Crime With My Coffee

Between 1974 and 1991 in the Wichita, Kansas area, the serial killer known as BTK (which stood for Bind, Torture, Kill) was active. Not only was BTK killing, but he was also sending letters to the police to taunt them. Then, BTK went silent and seemed to be totally inactive. in 2004 the letters to the police resumed, though thankfully the killings didn't. Listen in this week as we discuss the crim...

In the wee morning hours of November 23, 2013, 18 year old Lukas Strasser-Hird was getting ready to call it a night after spending time with his friends at a Calgary, Alberta, Canada nightclub after returning home from a year spent in Bolivia. He had a small run-in with a guy outside of this club, Assmar Shlah. This seemingly small tiff would turn into multiple mob attacks against Lukas that would...

From May 1918 to October 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana had a serial killer who was dubbed The Axeman. He (or she) earned this moniker when they would attack Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans, using their own axe in most cases. This case has never been solved. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Axeman of New Orleans Wikipedia - New Orleans Smithsonian Magazine - The Axeman of New Orleans P...

April 4, 1991, after a BBQ at Angela Hammond's mom's house, she stopped at a payphone located in downtown Clinton, Missiouri to call her fiancé, Rob Shafer. While on the phone with him, she started getting creeped out by a guy in a green truck that was acting a little weird. She described the truck and the guy to Rob, and it wasn't long after that Rob heard Angela scream. He raced to her location,...

June 2, 1992 was the day that 15 year old Monique Daniels was last seen in Moore, Oklahoma. Her sister received a phone call about six months later from Monique; her mother received a couple of letters from Monique over the next 9 months or so. It was almost two years later when her sister ran away from home and their parents, mom Candyce and stepdad Charles Daniels, filed a missing persons report...

In 1999, Girly Chew Hossencofft went missing from her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2002, her estranged husband Diazien Hossencofft would plead guilty to her murder before his future bride, Linda Henning, would go on trial for the same charge. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Albuquerque, New Mexico , Murder of Girly Chew Hossencofft , List of people from Albuquerque, New Mexico Murderp...

October 24, 1955, Katherine Knight was born half an hour after her twin sister. She grew up the child of a slaughter man, and later worked in the same slaughterhouse as her father. She met several men in her life that she had romantic relationships with. Her last relationship was with John Price. Their relationship would end forever February 29, 2000 in Aberdeen, New South Wales. Sources for this...

In December of 1972, 7 year old Steven Stayner was kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell. In March of 1980, just over 7 years later, Steven's parents got the phone call that they had always hoped for. Steven was alive! Listen in this week as we talk about his abduction, his years in captivity, and his amazing escape. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Merced, California Wikipedia - Steven Stayner Wikipe...

In 2008, Mark Twitchell dreamed of becoming a big time Hollywood producer. He had already made a couple of independent films, and was really hoping to get his name out there. He had also recently discovered an obsession with the tv show Dexter, which actually inspired his last work. Join us this week as we discuss the murder of John Altinger, the attack on Giles Tetreault, and the downfall of Mark...

On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut and killed 26 people after he killed his mother in her bed that morning. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Exeter, New Hampshire , Newtown, Connecticut , Newtown High School (Connecticut) , Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting NPR - Nancy Lanza, Gunman's Mother: From 'Charmed Upbringing' to...

J. Frank Norris was born in Alabama before moving to Texas and becoming a pastor of multiple churches. This pastor, though, was charged with arson and other crimes. Was he guilty? Or was he a victim? Sources for this episode: sources to be updated soon Support the show

In December of 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons snapped and killed 14 members of his family, from his wife to his children to their spouses to his own grandchildren, as well as an acquaintance and a stranger and wounded two others. Once police caught up to him, he was taken into custody without incident, and went to trial. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Chicago , Dover, Arkansas , Ronald Gene Simm...

In 1992, Kevin Mitnick, who had been hacking things since he was a little kid, hacked into the Pacific Bell voicemail system. When a warrant for his arrest was made, he disappeared into the world using cloned cell phones, his hacking skills, and fake IDs to stay ahead of the FBI, who had placed him on their Most Wanted list. Listen in this week to hear about the adventures of Kevin Mitnick and how...

Christmas morning in 1996 would become one that many people know. Patsy Ramsey woke up in her home in Boulder, Colorado and found a ransom note on the stairs of her home saying that someone had kidnapped her 6 year old daughter, JonBenet, and that they would contact her and her husband John with instructions on how to pay her ransom for her safe return. Later that same day, John Ramsey would find...

During the 2000s, Jamison Bachman used his knowledge of the tenancy laws to essentially become a squatter in the homes of several people. He would use his charm and education to gain their trust quickly, move in with them, and then make their lives miserable, before it all eventually came to a grinding halt with a heinous murder. Sources for this episode: Newspapers.com - Long-Standing Quarrel End...

During the 2000s, Jamison Bachman used his knowledge of the tenancy laws to essentially become a squatter in the homes of several people. He would use his charm and education to gain their trust quickly, move in with them, and then make their lives miserable, before it all eventually came to a grinding halt with a heinous murder. Sources for this episode: Newspapers.com - Long-Standing Quarrel End...

In the fall of 1989, 11 year old Jacob Wetterling, his friend, and his little brother set out from the Wetterling home on their bikes to a local store to rent a movie to watch. On their way back home, they were confronted by a masked man with a gun, who let the friend and Jacob's little brother go, but kidnapped Jacob. Almost 30 years later, the Wetterling family finally gets the answers they've a...

Join us this week as we take a break from all the heavy crimes and chuckle a little with another Express-o Shot, where we discuss a few funnier lighthearted crimes. Sources for this episode: The Daily Mail - Teen talked out of robbing sex shop after being offered a job and putting his real name on application ynaija.com - Man arrested during burglary after butt-dialing 911 TWICE by accident The Da...

In November of 2016, wife and mother Sherri Papini was reported missing by her husband. For 22 days her family, friends, and law enforcement looked for her. Thanksgiving Day she was finally located about 150 miles south of her home and place of disappearance. She told authorities that she had been kidnapped, tortured, and held captive by two Hispanic women. A few years later, authorities were fina...

In 1973, Paul Andrews was kidnapped and assaulted over more than a week by Richard "Pee-Wee" Ausley. June tells us how Paul was rescued and the aftermath of Ausley's capture. Also, she tells us about the strange disappearance of Henry McCabe, a Minnesota State Auditor. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Portsmouth, Virginia Wikipedia - Paul Martin Andrews WAVY - Man who was trapped in box, rape...

In 1994, in Knoxville, Tennessee, 33 year old Rob Whedbee is attacked in the middle of the night in his home by a masked man with a knife. When the attacker spoke, Rob knew immediately who it was. Join us this week as we discuss how an award winning reporter turned attempted murderer. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Knoxville, Tennessee The Washington Post - The Reporter Who Got More Than a...

In November of 1981 actress Natalie Wood ventured out into the ocean off of the California Coast aboard the Splendour, her husband's yacht, accompanied by her husband, her current movie co-star, and the captain of the yacht. Sometime during the night, Natalie ended up overboard. Her body was found in the morning, and over the last 40 years her death has been debated as accidental or possibly somet...

Wanda Stopa was a young ambitious woman on the rise. She graduated law school at the top her her class in 1921. She was shortly after named the youngest and first woman Assistant United States District Attorney in Chicago, Ilinois. But she threw it all away to live the Flapper lifestyle. Married to a Russian Count, she falls for an American Advertising Executive, Y. Kenley Smith. When he refused t...

In 2010, Jeffrey Ryan, his son Jesse, and Jeffrey's friend, Jason DeHahn were found brutally murdered on Jeffrey's property. Investigators would follow a rather tangled web straight back to the murderer. We also discuss the ritualistic murder of Leroy Carter, Jr. His decapitated body was found in Golden Gate Park in 1981. It is believed that his murder has connections to Palo Mayombe and his murde...

In 1893 Maria Barbella met Domenico Cataldo in New York City. Both of them were Italian immigrants. Domenico began to court Maria, who was excited for the prospect of marrying a man she believed was a good man. In 1895, things took a dramatic turn for the two young lovebirds. What followed next would not only cause one of them to die, but would have the other sentenced to death by the electric cha...