Luminol on the Wall

Send us a text On this week's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the viral case of the Spirit, Stewart, and Kuhlmann family massacre. Don Spirit, the murderer in this case, had a lengthy and troubling criminal history, marked by a series of offenses that painted a portrait of a troubled individual. However, it was his final, shocking act that captured global attention. In a chilling 911...

Send us a text On this week's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy will discuss the case of Jayden Parkinson. Jayden Parkinson was a young woman grappling with significant challenges when she met Ben Blakeley. To her, Ben appeared as a beacon of hope amid family turmoil. Their romance began promisingly but quickly descended into a nightmare as Ben's behavior turned increasingly abusive. Conce...

Send us a text On today's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the murder of Samantha Josephson. In March of 2019, Samantha Josephson went out with her friends to let their hair down and celebrate all their hard work in the previous months preparing for graduation. They all had a wonderful time, but Samantha left early to get a good night's rest before her scheduled shift at work the...

Send us a text On this week's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the case of Kirsten Costas. In 1984, Kirsten Costas was a young girl enjoying everything life had to offer as a beautiful and popular 15-year-old. Coming from a wealthy family, she led a privileged life, was a cheerleader at school, and belonged to the exclusive Bobolinks social circle. This clique was apparently by invite...

Send us a text This week on LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the extremely brutal murder of Colleen Slemmer.  Colleen Slemmer was a young woman declaring her independence as a young adult. She made the bold decision to move away from the comfort of her home and begin her education in a different state from her family at the Knoxville Job Corps Center. Unfortunately, her choice would be a harrowing one...

Send us a text On today's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the murders of Susan Rushworth, Shelley Armitage and Suzanne Blamires.  Stephen Griffith was someone who on the outside looking in seemed to have his life in order. He was even pursuing a PhD in criminology at Bradford University. However, despite his academic success, in the comfort of his own home Stephen was pursuing violent...

Send us a text In this week's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the murders of Rori Hache and Kandis Fitzpatrick. In December of 2017, plumbers were summoned to Adam Strong's residence by upstairs tenants complaining of clogged pipes and a noxious smell seeping through the home. As they began their work, they retrieved long strips of what appeared to be fleshy material from the pip...

Send us a text In this week's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the murder of Miya Mercano. On September 24, 2021, Miya Mercano fails to show up at the airport after making plans to come home from school to visit her family. Her family immediately calls the Orlando police to request a welfare check. However, being the dedicated family that they are, Miya's family makes the 2-hour d...

Send us a text On today's episode of LOTW Becky and Bevy discuss the brutal murder of Lauren Hugelmaier.  Lauren was a young Christian woman that was hoping to find a man who valued and prioritized God in his life as much as she did. When she reconnected with a guy that she went to middle school with over Instagram, she thought she found just that - a god-fearing man whom she could spend the...

Send us a text On this week's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the abduction and murder of Lisa Holm.  In June of 2015 17-year-old Lisa Holm rides her brand-new moped to work for the first time. Her parents finally entrusted her to make the 45-minute drive to and from work on her own. However, as her shift is ending Lisa's father receives a call from his daughter's cell phone...

Send us a text This week on LOTW Becky and Bevy discuss part 2 of the Laila Daniel case and begin to discuss her murder. In 2015, Laila Daniel celebrated her second birthday while her older sister, Millie, turned four. The sisters found themselves under the care of a loving foster family as their biological mom was working to get sober. Known for their dedication and adherence to state regulations...

Send us a text In today's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy begin to discuss the maltreatment of Laila Daniel. In 2015, Laila Daniel celebrated her second birthday while her older sister, Millie, turned four. The sisters found themselves under the care of a loving foster family as their biological mom was working to get sober. Known for their dedication and adherence to state regulations, the f...

Send us a text In today's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the death of Sherri Rasmussen.  In 1986 Sherri Rasmussen was found dead in her home. The house was ransacked, and it appeared that a pretty violent attack and intense struggle had taken place. There were a couple of pieces of evidence that stood out to detectives. One being that Sherri and her husband John's marriage certi...

Send us a text In today's episode of LOTW, Becky and Bevy discuss the murders of multiple women.  When two friends go missing after taking a weekend trip to Province Town in the 1960's and fail to show up to work the following Monday, their mothers beg the cops in Province Town to look into their disappearance. When cops begin looking into the girl's disappearance, they find a slew...

Send us a text This week on LOTW, Becky Christoffersen and Bevy Day discuss the murder of Sara Tokars.  In 1992, two young children run up to a stranger's house covered in blood, panicked, and asking the residents to help their mom. The police are called and a search for the young children's mother ensues. The detectives eventually find "the mom," her name was Sara Tokars, she...

Send us a text This week on LOTW we discuss the case of Dylan Redwine. In 2013, Dylan was headed to Colorado to see his dad, Mark, for the weekend. However, this father-son duo had a strained relationship at the time that Dylan went to visit his dad and Dylan went for the weekend begrudgingly due to a court order that had awarded Mark semi-regular visitation with him. Dylan tried to make plans wit...

Send us a text Today on LOTW, we will discuss the murder of Harry Wham. In the 1980's, Harry Wham was somewhat of a local celebrity in Las Vegas. He owned the keyboard lounge where he and his wife performed music. However, a couple of odd and downright scary instances related to Harry being shot made him fearful of his life. A detective speaks to him and issues a warning: leave town for a whi...

Send us a text This week on LOTW Becky Christoffersen and Bevy Day discuss the Staudte family murders.  Mark Staudte was studying in college when he met the love of his life, Diane. The two fell in love, got married and went on to have four children together. However, in early 2012, the family would be struck with tragedy. Diane would come home from church on Easter Sunday to find her husband, Mar...

Send us a text On this episode of LOTW, we discuss the murder of Brianna Ghey.  Brianna Ghey was a young transgender woman who was just trying to find her footing in the world at the time of her savage murder. Prior to her murder, she had befriended a girl named Scarlett at the school that they both attended. The pair connected immediately and became fast friends. However, Brianna had no idea that...

Send us a text This week on LOTW we discuss a murder for hire plot. Michael Dippolito was a convicted felon who was trying his best to turn his life around and repay the victims who were targeted in his fraud charges the restitution they were owed. He had a good job and new beautiful wife by his side. With all things considered, things were seemingly looking up for the young man. However, a couple...

Send us a text On this episode of LOTW, we will discuss the abduction and murder of Vicki Hoskinson.  Vicki was a young girl who went for a ride on her new pink bicycle to the post office and never returned home. Plenty of eyewitnesses came forward with information after Vicki's disappearance, one claiming a possible sighting of Vicki, others saying they saw a suspicious looking car in the ne...

Send us a text On this episode of LOTW we discuss the murder of Clarence Goode, Robert Gray, and Norman Stribbling. This case unveils a woman's long history of manipulating the men in her life into doing unspeakable things all for the sake of her greed. However, every man that Josephine manipulated was under the impression that they alone held the key to her heart. Unfortunately, each one of...

Send us a text On this episode of LOTW we discuss the murder of Dane Williams. The murder of Dane Williams is a case that had a clear lack of evidence available to the police and could have easily gone cold. However, Dane's case gets turned upside down when another brutal crime is committed in the same area, and both are connected by the same DNA, and to top it off, the second crime provides...

Send us a text Becky and Bevy Discuss the case of Nadia El-Dib. In March 2018, Nadia was out with friends at a shisha bar when a man named Adam showed up, he was an ex of Nadia's from the previous summer. The pair would end up leaving the shisha bar together and was also the last time any of Nadia's friends or family saw her alive. The following morning, a 911 call was placed reporting t...

Send us a text Becky and Bevy Discuss the case of Richard Schoeck. When Richard and Stacey meet, they fall head over heels for each other. Richard was Stacey's fifth husband and her family thought he was the best partner for Stacey. He embraced her children was a kind man, often caring for her family as if they were his own. Sadly, Stacey has a reputation within her family for being an unfait...