Episode 289 - Para-Social Activity - The Strange Case of Grant Amato

In the mid-1980s, numerous bodies were discovered along the highways of the American South over the course of several years. They were all women. They all had red hair. And all of them had been murdered. This is a unique case unlike any other we’ve ever told. Because it involves a podcast host who went beyond what you’d normally expect of a podcaster. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Shane Waters https://www.itsfoulplay.com Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Redhead Murders Wikipedia Fox 17 Nashville  NBC News Kentucky Findagrave.com Appalachain Unsolved Johnson City Press The Evening Times

8 Touko 202255min

The courtyard of an elementary school is probably the last place on earth you'd expect someone to attempt hiring a hitman. Not for a mom in Southern Australia in 2001. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Dead By Friday, Derek Pedley (2012) Contract Killers: Who Killed Carolyn Matthews? The Sydney Morning Herald The Daily Mail NZ Herald True Crime Library The Adelaide Advertiser The Adelaide Advertiser #2 ABC.net.au

24 Huhti 202240min

On the morning of August 30th, 2000 - Mark Lundy left a series of messages on his wife’s phone, sounding increasingly irritated that she hadn’t called him back. When he finally did receive a callback, it wasn’t from his wife, but from a friend telling him that the police were at his house…Something horrible had happened. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Mike White https://www.stuff.co.nz/authors/mike-white  Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Sources: Anatomy of a Scandal What The Jury Didn’t Hear Lundy’s Last Chance Brain in a Bucket Salient Magazine Mark Lundy Wikipedia Mark Lundy Appeal (2019) The Mystery of Mark Lundy’s Shirt Mark Lundy Privy Council Appeal (2013)

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40-year-old mother Carole Packman had been living in a toxic household - with a husband who physically abused her, and was openly having an affair with another woman he’d invited to live with them. Carole had the means, motive, and opportunity to vanish completely and start fresh somewhere else. And for nearly ten years, that’s exactly what everybody thought she’d done. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Featured Podcast: Murderish https://murderish.com  Sources: Investigating the Almost Perfect Murders, Anthony Nott (2020) The Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph #2 Kensington News The Guardian Guernsey Press When Missing Turns to Murder The Investigator: A British Crime Story BBC Murder and Fraud Mirror.co.uk Russel Causley Conviction Appeal 2003 The Justice Gap

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In June 2011, UK author Helen Bailey began writing a blog after the death of her husband as a way to deal with her grief and to provide comfort and a voice to the bereaved. She openly chronicled her journey following her loss - the ins and outs, the highs and lows, and eventually revealed that things were, indeed, getting better for her - she’d met someone: a man she called “The Gorgeous Grey-Haired Widower.” How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Sources: Death of an Author - Hilary Nettleton When Bad Things Happen in Good Bikinis - Helen Bailey  Diane Stewart Obituary Daily Mail #1  Daily Mail #2 Daily Mail #3  Daily Mail #4 Daily Mail #5  Daily Mail #6 Plainsmenpost #1 Plainsmenpost #2 BBC  Helen Bailey Wiki  Crown Sentencing Remarks Diane 911 Call  ITV  What The Killer Did Next Documentary  Trial Testimony Twitter Thread Cambridge News   Murdered by My Fiance Documentary Helen Missing Persons Phone Call Evening Standard The Times  Express The Sun Huffington Post

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Charlotte and Brent Springford Sr. were well-respected, successful, progressive-minded pillars of their community in Montgomery, Alabama. Everything in their lives seemed perfect, but that was all about to change. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Mark Pinsky Drifting Into Darkness Editing: Justin Hellstrom Recommendation: Lies In Bone https://www.audible.com/pd/Lies-in-Bone-Audiobook/B09RG7BR4 Sources: Drifting Into Darkness, Mark Pinsky (2022) Boulder Weekly #1 Boulder Weekly #2 AlabamaNews.net Caroline Scoutt Obituary Denver Post Newcastle News Letter Journal #1 Newcastle News Letter Journal #2 Newcastle News Letter Journal #3 Springford’s Obituary Bonnie’s Blog Drifting Into Darkness Mark Pinsky

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Valentine’s Day 2010 was supposed to be the perfect day for Richard and Stacey Schoeck to re-stoke old fires of desire. Like many couples, work, kids, and other commitments had meant little time for passion. But they were about to change all that. Their plan was to meet up in a secret, secluded spot, in the pitch-black darkness of the North Georgia countryside. A perfect place to drink some wine, exchange their Valentine’s …and maybe more. Tragically, they’d never get that chance. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Research: Ashton Morrow Editing: Justin Hellstrom Sources: Stacey Schoeck: The Valentine’s Day Killer, by Ana Benton Dateline NBC, A Perfect Spot, S23 E36 Oxygen Snapped, S19 E10 Stacey Morgan Schoeck Facebook TrueCrimeDaily.com Gainesville Times Article #1 Gainesville Times Article #2 Gainesville Times Article #3 Gainesville Times Article #4 Gainesville Times Article #5 Gainesville Times Article #6 Gainesville Times Article #7   Gainesville Times Article #8 Gainesville Times Article #9 Findlaw AJC News Legacy Obituaries Murderpedia Anita Durairaj Newspapers.com Memorial Websites Inquisitr.com

14 Helmi 202240min

Jo Rogers and her two daughters disappeared after taking their first vacation together.. Tragically it would be their last. Their bodies were later discovered floating in Tampa Bay with all signs horrifically pointing to the probability they’d been thrown overboard alive - bound and weighed down with cinder blocks. It would be a crime that would go unsolved for three years. That's until a group of determined cold case investigators decided to take another look at the case - a case that would make it to the famous TV show "Unsolved Mysteries", and onto billboards, all in a desperate attempt to track down a man they suspected was a serial killer. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Christina Crane Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Featured Podcast: History Daily - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-daily/id1591095413 Sources: Death Cruise (1996) by Don Davis https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-1-sunset/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-2-haunted/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-3-neighbors/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-4-the-tin-man/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-5-silver-bullet/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-6-night-stories/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-7-the-magic-kingdom/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/postscript/ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/chandler1275.htm  https://www.newspapers.com/image/238443943/?terms=%22Ivelisse%20Berrios%22&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/635786335/?terms=%22Ivelisse%20Berrios%22&match=1 https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2014-02-25-fl-coral-springs-cold-case-20140224-story.html https://www.tampabay.com/incoming/killer-linked-to-another-murder/2167401/ https://coralspringstalk.com/coral-springs-police-crack-23-year-old-cold-case-6986 https://www.tampabay.com/narratives/2019/06/05/from-2011-i-dont-need-any-closure-hal-rogers-rebuilds-his-life-oba-chandler-is-about-to-lose-his/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/238443943/?terms=Ivelisse%20Berrios&match=1

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