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The Man Who Ruined Halloween Oct 28, 2021

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Urban legends of tainted Halloween candy have spread for decades. Every year, worried parents check their children’s candy one by one, take them to the police station to be scanned for metal, anything they can do to make sure it’s okay to eat. And it turns out, we have one man to thank for that fear.

It was a rainy Halloween in 1974 and 8 year old Timothy O’Bryan was trick or treating with his dad, Ronald O’Bryan, and some family friends. The big score that night was a two foot long pixie stick, and he couldn’t wait to try it. But within an hour of eating the candy, Timothy O’Bryan was dead.

Sources:

Articles

Vice | The True Story of the Notorious Trick-or-Treat Murderer (Michael Segalov)

Fox News | Razor Blades and Poisoned Candy: A History of Americans Fearing Halloween (Courtney Moore)

Statesman | 35 Years Later, Memories of Notorious Halloween ‘Candyman’ Murder Remain Vivid (Eric Dexheimer)

Justia | O'BRYAN v. State

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The Murder of Annie Le Oct 21, 2021

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Annie Le disappeared on September 8, 2009, 5 days before she was to marry her college sweetheart. She left her apartment that morning to head to the Yale campus where she was doing research as part of work towards a doctorate in Pharmacology, but when she never arrived home that night, her worried roommate called the police. Police conducted a search and were able to find Annie on the surveillance cameras walking into the research lab, but they couldn't find her anywhere on the cameras leaving the building, and she wasn't found inside the building. It was like Annie Le had simply vanished.

Sources:

Articles

CBS News | Annie Le's Fiance Mourns Yale Student's Murder (Ryan Smith)

The New York Times | Report on Yale Murder Outlines

Suspicions (James Barron and Alison Leigh Cowan)

The Hartford Courant | Affidavit Describes Evidence, Raymond

Clark's Movements (Alaine Griffin)

Academic | The Murder of Annie Le

The New Haven Independent | Annie Le Warrant: Bloody

Boots Read “Ray-C” (Melissa Bailey and Paul Bass)

The Trentonian | Yale Suspect Played Softball on Day Body

Was Found

ABC News | Annie Le's Person of Interest Had Scratches on

Chest, Arms, Back ( Sharyn Alfonsi, Lee Ferran and Russell Goldman)

The Hartford Courant | Records Show Raymond Clark III Was

Last To See Annie Le Alive, Source Says (Dave Altimari, Alaine Griffin, and

Josh Kovner)

Gawker | What We Know About Raymond J. Clark III

(Hamilton Nolan)

The Yale Alumni Magazine | The death of Annie Le (Carole

Bass)

Yale Daily News | Searching for Raymond Clark III (Everett Rosenfeld)

ABC Chicago | Yale Killing Suspect Plans to Plead Guilty

NY Daily News | DNA Shows Annie Le's Blood on Yale Lab

Tech Raymond Clark Boots; Green Pen clue Eyed: Investigators (Michael Daly)

Videos

Investigation Discovery | See No Evil Season 6 - Episode 14: Cold Feet

YouTube | Friends of the University of New Haven Library:

Prof. Dadio - "Murder at Yale, the Annie Le Story"

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Cyntoia Brown and the Murder of Johnny Allen Oct 14, 2021

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16 year old Cyntoia Brown needed money, and she only knew one way to get it: sex work. But after 43 year old Johnny Allen picked her up at a Sonic and brought her back to his house, she shot and killed him. She was arrested for murder, and the prosecution argued that she'd shot him with the intent to rob him. They said she was cruel and merciless and evil. But after facts about her life and the events leading up to the crime came out, people started to wonder: who was the real victim in this situation?

Resources:

Services Available to Victims of Human Trafficking

Highlighted Organization:

FASD Communities

Sources:

Articles

Fox 17 News | What Cyntoia Brown-Long would say to Johnny Allen's family (Stacy Case)

The Famous People | Johnny Michael Allen

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | FASDs

Knox News | Here's What Cyntoia Brown-Long Is Doing 2 Years After She Walked Out of a Tennessee Prison

Book

Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

Documentaries

Netflix | From Murder to Mercy

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The Disappearances of Typhenie Johnson and Taalibah Islam Oct 07, 2021

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On October 10, 2016, within a 90 minute time frame and surrounded by friends and family, Typhenie Johnson vanished. She’d been making dinner for a date at the apartment she shared with her brother and his girlfriend when her ex, boyfriend, Chris Revill, showed up. They argued downstairs for awhile, and when Chris came back up to the apartment he told everyone she’d gotten in a car with someone and left. She was never seen again.

Several miles away, the Islam family was watching the news when Typhenie’s disappearance was announced. They were shocked. Taalibah Islam had disappeared almost 10 years earlier after having a new baby with Chris Revill. And he’d had a very similar story for the Islam family when Taalibah went missing…

Domestic violence resources:

The National Domestic Violence Hotline

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Intimate Partner Violence Resources

Sources:

Articles

Local Profile | The Link Between the Disappearances of Two North Texas African American Women (Alexandra Cronin)

JUSTIA | Christopher Revill v. The State of Texas Appeal

from 213th District Court of Tarrant County

Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Ex-boyfriend Sentenced to Life for Kidnapping Woman Who Has Not Been Seen Since 2016

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The Murders of Carl and Kathleen Schroll Sep 30, 2021

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Elizabeth Horton received a phone call from her daughter, Kathleen Schroll, in the middle of the night, telling her Pete was in the house, he was going to kill her husband Carl, and then kill her. Right away, Elizabeth's son, Randy, called 911 to report the phone call, but by the time police arrived at the Schroll's, it was too late. Carl's body was found in the bedroom, and Kathleen was lying dead in the living room. Both died of gunshot wounds. When police found out about the phone call, and how Kathleen had been in a bitter court battle with a man named Pete Coones over his father's life insurance money, it was crystal clear to police who had committed the murder. But as more information was discovered, there was nothing crystal clear about this case at all...

Sources:

Articles

Chilling Crimes | Olin Pete Coones

Heavy. | Kathleen & Carl Schroll Died in

Murder-Suicide Staged as a Double Homicide

KMBC News | KCK Man Who Spent 12 Years in Prison for

Double Murder Released, Charges Dropped (AP)

The National Registry of Exonerations | Conviction

Integrity Units

Court Documents

Olin Pete Coones V. State of Kansas

Shows

Dateline | The Phone Call

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The Yates Family Murders Sep 23, 2021

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It was June 20, 2001 when Russell "Rusty" Yates got a phone call from his wife, Andrea Yates, telling him to come home. The couple had 5 children: Noah (7), John (5), Paul (3), Luke (2), and Mary (6 months), and Rusty worried that something was wrong with one of them. When he asked if any of them were hurt, Andrea said yes. When he asked who, Andrea said, "All of them."

It wasn't until he arrived home that he would discover the awful truth - Andrea had drowned each of their 5 children, one by one, in the bath tub. It was an unfathomable crime, and horrified the entire nation. What could possibly lead to something as heinous as this happening?

This is part 2 of Kristin's non-consecutive, so far 3 part hometown series: "The Women of Clear Lake Who Snapped."

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - Phone number 1-800-273-8255

Postpartum Support International

Sources:

Articles

Today | The Andrea Yates Story

Biography | Andrea Yates

ABC News | Preacher Said He Tried to Save Yates Family

CNN | Defense Yates Killed Kids to Save Them (Lisa Sweetingham)

Cult Education Institute | Michael Woroniecki's Influence Over Convicted Murderer Andrea Yates

CNN | Andrea Yates Case: Yates Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Brownstone Law | 5 children drowned by their mother, Andrea Yates (Robert Sirianni)

Wikipedia | Andrea Yates

Murderpedia | Andrea Yates

Books

Are you there alone? The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates

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The Mighty Michael Malloy Sep 16, 2021

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It was July, 1932 in the Bronx, New York. Prohibition is alive and well, and we’re a few years into the Great Depression. Francis Pasqua, Daniel Kriesberg, and Tony Marino were sitting together in Tony's speakeasy while Tony complains about how bad business is. That's when Francis has a completely brilliant plan - sign one of the regulars up for life insurance and then stage their murder to look like an accident. The group loved the plan, and they got right to work.

Michael Malloy was the down-on-his-luck regular they chose. They figured it would be easy. Michael would come in every day and drink until he passed out. They figured the alcohol would kill him quick enough.

Only... it didn't. The group tried everything they could think of, but Michael just wouldn't die.

Sources:

Articles

True Crime Edition | The Murder Plot of "Iron"

Mike Malloy

Smithsonian Magazine | The Man Who Wouldn't Die

Trivia Library | New York Gangs Murder Trust and Michael

Malloy Part 5

All Things Interesting | The Curious Case Of Michael

Malloy – “Rasputin Of The Bronx”

Podcast

Criminal | Episode 151: The Many Lives of Michael Malloy

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Cyberstalker Part 2 - The Disappearance of Cari Farver Sep 09, 2021

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Here is Part 2 to our Cyberstalker episode, continuing the story of the disappearance of Cari Farver. Make sure you listen to part 1 first! This story is confusing enough!

When we left off, Dave is ignoring all the red flags about who his stalker really is. The detectives are a few steps ahead of him, though, and they start to close in on the stalker and discover what really happened to Cari Farver.

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Cyberstalker Part 1 - The Disappearance of Cari Farver Sep 02, 2021

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After ending a 12 year relationship, Dave Kroupa decided to get back out there, and he signed up for online dating. After several months of dating a few different women, he met Cari Farver. She seemed perfect: incredibly smart, fun, and looking for a casual relationship, like him. But then, after dating for two weeks, Cari texted Dave asking if they should move in together. He was confused - he'd thought they were on the same page, so he told her no. And then he received a message back from Cari filled with vulgar, abusive insults and threats. And the messages didn't stop coming. He received hundreds a day for YEARS. Dave wanted the messages to stop, but Cari Farver could not be found.

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Sources:

Articles

Iowa Cold Cases | Cari Lea Farver

Books

A Tangled Web (Leslie Rule)

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The Mysterious Disappearance of Angela Green Aug 26, 2021

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Angela Green was 51 when she disappeared in 2019. Her husband, Geoff Green, initially had a very odd explanation for Angela's disappearance. He told their 19 year old daughter, Ellie, that he'd been worried about Angela's mental state, and he'd arranged it so a psychiatric hospital would take Angela from a grocery store parking lot and commit her to their facilities. He said there was a struggle when they took her, and he didn't want Ellie to visit for her own safety. He wouldn't even tell her where the hospital is . Several days later, Geoff broke the news to Ellie - he'd gotten a call from the hospital telling him that Angela had died of a stroke in their care. Geoff said he paid a man from the hospital to cremate her and return her in an urn, which was at his house. He told Ellie they were not going to have a funeral, and he asked her not to tell Angela's family she was dead. Only, there's not a record of Angela's death anywhere in the United States. So what happened to Angela Green? Where is she?

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If you have information about Angela Green, please contact:

Prairie Village police at 913-642-6868 or

the anonymous Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477)

Sources:

Articles

FOX 4 KC | Warrant Served at Lawrence Home in Search of

Prairie Village Woman Missing Since June 2019 (Sherae Honeycutt)

FOX 4 KC | Over 150 Leads Tracked in Search for Missing

Prairie Village Woman (Sherae Honeycutt)

HuffPost | She Was Told Her Mother Died. So Why Was There No Funeral? Or A Body?

(Melissa Jeltsen)