The Archivist: A True Crime Podcast

Melanie Road.   A beautiful, funny, smart, sweet, energetic girl is murdered after a night out with friends. She had her whole life ahead of her and it was stolen in one night. The police set out on a 31 years long journey to find her killer. One investigator who was only a few years younger than Melanie, spends most of her career hunting this killer.  Sources for this episode:  https://www.the-su...

Genene Jones.   Angel of death. Angel no, death yes. She chose the most helpless of victims. Children and infants that could not tell her secrets. She wanted the attention caring for the helpless babies in the Pediatric ICU, and she craved the chance to look like the most caring and grieving nurse, but like any true psychopath, it was all just a play. Sources for this episode:  “Ohio Doctor is Acq...

Grace Marks.   At the center of this terrible murder is a young and beautiful Irish immigrant named Grace. Did she have such power to influence a young man to brutally kill two people. Or was she so afraid of this young man that she felt she had no choice but to help him hide the bodies and then make off with valuables stolen from their employer? Where is the truth in this story? Take a trip back...

Chris Coleman . What is a family annihilator? What makes them commit such a heinous act? We can talk about the psychological aspects or obvious mental illness that could cause a person to murder their own family, but in the end, especially in this case, it’s probably just a person who doesn’t want to face the consequences of betraying family and murder is what they think is their only way out.   ...

William Craig Miller . A cold-blooded killer crept through a house in Mesa, Arizona and viciously murdered 5 family members. Why? To exact revenge for assisting police in another criminal investigation. Police and family members had little doubt to who would take such a severe and heinous action. For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com Sources for this episode: t...

Robert Eric Wone . More questions than answers. Robert Wone was murdered in a house occupied with friends and people he knew, yet despite neighbors hearing screams, 911 call and fast acting police and EMS, Robert’s killer has still not been identified. This is a very mysterious murder.  for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com  Sources for this episode:  The obitu...

Eric Rudolph .  On July 27, 1996, the world sat shocked to its core as a crudely made pipe bomb exploded in the middle of the crowded Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta Georgia. 2 people were killed and over 100 people were injured. A bomb exploding in a park is terrorizing enough, but the timing of this bomb, One week into the 96 Summer Olympic games seemed to violate the Olympic spirit. It would...

Cynthia Pfeil. A body is found on the side of a dirt road. Her face is so disfigured and mutilated it’s nearly impossible to identify her. Only her red ballet slippers lead police to her identity and her killer.  Sources for this episode:   The book Deadly Reasons by Edward D. Radin  The Daily Advocate (Greenville, OH) 9/21/53 The Marion Star (Marion, OH) 9/23/53 The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, O...

Susan Smith. What does it take to make a woman murder her own children? Was she really trying to take her own life and decided her children couldn’t live without her? Was this an act of pure evil, or a sad and lonely woman crying out for help? Warning – this case involves the death of children, if this is a sensitive issue for you, please skip this one.  Sources for this episode:  The Herald (Rock...

Clementine Barnabet. SERIAL KILLER? Is she, or isn’t she? We’re going to talk about a series of murders that took place in Louisiana in the early 1910’s. And spoiler alert, a person confessed to the crimes, but there is much speculation that she did not do what she claimed she did.  Sources for this episode:   LOUISIANA DIGITAL LIBRARY.COM for official trial transcripts  ACADIANAHISTORICAL.ORG  ME...

Harry Powers or is it Cornelius O. Pierson? What is the male version of a Black Widow killer? For several years in the late 1920’s and 30’s women in the Midwest fell prey to a man who lured them with promises of marriage. One woman and her children did not survive his evil plot. Sadly another woman was caught in his trap before he was caught.     Sources for this episode:   Murderpedia.com Reading...

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a Mexican-American singer who made significant contributions to music and fashion which made her one of the most celebrated entertainers of the late 20th century and earned her the nickname "The Queen of Tejano."   Sources for this episode:  Corpus Christi Times Biography.com RollingStone.com Wikipedia.com  for details, show notes, and pictures please visit T...

Melissa Weeks (Shepard, Stewart, Friedrich) is called the Internet Black Widow, She is a Canadian murderer and habitual offender. Weeks was convicted of manslaughter in the death of one of her husbands and was convicted of poisoning another.  Sources for this episode:  Owlcation.com Murderpedia.com TheGuardian.com Wikipedia.com s for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodca...

Amy Lynn Bradley went missing during a cruise her family took to celebrate her graduation from college in March, 1998. At the age of 23 Amy disappeared from the cruise ship while en route to Curacao. Her whereabouts remain unknown as of this day.  Sources for this episode:  FBI.gov > wanted > kidnap > amy-lynn-bradley Allthatsinteresting.com > amy-lynn-bradley Ranker.com Wikipedia.com...