Corpus Delicti

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105: A Woman Scorned: Dana Sue Gray Nov 13, 2019

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The vicious murders of three elderly women frightened an entire town, causing people to sleep at the homes of friends and family. A young and relatively inexperienced detective is placed on the case. When the killer is finally caught, the motive seemed a bit far fetched for the brutality of the killings.
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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
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Sources:
https://worldhistory.us/american-history/the-background-and-childhood-of-dana-sue-gray.php
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/justice-story-dana-sue-gray-article-1.1810400
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Sue_Gray
http://firsttoknow.com/dana-sue-gray-the-shopaholic-who-murdered-old-women-to-finance-her-shopping-sprees/
https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gray-dana-sue.htm

104: A Woman Scorned: Clementine Barnabet Nov 06, 2019

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Welcome to the first episode in our new series featuring women who kill. This week, a string of axe murders has Louisiana and Texas in a panic. Finally, they catch one killer. Then another. And the second has quite a story to tell about a cult and human sacrifice.
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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
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Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
Sources:
https://acadianahistorical.org/items/show/73
https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lwp:5766
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_Barnabet
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502014/voodoo-murders-clementine-barnabet-who-claimed-have-killed-35-people
http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2017/05/30/shockingly-brutal-crimes-of-axe-murderer-clementine-barnabet/
https://real-life-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Clementine_Barnabet

103: Bad Blood: Liske Family Murders Oct 29, 2019

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Halloween is supposed to be creepy and scary, but there's always the element of fantasy to it. We know it isn't real. At least, most of the time. This episode tells the story of the Liske family murders, in which three family members were brutally murdered in their home on Halloween.
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Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com
Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Transition Music by:
Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-triple-murder-teen-thought-it-was-halloween-prank/
https://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/09/15/Liske-gets-life-for-deaths-of-3.html
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201011220001
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201504060026
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the-review.com/article/20101103/OPINION/311038958%3ftemplate=ampart
Cover photo from Mandatory

102: Bad Blood: Nannie Doss, The Giggling Granny Oct 26, 2019

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In this episode we talk about Nannie Doss, aka The Giggling Granny, who recounted the stories of her murders to police with laughter and giggling. Her victims included four husbands, two children, two grand children, mother in law, mother, sister, and possibly more?
To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti
Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com
Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Transition Music by:
Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nannie_Doss
https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/only-in-oklahoma-black-widow-enjoyed-the-limelight/article_72d236aa-b108-5a0f-bec7-d21e5197193d.html
http://malefactorsregister.com/wp/the-giggling-grandma/
https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/doss-nannie.htm
http://tonsoffacts.com/25-interesting-and-bizarre-facts-about-nannie-doss/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/nannie-doss-giggling-granny
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3619
Cover photo from Emadion

101: Bad Blood: The Papin Sisters Oct 15, 2019

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This week we bring you the story of the Papin sisters whose crimes inspired great debate in France. In 1933, the sisters brutally murdered their employer's wife and daughter in a gruesome, long lived attack. Because of the gore involved, many argued that they must be mentally ill. However, many saw it as a sure sign of the struggle between the rich and the poor, and felt the sisters were heroes.
Today's episode is sponsored by Best Fiends!
To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti
Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com
Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Transition Music by:
Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
Sources:
●https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_and_L%C3%A9a_Papin
●https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/12/the-papin-sisters-and-the-murder-case-that-still-haunts-france-after-more-than-80-years/
●https://allthatsinteresting.com/papin-sisters
●https://www.historicmysteries.com/papin-sisters/
●https://www.ranker.com/list/crimes-of-the-papin-sisters/melissa-sartore
●From newspapers.com – The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review, December 17, 1933 – “Can France Go Through with the Guillotine for the Most Brutal Murderess? (By a “staff correspondent”)
●From newspapers.com – The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph – Jan 6, 1935 – “After Seven Years of Ill Treatment They Abruptly Turn on Their Mistress, Kill Her, and Her Daughter and then calmly Await the Police
●From newspapers.com – The Detroit Free Press – Dec 17, 1933 “Such a Horrible Crime that the Jury Said ‘Off With Her Head’” by Morris Gilbert

100: Bad Blood: Rhonda Belle Martin Oct 02, 2019

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Well guys, we did it. Episode 100! That's something to be proud of! This week, we're bringing you the story you heard mentioned in the live show. The live show discussed the third white woman to be executed on Alabama's death row. This is the story of the second, who killed six family member ranging from husbands, to her mother, to her children.
To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti
Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com
Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Transition Music by:
Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhonda_Belle_Martin
http://al.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19570314_0014.al.htm/qx
https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/martin-rhonda-bell.htm
The Montgomery Advisor - Oct. 11, 1957 - "Mrs. Martin's Life Ends in Electric Chair" by Ed Swietnicki
The Robesonian - June 5, 1956 - "Husband Slayer to Die in Chair" Author unknown
The Daily News - March 14, 1956 - "Redheaded Hellcat Admits Killing Six Kin With Arsenic" Author unknown
The Montgomery Advertiser - Octover 12, 1957 - "Mrs. Martin" Author Unknown
Cover photo from hellhorror.com

99: LIVE From Wild Roast Cafe - Corpus Delicti and Moms and Murder: Lynda Lyon Block Sep 24, 2019

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Well guys, this is it! Our very first (maybe last? Who knows!) live event! We are eternally grateful for Melissa and Mandy from Moms and Murder for joining us in this adventure. We bring you the story of Lynda Lyon Block (that's Lynda with a Y, as Melissa is sure to point out), an extremist who met her match in George Sibley. The two were on the run from an assault on Lynda's ex husband when they came head to head with a police officer in a WalMart parking lot that eventually led to their capture.
THANK YOU to Wild Roast Cafe for hosting this wonderful event. If you're in the Birmingham, AL area, please stop by and support them.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Lyon_Block
http://www.angelfire.com/al4/alajustice/lynda.html
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/block775.htm
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/sibley977.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20070608103717/http://www.prisonpotpourri.com/LYON/INTERVIEW_LL.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcKslOC6TI
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2002-05-09-0205090267-story.html
The Montgomery Advertiser - May 9, 2002 - "Execution Set For 12:01 a.m." by Todd Kleffman
The South Bend Tribune - March 10, 2003 - "South Bend Native on Alabama Death Row" by Don Porter

98: Bad Blood: The Kunz Family Sep 16, 2019

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On the 4th of July, a family of five is found shot in their beds. Quickly, the focus of the story became the way the family lived, and law enforcement had to fight to keep the focus on the killings.
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Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com
Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Transition Music by:
Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti
Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com
Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Transition Music by:
Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
Sources:
https://www.ranker.com/list/kunz-family-murders-facts/stefanie-hammond
https://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Special-Report-30-years-since-murder-of-Athens- family-of-5---Part-III-478880813.html
http://mysteriousheartland.com/2016/05/10/the-sad-saga-of-the-kunz-executions/ https://journaltimes.com/news/national/confession-claimed-in-kunz- murders/article_780a2065-9f98-5f31-874d-56bcfd979a2c.html

97: Bad Blood: The de Ligonnes family Murders Sep 03, 2019

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This week's case is the story of an aristocratic French family. Five of the family members were murdered, and the patriarch, who is also the main suspect, is nowhere to be found. To this day, no one has seen him, although there are many theories around what may have happened.
To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti
Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com
Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Transition Music by:
Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_de_Ligonnès_murders_and_disappearance
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-monk-mistaken-for-a-monster-the-most-wanted-murderer-in-france
https://m.ranker.com/list/dupont-de-ligonnes-murders-facts/inigo-gonzalez
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.france24.com/en/20150724-france-photo-man-suspected-killing-family-nantes-murder-dupont-de-ligonnes
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thejournal.ie/search-for-french-man-accused-of-killing-family-3789122-Jan2018/%3famp=1
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article193991849.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.rfi.fr/en/france/20110506-murdered-mother-and-children-letter-father-fake
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2012/07/19/01016-20120719ARTFIG00598-dupont-de-ligonnes-la-maison-du-massacre-toujours-en-vente.php
https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/corps-retrouve-var-nest-pas-xavier-dupont-ligonnes-545732.html
Cover photo from The Telegraph

96: Bad Blood: The Bloody Benders Aug 28, 2019

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This week we talk about one of the earliest stories of a serial killing family, better known as the Bloody Benders. They had the perfect setup for luring victims in as they served as a general store and inn for those headed out west. Unfortunately, many never made it back out again.
To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti
Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com
Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Transition Music by:
Nick Scarantino
Scarytino.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders
http://genealogytrails.com/kan/montgomery/newsarticles1.html
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/
https://www.forensicmag.com/article/2019/06/bloody-benders-family-preys-together by Dolly Stolze
A Whole Family Of Killers - Bloody Benders – YouTube
Murder with friends - YouTube

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