Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Jaylen Fryberg, a 15 year old Native American boy who shot five classmates, two of whom were his cousins, in what was the deadliest school shooting in the US in 2014.  We dive into the setting (15:40), the killers early life (25:51) and the timeline (29:58). Then, we get into "Where are they now?...

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy Colin Ferguson, a black man who in 1993, shot up a train car full of passengers, killing six and wounding nineteen. We dive into the setting (13:54), the killers early life (22:10) and the timeline (25:52). Then, we get into the trial (44:27), "Where are they now?" (01:00:44) followed by our takeaways and what we th...

This week Beth and Wendy discuss The Texarkana Moonlight Murders, Texas’ most infamous unsolved murders. In 1946, an unidentified assailant was stalking and killing the residents of Texarkana. Five people were killed, and three were wounded. This story was researched by our new researcher, Maria. Welcome to the Fruitloops team, Maria! Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes...

In the 1970's, a man was killing black girls, ages 10 through 18, in Washington, DC. The series of murders came to be known as the “Freeway Phantom Murders,” and the perpetrator is still unknown. The Murder History Girls is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by sisters Mikki and Brandi. Check them out, listen and subscribe! https://murderhistorygirls.com/ Thanks for listening! This is a weekly pod...

This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Thierry Paulin, aka The Monster of Montmartre, a French serial killer active from 1984-1987. We dive into the setting (10:45), the killers early life (28:57) and the timeline (31:25). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (46:31), "Where are they now?" (48:38) followed by our takeaways and what we think made the perp snap (50:54).   As usual we c...

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Tony Von Carruthers, who, along with two other men, kidnapped, killed and buried alive three people in Memphis. We dive into the setting (10:25), the killers early life (22:32) and the timeline (25:48). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (38:06), "Where are they now?" (50:27) followed b...

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This is part 2 of the unusual case of Qiao Jianguo, a Chinese man living in Jiantan, a town in the province of Gansu, China. This has been referred to in China as Gansu's Intestinal Digging Demon murder case. This story was researched by one of our Fruities, Burt Sun, who is a Chinese American ex-pat living in Brazil. Thank you, Burt, for h...

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss the unusual case of Qiao Jianguo, a Chinese man living in Jiantan, a town in the province of Gansu, China. This has been referred to in China as Gansu's Intestinal Digging Demon murder case. This story was researched by one of our Fruities, Burt Sun, who is a Chinese American ex-pat living in Brazil. Thank y...

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Anna Young, a woman who led The House of Prayer for All People, about 10 miles south of Gainesville back in the 1980s. There, she tortured and beat people while preaching about Jesus. She ended up killing at least two children. We dive into the setting (12:40), the killers early life (19:17) and...

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss James Edward Swann, Jr. AKA The Shotgun Stalker, a black American male serial killer. He terrorized Washington DC’s Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods over two months in 1993. He killed four people and wounded five in 14 different attacks. We dive into the setting (12:51), the killer's early l...

This week Wendy & Beth present a collaboration with Forgotten News, a podcast about... you guessed it! Forgotten News. Stories that once made headlines. Stories that people thought would be unforgettable, but soon were lost in the sands of time, or were buried deep in the dustbin of history. Wendy and Beth make their appearance at 10:07. Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episo...

Extra, Extra, read all about it, Fruitloops has some updates for you, and we are gonna shout it! Murders and mayhem and fuckery, oh my! This week's patron only episode features several murders/suspected murders, the Cuban protests, a Florida man who is not your typical "Florida Man", some vaccine talk, and another entry into "Don't Do That". WAFB Staff. (07/21/2021). One person killed in double sh...

Extra, Extra, read all about it, Fruitloops has some updates for you, and we are gonna shout it! In his episode, Wendy & Beth discuss an Olympic athlete who has disappeared, a vampire killer in Uganda, Pam Hupp, who has finally been charged, and a house fire/shooting in Tucson. Plus a new segment: DON'T DO THAT! Kassahun, Thomas. (07/18/2021). Ugandan Athlete Left A Note Before Disappearing From O...

Extra, Extra, read all about it, Fruitloops has some updates for you, and we are gonna shout it! Whitey's on the moon and we're down here just surviving. Pandemics and murders and racists, oh my! Plus a little snake tale. Wright, Bruce C.T. (07/12/2021). ‘Whitey On The Moon’: Gil Scott-Heron’s Poem Resonates In 2021 As Billionaires Race To Space. NewsOne. Retrieved 07/12/2021 from https://newsone....

Extra, Extra, read all about it, Fruitloops has some updates for you, and we are gonna shout it! This week Wendy & Beth discuss Bill Cosby, Ethiopia's Tigray War, Sha’Carri Richardson, a new gender option for US passports, deaths and injuries via 4th of July fireworks, a child found in a Chesterfield, VA freezer and some shenanigans in Yellowstone Park. Dale, Maryclaire. (06/30/2021). Bill Cosby f...

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss Baljit Singh Buttar, who went by the nickname Bal. He was a member of an Indo-Canadian gang in the Vancouver area of British Columbia, and it’s unknown how many people he killed, but more than one! We dive into the setting (09:29), the killers early life (25:32) and the timeline (28:23). Then, we get into "W...

This week Beth and Wendy discuss Reverend DeVernon "Doc" Le Grand and the Le Grand Family. LeGrand headed St. John's Pentecostal Church of Our Lord in Brooklyn. He recruited many teenage "nuns" to solicit money for his church. He also sexually abused the “nuns”, fathered a bunch of children, and murdered an unknown number of people, including two wives, two teenaged girls, and two men. We dive int...

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(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Tracy Jean Goodman, a New Zealand Māori woman who murdered an elderly woman during the course of a burglary. So not actually a serial killer, but… New Zealand! Yay! We dive into the setting (15:39), the killer's early life and the timeline (36:32). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (45...

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy Discuss the case of Cory Deonn Morris, a Phoenix serial killer and necrophile who killed at least five women in 2002-2003. We dive into the setting (12:34), the killers early life (21:16) and the timeline (24:27). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (52:55), "Where are they now?" (59:35) followed by our tak...

This week Beth and Wendy discuss the Canadian rapper and serial killer, Mark Garfield Moore. Moore was an aspiring Toronto rapper who committed four killings in 75 days, between September and November 2010. Most of the victims were random strangers. We dive into the setting (13:49), the killer's early life (30:06) and the timeline (33:15). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (40:47) follo...

This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Martin Gonzalez Escamilla, LIVE at CrimeCon! Gonzalez is a serial killer who operated in Austin Texas. He killed women he was close to: his wife and his girlfriends. We dive into the setting (5:22), the killers early life (9:45) and the timeline (12:54). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (18:53), our takeaways and what we think made the perp...

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Hello from CrimeCon, Fruities! We’ve been kind of busy getting ready and did not have much time to prepare a new episode for you. CrimeCon is in Austin this year, so we thought we’d replay our episode on the Austin Axe Murderer, which originally aired as our Christmas episode. So Merry Christmas in June! Some people call this case America’s Jack the Ripper. It’s pretty interesting, and we hope you...

This week Wendy and Beth discuss the case of Jarvis Theodore Roosevelt Catoe, a serial killer who was active from 1935-1941, but possibly as early as 1929, in Washington DC and New York, NY.  We dive into the setting (12:59), the killer's early life (24:43) and the timeline (30:38). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (50:09) followed by "Where are they now?" (59:13). We get into our take...