Our True Crime Podcast: 2024

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

282. Real Life Boogeymen: The Murder of Kevin Thorpe and Laura Craig

It is January 8, 1981, and we going to Lassen County, California, where we encounter 21-year-old Kevin Thorpe. After completing high school, Kevin enlisted in the Navy, serving for three years before returning to his hometown of Ridgecrest, California. Upon his return, he met a young woman named Laura Craig at a social gathering. Laura, a mother to a young child, captivated Kevin, who was undeterred by her circumstances; his affection for her was profound. Their relationship developed quickly and intensely—an embodiment of the adage, “When you know, you know.”Eager for a fresh start, Laura and Kevin packed their belongings into Kevin's white Ford Elite, towing a utility trailer, and left Ridgecrest for Oregon, where they hoped to be closer to Kevin’s brother. They made the bittersweet decision to leave their baby, Treena, with Laura’s mother until they settled in. As they took the scenic backroads north on Highway 395, a sudden jolt signaled trouble: the trailer had a flat tire. They decided to press on to Madeline, where they encountered a seemingly helpful man who offered assistance and invited Laura to warm up inside with his wife. Just as they began to fix the tire, three other men arrived, discussing plans to meet women in Oregon. Though Kevin wanted to continue their journey that night, little did they know, that the warmth of the cafe would soon be overshadowed by a chilling darkness, as their lives would be forever altered by the intentions of those they encountered.

Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Real Life Boogeymen: The Murders of Kevin Thorpe and Laura Craig.’

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https://www.lassennews.com/governor-cdcr-court-grant-parole-to-infamous-lassen-county-murderer

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

281. Something About Mamie: The Murder of Mamie Thurman

In Logan County, West Virginia, there have been sightings of the ghost of a murdered woman that haunts 22 Mine Road. But underneath the spooky legend and sightings is a chilling story about the free-loving, warm-hearted Mamie Thurman who knew too much.

It was the height of the Depression, and America saw the lowest numbers recorded on the stock market exchange. Prohibition was in full swing, and speakeasies and gambling houses permeated the town of Logan.

On Wednesday, June 22nd, 1932, a berry picker found Mamie Thurman's body on the side of a mountain. Her throat had been slashed. While investigating, police found that Mamie had been living a double life. A life that was deemed immoral by most of the town.

Clarence Stephenson, a black "odd jobs man," would be found guilty of the murder of Mamie Thurman and sentenced to life in prison, where he claimed his innocence until the day he died.

To this day, many think Clarence Stephenson is innocent, and Mamie's murder is still unsolved.
And there are some who believe Mamie haunts 22 Mine Road because her real killer was never brought to justice.

Light a pumpkin-spiced candle for the spooky season and join Jen and Cam as they discuss "Something About Mamie: The Murder of Mamie Thurman."

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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
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Sources:
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/667516180/?match=1&clipping_id=138888611 (15 Sept 1932 Independent Herald)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/6937494/?match=1&clipping_id=138888878 (29 July 1932 charleston daily Mail)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/667562351/?match=1&clipping_id=138889041 (24 Oct 1932 Hinton Daily News)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/6912593/?terms=%22Mamie%20Thurman%22&match=1 (26 June 1932 charleston DailyMail)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/6911307/?terms=%22Mamie%20Thurman%22&match=1 (24 June 1932 Charleston Daily Mail)
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/11853384/?match=1&clipping_id=138897924 (11 Oct 1932 Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/11853702/?match=1&clipping_id=138898062 (12 Oct 1932 Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/667561952/?match=1&clipping_id=138898411 (13 Oct 1932 Hinton Daily News)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/11854469/?match=1&clipping_id=138898538 (Oct 14 1932 Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/667516349/?match=1&clipping_id=138898739 (Oct 20 1932 Independent Herald)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/7954539/?match=1&clipping_id=138899150 (Dec 17 1932 Char Daily mail)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57843541/mamie-thurman
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22378700/alvin-thurman
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56962619/harry-nighbert-robertson
https://www.newspapers.com/image/827839495/?match=1&clipping_id=138903623 (26 June 1932 Richmond Times Dispatch)
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/40116353/ ( 8 Oct 1932 Pittsburgh Courieer)
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

280. Fatal Mistake: Margo Compton Murders

Today we are headed to Laurelwood, Oregon where we meet a young woman named Margo Compton. Margo grew up in Solano County, California. She was a bright child who made good grades and had good friends. Things started to change for Margo. Margo ended up getting married in August of 1969 to Doug Compton at just 16 years old. At first, all seemed good in their marriage. Things changed when Doug met new friends from the Nomads motorcycle club, an offshoot of the Hell’s Angeles. When Margo got pregnant, the violence began. This led to them both doing drugs and it was rumored that Doug often beat Margo. Doug started hanging out increasingly with the bikers and less at home. In July 1977, Margo testified in a California criminal case against a high-ranking member of the Hell’s Angels. This would be a fatal mistake.

Join Cam and Jen on our True Crime Podcast episode ‘Fatal Mistake: Margo Compton Murders.’

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https://www.eonline.com/news/1400188/murder-victim-margo-comptons-audio-diaries-revealed-in-secrets-of-the-hells-angels-docuseries#:~:text=Compton%2C%20her%206%2Dyear%2D,consecutive%20life%20terms%20in%20prison.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/When-Jailbirds-Sing-It-was-the-pure-savagery-of-3018647.php

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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4232217/

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

279. Under the Radar: The Murder of Pamela Maurer

On a frigidly cold night in 1976, in a western suburb of Chicago, sixteen-year-old Pamela Maurer was hanging out at her friend’s house in Woodbridge Illinois. Around 9:45 p.m., Pam decided she needed a pick-me-up and told her friends she was heading out to get a soda. Pam put on her plaid coat and headed out into the frozen night, her breath billowing and catching on the wind. She pulled her coat close and made her way through the snow-covered neighborhood.

When Pam did not return to her friend's house that night, none of her friends were all that worried. After all, her curfew was 10:00 p.m., and they assumed she went straight home after buying her soda. But Pam never got her soda. She never made it home, either. She would be found early the next morning when a county road commissioner came across her body lying frozen in the snow.

It would take forty years to find Pamela Maurer's killer.

However, the case doesn't end there. In fact, investigators found that it was just getting started.

Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "Under The Radar: The Murder of Pamela Maurer."

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

278. The Bloody Footprints: Lauren DeWise and Ashley Van Hemert

On the morning of January 7, 2018, at 9:25 a.m., a chilling call was made to the 911 dispatch in Belgrade, Montana. A distressed woman reported that her neighbor had just come to her home in a panic, explaining she had returned to her residence to discover her two roommates had been shot. One roommate, she believed, was gravely injured but still clinging to life. Terrified, the neighbor had fled the scene and sought refuge, desperately asking for help. Law enforcement officers were immediately dispatched, though they had no idea what they were walking into. The initial report indicated that one female was dead and another, a 30-year-old, was wounded and unconscious. Recognizing this may be a difficult scene, the first responding officer requested backup as he approached the scene. Upon arrival, the officer was met by a visibly shaken woman—the roommate who had gone to her neighbor for help, now standing before him, clearly distraught. She was the third resident of the home, the one who had just witnessed the aftermath of what appeared to be a horrifying crime within her own home. Join Jen and Cam in discussing “The Bloody Footprints: Lauren DeWise and Ashley Van Hemert” on Our True Crime Podcast.

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS

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https://www.kxlh.com/news/i-was-afraid-of-my-dad-suspects-son-testifies-against-him-at-homicide-trial

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

277. The Kalamazoo Uber Killer: Jason Dalton

On Saturday, February 20th, 2016, Matt called for an Uber driver around 4:00 in the afternoon in Kalamazoo, Michigan. When the Uber driver arrived at about 4:20 p.m., Matt noticed a dog in the backseat..

The Uber driver began driving recklessly, ignoring stop signs and driving into the median. He sped into an oncoming traffic lane, blew through a stop sign, and sideswiped a Ford Taurus. But outwardly, the driver acted like nothing was wrong. Matt was terrified. “Dude, you just hit that car!” he yelled at the driver. But the driver just said, “I didn’t hit anything.” In the back seat, the family dog lunged for the floorboard where she stayed. Matt begged him to stop the car, but the driver wouldn’t.

Matt pleaded with the driver for the next few minutes to let him out.
The man said, “Don’t you need a ride to your friend’s house?” Matt yelled, “Not anymore! Let me out! Let me out!” But still, the driver ignored his pleas. Finally, the driver pulled onto Iroquois Trail and asked, “Which one is your friend’s house?” Matt took that opportunity to jump out of the car and run. A couple was sitting outside having a cigarette break and saw what happened. They immediately called 911. According to the woman, the 911 operator blew her off.

By the end of the night, that Uber driver would go on to kill six people and severely injure 2 more.

Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "The Kalamazoo Uber Killer: Jason Dalton."

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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October of OctoberPod VHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Pawprint

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kalamazoo_shootings
https://www.newspapers.com/image/158743948/match=1&terms=Jason%20Dalton%20Kalamazoo
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

276. Who Killed Tammy Zywicki?

On Sunday, August 23, 1992, Tammy Jo Zywicki, a 21-year-old college student, had just dropped off her 19-year-old brother, Daren, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The siblings had been traveling from the East Coast, and Tammy was eager to return to college. During their journey, the car, a white 1985 Pontiac T1000, had been experiencing issues, requiring frequent stops to add oil or water. After staying the night, Daren advised Tammy to monitor the vehicle closely on her journey back to college and pull over to a rest area if it acted up, especially given the day's heat. Tammy would never make it back to college.

Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Who Killed Tammy Zywicki?

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Sources:
https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/tammy-zywicki

https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/people-magazine-investigates-seeks-solve-1992-zywicki-murder

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/tammy-j.-zywicki/@@download.pdf

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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/2024/03/23/killing-of-grinnell-college-student-tammy-jo-zywicki-remains-unsolved-over-30-years-later-cold-case/72879354007/

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

275. First Suspect: The Murder of Carl Bridgewater

On the afternoon of September 19th, 1978, Carl Bridgewater, 13, hopped on his bike and started his paper route. In fifteen minutes, he arrived at Yew Tree Farmhouse, owned by Mary Poole, 79, and Fred Jones, 75, who were roommates at the farm. Both were elderly and answering the door often took them a long time. So, Carl was instructed to leave the paper in a basket outside. But if the door was open, he was supposed to take the paper inside and deliver it to them directly. However, Mary and Fred were away on this particular day. They’d gone out on a visit. Carl noticed the door was open, so he stepped inside the house to deliver the paper, as he was supposed to.

Around 5:30 p.m., a friend of the cousins stopped by. The door was open; he walked in and found Carl Bridgewater’s dead body on a settee in the sitting room. Was it a robbery gone wrong?

Four men were charged with the murder of Carl Bridgewater after police obtained a false confession. Three of the men would serve eighteen years in prison before having their convictions overturned. The fourth unfortunately died in 1981.

So, who killed Carl Bridgewater?

Carl Bridgewater (photo BPM Media)

Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "First Suspect: The Murder of Carl Bridgewater."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgewater_Four
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9xtDrd6tg8&ab_channel=BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvC0yNYaw4o&ab_channel=CushtyTV
https://www.newspapers.com/image/259582813/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260839419/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/848327599/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/848327302/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZosbREHbYac&ab_channel=AbsoluteCrimehttps://www.newspapers.com/image/848327302/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/858158013/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/260127783/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22https://www.newspapers.com/image/858158127/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/806899017/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22 (1979 trial)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/988102863/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/858487108/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22https://www.newspapers.com/image/858487108/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/811977193/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/858471453/?match=1&terms=%22Carl%20Bridgewater%22
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208740791/carl-bridgewater (good pics of him)
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2022/11/17/carl-suspect-seeking-to-get-separate-murder-conviction-quashed/
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2024/06/10/carl-bridgewater-murder--book-battle-in-new-court-twist/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/858164060/?match=1&terms=Hubert%20Wilkeshttps://www.newspapers.com/image/858246961/?match=1&clipping_id=151213517https://www.newspapers.com/image/859290227/?match=1&clipping_id=151213680https://www.newspapers.com/image/859337397/?match=1&terms=Hubert%20Wilkes%20Spencer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/859317465/?match=1&terms=Hubert%20Wilkes%20Spencer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/790233368/?match=1&terms=Hubert%20Wilkes%20Spencer (article by Paul Foote, who went on to write a book)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/859334686/?match=1&terms=Hubert%20Wilkes%20Spencer (Spencer gives account on motive)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/790222861/?match=1&terms=Hubert%20Wilkes%20Spencer
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1996-02-28/debates/31365f62-fe88-4688-a9be-3be9630f4ffd/BridgewaterFourhttps://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1996-02-28/debates/31365f62-fe88-4688-a9be-3be9630f4ffd/BridgewaterFour
https://www.newspapers.com/image/858161360/?match=1&terms=Carl%20Bridgewater%20alibi
https://www.newspapers.com/image/908492870/?match=1&terms=Carl%20Bridgewater%20alibi

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

274. Awash in Forgiveness: The Murder of Liz Reiser

It is May 24, 2000, and we are going to Tuscarawas County in Ohio to New Philadelphia. It is exactly what you think of when you say small-town America, with lots of farmland and friendly people. Elizabeth Reiser who goes by Liz is a 17-year-old high school student who is looking forward to graduating and finding out all that life has to hold for her. Her good friend 18 year old Brandi Hicks asked Liz to come over and stay the night with her. On this day Brandi who was in the school choir was going to the choir banquet and wanted Liz to go with her. Even though it was a school night, her mother relented and said yes. That evening, the two friends visited a video store in New Philadelphia after the choir banquet to rent some videos for a movie night. When they left the store and started to get into the car, a man approached them. The man claimed he had no means of getting home and asked the girls for a ride, telling them he lived nearby. The girls hesitated and told them they really needed to get home. The man then offered them $20 as an incentive. The girls did not want to give this stranger a ride, but he urged them to, and they relented. They were young, naive, and always looked for the best in people. After all, he only needed to go across town and then they could go back and watch the movie they had rented. Neither Brandi nor Liz would ever get to watch that movie.

Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled “Awash in Forgiveness: The Murder of Liz Reiser.”

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music by our EP @theinkypawprint

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Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Through-My-Tears-Awash-Forgiveness/dp/1493691384

https://beckireiser.blogspot.com/2008/05/frustration-with-justice.html

https://www.morningjournal.com/2000/05/26/man-confesses-to-killing-teen/

https://casetext.com/case/state-v-vaca

https://www.timesreporter.com/story/entertainment/books/2014/03/21/book-reiser-family-s-story/987546007/

https://veritycreates.medium.com/the-murder-of-elizabeth-reiser-and-how-her-best-friend-battled-to-survive-f455b23d9590

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/07/23/death-penalty-44/

https://veritycreates.medium.com/who-killed-corona-girl-three-decades-on-police-want-to-know-d6cbe32139dc

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7554908/

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/teen-played-dead-being-thrown-25062826
https://thecinemaholic.com/elizabeth-reiser-murder-where-is-matthew-vaca-now/

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

273. An Unimaginable Act: The Murders of Chloe and Aubrey Berry

Thank you to Nick for the episode suggestion.

Content warning: Child death

2017 was a wondrously magical Christmas season. Heaps of heavy white snow had piled on top of Oak Bay on Vancouver Island, and everybody, except maybe the most die-hard winter haters, was excited at the prospect of building snowmen and sledding.

On Christmas Day, Sarah awaited the arrival of her daughters, Chloe and Aubrey. They had been with their father, Andrew, the days before the holiday and were due to be home at noon. The set drop-off time came and went, and there was no sign of Andrew, Chloe, and Aubrey. Concerned, Sarah called and texted but they left unanswered. Sarah drove to Andrew's house, and when Aubrey and Chloe didn’t appear at the window, Sarah grew even more concerned.

Join Cam and Jen while they discuss "An Unimaginable Act: The Murders of Chloe and Aubrey Berry."

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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print

Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/RIPAubreyandChloeBerry/
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=TjDOiiuAFmc&ab_channel=Morbidology
https://www.newspapers.com/image/908182759/match=1&terms=Aubrey%20Chloe%20Berry
https://www.newspapers.com/image/930497802/match=1&terms=Aubrey%20Chloe%20Berry
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/victim-impact-statement-what-sarah-cotton-said-in-bc-supreme-court-4677879 (If you can make it through this without crying, you're a stronger person than I am.)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/930508496/match=1&terms=Aubrey%20Chloe%20Berry https://www.newspapers.com/image/906855476/?match=1&terms=Aubrey%20Chloe%20Berry
https://www.facebook.com/RIPAubreyandChloeBerry/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/can ada/i-screamed-like-never-before-mother-testifies-at-trial-of-ex-accused-of-killing-two-girls-1.4499102fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1dr7zZi-RyIp3S_ALD6cVYSCmKsjzG7aeR225qYpYiReZtXHn1hM6t_70_aem_XzhU_dOc0g6PSW5s426-nw
https://www.vicnews.com/news/mother-of-murder-girls-testifies-in-oak-bay-double-murder-trial-58044
https://www.saobserver.net/news/mother-of-slain-daughters-supports-recent-changes-to-canadas-divorce-act-3727169
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/times-colonist/20190417/281483572776846
https://www.cheknews.ca/i-miss-them-every-minute-mother-of-slain-oak-bay-girls-speaks-after-changes-to-divorce-act-749575/
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/notes-written-by-oak-bay-father-accused-ofmurdering-daughters-released-to-media-1.4575766?cache=%3Fot%3DAjaxLayout%3FclipId%3D64268

https://www.cheknews.ca/key-piece-of-evidence-in-andrew-berry-murder-trial-read-in-court-564129/

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

272. Someone Has To Go: The Murder of Stephanie Neiman

It is just after 10:30 p.m. on June 3, 1999, and we go to 23-year-old Bobby Bornt's home in Perry, Oklahoma. He sleeps on the couch, and his 9-month-old baby boy sleeps in a nearby room. Suddenly, a loud noise startled him awake. Three men entered the house after kicking in the front door. The three strangers beat Bobby mercilessly, but not all were strangers; Bobby recognized 23-year-old Clayton Locket as the tattoo artist who had recently done some artwork on him. The other two men were 26-year-old Shawn Mathis and Clayton’s 17-year-old cousin Alfonzo Lockett. Clayton wielded a shotgun, which he used to strike Bobby repeatedly. After the brutal beating, the attackers bound Bobby's hands behind his back with duct tape, gagged him, and left him on the couch. They then proceeded to ransack the house in search of drugs. What started as a “teach him a lesson” would end with a vicious murder on not just this warm June night but yet another murder in 2014 in what some experts would deem the most inhumane.

Join Jen and Cam on this episode of ‘Our True Crime Podcast’ entitled “Someone Has To Go: The Murder of Stephanie Neiman.”

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music by our executive producer @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://www.newson6.com/story/25392928/remembering-stephanie-neiman-oklahoma-murder-victims-tragic-story

https://www.news9.com/story/25397453/investigator-who-worked-murder-case-remembers-stephanie-neiman

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/2014/05/01/clayton-lockett-s-victim-had-a-name-stephanie-neiman/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2618893/He-deserved-Friends-victim-weigh-botched-execution-video-surfaces-chilling-1999-taped-confession-Oklahoma-murderer-showed-no-remorse-did.html

https://www.courthousenews.com/mans-death-agony-stops-inmates-execution/

https://www.pulitzer.org/files/2015/local-reporting/tulsaworld/01tulsaworld2015.pdf

http://kfor.com/2014/03/17/mother-says-she-is-ready-for-her-sons-execution-state-still-lacking-two-lethal-injection-drugs

https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032829/http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/double-execution-planned-tuesday-night-for-2-oklahoma-inmates-clayton-lockett-and-charles-warner

https://www.pulitzer.org/files/2015/local-reporting/tulsaworld/01tulsaworld2015.pdf

https://archive.today/20140501035701/http://docapp065p.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=394&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&doc_num=206409&offender_book_id=98755

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-execution-town-20140506-story.html

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/entertainment/2014/05/04/20140504-mark-patinkin-the-horrendous-crime-behin

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

271: Lethal Liar: The Murder of Rebecca "Becky" Klein

Thank you to Stacy for requesting this episode.

After 32-year-old Rebecca "Becky" Klein didn't show up for work on March 16, 2007, her wife of seven years, Nicole Abusharif, set off looking for her. After driving around their neighborhood, she found Becky’s car, a white work van, parked on the side of the road near their home. The van was unlocked, and the keys were in the ignition. Nicole then called the police to report her wife missing.

The next day, police found Becky's body locked inside the trunk of a car in her own garage.

Friday, July 26, 2024

270. Kingpin: Dustin Honken

Today’s case takes us to Mason City, Iowa. It's July 25, 1993, and like most school-aged kids, summer is the reward after being stuck in a classroom for nine months. Six-year-old Amber Duncan was no different. After an afternoon of playing on a Slip 'n Slide with her best friend, Brittney, Amber headed home around 3 PM, still wet from a day of fun in the water. As the little girl waved goodbye to her best friend, no one could have known it would be the last time she'd be seen. But Amber wasn’t the only one to go missing. What followed were years of agonizing questions and desperate searches. This is one of the most disturbing cases I've ever covered, and the man at the center of it all is a real-life Walter White. Join Cam and Jen as we discuss ‘Kingpin: Dustin Honken’ on Our True Crime Podcast episode.

Listener Discretion of by the Edward October of @octoberpodVHS

All music is by our executive producer Nico @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrNOWYmPKFmVggc5DAPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzMEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1721871526/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2fin-depth%2fnews%2flocal%2fcolumnists%2fcourtney-crowder%2f2020%2f07%2f12%2fdustin-honken-execution-trail-crime-put-iowan-death-row-drugs%2f5403810002%2f/RK=2/RS=HhKSf7aq8OWHRitbTAwQtEiqyZ4-

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/gangsters-americas-most-evil/4755644071207856112/seasons/3/episodes/dustin-honken-episode-2/57b0b5d6-dea2-30e7-bec2-b7d4dfce899f

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/opinion-maybe-wife-killer-fred-tokars-got-fate-worse-than-death/PbgkmWIwbkkvFTQoNczcSK/

https://casetext.com/case/honken-v-united-states-4

https://malefactorsregister.com/wp/1024/

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/07/16/us/ap-us-federal-execution-meth-kingpin.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20191207201717/https://www.kimt.com/content/news/Judge-temporarily-stops-execution-of-north-Iowa-mass-murderer-Dustin-Honken-565288091.html

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-iowa-ap-top-news-in-state-wire-terre-haute-824b3ba56e1be497e98100b9e7b91420

https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/

https://openjurist.org/184/f3d/961/united-states-of-america-v-dustin-lee-honken

http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/showthread.php?4741-Dustin-Lee-Honken-Federal-Execution-July-17-2020

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/fred-tokars-lawyer-who-set-murder-his-wife-dead/RZ0wVVjemrUPMQKaF8ntdK/

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrNOWYmPKFmVggc5DAPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzMEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1721871526/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2fin-depth%2fnews%2flocal%2fcolumnists%2fcourtney-crowder%2f2020%2f07%2f12%2fdustin-honken-execution-trail-crime-put-iowan-death-row-drugs%2f5403810002%2f/RK=2/RS=HhKSf7aq8OWHRitbTAwQtEiqyZ4-

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrNOWYmPKFmVggc4jAPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1721871526/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2fstory%2fnews%2fcrime-and-courts%2f2019%2f07%2f25%2fdustin-lee-honken-federal-execution-angela-johson-federal-death-penalty-iowa-murders-timeline%2f1826709001%2f/RK=2/RS=YtsWsQgcDI48elvf.BKm54sHlu0-

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-iand-3_01-cr-03046/pdf/USCOURTS-iand-3_01-cr-03046-1.pdf

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrFGjrYPaFmkc8bhzMPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzcEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1721871960/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.nytimes.com%2f2020%2f07%2f17%2fus%2fdustin-honken-federal-execution.html/RK=2/RS=fX6jqJdCbcKXgN1_WwAJd1PWlH8-

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/columnists/courtney-crowder/2020/07/17/dustin-honken-execution-iowa-man-executed-federal-prison-terre-haute-indiana-methamphetamine-murder/5456933002/

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/in-depth/news/local/columnists/courtney-crowder/2020/07/12/dustin-honken-execution-trail-crime-put-iowan-death-row-drugs/5403810002/

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/in-depth/news/local/columnists/courtney-crowder/2020/07/12/dustin-honken-execution-trail-crime-put-iowan-death-row-drugs/5403810002/

Join Cam and Jen as we discuss ‘Kingpin: Dustin Honken’ on Our True Crime Podcast episode.

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

269. Behind the Billboards: The Murder of Kathy Page

On a warm, partly cloudy night in Vidor,(ViE Dur) Texas, a newspaper boy, up early for his route, noticed that a black 1991 Mercury sedan was pitched forward in the ditch just off Interstate 10. The ditch was located between West Bolivar and the freeway access road. He immediately called the police to report the vehicle and that he was pretty sure there was a body in the front seat.

When the police arrived on the scene at West Bolivar and I-10, they immediately saw that there was a body of a woman sitting behind the steering wheel of the car. Her body was upright, back against the seat, and her head was turned toward the right, slightly nestled against the headrest. Her feet were pulled back toward the seat, and she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. When officers called out, “Ma’am?” she did not respond. They checked for a pulse and found that she was dead. The woman’s purse and ID were sitting upright on the car's floorboard, but the police already knew who she was. Kathy Page was the wife of Steve Page, whom Detective Ray Mosely had known for most of his life.

This murder inspired the Oscar-winning movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which Starred Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, and Peter Dinklage.

Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "Behind the Billboards: The Murder of Kathy Page."

If you have any information on the murder of Kathy Page, please call 1-800-252-TIPS to contact Texas Crime Stoppers, or you can submit a tip to Crime Stoppers online at crimestoppers.com. All tips are anonymous.

Thank you to the listener who requested this episode.

Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print

If you have any information on the murder of Kathy Page, please call 1-800-252-TIPS to contact Texas Crime Stoppers, or you can submit a tip to Crime Stoppers online at crimestoppers.com. All tips are anonymous.

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmnWxIqTN2Y&ab_channel=BBCNews
https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/10-the-murder-of-kathy-page
https://unsolved.com/gallery/kathy-page/https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1406707.html (You honestly don't need any other source.)
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/the-real-story-behind-three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri/
https://www.newspapers.c om/image/1001703865/?match=1&terms=Kathy%20Page
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156228571/monica_nicole-page
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22467735/dorothy_ann_fulton
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156039670/lucille_katherine_page
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Kathy_Page
https://people.com/crime/real-life-three-billboards-inspired-texas-murder-case/
https://www.memorialofvidor.com/obituaries/dorothy-fulton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

268. All I Want To Do Is Kill: The Collier Murders

Today, we are headed to Riverdale, Georgia, on August 2, 2004, where the Fayetteville Sheriff’s office gets a call from a 16-year-old named Sara Polk, who informs them that there had been a murder or two, to be exact, and proceeds to give them the address of the location where the killing had occurred. Det Bruce Jordan takes the call and arrives on the scene to find two people savagely murdered. The first victim, 74-year-old Carl Collier, was located in the kitchen, which had blood spatter everywhere. Walking through to discover the next victim, investigators see a small bloody barefoot print on the floor. The print would lead them to the basement stairs. Detectives make their way down the stairs, where they see the second victim, 73-year-old Sarah Collier, at the bottom of the staircase. The scene was bloody and brutal. It was clear that the perpetrator was violent and skilled in murder.

Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘All I Want To Do Is Kill: The Collier Murders'

As always our listener discretion by our bestie @octoberpodVHS

All music is by our best executive producer Nico @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-plead-guilty-to-stabbing/

https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/2021/s21a0871.html

https://www.amazon.com/Want-Kill-Pinnacle-True-Crime/dp/0786018615

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/young/teen_killers/index.html

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/killer-couple-murderous-lesbian-teens-holly-harvey-sandra-ketchum

https://www.vanceholmes.com/court/trial_harvey.html

https://www.gpb.org/news/2020/03/09/investigation-discovery-channels-twisted-love-investigates-georgia-murders

https://accesswdun.com/article/2005/4/147573

https://archive.thecitizen.com/archive/main/archive-050415/pc-09_mother.html

https://accesswdun.com/article/2004/8/163417

https://www.wtoc.com/story/2234202/preliminary-hearing-in-teen-double-murder/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4193880/How-girl-15-stabbed-grandparents-death-drugs.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1531239/plotsummary/

https://www.nydailynews.com/2017/02/04/devil-child-slaughters-her-grandparents-steals-their-car-to-pick-up-more-pot-cocaine/

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

267. The Only Murderer In The Building: Joanna Yeates

Greg stared at his phone and wondered why Joanna, his girlfriend and flatmate, wasn’t answering his calls. Greg had spent the weekend with his family in Sheffield, U.K., which was about four hours north of Bristol, where he shared the apartment with Joanna. Maybe she was just busy. It was, after all, the weekend before Christmas. But still, it wasn’t like her to not reply to him at all. Could her phone be dead? If it was, it had been dead all weekend because she hadn’t responded to his calls or texts since before 8:00 p.m. on Friday.

“Joanna?” he called out as he entered. But he got no answer. Her purse was there. The keys were there, and a bottle of cider sat on the counter. It was half full. Where was she? He called her cell phone again, calling her name and looking in the closets. He stopped. Her cell phone was ringing from inside the flat. “Joanna!?” he called out again. Any hope he had that Joanna was somewhere in the apartment was dashed as he realized the phone was ringing inside her coat pocket. The temperatures had not reached above freezing the whole weekend. Now he was really worried; Joanna wouldn't have left without her coat. Now he was really worried. With a sinking feeling in his gut, he called the police.

Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "The Only Murderer In The Building: Joanna Yeates."

Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Paw Print

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joanna_Yeates
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/oct/28/joanna-yeates-case-vincent-tabak
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/senseless-murder-joanna-yeates-how-22641648
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16063153/who-joanna-yeates-how-did-she-die/
https://youtu.be/_HMIM8ScKt0si=AHLbnVKa5dHE7bef https://youtu.be/LXMixkwtjYgsi=ZBgI3VsBsel_Glm4
https://youtu.be/K1My3HfOuVo?si=9EzfIq43taP5wpKl
https://www.newspapers.com/image/754124703/match=1&terms=%22Joanna%20Yeates%22
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