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Michelle Castillo was 43 years old and lived in Ashburn, Virginia in a 10,000 square foot mansion with her four young children. Michelle had recently been estranged from her husband, Braulio Castillo and had obtained a restraining order against him. She was enjoying her newfound freedom, and had just found out she had acheieved a dream of hers: to participate in the Boston Marathon in 2014.
But little did she know that Braulio, who had moved just a few doors down from Michelle, was tracking her every move and stalking her. And then he escalated. On the night of March 19, 2014, he snuck into the house where he used to live with his family and committed the most heinous of crimes, leaving his five children without a mother and a murderer for a father.
Show Notes:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15545452/ -
George Peacock, 76, and his wife, Catherine, 73 were creatures of habit. So much so, that when George did not show up at a local convenience store one morning in his hometown of Danbury, Vermont to get the paper, the clerk noticed. He also did not show up for his part time job at the Rutland Travel Lodge on Sunday, September 17, 1989. Friends of the couple were asked to go check their home.
What they saw there shocked them. Both George and Catherine were dead, and both had been stabbed multiple times. There was no forced entry into the home so it must have been someone they knew. The couple's three daughters and their husbands were interviewed, and their middle daughter, Penny, had a husband named Michael Luis whose story kept changing for the day of the murders. It would take over 30 years and modern science to finally solve the case of the senseless killings.
Show Notes:
https://darkdowneast.com/georgecatherinepeacock/ -
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Lauren McCluskey was an excellent 21-year-old athlete who competed on the track at field team at the University of Utah. At the beginning of Lauren's senior year there, in 2018, she met a man named Sean Fields while out at a club. Sean was 28 years old and went to the local community college. Sean and Lauren started dating for a few weeks in September and October and things were going great...or so Lauren thought.
It turned out that Sean Fields was actually 37-year-old Melvin Shawn Roland and he was a criminal. Roland had been arrested many times throughout his troubled life. Once Lauren found out about his past, and the fact that he had lied to her about his age and his name, she broke it off with him.
But Melvin was not done with her. He stalked, extorted, blackmailed and harrassed Lauren so much so that Lauren went to the campus police and the local police. But no one would listen and no one would take her claims seriously. Until one night, in October of 2018, the unthinkable happened.
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https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2023/03/directors-statement-nicole-noren/ -
Mary Lou Morris and Mary McGinnis Morris were two middle-aged women with short, dark curly hair and brown eyes. Mary Lou Morris was a bank loan officer and lived in Baytown, Texas. Mary McGinnis Morris was a healthcare medical director and lived in Sugarland, Texas. Mary Lou Morris was murdered by being burned alive in her car on a country road on October 12, 2000. Mary McGinnis Morris was murdered by being shot in the head on October 16, 2000. The two women were killed in towns that were only 30 miles apart.
The Texas police considered the women's deaths to be coincidences, since the two did not know each other and had never met. But many believe that two women with the same name, same look and who lived in neighboring towns were killed because of a case of mistaken identity. But who wanted one or both of them dead?
Show Notes:
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/death-x-southwest/double-trouble-the-murders-tKFoaXqphvO/
Please call The Harris County Sherrif's Department Homicide Hotline at 713-967-5810 with any information.
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Blair Adams was from Surrey British Columbia, Canada, was 31 years old and had a good job as a construction site manager. He had struggled with drugs and alcohol at one point in his life, but, at the time of his death, had been sober for two years. On Friday, July 5th, 1996, Blair went to the bank and drained his checking and savings accounts. He then tried to get over the Canadian border to Seattle, Washington by ferry. He was turned away because of the large amounts of cash and gold coins he had with him. On Monday, July 8th, Blair, without warning, quit his job at the construction site and left for the airport to buy a $1700 ticket to Germany. But, instead of going to Germany, he purchased another round-trip ticket to Washington D.C. and made it to the nation's capital. From there, he rented a car and drove south.
And this is where Blair Adams' story gets even stranger. From "losing" the keys to the rental car, to driving to Knoxville, Tennessee, to loitering in the lobby of a hotel for an hour, to being found dead in the parking lot of another hotel under construction on the morning of July 11, Blair Adams' mystery death gets even creepier. Was he murdered in cold blood, and, if so, for what reason? Or was his death simply a tragic accident?
Show Notes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinking-sideways-blair-adams/id679462887?i=1000364153311
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South Dakota's cold cases include: Tammy Haas, Eugene Prins, Morgan Bauer, Pamela Dunn and Morgan Lewis
Show Notes:
Tammy Haas:
Yankton Police Department: 605-668-5210
FBI Office in Sioux Falls: 605-334-6881
tips.fbi.gov
Anonymously at Yankton CrimeStoppers: 605-665-4440
Eugene Prins:
Sanborn County Sherriff's Office: 605-796-4511
SD DCI: 605-773-3331
Morgan Bauer:
Atlanta PD: 404-546-4235
Atlanta CrimeStoppers Anonymous: 404-577-8477
Pamela Dunn:
Watertown PD: 605-882-6210
Department of Criminal Investigation:
605-773-3331
Morgan Lewis:
Aberdeen PD: 605-626-7000
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David Smith met Susan Vaughn at the local Winn Dixie in Union, South Carolina when the two were teenagers working as cashiers. Soon, they started dating and fell in love and Susan became pregnant. The two married and started a life together. They then had a second son.
But things were not perfect, not even close. Susan and David both had affairs and they fought over things like money constantly. Until October 25, 1994, David received a call at work. He and Susan were separated by that point. It was Susan telling him that she had been carjacked and that the man had taken off with her car and their two boys in the backseat. For nine days, a massive search effort was launched, until early November when Susan admitted the terrifying truth. She had made the whole thing up, and had drowned their two precious baby boys.
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https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-All-Reason-Susan-Smith/dp/0786002921 -
Ernest Brendel was an attorney who lived with his wife, Alice, a library assistant, and their young daugther, Emily in Barrington, Rhode Island. Through a mutual friend, Ernie met Chris Hightower, a twice-married financial advisor and the families became close. They even vacationed together in the New Hampshire moutains. But Ernie had invested $11,000 of his money with Chris and Chris lost it all. Irate, Ernie called the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission and placed a complaint against Chris Hightower.
That enraged Chris to the point where, on September 20, 1991, Chris snapped. He purchased a crossbow at a local sporting goods store and laid in wait for Ernie Brendel in his garage. The next few days would have Chris going on the run, committing multiple murders and other criminal acts, and would involve wild tales of mob hits and buried bodies.
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216550.Death_of_an_Angel -
Andrew Bagby was a well-liked and gregarious guy who always knew he wanted to be a doctor. He went to medical school in Newfoundland, Canada, and that is where the 28-year-old met 40-year-old Shirley Turner. Shirley was twice divorced and had left three kids behind with three different fathers when she went to medical school.
Andrew Bagby broke things off with Shirley Turner when he started his residency in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, but Shirley did not like that much. She came back to Pennsylvania and fatally shot Andrew Bagby on November 5, 2001. Shirley would be in and out of jail, and, over the next year, birthed Andrew's baby, a boy named Zachary.
What followed was a tragic occurence that Andrew Bagby's parents tried to prevent. Shirley would soon take her own life, as well as that of her son, Zachary.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/ -
On the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, 1974, the Cowden family, which consisted of Richard Cowden, 28, Belinda, 22, David, 5, and Melissa, 5 months, made a spontaneous decision to go camping at one of their favorite spots, Carbury Creek, 40 miles to the Southwest from where they lived in White City, Oregon. They packed the truck then stopped off at the General Store in Copper, Oregon to visit Belinda's mother, Ruth Grayson. Ruth offered to have the family over for lunch the next day, Sunday. The family agreed and set off.
But when the next night rolled around and Ruth still hadn't heard from her daughter and her family, she made the mile drive to go look for them. What she found was concerning. Melissa's diaper bag and fishing poles were next to some trees. Richard's wallet and watch were on the ground, along with Belinda's cigarettes. And some milk and water had been left out on a picnic table. There was no sign of the Cowden family.
A search began that same day and lasted for months. Until finally, half a year later, the family's bodies were discovered near and inside an old mining cave. But who would do such a thing? And what sort of depraved killer would have wanted a young, innocent family dead?
Show Notes:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22138532/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6372106-but-i-trusted-you-and-other-true-cases -
Brittany Phillips had just moved back home to Tulsa, Oklahoma to attend nearby Tulsa Community College, with plans to transfer to Oklahoma State. She aspired to work in the medical field. She had a lot of friends nearby, and was very close with her mother, whom she talked to at least once a day and made the two hour drive to visit every weekend. But at the end of September, 2004, Brittany's mom, Maggie had not heard from her.
Neither had her friends. So one of her friends went to check on her and found her apartment door ajar. Not wanting to enter, she called her father, a former District Attorney, who called some police buddies to do a wellness check. There was Brittany, lying on the floor by her bed. She was dead and had been sexually assaulted.
What followed was two decades of the desperate search for Brittany's killer. Her mother, Maggie, still travels the country, searching in desperation for who could have done this to her. If you have any information on Brittany Phillips' murder please contact someone below.
Show Notes:
Brittanyphillipsmurder.net
Eddie Majors: Lead Detective: [email protected]
Tulsa homicide hotline: 918-596-9141 or 596-COPS
https://casefilepodcast.com/case-146-brittany-phillips/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brittany-phillips-part-1-732/id1062418176?i=1000642664084 -
On the morning of Sunday, August 12th, 2012, a 16-year-old High School student, Jane Doe, woke up in Steubenville, Ohio, about 15 miles from her hometown of Weirton, West Virginia. She woke up in a strange basement and had no idea where she was. She was missing her earrings, underwear and cell phone. In the room with her were tow boys, aged 16 and 17, named Trent May and Malik Richmond. Jane remembered very little from the night before, only that she had been at a few parties with the Steubenville Varsity Football players, and, after texting some friends, that she had also been raped.
The following year would bring chaos to Steubenville, Ohio. Accusations, denials, lawsuits, hackers, crime blogs and an article in the New York Times would divide this small town. It was their word against hers, and they were the star football players. Until damning evidence in the form of text messages and a video came to light.
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https://rollredrollfilm.com/ -
In February 2019, a young couple from the Cincinnati, Ohio area left their baby with his grandparents and made the two-and-a-half-hour drive up to Central Ohio to spend the night at the Hilton Hotel at Easton Town Center, a luxury shopping mall in Columbus. They were Tyler Davis and his wife, Brittany, whose birthday was the next day. But what started out as a fun evening with another local friend, turned into a nightmare. Around 3 am, after they were all dropped off at their hotel, Tyler became confused and a little belligerent, and wandered off in a drunken stupor...and seemingly vanished into thin air. He was never seen or heard from again...In July of 2003, an alleged drug deal was going down in an apartment in Columbus, adjacent to The Ohio State University's main campus. A man by the name of Vernon Spence visited the apartment of Aaron Grexa, a soon-to-be OSU student, hoping to buy marijuana. Spence decided he didn't like the quality of the weed and left. But one night later, he returned, with two other men and forced his way inside the apartment. Their intent was robbery: weed, pills, cash...but Spence's intentions went horribly awry. The next day, a third roommate returned from a night away and encountered the gruesome sight. Three innocent, young people, two roommates and a girlfriend, who was a student at OSU, murdered in cold blood. This is the disappearance of Tyler Davis and the murders of Aaron Grexa, Eric Hlass and Kayla Hurst. Show Notes: https://www.wnewsj.com/news/188391/clinton-county-man-missing-nearly-3-years-declared-deceased-by-courthttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5P0nf2barp7gmKuaPAHA9ghttps://www.thelantern.com/2005/05/murder-of-osu-shooting-victim-still-hard-on-family/https://casetext.com/case/state-v-spence-9Smells Like HumansLike spending time with funny friends talking about curious human behavior. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
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Barbara Cotton was born on November 10th, 1965 in Tayoga, North Dakota. She had 9 brothers and sisters and a hard life. Her family was poor and her father abused many family members. When her mother finally divorced her father in 1973, she took Barb and two siblings and moved to Williston, North Dakota. There, Barb went to High School, partied some, had a bussing job at a local restaurant, The Country Kitchen, and saved money for a place of her own.
But on the night of April 11th, 1981, Barb disappeared. She was last seen by her mother when she visited her place of work with a 21-year-old male friend named Stacy Wardner. Stacy was the last person to see Barb that night as she walked three blocks toward home. But no body was ever found, and the investgation would lead authorities down a winding path, with plenty of suspects, one of them being Barb's own brother.
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https://wondery.com/shows/the-vanished-podcast/episode/5623-barbara-cotton-part-1-a-lost-girl/ -
After the sudden and tragic death of his wife, Margaret in 2006, Ireland native Jason Corbett needed a nanny for his two children, Jack, 3 and Sarah, 12 weeks. Along came Molly Martens, a Montessori school teacher from the United States. Molly had a bubbly personality and was great with kids, so, soon, she was hired and the Corbett's started to heal.
But Molly was not who they thought she was. She had mental issues, and had been committed to a psychiatric hospital on more than one occasion. Despite all of this, Jason and Molly married in Tennessee in 2010. They then moved to North Carolina in the states. Everything wasn't great, but at least they were a functioning family. Until August of 2015 when Molly's mom and dad showed up for a visit, unannounced. By the wee hours of the next morning, Jason Corbett was dead, killed at the hands of Molly Martens and her father, Tom.
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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-brother-jason-tracey-corbett-lynch/1128593449 -
When Florida native Jake Nolan was 14 years old, he started showing signs of mental illness and depression. By the age of 17, he was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and had tried to kill himself. Because of this, his mother sent him to live with his second cousin, Dr. Pamela Buchbinder, in New York City. Pamela was a psychiatrist, could help Jake, prescribe him medicine, and, in turn, Jake would help out with Pamela's son, four-year-old Caulder.
Everything was going well until November of 2012, when Pamela became obsessed with the idea of having her son's father, Dr. Michael Weiss, another psychiatrist, killed. Pamela manipulated and groomed Jake until Jake was ready to kill for her. So on November 12, Pamela outfitted Jake with some fake school forms to sign, a hand-drawn map, a sledgehammer and a knife and ordered him to go torture and kill her ex-boyfriend. What came next, no one saw coming.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6411610/ -
In January of 1998, a 911 dispatcher in Las Cruces, New Mexico, received a call from a student at nearby New Mexico State University. The student was calling to say that she had not seen her roommate, Carly Martinez in over a day. The night before Carly had gone out with a man named Jesse Avalos to a roller skating rink and was later joined by Avalos' friend Jason Desnoyer. The three had left the roller skating rink together, and Carly disappeared. It took police over two months to find Carly's body, and by then, the two men had been arrested and charged with her murder.
On August 31st, 2003, a couple out doing target practice shooting in the desert near Las Cruces, came upon the horrifying sight of a woman who was half naked, face down and deceased. Her killer had tried to burn her body, but had been unsuccessful. The body was that of Katie Sepich, a New Mexico State University grad student. Police first looked at her boyfriend, but he was ruled out. It would take years before they were able to bring her killer to justice, after a manhunt that spanned multiple crimes and took investigators thousands of miles away, and all the way up to the Great State of Wisconsin.
Show Notes:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1248040/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11673738/ -
February 13, 2001 started out like any other day for the Viola family. Patricia Viola got her two kids ready for school, and her husband, Jim, went to work. At around 8:30 am, Patricia set off on foot for her volunteer librarian position at the local school. Patricia, who went by Pat, had lost her license for a few months because of a seizure disorder that had flared up. At around 9 am, the burglar alarm was tripped at the house. Police came and checked the windows and doors and nothing seemed amiss. The alarm company shut it off.
Patricia Viola returned home at 11:40, waved to a mailman and called her mother. At 1:11 pm, she reset the alarm and left...and was never heard from or seen again. A years-long search ensued with no leads, save for a cryptic message she told her best friend the night before. Could she have met with foul play or hurt herself somehow? Did she disappear on purpose? Where had Patricia gone and how had she seemingly vanished into thin air?
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2083494/ -
On January 19th of 2001, a man named Andrew Patti was relaxing in his vacation home in Vermont, just over the New Hampshire border, a little past 10 pm, with his son, Andy when he heard a knock on the door. Before him stood two teenage boys who asked if they could come inside and use the phone, since their car needed a jump. Sensing something was off, Andrew said no, but that he would call someone for them and shut the door. When he went upstairs, he grabbed the phone, and, smartly, his gun. It was then that he realized the boys had cut his phone lines. Not wanting to go back outside, he held his son and his gun until the wee morning hours when the boys finally left.
The boys were Robert Tulloch, 17, and Jim Parker, 16, from Chelsea, New Hampshire. The boys were misfits who decided to leave town and start careers as assasins in Australia. To do so, they needed $10,000. To get the money, they decided they needed to rob houses in which wealthy inhabitants lived. They also wanted to kill said inhabitants, simply for the thrill of it. Their plan failed with Andrew Patti, so they tried the house of well-liked and renowned German professors at Dartmouth, Half and Suzanne Zantop. And on the morning of Saturday, January 27t, 2001, they put their devastating and murderous plan into action.
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/604620.Judgment_Ridge -
Brookey Lee West was born in June of 1953 to LeRoy and Christine Smith. Her parents were drug addicts and frequently left her and her younger brother, Travis, alone at home for days on end with no food to eat. When Brookey was seven years old, her mother attempted to kill an ex-boyfriend in a fit of rage with a shotgun at a bar, and subsequently went to prison. Brookey graduated High School and enrolled in the army, but, as soon as Christine was released, moved in once again with her mother.
The mother and daughter duo shoplifted and attended AA meetings meant for Indigenous people in order to meet men. Brookey did and met a man named Howard Simon St. John. Not long after that, Brookey kicked her mother out, and Howard moved in. But their relationship with rife with fighting and substance abuse. She and he also committed insurance fraud together. But, it wasn't until 1994, when both Howard and Christine Smith ended up dead, that anyone would come to know just how criminal and evil Brookey Lee West really was.
Show Notes:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20386870/ - Mehr anzeigen
