A woman begins receiving harassing phone calls and letters from a stalker. It would take years to discover who the anonymous man was, but when he was finally identified a shocking secret would be revealed.
Several resources were used in the research for this episode including:
Book: Little Girl Fly Away by Gene Stone
Articles:
'Poet" makes life a living horror for Wichita Woman by Scott Kraft for AP in the Garden City Telegram, Jan 24, 1980
'Poet' strikes again and Wichita police still baffled by Scott Kraft for AP in Garden City Telegram, Feb 21, 1980
Harassed by an Unknown Author of Vicious Rhymes, Ruth Finley Confronts the Stranger Within Herself by Gene Stone for People Magazine, Sept. 5, 1988
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A 7-year-old goes missing while on a family camping trip in 1973. Anonymous calls would be placed demanding a ransom, but, the trail would grow cold until exactly one year later when the kidnapper would call her mother to brag about taking her daughter.
Several resources were used in the research of this episodes including:
Documentary: The FBI Files, "Dark Woods", Season 5, Episode 13.
Articles:
Bible Verse May Have Spurred Meirhofer, The Daily Interlake, October 4, 1974
Small Town Terror by Joseph MacNamara for The New York Daily News, December 22, 1994
The Quality of Mercy by Antoinette Martin for The Detroit Free Press, August 21, 1994
Not Another Victim by Amy Linn for The Missoula Independent, November 5, 2015
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In a small French village, a little boy goes missing and the family receives anonymous letters from a person taking responsibility who is dubbed "The Crow". This strange case could be considered the Jon Benet Ramsey case of France.
Several resources were used in the research for this episode including:
Articles:
The Long Shadow of the Crow by Scott Kraft for The Los Angeles Times, December 9, 1993
Gregory by Anthony Davis for CrimeMagazine.com, April 30, 2009
The Murder of Little Gregory: The unsolved case that haunted France by John Henley for The Guardian, August 28, 2017
Links:
Let's Taco 'Bout True Crime episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-episode-lets-taco-bout-crime-junkie-plagiarism/id1452118167?i=1000447888185
A young girl goes missing in South Carolina in 1985. Soon after, her kidnapper would begin calling her family - but not to make demands for her safe return, but only to cruelly taunt them. This is the first chapter in the series "Taunting Terrors".
Several resources were used in the research for this episodes including:
Book: Murder in the Midlands: Larry Gene Bell and the 28 Days of Terror that Shook South Carolina by Rita Y. Shuler
Articles:
South Carolina serial killer forced girl to write a farewell note and tormented his victims' families after sick spree in mid-80s by Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, November 15, 2014
Left Behind: Survivors of Capital Crimes Don't want the Victims to be Forgotten by Becky Beane for PFM.org
Court Records:
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Larry Gene Bell v. Parker Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General, State of South Carolina, December 18, 1995
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