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Our Spirit Cannot Die: Unsolved Murders at Illinois State Apr 27, 2018

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This week, we travel to Illinois State University, Rachel's Alma Mater. We take our title from the words of the old fight song to say "Our Spirit Cannot Die". However, there are still two unsolved murders at this midwestern state school. In 1975, Carol Rofstad died of head injuries after being attacked outside of her sorority house. This case is the oldest unsolved case in the Illinois State Police database. In 1993, Jennifer Lockmiller was found stabbed and strangled in her apartment. Her ex boyfriend was convicted of her murder but was declared innocent on appeal. The case is still unsolved.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Golden State Killer (EAR/ONS) Apr 26, 2018

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Special Report on the capture of the Golden State Killer

"Reefer Madness" and Richard Kirk Apr 20, 2018

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For 4/20, we bring you the history of America's battle with the morality of pot and the ax murder that lead to it being banned. We even discuss how the history of Marijuana was racially biased (and we don't even get to the war on drugs).
Then, we bring you the story of Richard Kirk, a man who killed his wife and tried to claim it was the THC candy that made him do it.
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Charles Walton Apr 13, 2018

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Happy Friday the 13th! We are bringing you an unsolved murder from England this week. The death of Charles Walton was never solved, but was rumored to be witchcraft.

The Greatest Conman Apr 07, 2018

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WhooooaaaaaaaaaoohhhhLadies and Gents this is the moment you've waited for....
PT Barnum and other men made money off the scams and hoaxes they protrayed. What makes these conmen different from each other? Which cons are legal? Hear about a few other conmen ... and then the side of Barnum that Greatest Showman didn't tell you about.

RISE UP! (Marsha P. Johnson and Sophie Scholl) Mar 30, 2018

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For the finale of Women's History Month, we bring you "Women of the Resistance". We are a little more political than usual, just to warn ya. We broadly define resistance as those standing for what is right against those who oppose them up to and including the law.
First, Rebecca covers the life and death of Marsha P. Johnson, a transwoman who helped spur the gay rights movement. Rachel then depresses us all with the story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Movement against the Nazis.
Special thanks to our voices of the resistance - Heather Dykes, Karen Lesman, August Roy, Abbie Lesman, Tracy Owens, Ariana Lesman.
Quotes from: Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling, Malala, Margeret Mead, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Eli Wiesel.
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Black Widows Mar 25, 2018

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Continuing with Women's History Month, we cover the most famous type of female killers, Black Widows. Broadly, Black Widows are women who kill their husbands. However, we also talk about... the Marvel Hero, spiders, praying mantises... weird sexual practices in animals... and get to the point. Stacey Castor, Evelyn Dick, and the Black Widow of Kyoto.

Ireland's Vanishing Triangle Mar 16, 2018

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It's St. Patrick's Day at Yours in Murder so your hosts return to the motherland. (We are pretty Irish...)
In the 1990's, eight women vanished without a trace in Ireland, within an area later called the "Vanishing Triangle".
Thanks to Dara Mahon from the Trail Went Cold Discussion Group for the topic.
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Manipulation (Credonia Mwerinde & Gypsy Rose Blancharde) Mar 09, 2018

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Our second women's history month episode covers the idea of manipulation. Rachel dives into the life of Credonia and the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. After that, Rebecca tackles Munchausen's by Proxy and the case of Gypsy Rose Blancharde.
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Political Women (Corday/Fromme &Moore) Mar 04, 2018

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For Women's History Month, we will be covering cases committed by women. We each take a case the other may know nothing about and report on it. First up, political assassinations by women. First, we cover Charlotte Corday and the assassination of Marat (And Rebecca recites the history of the French Revolution). Then, Squeaky Fromme and Sarah Jane Moore's attempts on President Ford in what Rachel calls "Manson Family part 4 (And Rachel sings Sondheim.)
Background info in this episode comes from a variety of sources, including the Assassinations episodes of Caustic Soda and Wine and Crime. Check them out.
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