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    Dateline Rewatch: The Halloween Party Oct 28, 2022
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    In a classic Keith episode of Dateline, a rural Michigan community searches for a young woman last seen at a Halloween party. The party took place on acres of farmland with hard rock bands, plenty of alcohol, and no guest list. 22-year-old Chelsea Bruck went to the party with her girlfriends, but they left without her. She had been so excited about having fun in her homemade Poison Ivy costume, but the party did not go as planned. Alone, crying, and without transportation in a crowd of hundreds of partiers, Chelsea was a vulnerable target for a predator. Join Keith as he leads us through the investigation, finding her killer, and reliving the real horrors of Chelsea Bruck’s last party.

    Happy Halloween and be careful out there, kids!

    One Lived to Tell: The Victims of Richard Marc Evonitz Oct 18, 2022
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    Richard Marc Evonitz had already abducted three girls from their front yards in Virginia before he took 15-year-old Kara Robinson from her friend’s house in South Carolina. Evonitz had a troubling history of criminal sexual behavior, but his friends and neighbors knew him as a good-looking, intelligent, and compassionate person living an ordinary middle-class life. Only his victims, teenage girls who were used to fulfil his twisted sexual fantasies, knew the monster inside of him.

    Join us at the quiet end for One Lived to Tell: The Victims of Richard Marc Evonitz. On June 24, 2002, Evonitz imprisoned Kara Robinson in his apartment for 18 hours and repeatedly sexually assaulted her. After Kara managed to escape, Evonitz fled to Florida. In the end, it was Evonitz’s sister who tipped off the police, setting off a high-speed chase which would end his life of cruelty and violence.

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    Read “Legally Dead” by Flynn & Lavoie

    Sources

    End Came with Love, Fear, Horror, Fredricksburg.com, Hall & Pugh, 6/16/2002

    Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story, Oxygen True Crime

    Into the Water by Diane Fanning

    The Making of a Murderer, Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star, , Hall & Pugh 6/14/2004, ret. 10/8/2022

    Three Slain Girls’ Case Closed, The Washington Post, Maria Glod, 8/14/2002

    Kara & her sons

    Gaslighting Oct 04, 2022
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    Vicki Bader’s divorce from her attorney husband Seth Bader was beyond contentious. Alimony and child custody issues persisted well after the break up. Vicki, emotionally fragile and at times suicidal, endured months of harassment and gaslighting by Seth and his toxic accomplices. But when Seth decided to involve their oldest son in his campaign to destroy Vicki, things took an ominous turn.

    Join us at the quiet end for Gaslighting: The Extermination of Vicki Bader. Seth Bader was a terrible human being who would stop at nothing to destroy his ex-wife. After getting custody of their children, he withheld alimony payments, had her tires slashed, and even cooked her beloved parakeets in her oven.

    More than anyone, the Bader’s oldest son Joey was put in the middle of his parents’ conflicts. Turned against his mother and living in fear of his father, Joey’s life would be upended by his own actions, done on behalf of Seth Bader. The plot to kill Vicki Bader included several people who either hated her or expected financial gain after her death. But sadly, Vicki never imagined that people could be so heartless as her killers were.

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    Read “Legally Dead” by Flynn & Lavoie

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    Legally Dead by Kevin Flynn & Rebecca Lavoie

    Seacoast Online Archives, 1996-2011

    Seth Bader v. Warden New Hampshire Prison, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 05/25/ 2007

    The State of New Hampshire v. Seth Bader, 9/13/2002

    Introducing: The Generation Why Podcast Oct 03, 2022
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    The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Two friends, Aaron & Justin, break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, mysteries and conspiracies. One of the longest running true crime podcasts out there, Generation Why has a little something for every true crime listener. Follow The Generation Why Podcast on Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app.

    Trophy Wife Sep 20, 2022
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    Steven Beard grew up poor in Dallas, Texas. He had ambitions to go to medical school, but he joined the Navy during World War II. After the war, Steven took a job at a department store. He met his first wife, Elise, while working at the store. They had three children together. Hard working, smart, and good with people, Steven worked his way up to become an executive and co-found Austin’s first independent TV station. Steven and his wife, Elise, were a rags to riches success story. But then, Elise died of cancer. After 42-years of being happily married, Steven was lost and despondent.

    Join us at the quiet end for Trophy Wife. As a wealthy widow, Steven began spending much of his time at the exclusive Austin Country Club. A 31-year-old waitress there, Celeste Martinez, caught Steve’s eye. He hired Celeste to be his housekeeper. But within a year, the two were married. Unfortunately, Steve was not aware of Celeste’s checkered past or that she was only marrying him for his money. Within months, Celeste was cheating on Steve and stealing from him. But nothing was ever enough for Celeste, who wouldn’t be satisfied until Steve was out of the picture.

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    Read “She Wanted it All” by Kathryn Casey

    Steve & Celeste

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    Betrayed by Her Own Children, Rebecca Leung, CBS.com, 5/12/2003

    Celeste: The Celeste Beard Johnson Story by Nancy Hall

    She Wanted It All by Kathryn Casey

    Snapped: Celeste Beard, S1 E1, 2004

    The Waitress & The Millionaire, Power Privilege & Justice, 2003

    Dead Woman Walking Sep 06, 2022
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    The Story of Debra & Christopher Milke:

    Debra Milke was a cute 24-year-old single mother in 1989. She and her 4-year-old son, Christopher, were living with a friend while Debra prepared to move into her own apartment and start a new job. She was excited for what she saw as a fresh start, saving up new clothing and household items for her and Christopher’s new life. But, on December 2nd, Christopher disappeared.

    Join us at the quiet end for Dead Woman Walking. When Debra’s son went missing on a trip to see Santa Claus, she was frantic. Trying to do everything possible to find her son and bring him home safely, Debra readily spoke to the police. But when one detective finished interviewing Debra, he claimed to have a confession. Debra, he said, had had her son murdered to collect on a small life insurance policy. Put on trial for murder and abandoned by most of her family and friends, Debra found herself living a 20-year nightmare which was likely to end with her execution by lethal injection.

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    A family photo of Debra & Christopher

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    Brain-Damaged Roger Scott May Be Only One Executed in Debra Milke Case, Elizabeth Stuart, 9/30/2015, ret. 8/29/2022

    Debra Milke: A Mother’s Story, Folks Documentary, YouTube Video, 9/6/2016

    Debra Milke, The National Registry of Exonerations, ret. 8/29/2022

    Former Death Row Inmate Debra Milke and Her Lawyers Speak to Press, Fox 10 Phoenix, 3/24/2015

    Requiring Interrogations to be Taped, OLR Research report, Kevin E. McCarthy, 12/4/2017

    A Stolen Life: The Debra Milke Story by Jana Bommersbach

    State of Arizona v. Debra Jean Milke, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, 1989-2015

    In the Cold Light of Day Aug 23, 2022
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    The Murder of Alan Helmick

    On the morning of June 10, 2008, a robbery was staged in the Colorado home of businessman Alan Helmick. His wife, Miriam, came home to find Alan on the floor in a pool of his own blood. Because Alan had been shot in the back of his head, investigators believed that he had been taken by surprise and executed. But who was Alan’s killer and what was the motive?

    Join us at the quiet end for In the Cold Light of Day. After two years of marriage, Miriam and Alan were known to be a happy couple. Miriam had financial issues in her past, but she and Alan had worked out an arrangement where his property was kept in his name and Miriam was given spending money as she needed it. It wasn’t until after his death when it came out that Alan had his own financial issues and that there had likely been previous attempts on his life.

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    Alan Helmick

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    And Then She Killed Him by Robert Scott

    A Time to Kill, Three Times to Harm, Investigation Discovery, S4 E13, 11/4/2021

    Gone Ballistic, Forensic Files, S14 E16, 4/8/2011

    The Last Dance, Dateline NBC, Dennis Murphy, 5/14/2010

    Wife Suspected in Second Killing, The Denver Post, Kirk Mitchell, 8/15/2009

    A Ticking Time Bomb: Laurie Dann Aug 09, 2022
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    On May 20, 1988, 30-year-old Laurie Dann left poisoned snacks and juice boxes at several houses, started a fire that nearly killed a mother and her two children, and sprayed bullets inside of an elementary school classroom. After years of living with a serious mental illness, she had made a plan to hurt everyone she believed had slighted her as well as others who were completely innocent. There had been signs that Laurie a danger to herself and society. In fact, in hindsight, her rampage was entirely predictable.

    Join us at the quiet end for A Ticking Time Bomb. Laurie grew up as an awkward child whose parents made perfunctory and misguided efforts at helping her. As an adult, her so-called “quirks” progressed into full-blown psychotic episodes. But for a variety of reasons, Laurie never received the intensive psychiatric treatment she needed, leaving the lives of everyone in her path at risk.

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    Sources

    Day of Fury: The Story of the Tragic Shootings That Forever Changed the Village of Winnetka by Joyce Egginton, 1991

    The Many Faces of Laurie Dann, Chicago Tribune, George Papajohn, 6/5/1988, ret. 7/28/2022

    Murder of Innocence: The Tragic Life and Final Rampage of Laurie Dann by Kaplan, Papajohn, & Zorn, 1991

    School Killer Left a Trail of Poison, The Chicago Tribune, Ray Gibson and Linnet , 5/22/1988, ret. 7/14/2022

    Winnetka Killer Treated with Psychiatric Drug, Chicago Tribune, 2/13/2007, ret. 7/27/2022

    House of Leaves Jul 26, 2022
    Show notes

    On November 10, 2010, in broad daylight, a man broke into the home of Tina Herrmann and her two young children. The attacks, murders, and kidnapping that followed were some of the worst crimes in the history of the state of Ohio.

    Matthew Hoffman was known by his neighbors as a bit of an oddball, but this didn’t necessarily mean that he was dangerous. He did have a history of breaking and entering that put him in prison once, but he didn’t appear to be a violent person. Then, in 2010, Hoffman’s odd behavior began to escalate.

    Join us at the quiet end for House of Leaves. Tina was a working mother, determined to give her son and daughter a stable, safe, and loving home. Despite not having much money, she had been successful. But Tina had no way of knowing that her home had become the target of the increasingly disturbed Hoffman. When Tina didn’t show up for work on November 11, the scene inside her house pointed to unspeakable violence. And, when the police entered Hoffman’s home, what they saw inside was unlike anything they’d seen before.

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    Sources

    Father, stepmother charged with assaulting Knox County kidnap victim, The Columbus Dispatch, by Allison Manning, 5/21/2013

    The Girl in the Leaves by Robert Scott

    Killer Stuffed His House With Leaves, Kept Kidnapped Girl on Bed of Leaves, ABCNews.com by Jessica Hopper, 2/10/2011, ret. 7/5/2022

    The Leaf Killer, Twisted Killers, S1 E5, Oxygen

    Man Charged in Deaths of Victims Found in Ohio Tree, BBC News 1/4/2011, ret. 7/7/2022

    What was in the home (and mind) of Matthew Hoffman? The Columbus Dispatch 2/9/2011, ret. 7/5/2022

    Tina, Kody, & Stephanie

    The Westside Park Murders: Kimberly Dowell & Ethan Dixon Jul 12, 2022
    Show notes

    In September 1985, two Muncie, Indiana, teenagers were shot and killed in their car while parked in the popular Westside Park. The murders stunned Muncie families because the victims were well-liked students at Muncie Northside High School. Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were found late at night by the police officer who was clearing out the park at closing time. Their car was still running, with one window down and the other shattered by gunfire.

    Join us at the quiet end for The Westside Park Murders. From the very beginning, investigators were inundated with possible suspects, from family members to serial killers. Suggested motives ranged from a random killing, to a family dispute, to a drug deal gone wrong. Although many leads have been investigated over the years, this remains a cold case and an enduring mystery.

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    Read “The Westside Park Murders: Muncie’s Most Notorious Cold Case”

    Sources

    Muncie crime: 150 years of murders, mysteries, Star Press, by Douglas Walker, 3/20/2015

    Probe Centers on Two Cars, Muncie Star, by Diana Newlin, 10/03/1985

    Sketch of suspect by an uncredited police department sketch artist, Muncie Evening Press, 10/07/1985

    Star Press articles, by Keith Roysdon & Douglas Walker, 2010-2015

    The Westside Park Murders: Muncie’s Most Notorious Cold Case, by Keith Roysdon & Douglas Walker, 2021

    The Westside Park Murders: Muncie’s Most Notorious Cold Case, Virtual Talk with Keith Roysdon, Muncie Public Library, Interview by Sara McKinley, Local History & Genealogy Supervisor, 3/25/2021

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