego in 1990. Most of the attacks took place in or around the apartment complex in Clairemont where he and his girlfriend lived. He would stalk the women - usually after seeing them at the gym, break in to their homes during the day and attack them when they were showering with knives from their own kitchens..

Bold Jack Donohue was a prancing dandy Irish Bushranger who terrified country New South Wales in the 1830's. His bravado and daring after absconding from his convict chains and going bush earned him sympathies amongst settlers, who protected him. But his defiance of the law did not impress authorities and made him a hunted man.

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61. Dean Faiello and Peter Shoobridge Mar 27, 2018

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Dean Faiello and Peter Shoobridge...

New Yorker Dean Faiello was a self-obsessed laser hair removalist who liked to big-note himself and increase his income by pretending to be a doctor. Despite being prosecuted and having to stop treating people as a condition of his parole, he secretly continued to do so and the consequences were devastating.

Weird Poet and furniture restorer Peter Shoobridge lived a lovely life in Tasmania. But everything was not as it seemed, after the Port Arthur Massacre something snapped inside him and the results would be deadly for him and his family.

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58. Rosie Batty Special Edition Mar 05, 2018

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Rosie Batty Special Edition...

Rosie Batty never thought she'd have children. The death of her mother when she was 6 years old left her feeling traumatised and hesitant to be close to people. Having her son Luke changed everything for the better, but her relationship with his father Greg Anderson, turned violent and very dangerous. What ensued was a decade of terrifying family violence and failure after failure by the authorities in Australia who were meant to be protecting them from it. It took the ultimate tragedy and an unthinkable amount of courage and grace to shine a light on the epidemic of family violence in this country, and finally force the authorities to make changes to how these issues are handled.

If you would like to know more of Rosie's story, read her book “ A Mother Story”. It really is quite remarkable. Here's a link

After accepting her “Australian of the Year Award” in 2015. Rosie made an amazing speech. Here's a link to a video.

If you feel you are affected by family voilence. You are not alone. Here's some links.

In Australiahttps://www.1800respect.org.au

In the USAhttp://www.thehotline.org

In Canadahttp://domesticabuseservices.ca

In the United Kingdomhttp://www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk

In Swedenhttp://kvinnofridslinjen.se/en/

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