Hitched 2 Homicide

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! The Bone Collector and the Girls of the West Mesa: Unraveling a Mystery On February 2, 2009, a woman walking her dog stumbled upon what appeared to be human bones protruding from the dry, dusty ground of the West Mesa. Law enforcement was quickly called to the scene, and what they found was a mass grave. Over the next few months, the remains of eleven women and a...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! The Hatfields and the McCoys: A Tale of Blood, Betrayal, and Vengeance The roots of the Hatfield-McCoy feud trace back to the Civil War era. Both families were large, influential, and fiercely loyal to their kin. The Hatfields, led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, resided in West Virginia, while the McCoys, headed by Randolph "Randall" McCoy, lived acros...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! The Jane Anker Hylton Case: A Tale of Justice, Injustice, and DNA Exoneration In the quiet suburb of Sacramento, California, on a fateful night in July 1978, Jane Anker Hylton, a 30-year-old mother of three, was brutally murdered. The heinous crime not only devastated her family but also sparked a decades-long saga that would eventually highlight both the fallibil...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! The Shocking Case of Helle Crafts: The Wood Chipper Murder On the night of November 18, 1986, Helle Crafts was last seen by her friends and colleagues. She had confided in them about her concerns regarding her husband’s infidelity and her intention to divorce him. When she didn’t show up for work the next day and her friends couldn’t reach her, worry began to set...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! Leonard John Fraser: The Rockhampton Serial Killer and Rapist Leonard John Fraser, infamously known as "The Rockhampton Rapist," is one of Australia's most notorious serial killers. His heinous crimes in the 1990s shocked the nation, leaving an indelible mark on the history of criminal activity in Queensland. This blog post delves into the life, crimes, and eventu...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! Between 1978 and 2001, the bustling streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in British Columbia, Canada, masked a sinister secret. Over these years, at least 65 women vanished, seemingly swallowed by the night, leaving a trail of heartache and mystery. The authorities often turned a blind eye, attributing these disappearances to the women's involvement in drug ad...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! The Fatal Nightcap: The Mysterious Death of Mary Marrs Cawein On the night of July 4, 1965, the Idle Hour Country Club in Lexington, Kentucky, was bustling with the sounds of celebration. Among the attendees were Dr. Madison Cawein, a prominent hematologist, and his wife, Mary Marrs Cawein. The couple, known for their social charm and affluence, enjoyed an evening...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! Unveiling the Mystery: The Case of Susan Schwarz, The Queen of Hearts In the quiet suburban town of Lynnwood, Washington, the autumn of 1979 was forever marked by a chilling discovery. On October 22, 1979, the body of 24-year-old Susan Schwarz was found in her home, a victim of a brutal crime that would haunt the community for decades. This week, Hitched 2 Homicid...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! On November 19, 1987, a young Canadian couple, Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg, embarked on what should have been a straightforward business trip to Seattle, Washington. Tasked with picking up furnace parts for Jay's father, they decided to make a fun outing of the errand, crossing the border from their home in British Columbia into the United States. Tragically...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! January 31, 1896. Pearl Bryan has left her home in Greencastle Indiana and is traveling by train to Cincinnati. When she arrives, she’s to meet the man she’d been seeing, Scott Jackson, a dental student at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. You see, Pearl is pregnant with Scott’s child, and even though she wants to marry, he has other plans. What happens that nig...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! Tuesday, July 28th, 1987, Stephenville, Texas. The summer heat clings to the small town, where everyone knows everyone. In a modest house on a quiet street, Susan Woods is trying to pick up the pieces of her life. Recently separated from her husband, Michael, Susan is determined to start anew. Little does she know, her life is about to take a tragic turn. That nig...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! On April 26, 2011, the small town of Snellville, Georgia, was shaken by a brutal crime that left a young mother dead and a community searching for answers. Heather Strube, a 25-year-old mother, met her estranged husband in the Target parking lot for a routine custody exchange of their 18-month-old son, Carson. What followed was a shocking act of violence that woul...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! May 5th, 2009. The lives of a family in a small town near St. Louis are shattered. Husband and father, Chris Coleman's routine trip to the gym unraveled into a nightmare. Unable to reach his wife, Sheri, upon returning home, Chris's world collapsed when he received the chilling news from a neighbor and detective, Justin Barlow that his wife and two young sons were...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! Billy Chemirmir and the Pillowcase Murders In the realm of true crime, there are stories that shock, stories that haunt, and then there are stories like that of Billy Chemirmir, the face behind the chilling moniker "The Pillowcase Murderer." Between the years 2016 and 2018, the Dallas-Fort Worth area was gripped by a wave of perplexing deaths in luxury senior livi...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! April 24, 2004, Laurel, Maryland. In the suburbs of Laurel, Maryland, the night of April 24, 2004, held a darkness far more chilling than the streets would suggest. Walter Rogers lay sound asleep, blissfully unaware that his life was about to end. Meanwhile, his wife, Laura Rogers, paced the living room with a tumult of emotions roiling within her—shock, anger, an...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! He was a big man with bad table manners, who liked to flash wads of cash as he told of his tales of daring blockade runs during the American Civil War. But what started as swindling, turned into mass murder, and one man’s greed would cost eighty-one people their lives in a single blow. This is the incredibly true tale of Alexander Keith, Jr. The Dynamite Fiend. so...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! November 24, 2009. A husband and wife are splitting up. Maybe they’ve grown apart. Or maybe one of them put them 1 million dollars in debt just before the FBI begins an investigation into the family business for fraud. Whatever the reason, two go to bed and the next morning, only one is still alive. This is a story of greed, betrayal, fraud, murder and lies. This...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! From 1969 to 1975, one man known for his small stature and penchant for murder, claims to have killed between 80 and 90 people along the Carolina coast. Did he do it? Possibly. Much of what this killer told people about his life was fiction—or was it? What we do know is that he murdered at least fourteen—eight of whom were found buried in his personal graveyard. W...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! Gerard John Schaefer was a man you would think you could trust. He was after all, a sheriff’s deputy. But after a botched encounter with two unsuspecting girls, Gerard is forced to turn in his badge, and what his fellow officer’s thought was merely bad judgement, turned into a nightmare of dead bodies, mementos and written stories of lust and murder. This is Gerar...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! As they embark in year five of podcasting and producing, Kris and Rob look back at some of the best moments in Season 4's, Well, Bless Your Heart. As they embark on the journey ahead, they express gratitude to their dedicated listeners for their unwavering support throughout the years. Join them in celebrating this milestone and stay tuned for what promises to be...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! January 15, 1978, Blenheim House Hotel, North Berwick, Scotland. The hotel proprietor is suspicious about two new guests. Worried they wouldn’t be able to pay their bill when they checked out, he telephones the local police asking them run the registration plates on their car. When the plates didn’t match the vehicle, police arrested the two men, bringing them in...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! February 21, 1977, Chicago, Illinois. Fire fighters and police are called to the scene of an apartment on fire. When they battle their way through the smoke on the 15th floor, they put out a blaze of clothing and a mattress. Underneath the mattress was 48 year old Teresita Basa, a respiratory therapist originally from the Philippines—dead with a butcher knife stil...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! July 10, 1981, Skidmore, Missouri. A man climbs into the cab of his pick-up truck after leaving the D & G Tavern. He starts the truck. Pausing to light a cigarette, shots ring out behind and in front of him, shattering glass and killing the man inside. Forty-five people witnessed the shooting, but when it was over, no one called 911. After picking up the shell cas...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! March 15, 1947, Newport Harbor, California. Walter and Beulah Overell are enjoying a night on their yacht the Mary E. With their daughter, Louise and her fiancé, George Gollum, better known as Bud. Around 11 pm, Louise and Bud leave the yacht to go ashorelooking to get food at a late night burger joint. But when they returned to the pier, the yacht was on fire and...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! Mary Horton, Sharon Hensley and Annette Craver. Three beautiful women who either turn up dead or simply vanish from the earth. They were from all parts of the country, but with one thing in common. A man named William Felix Vail, Sr. It would be 54 years before he’s held accountable, and it would take more than police, but the families of his victims and in partic...