Military Murder

Zack Bowen saw a lot as an Army soldier in Kosovo and Iraq. He experienced the loss of a battle buddy…and he was a hold out in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina (when he was no longer in the military). Had Zack come out the other end of his experiences alive…he might have become a charismatic motivational speaker. But he didn’t survive. And neither did his girlfriend, Addie Hall.  Dig in with M...

Zack Bowen saw a lot as an Army soldier in Kosovo and Iraq. He experienced the loss of a battle buddy…and he was a hold out in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina (when he was no longer in the military). Had Zack come out the other end of his experiences alive…he might have become a charismatic motivational speaker. But he didn’t survive. And neither did his girlfriend, Addie Hall.  Dig in with M...

On Labor Day Weekend in 2021, in the city of Lakeland, Florida – Justice Gleason and his family had settled in for the night. In the house was 40-year old Justice, his 33-year old girlfriend, their 3-month old baby boy, and Justice’s 11-year old daughter.  When they went to sleep, they could have never imagined they’d be meeting the boogieman in the wee morning hours – but he was coming… Dig in wi...

After close to 20 years in Afghanistan - August 2021 was looking to be the month when U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan. But things didn’t go as smoothly as everyone hoped. And on August 26, 2021, a suicide bomber got close enough to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, and killed roughly 200 people – including 13 U.S. military service members who were assisting at the checkpoint....

In 2000, sex workers in Detroit, Michigan were coming up missing left and right. When a local man calls 911 to report he found a deceased woman under a bridge – suspicion quickly turns to the caller…how exactly did he find the dead body?  Dig in with Margot as she brings you the story of serial killer John Eric Armstrong.  ---- Thanks to Today’s Sponsors: Heartbeat Hot Sauce! Get 20% OFF your ENTI...

A serial killer lurked in the seedy underbelly of Anchorage, Alaska for 12 years – killing sex workers. Many of his victims were either never reported missing…or when they were reported missing – authorities didn’t take it seriously. Little did they know – their killer was under their very noses for months before they finally made an arrest.  Dig in with Margot as she brings you the story of seria...

In August 1979, a serial killer began his reign of terror in North Pole, Alaska, just a few miles from Eielson AFB. But what happens when a faulty criminal profile throws a wrench in the investigation? Will Alaska State Troopers be paralyzed by the profile or will they keep an open mind and actually catch a serial killer that appears to have just vanished? Dig in with Margot as she brings you this...

By November 1990, a call to crime stoppers changed the course of the investigation into the Gainesville Ripper. Could a November 1989 triple murder, hundreds of miles away, help crack the University of Florida murders? Was Ed Humphey really responsible for the murders or did this Danny Rolling character have something to do with 8 murders?  Dig in with Margot as she brings you the conclusion to th...

In August 1990, the University of Florida experienced one of the most frightening starts to the school year. College students in the area were being picked off in their homes by a stranger in the night. These murders caused students to call their parents and ask to be picked up from college. Dig in with Margot as she brings you this 2-part serial killer mini-series which discusses a killer dubbed...

Randy Kraft finally goes to court – but was he charged with the murder of all of the men he killed?   Dig in with Margot as she brings you the conclusion of this 3-part serial killer mini-series.  ---- Thanks to Today’s Sponsors: Canva Pro! Get a 45-day FREE trial of Canva Pro by going to Canva.me/militarymama. Better Help! Get 10% off your first month of counseling by visiting Betterhelp.com/mili...

Randy Kraft frequented the local gay bar scene in California. After several men in the area disappeared and were discovered murdered – bar owners were warning their clients to be careful. But Randy didn’t need to heed that warning – because he was the one causing all the havoc. But, unbeknownst to Randy – he wasn’t the only serial killer hitting up the area – there were at least 2 other serial kil...

Randy Kraft was a law abiding/hard working citizen. Everyone thought he was a stellar employee and in fact he was an Air Force veteran, only kicked out of the military due to homosexuality. But, Randy’s true self would one day be exposed and when the things he did in the still of the night came to light – the world would be mortified.  Dig in with Margot as she brings you this 3-part serial killer...

It has been a year since Enrique Roman-Martinez, a Fort-Bragg soldier, went missing. Days later his partial remains were discovered. An autopsy ruled his death a homicide, but for the last year, his family has waited with baited breath to learn if there are any suspects.   During this hour-long episode – Margot chats with Enrique’s older sister, Griselda Martinez and the family attorney, Dustin Co...

Ronald Gray is 1 of 4 men currently spending the rest of his life awaiting death on military’s death row – a small housing unit located at the United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) in Fort Leavenworth.  Dig in with Margot as she discusses what landed Ronald Gray on the chopping block.  ---- Thanks to Today’s Sponsors: Better Help! Get 10% off your first month of counseling by visiting Betterh...

After the double murder of Monica Quan and her fiancé, Keith Lawrence, LAPD realizes a man by the name of Christopher Dorner has taken to Facebook to leave an 11,000-page manifesto with a hitlist of over 50 people (all connected to the LAPD). Two people on that hitlist have already been murdered. Can one man hold the entire city of Los Angeles hostage as he seeks vengeance for perceived wrongs?  D...

What happens when a man feels scorned by the system he took an oath to serve, protect, and defend?  In this case…the man decided to take matters into his own hands and he took Los Angeles under siege.  Dig in with Margot as she tells you all about the life of Christopher Dorner – a Navy Veteran and a former LA police department cop.  This case was chosen in honor of it being National Police Week....

Judy Buenoano seemed like the perfect military spouse – taking care of her 3 children until her husband returned from war after fighting in Vietnam. But soon, there would be one, two, three people dead in her life. All the while, Judy padded her pockets with insurance payouts. And it wasn’t until this black widow met a man that seemed to have nine lives, when a smart detective discovered that Judy...

This is the bonus episode to Ep71. In Ep71, Margot brought you the story of CPT Esposito and 1LT Allen’s tragic murders. She walked you through the evidence presented at trial and the ultimate verdict of the capital murder trial of a Staff Sergeant alleged to have committed the double murder. Today, Margot has an open conversation with LT Allen’s widow. She has fought through some of the darkest m...

For the first time in decades, in 2004-2005, the first group of National Guardsmen deployed to a combat zone. CPT Phillip Esposito and 1LT Louis Allen were among those guardsmen. They were stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Danger. The FOB’s name would be an omen for what was to come, when on June 7, 2005, Esposito and Allen were killed by a bomb that was placed by their window. Who placed...

On April 22, 2020, Vanessa Guillen walked into a Fort Hood arms room for a quick assignment. She was soon called away, leaving behind her keys, her ID card, and her wallet. She was never seen alive again.   Dig in with Margot as she recaps the year since Vanessa’s story became National News. Margot, together with USAF Retired Col Don Christensen, President of Protect Our Defenders, discuss how cas...

On March 10, 2013, Senior Airman Matthew Theurer’s leadership found his home in disarray…and obviously missing from the home was Baby Matthew.  What did SrA Theurer do with his son? Dig in with Margot as she tells you all about the Theurer family drama at Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.      April is Month of the Military Child. Let’s take a moment to acknowledge our military children for all that they m...

On April 26, 2016, Single Mom Tricia Todd left her Hobe Sound, Florida home and she was never seen alive again… Tricia was a free spirit – some thought she may have left on a trip alone. But this was suspicious because she failed to pick up her 2-year old daughter and failed to make any plans for her care. Then, after Tricia practically vanished – various suspects began to appear. Who was responsi...

Some men just cannot take “NO” for an answer. In 1993, 2Lt Lisa Bryant, a Princeton University Army ROTC graduate, declined to dance with Sergeant First Class Ervin Graves. He was needy and asked her 3xs, but she declined. Her denials weren’t taken well and later she would find out the price of saying “No.” Dig in with Margot as she tells you this tragic tale of murder in the military ranks.   ---...

A Few Good Men was inspired by real life events, but the real Hollywood story came many years after… David Cox was one of the Marine hazers in the real-life story of A Few Good Men. But the actual story behind the movie was significantly different – for example, the hazed Marine did not die – he actually went on to make a full recovery, after a death scare. Well – one of the Marines who demanded a...

On June 4, 2017, Green Beret Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar was deployed in Mali, when he was startled by intruders in his safe house…But these were not intruders at all – it was 4 of his comrades (Navy Seals Tony Dedolph, Adam Matthews, Marine Raiders Mario Madera-Rodriguez and Kevin Maxwell Jr). What happened next is something out of a movie similar to “A Few Good Men.” Except this was not Hollywoo...