There’s Danger Here

One Monday in 1979, 16 year old Brenda Spencer stayed home from school. She told her father that she felt sick and after he left for work, Brenda watched the elementary school across the street. Shortly after 8 am, as the children filed in, Brenda pulled out her .22 rifle, took aim and began shooting. She killed two adults and wounded many others including children and police officers. After 3pm,...

The CBC has a list of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman. Throughout 2025, I have spoken on many of the cases, but couldn't manage to get out of the A's. Today we started the letter B, so still barely scratching the surface. But all of them should be talked about. As often as possible.  Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/ https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/barbara-k...

Tomas Randolph was married six times. Multiple of his wives ended up dead under suspicious circumstances.  He went to trial multiple times for different murders. He was a known drug user/seller. Eventually, his lifestyle caught up with him when he was convicted of his sixth wife's murder. Finally ending his reign of terror on women.  Sources:  https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/the-black-...

Jen and Sarah Hart seemed like the perfect couple. As they grew, they adopted two different groups of siblings, six children in all. Rapidly expanding the family from two to eight. While Jen curated a social media presence with perfect photographs of the family, behind the scenes was a different story. The children were beaten and starved. One of them jumped out a window to get help, another sough...

In 1978, four teenagers closed the Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana. Sometime after 1100pm they are all loaded into the skilled. Police treat it as a kidnapping, allowing day employees of the restaurant to clean up and open for business as usual. Destroying any potential evidence in their wake. While there were thousands of tips called in, none lead to anything. The case went cold and it has remai...

Suzanne and Christopher seemed like a boring reclusive couple. They lived a simple life, but the pair held a large secret. Buried in the garden of Suzannes old family home were her parents. Another couple that had been so reclusive, nobody noticed when they went missing in 1998. It wasn't until father William would have turned 100, that the requirement for him to be checked up on in person, did th...

Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace was born on March 6th 2002. She was found hanging April 17th, 2016. In a place, searches looked the day before after walking out of a hospital. She was supposedly noted to have suicidal ideations, yet was allowed to leave. She was a member of the same tribe that suffers from mercury poisoning. Her older brother having passed away at an early age as a result from complicat...

When a loved one passes away, they typically end up at a mortuary. A place designated to care for the after life process. Whether it be a burial or cremation, the family entrusts the funeral directors to be responsible, to properly complete the final wishes. But time and time again there are cases where morticians failed to, not only give the respect everyone deserves, but in some cases are so hor...

Robert Eugene Brashers was arrested and convicted of multiple crimes. The first convictions should have landed him in prison for twelve years, but he served just three before getting released for good behavior. The result was multiple murdered women. It wouldn't be until Robert was buried did the truth begin to come to light. The result-a posthumous serial killer label. In 2025, he was verified to...

In 1991 in Austin, Texas four teenagers are murdered. Two girls are closing up the yogurt shop that they work at while younger sister and a friend wait for a ride home. Sometime during their final clean up, they are attacked. All of them are bound, shot in the head, and the shop is lit on fire. Investigators do everything they can think of to solve the crime. Eight years later four men are charged...

Angeline Pete Anne Peters Annie Pootoogook Annie Yassie Ashley Machiskinic Audrey Desjarlais All of these women are missing or died under suspicious circumstances. There are no cases of closure this month. The families often left without the knowledge of where their loved ones are or what happened in their final moments. Again this is another group of cases of missing and murdered indigenous women...

Fredericka Mandelbaum immigrated from Prussia to the US with her husband and small child. Peddlers in Prussia, the Jewish couple began feeling the effects of the growing anti-semitism movement. In the US they moved to "Little Germany". Marm learned to peddle quickly both legitimate and illegitimate wares.  Opening her own haberdashery to front her fence. She lived and worked in the area until the...

It seems as though almost every historic hotel has a haunting or two attached to it. They are hot beds for paranormal activity, scaring and exciting the living guests who come for their own experiences.  Since it’s October, a time touted as spooky season, I thought it would be fun to take a break from murder and mayhem and talk about the spooky. Especially after the heavy case I spoke about last w...

Shawn Yamate was born and raised in California. Falling in love with the 60's era lifestyle, he tattoo'd his moniker above his eyebrows. Sick Boy. In and out of juvi, mental health facilities, and then prison from his late teens. His most recent sentence puts him on the inside for life.  Sources: https://kpic.com/news/local/yamate-sentenced-in-court-monday https://theworldlink.com/news/local/crime...

Another set of women in Canada, missing or murdered. While the bulk of them remain unsolved, we did end on a known case. That doesn't make it any less tragic. Killed for $20.00, the perpetrator given a four year sentence. As always we try and shed light on the epidemic that is the MMIW.  Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/angel-edna-carlick https://www.aptnnews.ca/nationa...

Blaine Milam and Geoffrey West never knew each other. They were born years apart. The only thing in common is that both men were murderers. They carried the common theme of being tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Both men died the same day by their respective states.  At 18, Blaine murdered a 13 month old girl after torturing her for over 30 hours. She was the daughter of his girlfriend wh...

This episode is for the understanding of why it is that I do what I do. Why I write to those incarcerated and hear their stories. What brought me to this point? It includes a couple stories from my time working as a prison nurse. As well as insight as to what special accommodations are made. 

Herbert "Herb" Mullin was born into a typical American family. He grew up well socially in California. He was voted "Most likely to succeed." Then, after high school, his best friend died, and he delved into drugs and religious rhetoric. He broke mentally, and his schizophrenia reared its head. He was smart enough to mask, even in mental institutions, which he found himself in twice. But the thoug...

Jane started out in this world as Honora Kelley. She lived in poverty until her mother died. Her father had a psychotic break and subsequently signed her over to the state. From there she was sent to a poorhouse, then was adopted as an indentured servant. She did well in the family home and was loved by the family, taking their name of Toppan, hiding her Irish heritage by changing her first name t...

For this month, we remain in Canada and on the missing/endangered/murdered list, still in the A names. It is truly difficult to read, name after name, case after case, and feel it is all so similar. These are women, sisters, sometimes mothers who are known on a government list, and for months, we remain at the top of it. Women are tragically and horrifically being lost to their families. This is t...

John Lowe met a woman named Sue and the couple built a thriving dog breeding business in Keepers Cottage Stud, Surrey England. In 1986 Christine brought her two daughters Lucy and Stacy out to pick out a puppy. As a way to get through a hard time after Christine left their father. The girls leave with the puppy and Christine a date.  Over time Christine moves in with John and Sue bringing along he...

Bruce McArthur grew up in Canada on a family farm. He reports believing his father knew of his closeted homosexuality and tried to work it out of him. Bruce married and moved to Toronto and had two children before confessing his sexual preference. He had a run-in with the law after beating a man in 2001. Still, he supposedly kept his nose clean and was free and clear after probation. He worked as...

Robert Berdella Jr was born into a Catholic family in Ohio. He was a loner, and once high school finished, he moved on to Kansas City. He was expelled from college and turned his life around almost immediately. Participating in the community, to the point that when his crimes came to light, many people thought he was framed. Still he confessed to the torture and murder of multiple men, all of whom...

Amanda Cook was 14 when she decided to go to the fair with her family. Just fifteen minutes from home in the Manitoba district of Canada. She checked in with her father throughout the day, getting money for games. He last remembered seeing her around 6:60-7pm. But then nothing, the family searched for her. They called the RCMP. Four days later her body was found, near the grounds, mostly nude. She...

In 1988, 16-year-old David Brom murdered all family members in his home, burying an ax into each one of them in Rochester Minnesota. For which, he received four life sentences. However, in 2023, legislative changes allowed for the possibility of parole early due to his age at the time of sentencing.  On July 29th 2025, 53 year David was released into a work released program in nearby Twin Cities. ...