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The serpent planned her satanic, drug-fueled date night, and a Green Bay family will never be the same. Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

If you betray all those to blame for your problems, who is left in the end?  Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

The Cascades provide the endless backdrop for this Oregon serial killer. Back and forth on US Highway 20, the Watcher spends decades looking for trouble. He finds it over and over again until the search for a young girl brings it to a halt. Sources: https://youtu.be/ilj8fZroRw0 https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghostsofhighway20/melissasheila/   https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghostsofhighway20/ackr...

When a taillight leads to a hostage recovery, and mom notices the DIY graveyard, it all starts to come apart for the urban creeper.  Sources: https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/3-bodies-found-at-stewart-weldons-page-blvd-home-identified/?ipid=promo-link-block2 https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/stewart-weldon-accused-serial-killer-expected-to-plead-guilty/ https://www.masslive.com/news/2021/09/springfie...

The Wizard travels the world and ends up in West St. Louis. But it took too long to expose the seemingly powerful as a murderous fraud. Sources: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/earl-cox-plea-angie-housman-case/63-eaab6669-ec18-4af4-945c-312eba311d3e https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/earl-cox-angie-housman-killer-sentenced-molesting-girl/63-ff14ff70-f2ff-4190-a0f3-da4034974569 https:/...

When your failures are never your fault, time and distance can’t cool the need for revenge. When your mind continues to tally Shakespearian wounds, naturally, murder follows.  Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fired-doctor-anthony-garcia-found-guilty-four-revenge-murders-n673386 https://apnews.com/article/north-america-ne-state-wire-us-news-ap-top-news-medical-schools-fbef916336c04b258...

How does catfishing lead to murder? How much is a friendship worth? A line of depravities leads to brutality and betrayal for $9 million. Thunderbird Falls video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JTSgku_qY Sources https://lawandcrime.com/crime/catfished-killer-takes-plea-deal-in-2019-death-of-best-friend-murdered-in-exchange-for-9m-from-fake-millionaire/   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ala...

An adventurous, self-reliant girl moves to Anchorage to start the next stage of her life. Less than a week later, she's gone. It took years and a brother's betrayal for the killer to receive his due. Sources: Klinkhart, G. (2014) Finding Bethany (https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Bethany-Glen-Klinkhart/dp/0985351136/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FM84542VSFVI&keywords=finding+bethany&qid=16789993...

When murder becomes a family business and girls go missing, always look under the concrete slab. Sources https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/2014/02/ward_weaver_iii_like_his_fathe.html https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/2014/02/francis_weavers_father_grandfa.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/step-by-step-in-oregon-killer-case/ http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2007/05/07/news/news03.txt...

Scorpions of the Memphis Police Department pulled over a vehicle driven by Tyre Nichols. Three days later, Tyre was dead.  Sources https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-03/sixth-memphis-officer-fired-after-death-of-tyre-nichols#:~:text=In%20body%2Dcamera%20video%20from,police%20said%20in%20a%20statement .   https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/us/tyre-nichols-timeline-investigation/index.ht...

The Warwick Slasher cut class for vicious attacks two years apart.  Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20080103152008/http://www.cnn.com/2007/CRIME/12/31/iron.man.ap/index.html   https://web.archive.org/web/20121109221207/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/14/us/rhode-island-is-seeking-to-keep-a-killer-of-four-in-jail-when-he-reaches-21.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100206021548/http://www.projo...

In one ordinary evening, a spree killer roamed Kalamazoo, taking six lives and injuring two. Did the app make him do it, or was he just an angry man who couldn’t handle a customer service job?  Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/uber-driver-shooting-rampage-victim-17-discusses-long/story?id=61149198   https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2016/03/police_believe_jason_dalton_us.html https://www.wjtv...

He raped and murdered throughout the Midwest while the system let him loose over and over…until DNA helped trip the snare one final time. Sources:  Echols, P. (2011). In Cold Pursuit: My Hunt for Timothy Krajcir – The Notorious Serial Killer. New Horizon Press. https://archive.vn/20070813105326/http://www.lincolncourier.com/story.asp? SID=21954&SEC=8 http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/17/serial.kil...

4 murdered. 3 injured. 2 kidnapped. 1 theft victim. A disgraced want-to-be police officer with a death wish declares war on southern California law enforcement. The result? He flamed out and hurt a lot of innocent people in the process.  Sources: https://graphics.latimes.com/christopher-dorner-manhunt/#chapter-one   https://www.npr.org/2013/02/15/172102686/why-do-people-sympathize-with-christopher...

This is a re-release where we reworked some pieces and combined two episodes into one. In November 2015, the bodies of neighbors Pam Phillips and Ed Dansereau were found in a burned-out vehicle. Later the body of Calvin Phillips was found in his cellar. Who was the target, and who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time on Main Street in Pembroke, Kentucky?    Resources: Trial footage: https...

An Anchorage narcissist thought he could dress the stage to cover murder and fool the cops.  Sources: https://www.legalmomentum.org/history-vawa https://casetext.com/case/bailey-v-state-809 Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive...

Laying his trap on social media, this young serial killer thought he could stalk the dark cordiners of the web. Until Tiffany Taylor turned his snare against him and proved she would not go quietly into the night. Sources https://www.northjersey.com/in-depth/news/2020/02/03/tiffany-taylor-victim-victor-and-star-witness-serial-killer-trial/4454134002/ https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/20...

He hid in Oklahoma caves and secreted around Camp Scott until the night the Girl Scouts came. Then this cave troll spirited three little girls out of their tents and to their deaths. Sources: https://www.hulu.com/series/keeper-of-the-ashes-the-oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-ef3c55e1-0799-4432-a0fd-868d29566a7e   http://www.girlscoutmurders.com/Complete_Cherokee_Advocate_article.pdf   https://www.koam...

Full of unrealized potential, this snake let his anger and envy take over. Slithering through Anchorage’s trails, the serial killer murdered five people and seriously injured another before he was stopped.  Resources and Sources Sketch: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/apd-gun-used-by-suspect-in-saturday-police-shooting-implicated-in-five-anchorage-homicides/ Dashcam video:...

In the middle of spring break revelry, a mother’s premonition comes true - the beginning of an enduring mystery. Sources Merchant, E. (2017). Lost and Found https://amzn.to/3BWhcjc https://www.eonline.com/news/1331722/inside-the-13-year-search-for-brittanee-drexel-a-familys-nightmare-grim-twists-and-a-suspect-charged https://fox28media.com/news/local/timeline-disappearance-of-brittanee-drexel-wciv...

When his reign as the master of his domain began to fail, he took a last measure of control. At the end of his rampage, 16 people were dead in a little slice of Arkansas.  Resources National Domestic Violence Hotline: Free. Confidential. 24/7.  https://www.thehotline.org/ (Live chat available) 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 Sources AP News. (Dec. 31, 1987). Massacre victims eulogized at fun...

In this all-discussion episode, we bring you lots of cop stories and a free secret family recipe! Homeless Cookie Recipe Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

How many bodies before a connection is drawn? Between 1979 and 1981, 5 young women missing from interior Alaska. The youngest was 11. The oldest, 20. All hunted by the same predator with a signature that finally put him in the crosshairs. Resources Map of area: https://www.crimeraven.com/post/hunting-ground-north-pole-s-serial-murders  Sources Barefield, R. (Dec 30, 2018). The North Pole murders....

In the early spring of 1987, a monster took advantage of the help he had been given by his family. Perverting a normal Saturday morning of coffee, cereal, and cartoons into terror, he destroyed the Newman family. Resources Journey into Darknets by John Douglas: https://amzn.to/3OwjkB4   Sources Barer, B. Murder in the Family: https://amzn.to/3Ov2tP9   Brennan, T. Murder at 40 Below: https://amzn.t...

It takes more than charisma to get away with killing. Two murder plots in southern California are exposed when one of the rats jumps ship. We thought about calling this the Circus of Murderous Idiots, but in this case, it was Well Deserved Justice. Sources and Resources: Latitudes and Attitudes Magazine: https://amzn.to/3nScZFr Dead Reckoning by Caitlin Rother: https://amzn.to/3RJ3RAK   LA Times:...