#157: Hooters, Snakes, & Navy SEALs (Killer Couple: Erika & Benjamin Sifrit)
Being a marriage counselor is a tough job.I imagine the married couple Erika & BJ would tell very different stories about their couples vacation.BJ would say that he fell asleep in the car while his wife went into a hotel room with a couple they just met. He was heartbroken and devastated when he found out what she had done.Erika would argue that BJ was there the whole time - in fact, he wanted her to take pictures of him with the couple’s decapitated heads.Only, they weren’t talking to a counselor but to the police.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
20 Huhti 20221h 21min
#156: Murder Of The Coors Beer Heir (Case of Adolf Coors)
He knew this was going to happen sooner or later. The FBI had already stopped by twice to let him know that he was on a criminal’s “kidnap wish list.”He just didn’t know - that the one being kidnapped wouldn’t be him. It would be his very own son. The heir to the Coors Beer Dynasty.He felt confident he could deal with this. It’s like a business transaction. He just had to make sure his son had no secrets.Who knew beer had so many secrets?Book Rec: “The Death of an Heir” - by Phillip Jett (amazing read I couldn’t get enough!)Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
17 Huhti 20221h 4min
#155: How He Got Away With Murder But Was Killed By Karma (Case of Mel Ignatow)
The Watkin’s family moved into their new home and their first project was ripping out the old, brown, ugly carpet. Rip. Rip.Wait, what is that? They found a hole in the ground. Strange. Inside that hole is a little treasure. Jewelry and a roll of undeveloped film.They had it developed and it showed 112 pictures. A series of photo sequences leading up to the gruesome torture and murder of a young woman.They called the FBI. The FBI could do nothing. They knew the killer but he was untouchable. He was protected by law. Why?Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
13 Huhti 20221h 53min
#154: The Rapist That Came Back Alive After Death Sentence (Case of Sun Xiaoguo)
Have you heard of the Chinese urban legend? It’s about the most famous thief in history. He was able to steal entire train cabins from moving trains.When he was finally caught - the thief was sentenced to death. He said his very last wish in life was to be breastfed one last time. The mom pitied her full-grown son and laid her chest bare. One last time. He lifted his mouth up, and with the most force he could summon, he ripped off her nipple.“This is all your fault” - he screamed. It begs the question, how much of a crime is the parent's fault? And how do criminals’ parents truly feel?Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
10 Huhti 20221h 16min
#153: The Unicorn Killer (Case of Ira Einhorn)
Unicorns are mystical creatures. They are so rare that most of us wouldn’t know what to do if we came across one. When the inmates heard that the Unicorn Killer was joining them - they were terrified. Most of them had heard of the Unicorn, heard the whispers. How even the CIA was terrified of the Unicorn. How the Unicorn evaded capture for 20 years. But nobody could answer the one pressing question the inmates had - what happens when you come face to face with a real-life Unicorn? Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
6 Huhti 20221h 32min
#152: Secrets On The Boat (Case of Thai Actress Tangmo Nida)
There were 6 people on the boat that night. A-list actress, Tangmo Nida, her manager and lifelong friend, as well as 4 very wealthy socialites were on the boat.A lot of rumors currently surround the six.There are whispers of affairs, inheritances, and wills. But the most sinister rumor? That they were trying to sell Tangmo Nida, the A-list actress, to a high-powered Thai businessman/ government official.But when only 5 make it back alive - it seems like the questions are never ending, and the secrets are only getting darker.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
3 Huhti 20221h 9min
#151: “The Bad Vegan” (Case of Sarma Melngailis)
Have you heard about how to boil a frog? They say if you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water - it will jump out.But if you throw a frog in a pot of cool water… and you slowly start turning up the heat. Slowly but surely. So slow that it’s just incremental changes in heat. It’s said the frog will sit there, completely unaware of its impending doom, and it will be cooked to death. The frog has been “willingly” cooked alive. Do you think humans are any smarter than frogs? Maybe not. Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
30 Maalis 20221h 46min
#150: The Chinese Corpse Dungeon (Serial Killer Jia Wenge)
She woke up disoriented in the dark. She didn’t know where she was… oh god, what’s that awful smell?Her hand was touching something sticky on the ground. When her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark she saw - bodies. Dead bodies. Stacked on top of each other. Some of their faces were frozen still as if they were still screaming.The stickiness on her hand? The bodies coming together and forming a sticky sludge filled with maggots.Now the question - how would she escape the dungeon?Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
27 Maalis 20221h 14min
