Death By Champagne

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EP 81 - Pinata of Poop Patreon Bonus Apr 24, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! Sorry to our patrons out there as this won’t technically be a new episode for you. But for all of you who aren’t on our Patreon while we take the week off to continue our research of our next book, we figured we would drop you some juicy Patreon exclusive content. Liv takes us on a deep dive into Larry Ray and the victims he brainwashed, extorted, humiliated, and much more from Sarah Lawrence College. This is still a pretty recent case so there will most likely be updates in the months to come. This is a bit of a heavy episode, with every detail we promise it gets worse.
This episode contains foul language, discussions about cults, sexual abuse, and just a lot of incomprehensible things that Larry did. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sources:
The Cut Article; Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
Buzzfeed News; Julia Reinstein
New York Times; Sharon Otterman
SponsorBest Fiends

EP 80 - Let's Talk About Arsenic Apr 17, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back to our regular format this week! Mack starts us off and unpacks a lot with the murder of Kimyala Henson, and her missing daughters Shaina and Shausha. While Liv takes us back to the 1800’s to discuss arsenic, it’s history and the death of Thomas Ball? Was he poisoned by his wife Mary or did he accidentally take arsenic on his own?
This episode contains foul language, discussions about murder, sex traficking, and domestic abuse. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sources:
“Couple's deaths a murder-suicide, investigators say” Naples Daily News Archive, Brigid O-Malley, April 27, 2001
"Cross-country trip ending in three deaths leaves mystery: Two children are still missing after their mother was found murdered." Naples Daily News Archive, Brigid O-Malley, May 28, 2001
“Ore. Woman, Two Daughters Missing” AP: Steven Du Bois, April 24, 2001
“3 Killings Deepen the Mystery of 2 Missing Children” LA Times, AP, May 10, 2001
“Couple Commit Suicide, Young Mother, Children Are Missing” AP, The Salina Journal. April 27, 2001
“Missing Oregon Woman Found Dead In Nevada, Police Say” Albany Democrat-Herald, May 9, 2001
“Devil Ex Machina: Shaina Kirkpatrick and Shausha Henson, Sisters Unfound”
I Did It For Jodie, July 8th, 2017
Shausha Latine Henson - The Charley Project; Shaina Ashly Kirkpatrick - The Charley Project
Misjudged Murderesses: Female Injustice in Victorian Britain by Stephen Jakobi

EP 79 - Bonus Patreon - GRK Wrap Up Apr 10, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! Hey guys we decided to drop in during our break to release what was originally a patron exclusive bonus episode. Over on our patreon we treated the GRK series a bit like a book club. So with this episode we answer some outstanding questions listeners had along with our personal thoughts and opinions on the books we read to cover this series. We will be back in just a few short weeks to bring you some regular content, and stay tuned for the end of this episode where we tease our next book!
This episode contains foul language, discussion about murder, rape, and necrophilia. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!

EP 78 - Green River Killer Part 7 Mar 27, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we bring you the finale in our 7 part series on the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. We dedicate this entire episode to his arrest in 2001, his confessions after his arrest, and his sentencing hearing in 2003. We also cover the remaining four victims discovered throughout 2003 and later.
This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, child abuse, and necrophilia. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sponsor Best Fiends
Sources Brenda Lackey, Carlie Jones, Julie Johnson - Assessment from Radford University Psychology Department Ann Rule, Green River Running Red Eric W Hickey, Serial Murderers and Their Victims
Sheriff David Reichert, Chasing the Devil
Prosecutor’s Summary of Evidence
Blaine Hardin, Washington Post, November 16th, 2003
Sean Robinson, The News Tribune, December 16th, 2001
Katherine Ramsland, PhD, Psychology Today, Triad of Evil
Green River Killer Case: HistoryLink.org
David Quigg, The News Tribune, “A Different View of the Ridgway Family”, Dec 20, 2001
Murderpedia
Green River Victim’s Family Finds Peace in Forgiveness: Seattle pi Article
UPI Archives, “Suspect Says He Isn’t The Green River Killer”
Nadia Young and Rachel Baye, CNN Special Investigations, “Woman describes close call with Green River Killer” Green River Serial Killer: Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife by Pennie Morehead
Carlton Smith, Seattle Weekly, Oct 9, 2006

EP 77 - Green River Killer Part 6 Mar 20, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week to bring you part 6 of Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer. We continue our story by covering a lot of ground, starting with victims #40-45, along with years 1988-2001. This update finds the task force with a depleted budget, no answers, and growing unrest in the community.
This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, child abuse, and necrophilia. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sources Brenda Lackey, Carlie Jones, Julie Johnson - Assessment from Radford University Psychology Department
Ann Rule, Green River Running Red
Eric W Hickey, Serial Murderers and Their Victims
Sheriff David Reichert, Chasing the Devil
Prosecutor’s Summary of Evidence
Blaine Hardin, Washington Post, November 16th, 2003
Sean Robinson, The News Tribune, December 16th, 2001
Katherine Ramsland, PhD, Psychology Today, Triad of Evil
Green River Killer Case: HistoryLink.org
David Quigg, The News Tribune, “A Different View of the Ridgway Family”, Dec 20, 2001
Murderpedia
Green River Victim’s Family Finds Peace in Forgiveness: Seattle pi Article
UPI Archives, “Suspect Says He Isn’t The Green River Killer”
Nadia Young and Rachel Baye, CNN Special Investigations, “Woman describes close call with Green River Killer” Green River Serial Killer: Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife by Pennie Morehead
Carlton Smith, Seattle Weekly, Oct 9, 2006

EP 76 - Green River Killer Part 5 Mar 13, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week to continue our dive into the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. We cover a lot of ground this episode including the initial FBI profile, a survivor story, and task force updates. We pick up where we left off and continue to detail victims 30-39. We wrap up this episode in 1987 when Gary Ridgway has his first major scare in becoming found out when a search warrant is issued for his property.
This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, child abuse, and necrophilia. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sources Brenda Lackey, Carlie Jones, Julie Johnson - Assessment from Radford University Psychology Department
Ann Rule, Green River Running Red
Eric W Hickey, Serial Murderers and Their Victims
Sheriff David Reichert, Chasing the Devil
Prosecutor’s Summary of Evidence
Blaine Hardin, Washington Post, November 16th, 2003
Sean Robinson, The News Tribune, December 16th, 2001
Katherine Ramsland, PhD, Psychology Today, Triad of Evil
Green River Killer Case: HistoryLink.org
David Quigg, The News Tribune, “A Different View of the Ridgway Family”, Dec 20, 2001
Murderpedia
Green River Victim’s Family Finds Peace in Forgiveness: Seattle pi Article
UPI Archives, “Suspect Says He Isn’t The Green River Killer”
Nadia Young and Rachel Baye, CNN Special Investigations, “Woman describes close call with Green River Killer” Green River Serial Killer: Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife by Pennie Morehead
Carlton Smith, Seattle Weekly, Oct 9, 2006

EP 75 - Green River Killer Part 4 Mar 06, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we continue our dive into Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, by detailing victims #26-29. And then we take a break to introduce the history of Judith Mawson, Gary Ridgway’s third wife. We touch a bit on his life outside the murders, and give you updates on where the task force is at throughout 1984.
This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, child abuse, and necrophilia. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sponsor Best Fiends
Sources Brenda Lackey, Carlie Jones, Julie Johnson - Assessment from Radford University Psychology Department
Ann Rule, Green River Running Red
Eric W Hickey, Serial Murderers and Their Victims
Sheriff David Reichert, Chasing the Devil
Prosecutor’s Summary of Evidence
Blaine Hardin, Washington Post, November 16th, 2003
Sean Robinson, The News Tribune, December 16th, 2001
Katherine Ramsland, PhD, Psychology Today, Triad of Evil
Green River Killer Case: HistoryLink.org
David Quigg, The News Tribune, “A Different View of the Ridgway Family”, Dec 20, 2001
Murderpedia
Green River Victim’s Family Finds Peace in Forgiveness: Seattle pi Article
UPI Archives, “Suspect Says He Isn’t The Green River Killer”
Nadia Young and Rachel Baye, CNN Special Investigations, “Woman describes close call with Green River Killer” Green River Serial Killer: Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife by Pennie Morehead
Carlton Smith, Seattle Weekly, Oct 9, 2006

EP 74 - Green River Killer Part 3 Feb 28, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we continue our dive into Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, by detailing victims #16-#25. We touch a bit on his life outside the murders, along with how the task force was operating. We end the episode on a bit of a high note with a Green River Killer survivor story.
This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, body sites, and decomposition.. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sources Brenda Lackey, Carlie Jones, Julie Johnson - Assessment from Radford University Psychology Department
Ann Rule, Green River Running Red
Eric W Hickey, Serial Murderers and Their Victims
Sheriff David Reichert, Chasing the Devil
Prosecutor’s Summary of Evidence
Blaine Hardin, Washington Post, November 16th, 2003
Sean Robinson, The News Tribune, December 16th, 2001
Katherine Ramsland, PhD, Psychology Today, Triad of Evil
Green River Killer Case: HistoryLink.org
David Quigg, The News Tribune, “A Different View of the Ridgway Family”, Dec 20, 2001
Murderpedia
Green River Victim’s Family Finds Peace in Forgiveness: Seattle pi Article
UPI Archives, “Suspect Says He Isn’t The Green River Killer”
Nadia Young and Rachel Baye, CNN Special Investigations, “Woman describes close call with Green River Killer” Green River Serial Killer: Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife by Pennie Morehead
Carlton Smith, Seattle Weekly, Oct 9, 2006

EP 73 - Green River Killer Part 2 Feb 21, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we continue our dive into Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer. This episode solely covers GRK victims #2-#15, we pick up right where we left off with victim #2, Debra Lynn Bonner. We cover a lot of ground this week and touch on a few of Rigway’s dump sites, including a major site that will be further discussed in next week’s episode; the Star Lake Site. We end the episode in October of 1983 when Kelly Ware is discovered near the SeaTac Airport.
This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, body sites, and decomposition. We also dip our toe into politics at the end. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sponsor: Podcorn
Sources:
Brenda Lackey, Carlie Jones, Julie Johnson - Assessment from Radford University Psychology Department
Ann Rule, Green River Running Red
Eric W Hickey, Serial Murderers and Their Victims
Sheriff David Reichert, Chasing the Devil
Prosecutor’s Summary of Evidence
Blaine Hardin, Washington Post, November 16th, 2003
Sean Robinson, The News Tribune, December 16th, 2001
Katherine Ramsland, PhD, Psychology Today, Triad of Evil
Green River Killer Case: HistoryLink.org
Green River Victim’s Family Finds Peace in Forgiveness: Seattle pi Article
UPI Archives, “Suspect Says He Isn’t The Green River Killer”
Nadia Young and Rachel Baye, CNN Special Investigations, “Woman describes close call with Green River Killer”
Green River Serial Killer: Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife by Pennie Morehead
Carlton Smith, Seattle Weekly, Oct 9, 2006

EP 72 - Green River Killer Part 1 Feb 14, 2020

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Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are starting season three with a major episode, something we’ve wanted to cover for a while. This week starts our multi-part series on Gary Ridgway, better known as the Green River Killer. In this episode we cover Ridgway’s past, starting at his childhood, diving into how he was raised, and how that shaped the adolescent and adult he would later become. We end the episode in 1982 which is when our first verified GRK victim goes missing. To give you a taste of what is yet to come we dive into the very first murder attributed to Gary Ridgway.
This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, body sites, child and animal abuse. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Sources:
Brenda Lackey, Carlie Jones, Julie Johnson - Assessment from Radford University Psychology Department
Ann Rule, Green River Running Red
Eric W Hickey, Serial Murderers and Their Victims
Sheriff David Reichert, Chasing the Devil
Prosecutor’s Summary of Evidence
Blaine Hardin, Washington Post, November 16th, 2003
Sean Robinson, The News Tribune, December 16th, 2001
Katherine Ramsland, PhD, Psychology Today, Triad of Evil
Green River Killer Case: HistoryLink.org
David Quigg, The News Tribune, “A Different View of the Ridgway Family”, Dec 20, 2001
Green River Victim’s Family Finds Peace in Forgiveness: Seattle PI Article

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