Crack House Chronicles

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Oakey "Al" Kite, Jr., who on the morning of May 24th, 2004, 53-year old Al Kite failed to show up for work. Later that day, investigators would search his house... and found the remains of Al in his own basement. He had been brutally and methodically murdered by an unknown assailant... who had likely posed as a po...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.  On January 21, 1959, Alfalfa and a friend went to the Mission Hills home of Moses "Bud" Stiltz, to collect a debt Alfalfa believed he was owed. A fight broke out, during which Stiltz shot and killed Alfalfa . A jury later ruled the incident justifiable homicide. https://crackhousechronicle...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie interviews Ashley McCraw, daughter of Walter Vernon McCraw who was last seen by his parents on July 6, 2018 when they dropped him off at the Waffle House on 1808 E. Dixon Blvd. Shelby North Carolina. An officer found Vernon sleeping in the grass with his leg in the road just down the street at the McDonald's at 206 E. Dixon Blvd. on July 11. Th...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale are pleased to have special guest James Renner on the show to discuss the murder of Lisa Pruett. James Renner is mostly known for his true-crime journalism. As a reporter for Cleveland Scene, he uncovered new clues and suspects in the cold-case murder of Amy Mihaljevic . His work led to the successful closure of the Tina Harmon case in...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the 1990 murder of Lisa Pruett. She was a popular 16-year-old Shaker Heights High School student who snuck out of her house one late September evening to go visit her boyfriend Dan Dreifort. She was found in the early morning hours stabbed to death before she'd made it to his house. Police would focus on Kevin Young, even bring...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the Tylenol murders which were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims had all taken Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/cr...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale drop in and discuss Lavinia Fisher who was an American criminal who, according to urban legends, was the first female serial killer in the United States of America. S he was married to John Fisher, and both were convicted of highway robbery—a capital offense at the time—not murder. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH!...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the disappearance of Kurt Newton. Kurt was last seen at the remote Natanis Point Campground in Chain of Ponds, Maine, six miles from the Canadian border, on September 1, 1975. He was camping with his parents, his older sister and three other families from their hometown of Manchester, Maine. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Ch...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss Brian James Dugan who is a convicted rapist and serial killer who was active between 1983 and 1985 in Chicago's western suburbs. He was known for having informally confessed in 1985 to the 1983 abduction, rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville, Illinois, which was a highly publicized case. He was already...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Marleen Warren. On Saturday May 26, 1990, Marlene was finishing breakfast with her son and his friends when she heard a knock on their front door. Marleen wasn't expecting anyone but answered the door anyway. She was greeted by someone wearing a clown costume and white face paint, clutching a flower arrangement an...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Gary Lee Grant, Jr.  On January 12, 1984. Atlantic City, New Jersey. Seven-year old Gary Grant Jr. leaves his home after telling his mother he is meeting someone for an appointment. Two days later, Gary's body is discovered in a vacant lot after he has been bludgeoned to death with a pipe. Thanks to Robin Warder f...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the shocking murder of Candace Hiltz. Candace was a seventeen year old single mother, a junior at Brigham Young University and a newly accepted student to be at Stanford Law School. She dreamed of becoming a Supreme Court Justice. The investigation was shoddy from the beginning: The crime scene wasn't protected and sealed, evid...

August 2, 1993, marked a horrific day for small town Savona, New York, when local teenager Eric Smith murdered a 4-year-old boy, Derrick Robie, who lived across town. Early that morning, Smith, 13, had spotted the child walking alone to a summer camp at the park. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp....

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the disappearance of Brian Shaffer who went missing on the night of March 31, 2006, Shaffer went out with friends to celebrate the beginning of spring break; later he was separated from them and they assumed he had gone home. However, a security camera near the entrance to The Ugly Tuna Saloona bar recorded him briefly talking...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale deliver an extra large murder case.  Mitchell Sims and Ruby Carolyn Padgett, both from West Columbia, South Carolina, declared war on Sims' former employer, Domino's Pizza, where Sims had been a manager, in December 1985. Their violence spanned the entire continental United States – from South Carolina to California.   https://crackhou...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale are joined again my Laura Riste (pronounced Rist E) and we are discussing David Clayton Warner who was last seen in Jefferson City, Tennessee on March 2, 1983. That day, he said he was going to a church function up the street from his home. He did go to the church, but did not go inside. Instead, he went to Druther's Restaurant for a h...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale take a ride in the murder mobile and discuss William Devin Howell - The Sick Ripper who is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven women in 2003. He is of the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronic...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the disappearance of Thelma Pauline Melton (Polly) who was hiking on Deep Creek Trail in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park with two friends on September 25, 1981. She was last seen shortly after 4:00 p.m. that day, when Melton suddenly sped up her pace and walked ahead of her companions. They saw her walk over a hill on t...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the 1999 shooting of a young and pregnant Cherica Adams who has forever been etched into the memories of North Carolina's residents. The investigation led to one of the most high-profile trials in the country, with a National Football League star Rae Carruth at the center of it all. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer reporter. ht...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss Patrick Tracy Burris, also know as "Big Country", was an American spree killer responsible for at least five known murders in Cherokee County, South Carolina in 2009. He had known ties to Lincoln, Gaston and Cleveland County NC. Over a span of six days, he shot and killed five people. His final known victim died of her injuries...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale interview Laura Riste from www.canadiangurl77.com who has researched Trenny Lynn Gibson since 2003. Trenny Gibson accompanied 40 of her classmates from Knoxville, Tennessee on a field trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park on October 8, 1976. The students were hiking to Andrews Bald on the trip and separated into small groups when...

In this Part 2 episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale finish the discussion of Susan Smith who was found guilty of killing her two young sons in order to continue a relationship with a man. Susan had a troubled childhood, which was plagued with suicide attempts and traumatizing events. Her father committed suicide when she was 6 years old. She was also sexually abused by her stepfat...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss Susan Smith who was found guilty of killing her two young sons in order to continue a relationship with a man. Susan had a troubled childhood, which was plagued with suicide attempts and traumatizing events. Her father committed suicide when she was 6 years old. She was also sexually abused by her stepfather. Her marriage, too,...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles we give the fans a special look inside the Crack House from its humble beginnings to where we are today. We also discuss past episodes and updates on cases we've covered.  Special thanks to all of our fans!  We love everyone of you!!

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donne and Dale team up the Jennie from Murder On My Street podcast to do an in depth discussion on the Asha Degree case. Asha went missing at the age of nine from Shelby, North Carolina, United States. In the early morning hours of February 14, 2000, for reasons unknown, she packed her bookbag, left her family home north of the city and began walking...