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True Crime
**True Crime Creepers**

A podcast for people who love stories about sketchy people doing sketchy things. Join us each week as Kristin tells Mogab about all her favorite true crime creepers, from con artists to serial killers. Who are your hosts? Kristin is a true crime fanatic who loves talking all things true crime. Mogab is a true crime newbie who hasn’t heard of any of it, but is here for ALL of it. New episodes every Thursday! Follow us on all the things @creeperspod and get access to our bonus content at www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers

Latest Episodes:

Catherine Mehaffey Shelton Nov 21, 2024

Catherine Mehaffey Shelton was a Texas criminal defense attorney with a reputation for sharp wit and sharp edges—oh, and a trail of dead or mysteriously injured people linked to her over the years. While Catherine denies any wrongdoing, the string of incidents raises plenty of questions. Is it all a bizarre coincidence, or is there more to the story?

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Sources:

Allegations of murder and mayhem swirl around former defense attorney Catherine Shelton - CBS News

Catherine Shelton: A timeline of the cases with links to the former Texas attorney - CBS News

Murder most embarrassing | News | Dallas

One crazy lawyer | News | Dallas

Disbarred lawyer accused of failing to return child

Reasonable doubt? | News | Dallas | Dallas Observer | The Leading Independent News Source in Dallas, Texas

Ex-Lawyer Arrested for Shoplifting

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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist - Part 2 Nov 14, 2024

We're back with part 2 of our look into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist! In this episode, we follow the twists and turns of the investigation and discuss why someone would want to steal art in the first place. There is a never ending list of suspects, each one as promising as the last, so join us to see if we can solve the mystery.

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Sources:

Gardner Museum Theft Remains Art World's Biggest Mystery | Bloomberg

Surveillance video raises questions — and possible clues — in 25-year-old museum mystery - The Washington Post

Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories - The New York Times

Help solve the mystery of the Gardner art heist – Boston Herald

Episode 2: 'Inside Job?' | Last Seen

Episode 3: 'Not A Bunch Of Jamokes' | Last Seen

Episode 4: 'Two Bad Men' | Last Seen

Episode 5: 'The Bobbys' | Last Seen

Episode 6: 'Befriend And Betray' | Last Seen

Episode 7: 'I Was The One' | Last Seen

F.B.I. Releases Sketches Of Art Thieves in Boston - The New York Times

Isabella Stewart Gardner art heist happened 34 years ago, FBI still receiving tips - CBS Boston

Was anyone watching the Gardner Museum watchman?

Passing on the parade? Here are 4 other ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Greater Boston | WBUR News

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft - Wikipedia

The Theft | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Evidence in Gardner Museum thefts that might bear DNA is missing

Richard Abath, security guard tied up during Gardner Museum art heist, dies at 57 - CBS Boston

Netflix: This is a Robbery

Book: Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist by Stephen Kurkjian

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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist - Part 1 Nov 07, 2024

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist is one of the most baffling art thefts in history! In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two men dressed as cops waltzed into Boston's famous museum, tied up the guards, and made off with 13 pieces of priceless art. Decades later, the frames still hang empty, waiting for the masterpieces to return. The case has never been solved and the missing works—worth over half a billion dollars—are still out there somewhere.

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Sources:

Gardner Museum Theft Remains Art World's Biggest Mystery | Bloomberg

Surveillance video raises questions — and possible clues — in 25-year-old museum mystery - The Washington Post

Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories - The New York Times

Help solve the mystery of the Gardner art heist – Boston Herald

Episode 2: 'Inside Job?' | Last Seen

Episode 3: 'Not A Bunch Of Jamokes' | Last Seen

Episode 4: 'Two Bad Men' | Last Seen

Episode 5: 'The Bobbys' | Last Seen

Episode 6: 'Befriend And Betray' | Last Seen

Episode 7: 'I Was The One' | Last Seen

F.B.I. Releases Sketches Of Art Thieves in Boston - The New York Times

Isabella Stewart Gardner art heist happened 34 years ago, FBI still receiving tips - CBS Boston

Was anyone watching the Gardner Museum watchman?

Passing on the parade? Here are 4 other ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Greater Boston | WBUR News

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft - Wikipedia

The Theft | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Evidence in Gardner Museum thefts that might bear DNA is missing

Richard Abath, security guard tied up during Gardner Museum art heist, dies at 57 - CBS Boston

Netflix: This is a Robbery

Book: Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist by Stephen Kurkjian

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The Baker Butcher Oct 31, 2024

This week, Kristin and Mogab are joined by special guest and friend of the podcast, Destiny, to tell them a truly atrocious story. Throughout the 70s and 80s, young women in Alaska were vanishing without a trace. These women had fallen prey to a sinister figure who took advantage of the wild Alaskan landscape, but their stories were largely ignored until one courageous woman managed to survive and broke the silence. But would she ever be able to find anyone to believe her story?

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PodCast: Mind of a Monster - The Butcher Baker

https://youtu.be/2LqLOm94cMI?si=svUHtwFSaJ8NSWvM

Book: Butcher, Baker: The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer by Walter Gilmour

We Called Her Eklunta Annie: https://lelandhale.com/wordpress/we-called-her-eklutna-annie/

A psychobiography of Robert Hansen: The Butcher-Baker

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313161952_A_psychobiography_of_Robert_Hansen_The_Butcher-_Baker

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The Hinterkaifeck Murders Oct 24, 2024

In April of 1922, neighbors of the Gruber-Gabriel family stumbled upon a grizzly scene on a remote farmstead near Gröbern, Bavaria called Hinterkaifeck. They found all 6 residents - Andreas and Cäzilia Gruber, their daughter Viktoria, her children Cäzilia and Josef, and their maid Maria Baumgartner - bludgeoned to death with a farm tool. When police began their investigation they realized something incredibly eerie - the killer had remained on the property for several days after the murder, feeding the farm animals and using the kitchen, before vanishing without a trace. The investigation would lead to wild speculation about family secrets and local suspects, but the case remains unsolved, cementing it as one of Germany’s most chilling true crime mysteries.

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Sources:

Die Chronologie • Hinterkaifeck

Der Tatort • Hinterkaifeck

Die Opfer • Hinterkaifeck

Suspects * Hinterkaifeck

Hinterkaifeck murders - Wikipedia

The Chilling Story of the Hinterkaifeck Killings, Germany's Most Famous Unsolved Crime

Strange Company: The Hinterkaifeck Mystery

Books:

The Hinterkaifeck Murders:Terror in the German Countryside by DA Chadwick

The Hinterkaifeck Murders: The Unsolved Crime by Zelda Brodrick

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The Murder of Jennifer Myers Oct 17, 2024

On August 5, 1996, 43-year-old Jennifer Myers was working alone at the Tailfeather Art Gallery in West Manchester Township, PA. Just before 11 AM, a man walked in, pulled a gun, and demanded money. The robber was interrupted by an unexpected delivery and fled, but he was quickly identified as a man named Kevin Dowling and arrested. But as the trial approached, Jennifer was found brutally murdered in the very gallery she worked. Police were convinced Kevin was the killer, but he had an alibi so airtight it seemed impossible—timestamped footage showed him fishing miles away on the day of the murder. So, who really killed Jennifer Myers? Or did Kevin Dowling somehow pull off the perfect crime?

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Sources:

York County killer Kevin Dowling heads back to death row after high court denies new trial

Court finds state trooper fabricated evidence - awards death row prisoner Kevin Dowling new trial

Kevin Dowling, sentenced to death in infamous 1997 Spring Grove murder, awarded new trial

Kevin Brian Dowling

Armed Robbery Police Report

[J-70-2022] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant v. KEVIN BRIAN DOWLING.

COMMONWEALTH v. DOWLING (2005) | FindLaw

Kevin Brian Dowling - Forensic Files Falsehoods

Kevin Brian Dowling - Summary of Cases

Kevin Brian Dowling Case Files

Robbery Case Court Memorandum

Sentenced to die a quarter-century ago, Dowling could get new trial in Spring Grove business woman's murder

A look at York County's death row inmates

Fish, lies and videotape: Read YDR's complete 1998 coverage of Kevin Dowling's murder trial

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FROM THE VAULT: The McDonald's Monopoly Scam Oct 10, 2024

Mogab is out of town this week, so we are releasing one of our favorite episodes from our Patreon vault!

The monopoly game at McDonald’s ran once a year from the late 80s to the early 2000s. yYou’d get different game pieces that you’d peel off your drink cup or your fries container in exchange for prizes ranging from a free small fry or coke to boats, cars, even a million dollars!

But what people didn’t know was that if you were playing after 1989, you had no chance of legitimately winning the big ticket items.

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HBO Documentary: McMillions

https://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/08/21/monopoly.arrests/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/07/how-mcmillions-scam-rigged-the-mcdonalds-monopoly-game.html

https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/mcdonalds-monopoly-game-fraud-true-story.html

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The Murder of Daniel Morcombe Oct 03, 2024

Daniel Morcombe was 13 years old when he vanished from a bus stop in Queensland, Australia, never to be seen again. The ramifications of this crime would be felt around Australia for decades to come. A large-scale investigation was launched almost immediately and quickly led police to several prime suspects, but after years went by with no arrests, it was looking like they may never get the evidence they’d need to solve the case.

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Sources:

Daniel Morcombe murder trial: bus driver saw man standing behind schoolboy

Coronial Findings - Daniel Morcombe

https://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2013/QSC13-337.pdf

10 years later, the life and death of Daniel Morcombe | The Courier Mail

Brett Peter Cowan - Wikipedia

Murder of Daniel Morcombe - Wikipedia

Daniel Morcombe's killer sentenced to life in prison - ABC News

Daniel Morcombe’s accused killer told undercover police of ‘100% alibi’ | Australia news | The Guardian

Inside the police operation that brought Daniel Morcombe's killer to justice

Daniel Morcombe murder trial: Brett Peter Cowan led police to remains

Daniel Morcombe murder suspect led police to body after elaborate ruse, court told

How a Pair of Skate Shoes Helped Catch Daniel Morcombe’s Killer

Brett Peter Cowan found guilty of murdering Daniel Morcombe | Australia news | The Guardian

Brett Cowan sentencing begins in Brisbane Supreme Court

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The Murder of Joseph Sonnier Sep 26, 2024

On July 11, 2012, a distressing 911 call came in from Lubbock, Texas. The caller, a worker from Dr. Joseph Sonnier's landscaping service, reported that something was terribly wrong at the doctor's home. They described finding a window forcibly entered and others searching for Dr. Sonnier inside. Tragically, they discovered his lifeless body in the garage, having been shot five times and stabbed eleven times. The news was shocking to all who knew Dr. Sonnier, a cherished member of the community. Who could possibly want him dead? As the police investigation unfolded, it revealed a chilling trail leading back to someone who had never even met Dr. Sonnier but harbored a deadly vendetta against him—a tale of revenge.

Sources:

Dixon Trial: Opening statements and testimony begin

Joseph Sonnier Obituary (2012) - Lubbock, TX

Silver bars, 'murder bag,' 'jealousy' return to Lubbock Court as Dixon trial begins anew

Texas Appeals Court reverses ruling overturning Dixon conviction

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reverses ruling in Dixon murder-for-hire case

20/20 season 45 episode 30 This is Revenge

Texas Monthly - Deadly Dance

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The Case of Lydia Fairchild Sep 19, 2024

In 2002, 26 year old single mother, Lydia Fairchild, found herself facing hard times. She decided to apply for government assistance, which required a DNA test to prove that she and the babies’ father, Jamie Townsend, were the parents of the children. It was just a standard procedure. But the results of the test were absolutely shocking: Jamie was confirmed as the father, but the tests showed that Lydia was not the mother of her own children. But how could that be?

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Sources:

Chimerism: Definition, Symptoms, Testing, Diagnosis, and More

She's Her Own Twin - ABC News

My Unborn Twin is the Mother of my Children | Chimera: The Twin Inside Me | Only Human

The Case of Lydia Fairchild and Her Chimerism (2002) | Embryo Project Encyclopedia

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The Murder of Sierah Joughin Sep 12, 2024

Sierah Joughin, a 20-year-old college student, set out on a summer bike ride near her Ohio home in July 2016—and never came back. As her family frantically searched, clues started surfacing, hinting at something far more sinister. Days later, a break in the case led investigators to a chilling discovery in a rural cornfield and a suspect with a dark past.

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Sources:

Cite as State v. Worley, 164 Ohio St.3d 589, 2021-Ohio-2207.

Watch ABC 20/20 Streaming Online | Hulu (Free Trial)

Sierah Joughin Obituary (1996 - 2016) - Toledo, OH - The Blade

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The Murder of Anjelica "AJ" Hadsell Sep 05, 2024

It was march 2, 2015 when 18 year old Angelica "AJ" Hadsell disappeared. Her mom came home from work to find AJ missing, but her wallet and jacket had been left behind, and the house looked as if she had left very abruptly. When she didn't return home, an investigation was opened and search parties were formed, AJ's friends and family rallying to find her. But as clues began to turn up, it lead the investigation in very surprising direction.

Sources:

Dateline episode: The Jacket

Wesley Paul Hadsell v. Commonwealth of Virginia

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The Murder of Julie Jensen Aug 29, 2024

On December 3, 1998, 39-year-old Mark Jensen called 911 to report that something was terribly wrong with his wife, 40-year-old Julie Jensen. He had arrived home to find her lying in bed, looking as if she were simply resting. She looked perfectly fine, healthy even. But she wasn't breathing.

First responders arrived within minutes, but their efforts were in vain—Julie was already gone, and it was clear she had been dead for some time. But how? There were no visible signs of injury or trauma, no evidence of drug use or anything that could explain her sudden death.

The questions began to pile up: How could someone who seemed so healthy die so suddenly? What had really happened behind the closed doors of the Jensen home that day? The answers would be more shocking than anyone could have imagined.

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Sources:

https://www.wisn.com/article/day-two-of-testimony-in-mark-jensen-retrial-in-kenosha/42478508

https://web.archive.org/web/20161022122937/http://oursisterjulie.com/Julie/Timeline.html

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/playback/vod/GMO_00000000481747_01/d44e8c25-2468-3298-8986-6df0d8fc431e?paused=true

https://www.hulu.com/watch/0d04101d-dc6c-4e7d-885f-8bb8f014b649

https://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=58315

https://www.twincities.com/2008/01/25/dead-womans-lover-testifies-in-husbands-murder-trial/

https://www.wisn.com/article/day-two-of-testimony-in-mark-jensen-retrial-in-kenosha/42478508

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The Disappearance of Maura Murray (Part 2) Aug 22, 2024

In part 1, we explored the known details surrounding Maura's disappearance. Now, "from this point forth, we shall be leaving the firm foundation of fact and journeying together through the murky marshes of theories into thickets of wildest guesswork." We will dive into the five leading theories: Was Maura's disappearance orchestrated? An accident? Suicide? A result of police corruption? Or was foul play involved? Kristin and Mogab will examine each theory and share their perspectives on what they believe truly happened.

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Sources:

Documentary - The Disappearance of Maura Murray

Podcast - Media Pressure

https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/about.html

https://mauramurrayevidence.neocities.org/120

https://www.masscops.com/threads/nh-officer-arrests-his-chief-for-drunk-driving.79064/

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The Disappearance of Maura Murray (part 1) Aug 15, 2024

We decided to come back from our break with our most requested case of all time - the disappearance of Maura Murray. Maura was a 21-year-old nursing student who vanished on February 9, 2004, after crashing her car on a rural road in New Hampshire. 20 years later, we still don't know what happened to her.

Part 2 available now on all levels of the Patreon!

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Documentary - The Disappearance of Maura Murray

Podcast - Media Pressure

https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/about.html

https://mauramurrayevidence.neocities.org/120

https://www.masscops.com/threads/nh-officer-arrests-his-chief-for-drunk-driving.79064/

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Hot Pursuit: A True Crime Podcast Collaboration (Part 1) Aug 01, 2024

Welcome to Hot Pursuit, a summer true-crime collaboration, where we dive deep into the world of true crime. We’ve gathered many incredible true-crime podcasters to bring you a multi-part series that’s all about the heat of the chase. We'll explore cases where justice was relentlessly pursued, delve into crimes that occurred during the scorching summer months, and highlight cold cases that desperately need some heating up. From heart-pounding pursuits to stories of perseverance and determination, this collaborative effort aims to shed light on cases that have captivated the public’s imagination and those that need your attention now more than ever.

In episode 1 you’ll hear from the following podcasters (in order); if you enjoy listening, please check out their podcasts by clicking their link below:

Fresh Hell https://freshhellpodcast.com/

The Trail Went Cold https://www.trailwentcold.com/

Suffer the Little Children https://linktr.ee/stlcpod

Music City 911 https://musiccity911.com/

Already Gone https://www.instagram.com/alreadygonepod/

Sirens: A Southern True Crime Podcast Https://bit.ly/TheSirensNetwork

Www.thesirenspodcast.com

Everything Scary https://linktr.ee/everythingscary

Private Dicks https://linktr.ee/privatedicks

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RE-RELEASE: CyberStalker 1 AND 2 Jul 18, 2024

This episode was originally dropped as a 2 parter, but because we are on our break we decided to put them together and give them to you as one single episode!

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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Articles

Iowa Cold Cases | Cari Lea Farver

Books

A Tangled Web (Leslie Rule)

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RE-RELEASE: The Kidnapping of Denise Huskins Jul 11, 2024

This week, we're talking about the kidnapping of Denise Huskins. In the middle of the night on March 22, 2015, a group of broke into the home of Aaron Quinn and kidnapped his girlfriend, Denise Huskins. Aaron's story involved kidnappers wearing wet suits who played pre-recorded messages and wanted very little ransom for Denise's return. His story seemed so unbelievable to police, who were convinced early on that Aaron had done something to Denise. When that seemed unlikely, they formed a new theory: that Denise had never been kidnapped, and she was actually the real life Gone Girl.''

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Articles

NPR | Man Pleads Guilty To Elaborate Kidnapping Initially Deemed A Hoax By Calif. Police (Merrit Kennedy)

Book

Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors by Denise Haskins and Aaron Quinn with Nicole Weisensee Egan

Shows

20/20 | S43 E27 Taken

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The Murder of Ricky Cowles Jun 20, 2024

It was August of 1997 when 21 year old Ricky Cowles was found murdered in his apartment by his girlfriend, Amy Preasmyer and her friend Sara. Nothing about this scene. This wasn’t a robbery - there were no signs of forced entry and the apartment wasn’t ransacked, nothing was missing. He didn't appear to have any enemies. So what reason could someone possible have to murder him in his own home? The answer to that question would shock everyone.

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Sources:

People v. Preasmyer, No. B206583 | Casetext Search + Citator

Lancaster woman convicted in 1997 slaying of boyfriend – Daily News

Man gets 2 years in murder case – Daily News

‘Dateline’ revisits 1997 Lancaster murder | News | avpress.com

Dateline: Season 31, Episode 30: Killing Time

Dateline: Season 10, Episode 37: Mean Girls

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The Kidnapping of Noela Rukundo Jun 13, 2024

Noela Rukundo had survived so many horrors in her past as a refugee of the Burundi Civil War. She had managed to put her past behind her and create a new life for herself in Australia. But when she has to return to Burundi for her stepmother's funeral, she realizes that her problems are not entirely in her past.

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Sources:

'Heartbroken' wife of husband who paid hit men to kidnap, murder her in Africa recalls hearing him order hit in phone call - ABC News

Wife Crashes Her Own Funeral | Washington Post

Spared by the hitmen with principles - BBC News

Burundi - Wikipedia

Burundian Civil War - Wikipedia

Burundian Australians

UN Refugee Agency - Burundi

US: courts confused over 'incitement to murder' - Human Rights House Foundation.)

'Surprise! I'm still alive': wife confronts man who paid to have her killed

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The Murder of Michelle O'Keefe Jun 06, 2024

When 18 year old Michelle O'Keefe was found murdered in her brand new blue Mustang, police were quick to hone in on their suspect: Raymond Jennings, a security guard working at the park and ride where her car was parked. The only problem with their theory was that none of the evidence seemed to point at Raymond. Every new stone they unturned seemed to all point away from their suspect. Despite this, police were certain they had their man.

Sources:

Who Killed Michelle O’Keefe? Teen Found Dead in Blue Mustang | Mystery | Investigation Discovery

Michelle Therese O'Keefe, 18 - The Homicide Report

Read details about the new evidence in the murder of Michelle O'Keefe - DocumentCloud

Who’s Who in The Girl in the Blue Mustang

Unmaking a Murderer? Covering the Raymond Jennings Case

Judge Throws Out Murder Conviction of Man Who Served 11 Years Behind Bars in Notorious Palmdale Killing of Teenager Michelle O’Keefe | KTLA

The Psychic Defective Revisited: Years Later, Sylvia Browne’s Accuracy Remains Dismal | Skeptical Inquirer

After a man convicted of murdering a woman goes free, questions linger over why he was charged in first place - Los Angeles Times

Dateline Originals| Season 11: The Girl in the Blue Mustang

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The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley May 30, 2024

Schanda Handley was enjoying a quiet evening at home with her daughter and a friend when, without warning, two men burst into the house. They handcuffed her, forcibly dragged her out, and threw her into their van. The terrifying incident unfolded in a blur, leaving Schanda in a state of shock. However, nothing in this story was as it seemed; unexpected twists and turns awaited at every corner.

Sources:

Evidence in the kidnapping of Schanda Handley

He Hired 2 Men to Kidnap His Wife. They Ended Up Drowning. - The New York Times

Who is Schanda Handley and what happened to her? | The US Sun

Schanda Handley Kidnapping Evidence Photos | CBS News

State v. Handley, No. 22-601 | Casetext Search + Citator.

The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley | Full Episode

Businessman wanted in bizarre kidnapping of Lafayette woman arrested, authorities say | Crime/Police | theadvocate.com

July 2021: Lafayette millionaire takes plea deal in 2017 kidnapping case of estranged wife | Courts | theadvocate.com

March 2022: Lafayette millionaire sentenced to 35 years for masterminding 2017 kidnapping of estranged wife | Courts | theadvocate.com

Arrest document gives more details in bizarre kidnapping-for-hire; Lafayette businessman rented van in Baton Rouge | Crime/Police | theadvocate.com

In court filings, Lafayette businessman's estranged wife says he orchestrated her kidnapping | Crime/Police | theadvocate.com

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The West Memphis Three - Part 3 May 23, 2024

The final installment of our West Memphis Three series. In this episode, we discuss the evidence presented at trial against Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin (spoiler: the evidence includes Damien's black clothes), as well as all of the attempts of the West Memphis Three to obtain actual innocence.

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Sources:

Documentaries:

Watch West Memphis Three: An ID Murder Mystery - Season 1 | Prime Video

Books:

Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt

Podcast:

Truth and Justice Season 5

West Memphis Three Trials: The Transcripts

Complete fabrication - Arkansas Times

Polygraph results in West Memphis Three case

Devilish questions - Arkansas Times

The Accusations of Aaron Hutcheson, Age 8

Murder Mystery: The West Memphis Child Murders, Part 3 - AY Magazine

Dr. Dale W. Griffis

Declaration of John Mark Byers

Echols/Baldwin Trial - Testimony of Regenia Meek - February 28, 1994

Robin Hood Hills | West Memphis 3 murders Wiki

What Caused Victims’ Injuries In West Memphis Three Case? | Crime News

Experts search for bleeding man in West Memphis 3 case

Why Is the Occult So Associated with Satanism?

The West Memphis Three Trials: An Account.

Episode 20: The physical evidence against the WM3 -- "It is Our opinion the crime had taken place where the bodies of the victims were recovered."

The Investigation Into The West Memphis Three

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West Memphis Three - Part 2 May 16, 2024

It's the second installment of our West Memphis Three series. In this part, we discuss how the police narrow in on Damien Echols for the murder of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. But Damien couldn't have done it alone - his best friend, Jason Baldwin, must have been involved. Unfortunately, investigators are far from proving it. That is, until they discover a third perpetrator - someone that was there and could tell them exactly what happened in Robin Hood Hills that night, and the person that would complete the West Memphis Three: Jesse MissKelley.

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Sources:

Documentaries:

Watch West Memphis Three: An ID Murder Mystery - Season 1 | Prime Video

Books:

Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt

Podcast:

Truth and Justice Season 5

West Memphis Three Trials: The Transcripts

Complete fabrication - Arkansas Times

Polygraph results in West Memphis Three case

Devilish questions - Arkansas Times

The Accusations of Aaron Hutcheson, Age 8

Murder Mystery: The West Memphis Child Murders, Part 3 - AY Magazine

Dr. Dale W. Griffis

Declaration of John Mark Byers

Echols/Baldwin Trial - Testimony of Regenia Meek - February 28, 1994

Robin Hood Hills | West Memphis 3 murders Wiki

What Caused Victims’ Injuries In West Memphis Three Case? | Crime News

Experts search for bleeding man in West Memphis 3 case

Why Is the Occult So Associated with Satanism?

The West Memphis Three Trials: An Account.

Episode 20: The physical evidence against the WM3 -- "It is Our opinion the crime had taken place where the bodies of the victims were recovered."

The Investigation Into The West Memphis Three

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The West Memphis Three - Part 1 May 09, 2024

The first installment of our 3 parter on the West Memphis Three. In this episode, we dive deep into the tragic murders of three young boys – Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore. These murders shook the tight-knit community of West Memphis, Arkansas to its core. As details emerged, whispers of a Satanic cult swirled around town. The scene of the crime seemed to bear the marks of a ritualistic killing, leaving residents terrified and searching for answers.

Enter 18-year-old Damien Echols. Law enforcement quickly became convinced that he was behind these murders, but it wasn't a thorough investigation or good old fashioned police work that brought them to that conclusion. So how did they get there?

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Sources:

Documentaries:

Watch West Memphis Three: An ID Murder Mystery - Season 1 | Prime Video

Books:

Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt

Podcast:

Truth and Justice Season 5

West Memphis Three Trials: The Transcripts

Complete fabrication - Arkansas Times

Polygraph results in West Memphis Three case

Devilish questions - Arkansas Times

The Accusations of Aaron Hutcheson, Age 8

Murder Mystery: The West Memphis Child Murders, Part 3 - AY Magazine

Dr. Dale W. Griffis

Declaration of John Mark Byers

Echols/Baldwin Trial - Testimony of Regenia Meek - February 28, 1994

Robin Hood Hills | West Memphis 3 murders Wiki

What Caused Victims’ Injuries In West Memphis Three Case? | Crime News

Experts search for bleeding man in West Memphis 3 case

Why Is the Occult So Associated with Satanism?

The West Memphis Three Trials: An Account.

Episode 20: The physical evidence against the WM3 -- "It is Our opinion the crime had taken place where the bodies of the victims were recovered."

The Investigation Into The West Memphis Three

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Twin Flames Universe May 02, 2024

We're getting a little bit culty this week as we dive into the dumpster fire that is Twin Flames Universe. What started out looking like a couple of kooky, quirky influencers with a whole lotta confidence quickly turned extremely sinister and disturbing.

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Sources

Inside the Twin Flames Universe and Its Always Online, All-Consuming World | Vanity Fair

Twin Flames Docuseries Dives Deeper Into Couple Behind Matchmaking Cult | Vanity Fair

Twin Flame: Definition And Signs You’ve Met Yours – Forbes Health

How ‘Twin Flames Universe’ YouTubers Monetized Heartbreak and Trauma

The Story Behind 'Escaping Twin Flames Universe' | TIME

The Mirror Exercise - Healing Twin Flame Blocks Easily

Docuseries Reveals Twin Flames Cult Is Expanding via Cooking Classes?!

What happened to Jeff and Shaleia Divine? Their ‘love cult’ features in Netflix docuseries Escaping Twin Flames – so what are the allegations, did they ever get charged, and where are they now? | South China Morning Post

Documentaries:

Escaping Twin Flames Universe | Netflix

Desperately Seeking Soulmate | Amazon Prime

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The Murder of Mirna Salihin Apr 25, 2024

Mirna Salihin was on top of the world - she'd recently married her long time boyfriend in a beautiful wedding in Bali and was looking forward to her upcoming honeymoon in South Korea. On January 6, 2016, she went to meet some friends at the Olivier Cafe in the upscale Grand Indonesia Shopping Mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. She took a seat at the booth her friend had saved for them and took a sip of her Vietnamese Iced Coffee as she chatted away with her friends. But there was something wrong with the coffee. It tasted rotten. Almost immediately after taking that sip of her coffee, Mirna began experiencing convulsions and foaming at the mouth. Within an hour of taking that sip, 26 year old Mirna would be dead. Had this been a tragic medical emergency, or was there something more sinister at play?

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Netflix Documentary -

Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee, and Jessica Wongso

Death by Iced Coffee. The Poisoning of Mirna Salihin | by Nikki Young | ChalkOutline | Medium

Murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin - Wikipedia

We’re not in the business of assassination, Olivier manager tells judge - City - The Jakarta Post

Seperti Apa Sosok Wayan Mirna Salihin Ketika Masih Hidup?

Indonesia 'coffee killer' trial: Jessica Wongso found guilty of murder - BBC News

Cyanide coffee death: Jessica Wongso found guilty of Mirna Salihin's murder - ABC News

Jessica Wongso Trial Analysis

Lawyer raises suspicion about insurance claims - City - The Jakarta Post

Jessica Wongso found guilty in cyanide coffee case, but she may not yet have had a fair trial

60 Minutes Australia: Death in a cafe, part one (2016)

60 Minutes Australia: Death in a cafe, part two (2016)

Jessica Wongso Surveillance Video

(PDF) DOCTRINE OF CAUSALITY AND PROOF OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN THE JESSICA WONGSO CYANIDE COFFEE CASE

Lawyers insist on involvement of husband and barista - Fri, July 29, 2016 - The Jakarta Post

'With no autopsy, can we be sure Mirna died from cyanide?': Jessica's lawyer - City - The Jakarta Post

Jessica has long criminal record in Australia: Police - City - The Jakarta Post

Police to probe Whatsapp conversation between Jessica and Mirna - City - The Jakarta Post

Mirna’s husband accuses journalist of bribery - City - The Jakarta Post

Alleged cyanide killer has mental health problems, AFP report reveals - ABC News

Ahli: Jessica Memiliki Kepribadian "Amorous Narcissist"

Amorous Narcissists Can Charm Convincingly - Character Matters.

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The Carnegie Deli Murders Apr 18, 2024

It was Thursday, May 10, 2001 around 7:30 when the call came in to 911 operators in Manhattan, New York asking for help. 5 people had been shot in an apartment on the 6th floor above Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan. All were shot in the back of the head while lying facedown on the ground, their hands duct taped behind their backs. This looked like an execution. But miraculously, two victims would survive the attack, and the story they had for police was shocking.

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Sources:

Show: Homicide: New York

What Homicide: New York Left Out About the Carnegie Deli Case | Den of Geek

Suspect in Murders Above Deli Says He Lied in Police Tape - The New York Times

Ganja Woman - The Village Voice

A Fading Actress, a Pile of Drugs and 3 Slayings - The New York Times

Jurors get crime scene details in Carnegie Deli murder case

New Jersey Parolee Is Arrested in Killings of 3 Above Carnegie Deli - The New York Times

2 Convicted In Carnegie Deli Killings - CBS News

‘GOD, I’M BLEEDING’ – CARNEGIE VICTIM’S 911 CALL CHILLS MASSACRE JURY

Survivors' Call for Help Is Heard In Killings Over Carnegie Deli - The New York Times

What is a Medicolegal Death Investigator/Technician?

Dirty Dancing Actress Shot Execution Style in 2001 Carnegie Deli Murders

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The Death of Tina Watson Apr 11, 2024

Tina and Gabe Watson were newly weds, on the honeymoon of their dreams: 2 weeks in beautiful Australia to scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef. But on their very first dive, something went horribly wrong. Tragically, Tina died in the water. However, what looked at first like a tragic accident began to seem more and more like murder to those investigating the death.

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Tina Watson Death | Michael Mcfadyen

Tina Watson - Chilling Crimes

Dive the S.S. Yongala Wreck

Yongala Wreck & Coral Sea Expedition TSV-CNS

Honeymoon 'Killer': Gabe Watson Breaks Silence on Details of Wife's Death - ABC News

Mystery in the deep blue sea | NBC News

Decompression Sickness - Harvard Health.

Nightmare Honeymoon Ends in Scuba-Diving Murder in Australia | by Homicide Inc. | Medium.

Death of Tina Watson - Wikipedia

Case 51: Tina Watson - Casefile: True Crime Podcast

PLEA BARGAINING AND MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE: A CASE STUDY OF THE PROSECUTION OF GABE WATSON, THE SO-CALLED ‘HONEYMOON KILLER’ | Victoria Colvin

Honeymooner's diving death 'an accident, not murder'

'Honeymoon Killer' Holiday Card Featured Joke, Dead Wife - ABC News

Watson admits taking flowers from wife's grave

Great Barrier Reef honeymoon death: diver's jail sentence 'ludicrous' and 'embarrassing'

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The Murder of Els Van Doren Apr 04, 2024

Els Van Doren's passion in life was skydiving, and that's how she spent nearly all her free time. It was something she'd done thousands of times. But on November 18, 2006, everything went wrong. Els went to pull her parachute, and nothing happened. It wouldn't open. So she tried to open her reserve shoot, but it wouldn't open either. Els fell miles from the sky, and the impact from the fall killed her. But authorities would soon discover that this was no tragic accident. Someone had clearly tampered with her pack. Els Van Doren was murdered, and as authorities investigated more into her life to discover who could have done this, what they would find would turn this whole case upside down.

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The Woman Who Killed Her Love Rival With A Parachute | by Natasha | Medium

Belgian skydiver 'murdered love rival' during jump - BBC News

Skydiver guilty of rival's parachute murder | Belgium | The Guardian

Parachute Murder - Wikipedia

Prosecutors: Skydiving love triangle led to murder | The Seattle Times

Belgian skydiver 'murdered love rival in sabotage jump' | Belgium | The Guardian

Jealous Belgian Skydiver Convicted of Parachute-Cutting Murder - TIME

Love Triangle Skydive Murder Trial Begins | Reuters

Belgian skydiver who killed love rival given 30 years - BBC News

ELS VAN DOREN - MURDER IN THE SKY - ELS "BABS" CLOTTEMANS ON TRIAL - VERDICT GUILTY - Page 2 - CMM-Crime, Mystery & Mayhem

Podcast: Twisted Travel and True Crime | Episode: The Last Fall: The Murder of Els Van Doren

ELS VAN DOREN - MURDER IN THE SKY - ELS "BABS" CLOTTEMANS ON TRIAL - VERDICT GUILTY - CMM-Crime, Mystery & Mayhem

Borderline Personality Disorder | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Belgian woman who altered parachute of love rival gets 30 yrs

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The Murder of Tom Merriman Mar 21, 2024

It was January 1, 2021 when a strange phone call came in to 911 in San Diego, California The caller reporting that his friend, Jade Janks, had asked him to come over the day before because she needed help. When he arrived, Jade told him that she had murdered her stepfather, Tom Merriman, and she needed his help covering up the murder.

When word got out what Jade had done, no one could believe it. Jade was successful, smart, she'd never done anything like this before. But as police investigate the crime, they discover the most shocking piece of the puzzle is a secret Jade uncovered. A secret that will blur the line between victim and perpetrator.

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The Murder of Tatiana Tarasoff Part 2 Mar 14, 2024

Part 2 of this saga brings us further down Prosenjit Poddar's road to complete obsession with Tatiana Tarasoff. His behavior would become incredibly concerning, so much so that his best friend insisted he see a professional. But as concerning as Prosenjit's friends and psychiatrist would find his behavior, Tatiana and her family had no idea of the danger she was in.

SOURCES:

Book: Bad Karma by Deborah Blum

https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/caste-out

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Dalits-and-Harijans-in-India

https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/religion/eastern/hinduism/harijans

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23944811221096951?icid=int.sj-full-text.citing-articles.103

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/10/750.html

https://www.drlorrainemdorfman.com/ethics-versus-the-law

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The Murder of Tatiana Tarasoff Part 1 Mar 07, 2024

Tatiana Tarasoff's tragic story would be remembered more for the legal decisions that arose because of her murder - namely that in many states in the United States, therapists now have a duty to warn potential victims if their clients have threatened them. But her story is incredibly complex, and in part 1 we get to know Tatiana, a college student in Berkeley, California, who would cross paths with Prosenjit Poddar, a graduate student from India who would quickly become deeply obsessed with her.

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Book: Bad Karma by Deborah Blum

https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/caste-out

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Dalits-and-Harijans-in-India

https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/religion/eastern/hinduism/harijans

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23944811221096951?icid=int.sj-full-text.citing-articles.103

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/10/750.html

https://www.drlorrainemdorfman.com/ethics-versus-the-law

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The Murder of Jamie Faith Feb 29, 2024

The morning after their 15th anniversary, on October 9, 2020, Jamie and Jennifer Faith did what they’d done every morning - they got up early and walked their dog, Maggie. It was around 7:30 AM when they walked out the front door - which was caught on their ring doorbell camera. But then, as soon as they reached the sidewalk, the sound of rapid fire gunshots blasted around them. Nine gunshots pierced the air. Jamie had been murdered, shot multiple times in the street in front of his own home by a man wearing a hoodie and a mask, while his wife watched. Now, investigators would have to piece together what happened to Jamie Faith, and the answer would leave the entire community reeling.

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The Plot to Kill Jamie Faith | 48 Hours Full Episode

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INTRODUCING: Love Murder Feb 26, 2024

We are so excited to introduce you to LOVE MURDER, a true crime podcast. Hosts Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette team up each week to tell stories of love and relationships gone fatally wrong. This show is all about seemingly normal driven to terrible madness by passion and rage. Hang out with your new best friends each week to discover how someone can go from sweet to murderous in the blink of an eye, and to hear all the ways murder can give love a real bad name.

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The Miraculous Survival of Juliane Koepcke Feb 22, 2024

In 1971, 17 year old Juliane Koepcke took a short flight from Lima, Peru to Pucallpa to reunite with her family for Christmas. On the way, her plane, LANSA flight 508, was struck by lightning and Juliane found herself falling 10,000 feet from the sky, miraculously surviving the fall with relatively minor injuries. But her incredible tale of survival had just begun, because as she got her bearings, she realized that the plane had crashed right in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, a vast and unforgiving jungle with untold danger, and very little chance of rescue. Juliane had survived a plane crash, but now, she would have to survive the Amazon alone.

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Book: When I Fell From The Sky by Juliana Koepcke

How a teen survived 11 days in the Amazon after a plane crash in the ’70s - The Washington Post

Juliana Koepcke Survived A Plane Crash — And An 11-Day Jungle Trek

How teenager Juliana Koepcke survived a plane crash and solo 11-day trek out of the Amazon - ABC News

Juliana Koepcke - Wikipedia

Wings of Hope (1998) | YouTube

Juliana Koepcke: How I survived a plane crash - BBC News

What Happens When A Plane Is Hit By Lightning?.

Panguana - Wikipedia

She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away - The New York Times.

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The Murder of Lauren Agee Feb 15, 2024

In Tennessee's Center Hill Lake, the lifeless body of Lauren Agee was discovered floating in a cove. Was it a tragic accident or a sinister act? The police decided early on that Lauren's death was an accident - she'd fallen off the cliff she'd been camping on, but friends camping with her reported conflicting stories, and her injuries didn't seem to match a fall off the cliff. With increasing frustration, Lauren's family hires a lawyer and a private investigator, determined to get to the bottom of what really happened at Center Hill Lake.

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Video Lauren Agee's family takes their case to court - ABC News

What Really Happened Concerning the Death of Lauren Agee? - Sexuality

Petition · Lauren Agee's wrongful death · Change.org

What happened to Lauren Agee? - Murfreesboro Voice

Lauren Agee | Chilling Crimes | June 3, 2021

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Friends Try to Piece Together Lauren Agee's Final Hours | WZTV

Preliminary Autopsy Results Say Lauren Agee Died After Suffering Blunt Force Trauma, Mother Says | WZTV

Wrongful death lawsuit filed in case of Lauren Agee | WZTV

Lauren Agee's Mom Speaks Out About Wrongful Death Lawsuit | Fox17

FERRIER FILES: New witnesses speak about Lauren Agee's death | WZ TV

FERRIER FILES: Defendant removed from Lauren Agee lawsuit | WZTV

Tenn. mom on a mission to prove daughter's mysterious death at lake event was no accident - ABC News

Crime Watch Daily investigates mysterious death of Lauren Agee | Truecrimedaily.com

20/20 Abc || Lauren Agee Mystery Death || Mother Turned Private Investigator || Full Episode

FERRIER FILES: Witnesses give new details about defendant in Lauren Agee's wrongful death | WZTV

Lauren Agee wrongful death lawsuit dropped, but family's search for truth far from over | WZTV

'We are going to find out what happened' Lauren Agee's family free to pursue jury trial | WZTV

The 7/25/2015 Murder of Lauren Agee : r/UnsolvedMurders

DailyMailTV speaks with Sherry Smith | Daily Mail

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The Cons of Cassie Chadwick Feb 08, 2024

This week we are delving into the incredible cons of Cassie Chadwick. Let’s just say Cassie walked so Anna Delvey could run.

Cassie started running her cons from a young age, from pretending to be a clairvoyant to posing as Andrew Carnegie's illegitimate daughter, leveraging this lie to swindle millions from banks and investors. Her audacious schemes and ability to manipulate high society made her one of the most infamous impostors of her time. However, her deceit ultimately led to her downfall, as she was exposed and sentenced to prison, leaving behind a legacy of deception and intrigue. Join us as we delve into the captivating story of Cassie Chadwick, a mastermind of deception and manipulation.

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Calling Cards and Visiting Cards: A Brief History

Ohio History | Local Historian | May-June, 2021

Calling Cards and Visiting Cards: A Brief History

Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia

Anna Sorokin scandal in New York has nothing on Cleveland’s Carnegie con: Anne Reed (Opinion)

CASSIE CHADWICK: Parts 1-14

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The Murder of Lisa Pattison Feb 01, 2024

It seemed like a tragic accident, the day 39 year old Scott Pattison rushed his wife, Lisa, to the hospital after finding her at home on their weight machine with the barbell crushing her throat. But the more detectives looked into the case, the more things just didn’t fit. This particular machine had safety mechanisms in place that should have prevented an accident like this, but as much as they tried, they couldn't find any evidence to prove what happened. And then they found the surveillance cameras.

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Scott Pattison v. State of Indiana

A Tragic Accident or Not?. The Weight Of The Evidence Told A… | by Karen Marie Shelton | CrimeBeat | Nov, 2023 | Medium

Petechiae - Mayo Clinic

Was A Mom's Death A Tragic Gym Accident —Or Did Her Celebrity Lookalike Husband Take Her Life?

Indiana Home surveillance video trips up murder defendant > Detroit Legal News

Dateline: Season 19 Episode 36: The Beauty and the Beast Mystery

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The Vallow Family Murders Part `2 Jan 25, 2024

The saga of Lori Vallow continues as her kids, JJ and Tylee, disappear in the midst of Lori moving to Rexberg, Idaho, where she believes will one day be "New Jerusalem." As investigators search for the missing children, Lori refuses to answer any questions about where they are, insisting they are safe and happy. But as weeks go by, people around Lori continue to die, and there is still no sign of the missing kids.

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Murders of Tylee Ryan and J. J. Vallow - Wikipedia

Lori Vallow's third husband's body was found decomposed on bed | Daily Mail Online

Lori Vallow’s brother stun-gunned her third husband & threatened to murder him years before he killed her fourth husband

Charles confronted Lori about affair before he was killed: Vallow Daybell murder trial day 9

Lori's sister-in-law talks of demon possession and burning: Day 10 of Lori Vallow Daybell murder trial

Discrepancies in Charles' death: Day 12 Vallow Daybell murder trial

'She's lost her mind': Estranged husband warned Gilbert Police about Lori Vallow months before his death, kids' disappearance

Before J.J. Vallow Vanished, Mom Lori Said He Had 'Evil Spirit' in Him, Was 'Difficult': Friend

The 7 most damning pieces of evidence presented during the first week of 'cult mom' Lori Vallow's murder trial

Coroner: Tammy Daybell's initial cause of death was a cardiac event

Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet) - Wikipedia

Documents sent by Chad Daybell reveal so-called 'past lives' of Lori Vallow

Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell exchanged loving texts 24 hours after they allegedly killed his wife

What an Amazon order reveals about Lori Daybell's wedding ring - East Idaho News

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The Vallow Family Murders Part `1 Jan 18, 2024

December 20, 2019 is when the world became aware of Lori Vallow after police in Rexberg, Idaho sent out a news release reporting two missing siblings: 7 year old JJ Vallow and 17 year old Tylee Ryan. The story quickly made national news when it was revealed that their mother, Lori, had fled to Hawaii, all the while insisting the kids were safe and happy, and refusing to answer any questions about their whereabouts. It left us all wondering: was it true and she was hiding them somewhere for some unknown reason? Had she had something to do with their disappearance? Did this have anything to do with her new husband, Chad Daybell? The answers to these questions would turn out to be far more baffling than anyone realized.

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Daybell, Vallow complete timeline in alleged murders

Joseph Smith 1805-1844

What to Know About Lori Vallow Daybell, the Mother Found Guilty of Murdering 3 in Doomsday Plot.

Murders of Tylee Ryan and J. J. Vallow - Wikipedia

Lori Vallow's third husband's body was found decomposed on bed | Daily Mail Online

Lori Vallow’s brother stun-gunned her third husband & threatened to murder him years before he killed her fourth husband

Charles confronted Lori about affair before he was killed: Vallow Daybell murder trial day 9

Lori's sister-in-law talks of demon possession and burning: Day 10 of Lori Vallow Daybell murder trial

Discrepancies in Charles' death: Day 12 Vallow Daybell murder trial

'She's lost her mind': Estranged husband warned Gilbert Police about Lori Vallow months before his death, kids' disappearance

Before J.J. Vallow Vanished, Mom Lori Said He Had 'Evil Spirit' in Him, Was 'Difficult': Friend

The 7 most damning pieces of evidence presented during the first week of 'cult mom' Lori Vallow's murder trial

Coroner: Tammy Daybell's initial cause of death was a cardiac event

Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet) - Wikipedia

Documents sent by Chad Daybell reveal so-called 'past lives' of Lori Vallow

Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell exchanged loving texts 24 hours after they allegedly killed his wife

What an Amazon order reveals about Lori Daybell's wedding ring - East Idaho News

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The Murder of Gail Bierenbaum Jan 11, 2024

In the mid 80s, Gail and Bob Bierenbaum were seemingly living the high life in the prestigious Upper East Side of Manhattan, but early on in their marriage, Bob was already showing signs that he was dangerous. When Gail mysteriously disappeared one day after a loud argument, her family was convinced that Bob killed her. But it would take over a decade to find the evidence they'd need to prove it.

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The Surgeon’s Wife by Kieran Crowley

Ex-surgeon Robert Bierenbaum confesses he took wife Gail Katz's 'body out of the airplane over the ocean' - ABC7 New York.

MEDICAID SCAM WAS 2ND MOTIVE: WITNESS

Crime Is Down. So Why Don’t New Yorkers Feel Safe? - The New York Times

20/20 season 44 episode 3: Do No Harm

Brief Mental Health Professionals' Duty to Warn.

Surgeon Convicted of Murdering Wife - The New York Times

DIAGNOSIS | National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

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New Year, New Binge! Part 2 Jan 04, 2024

The New Years holiday is a celebration of new beginnings. With that in mind, we know this collaboration will introduce you to several amazing new true-crime podcasts that will quickly become your newest true-crime binges as we enter 2024 because, let’s face it, we know that’s exactly what you needed! With tons of episodes each, investigative curiosity, and a focus on advocacy, these podcasts will live up to the theme of our collaboration (“New Year, New Binge”) because you’ll soon find yourself falling in love with the podcasters included in these episodes. So, sit back, grab your detective caps, and let’s get this party started!

Be sure to follow all of the podcasts you enjoyed so you never miss a new episode. Podcasts are listed below in the order in which you will be introduced to them:

Part 2:

1:07 Twisted Travel and True Crime https://linktr.ee/twistedtraveltruecrimepodcast

14:52 Excuse Me, That’s Illegal www.linktr.ee/excusemethatsillegal.pod

25:34 A Nefarious Nightmare www.linktr.ee/anefariousnightmarepodcast

39:08 The Trail Went Cold https://www.trailwentcold.com

52:45 Coffee and Cases Podcast https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases

1:09:32 True Crime Creepers https://linktr.ee/TrueCrimeCreepers

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New Year, New Binge! Part 1 Dec 28, 2023

Be sure to follow all of the podcasts you enjoyed so you never miss a new episode. Podcasts are listed below in the order in which you will be introduced to them:

Part 1:

01:07 Crimelines https://linktr.ee/crimelines

13:58 Sirens: A Southern True Crime Podcast https://bit.ly/TheSirensNetwork

29:49 Private Dicks Podcast https://linktr.ee/privatedicks

43:24 Morning Cup of Murder www.morningcupofmurder.com

51:40 Persons Unknown https://personsunknown.buzzsprout.com

1:02:57 Fresh Hell Podcast https://freshhellpodcast.com/

1:16:16 Stories With Sapphire www.storieswithsapphire.com

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Twisted Travel and True Crime https://linktr.ee/twistedtraveltruecrimepodcast

Excuse Me, That’s Illegal www.linktr.ee/excusemethatsillegal.pod

A Nefarious Nightmare www.linktr.ee/anefariousnightmarepodcast

The Trail Went Cold https://www.trailwentcold.com

Coffee and Cases Podcast https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases

True Crime Creepers https://linktr.ee/TrueCrimeCreepers

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RE-RELEASE: Natalia Grace Parts 1 AND 2 Dec 14, 2023

We're on our break! But the new documentary from Natalia's point of view is coming out soon, so we thought this would be the perfect time to re-release these episodes, all together for you in one extra long episode, so you can catch up or refresh your memory before the new doc comes out!

Part 2 begins at 1:30 if you want to skip ahead! :)

Part 1: This is one of the most complex and bizarre stories we’ve covered: the story of Natalia Grace, a little girl adopted from Ukraine whose age and behavior ignited a global firestorm of controversy. When Michael and Kristine first adopted 6 year old Natalia, everything was great. Natalia was welcomed into the family, she seemed to fit right in. But after a few months, issues started to arise that caused the Barnett’s to question who Natalia really was. Was she an innocent child looking to be loved by her adopted family, or was everything about her a lie?

Part 2: Michael and Kristine Barnett are convinced that their adopted daughter, Natalia, is not a 6 year old little girl from Ukraine, but a psychotic adult imposter using her dwarfism to masquerade as a child. They manage to convince a judge that this is true, and after that life will get much, much more difficult for Natalia.

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HBO Documentary - The Curious Case of Natalia Barnett

Five-year-old girl who started her period age four now faces the menopause after suffering from Addison's Disease | The Independent

Dr. Phil S18E44 ~ Ukrainian Orphan- Child or Adult Sociopath- The Exclusive Interview

6 Facts About Fecal Smearing That You Need To Know

Antisocial personality disorder - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic.

5 Things To Know About The Natalia Grace Barnett Case | Shows | Investigation Discovery.

Did Michael, Kristine Barnett change Natalia Grace's age and abandon her? Here's what we know

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The Murder of Emma Walker Dec 07, 2023

When Jill Walker went to wake up her 16 year old daughter Emma for school, she found her lying in her bed, unresponsive. She tried to shake her awake, and realized Emma had no pulse. Immediately, Jill called 911, and when investigators first arrived they assumed this was a suicide. They looked around Emma's room, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. That is until they noticed a small hole in the wall, the wall that Emma’s bed was pushed up against, lined up right where her pillow was. And that hole was about the size of a bullet. That was when they realized that Emma had been shot in her sleep through the walls of her house.

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Emma Walker's Haunting Murder At The Hands Of Riley Gaul

Emma Walker killing: Has William Riley Gaul reached his last attempt to get conviction overturned. What to know.

They seemed like picture-perfect high school sweethearts, but their toxic relationship ended in murder - ABC News

20/20 Season 41 Episode 2 - Shot in the Dark

Mother of teen fatally shot by ex-boyfriend warns of dating violence red flags, six years later | wbir.com

A football star killed his cheerleader ex-girlfriend. An accident, as he says, or murder? | Kyle Swenson | Washington Post

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The Attempted Murder of Mike Dippolito Nov 30, 2023

It was August 5, 2009, a day like any other for Dalia Dippolito. She got up early to go to the gym and let her husband, Mike, know that she'd pick him up a Starbucks on her way home. While she was at the gym working on her fitness, she got a call from Sgt. Ranzie, a detective with the Boynton Beach Police Department, who told her there was a situation at her home and she needed to get there right away. When Dalia arrived, she saw her house surrounded by police cars and yellow crime scene tape. Sgt. Ranzie told her that her husband had been murdered inside their condo, and Dalia fell into his arms, sobbing. However, everything about this entire scene was completely fake.

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Court Junkie Episode - Dalia Dippolito and the Attempted Murder of Her Husband

Dalia Dippolito v. State of Florida

Testy exchanges mark third day of testimony in Dippolito retrial | WPEC

Dalia Dippolito case: Alternate juror reveals how he would have voted

Dalia Dippolito retrial: Defense argues police misconduct rooted in murder-for-hire charge – Sun Sentinel

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The Murder of Michele MacNeill (Part 2) Nov 23, 2023

Martin and Michele MacNeill's adult daughters, Rachel and Alexis, are convinced their father murdered their mother. They were able to get custody of their adopted younger siblings, except 16 year old Giselle, who was inexplicably shipped off to Ukraine, where she’d been adopted from.

This was an incredibly stressful time for all of them. Rachel and Alexis were terrified of their dad. He now knew they believed he’d killed their mother, and they were so afraid he’d do the same to them that they went into hiding. But Alexis was not in hiding giving up. She was in hiding plotting.

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The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and An Almost Perfect Murder by Shanna Hogan

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The Murder of Michele MacNeill (Part 1) Nov 16, 2023

It was April 11, 2007 when 50 year old Michele MacNeill was found unconscious in her bathtub by her husband, Martin MacNeill. Martin attempted CPR while he waited for the ambulance to arrive, but she could not be saved. Tragically, less than an hour after she arrived at the hospital, Michele was pronounced dead. Days later, the Utah State medical examiner declared that Michele’s death was due to natural causes from a heart arrhythmia. It seemed like it had just been a terrible tragedy, possibly brought on by the pain medication Michele was taking due to a recent facelift surgery. But it was not at all what it seemed, and it would take the persistent efforts of investigators, lawyers, and even the MacNeill's grown children to uncover the truth of what really happened to Michele.

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The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and An Almost Perfect Murder by Shanna Hogan

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The Murder of Helen Hagnes Mintiks Nov 09, 2023

Helen Hagnes Mintiks had it all - a wonderful husband, a fabulous life in New York City, and her dream job as a professional violinist performing at the world famous Metropolitan Opera House. On July 23, 1980, Helen was playing in the orchestra for the visiting Berlin Ballet, but after a break in the performance, Helen never returned to finish the show. Her prized possession - her violin - sat in her empty seat, while others in the orchestra wondered where she could be. When she failed to turn up by the end of the performance, no one could understand how a someone could just vanish in the middle of a performance at the Met.

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Tragic tale of top violinist who vanished mid-performance at New York's Met Opera House

Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) - Wikipedia

The Firebird - Wikipedia

QS World University Rankings for Performing Arts 2023

Mintiks v. Metropolitan Opera, 153 A.D.2d 133 | Casetext Search + Citator

Remembering Violinist Helen Hagnes, 40 Years After Her Murder at the Met

How a Real-Life 'Phantom of the Opera' Murdered a Young Violinist at the Met in 1980 | Inside Edition

Helen Karen Mintiks | Find A Grave

New York Homicide S1 E2: Murder at the Met | Peacock

Craig Crimmins | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Murder at the Met: Craig Crimmins on Trial for Murder of Violinist | Archives & Special Collections | New York Times

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The Brown's Chicken Massacre Part 2 Nov 02, 2023

On the night of January 8, 1993, two armed assailants entered a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine, Illinois, just before closing time and proceeded to brutally murder seven employees, all for less than $2000.Years would go by before police would get their big break. In those interim years, the BGA would release their scathing report on the investigation, the ISCC would form their panel to refute the BGA, the victim’s families would file lawsuits against Brown’s Chicken. Everyone wanted someone to blame for this crime, but the killers remained elusive. That is, until 2002, when a phone call between old high school friends would change everything.

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PALATINE TRAGEDY HITS HOME IN WISCONSIN TOWN

Convicted Murderer of 7 Awarded Nearly $500K - ABC News

Officer details confession in Brown's case

James Degorski

BGA Report (part 2) – IPSN

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The Brown's Chicken Massacre Part 1 Oct 26, 2023

On the night of January 8, 1993, two armed assailants entered a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine, Illinois, just before closing time and proceeded to brutally murder seven employees, all for less than $2000. There seemed to be many issues with the investigation and a lot of finger pointing at who was to blame, while the murderers remained at large.

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PALATINE TRAGEDY HITS HOME IN WISCONSIN TOWN

Convicted Murderer of 7 Awarded Nearly $500K - ABC News

Officer details confession in Brown's case

James Degorski

BGA Report (part 2) – IPSN

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The Murder of Ryan Poston Oct 19, 2023

It was October 12, 2012 when a very odd 911 call had come in to Campbell County dispatch. 21 year Shayna Hubers sounded frantic as she told the dispatcher she had just shot and killed her boyfriend, Ryan Poston, in self defense. But as she continued to tell her story, things just didn't seem to add up.

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Shayna Hubers retrial: Jurors shown 'gave him the nose job he wanted' police station video

Shayna Hubers trial: 'Shoot and kill him and play like it's an accident,' she texted friend

Shayna Hubers retrial: 'His life was really on a roll right then,' Poston's stepdad says

Shayna Hubers retrial: Hubers wouldn't leave Poston's condo, so he fled to father's house

Shayna Hubers on the stand: More lurid details of the couple's sex life in testimony

Shayna Hubers takes the stand: Things went downhill after refusal of sexual act, she said

Shayna Hubers retrial: Psychologist says she has borderline personality disorder

Shayna Hubers: Tears during recess after testimony on why she said she killed Ryan Poston

Bad Blood | 20/20 ABC | Full Episode

911 call: 'I killed my boyfriend in self-defense'

Shayna Hubers' texts come back to haunt her

Shayna Hubers retrial: For each text Ryan Poston sent, she sent 100

Murder of Ryan Poston - Wikipedia

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The Murder of Linda Rambo Oct 12, 2023

It was August 16, 2002 when a shocking 911 call came in to police in Pohatcong, New Jersey. It was a local dentist named Roy Rambo who was calling to tell them he had just shot his wife, Linda Ann Rambo. Roy insisted he had shot his wife in self defense, but the more investigators looked into his story, the more certain they became that he was lying.

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Roy Rambo v. Admin East Jersey State Prison

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STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROY L. RAMBO, JR

STATE v. RAMBO (2008) | FindLaw

Judge won't reduce bail for dentist ** Pohatcong murder suspect says he can't talk to witnesses while he's locked in jail -- Morning Call

Trial date set for N.J. dentist accused of killing wife – The Morning Call

Pohatcong dentist convicted of murdering wife denied appeal - nj.com

Convicted murderer loses appeal to get marital estate funds - lehighvalleylive.com

Jury picked for murder trial of Pohatcong Twp. dentist ** Roy L. Rambo’s opening statement in case is under appeal. – The Morning Call

Murder suspect to represent self ** Pohatcong dentist accused of killing wife has had four lawyers.

Judge: Murder suspect will have to speak for himself

Dentist tells jury his wife threatened him ** Pohatcong man argues self-defense on first day of homicide trial.

Pohatcong dentist rejects plea bargain in murder case - The Morning Call

N.J. judge delays pretrial hearing in homicide ** Attorney to prepare for defense of dentist accused of killing wife. – The Morning Call

Rambo: Wife was unarmed when slain

Considerations to Use Extreme Cruelty to File for Divorce in NJ

“I just didn’t want to die,’ Pohatcong dentist says ** Roy Rambo tells jury he shot wife after she threatened him. – The Morning Call

Judge’s illness stalls Pohatcong dentist’s homicide trial ** Rambo was to present the defense’s case in his wife’s death. – The Morning Call

Assistant testifies Rambo’s slain wife was “happy’ ** Detective tells court Pohatcong dentist demonstrated the shot. – The Morning Call

DNA test shows gun struck dentist’s wife ** Specialists at Rambo’s homicide trial say her blood was on his pistol. – The Morning Call

Friends recount last day of Pohatcong dentist’s slain wife – The Morning Call

Pohatcong dentist gets 40 years for wife’s slaying ** Ray Rambo blamed legal system and said he was threatened.

Specialist confirms Linda Rambo died from gunshot ** He testifies gun held by Pohatcong husband killed her, not his blows.

Jury selection begins in trial of dentist ** Pohatcong resident accused of killing wife in his office in 2002.

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The Todville Murder Mansion Oct 05, 2023

She's baaaack! Mogab has returned from her wedding break, and to welcome her back Kristin finally tells her the story she's been requesting since starting this podcast: the story behind the Toddville Murder Mansion. It's gone down in hometown lore in the Houston suburb of Seabrook, Texas - it's the story of what happens when a registered sex offender makes enough money to build a monstrosity he calls a mansion and spends his weekends preying on young people.

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Murder and Mayhem in Houston by Mike Vance and John Nova Lomax

From the Houston Chronicle archive: The street that led to murder

List’s ‘retirement home’ to be a mansion | Ralph Bivins | The Daily Citizen | June 5, 1980

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The True Story Behind "The Good Nurse" (FROM THE VAULT) Sep 21, 2023

Mogab got married last weekend!!!! So naturally we had to take a week off for all the celebrations! In our absence, I hope you enjoy this episode from the vault (aka our Patreon bonus episodes!)

When detectives in Somerset County, New Jersey receive information about suspicious deaths at a hospital, they come to the horrific realization that a nurse is intentionally killing his patients. They are ready to work together with the hospital to identify and arrest whoever is responsible, but are shocked to find that the hospital stonewalls them at every point of their investigation. As patients continue to die in sudden and suspicious ways, the detectives realize they are out of time, and to solve their case they are going to need the help of a brave woman willing to risk it all to take down a serial killer.

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The Murder of Randi Trimble Sep 14, 2023

Randi Trimble had a beautiful life. She had a career she loved, a mother she was close to, she was married to the love of her life, and planning for their future together. But then, on January 10, 2003, Randi was murdered in her own home, stabbed 27 times in her garage but an intruder. Her husband's alibi was solid, but the crime scene made absolutely no sense. As detectives investigate, it leads them down a path that somehow all started with the Blair Witch Project.

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Harrisburg Magazine | The Coldest Night In January | Jadrian Klinger | Dec 01 2010

Devastating Times | Randi's House of Angels

Who is Randi Trimble? | Randi's House of Angels

How a slasher movie spawned real-life horror

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Court allows Trimble appeal | The Sentinel

The Brutal Murder of Randi Trimble | YouTube

The Full Budget & Income Breakdown of The Blair Witch Project | Wrapbook.

Through Hike: A Ghost Story

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The Murder of Anni Dewani Sep 07, 2023

Shrien and Anni Dewani had only been married for 3 weeks when they arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for their honeymoon, and they'd only been in Cape Town for a day when tragedy struck. While out sightseeing one night, their taxi was hijacked by two men. The driver and Shrien were kicked out of the car, and later the car was found with Anni's body inside. It was utterly devastating for everyone that had ever known and loved Anni, but no one could guess where this investigation would take them.

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The Honeymoon Murder - The Atavist Magazine

Living in Khayelitsha is murder, say residents of the underpoliced township

Anni: The Honeymoon Murder | Discovery+

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The Burari Deaths Aug 31, 2023

On July 1, 2018, eleven members of the same family were found dead in their house in the Burari neighborhood of Delhi, India, sparking widespread shock and speculation. Most of the victims' bodies were discovered hanging from colorful scarfs around their necks tied to an iron grill on the ceiling. The bodies were arranged in a circular formation, all spaced evenly apart.

Investigators didn't know what to make of this scene. Was this murder? Was this a mass suicide? Both options seemed equally unlikely to all who knew and loved the Bhatia family. As investigations continued, authorities began to explore multiple angles, including possible psychological factors, family dynamics, and external influences that might have led to this tragic event.

The Burari deaths serve as a reminder of the complexity of human behavior and the challenges in understanding the underlying causes of such incidents. The incident prompted discussions about mental health awareness and the need for support systems for families dealing with stress and emotional turmoil.

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Natalia Grace Part 2 Aug 24, 2023

Michael and Kristine Barnett are convinced that their adopted daughter, Natalia, is not a 6 year old little girl from Ukraine, but a psychotic adult imposter using her dwarfism to masquerade as a child. They manage to convince a judge that this is true, and after that life will get much, much more difficult for Natalia.

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HBO Documentary - The Curious Case of Natalia Barnett

Five-year-old girl who started her period age four now faces the menopause after suffering from Addison's Disease | The Independent

Dr. Phil S18E44 ~ Ukrainian Orphan- Child or Adult Sociopath- The Exclusive Interview

6 Facts About Fecal Smearing That You Need To Know

Antisocial personality disorder - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic.

5 Things To Know About The Natalia Grace Barnett Case | Shows | Investigation Discovery.

Did Michael, Kristine Barnett change Natalia Grace's age and abandon her? Here's what we know

Study: Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age faster

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Natalia Grace Part 1 Aug 17, 2023

This is one of the most complex and bizarre stories we’ve covered: the story of Natalia Grace, a little girl adopted from Ukraine whose age and behavior ignited a global firestorm of controversy. When Michael and Kristine first adopted 6 year old Natalia, everything was great. Natalia was welcomed into the family, she seemed to fit right in. But after a few months, issues started to arise that caused the Barnett’s to question who Natalia really was. Was she an innocent child looking to be loved by her adopted family, or was everything about her a lie?

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HBO Documentary - The Curious Case of Natalia Barnett

Five-year-old girl who started her period age four now faces the menopause after suffering from Addison's Disease | The Independent

Dr. Phil S18E44 ~ Ukrainian Orphan- Child or Adult Sociopath- The Exclusive Interview

6 Facts About Fecal Smearing That You Need To Know

Antisocial personality disorder - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic.

5 Things To Know About The Natalia Grace Barnett Case | Shows | Investigation Discovery.

Did Michael, Kristine Barnett change Natalia Grace's age and abandon her? Here's what we know

Study: Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age faster

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The Disappearances of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos Aug 10, 2023

This is one of the most baffling stories we have ever covered. Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos were two young men who vanished into thin air under eerily similar circumstances. In January of 2004, Terrance vanished after he was last seen getting into the backseat of Sheriff's Deputy Steven Calkins' car, who initially said he had no recollection of the event. Later, his memory would return and he said he'd only given Terrance a ride to work at a nearby Circle K. This story left so many questions unanswered: Terrance did not work at the Circle K, so why would he have told the deputy that? And where had he gone after the Circle K? This case would become even more baffling when it was connected to the disappearance of a man named Felipe Santos, who had gone missing a few months before Terrance after last being seen in Deputy Calkins' squad car. At that time, Calkins had said he'd only given Felipe a ride.... to a nearby Circle K.

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Disappeared - Season 5, Episode 3: Crime and Punishment

Never Seen Again: Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2

https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/VKJQeGxZPxOs96Zh6a8Rh5E79jqr17Vg/\

The Naples, Florida, deputy and the disappearances of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos

These families of missing Black people are frustrated with the lack of response to their cases | CNN

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The Case Against Nikki Addimando Aug 03, 2023

When a police officer saw a red car stopped at a green light just after 2 AM, he figured the driver had fallen asleep and he blew his horn hoping to wake the person up and continue on his way. What he didn’t expect was for the driver, a very small, young woman, to get out of the car and start confessing to a murder.

The woman was 28 year old Nikki Addimando, and she told the police officer how she had shot and killed her boyfriend of 9 years, Christopher Grover, and that his body was lying on the couch in their apartment. She told the officer she'd done it in self defense - Chris has been horrifically abusive to Nikki throughout their 9 year relationship. But there was something about her story the officer didn't like, and the prosecutor thought she could see Nikki for exactly what she really was - a master manipulator.

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Get Help - 50 Obstacles to Leaving - The Hotline

National Statistics on Domestic Violence

Judge denies use of DVSJA in Poughkeepsie murder trial – The Miscellany News

The Evidence Against Her - Type Investigations

People v Addimando :: 2020 :: New York Other Courts Decisions

Watch 48 Hours Season 33 Episode 59: The Case Against Nicole Addimando - Full show on Paramount Plus

Watch 20/20 Season 45 Episode 18 Kill Or Be Killed Online

Nikki Addimando speaks out from prison and shares her story - ABC News

Battered Woman Syndrome Is a Legitimate Defense (From Violence: Opposing Viewpoints, P 158-161, 1996, David Bender, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-159343) | Office of Justice Programs

When Can a Woman Who Kills Her Abuser Claim Self-Defense? | The New Yorker

Someone I Know is Being Abused. Should I Call the Police? - The Hotline

Battered Woman Syndrome

Restraining orders among victims of intimate partner homicide | Injury Prevention

Is the Heat of Passion Biased Against Women? | Psychology Today

Women Who Kill Their Abusers Go to Prison. So Why Did Rachel Walk Free?

Why don't women leave? - Women’s Aid

Nicole Addimando guilty verdict a rare outcome in Dutchess County history

Are women punished more harshly for killing an intimate partner? | US crime | The Guardian

Nicole Addimando's sentence reduced under Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act

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The Murder of Cara Knott Jul 27, 2023

It was every parent’s worst nightmare: Two days after Christmas, Sam and Joyce Knott’s very reliable daughter, Cara, never made it home. They knew something was wrong, so they spent the entire night searching everywhere for her. They pleaded with the police to help with the search because this was so out of character for her, but all of their cries for help were ignored.

That is, until her body was discovered.

Now the police would have to investigate a murder, which would lead to the discovery of a serial predator…. One of their own.

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The Murder of Cara Knott at the Hands of a CHP Officer | by Lori Johnston

Prosecutors Outline Evidence They Say Ties Peyer to Slaying of Knott - Los Angeles Times

True Stories of Law & Order: SVU: The Real Crimes Behind the Best Episodes of the Hit TV Show - Kindle edition by Dwyer, Kevin, Fiorillo, Juré.

Murder Behind the Badge: True Stories of Cops Who Kill eBook : Dittrich, Stacy, Pat Brown: Kindle Store

KNOTT v. STATE (1994)

Mom to Face Cara Knott’s Killer – NBC 7 San Diego

Sam Knott; Father of Murder Victim - Los Angeles Times

A Father's Crusade : Eight years after a CHP officer murdered his daughter, Sam Knott is still trying to childproof the world.

Officer Allegedly Altered Citation Night of Slaying : Driver Says Hour of Ticket Changed to Time of Killing

An Anxious Peyer Showed Undue Interest in Knott Case, Officer Says - Los Angeles Times

Jury Deadlock Ends Peyer's Murder Trial - Los Angeles Times

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The Zimmer Family Murders Jul 20, 2023

Picture it: you’ve just made a dream come true by moving from the midwest to the beach. What could make it better? Oh right, the perfect guy. Joe Collier was seemingly the perfect man for Candy Williams. He was good looking, charming, smart, he seemed to have his act together. What’s not to like? Candy thought her search for the one was over. He spoiled her with gifts, he was always wanting to give her whatever she needed, he was so attentive to her.

But in April of 2006, she walked into her house to find what I would consider a horror scene. Every surface of the house was covered in thousands of post it notes, all of them saying something along the lines of I’m sorry, it’s too hard, I can’t do this.

From here, Joe’s behavior became increasingly bizarre. Candy started to realize that he was not her perfect match. Just when she thought it couldn’t get any worse, she found out about…… the murders.

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I Dated a Psycho (S1, E1) | Full Episode | LMN

A mother's pain, a dark secret

A teen killer's dark secret

Woman wants isle to know of killer's presence | Local News

Youth Convicted in Adoptive Parents' Murders Collects from Estate | AP News

Teen's Dark Secret: He Murdered His Family - ABC News

Peter Zimmer | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Ethan Allen School, Wisconsin Inmate Booking

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3 Billboards Outside Vidor, Texas (From the Vault) Jul 13, 2023

We are still on vacation this week but didn't want to leave y'all hanging, so we are releasing an episode from the vault! This was one of the first bonus episodes we ever released, and still one of Kristin's favorites :)

Martin McDonagh was driving through Vidor, Texas when he saw a series of billboards with a dramatic message: Raped While Dying. Still No Arrests. From Day One Police Knew Who Did It. These billboards left a very emotional impression on him. Such an impression that, without knowing the full story behind those billboards, he wrote a screenplay inspired by what he saw called 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which he would also go on to direct.

Some of the billboards in the movie came word for word from the billboards he’d seen in Vidor. And in the real case, 30 years later, there have still been no arrests in the murder of Kathy Page, even though those billboards say the case is solved and police know who the culprit is. So today I’m telling you the true story behind the movie. This is the story of 3 Billboards Outside Vidor, Texas, where the more I dug, all I found were lies upon lies, and at the center of it, heart ache. The more I read about this case, the more I realized - nothing was what it seemed.

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The Myths of Human Trafficking (From the Vault) Jun 29, 2023

**Originally released as a mini creep on our Patreon**

There are so many myths and rumors surrounding human trafficking, to the point where it's confusing what it actually is. So we decided to spend this mini creep talking about what is human trafficking, and what it is not.

Sources:

Myths, Facts, and Statistics - Polaris.

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The Murder of Belinda Temple Jun 22, 2023

It was January 11, 1999 in Katy, Texas when 30 year old David Temple called 911 to report the murder of his wife, Belinda Temple. He said that he'd been running a few errands with his 3 year old son, Evan, and arrived home to find Belinda dead in their closet, shot to death.

Years would go by without any movement in the case. Investigators were at a standstill. They were certain they knew exactly what happened to Belinda, but they just couldn't prove it.

Sources:

Book: Shattered by Kathryn Casey

How a Texas football coach twice found guilty of his wife's murder may still walk free - ABC News

David Temple's call for help - CBS News

David Temple sentencing: Former HS coach sentenced to life for murder of pregnant wife

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The Manti Te'o Catfish Scandal Jun 15, 2023

In a bizarre tale that captivated the sports world, a star linebacker at Notre Dame found himself entangled in an intricate web of deception and emotional manipulation. When Manti Te'o started talking to Lennay Kekua online, they quickly bonded over their Samoan culture, their faith, and their connection to football. Texts turned to phone calls, and Manti found himself falling for her. But then, in September of 2012, he got a call letting him know that Lennay had died of the leukemia she'd been battling. Manti was heartbroken, but he decided to use his grief to fuel his football game, and he became unstoppable. Everyone knew what he'd gone through, and everyone was rooting for him. It seemed like such an inspirational story. That is, until he, and the entire world, discovered it was all a lie.

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The New York Times | As ESPN Debated, The Manti Te'o Story Slipped Away

Wikipedia | Manti Te'o

Manti Te’o: A Linebacker, A Made-up Girlfriend and a National Hoax (Lateef Mungin and Steve Almasy)

Yahoo Sports | A Decade Later, The Real Tragedy of The Manti Te’o Story is How a Victim Was Turned Into the Butt of a Joke (Dan Wetzel)

Deadspin | Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax (Tim Burke and Jack Dickey)

Washington Post | Manti Te’o, Victim of a Catfishing Hoax, Hopes He’s Still an Inspiration (Cindy Boren)

Daily Mail | Manti Te'o hoaxer agrees to do voice of 'girlfriend Lennay Kekua' during interview where he explains his struggle to 'recover from homosexuality'

Dr. Phil | Exclusive: The Man behind the Manti Te'o Girlfriend Hoax

Netflix | Untold The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist

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A Mystery in Miami Part 2 Jun 08, 2023

After an incredible investigation, private investigator Ken Brennan managed to discover how Inna Budnytska had left the hotel, and he had identified her attacker on camera. But he was still a long way away from discovering who the man was, and bringing him to justice.

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The Case of the Vanishing Blonde | Vanity Fair

Watch 20/20 Season 41 Episode 31 The Woman in the Suitcase Online

20/20: ‘Woman in Suitcase’ Won $300,000 Settlement From Miami Hotel

How a Serial Rapist Was Finally Caught Thanks to a Suitcase and an Eagle-Eyed Private Investigator

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A Mystery in Miami Part 1 Jun 01, 2023

Inna Budnytska was living temporarily in a Miami hotel when, on February 21, 2005, she was found dumped on the side of the road, viciously beaten, raped, and left for dead. The investigation into her attack quickly hit a dead end when no one could figure out how she left the hotel in the first place. She was seen on camera going up to her room, and then never seen on camera again. The case went cold, until Inna filed a lawsuit against the hotel, and the hotel hired private investigator Ken Brennan to look into the matter. And there was nothing Brennan loved more than a good mystery.

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The Case of the Vanishing Blonde | Vanity Fair

Watch 20/20 Season 41 Episode 31 The Woman in the Suitcase Online

20/20: ‘Woman in Suitcase’ Won $300,000 Settlement From Miami Hotel

How a Serial Rapist Was Finally Caught Thanks to a Suitcase and an Eagle-Eyed Private Investigator

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The Collin Street Bakery Fraud May 25, 2023

The Collin Street Bakery is a Corsicana, Texas institution. Running since 1896, they were world famous for their deluxe fruitcakes. But in 2014 it would become famous for a much different reason: fraud, when it was discovered that their accountant, Sandy Jenkins, had been embezzling from the bakery for almost a decade. Not only had he gotten away with it so long, but the amount of money he managed to steal from a bakery most well known for fruitcake would send shockwaves through the community.

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Just Desserts - Katy Vine | Texas Monthly

The Sandy Jenkins Embezzlement Scandal | Collin Street Bakery

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The Murder of Adam Walsh May 18, 2023

It was July 27, 1981 and 6 year old Adam Walsh just wanted to play the Asteroids demo at Sears while his mother, Reve Walsh, shopped. But when Reve came back to collect Adam from the video game section of the store, he wasn't there. A massive search was launched, but it would be weeks before anyone would see any sign of Adam again.

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Standiford, Les, and Matthews, Det. Sgt. Joe. Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America. https://www.amazon.com/BRINGING-ADAM-Standiford-Author-Bringing/dp/B004Q9RYBO/ref=sr_1_2?crid=BUOBRX4Y2G86&keywords=bringing+adam+home&qid=1680491217&sprefix=bringing+adam+home%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-2

Crime Museum. Adam Walsh. https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/adam-walsh/\

Wikipedia. Murder of Adam Walsh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Adam_Walsh

Wikipedia. Ottis Toole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottis_Toole

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The Disappearance of John Darwin May 11, 2023

It was a tragic day when John Darwin's red kayak, The Orca, was found battered to bits weeks after he had taken it out, never to be seen again. His wife and two adult sons mourned his death, and tried to move on without him in their lives. Until 5 years later, when John Darwin appeared at a police station claiming to have amnesia, and saying that he thought he was a missing person.

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'I think I may be a missing person' | John Darwin canoe disappearance | The Guardian

Canoe man John Darwin's disappearing act - Teesside Live

John "canoe man" Darwin : The full story — Shorthand Social

"I Think I Am A Missing Person" - CBS News

The Dark Side of 'Canoe Man', the Tabloid Sensation Who Faked His Death

The mystery of John Darwin | UK news | The Guardian

Back From The Dead: The John Darwin Story (Full Documentary) | Real Crime

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: Where are John and Anne Darwin's sons now? - Teesside Live

How canoe man John Darwin found new love in Manila after gaining his freedom

'John Darwin must die' - In a desperate attempt to clear mounting debts, a plot is hatched in Seaton Carew | The Northern Echo

The Darwin Files: John was dead and the money was in the bank. A future filled with sun, sea and sand lay before them. Then it all started to unravel... | The Northern Echo

Inside canoe man John Darwin's plot to fake his own death - and extraordinary new life

What happened to Anne Darwin and where is she now? - Manchester Evening News

'Obsessed with money, introverted and boring' | John Darwin canoe disappearance | The Guardian

Anne Darwin's week in court: 'A woman able to lie and deceive at length' | The Independent

CPS recover £500k from canoe fraudster wife Anne Darwin - BBC News

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The Murder of David Harris May 04, 2023

It's Kristin's birthday, so what better way to spend it than finally finishing her non-consecutive series on the Women of Clear Lake who snapped? This week, we are talking about the murder of David Harris. David was a successful dentist in the Clear Lake area of Houston. His marriage with his wife, Clara, had been deteriorating after he confessed to her that he'd been having an affair with his receptionist, Gail Bridges. He promised to break things off with Gail, but said he wanted to take her to dinner to tell her it was over, and Clara agreed. But as this dinner got closer and closer, Clara got more and more agitated. She finally decided to hire a private investigator to spy on this dinner and make sure everything was going according to plan. But when Clara discovered David was actually meeting Gail at the Hilton Hotel, she decided to confront them, and no one expected how that confrontation would end.

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Harris gets 20 years for Mercedes murder - Feb. 14, 2003

Inside Look at Mercedes Killer's Defense - ABC News

Suburban Madness – Texas Monthly

Prosecution witnesses recall wife running over husband - Feb. 12, 2003.

Parents of man run over and killed by wife testify for defense - Feb. 11, 2003

Fatal infidelity: When adultery investigations turn deadly - August 6, 2002

Clara Harris discusses her crime, years in prison

Clara Harris, Friendswood dentist infamously known for fatally running over husband, now off parole.

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The Burke and Hare Murders Apr 27, 2023

What happens when a medical school needs cadavers to dissect, but they lack a supply of bodies? In the early 19th century in Edinburgh, Scotland, this was the issue plaguing doctors and anatomists who wanted to study the human body. Gravedigging became a popular and lucrative way to close the gap in the market, but it wasn't foolproof on account of having to wait for a person to die to sell their bodies. William Burke and William Hare decided the best way to get rich quick was to speed up the process themselves.

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The Kidnapping of Miche Solomon Apr 20, 2023

In 2015, Miche Solomon was just a typical 17 year old whose biggest concern was what she would wear to the upcoming end of year ball. That is until January of that year, when Miche started getting flooded by people telling her how much a new 8th grader at the school looked exactly like her. The new girl's name was Cassidy Nurse, and Miche had to see for herself. She was shocked when she met Cassidy - the resemblance was uncanny - but the girls just thought it was a funny coincidence and quickly forged a sisterly friendship. However, Cassidy was not your typical 8th grader. She had grown up in the shadow of her older sister, Zephany, who had been stolen from their mother's hospital room just days after she was born.

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Zephany: Two Mothers, One Daughter. An Astonishing True Story

By Joanne Jowell

'The selfie that revealed I was a stolen baby' - BBC News

Search for daughter never-ending

Zephany Nurse's parents relieved after kidnapper finally admits to crime

Sister of South African Madeleine McCann reveals she told her 'you're not worth finding'

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The Murder of Marty Duram Apr 13, 2023

It was May of 2015 when a neighbor of Marty Duram's found his body on the floor of his bedroom, lying in a pool of blood. He had been shot 5 times in the chest, back, and arm. It looked like the house had been tossed, so police were thinking a possible robbery gone wrong, but they couldn’t seem to find anything that had been taken, and there were no signs of forced entry. It was a piece to a puzzle that would take months to solve, with the help of some very unusual witnesses.

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The parrot, the psychic and the accused murderer

PEOPLE OF MI V GLENNA MARY DURAM :: 2019 :: Michigan Court of Appeals - Unpublished Opinions Decisions

Mich. woman gets life for murder witnessed by parrot

Details of the long, strange investigation into Martin Duram's homicide - mlive.com

8 months after husband was fatally shot and wife injured, police still trying to solve puzzle - mlive.com

Podcast: Minds of Madness Episode 38

Podcast: Til Death Do Us Part

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The Murder of Marion Miley (by Mogab!) Apr 06, 2023

We're flipping tables AND roles over here for this one! That's right, Mogab's telling the story this time! For this episode, Mogab tells Kristin about the murder of Marion Miley in 1941. 27 year old Marion was an amateur golfer, busy winning championships and awards as a woman in a very male dominated sport (and time period) when she and her mother, Elsa, were brutally murdered at the country club they lived in in Lexington, Kentucky. This whodunnit had Kristin on the edge of her seat! Originally released as a mini creep on our Patreon, we thought this episode deserved its day in the spotlight.

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The Murder of Julisa Brisman Mar 30, 2023

It was April of 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts when police were called to the Marriott at Copley Place after guests on the 20th floor had called to report a woman lying motionless in the doorway to her room. The woman was 25 year old Julisa Brisman, and she was pronounced dead soon after arriving at the hospital. Investigators find out that around the time of her murder, Julisa had made an appointment with a man over Craigslist for a massage. Then, over the course of that week, investigators discover two other women were attacked in very similar circumstances. But every lead they track down to try and uncover who is behind these attacks leads them to brick wall after brick wall. When they finally do find a suspect, he is nothing like what they expected.

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Sources

See No Evil, Season 5 Episode 4 “The Man in the Black Hat”

A Date with Death: The Secret Life of the Accused “Craigslist Killer (Michele McPhee)

Seven Days of Rage: The Deadly Crime Spree of Craigslist Killer (Paul LaRose, Maria Cramer)

Philip Markoff - Wikipedia

Hotel Sued by Family of Craigslist Killer Victim | Courthouse News Service

'Craigslist Killing' Victim Sent E-Mail to Clients - ABC News

Slain masseuse Julissa Brisman once worked for madam Kristin Davis

Exclusive: Craigslist Victim Speaks Out - CBS News

Craigslist Killer: Boston surveillance footage of Philip Markoff

Rhode Island Prostitution Lawyer, 2023 Top Rated Attorneys.

Police Say Phillip Markoff is Cralist Killer

Fiancee Tells Accused Craigslist Killer that Wedding Is Off - ABC News

'Craigslist Killer' Philip Markoff Wrote Ex-Fiancee's Name in Blood as He Killed Himself - ABC News

Suspect killer wrote 'Megan' in blood

Files on purported Craigslist killer Philip Markoff to be released by Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley - masslive.com

Murderpedia | Phillip Markoff

Transcript of Megan McAllister's interview with police

'Craigslist Killing' Victim Sent E-Mail to Clients - ABC News

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The Cons of Lou Pearlman Mar 23, 2023

If you were a teenage girl in the 90s and early 2000s, chances are Lou Pearlman had a significant impact on your life. He was the mastermind behind the boy band craze of that time period, including the person who put together both NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys. But what you may not know was that Lou Pearlman spent his entire life conning every person he ever came into contact with, including the bands.

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Legacy.Com | Francisco Vazquez

Tampa Bay Times | In Humble Queens, Lou Was King

Wikipedia | Lou Pearlman

Wikipedia | Backstreet Boys.

Campus.Org | The 90s Was A Decade for Boy Bands.

Vanity Fair | Mad About the Boys

ABC NY | How NSYNC's '6th Member' Founded the Band, Sued Its Members, and Landed In Jail | '20/20' Special

The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman story

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The Rafay Family Murders Part 2 Mar 16, 2023

Part 2 of the Rafay Family Murders. Part 1 ended with Sebastian and Atif unknowingly under surveillance in Canada. The Canadian Royal Mounted Police realized they had one choice if they were going to get Sebastian and Atif for the murders of Sultana, Tariq, and Basma Rafay: a police tactic so controversial it's outlawed in both the UK and the US: the Mr. Big Technique.

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Articles

Rafay-Burns Appeal

The Rafay-Burns Appeal | Statement By Innocence International

The Seattle Times | Murder Of Bellevue Family Still A Mystery (Susan Byrnes)

CBS News | Perfectly Executed

The Herald Net | Bellevue Murder Trial begins After Long Delay (Peggy Andersen)

The Seattle Times | Son And Friend Held In Triple Slaying -- They Had Been Prime Suspects In Bellevue Bludgeonings Last Year (Susan Byrnes, Richard Seven)

Wikipedia | Rope (Play)

The Seattle Times | A Liking For Nietzsche, A Dislike Of Convention -- Murder Suspects Wrote Of Feelings Of Superiority (Susan Byrnes)

The Seattle Times | Family Says Convicted Killers Innocent

Altervista | Rafay & Burns

OLR Research Project | Interrogation Techniques (James Orlando)

Shows

Netflix | The Confession Tapes, season 1, episodes 1 and 2: True East parts 1 and 2

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The Rafay Family Murders Part 1 Mar 09, 2023

It was July 13, 1993. Just after 2 AM, a call came into 911 from a residence in the Somerset area of Bellevue, Washington asking for an ambulance. The caller said there'd been some type of break in, and that he thought his friend's parents were dead. The caller was 19 year old Sebastian Burns, and the friend he mentioned was 18 year old Atif Rafay. They’d been best friends since high school, and he and Sebastian were visiting his parents in Bellevue during the summer break. They’d been there for 5 days when this happened.

They came home that night to find Atif's entire family murdered. A triple murder is not something often seen in Bellevue, and tips started pouring in from law enforcement agencies suggesting the murder might have been committed by religious extremists. But investigators only had eyes for Sebastian and Atif.

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Articles

Rafay-Burns Appeal

The Rafay-Burns Appeal | Statement By Innocence International

The Seattle Times | Murder Of Bellevue Family Still A Mystery (Susan Byrnes)

CBS News | Perfectly Executed

The Herald Net | Bellevue Murder Trial begins After Long Delay (Peggy Andersen)

The Seattle Times | Son And Friend Held In Triple Slaying -- They Had Been Prime Suspects In Bellevue Bludgeonings Last Year (Susan Byrnes, Richard Seven)

Wikipedia | Rope (Play)

The Seattle Times | A Liking For Nietzsche, A Dislike Of Convention -- Murder Suspects Wrote Of Feelings Of Superiority (Susan Byrnes)

The Seattle Times | Family Says Convicted Killers Innocent

Altervista | Rafay & Burns

OLR Research Project | Interrogation Techniques (James Orlando)

Shows

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The Murder of Connie Dabate Mar 02, 2023

It was two days before Christmas, 2015, when tragedy struck the Dabate house. Police were called to the scene to find 39 year old Rick Dabate lying on the floor in the kitchen, zip tied to a folding chair, surrounded by blood smears but alive. His wife Connie wasn't so lucky. Her body was found in the basement, killed by two gunshot wounds. Rick was able to tell police that this had all been the work of a masked intruder. He hadn't been able to get a good look at the intruder's face, and the only description police had to go on was that the intruder had a voice like Vin Diesel.

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Articles

Journal Inquirer | Jury Sees Video and Photographs of Scene at Dabate's Home (Matthew P. Knox)

The New York Post | Connecticut Husband Sentenced to 65 Years in Fitbit Murder Case

Justice for Victims | Basic Guidelines on Approaching Victims of Crime

Yahoo Sports | DNA from Unknown Person Found on Gun That Killed Connie Dabate, Witness Testifies (Matthew Knox)

Courant Hearld | A Marriage Marked By Secrets, A Murder Case Months In The Making (Dave Altimari)

Shows

Dateline | Season 31 Episode 13: The Secrets of Birch View Drive

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The Austin Servant Girl Murders Feb 23, 2023

December 30, 1884 was the beginning of a nightmare in Austin, Texas when 25 year old Mollie Smith was murdered in the middle of the night, in her bed by an unknown intruder. Over the next 12 months, there would be 7 more murders almost exactly like it. All in the middle of the night, all shockingly violent. This was completely unprecedented, and quite possibly the first serial killer in the United States.

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Articles

Texas Monthly | Capital Murder

www.servantgirlmurders.com

AustinTX.Gov | Brief History of Austin

Culture Map | The Horrifying History of Austin's Infamous Servant Girl Annihilator (Shelley Bueche)

Legal History Miscellany | Death’s Gatekeepers: The Victorian Coroner’s Officer

KVUE News | The Servant Girl Annihilator: Austin's Oldest Unsolved Murder Case

Books

The Servant Girl Murders: Austin, Texas 1885 (J. R. Galloway)

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The Case of Clark Rockefeller Feb 16, 2023

Sandra Boss was figuratively and literally a Boss. She had an undergraduate degree from Stanford, an MBA from Harvard, and now worked as an executive in New York City making $2 million dollars a year. She was respected. She was brilliant. And she was in love.

Lucky for her, that love just so happened to be with a Clark Rockefeller, yes of those Rockefellers: one of the most iconic names in American history. So what if he didn't have a penny to his name? So what if he didn't have any form of identification? One friend even jokingly asked Sandra "How do you know he's really Clark Rockefeller and not some ax murderer on the lam?" Sandra insisted she knew him best, but it would turn out that her friend wasn't so far off from the truth.

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Articles

All That's Interesting | The Twisted Life Of Clark Rockefeller, The

Elite Con Man Who Got Away With Murder For Nearly 30 Years (Wyatt Reed)

Vanity Fair | The Man in the Rockefeller Suit (Mark Seal)

Wikipedia | Clark Rockefeller

Daily Mail | Respected and Brilliant, Sandy Boss Regulates the UK's Banks. Here We Reveal How The Same Woman Fell for a Murdering Conman Who Posedas a Rockefeller

The San Diego Tribune | Rockefeller’s Ex-wife Says She Made Poor Choices (Denise Lavoie)

Washington Post | U.S. Says ‘All’ Deposits at Failed Silicon Valley Bank will be Available Monday (eff Stein, David J. Lynch, Tony Romm and TylerPager).

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The Murder of Halee Rathgeber Feb 09, 2023

Halee Rathgeber was a 20 year old student studying to be a nurse at the University of Southern Indiana when she was found murdered in the parking lot of a soccer field. She'd been shot in the back of the head, seemingly by someone she knew. Two suspects emerged: one a convicted rapist who might have known that Halee had information that could put him in prison for a long time. The other suspect was one of her best friends who just didn't seem like the type of person capable of something like this.

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Articles

Courier Press | Newburgh Man Gets Maximum Sentence in Fatal Child Neglect Case (Mark Wilson)

Courier Press | Fatal child Neglect Charge for Newburgh Man (Tori Fater)

Courier Press | Remember Halee Rathgeber As a Person, Not a Victim (Jon Webb)

Courier Press | Hagan Murder Trial Restarts After Mistrial in Warrick County Earlier This Month (Tori Fater)

Courier Press | Isaiah Hagan Found Guilty of Murder, Felony Murder in Warrick County Murder (Tori Fater)

14 News | Evidence Being Presented in Hagan Trial

14 News | Day 12 of Hagan Murder Trial Wraps Up

Justia Law | Albert Hagan v. State of Indiana

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The Murder of Craig Rideout Feb 02, 2023

In 2016, Craig and Laura Rideout were in the midst of a nasty divorce. Their marriage had spanned 21 years and 7 children, 5 of which were either out of the house or had chosen to live with Laura. The problems escalated when Laura decided to move out of state with her boyfriend, and wanted to take the two youngest with them. Craig would not allow her to take the kids. And then, just days before this move was to take place, Craig Rideout was murdered.

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Democrat and Chronicle | What NBC's Dateline Didn't Tell You About the Craig Rideout Murder Case (Sean Lahman)

Medium | The Untidy Murder of Craig Rideout (Deborah Helbar)

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Democrat and Chronicle | The Rideout Trial: What the Jury Didn't See (Sean Lahman)

Rochester First | Testimony Continues in Rideout Murder Trial

Democrat and Chronicle | Rideout trial: Estranged Wife, Son Guilty of Murder (Sean Lahman, Victoria E. Freile)

Democrat and Chronicle | Paul Tucci on Anniversary of Rideout Murder: 'We Still Don't Know Who Killed the Guy' (Sean Lahman)

Democrat and Chronicle | Who Killed Craig Rideout: A Family's Mystery (Gary Craig)

Democrat and Chronicle | Defendants in Craig Rideout Murder Point to Family Members as Likely Killers (Gary Craig)

Democrat and Chronicle | Rideout Trial - What You Need to Know

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Dateline | Season 25 episode 48 - Devil’s Bathtub

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The Case of Joe Gliniewicz Jan 26, 2023

The morning of September 1, 2015, Lt. Joe Gliniewicz was found dead in wooded area in Fox Lake, Illinois. Just minutes before his body was found, he'd called dispatch to let them know he was pursuing a small group of suspicious people into the woods. Police searched relentlessly for his suspected killers, but no one was prepared for what they would find.

Sources:

Articles

WTVR News | Mystery Deepens in Death of ‘G.I. Joe’ Police Officer in Fox Lake

WTTW News | Fox Lake Police Officer Staged Suicide to Cover Crimes, Officials Say (Paris Schutz)

Wikipedia | Suicide of Joe Gliniewicz

CNN | The secret life of ‘G.I. Joe’ (Michael Martinez)

ABC 7 Chicago | Widow of Disgraced Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Faces 24 months Probation in Embezzlement Case (Jessica D'Onofrio and Michelle Gallardo)

NBC Chicago | Fox Lake Authorities Investigating Stockpile of Military Items in Gliniewicz Explorer Post (Phil Rogers)

CBS News | How Investigators Unraveled Illinois Cop's Suicide Plot (Dean Reynolds)

ABC 7 Chicago | Grand Jury Indicts Fox Lake officer Widow Melodie Gliniewicz (Chuck Goudie and Leah Hope)

NPR | Dragnet Expanded For 3 Suspects In Killing Of Illinois Police Officer (Laura Wagner)

NPR | Investigation Finds Illinois Cop At Center Of Manhunt Shot Himself (Eyder Perlalta)

Chicago Sun Times | Lt. Gliniewicz Laid to Rest: ‘Now the Nation Knows He’s a Hero’

Officer Gliniewicz Personal File

WCBU | Illinois Village Shocked, Dismayed Over News About Officer

The Seattle Times | Not Enough Evidence to Charge Son of Illinois Police Officer

YouTube | CNN Special Report: The Secret Life of G.I. Joe (2016)

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The Murder of Josiah Lawson Jan 19, 2023

In 2017, David Josiah Lawson was a student at Humbolt State University with big plans for his future. He was the first in his family to go to college, and was majoring in Criminal Justice with plans to become a lawyer and later enter politics. But before the end of his sophomore year at Humbolt, Josiah Lawson was murdered. He'd been at a party with his girlfriend and some friends, when a fight broke out. At the end of it, Josiah had been fatally stabbed. Everyone knew who he'd been fighting, and it seemed it was very clear who had done this. But the justice system disagreed.

Sources:

Articles

Mad River Union | A Closer Look at the Party Where David Josiah Lawson Died (Paul Mann)

Times Standard | Brothers Detail Initial Confrontation in Arcata Fatal Stabbing (Manny Araujo)

Redheaded Blackbelt | Five Years After Unsolved Homicide of David Josiah Lawson, A Family's Continued Fight For Justice Faces Election Of A New Humboldt County District Attorney (Ryan Huston)

Times Standard | Jurors Agree Kyle Zoellner Was Maliciously Prosecuted, Awarded at least $700K (Sonia Waraich)

NBC News | Mother of Slain Humboldt State University Student Josiah Lawson Continues Fight for Justice Four Years After He Was Stabbed to Death At A College Party (Freddy Brewster)

Justice for Josiah Lawson

Times Standard | ‘I’m Still Here’: David Josiah Lawson’s Mother Searches for Justice in Son’s Fatal Stabbing 5 Years Later

North Coast Journal | 'Blood Money' Charmaine Lawson: Settlement Means Nothing, Focus is on Justice (Thadeus Greenson)

Yahoo News | A Mother's Fight for Justice: Mother of Slain Humboldt State University Student Calls on Public to Come Forward (Freddy Brewster)

Case Text | Lawson v. City of Arcata

North Coast Journal | Protests Follow Grand Jury's Decision Not to Indict Suspect in Lawson Case (Iridian Casarez)

ABC News | Juror in Lawson Case Speaks Out, Calls Grand Jury Process 'Gross Failure' (Nazy Javid)

The North Coast Journal | Please, Come Forward (Charmaine Lawson)

Behind the Redwood Curtain / Humboldt a Separate World of Misty Groves, Offbeat Towns and Protected Wildlife -- and One Wild Race (John Flinn)

The Mercury News | Humboldt County Has State's 2nd Highest Homicide Rate. Why? (Robert Peach)

ABC News | Judge Overturns $750k award in Kyle Zoellner Civil Case (Austin Castro)

Videos

YouTube | SoCal Connected | Season 10, Episode 2 - Who Killed Josiah Lawson?

Transcripts and Documents From Josiah Lawson Murder Case

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The Disappearance of Sherri Papini Dec 08, 2022

It was November 2, 2016 when 34 year old married mother of two, Sherri Papini, disappeared. Her husband Keith arrived home to find her missing, and the only trace of her was her cell phone lying in the ground about a mile away from their house with her headphones and several of her blond hairs lying on top. It appeared from the start that foul play must be involved with Sherri's disappearance, but it would soon come to light that nothing was as it seemed in this case.

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Articles:

KIRO News | Sherri Papini: Feds Detail How Missing Mom Branded, Starved Self 2016 Kidnapping Hoax

(Crystal Bonvillian)

Scribd | Sherri Papini Criminal Complaint & Affidavit

Justice.Gov | Sherri Papini Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Lying to Federal Agents About Being Kidnapped and Defrauding the CaliforniaVictim Compensation Board

Daily Mail | Sherri Papini's Husband Demands Sole Custody Two Young Children

New York Post | Sherri Papini SobbedWhen Confronted with Evidence of Her Kidnapping Hoax (Patrick Reilly)

Shows:

20/20| Season 45 episode 2: The Vanishing Act

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The Case Against Ryan Ferguson Dec 01, 2022

On the night of Halloween, 2001, Kent Heitholt, was murdered. A witness was able to create a composite sketch with police and in late 2003, the Columbia Tribune ran an article on the murder and included the composite sketch. A young man named Charles Erickson saw that sketch and thought he recognized the person. He thought it looked a lot like himself. The problem was, Charles could not remember the night of Halloween 2001. He'd blacked out, and all he knew was that he'd been at a bar near the crime scene. Charles became obsessed with this case, convinced that he was involved in the murder. And if he was involved, then so was the guy that had given him a ride home that night: his friend, Ryan Ferguson.

Sources:

Articles:

Columbia Tribune | 20 years ago, Kent Heitholt was Beaten and Strangled. Here's What We Know (Charles Dunlap)

Columbia Tribune | 20 years After Kent Heitholt's Death, Closure Remains Elusive (Charles Dunlap)

Crime Museum | Ryan Ferguson

Columbia Missourian | Charles Erickson's Attorney Files Innocence Petition with Missouri Supreme Court (Kelsy Armstrong)

CBS News | Confessed Murderer Charles Erickson to be Released on Parole (Dan Claxton)

CNN | Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Gets Free Trip to Super Bowl

Documentary:

Dream/Killer

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The Sun Gym Gang Part 2 Nov 24, 2022

The Sun Gym Gang had just taken Marc Schiller for nearly every penny he had, and it had been so easy. They’d made millions in just a month, and they’d completely gotten away with it. But by May of 1995, they’d already burned through all the money, and they were ready for their next score. And this time, they were going to make sure their next mark was really dead by the time they were finished with them.

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The Sun Gym Gang Part 1 Nov 17, 2022

Marc Schiller thought he had normal people problems. The pump on his swimming pool was broken. His Schlotzky’s franchise was failing and he was trying to sell it. He was worried he wouldn’t get through his work as a CPA in time to take his wife and kids to Columbia to celebrate Hanukkah. A tropical storm had been threatening to come into Miami, where he lived.

What Marc did not know, was that he had been the victim of at least 8 kidnapping attempts.

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The New York Post | Real-life Victim Sues Over Wahlberg’s ‘Pain & Gain’ (Jamie Trueblood)

CBS News | Pain and Gain (Troy Roberts)

My Florida Legal | Lugo Vs. State

Find A Grave | Frank Griga

History Vs. Hollywood | Pain and Gain

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The Case Against Richard Glossip Nov 10, 2022

It's our 100th episode!!!! For this very special episode, we are re-doing episode 1 - the Questionable Case of Richard Glossip. Kristin tells Mogab the story of Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for hiring Justin Sneed to kill his boss, Barry Van Treese. His conviction Is based almost solely on Sneed's word, with no good evidence connecting him to this crime. How did the word of an accomplice carry enough weight to secure a death penalty conviction?

So much has happened with this case, so much new information has been uncovered, so we are so excited to be re-doing this episode (Mogab double checked that she was not recording through her air pods this time!)

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The Ashley Reeves Story Nov 03, 2022

It was April 26, 2006. 16 year old Ashley Reeves had plans to go to a job interview that afternoon and then to play basketball at a park afterwards. Before she left, she promised her mom she'd be home before her 10 PM curfew, but her curfew came and went, and Ashley never returned home. Panicked, her mother started searching for her. She called the police, she called Ashley's friends, she drove around the town. But Ashley was nowhere to be found. Police started hearing from friends that Ashley was in a secret, romantic relationship with an older man, and that's when their investigation lead them to a high school teacher named Sam Shelton.

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On the Case with Paula Zahn | “Deadly Lessons”

Vizaca | A Miraculously Story of Ashley Reeves Who Survived After 30 Horrific Hours in Between of Life and Death

True Crime Daily | Exclusive: Illinois Teen Survives Older Lover's Murderous Attack, Returns to Scene Where She Was Left for Dead

Bella Online | Sam Shelton Confession Tape Released By Judge

CBS News | Did Teacher Strangle Teen, Go Dancing?

CBS News | Former Teacher Gets 20 Years

Bustle | Left For Dead Revisits The True Story Of A Teacher-Student Relationship Turned Violent

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The Watcher Oct 27, 2022

It's SPOOOOKY season, y'all! I've been saving this one up for our Halloween episode, and Mogab was thoroughly creeped out so job well done!

It was June of 2014, and Derek and Maria Broaddus were living the American dream: they had just closed on their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey for $1.4 million. They loved everything about this house, and couldn’t wait to move in with their 3 young kids. But their dream became their nightmare when anonymous, threatening letters started showing up at the house, signed by someone calling themselves "The Watcher." The Watcher said it was their job - nay, their OBSESSION - to watch 657 Boulevard, just as their father did before them, and their grandfather before that. The Watcher referred to their kids as "young blood" and asked if they'd discovered what was hidden in the walls. And there was nothing the Broadduses could do to stop the letters from coming.

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The Cut | Taking Another Look at The Watcher: What We Know About The Case Four Years Later

Living Places | Boulevard Historic District

New York Post | The Watcher Home Finally Sells After Five Years of Creepy Letters (Jackie Salo)

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The Murder of Lauren Giddings Oct 20, 2022

In June of 2011, 27 year old Lauren Giddings was senselessly murdered. She had just graduated form law school, and was a month away from taking the BAR and becoming a full fledged attorney. When her friends and family discovered she'd been murdered, everyone was shocked. They couldn't figure out who would do something like this. Police had several suspects in mind, but they narrowed it down quickly when her neighbor, Stephen McDaniel, gave an odd interview to a local reporter.

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Talk Murder With Me | The Murder of Lauren Giddings.

WGXA News | The Girl Next Door: Lauren Giddings' Family Remembers Her 10 Years After Brutal Murder

Above The Law | The Plot Thickens: Say Hello to "Hacksaw McDaniel" (David Lat)

Above The Law | A Creepy New Claim About Stephen McDaniel in the Lauren Giddings Murder Case (David Lat)

Above The Law | Stephen McDaniel's Ex- Roommate Speaks: Say Hello to Thad Money (David Lat)

13WMAZ | UPDATE: Stephen McDaniel’s Former Attorney Believed He Was Innocent Until His Confession

Shows

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The Disappearance of Jason Landry Oct 13, 2022

We're living in frustration city for this one! This week, Kristin tells Mogab about the disappearance of Jason Landry - a fellow Texas State University student who was driving home to the Houston area for Christmas break of 2020 and disappeared in the small town of Luling, Texas. His car was found crashed and abandoned on a gravel road miles from the interstate. The clothes he was wearing were found strewn about the road. And Jason was nowhere to be found.

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The Fraud of Rita Crundwell Oct 06, 2022

Rita Crundwell was living the high life. In 2011, she was a big deal on the quarter horse circuit; she had 52 world championships under her belt, and ran one of the best known quarter horse breeding operations in the country. She was incredibly successful, and it showed. She owned multiple homes, multiple cars. She had a $2 million dollar motor coach she used to take her to her horse competitions, and a $250,000 horse trailer to tow the horses. She was living a life of luxury, with her furs and her jewels.

She also just so happened to be the treasurer for the small city of Dixon, Illinois. And the city's finances were in much worse shape than hers.

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The Murder of Sarah Stern Sep 29, 2022

It was in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 3, 2016 when 19 year old Sarah Stern's car was found abandoned on a bridge in New Jersey. The car was reported by a few passers-by, and when police responded they could see the car wasn't damaged in any way, it had just been left abandoned, keys still inside. It appeared to be a suicide, but as police spoke with Sarah's friends, the possibility that she'd run off to Canada seemed to be likely. It wasn't until a big break in the case that police realized things were much more sinister than that.

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NJ.COM | Family searching for Sarah Stern found her Suspected Killer’s phone. Turns Out He Dropped it at the Crime Scene

App. | Sarah Stern Murder: The 5 Most Disturbing Quotes from Confession Video (Kala Kachmar)

App. | Sarah Stern Murder: A Shooting Star Text to her Dad, and Then Forever Silence (Kathleen Hopkins)

Heavy | Anthony Curry: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

NJ Courts | State of New Jersey VS. Preston O. Taylor

App. | Sarah Stern Murder Trial: Small Details Led to Liam McAtasney's Conviction (Kathleen Hopkins)

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The Murder of Ashley Ellerin Sep 22, 2022

Ashley Ellerin was loving her life in Hollywood, California. She was a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and she loved taking advantage of the Hollywood nightlife. She had a large social circle that included celebrities, and was pursuing a modeling job herself. But on February 21, 2001, as she got ready for a date, Ashley was viciously murdered inside her own home. Robbery was ruled out as a possible motive, as was sexual assault. Police couldn't figure out why someone would have wanted to hurt her. And then investigators got a call from detectives in Chicago, who were investigating a murder a lot like Ashley's. And as they investigated further, more victims were uncovered.

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CBS News | Ashton Kutcher is "Star Witness" for Accused Serial Killer, Defense Lawyer Says

]CBS News | The Hollywood Ripper: How "48 Hours" Helped Crack the Case of Convicted Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo (Maureen Maher)

CBS News | Michael Gargiulo: The serial killer next door? (Josh Gelman and Doug Longhini)

E! News | The Chilling Details of the Murder of Ashley Ellerin and the "Hollywood Ripper" Trial (Natalie Finn)

Crimestory | Fishing for Clickbait (Chris Tarricone)

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The Murder of Dru Sjodin Sep 15, 2022

Just before Thanksgiving of 2003, Dru Sjodin was living her best life at the University of North Dakota. She'd just finished a shift at her job at Victoria's Secret and then did a little Christmas shopping at the mall. She was on the phone with her boyfriend as she walked to her car in the parking lot, when suddenly the call was disconnected. Her boyfriend figured the call had dropped, but when she still hadn't shown up at her second job several hours later, her friends and family began to worry. When she still hadn't returned that night, it was all hands on deck to find her.

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Wikipedia | Murder of Dru Sjodin

Travel Weekly | Remembering Dru Sjodin (Alan Fredericks)

Legacy Obituaries | Dru Sjodin

Inforum | Dru Sjodin Obituary

Grand Forks Herald | Farewell, Dru (Steve Lee)

The Dickson Press | 15 Years Later, Memory of Dru Sjodin Lives On

UND Blog | The North Dakota Clothesline Project and Take

Back the Night Rally return to UND’s Memorial Union this Week

Perham Focus | Dru is Not Forgotten: Linda Walker,

Sjodin's Mother, Urges Students to Help End Violence

Inforum | Alfonso Rodriguez's Intellectual Disability Did

Not Play a Role in Overturning Death Sentence (April Baumgarten)

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The Whitaker Family Murders Sep 08, 2022

The Whitaker family was in celebration mode - their oldest son, Thomas "Bart" Whitaker, had just finished his final exam at Sam Houston State University, he'd soon be walking the stage, and his parents, Tricia and Kent, and brother, Kevin, were so excited for him. They all went to dinner at Pappadeaux's restaurant near Sugar Land, Texas to celebrate, but when they got back home from dinner, their night turned into a horror show. As the family started filing into their home, a masked intruder inside began shooting them one by one.

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Texas District & County Attorney's Association | A Most Unusual Suspect (Jeff Strange)

CBS News | Texas Man Targeted by a Hitman Fights for the Life of the Person Who Ordered the Murder – His Son (Peter Van Sant)

ABC News | Murder in the Family: 'I Wanted Them Dead' (Harry Phillips & Elissa Stohler)

Forensic Files Now | Bart Whitaker: Relative Tragedy

ABC News | 'Murder by Family': Read Shocking Excerpt

The Houston Chronicle | Whitaker Lawyer Attacks Credibility of Witness (Eric Hansen)

ABC News | 'Sugar Land' Culprit Made New Life in Mexico (Denise Martinez-Ramundo & Harry Phillips)

Wikipedia | Thomas Bartlett Whitaker

Medium | The Whitaker Family Murders of Sugar Land, Texas

Video

YouTube | 911: The Sugar Land Conspiracy

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The Death of Valerie McDaniel Sep 01, 2022

When Valerie McDaniel met Leon Jacob, it was not love at first sight. She found him arrogant, but was drawn to him somehow. She'd gone through a recent divorce, ending a 17 year marriage from her husband Mack McDaniel, and Leon had also recently ended a relationship. Valerie felt like they were just what the other needed. What she didn't know was that Leon had unresolved stalking charges on his ex-girlfriend, Meghan Verikas, and he was willing to do whatever he had to to make sure those charges went away.

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The Kidnapping of Beverly Carter Aug 25, 2022

Beverly Carter was one of the top real estate agents in Little Rock, Arkansas. She loved her job, but over the past several years crime against real estate agents had been rising, and she was taking her safety seriously. She never went to a showing without letting her husband, Carl, know where she'd be, and she even had a secret code with the other agents in the office so they could let each other know if they were in trouble. But even with the precautions she took, one night, Beverly never came home from a showing. When Carl went to the property to look for her, he found her car with her purse still in the front seat, but no sign of Beverly anywhere.

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Articles

Court Listener | Lewis v. State, 2017 Ark. 211

Arkansas Online | Realtor Murder

The Beverly Carter Foundation

KATV | Arron Lewis Found Guilty in Beverly Carter Murder Trial (Sarah Chaffin)

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Convicted Killer Arron Lewis Loses Case Over Prison Guard's Alleged Punch (Dale Ellis)

Heavy | Arron Lewis Arrested: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (Paul Farrell)

FOX 16 | Little Rock Police Summary on Arrest of Arron Lewis

KATV | Evidence Collected at Arron Lewis' Home and Car Thrown Out in Realtor Slaying Case (Elicia Dover)

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Realtor Death Suspect to Act as Own Lawyer (John Lynch)

Find A Grave | Christopher Brian Carter

Videos

YouTube | Lifetime: Criminal Sends TEXTS to Family While Mom Is Missing

YouTube | The Beverly Carter Story

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The Murder of Lisa Techel Aug 18, 2022

Lisa Marie Techel and her husband, Seth Techel, were high school sweethearts. They married young, both with aspirations of going into law enforcement. Lisa wanted to be like her father, Todd Caldwell, who worked for the sheriff's department in their small town in Iowa. But those dreams came crashing down one morning when Seth said he heard a gunshot go off while he was in the shower. He jumped out of the shower and raced to where Lisa was sleeping in their bedroom to see that she'd been shot in the side. She was dead, and Seth was certain he knew who had done this: their neighbor, Brian Tate.

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Iowa Courts | Court of Appeals - State of Iowa v. Seth Andrew Techel

KTVO Local News | Prosecution Shows Photos of Dead Wife

Doc Player | State of Iowa v. Seth Andrew Techel

Ottumwa Courier | Lisa Techel Obituary

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The Murder of Blake and Mary Jo Hadley Aug 11, 2022

The Hadleys lived in Port St. Lucie, Florida, a town that was not built with teenagers in mind. There was only one movie theater but seven funeral homes, and the mall was pretty far away. There wasn't much to do, but on Saturday, July 16, 2011, the teenagers of Port St. Lucie had big plans - Tyler Hadley was throwing a party. No one could believe that Tyler's parents would let him throw a party - he'd been in a lot of trouble recently, and they were strict. But Tyler insisted - the party was on.

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Rolling Stone | Tyler Hadley's Killer Party (Nathaniel Rich)

Jim Fisher True Crime Blog | Tyler Hadley

Expert Institute | Judge Ignores Expert Witness Testimony in Sentencing Hearing (Michael Morgenstern)

CNN | Florida Man Pleads No Contest in Hammer Slayings of Parents (Jason Hanna)

Wikipedia | Murder of Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley

Broward Palm Beach New Times | Police Release Brutal Details of Tyler Hadley Allegedly Murdering His Parents With Hammer (Matthew Hendley)

All Things Interesting | The Disturbing Story Of Tyler Hadley, The Teenager Who Killed His Parents So He Could Throw A House Party (Genevieve Carlton)

Miami Times | Tyler Hadley Killed His Parents Because Port St. Lucie Is So Boring, Rolling Stone Says (Allie Conti)

Fox News | Prosecution rests in Tyler Hadley hearing (Rachel Leigh)

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The Murder of Gretchen Anthony Aug 04, 2022

Like everyone else in March of 2020, Gretchen Anthony was trying to do her part for the pandemic by staying home, posting memes on Facebook, and watching Tiger King (probably). But after Thursday, March 19, there were no more posts from Gretchen on facebook. Her profile went dark, and she stopped communicating with loved ones. She even stopped sharing her location on her phone with her daughter, something she took very seriously.

But then on Monday, March 23, 2020, Gretchen’s friends and family started getting some bizarre texts from her. It started with a message saying she had been diagnosed with the Caronavirus, but after a few days, her loved ones started to doubt that was true. They started to think that something terrible happened to Gretchen, and someone was using the pandemic to cover up what they'd done to her.

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Daily Mail | Ex-girlfriend of Man Who Killed his Estranged Wife Gretchen Anthony After she Vanished During the Pandemic says he is a 'Master Manipulator': Sent Text From her Phone to Family Hours Before her Death Saying she Had Covid and was Going to Hospital (Andrea Cavallier)

Miami New Times | In Texts, Gretchen Anthony Said She Had COVID. Then She Disappeared (Michael Majchrowicz)

LinkedIn | Gretchen Anthony

The Cut | Man Claims Self-Help Group He Joined Is Actually a Sex Cult (Lisa Ryan)

Shows

48 Hours | Season 34, Episode 32: The COVID Cover-Up

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The Women of Rockhampton Jul 28, 2022

In 1998, women in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia were going missing. 14 year old Natasha Ryan was last seen being dropped off for school. Then Julie Turner, Beverly Leggo, and Sylvia Benedetti turned up missing. Police thought they'd traced these disappearances back to a serial rapist who had murdered 9 year old Keyra Steinhardt. But they would come to find out that nothing about this case was as it seemed.

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Bugged Space | Natasha Ryan

The Age | She had Everyone Fooled

Anecdotez | Natasha Ryan: The Girl Who Hid in the Cupboard (Gur Tirosh)

For Years, Natasha Ryan's Family Desperately Searched for her. She was Hiding in a Cupboard (Michelle Andrews)

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60 Minutes Australia | “Missing” Schoolgirl Hid in Boyfriend’s Closet for 5 Years

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The Novack Murders Jul 21, 2022

In the 1960's, Ben and Bernice Novack were Miami Beach royalty. They were the owners of the Fountainbleu hotel, the hottest spot on Miami beach, known for it's old Hollywood glamour style. Everyone from JFK to the Rat Pack stayed there, and it was the place to be. The Novacks lived in the Penthouse Suite with their son, Ben Jr., until like all good things, the era came to an end in the 70's when the hotel went bankrupt. By 2009, Bernice was widowed and living a quiet life, while her son, Ben, found success in the hospitality industry. Then, in April of 2009, Bernice was found dead in her home at 86 years old. It appeared she had slipped getting out of her car and then stumbled into her house, where she died. Police and the medical examiner ruled her death accidental. It's unlikely that anyone would have ever looked twice at Bernice's death if not for what happened just three months later, when her now 53 year old son, Ben, was found dead in his hotel room.

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Wikipedia | Fontainebleau Miami Beach

CBS News | "48 Hours": How a Reporter Uncovered the Murder of Miami Matriarch Bernice Novack (Julie Knipe Brown)

Wikipedia | Murders of Bernice and Ben Novack Jr..

Lohud | Ben and Narcy Novack Saga Heads to Lifetime as 'Beautiful & Twisted' (Jonathan Badler)

Book

The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder By: John Glatt

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CBS News | Crazy Love

Dateline | Season 21, Episode 3: Family Affair

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The Kidnapping of Denise Huskins Jul 14, 2022

We're so excited to be back! This week, we're talking about the kidnapping of Denise Huskins. In the middle of the night on March 22, 2015, a group of broke into the home of Aaron Quinn and kidnapped his girlfriend, Denise Huskins. Aaron's story involved kidnappers wearing wet suits who played pre-recorded messages and wanted very little ransom for Denise's return. His story seemed so unbelievable to police, who were convinced early on that Aaron had done something to Denise. When that seemed unlikely, they formed a new theory: that Denise had never been kidnapped, and she was actually the real life Gone Girl.

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NPR | Man Pleads Guilty To Elaborate Kidnapping Initially Deemed A Hoax By Calif. Police (Merrit Kennedy)

Book

Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors by Denise Haskins and Aaron Quinn with Nicole Weisensee Egan

Shows

20/20 | S43 E27 Taken

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The Murder of Brianna Denison Jun 02, 2022

Briana Denison was a 19 year old psychology student at Santa Barbara City College who was back home in Reno, Nevada over the winter break in January of 2008. The night of Saturday, January 19, Brianna stayed the night on a friend’s couch, but the next morning, she wasn’t there. Her cell phone, shoes, and her purse had all been left behind, as well as a few drops of blood on the pillow where she’d been sleeping. But there was no sign of Brianna anywhere.

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NBC News | Reno Police Hunt for Serial Rapist (Josh Mankiewicz)

Case Text | Biela V. State

LinkedIn | SWAT

Murderpedia | James Michael Biela

YouTube | Police Interrogation Tape Between Girlfriend Carleen Harmon and Accused Killer
YouTube | More Gripping and Explicit Video of Ex-Girlfriend and James Biela in Police Interrogation Room Tape
Tucson | Anti-Gay Church Pickets Funeral Service of Reno Rape Victim

Reno Gazette Journal | Brianna's Law has matched more than 1,000 DNA samples to crimes (Siobhan McAndrew)

Reno Gazette Journal | Being Brighton: Brianna Denison’s Brother Talks About His Sister's Murder (Siobhan McAndrew)

CBS News | Brianna Denison's Killer, James Biela, Gets Death; Mom Says "He Messed With the Wrong Family" (Carlin Miller)

Shows
Unusual Suspects | Season 6 Episode 1, Vanished in Reno

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The Murders of Tom and Jackie Hawks May 26, 2022

Tom and Jackie Hawks were living their best lives. They'd scrimped and saved for years to allow themselves to retire early. They bought a yacht, aptly named the Well Deserved, and they moved in, living their lives cruising down the California coast. But then they got the best news - their son's wife was pregnant with their first grandchild. They knew they would need to change their lifestyle if they wanted to be close enough to the baby for frequent visits, so they put the Well Deserved up for sale. They were excited when a young couple showed interest in the boat. But after they took this couple out for a sea trial, Tom and Jackie Hawks were never seen again.

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ABC News | A Receipt from Target, A Stolen Car in Mexico and a Third Unsolved Murder: Investigation Into Yacht Murder of California Couple (Allie Yang and Andrew Paparella)

Wikipedia | Murder of Thomas and Jackie Hawks.

Medium | Death at Sea — The Yacht Murder of Tom and Jackie Hawks (A.W. Naves)

The Orange County Register | Defendant: Jennifer Deleon

The Los Angeles Times | Testimony: Woman knew of Plot to Kill Local Couple (Amanda Pennington)

Murderpedia | Skylar Deleon

Book

Dead Reckoning By: Caitlin Rother

Shows

20/20 - Season 42, Episode 14 - Overboard

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The Murder of Larry McNabney Part 2 May 19, 2022

Part 2 is here! When we left off, Larry McNabney hadn’t been seen around his law office in months. The new secretary, Ginger Miller, was becoming increasingly suspicious of Larry’s wife, Elisa McNabney, and the office assistant, Sarah Dutra. They’d been coming up with all kinds of stories to explain Larry’s disappearance, but Ginger finally decided to go to the police. The investigation into Larry’s disappearance would uncover a twisted web of lies.
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Tampa Bay Times | Suicide Letter Professes Love for Lawyer (Jamie Jones)

Legacy Obituaries | Laurence Williams "Larry" McNabney

Wikipedia | Ramtha's School of Enlightenment

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Cold Blooded: A true story of love, lies, greed, and murder (Carlton Smith)

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The Murder of Larry McNabney Part 1 May 12, 2022

It was late 2001, and ads for Larry McNabney’s personal injury law firm in Sacramento were running constantly, and he always ended the ads with the same sign off - I’m Larry McNabney. Call Me. Only, people had been trying to call him, and no one had been able to speak to him for months. They might be able to get a hold of his wife and office manager, Elisa McNabney, or the office assistants, Ginger Miller and Sarah Dutra, but they would just always say that Larry was in rehab for his alcoholism or on vacation at a spa.
But after several months went by and Larry still hadn’t returned to his law office, his friends and family started to worry. They realized that the last time anyone had actually seen him was while he was in Southern California for a horse show. But no one that was there could remember the details of their last encounter with Larry because that horse show had been on September 11, 2001, the day the World Trade Center was attacked in New York.

Everyone was so focused on the news, and it was such a chaotic and confusing time, that no one could remember the details of that day, which made investigating his disappearance really tough. Because the truth is, Larry McNabney wasn’t in rehab, and he wasn’t on vacation or at a spa. Larry was dead. This is the murder of Larry McNabney.
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Sources:
Articles
Tampa Bay Times | Suicide Letter Professes Love for Lawyer (Jamie Jones)

Legacy Obituaries | Laurence Williams "Larry" McNabney

Wikipedia | Ramtha's School of Enlightenment

Book
Cold Blooded: A true story of love, lies, greed, and murder (Carlton Smith)

Shows
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The Murder of Deana Wild May 05, 2022

When Deana Wild fell to her death off a cliff in Big Sur, California, authorities assumed this was a tragic accident. She was driving through Big Sur with a couple she lived with, Billie Joe and Virginia McGinnis, who said that she stumbled due to the high heels she was wearing on the cliff's edge. It's not uncommon for people to fall, they see it about once a month. The investigation was wrapped up quickly and Deana's mother Bobbie struggled to move on. When the burial insurance company wouldn't pay out to help with Deana's funeral costs, she asked for the help of a lawyer she knew, Steve Keeney. Keeney asked around, and as he dug into Deana's death and the McGinnis's background, he uncovered a web of lies, betrayal, and murder that spanned decades.
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Sources:
Book
Death Benefit by David Heilbroner

Shows
Forensic Files episode: The Financial Downfall

Accident, Suicide, or Murder Episode: Fallen

Websites
Virginia Rearden McGinnis (Jackson, Jackson, Johnson)

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The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen Apr 21, 2022

John Ruetten was absolutely in love with his new bride, Sherri Rasmussen. She was the total package: beautiful, fun to be with, and very smart. At 29, she was already the director of nursing at the hospital she worked at in Van Nuys, California, and she even lectured internationally on critical care nursing. But it all came to a sudden end when John arrived at their townhome just a few months after they'd gotten married to find her dead on the living room floor. He had no idea who could have done this, and told detectives neither of them had any enemies, anyone that would have wanted to hurt them. But Sherri's father, Nels, disagreed. Detectives were certain that this had been a burglary gone wrong, and as they explained that to Nels, he asked them: "Have you checked out John's ex-girlfriend? The lady cop?"
John's ex was a police officer named Stephanie Lazarus, and according to Nels, she'd had plenty of run-ins with Sherri that made Nels uneasy. But no one was listening to him.
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Sources:
Articles
Vanity Fair | A Case So Cold it Was Blue (Mark Bowden)

Wikipedia | Sherri Rasmussen

New Retro Wave | Top 6 Fashion Trends That Were All The Rage in 1986

The Los Angeles Times | Victim’s Father Told Police of Young Officer’s Threats (Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin)

The Atlantic | The Lazarus File (Matthew McGough)

Mercury News | Murder Victim’s Husband Tearfully Describes Affair With Woman Accused of Killing Her

The New York Times | Police Find Suspect in Cold Case: One of Their Own (Randal C. Archibold)

LA Times Blog | LAPD Detective Accused of 1986 Slaying Seeks Dismissal of Case (Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin)

KPCC | Defense Rests in Murder Trial for Ex-LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus (Abe Rosenberg)

Los Angeles Daily News | Parents of Sherri Rasmussen Can’t Sue LAPD Over Her Murder in Van Nuys at Hands of Detective Stephanie Lazarus, Court Rules

Book
The Lazarus Files: A Cold Case Investigation (Matthew McGough)

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The Murder of Mary Yoder Apr 14, 2022

Mary Yoder was a very healthy 60 year old. She'd never even taken a sick day off from her work as a chiropractor. That was why it was so weird when she suddenly fell violently ill. Doctors couldn't understand it, her family couldn't understand it, and within 48 hours, Mary had died. The investigation into her death weaves a tale of toxic relationships, anonymous letters, lies, betrayal, and a surprising culprit.
Sources:

Articles
FindLaw | What is ‘Exculpatory’ Evidence?

New York State Senate | The Laws of New York, Chapter 40 Penal Code, Section 125.27 Murder in the First Degree.

Diffen | First Degree Murder vs. Second Degree Murder.

Syracuse.Com | Court Denies Kaitlyn Conley's Appeal that she Killed her Former Boyfriend's Mom (James McClendon)

Book
We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder (M. William Phelps)

Website
Love is Respect

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The Murder of Bich Ha Pan Apr 07, 2022

When Han Pan was awoken in the middle of the night by an armed intruder in his home, his only thoughts were of his family. His son, Felix, was away at university, but his 24 year daughter, Jennifer, and his wife, Bich Ha, were home. He was led downstairs to see Bich sitting in the living room, a second intruder holding a gun to his neck. Han and Bich exchanged words in Cantonese - both worried about Jennifer, both wondering how on Earth the intruders had gotten inside the house they always kept locked and alarmed. The answers to those questions would shock everyone.
Sources:
Articles
Wikipedia | Scarborough, Toronto

Toronto Life | Jennifer Pan’s Revenge: The Inside Story of a Golden Child, The Killers She Hired, And The Parents She Wanted Dead (Karen K. Ho)

Psychology Today | The Masks That We Wear (Susan Sparks)

Book
A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story (John Grimaldi)

Website
The Canadian Red Cross | Vietnamese Refugees Documents of Response
Sick Kids

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The Murder of Emily Longley Mar 31, 2022

Emily Longley was just 16 years old when she decided to make the move from New Zealand to England to attend Brockenhurst College and complete her A Levels. She thought the move might help her calm down, and put her in an environment where she could focus on her studies. While out with friends one night, she met 19 year old Elliot Turner, someone so spoiled he'd put Affluenza Ethan Couch to shame. Elliot had everything he could ever want the moment he wanted it, and from the moment he saw her, he wanted Emily.
It wasn't long into their relationship before Elliot's controlling side came out. He wanted to control everything - what Emily wore, what friends she hung out with, what she did in her free time. When she wouldn't listen, Elliot got angry.
Organization:
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Sources:
Articles
NZ Herald | Family Violence: Emily's Story - 'The World Was A Better Place With Her in it'

Press Reader | Ten Years on From Emily Longley's Murder

NZ Herald | 'I admit saying I would kill her' (Ben Ellery)

Daily Mail | Jealous Boyfriend Practiced Strangling Technique on Friend Days Before Model Girlfriend was Murdered' (Eddie Wrenn)

Capital FM | Elliot Turner Guilty of Emily Longley Murder

BBC | Emily Longley trial: Accused 'asked friend to kill'

NZ Herald | Accused's Best Mate: I Had Sex With Emily

Mirror | Should I Drown, Strangle or Set Fire to Emily? Trial Told of Boyfriend's 'Murder Chat With Friend (Euan Stretch)

Mayo Clinic | Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Dailey Echo | Murderer Elliot Turner Targeted By Prisoners (Jane Reader)

Heart | Elliot Turner Gets Life For Emily Longley Murder

That's Life | Evil boyfriend killed my girl over a PHOTO (Kathryn Lewsey)

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The Disappearance of Kathleen Durst Part 2 Mar 24, 2022

Part 2 is here! Make sure you've listened to part 1 before embarking on the second half of this wild ride. It's time for Robert Durst's murder trial for the murder of Morris Black, the neighbor he killed and then dismembered while hiding out in Galveston pretending to be little old mute lady, Dorothy Ciner.
But what about Susan Berman, his best friend that had been murdered just days before a scheduled interview to speak with police about Robert? And what about his wife, Kathleen, who had disappeared without a trace all those years ago? Would there ever be justice for them?

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The Disappearance of Kathleen Durst Part 1 Mar 17, 2022

Galveston, 2001. A human torso washes up in the bay. Investigators identify the body as a man named Morris Black, and their investigation into the murder leads police to Robert Durst. They discover that not only does Durst belong to one of the wealthiest families in Manhattan, but that this murder may not have been his first. Back in 1982, his wife Kathleen disappeared, and no one has seen or heard from her since.
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Sources:
Articles
ABC News | Robert Durst: A Timeline of His Life and Alleged Crimes (Meghan Kneally)
The Baez Law Firm | Is Handwriting Analysis Admissible
Evidence?
NBC News | Robert Durst Urinated on Candy in Texas CVS,
Video Shows

NBC News | Robert Durst: the Millionaire Drifter Who
Can't Run From His Past (Alex Johnson)

Buzzfeed News | Witnesses Just Revealed Damning New
Details In The Robert Durst Murder Case (Claudia Rosenbaum)

The New York Times | Did Robert Durst Kill His Wife? An
Investigator’s Letter May Shed Light (Charles Bagli)?

NY Daily News | Robert Durst Will Testify at Murder
\Trial, Say He ‘Found’ Susan Berman’s Body, ‘Panicked’ and Ran: Defense (Nancy
Dillon)

NBC News | Fate of Robert Durst in jury's hands after
long murder trial (AP)

The New York Times | 35 Years Later, Sister in Durst Case
Is Still Looking for Answers (Charles Bagli)

The Guardian | Real estate heir Robert Durst found guilty
of murdering his friend Susan Berman

The LA Times | Robert Durst sentenced to life in prison
for murdering Susan Berman (James Queally).

The Daily Mail | Robert Durst's Murdered Friend Susan
Berman 'Was in LOVE With the real Estate Heir' and 'Posed as His Missing Wife
Kathie to Call in Sick to Her Job at Medical School - on the Day She Vanished,'
Says Witness (AP)

Documentary
The Jinx on HBO
Podcast
Presumed Guilty with Dick DeGuerin

Video
Facebook | Prosecutor: Robert Durst Had a List to Get Rid
of Missing Wife's Body

Podcast
Presumed Guilty with Dick DeGuerin

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The Tinder Swindler Mar 10, 2022

Simon Leviev's Tinder profile would make almost anyone swipe right. He was the CEO of a large diamond business, he had pictures in private jets, in exotic locales, and seemed to live a very adventurous and exciting life. When Cecelie Fjellhoy, matched with Simon, she found he was also an incredibly sweet and attentive partner. Not only did she get to take a private jet to Bulgaria on the first date, but as their relationship progressed she also woke up to daily good morning texts, she was sent dozens of flowers, and Simon was constantly telling her how she was the love of his life, and how much he wanted to be with her. But Simon had enemies in the diamond trade, and these enemies would stop at nothing to get to him. Simon just needed a small favor from Cecelie to make sure he would be safe...
I expect this man to pay back EVERY. DAMN. DIME. #YouHeardItHereFirst
Sources:

Articles
VG | The Tinder Swindler
Haaretz | Israeli Conman Impersonated an Oligarch's Son,
Defrauded Women – and Disappeared (Uri Blau)
Esquire | The Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev Pretended to Be the King of Diamonds (Lauren Kranc)

Documentaries
Netflix | The Tinder Swindler
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The Camm Family Murders Mar 03, 2022

Every Thursday, former State Trooper David Camm played in a couple pickup games of basketball at his church's rec center. One Thursday night in September, 2000, he came home, worried his wife, Kim, would be upset that the games had run long that night and he hadn't been home to help get their two small children to bed. But when he opened the garage as he arrived home, he discovered his entire family had been slaughtered there in the garage. As a former cop, he expected his old cop buddies to do whatever it took to find who killed his family. Instead, the police set their sights on David Camm...
Sources:
Article
CBS News | Walking Free (Richard Schlesinger)
CBS News | The Alibi: Reasonable Doubt (Mary-Jayne McKay)

NBC News | 'We are Going Backward': How the Justice System Ignores Science in the Pursuit of Convictions (Jon Schuppe)

Indiana Daily Student | Suspended Justice (Katie Mettler)

Indianapolis Monthly | Trial and Errors: The David Camm Saga (Brandan Alford)

Justia | David Camm v. State of Indiana

Indy Star | David Camm Confessed to Murders While Getting Tattooed, Former Inmate Says (Grace Schneider)

Find Law | CAMM v. STATE

Wikipedia | David Camm

WHAS 11 | Mala Singh Mattingly Travels from Trinidad to Testify

Englert Forensics | Bio

ABC News | Former Indiana Trooper David Camm Found Not Guilty After 3rd Trial in Family's Slaying (Linsey Davis)

Wave 3 | Camm Trial 8/29: Kim Camm Bought More Insurance, Left Friend ‘Concerned' in Weeks Before Murder

Shows
Dateline | Season 22: Episode 21 – Mystery on Lockhart Road

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RE-RELEASE: Anna Delvey - The SoHo Con Artist Feb 24, 2022

Hi everyone! Mogab was sick this week, and so unfortunately we do not have a new episode for you all. We did not want to leave you hanging, though, so we decided it was a great time to re-release our episode on Anna Delvey!
This week, Kristin tells Mogab the story of Anna Delvy - one of the greatest con artists of our generation, which is saying a lot since Millennials can claim both Billy McFarland from Fyre Fest and Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos. Everyone loves a good scam story. And this is definitely a good scam story. So good, in fact, that Shonda Rhimes is making a show with Netflix about Anna Delvy: the German heiress trying to open her Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good (or something like that...). She lives in New York's fanciest hotels, is at all the best parties, and loves to tip big and take lavish trips with her friends. But weird things keep happening: her credit cards keep getting declined, or she's having trouble tapping into her trust fund, so her friends start covering for her. Only, she's not a German heiress. And she doesn't actually have any money. So how did she manage to con all her friends Into funding this lifestyle she wanted so badly?
I want to point people towards the National Center for Victims of Crime, who have a Financial Crime Resource Center. They wanted to provide a resource for victim-centered services in the area of financial fraud and so they produce a guide called

Taking Action: An Advocate’s Guide to Assisting Victims of Financial Fraud

This guide is designed to provide advocates with practical victim-centered resources to help navigate the various options available for reporting crimes, protecting other assets and preventing re-victimization. It also offers advice on how to assist with psychological and – where possible – financial recovery.

Sources:
“How Anna Delvy Tricked New York” by Jessica Pressler, printed in New York Magazine

“My Misadventures with the Magician of Manhattan” by Rachel Deloache Williams, printed in Vanity Fair

“Who Is Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey, the Alleged Soho Grifter?” by EJ Dickson for Rolling Stone Magazine

“Anna Sorokin Was Just Sentenced for Grand Larceny and Theft. Here’s What's Next for the ‘Soho Grifter' by Mahita Gajanan

“‘Anna Delvey’ Might Not Profit From Netflix Series on Her Life as a Fake Heiress” by Sharon Otterman of the New York Times.

“Anna Delvey Didn’t Look Rich—Which Is Exactly Why She Seemed Like She Was” by Rachel Tashjian printed in Garage

Anna Sorokin entry on Wikipedia

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The Disappearance of Jerry Michael Williams Feb 17, 2022

It was December 16, 2000 in Tallahassee, Florida. 31 year old Jerry Williams, who was known by his middle name Michael or Mike, was up before dawn, gearing up for a ducking hunting trip on Lake Seminole, a large reservoir located on the Florida Georgia border, about 60 miles from Tallahassee. It was a usual routine for Mike to get up early on the weekends and go duck hunting, he was a very experienced hunter. But Mike never came home from this hunting trip. It was like he just completely vanished.
Sources:
Articles
Wikipedia | The Murder of Jerry Michael Williams

Tallahassee Democrat | Man With Ties to Cold Case in Jail on Unrelated Charges (Jennifer Portman)

Book
Evil at Lake Seminole by Steven B. Epstein
Shows
Disappeared - Mystery on Lake Seminole (Season 4 | Episode 10)

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The Story of Melissa Lucio Feb 10, 2022

On April 27, 2022, in less than 80 days from the release of this episode, Texas will execute a woman who is most likely innocent, for a crime that most likely never happened in the first place, unless a miracle happens. This is the story of Melissa Lucio, and the corrupt route the state of Texas took to make her the first Hispanic woman on death row.
PLEASE contact the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at 512-406-5852 and Governor Greg Abbott at 512-463-2000 and request clemency for Melissa Lucio.
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Sources:

Articles
Texas Observer | A Texas Mother Could Be Executed in April (Lise Olsen)

Court Documents
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Documentaries
State of Texas vs. Melissa Lucio (Hulu)

Podcasts
Podcast - Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom

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The Murder of Jennifer Cave Feb 03, 2022

When Sharon Cave got a call that her 21 year old daughter, Jennifer, had not shown up to work, she was worried. Jennifer lived about 3 hours away in Austin, Texas, and there wasn't much Sharon could do except call around to all of Jennifer's friends, hospitals, even morgues. She was able to find out that Jennifer had gone out with a friend of hers the night before named Colton Pitonyak, but when Sharon spoke to Colton he told her he didn't know where Jennifer was. When she still hadn't been found by the next day, Sharon and her boyfriend, Jim Sedwick, decided to make the drive to Austin. Jennifer's car had been found in the parking lot of Colton's apartment, and Sharon knew that behind his door lay the key to Jennifer's whereabouts. When Jim finally managed to get inside the apartment, he was not prepared with what he would find.
Sources:
Articles
Texas District & County Attorneys Association | The Murder Next
Door

Wikipedia | The Murder of Jennifer Cave

Medium | The Preventable and Grisly Murder of Jennifer Cave (Brianna Bennett)

Find Law | PITONYAK v. STATE

Podcasts
The Orange Tree, Season 1

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The Truth Behind Lucky Jan 27, 2022

Alice Sebold is best known for her best selling novel, The Lovely Bones, but that wasn't her first book. A few years before, Alice wrote a memoir titled Lucky that chronicled a brutal rape she experienced in 1981, when she was 18. She wrote about identifying the man that raped her, testifying against him in court, and dealing with the trauma of being raped. In 2019, the film rights to Lucky were purchased and the project was green lit. But as producer Tim Mucciante read through the script and the memoir, he started seeing discrepancies that didn't sit right with him, especially when it came to the conviction of the rapist, Anthony Broadwater.
Sources:
Articles
The New York Times | He Was Convicted of Raping Alice Sebold. Then the Case Unraveled. (Corina Knoll, Karen Zraick and Alexandra Alter)

Daily Mail | How Dogged Movie Producer Proved the Wrong Man Went to Prison for Raping Lovely Bones Author (Jennifer Smith)

Variety | Alice Sebold’s ‘Lucky’ to Be Adapted for Film by ‘13 Reasons Why’s’ Karen Moncrieff (Elsa Keslassy)

Variety | You’ Star Victoria Pedretti Tapped to Play Alice Sebold in ‘Lucky,’ Based on the Author’s Memoir (Angelique Jackson)

MEAWW | How a Netflix Producer Brought Justice to a Man Wrongly Convicted of 1981 Rape Case (Kunal Dey)

Washington Post | FBI Admits Flaws in Hair Analysis Over Decades (Spencer Hsu)

Contexts | Microscopic Hair Comparison and the Sociology of Science (Simon A. Cole and Troy Duster)
Wikipedia | The Lovely Bones
Wikipedia | Alice Sebold

Books
Lucky by Alice Sebold

Other
Go Fund Me | Anthony Broadwater

Medium | Statement from Alice Sebold

Cornell Law Review | Cross-Racial Identification Errors in Criminal (Sheri Johnson)

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The Survival Story of Tania Head Jan 20, 2022

In 2003, the survivors of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001 were still attempting to recover from the trauma they endured that day. One of the only places to go for support was a Yahoo chat room for 9/11 survivors and family members that lost loved ones in the attacks. One of the survivors in the group, Tania Head, saw the need for survivors to have their own group, one where they could talk freely about the details of that horrific day without the fear of offending anyone. She created a group just for survivors, and it was then that she finally felt comfortable sharing her own story. Tania had been on the 96th floor of the South Tower the day the planes hit, and her journey to survival was so incredible, so harrowing, that it left the others in the group at a loss for words. They admired her so much for what she'd gone through, and the strength she showed. Eventually, Tania helped to form the World Trade Center Survivors Network, and was elected president. She gave guided tours of ground zero, where she would share her story with visitors. No one knew that Tania Head was hiding a secret.
Sources:
Articles
NY Times | In a 9/11 Survival Tale, the Pieces Just Don’t Fit (David W. Dunlap, Serge F. Kovaleski)
The World Trade Center Survivor's Network | Surviving 9/11 (Gary Bogacz)
Wikipedia | Alicia Esteve Head

Documentaries
The Woman Who Wasn’t There
Podcast
Swindled | Episode 37: The Survivor
Organizations to Support

https://www.911memorial.org/donate

https://www.tuesdayschildren.org/

https://scholarshipamerica.org/families-of-freedom/

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The Murder of David Castor Jan 13, 2022

Stacey Castor seemed to be in a panic when she called the police to report that her husband, David Castor, didn't make it into work. She told them he'd been feeling depressed, and was concerned it was suicide. Police went to the Castor home and discovered David's body on his bed, dead from antifreeze poisoning. Based on Stacey's comments, they were primed to label it a suicide and call it a day. But one detective wasn't so sure, especially when he learned Stacey's first husband was also dead...
Sources:
Articles
ABC News | 'Black Widow' Stacey Castor Accused in Anti-Freeze Murder (Angela Chambers)

ABC News | Exhumed Body Reveals Stacey Castor's First Husband 'Didn't Just Die' (Angela Chambers and Jon Meyersohn)

NCBI | Gender Differentiation in Methods of Suicide Attempts

Medium | Stacey Castor Killed Two Husbands and Tried to Frame Her Daughter (Megan Ashley)

Oprah Daily | Hear Ashley Wallace of Poisoned Love Tell Her Story—in Her Own Words (Elena Nicolaou)

Wikipedia | Stacey Castor

CrimeNeverSleeps | Did "Black Widow" Stacey Castor Kill Her Father Too?

CNY Central | Stacey Castor Case Back in Court (Jim Kenyon)

Shows
20/20 | Season 41 Episode 23 Black Widow

Other
Suicide Letter Scan

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The Murder of Steven Mineo Jan 06, 2022

Steven Mineo had been a devoted follower of cult leader Sherry Shriner for all of his adult life. He considered Sherry a prophet of God, and believed her when she preached about Alien reptiles that had come to Earth to take over human bodies, and how these "reptilians" would lead to the return of the antichrist. Through Sherry's devoted online community, Steven met Barbara Rogers, and it wasn't long before they were referring to each other as husband and wife. Everything seemed great, until one day Sherry suddenly turned on Barbara and Steven, and her entire online community followed suit...

Disclaimer: Mogab was on location over the holiday break when we recorded this, and despite our best efforts, her audio is not up to our usual quality.

A huge thanks to these sources:

Articles

WNEP News | Homicide Trial Woman Claims Online Alien Cult Led to Deadly Shooting (Carmella Mataloni)

USA Today | She Killed Her Boyfriend Because Of An Alien Cult – And Was Sentenced To Up To 40 Years (Ryan Miller)

Books

Aliens on the Internet By: Sherry Shiner

Shows

Deadly Cults: Online Alien Reptiles

Other

Orgone Positive Energy Devices

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The Murder of Travis Alexander - Part 2 Dec 16, 2021

Travis Alexander's friends found him dead in his own home, and immediately they all started pointing the finger at his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias. But Jodi had an alibi - she'd been on a road trip to see some friends when Travis was murdered. Jodi's stories would become more ridiculous as she tried to cover up and excuse what she did, and her trial was unlike any you've ever heard of.

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The Murder of Travis Alexander - Part 1 Dec 09, 2021

We're tackling a big one here today, which is why we'll be delivering this story to you in 2 parts. Part 2 is available right now over on our Patreon at all levels, so if you can't wait until next week, hop over there to finish this wild saga.

Travis Alexander met Jodi Arias at a work conference, and sparks started flying immediately. They started a long distance relationship, complete with late night phone calls for hours and trips back and forth to see each other. But the relationship devolved, and quickly became extremely toxic on both sides. They seemed to just bring out the worst in each other, but they couldn't stay away from each other. His friends were worried for Travis, but no one expected the relationship to actually end in murder.

Sources:

Books

Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story: A Beautiful Photographer, Her Mormon Lover, and a Brutal Murder (Shanna Hogan)

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The Rainbow Murders Dec 02, 2021

This week Kristin tells Mogab about the double murder of Vicki Durian and Nancy Santomero. It was the summer of 1980, and the girls were hitch hiking their way across the country to Pocahontas County, West Virginia to attend a festival called the Rainbow Gathering. They never arrived, and the investigation into their murders would rove around twists and turns until the unsettling conclusion...

Sources:

Books

The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (Emma Copley Eisenberg)

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The Murder of Jessica Dishon Nov 18, 2021

On September 10, 1999, Edna Dishon arrived home in the afternoon to see her 17 year old daughter's car in the driveway. Jessica should have still been at school, so Edna went inside the house to see if she'd stayed home sick that day, but Jessica wasn't there. She called the school and found that Jessica had never arrived. But when she looked inside her car, she knew immediately that something was terribly wrong. Inside were Jessica's backpack, purse, phone, and one shoe inside. Her phone had two numbers punched in: 9-1. Edna and her husband, Mike Dishon, rushed to the police station to report Jessica missing, but the sheriff's deputy didn't see any cause for concern. He told them Jessica probably ran away, or maybe she was at the football game. He told them to come back the next day if Jessica didn't come home. But Jessica never came home.

Sources:

Articles

ABC News | Why the First 72 Hours in a Missing Persons Investigation are the Most Critical, According to Criminology Experts (Julia Jacobo)

Mamas Board | Jessica Dishon

WDBR News | Behind Bars: Stanley Dishon Says He Did Not Kill Niece Jessica (Jason Riley)

Documents

Model Policy for the Evaluation of Examinee Suitability for Polygraph Testing

Shows

Blood Runs Cold - Episode “The Secret

Cold Case Files - Episode “A Family Secret”

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The Murder of Anderson Do Carmo Nov 11, 2021

We might not recognize the name Flordelis dos Santos de Souza, but in Brazil, she is a celebrity. She was born in the slums of Rio de Janeiro called favelas, the 4th of 5 children, and after she made her way out, she made a name for herself as a gospel singer, eventually becoming a congressman.

But her real claim to fame was the fact that she seemed to have a real heart for the children being affected by the drugs wars in the country, and she started adopting them. She didn’t stop adopting them until she had at least 55 children. She married one of her earliest adopted sons, Anderson Do Carmo. And then, in 2019, Anderson was murdered…

Sources:

Articles

The New Yorker | The Murder Scandalizing Brazil’s Evangelical Church (Jon Lee Anderson)

Wikipedia | Candelária Massacre

Globo | Flordelis Treated

Children Differently; 'First Generation' Had Access to Better Quality Food and

Rooms (Felipe Freire and Pedro Bassan and Jornal Nacional)

MEL Magazine | Congresswoman, Gospel Singer, Murder Suspect: The Wild Story of Flordelis

The Guardian | Did Brazil’s Evangelical Superstar Have Her Husband

Killed? (Tom Phillips)

Social Media

Twitter | Flordelis Thread

YouTube | Flordelis' Channel

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The Affluenza Murders Nov 04, 2021

In 2013, a drunk 16 year old named Ethan Couch caused a car accident that resulted in the deaths of 4 people. He pled guilty to the 4 counts of intoxicated manslaughter and was looking at a possible 20 years in prison. But his defense team was ready. They told the court that Ethan had an excuse for his behavior - he was too rich to know better.

Sources:

Articles

ABC News | 'Affluenza' DUI Case: What Happened Night of the Accident That Left 4 People Dead (Caila Klass and Alexa Valiente)

The New York Times | Teenager’s Sentence in Fatal Drunken-Driving Case Stirs ‘Affluenza’ Debate (Manny Fernandez and John Schwartz)

D Magazine | The Worst Parents Ever (Michael Mooney)

HG Legal Resources | What is the Affluenza Defense?

Science Direct | Alcohol Blood Level

Wikipedia | Affluenza

Dallas Morning News | Judge Defends Putting Ethan Couch on Probation I had all the Facts Most People Don't (Naheed Rajwani)

LA Times | Family of ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch Tangled with Law in the Past (AP)

Fox News | What Happened to 'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch? A History of a Family Breaking the Law (Frank Miles)

People | 'Affluenza' Teen Ethan Couch and Mother Tracked to Mexico After Using Cell Phone to Order Domino's Pizza (Char Adams)

Washington Post | How a Domino’s Pizza Order Helped Lead to the Capture of ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch (Elahe Izadi and Sarah Larimer)

Videos

YouTube | |20/20: A Case of Affluenza

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The Man Who Ruined Halloween Oct 28, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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

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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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)

Podcast

Voices for Justice

Shows

Dateline | Season 29, Episode 11 - Hope Whispers

Social Media

TikTok | Michelle Guo’s @Mishguo

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The Murder of Colleen Ritzer Aug 19, 2021

It was 2013 in Danvers, Massachusetts and Colleen Ritzer had been teaching math at Danvers High School for just 2 years. She loved teaching math and her students loved her, which is why it was such a shock when just before Halloween that year, she went missing. Her parents called around to her friends and colleagues looking for her when she didn't come home at her usual time and wasn't answering her phone, but no one knew where she'd been. Her parents tried not to worry too much - she'd probably made plans and forgotten to tell them, but maybe she'd been in an accident and unable to reach them. They decided to go up to the school and look for her. They found her car in the parking lot, but no sign of Colleen anywhere. And that's when they discovered Colleen wasn't the only person that was missing. Diana Chism had filed a missing persons report on her son, Phillip Chism, after he failed to come home after school. Police investigated both cases, but no one was prepared for what they found...

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Videos

YouTube | The Disturbing Case of Colleen Ritzer (That

Chapter)

YouTube | Community Heartbroken by Young Teacher's Death

(WCVB Channel 5)

YouTube | Teen Admitted Murdering Danvers Teacher (WCVB)

Articles & Documents

Discover School | Salem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem -

Economic and Social Divisions -

Court Documents | Search Warrants & Warrant Applications

Boston Globe | Official describes brutal injuries to

Colleen Ritzer (Maria Cramer)

CNN | Defense: Teen Had Psychotic Episode During Killing

(Sarah Jorgensen)

The New York Times | Timeline Provides Details for a

Grisly Crime Against a Teacher (Katharine Seelye)

Daily News | Philip Chism, Mass. Teen Accused of

Murdering Teacher, was Coerced into Confession

(AP)

The Salem News | Philip Chism Told police 'Trigger Word'

Made Him Angry at Colleen Ritzer (Julie Manganis)

Boston.Com | Mistake Led to Chism Crime Scene

‘Slaughterhouse’ Being Cleaned (Allison Manning)

The Eagle-Tribune | Families Suffer Through Difficult

Testimony in Chism Trial (Julie Manganis)

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The Murder of Cheryl Lynn Downs Part 2 Aug 12, 2021

Detectives have uncovered a potential motive to explain why Diane Downs would try to kill her three children, but can they prove it? They work to build their case, but it's going to be tough, especially when Diane becomes a media darling. There is very little evidence, and the only witnesses are severely injured, young children. Meanwhile, Diane has big plans of her own. She wants to have another baby...

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Sources:

Books

Small Sacrifices (Anne Rule)

Articles

ABC News | Surgeon Who Helped Save 1 of Diane Downs’ Kids in 1983 After She Shot Her Recalls Chilling Interaction (Effron, Lauren, and Dooley, Sean)

Murderpedia | Diane Downs

TimeToast | Diane Downs Timeline

Wikipedia | Diane Downs

ABC News | Woman On Finding Peace After Learning Mother is Child Killer Diane Downs: 'Though That's Biologically My Makeup, It's Not Who I am Inside (Taudte, Jeca, Schiffman, Keren and Francis, Enjoli)

The Famous People | Diane Downs Biography

The Mommy Murder Case of Diane Downs That Rocked the 80s (Casaus, Sara)

Distractify | Diane Downs Was Sentenced to Life in Prison, but What Happened to Her Husband?

Alcatraz East Crime Museum | Diane Downs

Heavy | Diane Downs’ Children Now: Christie, Danny & Becky Today

Crime Museum | Diane Downs

DeLani Bartlette | Diane Downs: Hungry Like the Wolf

Diane Downs Website

The Trouble With Justice | The Diane Downs Case Was No Small Sacrifice

Videos

Inside Edition | Diane Downs Says From Prison That She Shot Her 3 Kids for Her Lover

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The Murder of Cheryl Lynn Downs Part 1 Aug 05, 2021

It was late on May 19, 1983 when the car pulled up to the ER in Springfield, Oregon. Inside were three children, and they'd all been shot in the chest. Their mother, Elizabeth Diane Downs, had a horrifying story to tell: she'd been driving the kids home that night when a bushy haired stranger had flagged her down. He tried to steal her car, but when Diane put up a fight, he pulled out a gun and shot her kids. The story seemed so bizarre to detectives, so unbelievable, that they couldn't help but suspect Diane of being behind the shooting. But why would a mother shoot her own children?

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Sources:

Books

Small Sacrifices (Anne Rule)

Articles

ABC News | Surgeon Who Helped Save 1 of Diane Downs’ Kids in 1983 After She Shot Her Recalls Chilling Interaction (Effron, Lauren, and Dooley, Sean)

Murderpedia | Diane Downs

TimeToast | Diane Downs Timeline

Wikipedia | Diane Downs

The Famous People | Diane Downs Biography

The Mommy Murder Case of Diane Downs That Rocked the 80s (Casaus, Sara)

Distractify | Diane Downs Was Sentenced to Life in Prison, but What Happened to Her Husband?

Alcatraz East Crime Museum | Diane Downs

Heavy | Diane Downs’ Children Now: Christie, Danny & Becky Today

Crime Museum | Diane Downs

DeLani Bartlette | Diane Downs: Hungry Like the Wolf

Diane Downs Website

The Trouble With Justice | The Diane Downs Case Was No Small Sacrifice

Videos

Inside Edition | Diane Downs Says From Prison That She Shot Her 3 Kids for Her Lover

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The Infamous Astronaut Jul 29, 2021

Colleen Shipman's flight arrived in Orlando a little after 1 AM on February 6, 2007. Exhausted, she didn't realize someone else had arrived at the airport - someone that was watching her. They stalked her as she discovered her baggage was delayed and her drink her coffee and eat her danish in the airport Starbucks. They followed her onto the shuttle bus that would take her to her car, and finally, when they were alone in the parking lot, they struck, attacking her with pepper spray before Colleen was able to get away.

The most bizarre part of Colleen's night would be when she discovered the identity of her stalker, and the reason for the attack.

Sources:

Article

People | Astronaut Love Triangle: Colleen Shipman Says of Her

Husband: 'They Were Making Him Out to be Something Horrible' (Jeff Truesdell)

New York Times | Astronaut Charged With Attempted Murder (Maria

Newman and Christine Hauser)

Biography | Lisa Nowak: Why the Astronaut Drove 900 Miles to Attack

Her Ex's Girlfriend (Sara Kettler)

Texas Monthly | Lust in Space (S. C. Gwynne)

Wikipedia | Lisa Nowak

CNN | Ex-astronaut Can Take Off Ankle Bracelet

Book

Out There by: Diane Fanning

Video

YouTube | Colleen Shipman; Astronaut Love Triangle Turns Dangerous

YouTube | Nowak Case: A Look At What Happened At Airport

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The Murder of Angie Dodge Jul 22, 2021

On June 13, 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge was found in her apartment in Idaho Falls brutally raped and murdered. Despite having plenty of DNA in the case, police quickly ran out of suspects until the following January, when a new lead brought them to 20-year-old Christopher Tapp. His DNA didn't match that left at the crime scene, but that didn't matter - not after he gave police a confession about his involvement. By trial, Chris recanted his confession, saying it was coerced, but why would anyone confess to something they hadn't done?

Sources:

Articles

East Idaho News | After 25 Years, Brian Dripps Goes to Prison for Rape and Murder of Angie Dodge (Eric Grossarth)

CBS News | How A Discarded Cigarette Led to an Arrest In Idaho Teen Angie Dodge's Cold Case Murder (Rybak, Schwartz, DiFiore, O'Connell and McLaughlin)

East Idaho News | Chris Tapp Sues Idaho Falls and Former IFPD Officers for Wrongful Conviction (Grossarth)

ISHI News | Unraveling the Twisted Case of Angie Dodge

East Idaho News | The Angie Dodge Case from 1996 Until Today. What’s Happened, Why and What's Next. (Nate Eaton)

Innocence Project | Christopher Tapp (Ken Otterbourg)

Post Register | Key Witness in Tapp Case Recants Testimony (Johnathan Hogan)

Documentaries/Shows

20/20 | Season 43 Episode 17: Stranger Than Fiction

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The Attempted Murder of Payton Leutner Jul 15, 2021

On May 30, 2014, Morgan Geyser celebrated her 12th birthday with her two best friends: Payton Leutner and Anissa Weier. They did all the normal stuff 12 year olds do at slumber parties - they went to a skating rink, they played dress up, they played on their phones. But the next morning, Payton was found in the park with multiple stab wounds.

First responders were shocked to find a 12 year old who had been stabbed, but their shock would turn to horror when she told them who had done it: 12 year old Morgan Geyser. And the reason behind the attack would lead investigators down a rabbit hole of internet lore, centered around one character: Slenderman.

Sources:

Articles

NPR | Judge Orders Release Of Wisconsin Woman In Slender Man Case (AP)

Meaww | Where Payton Leutner is Now? Slender Man Stabbing Victim Slept with Scissors Under Pillow (Alakananda Bandyopadhyay)

Know Your Meme | Slender Man

Documentaries/Shows

HBO | Beware the Slenderman - HBO

20/20 | Season 42 Episode 5: The Wicked

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The Murder of Brook Baker Jul 08, 2021

It was the spring of 1997 and Brook Baker was a journalism student at Vincennes University in Indiana, working on an expose of one of the fraternities on campus. One night, her brother went to visit her apartment where he found her dead in her bedroom. In the bathroom, the tub had been left running, and the kitchen sink had been filled with water. As police investigated, their suspect list continued to grow faster than they could eliminate people - there were the brothers of the fraternity, the creepy landlord who would come into her apartment often unannounced, her on again, off again boyfriend. But every lead they went down turned up more questions than answers...

Sources:

Articles

Oxygen | Bathtub Clues Left At Crime Scenes Leads To Killer Of 2 University Students (Joe Dziemianowicz)

Documentaries

6 Degrees of Murder | Season 1 Episode 6 “Crime Writer”

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Starvation Heights: The Murder of Claire Williamson Jul 01, 2021

The worst mistake Claire Williamson ever made was the day she responded to an ad in a Seattle daily newspaper to ask for a copy of Fasting for the Cure of Disease, a book by Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard. Claire and her sister, Dorothea, who went by Dora, were extremely close and extremely wealthy, heirs to a fortune of nearly 29 million that they alone controlled, but they were obsessed with one thing: fad cures. Cures for what, you might ask? I have no idea because both Claire and Dorothea seemed to be in perfectly fine health. Neither of them suffered from any serious illness. But Claire especially could not let this search for wellbeing go. She would die to be healthy.

Sources:

Books

Starvation Heights (Gregg Olson)

Articles

Healthline | What is An Osteopath

Forgotten Minnesota | The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?

Murderpedia | Linda Burfield Hazzard (Crow, C.J., Ellis, Fullerton, and Morris, JJ)

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The Shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Jun 24, 2021

One day, Biology professor Amy Bishop spent 50 minutes in a staff meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville before pulling a gun out of her purse and letting shots fire around the conference room. By the time her gun jammed, only a minute into the shooting, she’d already killed 3 people and injured 3 others. At first glance, this seemed to be retaliation - Amy had recently been denied tenure. But then police in Alabama got a phone call from the chief of police in Amy’s hometown near Boston that would send their investigation in an entirely different direction…

Sources:

Articles

The New Yorker | A Loaded Gun (Patrick Radden Keefe)

CNN | Alabama Shooting Survivor "There Was No Way to Ever Anticipate This"

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The Mysterious Death of Rebecca Zahau Jun 17, 2021

Rebecca Zahau was found hanging outside the Speckles Mansion on Coronado Island, California. She was naked, bound, and gagged, and there was a disturbing message written on the wall, which to most lay people immediately looked suspicious. But police were quick to categorize this death as a suicide. This was especially odd, since just 2 days later there had been another death in the mansion - that of 6 year old Max Shacknai, which had happened under Rebecca’s supervision. Was this a case of grief leading to a suicide? Or was Rebecca actually murdered, and if so, by whom?

Sources:

Articles

Town & Country | The Mysterious Deaths That Rocked a Wealthy Southern California Enclave (Sean Elder)

Documentaries

Oxygen | Death at the Mansion

Investigation Discovery| Zahau: An ID Murder Mystery

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The Murder of Martha Puebla Jun 10, 2021

Martha Puebla was 16 years old when she became a victim of gang violence, gunned down while sitting outside her house chatting with friends. The suspect was obvious - Jose Ledesme and Mario Catalan had been arrested for another murder and told that Martha had identified them as the shooter. But instead of going after Jose and Mario, investigators arrest Mario's little brother, Juan Catalan, for the murder of Martha Puebla. Proving his innocence would require a wild goose chase involving the Dodgers, HBO, Larry David, and an enormous amount of luck.

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Sources:

Articles

The Los Angeles Times | Interrogation, Then Revenge (Joel Rubi & Ari B. Bloomekatz)

LA Weekly | Clearing the Case (Celeste Fremon)

LA Weekly | Bad Night for the Vineland Boys (Christine Pelisek)

The Los Angeles Times | 2 Men Charged in Valley Slayings (Jean Guccione and Andrew Blankstein)

Court Documents

Study Lib | Document 18288765

Documentary

Netflix | Longshot

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The Fraud of Fyre Fest Jun 03, 2021

Back in Spring of 2017, Fyre Fest was going to be the experience of a lifetime. A luxury music festival in an idyllic tropical setting on a private island in the Bahamas. Festival-goers were promised a real-life island fantasy with luxury accommodations, gourmet food and the chance to party with rappers and models. People paid hundreds to hundreds of thousands for their tickets and accommodations for Fyre Fest, expecting a weekend living in the lap of luxury.

What they got was something slightly less than that. The luxury villas they were promised turned out to be FEMA disaster relief tents. The local seafood, Bahamian style sushi, and pig roast they were promised turned out to be… you know it - cheese sandwiches in a styrofoam container. Mostly rich millennials with job titles like influencer were suddenly resorting to Lord of the Flies level anarchy just to make sure their most basic needs were met.

And it all started when Billy McFarland met rapper Ja Rule...

Sources:

Articles

The Ringer | Fyre Fight: The Inside Story of How We Got Two Warring Fyre Festival Documentaries in the Same Week (Scott Tobias)

CNBC | Fyre Festival: How a 25-year-old Scammed Investors

Out of $26 Million (Tom Huddleston Jr.).

Daily Beast | Netflix’s ‘Fyre’: Inside the Millennial Scam of the Decade (Amy Zimmerman)

The New York Times | Fyre Festival Ticket Holders Win $7,220 Each in Class-Action Settlement (Sarah Bahr).

Documentaries

Hulu| Fyre Fraud

Netflix | Fyre - The Greatest Party That Never Happened

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The Murder of Peter Falconio May 27, 2021

In 2001, British tourist Peter Falconio disappeared while traveling with his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, through the remote Australian Outback. Joanne was found with her wrists tied, duct tape around her neck, and blood on her shirt. Her story was bizarre and didn’t seem to fit the physical evidence, and the questions in the case would continue to pile up...

Sources:

Articles

The Guardian | Doubts Mount Over Outback Manhunt (Patrick Barkham)

Books

Dead Centre by Robin Bowles

Videos

YouTube | Outback Manhunt: The Search for Peter Falconio

Indigenous organizations:

https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/06/15/indigenous-charities-you-should-be-supporting/

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The Murder of Angela Samota May 20, 2021

This week, Kristin tells Mogab about the murder of Angela Samota. Angela was a 20 year old college student in Dallas, Texas when she called her boyfriend, Ben, in the middle of the night sounding really odd. She said there was a man in her apartment asking to use the bathroom and her phone, and she asked Ben to keep talking to her. When she suddenly hung up, Ben was worried and drove over to her apartment. There, she was found on her bed, stabbed to death. It would take 20 years and a best friend who never gave up on finding Angela's killer for this case to finally be solved.
Sources:
Articles
The Dallas Morning News | From the Archives: Architect Suspected of SMU Sorority Student's Murder Cleared in Surprise Twist (Christopher Wynn)
The Washington Post | Her Friend’s Brutal Murder was
Unsolved for Decades. This is How She Helped Find the Killer (Lindsey Bever)
ABC 8 | Man Found Guilty in 1984 Slaying of SMU Student (WFAA Staff)
The Crime Report | Dallas Police ‘Ruined My Day’ in Charging Con in Cold Case Murder
Podcast
Criminal, Episode 88: Cold Case

Other
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:16-CV-1150-S | Bess V. Davis

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A Darkness Within: The Angela Diaz Story May 13, 2021

This week, Kristin tells Mogab all about Angela Diaz. She was an attorney and a survivor of cervical cancer who had finally found love in Ian Diaz. They were married within a month of meeting each other, and a few months after that Angela became pregnant with twins! Everything was going great for the new couple, until someone started a major harassment campaign against Angela. She started receiving threatening emails, and someone started posting ads on Craigslist, posing as Angela and asking men to make her rape fantasies come true. It became clear that the longer this person continued, the more danger Angela was in. But she knew exactly who was posting the ads and sending the emails....

Sources:

Articles

Los Angeles Times | Woman is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Framing Husband’s Ex-fiancée in Craigslist Rape Fantasy Plot (Alene Tchekmedyian)

Fox 5 | Woman Jailed for Months in ‘Rape Fantasy’ Hoax Was Actually a Victim, DA Says (Tribune Media Wire)

Film Daily | True Crime Tales: Why Did Angela Diaz Frame her Husband’s Ex? (Bec Heim)

BuzzFeed News | A “Rape Fantasy” Plot Sent Her To Jail. Now She’s Fighting Back. (Jessica Testa)

OC Weekly | Judge Isn't Impressed With Wrongly Arrested Lady's Case Against Deputy U.S. Marshal (Scott Moxley)

Courthouse News Service | Anaheim Settles Lawsuit by Woman Framed in ‘Rape Fantasy’ Case (Martin Macias Jr.)

Daily Beast | Real-Life ‘Gone Girl’ Framed Love Rival in Twisted Craigslist Rape Plot (Kate Briquelet)

Other

PowerPoint | People vs. Angela Diaz and Exoneration of Michelle Hadley

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Beyond Serial:The Case Against Adnan Syed May 06, 2021

We have a special episode for you today! You might call it a passion project. It’s Kristin’s birthday week and for her birthday, she decided this episode was going to be her genie wish case - you know, the one case you would spend a genie wish on to find out exactly what happened.

We all know the case - it’s been covered extensively in podcasts like Serial, HBO documentaries, books, blogs, etc - January 13, 1999, High school student Hae Min Lee was murdered. Her body was found almost a month later, half buried in Leakin Park in Baltimore. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, is serving a life sentence for her murder, but we all have QUESTIONS.

This won’t be a total recap of Serial. Instead, Kristin takes Mogab BEYOND Serial, diving into everything Serial left out or didn’t uncover. Let’s get into it!

Sources:

Podcasts

Serial Season 1 (Sarah Koening)

Undisclosed Season 1 (Rabia Chaudry, Susan Simpson, Colin Miller)

Truth and Justice season 1 (Bob Ruff)

Books

Adnan’s Story by Rabia Chaudry and Adnan Syed

Documentaries

The Case Against Adnan Syed

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The Lawsuits of Taylor Swift and Kesha Apr 29, 2021

It's Mogab's BIRTHDAY EPISODE!! It's a two for one episode today where Kristin tells Mogab all about that time our girl, Taylor, was assaulted at a meet and greet, and then sued because of it! The level of audacity is high in this one.

Then, Kristin tells Mogab about Kesha's court situation against her producer, Dr. Luke. Just after Kesha signed a 6 year record deal with Dr. Luke's label, he (allegedly) raped her. Kesha has done everything possible to get out of this contract with her abuser, but the system continues to fail her. You will not listen to 'Praying' the same again.

Sources

A full list of sources can be found here: Episode 29: Taylor Swift & Free Kesha Sources

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FRAMED: Kelli Peters Apr 22, 2021

Kelli Peters was just out there living her best life, volunteering at her daughter's school while running a small business painting tie-dyed jeans, when a police officer came to the school to say he needed to speak to her. The officer told her that they'd gotten a call that she'd been driving at the school under the influence of drugs, and that she had drugs in her car parked at the school. Kelli was shocked. The worst thing she'd ever done in her life was that time she threw her company phone out the window after she'd quit. So she let the officer search her car, and low and behold - they find the drugs. "They're not mine!" Kelli insisted, like every other person in that situation.

But Kelly wasn't lying. It turns out, Kelli had an enemy.

Sources:

Articles

LA Times | Framed (Christopher Goffard)

Other

Data USA | Irvine, CA

Videos

Dr. Phil Episode | PTA Mom Claims Another Mom Tortured

Her Allegedly As Revenge For Schoolyard Spat

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The Murder of Abraham Shakespeare Apr 15, 2021

All of Abraham Shakespeare's wildest dreams came true the day he realized he'd won $30 million dollars in the lottery. From dropping out of school in 7th grade to being incarcerated in a juvenile detention center for theft until he was 18, he hadn't had the easiest life. But now, this money would change everything. He wouldn't have to struggle anymore.

Unfortunately, that turned out not to be the case. People started popping up all over the place, whether they actually knew Abraham or not, asking him for money. He knew what it was like to struggle financially, and so he gave and gave and gave and gave. But it was exhausting. Until Dee Dee Moore showed up, saying she could help with all his problems. After all, she had a very helpful nature...

Sources:

Articles

Film Daily | Abraham Shakespeare’s Florida Lotto Murder Mystery: All the Details (Bethany Wade)

Book

Unlucky Number: The Murder of Lottery Winner Abraham Shakespeare (Deborah Mathis)

Websites

Murderpedia.Org

Videos

YouTube | Trust & Treachery - Abraham Shakespeare Murder

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The Gustafson Family Murders Apr 08, 2021

This story starts with a bit of an urban legend. An urban legend about 16 year old Daniel LaPlante tormenting two teenage girls by pretending to be the spirit of their late mother. Kristin tells Mogab the real story behind the legend, and how Daniel went from terrorizing teenage girls to murdering pregnant mother Priscilla Gustafson and her small children.

Sources:

Articles

Boston Globe | Neighbors Recall Suspect in Slayings as One Who Sowed Fear

UPI | A Teenager Accused of Holding a Man and His Three Daughters Hostage

AP News | Police Capture Youth Accused of Killing Three (Brian Murphy)

Boston 25 News | Family of Murdered Woman, Children Say Man Never Showed Remorse

AP News | Man convicted of killing mom, 2 young kids appeals sentence (Bob Salsberg)

Los Angeles Times | Man Who Found Slain Family Learns to Rebuild His Life From Tragedy (Dana Kennedy)

Lowell Sun | Judge: ‘I could pull the switch’ (Lisa Redmond)

Others

Joe Turner Books | The Bizarre Story of Daniel LaPlante

Fake Crime, True News Blog | Daniel LaPlante

Talk Murder With Me Blog | Daniel LaPlante

Commonwealth vs. Daniel J. LaPlante 416 Mass. 433

Commonwealth vs. Daniel J. LaPlante 482 Mass. 399

Legacy Obituaries | Gustafson, Andrew

Sportsman Bail Bonds Blog | How Long is a Life Sentence

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The Murder of Julie Kibuishi Apr 01, 2021

23 year old Julie Kibuishi was found murdered in her friend, Sam Herr's, apartment. She'd been shot twice in the back of the head, written on the back of the sweater she was wearing were the words "She's all yours... f*** you", and Sam Herr was nowhere to be seen. Police found texts from Sam, showing that he had asked Julie to come to his apartment the night she was murdered. It was clear - all signs pointed to Sam.... until they started pointing to someone else. Enter Daniel Wozniak....

Sources:

Articles

Los Angeles Times | Wozniak Jury Won’t Hear About Murder Victim’s Arrest in 2002 Slaying, Judge Rules (Jeremiah Dobruck)

Heavy.Com | Juri "Julie" Kibuishi's Murder & Crime Scene ( S.M. Walsh)

ABC News | Actress Convicted of Lying to Police About Ex-fiancé’s Double Murder Pleads Innocence in Interrogation Tapes (Lauren Effron, Joseph Diaz, Denise Martinez-Ramundo)

Los Angeles Times | Wozniak Defense Raises Possibility of His Fiancée’s Role in Murder Plot (Jeremiah Dobruck)

Los Angeles Times | Trial Set On Accessory Charges for Rachel Buffett, Ex-fiancée of Double Murderer Daniel Wozniak (Daniel Langhorne and Hannah Fry)

Los Angeles Times | Jury Convicts Double Murderer’s Former Fiancé of Being an Accessory After the Fact (Priscella Vega)

Video

YouTube | Southern California's Daniel Wozniak Case

Other

Daniel Wozniak Is My Friend Blog

Episode of 20/20 - The Final Act

Episode of 20/20 - Mystery in Apartment 401

Dr. Phil episode with Rachel Buffet

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The Murder (and Cover Up) of LaVena Johnson Mar 25, 2021

LaVena was 19 years old and fresh out of high school when she was deployed to Balad, Iraq with the US Army. Within just a few months of her deployment, LaVena was dead. The Army called it a suicide and asked everyone to kindly move on, nothing to see here, folks!

But her dad, Dr. John Johnson, was noticing things that just didn't add up with the Army's story. He fought them for all of the information they had on her death, and once he received the information, he could not believe what he was seeing. There was just no way this was a suicide...

Sources:

Articles

Donald Watkins | The Murder of PFC LaVena Johnson - Part 1-3(Donald Watkins)

St. Louis Public Radio | 10 Years Later, A Soldier's Family Still Grieves and Questions the Army's Version of her Death (Mary Delach Leonard)

Democracy Now | Suicide or Murder? Three Years After the Death of PFC LaVena Johnson in Iraq, Her Parents Continue Their Call for a Congressional Investigation (Amy Goodman)

Los Angeles Times | A Death With Two Stories Evidence (David Zucchino)

NPR | Soldier's Family Challenges Army Suicide Report (Michel Martin)

Other

YouTube | The Story of PFC LaVena Johnson on the Rock Newman Show (Rock Newman Show)

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The Murder of Betsy Faria Mar 18, 2021

Betsy Faria was 42 years old when she was brutally stabbed to death in her home. Her husband, Russell Faria, was the one to find her body, and immediately police were suspicious of him, even though his alibi was rock solid. Throughout their investigation, police would uncover Betsy's friend, Pam Hupp, was the last person to see Betsy alive. She was also the sole beneficiary of Betsy's life insurance policy, and had no alibi for the time of Betsy's murder. Unfortunately, it seems the police on this case were what the French call 'les incompetents', and they arrested Russ Faria for the murder of his wife.

But Betsy would not be the last person murdered....

Sources:

Articles

St. Louis Magazine | The Unimaginable, Infamous Case of Pam Hupp (Jeannette Cooperman)

Fox 2 Now | In Her Own Words: Pam Hupp on Her Mother's Fatal Fall (Chris Hayes)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Once Sentenced to Life for His Wife's Murder, Russell Faria to Get $2M to Settle Lawsuit Against Police (Robert Patrick)

Film Daily | How The Awful Murder of Betsy Faria Inspired A True Crime Phenomenon (Victoria Stuewe).

Today | Renee Zellweger Set To Make Broadcast TV Debut in True Crime Story (Scott Stump)

Other

Case Text - Faria v. McCarrick Case No. 4:16-cv-01175-JAR

The National Registry of Exonerations - Russell Faria

Podcast

Dateline Podcast: The Thing About Pam

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The Free Britney Movement Part 2 Mar 11, 2021

This week we continue our Spears saga, diving into the conservatorship that has controlled Britney Spears' life for 13 years. Free Britney!

Sources: See part 1 for the rest of our sources for this episode.

Articles

NBC News | Britney Spears' Ex-manager Ordered to Stay Away from Singer, Her Family For 5 Years (AP)

ABC News | Britney Spears vs. Sam Lutfi: 7 Biggest Revelations from the Trial (Sheila Marikar)

VOGUE | These Were Britney Spears’s Best Performances of All Time (Christian Allaire)

US Weekly | Sam Lutfi Details Britney Spears’ Alleged Drug Addiction in Court (Justin Ravitz)

HuffPost | Britney Spears, Jason Trawick Split Orchestrated By Jamie Spears

Billboard | Jason Trawick Added to Britney Spears' Conservatorship (Anthony McCartney)

Documentaries

New York Times Presents: Framing Britney (Hulu)

Podcasts

Eat, Pray Britney Podcast

Britney's Gram Podcast

Videos

YouTube| Britney Spears Primetime Interview with Diane Sawyer 2003

YouTube | Britney's Gram - Anonymous Voicemail

Other

Temporary Conservator Declaration

Elder Law Office of George F. Dickerman | Conservatorships and Undue Influence

www.FreeBritney.net

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The Free Britney Movement Part 1 Mar 04, 2021

This week, Kristin and Mogab dive into the major rabbit hole that is Britney Spears and the Free Britney Movement. For the past 13 years, Britney Spears has been living under a legal conservatorship that has complete control over her person and her estate. It controls who she talks to, where she lives, what she eats, what jobs she can take, and how she spends her money. The person in control of all of this is her father, Jamie Spears, someone that Britney has never been close to.

In part 1, Kristin tells Mogab all about what led up to Britney being put under the conservatorship. We all watched Britney's decline through tabloid and paparazzi eyes, but what's the real story? #FreeBritney!

Sources:

Articles

Glamour | The Britney Spears Conservatorship Situation Fully Explained (Abby Gardner)

Quad City Times | Britney Spears Drives with Son on Her Lap (AP)

Los Angeles Times | Spears is Released from UCLA Hospital Psychiatric Ward (Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton)

Daily Mail | Britney Spears Claims Never Seen Letter Silenced Threatened Team (Cheyenne Roundtree)

Los Angeles Times | Precision Teamwork in Spears Operation (Andrew Blankstein, Scott Gold, and Richard Winton)

ABC News | Could Britney Be Committed Against Her Will? (Emily Friedman)

VICE | Behind the Mental Health Law That Kept Kanye West in the Hospital (Emalie Martha)

BabyGaga | Under Her Father's Control: 15 Rules Britney Spears Has To Follow (Cynthia Levy)

Daily Mail |Our Annulment was Bull***t... I was in Love with Her: Britney Spears' Ex Jason Alexander Opens Up About Pair's 55-hour Marriage (Sarah Bull)

Cosmopolitan | The Upsetting Reason Britney Spears Shaved Her Head in 2007 (Daniella Scott)

MTV News | Britney Spears Shaved Head, Gets Tattoo (Corey Moss)

People | Britney Spears's Father Says She Was 'Out of Control' (Courtney Rubin)

MTV News | Britney Spears Was Drugged, Controlled by Sam Lutfi, Parents Allege (Jennifer Vineyard)

People | Who's in Charge of Britney Spears' Money (Howard Breuer and Marla Lehner)

Oxygen | Who Is Sam Lutfi, The Controversial Figure Seen Alongside Britney Spears Just Before Her Conservatorship? (Gina Tron)

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Megan Meier and the MySpace Hoax Feb 25, 2021

It was September, 2006 and Megan Meier was 13 years old when the MySpace friend request popped up. It was from a boy named Josh Evans, and everything about him was perfect. Maybe a little too perfect... Talking to Josh made Megan happier than she'd been in a long time, because she experienced low self esteem and depression. Seemingly out of nowhere, Josh turned on Megan and began firing hateful messages at her, and this ended in absolute tragedy. But little did anyone know, Josh Evans wasn't real. Someone close to her was behind it all...

The Megan Meier Foundation

Seize the Awkward

Sources:

Friend Game by Lauren Collins

MySpace Hoax Ends With Suicide of Dardenne Prairie Teen by Steve Pokin

Megan Meier Police Reports

Exclusive: Teen Talks About Her Role in Web Hoax That Led to Suicide by Jonann Brady

Verdict in MySpace Suicide Case by Jennifer Steinhaur

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The Murder of Betty Gore Feb 11, 2021

This week, Kristin tells Mogab about the ax murder of Betty Gore. In a small town in Texas, Candy Montgomery just wanted to have an affair. She wanted something to shake up her boring housewife life, and she set her sights on Betty's husband, Allen. A year later, however, Betty would end up murdered after being struck with an ax over 40 times. How did this happen? How could a petite housewife with no history of violence do something like this? And what would her defense be at trial? And where are they now!?

Sources:

Love and Death in Silicon Prairie - Texas Monthly by Jay Atkinson and John Bloom

The Murder of Betty Gore at the Hands of Desperate Housewife Candy Montgomery by Kim Bryan

Candy Montgomery: The Desperate Housewife Who Murdered Her Good Friend by Sarah Mangiola

The Most Infamous Ax Murder in Collin County History by Alexandra Cronin

True story of ax murderer Candy Montgomery from Secret Lives of Stepford Wives by Asa Hawks

LEFT TO WONDER 20 years after the ax slaying of Betty Gore, victim's daughters still have questions by Doug Swanson

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Belle Gunness: Butcher of Men Feb 04, 2021

It's our first serial killer, peeps and creeps! This week, Kristin tells Mogab the story of Belle "Triflers Need Not Apply" Gunness, the most prolific female serial killer In American history.

Belle was a true success story - she was able to overcome the struggles of being a woman immigrating to the US on her own in the late 1800’s. She managed to make a very comfortable life for herself by employing such tactics as arson, insurance fraud, and lots of good ol’ fashioned murder. And many people, including me, think she got away with all of it.

Sources:

Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter

Triflers Need Not Apply: The story of deadly Belle Gunness by Kristy Puchko

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Brittany Murphy Jan 28, 2021

This week, Kristin tells Mogab all about Brittany Murphy and the mysteries surrounding her death. Brittany Murphy was a talented actress who starred in movies like Clueless, Girl Interrupted, Just Married, and 8 Mile. When she was 32, Brittany died suddenly of supposed "natural causes". People were confused - how could a healthy 32 year old woman die suddenly of natural causes? And then her husband, Simon Monjack, started doing interviews, and boy were they CREEPY. It made people wonder - could there be someone to blame for Brittany's death?

Kristin and Mogab also debate such philosophical questions as who is better: Eminem or TI? Is it offensive to compare Brittany Murphy to Lucille Ball? Is it a crime to have seen not a single one of her movies?

Sources:

Brittany Murphy: The Mysterious Circumstances Surrounding Her Death by Rachel Chang

The Final Difficult Days of Brittany Murphy by Alex Ben Block

Brittany Murphy's Brother Makes Fresh Claims over actress's Sudden Death

Does a Chilling Tape from Beyond the Grave Prove Brittany Murphy's British Husband Could Have Been Saved?

Cold Medicines Contributed to Brittany Murphy's Death, Coroner Says

Coroner: Brittany Murphy Didn't Abuse Alcohol or Drugs

How Did Brittany Murphy Die? Here Are the Creepy Details You Didn't Know

Staph Infections by Larry Bush

Neuropathy

The Issues of Recreational Use of Klonopin

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Susan Wright: The Blue-Eyed Butcher Jan 21, 2021

This week we dive into the case of the Blue Eyed Butcher. Susan Wright had been married to her husband Jeffrey for 5 years when she stabbed him 193 times all over his body. Yes. One hundred and ninety three times. She then buried him in their backyard and it was nearly a week until someone was alerted to the murder. But there may have been more to this story than first met the eye….

If you or someone you know Is experiencing domestic violence, go to www.hotline.org or call them at 1-800-799-7233

Sources:

193 by Skip Hollandsworth in Texas Monthly, February 2010

‘Cold Justice’ prosecutor Kelly Siegler faces possible contempt in Harris County death penalty case, federal judge warns - by Gabriel Banks in the Houston Chronicle

Battered Woman Syndrome July 7, 2009 Lenore E. Walker, EdD, ABPP-CL & Fam

Psychiatric Times, Psychiatric Times Vol 26 No 7, Volume 26, Issue 7

Battered Woman Syndrome

Medically reviewed by Debra Rose Wilson, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT — Written by Ana Gotter — Updated on July 5, 2017

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Wright v. State

'Blue-eyed butcher' sentenced to 20 years By Lena Jakobsson

Tx. Woman Who Tied Husband up in Bed and Stabbed Him 193 Times in 2003 Is Released from Prison By Chris Harris in People, December 31, 2020

Susan Wright, woman who killed husband in 2003 by stabbing him 193 times, freed from prison

Susan Wright formally released from prison after 16 years behind bars By Jessica Willey

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New York court clears woman of murder in battered-wife case By Aman Ali

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The Collar Bomb Heist Part 2 Jan 14, 2021

This week It's part 2 of the Collar Bomb Heist! Last week we discussed the heist itself, which Involved Brian Wells walking into a PNC bank with a bomb around his neck, a scavenger hunt to find the keys to unlock the bomb, a body in a freezer, and a cast of wild characters. This week, we discuss new witnesses in the case, new evidence that's been brought to light, the trials involved, and our theories!

Sources:

Music from Pond5.com

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The Collar Bomb Heist Part 1 Jan 07, 2021

Happy New Year, peeps and creeps! We are back this week with part 1 of the Collar Bomb Heist. On August 28, 2003 in Erie, PA, Brian Wells robbed a PNC bank for somewhere around $9,000, much less than the $250k he was trying to get. He was arrested nearby shortly after the robbery, and police discovered he had a bomb locked around his neck.

Brian told police that a group of black men had grabbed him while he’d been out on a pizza delivery, chained the bomb around his neck at gunpoint, and forced him to rob the bank. The bomb went off, killing Brian Wells, before the bomb squad could even arrive.

After his death, police found notes in his car, detailing a scavenger hunt he was to go on after he’d gotten the money that would lead him to all the keys and codes necessary to unlock the collar, and the police were left with so many questions. Who was the mastermind behind the twisted plot to rob the PNC bank, what was the point of the scavenger hunt, and just how innocent was Brian Wells?

Sources:

The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist by Rich Schapiro in Wired Magazine

Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist on Netflix

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The Goose Green Stabbing Dec 24, 2020

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, peeps and creeps! This week, your gift from True Crime Creepers is the story of the Goose Green Stabbings. In 2003, 14 year old John was stabbed twice: once in the chest and once in the abdomen. Though he survived, his friendship with his best friend, 16 year old Mark, did not. John told police it was a crazed mask wearing stabbing man that stabbed him, but the truth was - it was Mark. Police thought that was the end of their investigation, until they got their hands on 46,000 pages of chat transcripts from an MSN chatroom Mark and John were highly involved in, and police would see that this case involved everything from British spies to the Queen herself as they sought to understand what happened between these two teenage boys.

Sources:

“U Want Me 2 Kill Him?” by Judy Bachrach in October 10, 2006 Vanity Fair

Bizarre tale of boy who used internet to plot his own murder by Helen Carter

“National Health Service” entry on Wikipedia

Altrincham: the highest house prices outside the south-east

Podcast - Casefile

episode 104: Mark and John.

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The Texas Cheerleader Assassination Plot Dec 17, 2020

This Is about as Texas as it gets, peeps and creeps! Wanda Holloway wanted nothing more than to be a Texas high school cheerleader, but those dreams were dashed when her father refused to let her try out. But as we all know, the point of daughters is to allow their mothers to live vicariously through them. When Wanda had her daughter Shanna, she knew that one day she would see her cheerleading dreams fulfilled through Shanna. There was just one thing standing In her way - Verna Heath and her daughter, Amber. Wanda knew there was only one way to ensure Shanna got on the squad - assassinate Verna and Amber.

This is a true crime podcast, y'all. I can't make this stuff up.

Sources:

The Cheerleader Murder Plot by Mimi Schwartz In Texas Monthly, 1991

Cheerleader’s Mother Guilty in Murder Plot By Michael Kennedy, LA Times

The Texas Cheerleader Case: A Daughter's Painful Journey by Anne Long and Kristen Mascia

TEXAS MOM GETS 15-YEAR SENTENCE by Tom Curtis

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If you think you might have a toxic relationship with your mother, check out:

https://www.daughtersofnarcissisticmothers.com/

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The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders Dec 10, 2020

It's a rough one this week, peeps and creeps! Kristin tells Mogab all about the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders, where 4 teenage girls were murdered In 1991. Jennifer Harbison and Eliza Thomas were 17 years old, working the closing shift at the I Can't Believe It's Yogurt shop. Jennifer's sister, Sarah Harbison, 15, and Amy Ayers, 13, were hanging out at the shop until Jennifer got off work and could take them all home. Before that could happen, the 4 girls were shot execution style and then set on fire In what was described by the lead detective as "wholesale carnage". To make matters worse, the case turned cold for 8 years until the police narrowed In on 4 teenage suspects and attempted to prosecute them without any evidence. The case remains unsolved to this day.

Sources:

Who Killed These Girls? The Unsolved Murders That Rocked a Texas Town by Beverly Lowry

'Pure, unadulterated evil' | Exploring the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders by Bob Garcia-Buckalew

48 Hours episode - Innocence Lost

https://www.statista.com/statistics/194213/crime-clearance-rate-by-type-in-the-us/

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3622

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ferguson-federal-grand-jury-indictment-statistics-history-134942645.html

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-court-of-criminal-appeals/1159054.html

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3658

https://www.statesman.com/news/20161222/court-man-once-jailed-in-yogurt-shop-murders-cant-collect-funds

https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2011-12-16/scene-of-the-crime/

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Marissa Alexander and the 20 Year Warning Shot Dec 03, 2020

Welcome back, peeps and creeps! This week we have a real table flipping one for you. This is the story of Marissa Alexander, a woman in Florida who received a 20 year sentence (without the chance of parole) for firing a warning shot into her ceiling when her abusive husband threatened to kill her. Kristin and Mogab discuss how abusive relationships evolve, ways to spot them, and reasons women can feel trapped In these relationships.

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If you’d like to donate to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, you can do so at www.hotline.org/donate. They also have other ways to help them listed on their website.

Sources:

https://www.essence.com/news/marissa-alexander-exclusive/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1645234.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/why-couldnt-marissa-alexander-stand-her-ground-florida/328659/

https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/opinion/omara-minimal-sentencing-laws/index.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/angela-coreys-overzealous-prosecution-of-marissa-alexander

Marissa Alexander entry on Wikipedia

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/marissa-alexander-released-stand-your-ground.html

https://www.freemarissanow.org/about.html

https://www.wokv.com/news/local/rico-gray-was-begging-for-life/ClgAx1Tel2NooKeKTmXwfK/

https://www.jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-05-16/story/marissa-alexanders-husband-says-it-was-her-violent-nature-led-shooting?mmo_ccc=xfinity

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/10/17/1337149/-5-More-Women-Accuse-Marissa-Alexander-s-Abusive-Husband-Of-Extreme-Brutality

https://www.thehotline.org/support-others/why-people-stay/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fl

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UPDATE: Scott Peterson and Richard Glossip Dec 01, 2020

Hey peeps and creeps! We have an extra episode for you this week - an update on two cases we have previously covered! New suspects have been uncovered by a private investigator in the Scott Peterson case, as well as a new theory Kristin dug up. Could Laci have been killed at the hands of a serial killer?

We also have an update on the Richard Glossip case! His attorney, Don Knight, has uncovered a staggering 32 NEW witnesses that can testify in his defense, but right now the state will never hear from these witnesses. An Oklahoma representative is trying to change these laws that keep death row inmates from being able to present new evidence in their case if their appeals have all been exhausted.

Sources:

@saverichglossip on IG

https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-oklahoma-city-737af54104115503ae81a1b06c167923

https://www.kron4.com/news/california/scott-peterson-trial/scott-peterson-trial-who-are-the-new-suspects/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bouldercityreview.com/news/man-given-two-life-sentences-for-killing-dismembering-maid/amp/

https://ccadp.proboards.com/thread/7184/perry-monroe-suspect

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Anna Delvey: The SoHo Con Artist Nov 26, 2020

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends! This week, Kristin tells Mogab the story of Anna Delvy - one of the greatest con artists of our generation, which is saying a lot since Millennials can claim both Billy McFarland from Fyre Fest and Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos. Everyone loves a good scam story. And this is definitely a good scam story. So good, in fact, that Shonda Rhimes is making a show with Netflix about Anna Delvy: the German heiress trying to open her Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good (or something like that...). She lives in New York's fanciest hotels, is at all the best parties, and loves to tip big and take lavish trips with her friends. But weird things keep happening: her credit cards keep getting declined, or she's having trouble tapping into her trust fund, so her friends start covering for her. Only, she's not a German heiress. And she doesn't actually have any money. So how did she manage to con all her friends Into funding this lifestyle she wanted so badly?

I want to point people towards the National Center for Victims of Crime, who have a Financial Crime Resource Center. They wanted to provide a resource for victim-centered services in the area of financial fraud and so they produce a guide called

Taking Action: An Advocate’s Guide to Assisting Victims of Financial Fraud

Sources:

“How Anna Delvy Tricked New York” by Jessica Presster, printed in New York Magazine

“My Misadventures with the Magician of Manhattan” by Rachel Deloache Williams, printed in Vanity Fair

“Who Is Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey, the Alleged Soho Grifter?” by EJ Dickson for Rolling Stone Magazine

“Anna Sorokin Was Just Sentenced for Grand Larceny and Theft. Here’s What's Next for the ‘Soho Grifter' by Mahita Gajanan

“‘Anna Delvey’ Might Not Profit From Netflix Series on Her Life as a Fake Heiress” by Sharon Otterman of the New York Times.

“Anna Delvey Didn’t Look Rich—Which Is Exactly Why She Seemed Like She Was” by Rachel Tashjian printed in Garage

Anna Sorokin entry on Wikipedia

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The Murder at Lululemon Nov 19, 2020

Kristin tells Mogab about the murder of Jayna Murray, a 30 year old supervisor at the Lululemon store In Bethesda, Maryland. She and her coworker, Brittany Norwood, were brutally attacked In the store after closing by two masked assailants, and though Brittany managed to survive the horrific ordeal, Jayna tragically lost her life. The case would prove tricky to solve, and would take the police on twists and turns as they attempted to put together the evidence from the crime scene.

Sources:

“The Yoga Store Murder: The Shocking True Account of the Lululemon Athletica Killing” by Dan Morse

Brittany Norwood found guilty of first degree murder in Lululemon trial by Dan Morse and Michael S. Rosenwald

A twist in the Lululemon murder story reminds us that most crime isn’t random. by Christopher Beam

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The Jayna Troxel Murray Foundation

Annual Scholarships

They rely on the generous donations from friends, corporate partners, money raising events and others for donations which in turn allows the foundation Board of Directors to make annual scholarship distributions to schools and organizations which contributed to Jayna’s academics, athletics, faith, travel, fine arts and overall personal growth.

The purpose is to honor Jayna Troxel Murray by supporting and promoting her life interests and passions. The foundation goal is to promote these interests which were prominent and instrumental in defining and enriching Jayna’s life with the intended outcome of bettering the lives of others.

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The Murder of Laci Peterson Part 2 Nov 12, 2020

Did Scott Peterson really kill his wife, Laci? This is the question that haunts Kristin as she takes Mogab through the conviction of Scott Peterson in Part 2. They discuss the trial, the evidence against Scott, and all the evidence the jury never got to hear. Kristin discusses the antics of a jury that could have their own reality show, and gives Mogab some compelling alternate theories.

Sources for this episode:

Documentary:

The Murder of Laci Peterson on A&E

https://www.aetv.com/shows/the-murder-of-laci-peterson

Court Documents:

Conner's Autopsy

Defense witness testimony

Defense exhibits

People's exhibits

People's witness testimony

Articles:

Fox News: Scott Peterson Had Several Affairs

NBC News: Coroner Finds Plastic 'Noose' Around Peterson Baby's Neck

NBC News: Amber Frey Unravels Scott's Lies

ABC News: What police found in Scott Peterson's car after Laci Peterson's body was discovered

CNN: Detective reveals new evidence in Peterson case

New York Times: Scott Peterson’s Death Sentence Is Overturned

The Alta Journal: A Tale of Two Killings

Website:

https://www.scottpetersonappeal.org/

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The Murder of Laci Peterson Part 1 Nov 12, 2020

Mogab has been living under a rock and she knows it, okay! So Kristin tells her about the murder of Laci Peterson, who disappeared Christmas Eve 2002 when she was 8 months pregnant. Everyone seems convinced that her husband, Scott, murdered her, especially when it’s revealed that Scott had been having an affair with Amber Frey, and the media would go on to convict him night after night in the court of public opinion. However, the evidence against Scott is far from overwhelming. In part 1, Mogab and Kristin debate the guilt of Scott as Kristin takes Mogab through the events of the case, from the day Laci went missing to the day Scott is arrested for her murder.

Sources for this episode:

Documentary:

The Murder of Laci Peterson on A&E

https://www.aetv.com/shows/the-murder-of-laci-peterson

Court Documents:

Conner's Autopsy

Defense witness testimony

Defense exhibits

People's exhibits

People's witness testimony

Articles:

Fox News: Scott Peterson Had Several Affairs

NBC News: Coroner Finds Plastic 'Noose' Around Peterson Baby's Neck

NBC News: Amber Frey Unravels Scott's Lies

ABC News: What police found in Scott Peterson's car after Laci Peterson's body was discovered

CNN: Detective reveals new evidence in Peterson case

New York Times: Scott Peterson’s Death Sentence Is Overturned

The Alta Journal: A Tale of Two Killings

Website:

https://www.scottpetersonappeal.org/

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Scientology part 2: The Sociopath in Charge Nov 05, 2020

Welcome back, peeps and creeps! In this episode, Kristin tells Mogab all her favorite stories from her favorite subject: Scientology!

This episode focuses on the current leader of the church, David Miscavige, and the insanity that ensues under his leadership.

Kristin tells Mogab the story of how Miscavige schemed his way to the top, using blackmail, intimidation, and physical violence to get his way.

She then tells the story of the most insane, sadistic game of musical chairs that has ever been played (by FULL GROWN ADULTS).

Kristin finishes by telling Mogab the exciting story of how Claire Headley managed her escape from the International Headquarters of Scientology! They discuss how it’s possible Scientology has their Sea Org members trapped on these bases (FBI, answer for your crimes!).

The organization we are highlighting this episode is Families Against Cult Teachings. You can support them at https://www.familiesagainstcultteachings.org/

sources for this episode:

books:

"Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief” by Lawrence Wright

documentaries:

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - The HBO Special Alex Gibney

Podcasts:

"Scientology: Fair Game” by Mike Rinder and Leah Remini

"Surviving Scientology” by Jeffrey Augustine, episode 24 with Claire Headley

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Scientology part 1: Fair Game Nov 05, 2020

Mogab knows 0.0 about Scientology, so Kristin explains how this billion dollar business (slash cult) uses tax exempt money to harass people and ruin their lives. This is all done with directives from a written policy called Fair Game. These are their stories. Dun. Dun.

Kristin tells Mogab the story of Paulette Cooper, a journalist who wrote an expose on Scientology and was then harassed for the next several DECADES, including a frame job for sending bomb threats that nearly sent her to prison.

Then, Kristin tells Mogab how Scientology used Fair Game against the IRS to get tax exempt status.

This Is part 1 of our Scientology series. Part 2 Is available now!

The organization we want to highlight for this episode is The Aftermath Foundation.

The Aftermath Foundation exists to help those who want to leave Scientology and the Sea Organization, but lack a system of support they can rely on while getting on their feet in the outside world.

Support the Aftermath Foundation at theaftermathfoundation.org/donate/

Sources for this episode:

books:

The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology Tried to Destroy Paulette Cooper by Tony Ortega

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

documentary:

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - The HBO Special by Alex Gibney

"Scientology and the Aftermath" by Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, and A&E

Podcasts:

"Surviving Scientology" by Jeffrey Augustine

Articles:

Fair Game policy articles on Xenu.net

"Operation Snow White" entry on wikipedia

"Operation Freakout" entry on Wikipedia

pages from www.scientology.org

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The Unbelievable Story of Rape Oct 28, 2020

This week, Kristin tells Mogab about An Unbelievable Story of Rape. This story involves 2 investigations into the same serial rapist. One investigation could have not have gone worse, with the rape victim charged and fined for making a false report. The other shows what happens when an investigation is done right. Kristin and Mogab discuss the truth about false reports of rape, and what a normal response to trauma looks like (spoiler: there is no normal response).

Sources for this episode:

"An Unbelievable Story of Rape" by T. Christian Miller with proPublica and Ken Armstrong with the Marshall Project

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/12/16/an-unbelievable-story-of-rape

"False Report: A True Story of Rape In America" by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong

"Anatomy of Doubt" This American Life podcast episode 581

The organization we are highlighting this week is End the Backlog. Support End the Backlog at:

https://give.endthebacklog.org

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Coco Chanel was a Nazi Spy Oct 27, 2020

Welcome, creeper crew! This week, Kristin tells Mogab the story of Coco Chanel. Chanel was raised In poverty, but her adult life was spent In luxury as she built her fashion empire. Little did people know, she was also a German Intelligence Agent working with the Nazis during WWII. She ran several missions for the Nazis, and in return was able to continue living a life of luxury in Paris during the Nazi occupation. How did she manage to get away with her connection to the Nazis, avoid punishment, and maintain her legacy?

Sources for this episode:

Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War by Hal Vaughn

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The Questionable Case of Richard Glossip Oct 27, 2020

Welcome to the first episode of True Crime Creepers! In this episode, Kristin tells Mogab the story of Richard Glossip, who Is on death row In Oklahoma for hiring Justin Sneed to kill his boss, Barry Van Treese. His conviction Is based almost solely on Sneed's word, with no good evidence connecting him to this crime. How did the word of an accomplice carry enough weight to secure a conviction?

Just a warning that Mogab's audio quality is not tip top because she accidentally recorded through airpods Instead of the nice mic she has. Whoops. This has been rectified in all other episodes.

Sources for this episode:

The documentary "Killing Richard Glossip" by Investigation Discovery

Richard Glossip entry on Wikipedia

"Two truths and a lie: What records, interviews reveal about Richard Glossip’s murder conviction" by Cary Aspinwall

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