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True Crime Couple

Join married couple Kay and John as they cover some of the lesser known true crime cases. In this bi-weekly podcast, Kay presents the case to both the audience and John at the same time, so they can react together. We pride ourselves on the research we conduct and the respect we show to victims. We hope you enjoy!

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Episode 195: The Duffield Family | Terror in Olathe Dec 29, 2024

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On the night of January 27, 1983 John Duffield fell asleep to his television in his bedroom. His wife, Carole, was a nurse who worked the night shift, so sleeping alone was something that he had grown accustomed to, and why the droning noise of the television kept him company. But in the early morning hours he was awoken by the worst sound a parent could hear. He heard the frantic calls and moans of pain from his 15 year old son Paul, whom he knew had fallen asleep on the couch in the family living room. He rushed downstairs to his son and found him unresponsive and in a large pool of his own blood, a massive wound to his head. John could barely process what was happening. He was in shock. He rushed to the phone to call 911…but the phone lines were dead. He had no idea that the chaos of that night had only just begun.
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Sources:
Newspaper articles obtained through Newspapers.com ranging in date from January 29, 1983- February 2018 from the following news sources:
Wichita Eagle
Olathe News
Council Grove Republican
The Salina Journal
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Times
St. Joseph’s News
State v. Cade, Johnson County, No. K-44347
https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/1987/59-019-2.html
https://www.kmbc.com/article/man-convicted-in-35-year-old-olathe-murder-wants-out-of-prison/18917466
https://www.facebook.com/groups/in-loving-memory-of-john-carole-paul-kelly-and-janelle-duffield-273705412361/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salina-journal-duffield-murders-20/49041/

Episode 194: Melissa Brannen | No One Saw a Thing Dec 15, 2024

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In the tightknit community of the Woodside Apartments the residents gather each year for the Yuletide fest where everyone in the complex can eat, drink, and be merry as their children play games and visit with Santa. But, as is often the case, when we feel comfortable to let our guard down, that evil takes its opportunity to strike. In the middle of the residents catching up and talking about their holiday plans on that December night in 1989 a 5 year old girl, who had just been seen by her mother a minute prior, was kidnapped in the presence of 115 people. No one had seen anything.
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Sources:
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/9704a/11branne.htm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/27/005r-112799-idx.html
https://casetext.com/case/hughes-v-commonwealth-7
https://www.woodsideapartmentslorton.com/sitemap.aspx
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1071961330/?match=1&terms=Melissa%20Brannen
https://www.newspapers.com/image/919607331/?match=1&terms=Melissa%20Brannen
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-convicted-in-1989-child-abduction-sent-back-to-prison/3728108/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/04/19/abductor-year-old-melissa-brannen-be-released-prison-after-years/
Forensic Files: Innocence Lost (TV 1999) Season 4 Episode 5

Episode 193: Barbara Mackle | Loved one, please come home Dec 01, 2024

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Jane Mackle had been nursing her daughter, Barbara, back to health after she caught the flu during her finals week at Emory College in December of 1968 when two masked assailants rushed into their motel room and kidnapped 20 year old Barbara. What would follow would be one of the largest manhunts and rescue missions the FBI would ever take on. Join me as I tell John the story of Barbara Mackle.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackle_Brothers
https://www.themacklecompany.com/index
https://people.com/barbara-mackle-kidnapping-buried-alive-8736831
https://web.archive.org/web/20071110191155/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900442,00.html
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/topten-history/hires_images/FBI-293-RuthEismannSchier.jpg/view
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-alsd-1_06-cr-00057/USCOURTS-alsd-1_06-cr-00057-0
"Buried Alive". FBI: The Untold Stories. Season 1. Episode 13
Book: https://www.everand.com/read/305263613/True-Crime-Florida-The-State-s-Most-Notorious-Criminal-Cases
https://www.everand.com/read/606716727/The-Fall-of-the-FBI-How-a-Once-Great-Agency-Became-a-Threat-to-Democracy
Barbara’s Book: 83 Hours Until Dawn
Herald from that day:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621746964/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621747024/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621747030/

Bonus Episode | Patreon Episode 120: The Case of Deborah Brown | A Knock at the Door Nov 27, 2024

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Getting Ready for Thanksgiving? We have a bonus patreon episode for you to listen to. If you want another 128 bonus episodes join our patreon today!
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As five residents slept peacefully in their beds in Lebanon, Maine, on the night of March 29, 1999, a sudden knock at their door would change all of their lives forever. Join me as I tell John about the case of Deborah Brown.

Episode 192: Roy Melanson | The Smooth Talker Nov 17, 2024

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Over the span of three decades a man left bread crumbs for law enforcement officers to find all over the country. Luckily, time and technology would eventually catch up to him and Roy Melanson would have to pay for the crimes he had committed and what he had taken from his victims and their families.
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Sources:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/03/22/flower-child/?clearUserState=true
https://vocal.media/criminal/murder-on-kebler-pass-road-michele-wallace
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/03/22/flower-child/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9551613/michele_cecile-wallace
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/02/20/now-they-can-say-goodbye/
https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2008/07/06/state-case-with-local-link/8483778007/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83432208/margaret-cecilia-wallace
https://www.wafb.com/story/12581570/deputies-charge-73-year-old-in-connection-with-1988-murder/
Smooth Talker: Trail of Death by Steve Jackson
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Episode 191: The Colegrove Family | Blood in the Barrel Nov 03, 2024

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Three members of the Colegrove family were brutally murdered in their home during a thunderstorm in a Pennsylvania town of roughly 379 people. Is the killer walking among them or is it the residents of the town that can help detectives find out who the killer is with their inside knowledge of the family.
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Sources:

https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/2020/1220-mda-2019.html

Newspaper articles arcdieved through Newspapers.com from:
The Star-Gazette
Times Tribune
Citizen's Voice
Press and un Bulletin
2007-2009

Episode 190: Listener Stories | Part VIII Oct 20, 2024

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Join us as we read creepy stories from our listeners. Thank you for all that submitted! If your story did not appear in this episode it will be next week's Patreon episode.
Happy Halloween!

Episode 189: The Ohta Family Murders | Little Fires Everywhere Oct 06, 2024

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On Monday October 19, 1970 in the midst of the Manson family murder trials and with two serial killers on the loose, both the Zodiac and the Co-ed Killer, firefighters in Soquel, CA discover the bodies of five people in the swimming pool of a wealthy home in the Santa Cruz mountains. Through a note left at the scene a murderous cult took responsibility for the Ohta family murders. Join me as I tell John just what happened and who was responsible.
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Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/5/287.html
https://projects.scpr.org/timelines/capital-punishment-in-california/
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Santa-Cruz-mass-murderer-kills-self-in-prison-3221281.php
https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/files/original/571aa1b2b278eb1f40c3970e109bbcb4.PDF
https://lookout.co/i-wanted-to-see-the-co-ed-killer-in-a-wheelchair-old-and-broken-down-revisiting-edmund-kemper/
https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/yesterday-s-crimes-the-santa-cruz-serial-killer-epidemic/article_9b3d46d5-6be8-5fc0-9779-93e77924685a.html
Murder in California: Rage and Revenge
By Marques Vickers, 2021 Accessed through Everand
Newspaper articles from the Santa Cruz Sentinel from October 20, 1970-November 23, 1973 accessed through Newspapers.com

Episode 188: Benjamin Renick | A Snake in the Grass Sep 22, 2024

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On June 8, 2017 a call came into Montgomery County, MO dispatch. The two people on the line stated that someone had been found dead inside a large snake breeding facility and one of the large snakes was not accounted for. When deputies got on the scene they were terrified and had no idea what they were in for. Had someone been killed by a snake or had this been a cold blooded murder?
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https://www.courttv.com/trials/mo-v-renick-2021/
https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=198075
https://abc17news.com/news/top-stories/2022/08/16/attorney-wants-murdered-mans-wife-barred-from-inheritance-payouts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W_WPo3g_VY
Archived newspapers articles from: Columbia Daily Tribune, Springfield News-Leader, Missouri States Times, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch between June 2017 and May 2023

Episode 187: The Murder of Emma Walker Sep 08, 2024

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As all news does in a high school, rumors of what happened to bright, beautiful, athletic Emma Walker spread like wildfire. Some said that she had died by suicide, but most couldn’t believe that. Her life was perfect. She had a great boyfriend, she was a cheerleader, and had a close circle of friends. It just didn’t seem like it could be true. But if Emma Walker did not harm herself, it meant that something far more sinister happened…that someone had wanted to hurt her. Now that didn’t sound too far from the truth because in the days prior to her death odd things had been happening to the 16 year old girl.
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Sources:
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/teen-dating-violence-red-flags-from-someone-who-lived-through-it/51-f28f6a14-dbd7-4f0c-bca4-47cd37f7c435
(talking about relationship - mom)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/777866500/?match=1&terms=emma%20walker
https://www.newspapers.com/image/777847139/?match=1&terms=emma%20walker
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/05/02/william-riley-gaul-trial-witnesses-detail-staged-kidnapping-before-central-high-cheerleader-slain/570824002/
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