183: The Trunk Murders

Junko was a brilliant and steadfast student when she was abducted by a group of teenage dirtballs, and held in captivity and tortured for over 40 days. The punishment for these teens defiantly did not meet the crime, and the extent of what she went through in her final days is nearly unbearable to conceive. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Junko_Furuta https://japaninsides.com/44-days-of-hell-the-story-of-junko-furuta/ https://www.quora.com/What-happened-to-Junko-Furuta-full-story https://youtu.be/x1Lz_DIs5Ug https://youtu.be/FABdgX1qPwE https://www.ranker.com/list/junko-furuta-facts/stefanie-hammond Music By: Jonas Bjornstad Cover Art By: Charnell

5 Syys 20211h 3min

Marybeth Tinning was a mother of nine....and considered to be an early case example of fictitious disease...but perhaps after you hear the way all nine of her children mysteriously pass away, you might ask yourselves did she suffer from fictitious disease (also known as Munchhausen by proxy) or was it simply madness? Music By: Jonas Bjornstad Cover Art By: Charnell  Marybeth Tinning: Mom Who Killed Baby Girl Gets Parole | PEOPLE.com Female Serial Killers: How and why Women Become Monsters - Peter Vronsky - Google Books Female Serial Killers: How and why Women Become Monsters - Peter Vronsky - Google Books Reye's syndrome - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Schenectady Gazette - Google News Archive Search Marybeth Tinning 'Laying Low' After Parole | PEOPLE.com Egginton, Joyce (February 1989). From Cradle to Grave: The Short Lives and Strange Deaths of Marybeth Tinning's Nine Children. New York: Morrow. Unnatural Death, Confessions of a Forensic Pathologist, Michael Baden MD with Judith Adler Hennessee, 1989.

2 Syys 20211h 10min

Welcome to "Munch or Madness?" week....and Amber is bringing it with a case that will seriously have you pondering who the real victim is in all of this. Gypsy Rose Blanchard was an adult who was never told her real age, told she was special needs and endured years of medical procedures that she never needed all because her mother Dee Dee likely suffered from Fictitious Syndrome or as others know it Munchausen by Proxy. Gypsy felt she had no way out, and as long as her mom was living she would always be in captivity.  Sources: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/295258-overview#a1 https://www.gawker.com/everything-we-know-about-dee-dee-blanchardes-twisted-oz-1712087183 https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a26887470/who-is-rod-blanchard-gypsy-rose-blanchard/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.refinery29.com/amp/en-us/2019/03/226947/how-old-gypsy-rose-blanchard-age-birthday-the-act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dee_Dee_Blanchard Erin Lee Carr. Mommy Dead and Dearest. 2017  Music By: Jonas Bjornstad Cover Art By: Charnell

29 Elo 20211h 36min

Hannibal MO is not just the birthplace of Mark Twain...it is also the place where three boys disappeared without a single trace while exploring a cave....or a construction site...or they were possibly more victims of John Wayne Gacy Jr. Either way...it's not good. Sources: Wingate, John. Lost Boys of Hannibal. Wisdom Editions, 2018. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lost-boys-of-hannibal/id1474689261 Music By: Jonas Bjornstad Cover Art By: Charnell

26 Elo 20211h 7min

As promised part two is released early for you! Hear the conclusion of the 1937 murders of three little girls in Inglewood California and how one woman's journey to find her long lost aunts possibly uncovered a huge miscarriage of justice on one man. Music by: Jonas Bjornstad Cover Art By: Charnell  Little Shoes: The Sensational Depression-Era Murders That Became My Family’s Secret by Pamela Everett. The 1937 "Babes of Inglewood" Murders w/ Pamela Everett - A True Crime History Podcast - YouTube The 1937 Murder of the 'Three Babes of Inglewood': A Relative's Search for What Really Happened - A&E (aetv.com)

24 Elo 202155min

Pamela Everett might never had known she had two aunts that were murdered along with their friend in 1937 if she had not tried to lie to her father about where she was one night when she was 15. Instead of being upset with her, her father simply told her that he had lost two sisters and he couldn't lose a daughter too. It was that statement that sent her searching as an adult for the two aunts she never knew. What she discovered was not only details about her families secret, but that the wrong guy was possibly sent to the gallows for the murder of the "Babes of Inglewood" Music By: Jonas Bjornstad Cover Art By: Charnell  Little Shoes: The Sensational Depression-Era Murders That Became My Family’s Secret By Pamela Everett. The 1937 "Babes of Inglewood" Murders w/ Pamela Everett - A True Crime History Podcast - YouTube The 1937 Murder of the 'Three Babes of Inglewood': A Relative's Search for What Really Happened - A&E (aetv.com)

22 Elo 20211h 2min

To conclude our "unexplained" week, Charnell brings you a 2009 case of what seems like a tragic drunk driving accident caused by Diane Schuler but her husband maintains to this day that his wife was not a drinker and was an amazing mother, so she never would have been drunk and high while transporting 5 children home from a camping trip. Take a listen to decide for yourself.  Music By: Jonas Bjornstad Cover Art By: Charnell  2009 Taconic State Parkway crash - Wikipedia HBO Documentary There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (HBO Docs) - Bing video Diane Schuler: The "Perfect PTA" Mom Who Killed 8 With Her Van (allthatsinteresting.com) Autopsyfiles.org - Diane Schuler Autopsy Report

19 Elo 202151min

This week we bring you the theme of "unexplained" but honestly......this one is even unexplained by the doctors. The horrific murder attempt on Alison Botha by the "Ripper Rapists" is one of the most gruesome and unbelievable survival stories ever told. Take a listen to hear her amazing story. Sources: https://www.alison.co.za/assets/content-page.php?id=home Alison, Marianne Thamm. I Have Life: ALISON'S JOURNEY. Penguin Books, 2017 Uga Carlini. 2016. Alison. Music by: Jonas Bjornstad Cover Art by: Charnell

15 Elo 20211h 19min