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Heres a preview of a new podcast from Wondery, the people who brought you "Dirty John" and "Business Wars". American Scandal tells the stories of Americas biggest scandals, the who, how and why, to discover what happened, how they changed our country and what lessons we can learn.
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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.
#JackHenryAbbott #IsseiSagawa #NormanMailer #GaryGilmore #TheExecutionersSong #Japan #cannibalism
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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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#Season3 #bonusepisode #patreon #thankyou
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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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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The district of Whitechapel in London, England was the location of one of the most infamous, unsolved serial murders in history - the Jack the Ripper Murders. But, there was possibly a second serial murderer operating at the same time. Journey with us to Whitechapel for some historical true crime cases.
Warning: This episode details more graphic details than normal. I give you a trigger warning before it begins in the episode if you'd like to skip ahead.
#whitechapel #London #JacktheRipper #historicalcrime #crimehistory #TorsoMurders #ThamesTorsoMurders
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One intersection in Beverly Hills has been the site of many events from airplane crashes, car accidents, and murders. Could it be a coincidence or is the area cursed?
Photo: The intersection of Sunset Blvd, North Linden and North Whittier Drive in Beverly Hills, known as "The Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle".
#beverlyhills #bermudatriangle #howardhughes #hollywood #bugsysiegel #ronnichasen
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Surprise! Here's an extra episode for you since I'm off this week. This is as bonus episode that I would normally make available only for Patreon members, but I'll give you a little sneak peek of Patreon bonus content by sharing it with everyone.
This is the story of another murder committed by the Aum Doomsday Cult that did I did not talk about on Episode #86: Last Stop: Chapter 3: The Tokyo Subway Attack.
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A woman takes revenge for hundreds of raped and murdered women in Juarez, Mexico by targeting city bus drivers.
Photo: Pink crosses spring up around Juarez with the words "Ni una mas" or "not one more" after hundreds of women are murdered beginning in 1993.
Resources:
For more information about women's organizations in Juarez:
https://hiponline.org/how-casa-amiga-helps-free-the-women-of-juarez/
https://web.archive.org/web/20040414134540/http://www.mujeresdejuarez.org/
Book: The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border by Teresa Rodriguez
Paper: The Femicide Machine by Sergio Gonzalez Rodriguez, published by Semiotext (c) with support from Mexico's National Fund for Culture and the Arts 2011-2013.
On this second installment of "The Next Chapter" I speak with serial killer expert and true crime author Harold Schechter about his new book, Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men and about his work researching and writing about infamous serial killers.
Links:
Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter (2018)
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On March 20, 1995 a group of men board the Tokyo Metro subway system and release deadly sarin gas. The mass murder was ordered by Aum Supreme Truth cult leader Shoko Asahara.
#massmurder #cults #Japan #terrorism #chemicalweapons
Resources:
Books: The Cult at the End of the World by David Kaplan and Andrew Marshall
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Mrakami
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A hijacking on a bus unfolds live on television in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June of 2000.
#hijacking #hostagecrisis #Brazil
Resources:
Documentary: Bus 174 (2002) directed by Jose Padilha
Podcast Recommendations:
Trace Evidence https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/trace-evidence/id1239217007?mt=2
Not Perfect or Functional https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/not-perfect-or-functional-podcast-true-crime-sports/id1273572626?mt=2