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The Las Cruces Bowling Massacre Mar 31, 2023

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On this week's episode we take a look back at a case from 1990 that remains unsolved to this day. A quadruple murder which has become known as the Las Cruces Bowling Massacre remains unsolved to this day. One of the most infamous unsolved murders in New Mexico is the 1990 Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre. In this incident, 7 people were shot, 4 which died, by two unknown assailants. The motive of the massacre was robbery; about $5,000 was stolen Las Cruces Sun New reporter Bethany Fruedenthal's article was a major source for this episode. She is an excellent reporter. SOURCES: https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2020/02/03/las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre-30th-anniversary-nightmare-in-las-cruces/4645475002/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1lH7Hdwy4Y www.readingeagle.com https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/idaho-prosecutors-disclose-internal-investigation-officer-bryan-kohber-rcna77262 https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/university-of-idaho-students-killed/new-court-documents-bradygiglio-violation-kohberger-case/293-bc9fd29f-0284-4b69-a86a-1a706d327963 Bethany Fruedenthal- Las Cruces Sun bfreudenthal@lcsun-news.com, 575-541-5449 or @bethanyfreuden1 on Twitter https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-yogurt-shop-murders-austin-texas-families-investigators-haunted-by-unsolved-case/ Tips can be provided anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Tips can also be provided online at NMCrimeStoppers.org or through the Crime Stoppers app, “P3 TIPS.”

Stephen Smith & The Murdaugh Connection Mar 24, 2023

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On this week's episode we head back into the Low Country and revisit another death that has been associated with the Murdaugh family. As most of you know, Alex Murdaugh was found GUILTY of killing his wife Maggie and Son Paul. With that case now wrapped up the focus has turned to another mysterious case involving the Murdaugh family, the alleged “hit & run” of 19 year old Stephen Smith. If you would like to learn more about the Murdaugh case, please checkout the episode we did with former SLED Lt. Rita Shuler: LISTEN NOW SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-YQpEuj0A https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11888375/How-major-Netflix-HBO-documentaries-revived-Stephen-Smiths-2015-death.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11888251/Stephen-Smiths-death-ruled-homicide-eight-years-dead-near-Murdaugh-property.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9722907/Cops-investigating-Stephen-Smiths-death-questioned-ties-Buster-Murdaugh-docs-reveal.html https://blandrichter.com/

Alfred Packer: America's First Hannibal the Cannibal? Mar 17, 2023

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Who was Alfred Packer? Was he America's first Hannibal the Cannibal? On February 9, 1874, Alferd Packer and five other men departed from the camp of Ute Chief Ouray, near what is now Montrose, Colorado. They were resuming a trek that had begun several months earlier in Provo, Utah, hoping to reach newly discovered gold prospects in Breckenridge, Colorado. While the original party was considerably larger, only Packer (as guide) and Israel Swan, Shannon Wilson Bell, George Noon, James Humphrey, and Frank Miller dared risk the sometimes brutal Colorado winter in search of riches. And brutal it was, as not long after leaving the safety of Chief Ouray's camp, the group was engulfed in a furious blizzard near the present site of Lake City, Colorado. Packer was next seen on April 16, 1874, straggling into the Los Pinos Indian Agency with little more than a rifle and a skinning knife belonging to members of his party. The story Packer told at that time was that, once the storm hit, he had set up camp while the others went forward in search of food. They never returned, and Packer subsequently headed out for Los Pinos. - https://www.museumtrail.org/alferd-packer SOURCES: https://www.museumtrail.org/alferd-packer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120993735/the-oskaloosa-independent/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/535743336/?terms=Alfred%20Packer%20dead&match=1&clipping_id=120991548 https://www.newspapers.com/image/226969329/?terms=Alfred%20Packer%20&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/728654362/?clipping_id=120990249&terms=Alfred%20Packer%20dea&match=1

Rita Shuler & the Murdaugh Murders Mar 10, 2023

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Checkout Crime Capsule from Killer Podcasts HERE or wherever you get your favorite Podcasts Former SLED employee, Rita Shuler, joins Crime Capsule to discuss the latest in the Murdaugh Murder trial. Retired Special Agent, Lieutenant Rita Y. Shuler, of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is also the author of The Lowcountry Murder of Gwendolyn Elaine Fogle: A Cold Case Solved. Lieutenant Rita Y. Shuler was supervisory special agent of the Forensic Photography Department of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) for twenty-four and a half years. She interfaced with the Attorney General’s Office, solicitors and investigators, providing photographic evidence assistance in the prosecution of thousands of criminal cases. Her interest in photography started as a hobby at the age of nine with a Kodak “Brownie” camera. Before her career as a forensic photographer, she worked in the medical field as a radiologic technologist for twelve years. Her interest in forensic science evolved when she X-rayed homicide victims to assist with criminal investigations. Shuler received her specialized law enforcement photography training at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia, South Carolina, and the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. She holds a special love for the South Carolina Lowcountry and enjoys walking, beaching, crabbing, fishing and shark tooth hunting. She resides in Johns Island, South Carolina. Purchase her book HERE

Alex Murdaugh GUILTY!!! Mar 03, 2023

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Alex Murdaugh is convicted of killing his wife & son. Thank you to SLED for the audio.

Jonelle Matthews: Solved! Feb 24, 2023

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On December 20th, 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was abducted from her sleepy neighborhood north of Denver. Despite extensive searches and a national push for answers her case went cold... until it wasn't. Tune in for Who Killed Jonelle Matthews? If you'd like to support this show directly, you can do so by donating via the Venmo app with my name @bill-huffman-3. Thank you for your continued support. For more information about this case and to stay up to date on the trial starting in October I recommend following me on Twitter @billhuffman3. Thank you for listening! SOURCES: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85783869/ https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/02/03/jonelle-matthews-murder-accused-killer-pleads-not-guilty-trial-set/4354316001/ https://account.idahostatesman.com/paywall/subscriber-only?resume=234982707&intcid=ab_archive New trial date set for man accused of killing Jonelle Matthews ...https://www.coloradoan.com › story › news › 2021/06/23 Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1985 https://web.archive.org/web/20190727044806/https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/crime/jonelle-matthews-disappearance-anniversary-timeline-of-events/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85787267/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85787458/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRhg9G5D_hU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-REzgZGaY&t=5s

The Cleveland State Murders Feb 17, 2023

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Over the course of several months in 1982, Spisak, driven by his Nazi beliefs, killed three people at CSU - the Rev. Horace Rickerson; CSU student Brian Warford; and Timothy Sheehan, an assistant superintendent for buildings and grounds at the university. Spisak also shot John Hardaway, a factory worker, and Coletta Dartt, a CSU employee. - Cleveland.com Spisak would go on "hunting parties" and targeted Rickerson, Warford and Hardaway because they were black, according to his parole records. SOURCES: https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/02/frank_spisak_executed_for_csu.html www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/02/as_nazi_sympathizer_frank_spis.html blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/02/frank_spisak_executed_for_csu.html www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/02/17/17-ohio-execution.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfP_tC7OWpI www.users.on.net/~bundy23/wwom/spisak.htm

The Cleveland Torso Killings Feb 10, 2023

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A big thanks to Jim Harold, the man of a million podcasts, for joining me this week to discuss one of Cleveland’s oldest mysteries, the Torso Killings. Thank YOU for tuning in to this week's episode of Who Killed...? As a reminder, I drop new episodes of Who Killed…? every Friday, wherever you get your favorite podcasts. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT, you can do so the show via the Venmo app with my username @whokilled. Every contribution helps keep these podcasts running. If you do enjoy this podcast you can also support the show by leaving a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to favorite shows. If you’d like to stay up to date on the cases I have covered, as well as the new shows I have coming down the pike, please follow me on Twitter @billhuffman3. Link to Jim Harold's Podcast

The Kirtland Cult Killings: Part 1 & 2 Feb 03, 2023

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On today’s episode we are going to start a look into the Kirtland Cult Killings from 1989 in Kirtland, Ohio. Located in Lake County and only a 25 minute drive east of Cleveland the small town became a national story in January 1990. After moving to town, Lundgren became a lay minister in Kirtland for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Dale Luffman, president of the northeast Ohio chapter of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, said Lundgren worked from 1985 to 1987 at a church temple in Kirtland. Lundgren conducted tours for the public of the church's 153-year-old temple in Kirtland when he moved from Kansas City, Mo. SOURCES: https://www.news-herald.com/2014/12/30/kirtland-cult-killings-looking-back-at-lake-countys-worst-mass-murder-25-years-later/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080828040940/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/24/ap/national/mainD8KV5DV80.shtml https://www.news-herald.com/2014/12/30/kirtland-cult-killings-time-has-healed-the-city-of-faith-and-beauty/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14500204 https://web.archive.org/web/20061019025800/http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/18/bc.na.gen.us.cultleader.ap/index.html https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kirtland-cult-killings_n_7088210 https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio/cleveland/kirtland-cult-cle/ https://fox8.com/news/true-crime-in-cleveland-kirtland-cult-murders/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJso4RfdCg http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=68347 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88389254/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88389475/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88390405/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88391008/ https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/kirtland-ohio?lang=eng&abVersion=V02&abName=GLOB88 caselaw.findlaw.com https://www.news-herald.com/news/ohio/kirtland-cult-killings-timeline-of-events/article_d13876c8-f5bb-5134-8ee3-3f0df58ed99f.html https://youtu.be/OZJso4RfdCg

Joseph Paul Franklin- America's Racist Serial Killer Jan 27, 2023

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On this week's episode we look into the horrible crimes committed by racist Joseph Paul Franklin. From 1977-1980, Franklin raged his very own race war as he traveled the country murdering at his discretion. This is truly one of the worst people I have ever researched. A riveting, cautionary tale rooted in history that continues to echo today, The Killer's Shadow is a terrifying and essential exploration of the criminal personality in the vile grip of extremism and what happens when rage-filled speech evolves into deadly action and hatred of the “other" is allowed full reign. -The Killer's Shadow Sources: Murderpedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0HgdWWSCaI The Killer's Shadow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8sYQwK6Fpk

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