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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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lindahl_(criminal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tMhuOhwQY
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https://people.com/woman-dated-serial-killer-realized-later-being-drugged-8656517
https://www.newspapers.com/image/527767225/?match=1&terms=Pamela%20Maurer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/527767629/?match=1&terms=Pamela%20Maurer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/382310003/?match=1&terms=Pamela%20Maurer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/382318962/?match=1&terms=Pamela%20Maurer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/382310764/?match=1&terms=Pamela%20Maurer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/527767340/?match=1&terms=Pamela%20Maurer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/386705183/?match=1&terms=Pamela%20Maurer
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206264784/pamela_a-maurer
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/630885831/?match=1&terms=Pamela%20Maurer
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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

Music by our EP @theinkypawprint


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https://www.kpax.com/news/outrageous-intolerable-joseph-paul-dewise-hears-from-woman-he-shot-at-sentencing

https://www.kbzk.com/news/crime-courts

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/husband-who-shot-wife-dead-22468844

https://juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTrackId?DocId=389784

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4zwPV0y5mk

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The Murder Tapes Episode 3

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https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/dewise-sentenced-for-killing-his-wife-and-critically-wounding-another-woman#:~:text=BOZEMAN%20%E2%80%94%20Joseph%20Paul%20DeWise%20was,with%20no%20eligibility%20for%20parole.

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
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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?

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music by our E.P. @theinkypawprint

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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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