Grief, Suspicion and Murder - June 19 2025

August 28th: Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker Convicted (1954) The friendships we make when we are teenagers feel like, and sometimes are, the most important relationships we create during our lives. On August 28th 1954 two best friends were convicted for a crime they committed in the name of friendship. Something they were terrified of losing and would have done anything to make sure they were never separated.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker%E2%80%93Hulme_murder_case, https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/news/real-life/pauline-parker-juliet-hulme-murder-case-christchurch-where-now-anne-perry-hilary-nathan-41688, https://nzhistory.govt.nz/parker-hulme-murder, https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/heavenly-creatures-and-the-parker-hulme-murder-case, https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/digitised/parkerhulme/, https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/digitised/parkerhulme/page2.asp, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-parker-hulme-murder-why-it-still-matters-to-us/ZS2BWIXVJLJTMI3JVGN4ATKY7Q/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Elo 202210min

August 27th: Girly Chew Hossencofft Born (1963) What happens when a simple missing person’s case becomes bogged down with bizarre and larger than life details? On August 27th 1963 a woman was born who would disappear in 1999. Her case, which should have been a tragic, but run of the mill, story of a dangerous husband turned into a media circus when the man responsible for her disappearance started talking about the CIA, immortality, cannibalism, lizard people, and alien takeovers.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Girly_Chew_Hossencofft, https://charleyproject.org/case/girly-chew-hossencofft, https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/convicted-wife-killer-calls-to-vacate-sentence/, https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/henning-linda.htm, https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/the-disappearance-of-girly-chew-hossencofft-a-con-man-a-fashion-designer-ufos-and-a-ninja, https://www.notorioususa.com/crimefiles/girlychew, https://vanceholmes.com/court/trial_hossencofft.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Elo 202213min

August 26th: Cynthia May Hernandez Killed (1976) An unsolved case is always one small mistake, one tiny piece of new evidence, one odd new detail, away from being solved. On August 26th 1976 a young girl disappeared and her case went unsolved for decades. A case that, given a few small mistakes and one new piece of evidence, was able to be solved and bring closure to her family.  https://www.sgvtribune.com/2016/10/17/family-of-glendora-teen-killed-in-1976-confront-killer-before-life-sentence/, https://www.sgvtribune.com/2016/09/16/elderly-mother-in-tears-as-felon-pleads-guilty-to-1976-murder-of-glendora-woman/, https://www.pe.com/2016/09/16/felon-pleads-guilty-to-1976-murder-of-glendora-woman/, https://charleyproject.org/case/cynthia-may-hernandez, https://glendoracitynews.com/2016/04/01/breaking-news-authorities-formally-charge-suspect-in-glendorans-cold-case-murder/, https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/583up8/update_disappearance_of_cynthia_may_hernandez_in/, https://www.sbsun.com/2017/07/28/san-bernardino-glendora-cold-case-to-be-featured-on-investigation-discovery/, https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/family-plans-tribute-to-glendora-woman-killed-more-than-40-years-ago/2018834/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Elo 20228min

August 25th: Ramil Safarov Born (1977) One event can alter the course of a person’s entire life. On August 25th 1977 a young man was born and, pretty early in life, was subject to a war between his country and another. A war that lost him family members, forced his move, and altered the course of his life so much he claimed it was the reason he picked up an axe and took the life of a fellow soldier who happened to be from the country he hated.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramil_Safarov, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/29/clarifying-the-case-of-ramil-safarov, https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/may/25/relatives-armenian-axed-death-by-azeri-officer-call-justice-ramil-safarov, https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijan-wrestles-with-legacy-of-ax-murderer, https://www.rferl.org/a/european-court-says-azerbaijan-wrong-to-release-man-who-killed-armenian/30635414.html, https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/safarov-ramil.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Elo 202213min

August 24th: Paul Bateson Born (1940) There are some things in life that seem stranger than fiction. On August 24th 1940 a man was born who would play a bit role in a terrifying movie. A movie that, while people from all over closed their eyes and jumped out of their seats, no one had any idea had a real life potential serial killer standing in the background as the star of the movie read her lines and begged for help.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bateson, https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Bateson, https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bateson-paul.htm, http://www.back2stonewall.com/2020/07/lgbt-gay-history-vs-mindhunter-paul-bateson-whats-right-whats-wrong-and-what-you-dont-know.html, https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/44174726/image/46509076/Paul-Bateson, https://allthatsinteresting.com/paul-bateson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Elo 202216min

August 23rd: Marie Noe Born (1928) When does bad luck become suspicious? On August 23rd 1928 a woman was born who would suffer from the cruel hands of, what everyone believed, was horrible bad luck. A woman who, after decades of people believing her story, was charged for not 1, not 2, but 8 murders that had previously given her nothing but sympathy from her community.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Noe, https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/08/06/marie-noe-dead/, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/marie-noe/, https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/noe-marie.htm, https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/year-in-review/20100203_Killer_of_8_babies_now_alone.html, https://www.alcatrazeast.com/crime-library/serial-killers/marie-noe/, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mother-charged-with-smothering-her-eight-children Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Elo 20228min

August 22nd: Henry Lee Jones Kills (2003) What happens when a dangerous man, one with a rap sheet a mile long, is continually allowed to walk the streets a free man despite the increasingly violent allegations against him? On August 22nd 2003 a man who showed time and time again that he was going to keep offending, took a human life after decades of being let off easy.  https://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jones-henry-lee.htm, https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-supreme-court/1851151.html, https://www.middletennesseemysteries.com/article/472/shelby-county-serial-killer-henry-lee-jones, https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article20348073.html, https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/29083686/henry-lee-jones-sentenced-to-death-for-murder-of-bartlett-couple/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Elo 202224min

August 21st: Monster of Florence’s First Victim (1968) Some cases are doomed to remain unsolved. On August 21st 1968 the first of what would be many victims were claimed by a man that, to this day, remains a mystery. A case involving brutal murders, mutilations, a possible mob, some theories involving Satanism, and a whole lot of speculation about shady police work.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_of_Florence, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/07/the-monster-of-florence/304981/, https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/The_Monster_of_Florence, http://www.florencewebguide.com/monster-of-florence.html, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Monster-of-Florence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Elo 202222min