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A young couple conspire to kill a romantic rival in Texas in 1995. Thanks to listener Casey Graham for the suggestion of this case. This is the case of Diane Zamora and David Graham - The Texas Cadet Murder case.
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Photo: Diane Zamora (left), Adrienne "AJ" Jones (right), David Graham and Diane (bottom)
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This month I'm picking cases from listener suggestions as a "thank you" to my audience. First up is a case from Warwick, Rhode Island suggested by Mikala Fortin.
When a series of brutal murders takes place in one neighborhood in 1989, investigators zero in on an unlikely suspect - a teenage boy who would be considered one of the country's youngest serial killers.
Photo: Craig Price is taken into custody and charge with four murders in Rhode Island.
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On this bonus episode I talk to retired FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Rinek, author of the new book "In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators". We discuss his work with the FBI and the role he played in securing the confession from serial killer Cary Stayner. I detailed that case in Episode #46 - Murder in Paradise - The Yosemite Murders.
Click here for the Amazon link to Jeffrey Rinek's book:
In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators by Jeffrey Rinek and Marilee Strong
The last chapter of "Haunted Homicide" is the story of the LaLaurie Mansion known as "the most haunted house in America". In this episode you'll hear the TRUE story of Madame Delphine LaLaurie who is called "the socialite serial killer".
Resources:
Ozzy and Jack's World Detour - https://www.aetv.com/shows/ozzy-and-jacks-world-detour
Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed by Victoria Cosner Love and Lorelei Shannon
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The Tower of London has a long history of torture, murder and royal intrigue. It has also been the scene of many ghostly sightings over its 950-year history. Travel with me to through the Tower to uncover some of its dark history.
#ThomasBecket #WilliamWallace #HenryVIII #AnneBoleyn #ThePrincesintheTower #RichardIII #TudorEngland #ElizabethI
In a scene from the series "The Tudors" Anne Boleyn presents her executioner with a purse of coins as a "tip" before her beheading.
Resources:
Books: Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London by Nigel Jones
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir
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A house with a dark history is purchased by a young couple in 1975. They soon begin experiencing unexplained and terrifying events inside the home. Was it a result of their imaginations run wild? A hoax? Or the after effects of a horrific multiple homicide committed there?
#Amityville #AmityvilleHorror #DeFeoMurders #RonaldDeFeo
112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York - photographed on the night of the DeFeo family murders.
Resources:
Audio Clip from documentary My Amityville Horror (2013) directed by Eric Walter. Click here to rent or purchase.
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A serial killer uses his own home as his killing grounds. After his crimes are discovered his property, Fox Hollow Farm, will be considered one of the most haunted places in the midwestern United States. This is chapter one of the series, "Haunted Homicide".
Fox Hollow Farm in Carmel, Indiana where serial killer Herb Baumeister took his victims. Many bones were found in the woods just behind the home.
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A woman finds a finger in a fast food item. An investigation is launched and a crime will be uncovered.
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Business and Media, January 16, 2008
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, April 14, 2005
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A series of fast food restaurant robberies take place in Nashville, Tennessee in 1997. The accused, Paul Dennis Reid, would claim that his early history of brain damage was to blame.
Photos from top left (clockwise): Tennessee map, Paul Dennis Reid, Baskin Robbins restaurant, McDonald's restaurant, the Nashville skyline, Captain D's restaurant
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A series of women are found raped and strangled in their homes in Charlotte, North Carolina between 1992 and 1994. Later it would be discovered that they could all be linked to one man - a manager at a Taco Bell restaurant in Charlotte.
#CharlotteStrangler #serialkiller #HenryLouisWallace #FBIprofilers
Photo: Some of the young women whose lives were cruelly snuffed out by Henry Louis Wallace.
Clockwise from top left: Caroline Love, Shawna Hawk, Valencia Jumper, Deborah Slaughter, Betty Baucom, Vanessa Mack, and Michelle Stinson
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We continue the story of one of the most infamous murders ever committed in New Zealand. Known as the Parker-Hulme Murder it was shocking because of it's brutality as well as because, it was soon discovered, it had been perpetrated by two teenaged girls. In the conclusion, we'll discover that one of the convicted murderers would go on to an illustrious career as one of the world's most well known crime-fiction writers. Her past would stay concealed for almost 40 years before her true identity was discovered.
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Resources:
Book: Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham
Movie: Heavenly Creatures (1994) directed by Peter Jackson
A brutal murder takes place in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1954. Two teenage girls are quickly identified as the murderers. The crime would become infamous in New Zealand and the girl exposed as a well-known writer decades later. This is Part 1.
#Parker-HulmeMurder #NewZealand #PaulineParker #JulietHulme #matricide
Photo: Pauline Parker (left), Juliet Hulme (right) during their trial.
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In this second chapter of "Written in Blood" I detail cases of two writers who became wife killers - and then hid their crime from the public.
#domesticviolence #authors #writers
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In this series I detail crimes committed by authors or writers. First up, two authors who became literary celebrities despite their criminal history....or even because of it.
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In this special bonus episode I bring another creator to "The Next Chapter". This time I had the privilege of speaking with Jerri Williams, retired FBI Special Agent, podcaster and author. Her new book Greedy Givers is now available on Amazon. You can find links to her books and podcast episodes at www.jerriwilliams.com.
FBI Retired Case File Review Podcast
Photo: Jerri Williams
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Diane Whipple lost her life on January 26, 2001 after she was attacked by two dangerous dogs. You'll hear about the public outcry after this horrible incident and how the owners, Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller, made matters worse by insisting they had no responsibility for Whipple's death. This is part two of The Pacific Heights Dog Mauling Case.
Photo: Diane Whipple
Photo: One of the two Presa Canarios involved in the attack is removed from the Pacific Heights apartment building.
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A fatal dog mauling case shocked the San Francisco Bay Area and the world in early 2001. When the details were revealed about the dogs and their owners the story took a bizarre twist.
Join me for part one of this two-part episode as I detail the tragic death of a young, lacrosse coach and the strange and unusual backstory that lead to her demise.
Resources:
Book: Red Zone: The Behind the Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling by Aphrodite Jones
Article: Mad Dogs and Lawyers by Evan Wright, Rolling Stone Magazine, February 28, 2002.
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Dian Fossey became the foremost expert on the mountain gorillas of the Congo. She conducted the first long-term field study of these animals and her story was immortalized in the book and movie Gorillas in the Mist. A few days after Christmas 1985 Dian Fossey was found brutally murdered in her cabin at the primate research center she founded. People around the world wanted to know who killed Dian Fossey?
#Rwanda #poachers #gorillaconservation #Virunga #Karisoke
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If true crime stories teach us anything it's that man is the most dangerous animal of all. In this new series I will detail cases where human's behavior results in wild animals becoming involved in crime stories.
This series will NOT detail cases of animal cruelty.
First up, a tiger escapes its enclosure at a zoo and attacks three men? Was the tiger provoked? What would cause an animal to attack humans out of the blue?
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On this bonus episode I discuss the 4-part documentary series "Dead North" that premiered on A&E in late May.
My special co-host is my brother, Tony.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfAvQ-DZtzo
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A young, Canadian college students goes missing from the Cecil while visiting Los Angeles in 2013. The hotel's surveillance camera captures bizarre behavior by the young woman adding to the mystery.
#ElisaLam #mysteriousdeaths #elevatorvideo
Photos: Elisa Lam (right), Elisa in the elevator (left), scene from the recovery of the body from the water tanks on the roof of The Cecil Hotel (below)
Resources:
Elevator video - last sighting of Elisa Lam: https://youtu.be/3TjVBpyTeZM
TX Files episode where I discuss the connection between the Elisa Lam case and the film Dark Water. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/27-the-sierra-diablo-murders-part-1/id1153817822?i=1000385825759&mt=2
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We continue the series "Infamous Locales" with another true crime story from the infamous Cecil Hotel. This time, I'll tell you about another serial killer who made the Cecil his base of operations - Jack Unterweger, "The Vienna Woods Killer".
#serialkillers #Austria #Vienna #ViennaWoodsKiller
(Photo: A publicity shot of ex-con and writer, Jack Unterweger)
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Resources:
Books: Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer by John Leake
The Unknown Darkness: Profiling the Predators Among Us by Gregg O. McCrary
The Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles has been home to at least two serial killers, numerous tragic deaths, a sniper shooting and one mysterious death. Join me for this first installment of a 2-part episode covering the Cecil Hotel's history. #serial killers #RichardRamirez #TheNightStalker #
Photo: The Exterior of the Cecil Hotel / Richard Ramirez "The Night Stalker" in court.
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Resources: Book: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo
In this special episode I give a wrap-up of CrimeCon - all the true crime celebrity sightings, the true crime podcast rockstars I got to hang out with, and all the inside gossip and info. I also discuss a couple of cases related to what I learned in CrimeCon sessions this year. I'll talk about the Patsy Ramsey 911 call, Ted Bundy and Jodi Arias.
Shout outs to many, many podcasts including Southern Fried True Crime, Trace Evidence, InSight, True Crime Fan Club, The Fall Line, Minds of Madness, Misconduct, Crime and Precedents, Undisclosed, Red Wing Audio Drama, and many, many more.
With The Manks (Josh Mankiewicz, Dateline)
Resources:
The Netflix series I referenced is "Manhunt: Unabomber".
The CBS special I referenced was "The Case of Jon Benet Ramsey". You can find it at www.dailymotion.com.
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