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**The Minds of Madness – True Crime Stories – Grip Tape**

Ordinary people who do unthinkable things…***The Minds of Madness*** is a True Crime Podcast that examines the most disturbing criminal minds and the impact violent crimes have on survivors of homicide.

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Episode 155 - Deadly Shame - In A Not So Perfect World Mar 19, 2023

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July 28th, 2019, was the day Menhaz Zaman was supposed to be graduating from Canada’s York University. Instead police were on their way to his parents home for a welfare check.
The call had been made by members of an online community after he’d sent them disturbing photos.
When police arrived, a young man answered the door calmly. But what lay within the home revealed the true chaos that had erupted within his mind.
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Episode 154 - Trouble With The Pipes - The Disappearance Of Rori Hache & Kandis Fitzpatrick Mar 12, 2023

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In Ontario, Canada, September marks one of the last months of the year to get out and enjoy the great outdoors before packing it in for the season.
In 2017, one fisherman in Oshawa, Ontario, was out on the pier when he noticed something floating in the water.
What he and another fisherman managed to catch in his net, would be a visual that would forever be seared in his mind. Not a prize salmon but something far more sinister: Evidence of Murder.
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Catherine McDonald, Global News Toronto Crime Reporter: Mar 16 2021 live tweets from Adam Strong trial judgement
CBC News: Adam Strong sentenced to life in prison without parole for 25 years in killings of 2 Ontario women
CBC News: Kandis Fitzpatrick's remains found 14 years after she went missing — convicted killer led police to body
CBC News: Rori Hache's family demands Oshawa 'house of horrors,' where teen's remains found, be demolished
City News: Victims' loved ones speak at Strong sentencing
CP24: Mother of Rori Hache says she will 'never bounce back' from hearing details of killing
CTV News: Homicide detectives called in after torso of female found at Oshawa Harbour
CTV News: Plumbers found human flesh in pipes, trial for man accused of killing two Ontario teenagers hears
CTV News: 'You sir have brought darkness to everyone,' Rori Hache's father says to daughter's killer at sentencing hearing
DurhamRegion.com: Killing of Oshawa teen Rori Hache resonates with youth at Refuge outreach centre
DurhamRegion.com: 'I have all the characteristics of a serial killer,' Adam Strong told Durham police
DurhamRegion.com : I think it's a body': Anglers recount finding missing teen's torso in Oshawa harbour
DurhamRegion.com: 'I was scared:' Witness says she was choked by murder suspect Adam Strong
DurhamRegion.com: Police found pipe bomb in murder suspect Adam Strong's apartment
DurhamRegion.com: UPDATE: Convicted killer Strong led police to remains of victim Kandis Fitzpatrick, Durham police confirm
Global News: Adam Strong found guilty of 1st-degree murder, manslaughter in deaths of 2 Oshawa teenage girls
Global News: Adam Strong trial: Court hears from plumber who discovered human flesh in pipe drains
Global News: Examining the Adam Strong interrogation video
Global News: Former homicide detective praises interrogator who got Adam Strong to confess to dismembering teen
Global News: Interrogation video shown at trial of Adam Strong
Global News: ‘It was just bad luck’: Adam Strong reflects on discovery of human remains during interrogation
Global News: Police called to convicted killer Adam Strong’s former Oshawa home after ‘suspicious’ clothing found
Global News: Police discover remains of Oshawa woman who went missing 14 years ago
The Globe & Mail: Pickton case informants share $100,000 reward fund
HamiltonNews.com: Local historian explores myth of ‘dirty south Oshawa’
National Post: Body parts found with undetonated explosive belong to missing teen whose torso was found in Lake Ontario
Oshawa This Week: Lawyers making final submissions this week in Adam Strong murder trial
Oshawa This Week: 'Thirteen years of hell have stopped:' Families celebrate life sentence handed to convicted killer Adam Strong
Ottawa Citizen: Adam Strong: “First Impression… What a Loser”
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Toronto Star: Accused killer Adam Strong’s refusal to leave cell sparks rage in Oshawa courtroom
Toronto Star: Adam Strong found guilty of 1st-degree murder, manslaughter in 2 killings
Toronto Sun: Oshawa murder victim Rori Hache was pregnant and 'determined to keep the baby'
YouTube: Adam Strong Police Interview
YouTube: Teen Girl's Body Parts Found in Suspect's Plumbing & Freezer | Interrogation Raw | A&E

Episode 153 - Nowhere For The Devil To Hide - The Crimes Of David Snow Mar 06, 2023

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Join us as we examine one of Canada’s most twisted and notorious criminals. Some called him the House Hermit. Others called him the Cottage Killer.
You’ll hear the story of a sadistic murderer and serial rapist who terrorized Ontario’s cottage country and led police on a trail of horror all the way to the Pacific Coast.
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Jeana Anderson
Sources:
Murder, She Solved
A Sister’s Lament
Murderpedia
Just A Few Seconds, Behind the Yellow Tape
Cold North Killers
R. v. Snow, 2004 CanLII 34547 (ON CA)

Orangeville murderer David Snow coming to terms with unhealthy sexual fantasies, pornography in prison, parole documents show

BEHIND THE CRIMES: How an octagonal barn played role in grisly murder of couple: Sadistic killer "House Hermit" denied parole, lacks insight into crimes

A Twisted Case
Ontario Briefs: Snow Charged
Man Who Attacked B.C. Women, a time bomb, brother tells court
Huge B.C. Manhunt nets Kidnap suspect
To Catch a Killer: The Memoirs of an OPP Criminal Profiler
The Cottage Killer: David Snow
https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/killer-david-snow-just-beginning-to-understand-sick-crimes

Episode 152 - Voodoo Divorce - The Mysterious Deaths Of Scott Dell & Nancy Fillmore Feb 27, 2023

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A bottle of wine, nostalgic love songs and a late night phone call with an ex. It’s a relatable scene for many and one that Scott Dell found himself in, on a wintery night, in Killaloe, Ontario back in 1995.
On the phone was the love of his life, his ex Cherrylle. The wine went down easy, perhaps too easy and Scott scribbled out hopeful notes as the conversation went on for hours, and for Scott, the air in his log farmhouse crackled with the hope of reconciliation.
A reconciliation that would never happen.
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Video: The Case that Haunts Me (S2 E02) Permission to Die
Dilman, Jessi. “Killer Stripper Cherrylle Dell”
Fact.on.ca
TheStar.com
CBC.ca
Murderpedia.org

Episode 151 - Jacob Kinn - Every Parent's Worst Nightmare Feb 20, 2023

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In the early morning hours of June 23rd, 2016, special agents followed a set of tire tracks in a rural field in Bigfork, Minnesota. In the distance, a camper squatted ominously against the treeline. The agents had no idea what they would find inside the camper; they hoped for the best, but were prepared for the worst…
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Nicole Colin & Katherine Thomas - Epigram Literary Group
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Episode 150 - Deadly Deception - The Crimes of Brett Ryan Feb 13, 2023

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In the spring of 2016, Brett Ryan’s future looked promising. He was living in a waterfront condo, had a job at a Toronto tech firm, and was just days away from his big bachelor party weekend.
In a few weeks' time, he’d be marrying his beautiful fiancé and by all outward appearances, things never looked brighter.
But like a heat mirage on a stretch of highway, it was all an illusion and Brett Ryan was about to be exposed.
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Episode 149 - Stranger In The Night - The Case Of John Stevens & Michelle Mishcon Feb 06, 2023

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August 15th, 2016 was a warm night in Tequesta, Florida. The perfect night to relax and enjoy some fresh air.
For a couple living on Southeast Kokomo Lane, their garage was the ideal spot to hang out on a couch with the garage door up, watching the world go by. Until an encounter with a stranger on the sidewalk shattered their family’s entire world in a few nightmarish moments.
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Matt Snell
Sources:
AP News: Judge to decide on Florida face-biter insanity plea
Dr. Phillip Resnick's report on Austin Harrouff
Forensic Psychological Evaluation Report by Gregory C. Landrum
Inside Edition: Frat Brother Found Eating Face of Victim After Random Fatal Double Stabbing: Cops
Law and Crime: Judge Accepts Austin Harrouff’s Insanity Plea on Morning His ‘Face Biter’ Murder Trial Was Set to Begin
Local 10 News: Face-eating suspect Austin Harrouff arranged to buy drugs before attack, texts show
Miami New Times: What You Should Know Ahead of Accused "Face-Eating Murderer" Austin Harrouff's Trial
NCSA College Recruiting: Austin Harrouff ‘15 Recruiting Profile
NY Post: Florida ‘cannibal’ killer Austin Harrouff could be free in six months through insanity plea deal
Palm Beach Post: Austin Harrouff internet searches: ‘I think I’m going crazy, am I?’
Palm Beach Post: Austin Harrouff thought he was 'half-dog, half-man' in double homicide
Palm Beach Post: Judge grants audio recording of Austin Harrouff psyche exam
People: Fla. Man Who Killed Couple, Then Tried to Eat Victim's Face Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
Specializedtraining.com (profile of Phillip Resnick, M.D.)
Talhassee Democrat: Inside Austin Harrouff's bizarre online persona
Tallahassee Democrat: Friends, FSU students shocked by slaying
TC Palm: Austin Harrouff: From Post 2018 archives - Victim's daughter said homicides still scar my family memories
TC Palm: From Post 2017 archives: On anniversary of Austin Harrouff slayings, father’s death haunts son
TC Palm: Neighbor to couple killed in face-eating attack tells of near-deadly encounter with Harrouff
TCPalm: Parents stand by son accused of brutal killing of Martin County couple
Video: Victims' Neighbor Recounts Encounter With Austin Harrouff
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Episode 148 - A Mother Unravelled - The Crimes of Jody Herring Jan 29, 2023

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In a small town in Vermont, workers at the Department for Children and Families ended their work day and started thinking about what the weekend would hold for them.
Lara Sobel had plans to go home to her two spirited young daughters, to be joined later by her husband.
No one in the office could have predicted the bloodshed that lay ahead - a murderous rampage that had already begun hours earlier in a small country farmhouse
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Wondery Presents: Frozen Head Jan 24, 2023

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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 WonderyApp.
Listen to Frozen Head: Wondery.fm/FH_MindsOM

Episode 147 - The Disappearance of Brittany Tavar Jan 16, 2023

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It was a date Brittany Tavar had been preparing for, for over a year, July 7th, 2010. The day she planned to stand before a judge at the St. Augustine, Florida courthouse, to present evidence that would hopefully grant her request for a permanent restraining order against her nemesis. A neighbor and former friend.
Brittany told friends she’d been building the case against her neighbor out of fear, fear for her safety.
So when she never showed up at the courthouse that day, those who loved Brittany knew something was wrong.
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