There’s Danger Here

Twenty-one-year-old Grace Millane wanted to go on a solo trip during her gap year. She had graduated with her Bachelor's Degree, feeling accomplished and excited, and planned her trip. First landing in South Africa, then moved on to New Zealand. A country touted for its safety, it's here that Grace stops adding posts to social media and loses contact with family. On the eve of her 22nd birthday, s...

In the 1960's in Scotland a man killed three women. All of them came from the Barrowland Ballroom, they were all mothers, and all menstruating. They were beaten, then strangled. The last victim had a bite mark on her arm. While this suggested a pattern of escalation. Instead the killing stopped. The man disappeared and the cases have remained unsolved.    Sources:  MacGregor, Steve. 2018. Murder W...

This months MMIW cases hail once again out of Canada. When looking for a reference, the CBC houses a plethora of information. After looking through the list, I got lost on where to start. I did as anyone would, the beginning. The cases are all hard and tragic. But what's worse is the lack of information and outcry for every single female. It should be shouted as loud as possible. I'm simply adding...

Genene Jones always thought she was better than others. When she became an LVN she administered ordered however she saw fit, assuming she knew what was best. In a PICU she was present for more than half of the deaths that occurred in just over a year. After being released from the hospital, her reign of terror simply went on to the children who entered her clinic. While only convicted for a few of...

Erick started in Texas. After a stint in juvi, he absconded up to Seattle to be with his dad. Bringing his girlfriend, who was pregnant with their first son at the time. He waited out the law until his record was expunged and he was free to move around again. The streets were familiar and he ran them under his fathers protection. Still he didn't manage to stay away from the law. Multiple run-ins a...

Fred West was a happy child, but after a motorcycle accident in his teens, became a different person. His true terrifying nature didn't come to fruition until his life partner Rose came into the picture. A child of abuse and mental health issues Rose had the propensity for torture. Her sexual appetite barely satiated with Fred. Together the pair prowled for the vulnerable, when challenged they kil...

In 1821 the world Penitentiary comes in. A place for those who have committed crimes to be and seek reflection and penance. The original spoke and wheel design housed indoor plumbing from its inception. The addition of other buildings changing its landscape, design, and overall workings. Like other prisons, overcrowding plagued the system quickly. Drugs were introduced and idle hands led to disdai...

This month is a multiple case month. Women, predominantly from the Navajo Nation go missing or are murdered. Many of the cases remain unsolved to this day. The last case is just as heartbreaking, Jamie Yazzie is killed by her then boyfriend following an argument, found just seven miles from the house she was living. But it takes years before she is found and news to the family is either delayed or...

Andrea Yates was a woman who suffered from mental illness throughout her adult life. Her religious mentor exacerbating her condition through his preaching. She married and the couple had five children together, but as the numbers increased, her mental health diminished. Committing several self-harm events, speaking of hearing voices and wanting to hurt her children but trying to end her own life i...

On April 19th, 1995, two years after Waco. A truck bomb was set off next to the Alfred P. Murrah building. The act of domestic terrorism claimed 168 lives, while injuring 800. The response was swift, and with a little bit of luck, the main individual, who drove the truck to its location, was placed in jail on unrelated charges within hours of the bomb detonating. The two men were charged quickly,...

The Oregon State Penitentiary, OSP, started construction in the late 1800's. It has grown into the concrete monster that it is today. Starting on the outskirts of the town, Salem grew around it. The penitentiary was known for it's violence, overcrowding, and corruption for decades. It is the center of a high profile, yet little known hit on an employee within the Oregon Department of Corrections,...

Emily Pike was just 14 years old when she was murdered.  Her childhood looked bright, she was a happy child, then one event and her life was never the same. After being moved into a group home, she was isolated from family. Her mental health declined and she attempted suicide on multiple occasions. After absconding from her group home, multiple times, the lack of urgency seemed apparent. Unfortuna...

In 1992, John Martin Crawford targeted indigenous women who were in sex work. He brutalized them and then killed them, dumping them around the same location. But years prior, 19-year-old John had done the same to another woman. Pleading to manslaughter instead of murder. He was able to rejoin society and continue his merciless actions against women.  He killed Shelley Napope, Eva Taysup, and Calin...

In a small town in the Czech Republic, a new father tests out his baby monitor only to find the shock of his life. A nude child in utter darkness, hands bound is displayed. Police are notified and a case of child abuse unravels into much more. A cult, a fake identity, and master manipulated child torture is uncovered.   Sources:  Green, R. 2016. The Kurim Case. A terrifying true story of child abu...

Eric Edgar Cooke was born and raised in Perth, Australia. His family despised him from birth due to his cleft lip. He became a quiet boy and awkward teen. He did things to fit in, but that often including illegal activities. He was known as a petty thief early on.  He got married and had numerous children, while he worked, he also continued his life of crime. Something that his wife accepted. But...

The wonderful Rick and Melissa, founders of adoptaninmate, allowed me to have a conversation with them. The pair discuss how the vision came forward after their family came to an abrupt realization of what the judicial system can be for both those incarcerated and those who love the incarcerated. Now they work to change the minds of the masses, one letter at a time. https://adoptaninmate.org/v htt...

John Christie, a hysterical hypochondriac. Hated women and used his knowledge of gas to lure multiple women in and end their lives. He couldn't perform in the bedroom without violence, resulting in his need to pick up prostitutes to feed his appetite. After bodies were found in his apartment, he didn't deny killing them. He did attempt to make himself the victim for each woman involved. After his...

Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind had her whole life ahead of her. She was pregnant with her first child, getting ready to move in with her long-time partner. Always willing to lend a helping hand. Instead her life was snuffed out by others. She was killed so that her neighbor, Brooke could live in a fantasy world, acting as though this new child was her own. After having seven children taken away by th...

Auburn prison became the first "prison for profit" . Through use of inmate labor and local contracts. The inmates made no money from this labor, it all went to the prison and those who ran it. The striped uniform and solitary confinement were created here as well. This silent prison, was a havoc on the mental health of those who found themselves living in it. William Freeman proclaimed his innocen...

Christopher Lambert is the second success story. He was behind bars for decades. It took a while to shift his perspective, but once he did everything changed. He hasn't forgotten his roots, continuing to help those within his community. Through work and outreach programs. 

The creator of No Holmes Barred, Daniel Ciarrocchi joins me in a discussion about the man himself. H.H. Holmes was an American serial killer who built a murder castle in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1800's. Though he reports to have killed over 20, he is only convicted of one. But one is enough to hang.  After that i'll transport us into the early 2000's and discuss a Nurse. Kimberly Saenz, was a...

George Eric Marquart, a man without a high school degree became the first to produce street Fentanyl. He had a high IQ, evident in school. But he found school boring and ridiculous. After winning the State Science Fair, he was immediately expelled for truancy issues. The local Doctor got him into making Heroin. Eric enjoyed the science behind making drugs. He switched to meth for the market and pr...

Randy Woodfield, a native Oregonian, was drafted to the Green Bay Packers. He had the potential to be a great man, but he couldn't stop exposing himself to women. After being released from the Packers, he drifted into the night scene in Portland. Still it wasn't enough, his voyeurism turned into attacking women. When rape wasn't enough, he advanced to murder. From California up to Washington, he a...

Martin Lockett is the first interview highlighting post-prison success. A man who made a devastating mistake, faced the consequences and came out of it with a new found purpose. I was honored to hear the story about how he changed, how his dedication brought him into a life of helping others.   "Perhaps the person they will have ended up helping the most is the man who is charged with killing them...

15 year old Tina Fontaine goes missing in Winnipeg, Canada. Her body is later found in the Red River after a boat propeller dislodged the weighted duvet cover that held her. An investigation goes on, but only a circumstantial case can be created. She is one of the many MMIW cases that plague society. The outcry for justice is still ringing in the ears of many.    Sources: Jolly, Joanna. Red River...