Tuesday, December 24, 2024

The Personification of Evil: The Chicago Ripper Crew: Day 12: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 Listener warning: this case is extremely disturbing. 


It is our final day of the 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. In May 1981, on the outskirts of Chicago, a hotel maid went to work like she did every day. For the most part, the day was uneventful, except when she noticed a horrible smell. The Moonlit Hotel wasn’t exactly a five-star place to stay. It was known as a place for drug deals and quick sex. Even so, the maid had never noticed a smell like this before. This was something new. And all day long, she tried to find the source of the stench but never found it. She returned to work the next day, and the smell was even worse.  It is a medical fact that women have a better sense of smell than men. They are also better at identifying a specific odor. And what the maid smelled that day was death. Her gut told her that something was dead on the hotel premises, but no matter how much she looked for the source, she couldn’t find it. The stench was making it almost impossible to work. Finally, she went to the hotel manager, who said that, yeah, now that she mentioned it, he smelled something, too. She told him that she’d already checked all the rooms, so the manager began to search the grounds. The manager came upon a gruesome discovery in an empty field behind the hotel. This would not be the final victim, but the biggest shock was yet to come. 



Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled ‘The Personification of Evil: The Chicago Ripper Crew.’


A huge thank you to Sleep Creme for sponsoring this episode. Order your bottle today at sleepcreme.com. Use the code OTCPODCAST at checkout to save twenty bucks on the first order! 

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

Sources:
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-ripper-crew-satanic-murderers-thomas-kokoraleis

https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1989/65229-7.html

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ripper_Crew

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/29/ripper-crew-killer-thomas-kokoraleis-paroled-after-37-years-prison/3308889002/

https://www.cracked.com/article_35559_the-ripper-crew-the-scariest-cult-youve-never-heard-of.html

https://mail.murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gecht-robin.htm

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387761257/?match=1&terms=%22Shui%20Mak%22%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387816419/?match=1&terms=%22Shui%20Mak%22%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387816597/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387752260/?match=1&terms=%22Shui%20Mak%22%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/388105253/?match=1&terms=%22Shui%20Mak%22%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387746495/?match=1&terms=%22Shui%20Mak%22%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387887372/?match=1&terms=%22Lorry%20Borowski%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/388083689/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387753721/ (plus page 2)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387880426/?match=1&terms=%22Lorraine%20Borowski%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387743330/?match=1&terms=%22Lorraine%20Borowski%22

 https://www.newspapers.com/image/388109876/?match=1&terms=%22Angel%20York%22 (how suspect was arrested)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387845914/?match=1&terms=%22Angel%20York%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/73489679/?

match=1&terms=%22Sandra%20Delaware%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/919587870/?match=1&terms=%22Rose%20Beck%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387845914/?match=1&terms=%22Angel%20York%22

https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-first-appellate-district/2008/1063487.html


Monday, December 23, 2024

Trail of Terror: The Bloody Benders and Their House of Death: Day 11: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 Here is day 11 of the 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. After the American Civil War, the U.S. government decided it would be delightful to shuffle the Osage Indians from Labette County, Kansas, to what would soon be the state of Oklahoma—because who doesn’t love a good game of human chess? As they cleared the land, they rolled out the red carpet for homesteaders, luring them in with shiny promises of opportunity. By October 1870, five families of spiritualists—because obviously, that’s who you want on the frontier—decided to stake their claim on this “untamed paradise.” As noted by the proclamation issued on May 17, 1873, this was far from paradise for many travelers. Several atrocious murders have been recently committed in Labette County, Kansas.



Join Jen and Cam on this episode entitled ‘Trail of Terror: The Bloody Benders and Their House of Death.’

Listener discretion by @octoberpodVHS

All music by our executive producer and editor @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bloody-benders

https://www.kctv5.com/2024/07/04/kansas-bloody-benders-digging-clues-century-old-murders/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/

https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/ku-researchers-dig-deeper-into-the-bloody-benders-site/

https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/true-crime-in-kansas-the-mystery-of-the-benders

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/


https://open.spotify.com/episode/13godpkiaP4Ile72PYAIL5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Ohio's 22 Caliber Killers: The Lewingdon Brothers Day: Day 10: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

It's day ten of the 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. On a freezing cold night in December of 1977, two women in their mid-thirties were leaving the Forker’s Café at 64 Union Street in Newark, Ohio. At 2:30 a.m., Joyce Vermillion, a barmaid at the café, and Karen Dodrill (dod-rill), a patron and friend of Joyce’s, were preparing to call it a night. Karen had been out celebrating her birthday and had offered to give her friend Joyce a ride home. Since it was minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit, Karen went out to warm up her car first and was headed back into the bar when she was gunned down by a person waiting in the bushes.  Since there was a homemade silencer on the gun, Joyce had no warning of any danger and walked out of the building and was shot and killed as well. (Some sources say they were walking across the parking lot when they were gunned down.) When Joyce failed to return home from work, her husband notified the police. No one knew that there was not just one killer at work; there were two, and they were related.



Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘Ohio's 22 Caliber Killers: The Lewingdon Brothers.’


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

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_and_Thaddeus_Lewingdon

https://mail.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/partners/lewingdon_bros/4.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288325368/?match=1&terms=Joyce%20Vermillion%20Karen%20Dodrill

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288325794/?match=1&terms=Joyce%20Vermillion%20Karen%20Dodrill

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288326901/?match=1&terms=Joyce%20Vermillion%20Karen%20Dodrill

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288331767/?match=1&terms=Joyce%20Vermillion%20Karen%20Dodrill

https://www.newspapers.com/image/989648304/?match=1&terms=%22Robert%20McCann%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/601876460/?match=1&terms=%22Robert%20McCann%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/844598598/?match=1&terms=Robert%20Mickey%20McCann

https://www.newspapers.com/image/406055736/?match=1&terms=Jenkins%20Jones

https://www.newspapers.com/image/406055736/?match=1&terms=Jenkins%20Jones

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5054b15de4b02b42cb2ebd87/t/58aef25a17bffc1271928016/1487860323271/HistTimes201401.pdf

http://wiki.lickingcountylibrary.info/Murders_and_Homicides

https://www.newspapers.com/image/863804609/?
match=1&terms=%22Claudia%20Yasko%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/825445876/?match=1&terms=%22Claudia%20Yasko%22%20confessed

https://www.newspapers.com/image/903090856/?match=1&terms=%22Gerald%20Fields%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/297373789/?match=1&terms=%22Gerald%20Fields%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288468878/?match=1&terms=%22Gerald%20Fields%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/296336484/?match=1&terms=%22Jerry%20Martin%22%20%20Martha

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288494235/?match=1&terms=%22Jerry%20Martin%22%20%20Martha

https://www.newspapers.com/image/287438136/?match=1&terms=%22Joseph%20Annick%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/157391755/?match=1&terms=%22Joseph%20Annick%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/295929917/?match=1&terms=%22Claudia%20Yasko%22%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/287557372/?match=1&terms=Lewingdon%20organized%20crime

https://www.newspapers.com/image/296705157/?
match=1&terms=John%20Vodhanel%20charges

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1065476941/?match=1&terms=John%20Vodhanel%20charges

https://www.newspapers.com/image/719952673/?match=1&terms=Christine%20Herdman

https://www.newspapers.com/image/406056639/?match=1&terms=Christine%20Herdman

https://www.newspapers.com/image/395561556/?match=1&terms=%22Jerry%20Martin%22%20obituary



Saturday, December 21, 2024

The Sex Beast: Melvin Rees: Day 9: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 It is day 9 of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. On a sweltering June 26, 1957, Margaret Harold, a vibrant young woman, and her boyfriend, a U.S. Army sergeant, enjoyed a rare weekend getaway. As they made their way, a green Chrysler came barreling toward them. Without warning, the car swerved, forcing them off the road. The driver, a tall, dark-haired man, stepped out with a sinister calmness. He approached their vehicle with a wicked look in his eyes. The stranger demanded that they roll down their window as he brandished a nickel-plated .38 revolver. At first, the man demanded money and then cigarettes. When the couple did not have anything to give him, he shot Margaret point-blank in the face. The horrified soldier, paralyzed by shock, fled the scene, racing through the rural fields that surrounded him. Finally, he reached a farmhouse, where he managed to call the police, relaying the horror he had just witnessed. The sergeant provided a clear description of the man who had attacked them—a man with an average build and somewhat tall stature, marked by dark hair and a clean-shaven face. Before police could find the stranger, he would do a lot more damage. 



Join Cam and Jen on this episode entitled “The Sex Beast: Melvin Rees.”

Listener discretion by @octoberpodVHS

All music is by our executive producer and editor @theinkypawprint

Sources:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-serial-killer-preys-upon-a-woman-out-for-a-drive

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/193/849/1733703/

https://www.facebook.com/baileysarian1/videos/the-chilling-story-of-melvin-rees/1122503025475063/

https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rees-melvin.htm

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/melvin_rees/13.html

https://www.sharda.ac.in/apply/ed/4c000655-Ay9X2VWw1xs.html

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/melvin_rees/12.html

https://www.tamucc.edu/online/video/video-kMVK9ybIbWB.html

Friday, December 20, 2024

The Roadside Strangler: Michael Bruce Ross: Day 8: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 It is day eight of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. At 5:45 a.m. on May 12, 2005, Michael Ross woke up and got out of bed as usual. It was a partly cloudy morning in Somers, Connecticut, and the day would be warm and pleasant. At 6:00 a.m., Michael had oatmeal for breakfast, then watched television and read the newspaper. After reading for a while, he received communion from a Catholic priest. The day was going well—pretty typical for him, actually. He visited with family and friends in the afternoon for a few hours. The only thing unusual about Michael’s dinner of turkey a la king, rice, fruit, mixed vegetables, and white bread was that it would be his last because, a few hours later, Michael Ross was executed by the state of Connecticut. It was the first execution in the state of Connecticut since Joseph “Mad Dog” Taborsky was electrocuted in 1960. 





Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled 'The Roadside Strangler: Michael Bruce Ross.'


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

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mAMXqN0Eaw (If you watch or listen to one thing on Michael Ross, watch this one. It's the one Jen spoke about.)

https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r1/ross-michael.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bruce_Ross

https://www.newspapers.com/image/972592729/?
match=1&terms=1.%09Dzung%20Ngoc%20Tu%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/254927798/?match=1&terms=1.%09Dzung%20Ngoc%20Tu%20

https://web.archive.org/web/20050616003937/

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/14/rossexecution.letter.ap/index.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144278/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175726038/dzung-ngoc-tuhttps://magazine.nd.edu/stories/my-name-is-michael-ross/ (in his own words)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/490184513/?
match=1&terms=%22Paula%20Perrera%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/242556358/?match=1&terms=%22Tammy%20Williams%22

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/michael_ross/index.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/242699683/?
match=1&terms=%22Debra%20Smith%20Taylor%22%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/970513270/?match=1&terms=%22Robin%20Dawn%20Stavinsky%22

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138698281/wendy-lynn-baribeault

https://www.newspapers.com/image/369000327/?match=1&terms=Wendy%20Baribeault

https://www.newspapers.com/image/970460283/?match=1&terms=Wendy%20Baribeault

https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/21/detective-who-stopped-serial-killer/29175692007/

Thursday, December 19, 2024

The Fast Food Murders: Paul Reid: Day 7: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 As we start this episode, it is day seven of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. On Sunday, February 16, 1997, around 9:45 to 10:00 a.m., an employee arrived at Captain D’s restaurant on Lebanon Road in Donelson, Tennessee, ready to start another routine day. But as he approached the establishment, an unsettling sight greeted him: the doors were firmly locked, which should not have been the case since two other employees were scheduled to open earlier.  He went to a neighboring restaurant to call Captain D’s, and when he received a busy signal, he felt relief. After a few minutes, he tried again, but the phone continued to ring this time. He knew something was wrong. Concerned for his colleagues, he contacted another employee whose father served as a Metro police officer. When the employee’s father arrived at the scene, they entered the restaurant between 11 a.m. and noon. What they found was shocking.  In an instant, the routine of a Sunday morning was replaced by an unspeakable tragedy, and the community would soon grapple with the aftermath of this horrific crime. Sadly, this was just the beginning. 




Join Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast on the episode “The Fast Food Murders: Paul Reid.”

Listener discretion by @octoberpodVHS

All music is by our editor and executive producer @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/court-of-criminal-appeals/2001/m1999-00803-cca-r3-dd.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-dennis-reid-never-confessed-230942209.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/s8rviv/does_anyone_on_here_know_about_paul_dennis_reid/

https://www.tba.org/journal/the-murders-of-paul-dennis-reid-jr

https://web.archive.org/web/20060616222357/http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3867

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/nashville-serial-killer-paul-dennis-reid

https://web.archive.org/web/20070127141638/http://chattanoogan.com/articles/article_98859.asp

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/convicted-mass-murderer-paul-dennis-reid-pronounced-dead/article_782aac80-7223-594f-b2ac-be4105f56968.html

https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/320079/s02-e05-the-fast-food-killer

https://web.archive.org/web/20110527105333/http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/4809806.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY22n_y5Msg

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/tennessee-mass-murderer-paul-dennis-reid-dead/51-95431900

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

The Polaroid Killer: Volker Eckert: Day 6: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 It is day six of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas, and we are headed to Germany. After World War II, Germany was divided into four Allied occupation zones, with the Soviet Union controlling East Germany and East Berlin, while the United States, France, and the U.K. managed Western Germany and West Berlin. By 1949, Europe had transformed dramatically, symbolized by the creation of two Germanies. Initially, movement between the two regions was unrestricted, but as East Germans fled westward in droves, the border was sealed in 1961, culminating in the Berlin Wall, a defining emblem of the Cold War.  In Plauen, East Germany, young Volker Eckert grew up in a Communist city near the Czech border. As a child, Volker developed a fixation on hair, playing with his sister’s dolls and mother’s wigs, which sparked sexual fantasies he kept secret. By age 14, his obsession with hair escalated into violence. On May 7, 1974, he strangled his classmate Sylvia Unterdörfel in her home under the pretense of needing help with homework, driven by an uncontrollable urge to feel her hair. Fearing exposure, he killed her and staged her death as a suicide. Sadly, Sylvia would not be his only victim. In fact, there would be many more.


 Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled ‘The Polaroid Killer: Volker Eckert.’

A huge thank you to Sleep Creme for sponsoring this episode. Order your bottle today at sleepcreme.com. Use the code OTCPODCAST at checkout to save twenty bucks on the first order! 

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


Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8BLkEZ7zk0&ab_channel=Mia%27sRealityChannel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Eckert

https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/eckert-volker.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/07/crime

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/01/germany.gilestremlett

https://web.archive.org/web/20120103001441/

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_11264.shtml#ixzz5TG24bAlw

https://www.novinite.com/articles/73211/Bulgarian+Victim+of+German+Sex+Killer+was+Pregnant

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/23/germany.gilestremlett

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Cold Blooded Killer: Joshua Wade: Day 5: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 For the fifth day of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas, we are headed north to Anchorage, Alaska, where we meet 52-year-old Mindy Schloss. Mindy had moved to Anchorage back in the 1980s by accident. Mindy came for a visit and never left. Mindy worked as a nurse practitioner in Fairbanks' psychiatric department. The commute from Anchorage to Fairbanks was a long one-hour flight, but Mindy had to make the trip twice a month. Her good friend Gerri would care for her cat Willy while she was gone working.  The friends would meet up before Mindy left for work, so when Gerri didn’t hear from Mindy, she called and left a message with Mindy checking in, but Mindy did not return the call, which was unlike Mindy. “Maybe she is just busy’ her friend thought. Mindy’s other friend, Bob Conway, her on-again and off-again boyfriend, reached out to Mindy as well, and when he could not leave a voicemail due to a full mailbox, he knew something was wrong. Bob called Gerri to inquire if she had heard from Mindy. When Gerri said no, they both felt something was wrong. 



Join Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast on the episode “Cold Blooded Killer: Joshua Wade.”

Listener Discretion is by @octoberpodVHS

All music is courtesy of our executive producer @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://alaskapublic.org/2024/06/21/alaska-serial-killer-joshua-wade-dies-in-indiana-prison/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Wade

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-serial-killer-dies-prison-2e292616a49b5cd49eabb2f3256fd412

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/anchorage/news/convicted-killer-joshua-wade-claims-responsibilty-for-additional-murders

https://www.oxygen.com/fatal-frontier-evil-in-alaska/crime-news/serial-killer-joshua-wade-is-found-dead-prison

https://archive.today/20220506153526/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-alaska-man-sentenced-to-99-years-in-nurses-murder-2010feb17-story.html

https://archive.today/20210625194748/https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/authorities-joshua-wade-admits-3-additional-killings-0/2014/06/20/

https://archive.ph/20220506153526/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-alaska-man-sentenced-to-99-years-in-nurses-murder-2010feb17-story.html#selection-2173.1-2201.114

https://archive.ph/20210625194748/https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/authorities-Joshuaua-wade-admits-3-additional-killings-0/2014/06/20/

https://archive.ph/20161127222923/https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/we-alaskans/2016/11/27/exceptional-account-traces-path-of-alaska-serial-killer-Joshuaua-wade/

Monday, December 16, 2024

The Kansas City Vampire: Marc Sappington: Day 4: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 It is day four of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas, and we are headed to the Midwest. Every city has trouble with crime. Just watch the news for an hour, and it’s pretty evident that violence occurs even in small communities, no matter how many disbelieving residents claim otherwise.  However, some cities statistically have a higher crime rate than others, and many reasons and factors contribute to that. According to the U.S. News Real Estate website, Kansas City, Kansas, is in the middle of the United States and has a slightly higher crime rate than the national average. In 2001, Kansas City had 10,909 violent crimes. Among those were 92 murders, 945 rapes, 7,449 assaults and 2,423 robberies. But, oddly enough, there was no category for “Death by Vampire Cannibal.”


Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled ‘The Kansas City Vampire: Marc Sappington Day.’


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

ources:
https://youtube/Hv3ISDg811U?si=DtrujPt8oYKO-Lcw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Sappingtonhttps://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sappington-marc.htm

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/sappington/1.htmlhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/686892606/?match=1&terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/686883369/match=1&terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/686887661/?

match=1&terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/686895681/match=1&terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/686894452/?match=1
&terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/06/11/schizophrenic-episodes-linked-to-the-drug-pcp/647db04d-f0c2-4a1e-aee5-2cdc458aa203/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/686817896/?match=1&terms=David%20Mashak

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ks-supreme-court/1066394.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/687193968/?match=1&terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/687337700/?terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/688165754/?

match=1&terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/688165754/?match=1&terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/688172334/?terms=%22Marc%20Sappington%22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWDDcDGiGaA&ab_channel=KMBC9


Sunday, December 15, 2024

The Killer, the Confession & the Magazine Spread: Murderer Conan Hale: Day 3: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 It's day 3 of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. In December 1995, 19-year-old Conan Wade Hale and his accomplice, Jon Susbauer, unleashed a wave of terror in Oregon. It began on December 4, when they ransacked a woman’s home, stealing valuables worth thousands and slashing furniture before fleeing. Days later, on December 16, they drove a stolen silver Chevrolet Suburban through Eugene and encountered two teenagers, Kara Krause and Jesse Jarvis, parked on a desolate road. After Susbauer posed as a property owner to engage the couple, a masked figure armed with a machete emerged from the darkness, forcing the teens to strip before sexually assaulting Kara. Both survived and later identified Susbauer as the "property owner," though only Jesse tentatively linked Hale to the attack. The duo escalated their spree on December 19, burglarizing another home to steal valuables, including a rabbit-fur jacket and a .38-caliber revolver, leaving behind more vandalism. By December 20, cruising the streets in the stolen Suburban, they crossed paths with Hale's 15-year-old ex-girlfriend Kristal Bendele and her friends. These young teens would not be as fortunate as those before. 


Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled “The Killer, the Confession, and the Magazine Spread: Murderer Conan Hale.”

Listener Discretion is courtesy of @octoberpodVHSAll music is courtesy of our editor and executive producer @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980516/2750951/man-guilty-of-triple-murder

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=474

https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/priest-involved-in-jailhouse-confession-is-leaving-town02e73f9c/

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/05/whos-on-oregons-death-row-27-men-2-others-held-elsewhere.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/05/11/taping-of-jailhouse-confession-to-priest-creates-furor-in-oregon/fdc77ccb-fc07-4c85-850d-90e08855b90a/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1996/05/12/violating-the-confessional/e333b7df-bb5f-460b-b48c-af7a1c9f51be/

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/news-of-the-weird-6361362

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/picture-gallery/news/crime/2016/11/14/oregon-death-row-inmates/93826530/https://casetext.com/case/hale-v-belleque-4

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hale-conan-wayne.htm

https://nypost.com/2000/02/18/united-victims-of-benetton-families-speak-out-against-ads-that-honor-their-loved-ones-killers/

Saturday, December 14, 2024

The Bumblebee Road Murders: Brandon Rumbaugh & Lisa Marie Gurrieri: Day 2: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

We are headed west on day two of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. It was pitch black on a gorgeous night in the Arizona desert in October 2003. There was not a cloud in the sky, but billions of stars were observable by the naked eye because Bumble Bee Road is in the middle of nowhere. In every direction, there was nothing but 90,000 acres of rolling hills dotted with Saguaro cactus spikes. Brandon Rumbaugh, age 20, a personal fitness instructor, and his girlfriend, Lisa Marie Gurrieri, a nineteen-year-old secretary for the Salt River Project, were celebrating their first anniversary. They had initially wanted to go to Disneyland to commemorate the occasion, but it was too expensive. The couple had been discussing marriage, so they didn’t want to spend much money.  So, instead, they thought it would be romantic to go back to the Arizona desert and do some stargazing as they did on their first date. This time, though, they decided to camp out under the stars. Lisa had never been camping before, and the couple didn’t really have camping equipment either, so they asked Lisa’s mother, Paula, if they could borrow her brand-new white F-150 truck, and they would just sleep in the back of the vehicle with some sleeping bags. Paula wasn’t thrilled about them taking the truck since it needed an oil change, but in the end, she gave them permission. Lisa also borrowed her mother’s video camera. Then, Lisa made another request; she asked her mother not to tell her Uncle Mike where they were going because she knew that he’d be upset and worried about them. The area had become known as a “party destination. Unfortunately, it would turn out that Uncle Mike had every reason to worry.


Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled ‘The Bumblebee Road Murders: Brandon Rumbaugh & Lisa Marie Gurrieri.’


If you have any information about this case, please contact the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office or Silent Witness at 480–948–6377.

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

Pictures Jen spoke about.








Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Vy0TYqOo_sg&ab_channel=RachelShannonTrueCrime

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22764900/lisa-marie-gurrieri

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125512144/match=1&terms=Paula%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125512236/match=1&terms=Paula%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125513123/match=1&terms=Paula%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125454864/match=1&terms=Paula%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125254509/match=1&terms=Paula%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205289317/brandon-keith-rumbaugh

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/azcentral/name/brandon-rumbaugh-obituary?id=27815392

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125516344/match=1&terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125255612/match=1&terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125503770/?terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125503785/match=1&terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125583182/?match=1&terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20 (Rusty Rankin)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/126708234/?match=1&terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20 (Sonoma Ca couple)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125478691/?match=1&terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/361287432/?match=1&terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20 (14 years later)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/619647478/match=1&terms=Lisa%20Gurrieri%20

https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/nearly-20-years-since-the-murders-of-lisa-gurrieri-and-brandon-rumbaugh-in-yavapai-county

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/murder-suspect-dies-after-police-standoff/73-344894944

https://darrensrides.blogspot.com/2011/09/crown-king-arizona.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125583750/?match=1&terms=%22Rusty%20Rankin%22

https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/scottsdale-couple-murdered-camping-trip-2003-unsolved/75-6cc84714-3ffc-49d5-9a06-5ba344db75f0  (image of the last photo taken on the camera)

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/brandon-rumbaugh-lisa-gurrieri-cold-case-could-camera-hold-clue

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125496399/match=1&terms=Michael%20Villers

https://the-m-files.medium.com/double-homicide-on-bumble-bee-road-4fa16a21d71

https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/mortality-data.htm

https://www.newspapers.com/image/125503785/match=1&terms=Crime%20Bumble%20Bee%20

Friday, December 13, 2024

The Brutal Murder of Nohema Graber: Day 1: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

 On the first day of our Seventh Annual "12 Nightmares Before Christmas," we are heading just north of us to Fairfield, Iowa.  On November 2, 2021, the community of Fairfield, Iowa, was devastated when beloved Spanish teacher Nohema Graber, 66, went missing. She hadn’t been heard from since she set out for her daily walk in Chautauqua Park. Just one day later, on November 3, her badly beaten body was discovered—mere hours after she was reported missing. Authorities found her remains concealed beneath a tarp, a wheelbarrow, and railroad ties. The police confirmed that Graber had suffered significant trauma to the head. This cruel act shattered the peace of a close-knit community, leaving residents not only devastated but grappling with a haunting question: what could drive someone to commit such an unthinkable act of violence? The answer would emerge just days later, but the age of the perpetrators and the motive behind their actions would leave the community speechless.


Join Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast to discuss “The Brutal Murder of Nohema Graber.”

Special thank you to Abby Stout, who suggested this case to us. 

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS
Music by our EP Nico @theinkypawprint

Sources:
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/nohema-graber-jeremy-goodale-willard-mille-b2448484.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRV4LzHE71k

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeremy-goodale-iowa-teen-sentenced-killing-spanish-teacher-nohema-graber/

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/07/06/fairfield-teacher-murder-teen-gets-life-in-prison-at-sentencing/70387288007/

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nohema-graber-why-spanish-teacher-070137251.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/18vij6a/november_2021_two_teens_planned_executed_and/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66111470

https://www.facebook.com/nohema.m.graber/

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2022/03/22/iowa-teens-jeremy-goodale-willard-miller-nohema-graber-bat-snapchat-court-documents/7135981001/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nohema-graber-murder-willard-miller-jeremy-goodale-killed-spanish-teacher-over-bad-grade-iowa-prosecutor-says/

https://www.behnerfh.com/obituaries/nohemacastilloycastillo-graber

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/teenager-who-helped-beat-spanish-teacher-to-death-over-co-defendants-failing-grade-is-sentenced/

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

290. 'I'd Do It Again': Arthur Bishop

 We’re heading to Hinckley, Utah—a remote place tied to one of the most heinous crimes in Utah’s history. It was October 14, 1979, a crisp autumn afternoon in Salt Lake City, when four-year-old Alonzo Daniels was last seen playing in the courtyard of his apartment complex. When his mother checked on him, he was nowhere to be found. Alonzo had simply disappeared.  Desperation set in as relatives and neighbors combed the grounds and nearby streets; their search yielded nothing. Police arrived, questioning residents door-to-door. One of the first to be interviewed was Roger Downs, a neighbor who lived directly across the hall from the Daniels family. Downs denied knowing anything about the boy’s disappearance, his demeanor was calm, and his answers were routine. Leads poured in, but each one proved fruitless. Alonzo had seemingly disappeared into thin air, leaving a community haunted by unanswered questions. What no one knew was that little Alonzo had already been murdered as his mom continued her search for him. The killer was hiding in plain sight and was far from being done.



Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘I'd Do It Again: Arthur Gary Bishop.’

Listener Discretion by @OctoberpodVHS
All Music is by our Editor @theinkypawprint

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Sources:

https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/1988/19907.html

https://www.readbetweenthelynes.com/book/9781952043031

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/arthur_bishop/7.html

https://www.oxygen.com/violent-minds-killers-on-tape/crime-news/serial-killer-rapist-arthur-gary-bishop-victims

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KWC5-K36/arthur-gary-bishop-1952-1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUqfvs7XnzE&pp=ygULI2dvZHJraWxsZXI%3D

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/violent-minds-killers-on-tape/4638325638079482112/seasons/1/episodes/arthur-gary-bishop-episode-5/906c63df-9db2-353a-8380-42fadbfee057

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/caught-arthur-gary-bishop-gives-040000456.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gary_Bishop

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/bishop-arthur-gary.htm

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

289. The Year of Terror: Florida's Flat Tire Murders

 The summer of 1975 found the United States obsessed with Magic 8 Balls, mood rings, and disco music. People partied and danced to ”The Hustle,” all while wearing their hip-hugging bell bottoms. The movie Jaws dominated the box office, and a new horror writer named Stephen King had just appeared on the scene, scaring anyone who dared to read his books. 


The people of Florida were going through a real-life horror story: Women, some as young as fourteen, were disappearing and turning up dead in canals. Many in law enforcement were adamant that there was no connection to any of the dead women that year, and others thought they were all connected. 


Join Jen and Cam as they discuss 'The Year of Terror: Florida’s Flat Tire Murders.'



Anyone with information on the murders of Barbara Schreiber and Darlene Zetterower or on any of the other murders mentioned in this podcast is urged to contact Det. Andrew Gianino at 954-321-4376. If you wish to remain anonymous, please contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or browardcrimestoppers.org.

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

Sources:

https://www.sheriff.org/PIO/BSONews/Pages/BSO%E2%80%99S-%E2%80%9COPEN-AND-UNSOLVED-THE-MURDERS-OF-BARBARA-SCHREIBER-AND-DARLENE-ZETTEROWER%E2%80%9D.aspx
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/suspect-identified-in-brutal-1975-murder-of-two-teen-girls-in-broward/3097156/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45619541/belinda-darlene-zetterower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat-Tire_murders
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=18gPtefdGGc&list=PLVP5hIvxFZhPSOV_AyRRjwYycGf7hxHW&index=6&ab_channel=BrowardSheriff%27sOffice
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61257126/barbara-susan-schreiber
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/dna-identifies-killer-1975-murders-b2401199.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/230821973/?match=1&terms=Zetterower
https://www.newspapers.com/image/626881336/?match=1&terms=Zetterower
https://www.newspapers.com/image/318387725/?match=1&terms=Zetterower
https://www.newspapers.com/image/626888522/?match=1&terms=Zetterower (continued from https://www.newspapers.com/image/626885984/)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/231550509/?match=1&terms=Zetterower
https://www.newspapers.com/image/231552121/?match=1&terms=Zetterower
https://www.newspapers.com/image/302421384/?match=1&terms=Zetterower
https://www.newspapers.com/image/230822360/?match=1&terms=Zetterower
https://www.newspapers.com/image/626863317/match=1&terms=Zetterowerhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/224752752/match=1&terms=Zetterowerhttps://youtu.be/P14UwetD8tA?si=ggqx8KktSgIyg_PB
https://www.newspapers.com/image/999442205/https://www.newspapers.com/image/999442207/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/999443009/match=1&terms=%20%22Robert%20Clark%20Keebler%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/231777734/match=1&terms=%22Judith%20Ann%20Osterling%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/334921137/match=1&terms=%22Judith%20Ann%20Osterling%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/231565988/match=1&terms=%22Barbara%20Davis%20Stephens%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/231755243/match=1&terms=%22Barbara%20Davis%20Stephens%22https://www.newspapers.com/image/232289478/match=1&terms=%22Arietta%20Marie%20Tinker%22 (promiscuous lifestyle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P14UwetD8tA&ab_channel=TheFlatTireMurders
https://www.newspapers.com/image/301831640/match=1&terms=%22Barbara%20Davis%20Stephens%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/302146679/match=1&terms=%22Ronnie%20Sue%20Gorlin%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/624762660/match=1&terms=%22Sunny%20Isles%20Motel%22%20sexual%20assault
https://www.newspapers.com/image/231708128/match=1&terms=%22Ben%20Botwinick%22
https://www.insideprison.com/state-inmate-search.aspcounty=unknown&state=FL&id=1068912&lnam=botwinick&fnam=ben
https://www.leagle.com/decision/1977986343so2d6431911
https://www.newspapers.com/image/302419941/match=1&terms=%22Elihu%20Phares%22%20hitchhiking
https://www.disastercenter.com/crime/flcrime.htm