Crime With My Coffee

In the 1920s, Amelia Earhart found her love of flying. She soon got her pilot's license and a plane of her very own, the Canary. This week we discuss the life and the mysterious disappearance of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Amelia Earhart , Atchison, Kansas , Des Moines, Iowa , Cloris Leachman , Spanish Flu , Boston History - Amelia E...

During the 1970s into the 1980s, Kenneth Rex McElroy allegedly bullied basically the entire town of Skidmore, Missouri. One day, he was finally convicted after shooting the owner of the town's general store. However, while out on bond pending an appeal in that conviction, the town took matters into their own hands. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Skidmore, Missouri Wikipedia - Ken McElroy Th...

Cannibalism. Necrophilia. Murder. Join us as Suzanne is left speechless while June describes the crimes and horrors committed by Jeffrey Dahmer, one of America's most well known serial killers. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Jeffrey Dahmer , Milwaukee , List of people from Milwaukee , Liberace , Ray "Crash" Corrigan , Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio , West Allis, Wisconsin Tracking a Ser...

In March of 1946, motorman John Dick went missing. When a headless, armless, legless torso was found, it was soon identified as that of John Dick. Once the authorities went to inform his wife, Evelyn, of his unfortunate demise, the case takes a dramatic turn. Sources for this episode: EvelynDick.com - The Torso Murder Murderpedia - Evelyn Dick Wikipedia - Hamilton, Ontario MacroTrends.net - Hamilt...

In the mid 1970s in Seattle, Washington The University Towers Hotel suffered a series of arson fires. It wasn't until the next year when the fires started up at a local hospital instead of the hotel that the firebug would finally be caught. Sources for this episode: Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors, and Other True Cases by Ann Rule BizJournals.com - University Tower given new identity: Hotel Deca H...

In the early 1990s, several women turned up dead in a Dallas, Texas neighborhood, all missing their eyeballs. Another woman went to cops to report that she had narrowly escaped a man trying to kill her. It wouldn't take detectives too long to find their suspect, build their case, and bring a killer to trial. Sources for this episode: Sources coming soon Support the show

In 2008, teenager Colton Harris-Moore began what would become an international crime spree starting in Washington involving airplanes, cars, and speedboats. Join us this week as we hear about his adventures and how he got the moniker, The Barefoot Bandit. Sources for this episode: Sources to be uploaded soon Support the show

During the Halloween weekend of 1926, former town marshal Marvin Clark left his home in Tigard, Oregon to visit his daughter in Portland, Oregon. That was the last time he was seen. Join us this week as we delve into the United States' oldest missing persons case on file. Sources for this episode: Sources to be uploaded soon Support the show

In the early 1990s in Florida, it seemed that there was a serial killer on the loose targeting men. The woman who would ultimately be convicted of their murders was arrested on an outstanding warrant on something completely unrelated. In order to keep a loved one from being implicated, she confessed to the murders, though she claimed self defense. Listen in this week to learn about the early life,...

In September of 2009, Christine "Chrissy" Billis was driving her and her husband, Charles "Charlie" Billis, home after he recorded at the local public access television station. Suddenly, the car veered off the road and slammed head on into a large tree. Chrissy survived with some bumps and bruises, but sadly Charlie, who wasn't wearing his seatbelt, did not survive the impact. Sources for this ep...

In December of 1934, a man known as Albert Fish was arrested by police in connection with several heinous crimes against children. This week we discuss his childhood and in general many of his known crimes and victims. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Washington, D.C Wikipedia - Albert Fish Wikipedia - New York City Wikipedia - Sing Sing Tracking A Serial Killer by Chris McNab Support the sho...

On a July night in 2012 in West Virginia, 16 year old Skylar Neese snuck out of her window to go hang out with her two best friends, Sheila Eddy and Rachel Shoaf. The girls had recently had a falling out and had just started to be friends again. The next day, when Skylar's parents didn't find her in her room or anywhere at home, they called her friends, who eventually admitted that they had hung o...

In Morgan City, Louisiana in 1927, Ada LeBoeuf's husband, Jim, went missing. Once the waters of the Mississippi River started to recede from the Great Mississippi River Flood, his body was found. It was a quick whodunit once he was identified, though the that would be held responsible would make sure they all gave different accounts of what happened. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Gigging W...

A Double Feature for you this week! First, we learn about the disappearance of Nancy Riggins, a woman in Maryland who had recently talked of leaving her husband. Years later, we finally learn the whereabouts of the mother. Also, we will talk about the Siesling Family Massacre. The teenaged son calls the police to report that a couple of guys had broken into the family home, and upon arriving at th...

In October of 1994 in Union, South Carolina, young mother Susan smith called the police to report that she had been carjacked and her two young sons, 3 year old Michael and 14 month old Alexander were still in the car. After making several pleas to the carjacker to return her sons to her and a nationwide search for her car and children, they were located a week and a half later in the car in the l...

Right around Christmas in 2006, Ryan Waller's family had the Phoenix, Arizona Police Department conduct a welfare check on him when he and his girlfriend, Heather Quan, didn't show up to a family gathering. The police found a battered and confused Ryan who couldn't give them answers on what had happened to Heather, whom they had sadly found deceased in the apartment. After interviewing Ryan at the...

September 4, 2017, a man kidnapped a college student in a Kroger parking lot in Carrollton, Georgia close to midnight. Listen in this week to find out how she was able to brilliantly get help to her and how she got away. Sources for this episode: Buzzfeed News - Here's How This College Student Escaped After She Was Allegedly Kidnapped And Raped 11 Alive - Man who kidnapped college student from Kro...

During the late 1970s, Genene Jones became an LVN (licensed vocational nurse) and began working with children in pediatric clinics and pediatric wards in hospitals. People soon became suspicious of her, however, when they noticed that these sick children would become sicker, and many would even pass away unexpectedly, on her shifts. Join us as we talk about this Killer Nurse and how she would even...

October 2016, childhood friends Daniel Haros and Phillip Evans went out with their friends one Saturday night. When they got back home in the wee hours of the morning, there was a neighborhood Halloween party going on. It was closing down, though, so they went on home. For some reason, they went back outside not long after coming home and they were both gunned down. Less than 48 hours later, the p...

In January of 1930, in West Dallas, Texas, Bonnie Parker met Clyde Barrow. It was love at first sight. Over the next four years, they would go on what would become one of the most well known crime sprees across America that ended in a hail of gunfire in Sailes, Louisiana. They were the original Ride or Die couple. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Bonnie and Clyde FBI.gov - Bonnie and Clyde FB...

Following an almost 3 year affair with married man John Dunning, Cordelia Botkin, a married mother herself, mailed a box of chocolates to her ex-lover's estranged wife in Delaware. These chocolates were laced with arsenic. Listen in as we discuss the details of this crazy cross-country crime. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Cordelia Botkin Murderpedia - Cordelia Botkin SF Gate - Murder by ma...

We take a break from the dark and evil in the true crime world to bring you several short and quick dumb criminals. Sources for this episode: Only In Your State - The 13 Dumbest Criminals Of All Time In Virginia Will Have You Laughing In Disbelief New York Post - Bank robber busted while counting cash outside: FBI AL.com - Alabama's naked criminals and felonious fools. And WWJT? Reader's Digest -...

In Clemmons, North Carolina an unspeakable horror was brought to light in 2014. Pazuzu Algarad and his spiritual wife Amber Burch, along with a friend of theirs, Krystal Matlock, were arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder and accessory to murder. Sources for this episode: Autopsy Report - Pazuzu Algarad Greensboro News & Record - Timeline: The Pazuzu Algarad case Forensic Psychia...

In mid-November of 2013, young Zoe Campos had spent an evening with her family. She text her mom at nearly 2:30 in the morning asking if she needed a ride home from work. Her mom accepted the offer, but Zoe never showed up to pick her up. This week we talk about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Zoe and the eventual and long awaited confession of the man that killed her. Sources f...

In June of 2008, in Mesa, Arizona, 30 year old Travis Alexander's on again-off again relationship with Jodi Arias came to its final and violent end. Join us this week as we discuss the untimely death of Travis and the conviction of Jodi. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Murder of Travis Alexander NetWorth202 - Jodi Arias Net worth Support the show