The Historical Meeks Family Murders
Send us a text Today we are going back in time to the 1890s to talk about the murder of the Meeks Family. Sources: 1) https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2011/04/meeks-family-murder.html 2) https://sullivan.mogenweb.org/meeksmurders.html 3) https://www.hannibal.net/archive/article/history-in-hannibal-folktale-relates-towns-horror-over-meeks-family-murders/article_78cc9a66-7ce1-521a-a5e6-10c7363aa413.html 4) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61610270/delora-meeks 5) https://en.wikipedia.o...
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The Tylenol Murders
Send us a text Over the course of just two days, so began a panic that ultimately led to the deaths of at least 7 people directly, and more from copycats – and borderline hysteria that would change the pharmaceutical industry forever. Sources: 1) https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/09/30/the-tylenol-murders-40-years-ago-an-infamous-chicago-area-crime-took-these-7-lives/ 2) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 3) https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/15/us/tylenol-figure-is...
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The Mystery of The Mary Celeste
Send us a text On December 5th, 1872, about 400 miles off the coast of the Azores, crew members on the British ship Dei Gratia spotted a ship adrift in the sea. The Captain of the ship was shocked to find that the unguided ship was the Mary Celeste, which had departed from NYC eight days before him, and had been well past-due to have arrived in Genoa, Italy. A small crew was sent to the ship. Below deck, items had been tossed around, and crewmen’s belongings were still in their quarters. The ...
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The Murder of Patricia Richmond
Send us a text This week, we talk about the murder of Patricia Richmond. This case will throw you for a loop! Sources: 1) Murder in the Heartland, Season 3, episode 3: Beautiful Mess 2) https://www.yampavalleyfh.com/obituary/5151291 3) https://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/24/man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-cousins-fiance-in-routt-county/ 4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts 5) https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/clark/ Support the show
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The Murder of Vickie Edge
Send us a text An online connection that Vickie Edge thought was fate, turns out to be a nightmare. Sources: 1) https://www.wkrg.com/true-crime/vickie-edge-owner-of-destin-day-spa-murdered-by-man-she-met-online/ 2) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/vickie-edge-allegedly-murdered-by-boyfriend-jerry-odum 3) https://www.wkrg.com/video/family-remembers-murder-victim-vickie-edge/5754161/ 4) https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/murder-confession-video-jerry-geisler-...
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The Kidnapping of Bobbi Parker
Send us a text When Bobbi Parker vanishes one day, her family is concerned. She was thought to be taken by an inmate under her care. However, over a decade later, the mystery begins to unravel, and let's just say that everything is not as it seems! Sources: 1) https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Bobbi_Parker 2)https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/f6nhp0/bobbi_parker_sufferer_of_stockholm_syndrome_or/ 3) https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobbi-parker 4) https://www.nbc...
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Forensic Genealogy Solves the Murder of April Tinsley
Send us a text Often in true crime spaces we come across cases where a murder is never solved, where a murdered person’s family never finds justice, where a body is never properly laid to rest. Sometimes we get one of these things, or two, and, more rarely than it SHOULD happen, sometimes we get all three. Today’s case is all 3: a body found, a murder solved, and justice served. This is the case of April Tinsley. Sources: 1) https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/may/april-...
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The Death of Azaria Chamberlain: When the Media F*cks Everything Up
Send us a text Do you know the expression: "The Dingo ate my baby"? Okay, but did you know that it was based on an actual case in Australia in the 1980s? This week, Christine covers the famous Australian case - and talks about how one of the most publicized cases of its decade was botched, in large part due to public pressure. Sources: 1) https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/azaria-chamberlain-inquest 2) https://justice.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/205377/aza...
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