Grief, Suspicion and Murder - June 19 2025

February 4th: Death of Tim Piazza (2017) Going into college can be an exciting yet terrifying moment in your life. Everything is new, everything is different and, for the first time in your life, you are 100% free and clear to make all of the decisions that will impact your life. For many, that decision is to join a fraternity or sorority and gain friendships that will last a lifetime. On February 4th 2017 a young man hoping to join one of those fraternities took part in an age-old tradition that, you would hope, would not exist in the year 2017. The dangerous ritual of hazing.  https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/08/28/Former-Penn-State-fraternity-member-sentenced-in-death-of-Timothy-Piazza/stories/202008280105#:~:text=%E2%80%94%20A%20former%20Penn%20State%20fraternity,the%20Beta%20Theta%20Pi%20house., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tim_Piazza, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/03/penn-state-timothy-piazza-first-jail-terms-issued-hazing-death/3353467002/, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/a-death-at-penn-state/540657/, https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/state-college/article225340915.html, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-penn-state-student-timothy-piazza-who-died-during-pledge-n966071, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/05/22/sentences-reduced-former-penn-state-fraternity-brothers-piazza-hazing-case, https://abcnews.go.com/US/penn-state-fraternity-brothers-sentenced-pledges-hazing-death/story?id=62132847, https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/26/tim-piazza-case-fraternity-house-manager-gets-two-years-probation-5-000-fine/2120038001/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Feb 202213min

February 3rd: Christopher Dorner Kills (2012) What happens when your dream job, your dream life, gets ripped out from underneath you? On February 3rd 2012 a man started a deadly rampage after his dismissal from his dream job at the LAPD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt, https://www.npr.org/2013/02/15/172102686/why-do-people-sympathize-with-christopher-dorner, https://graphics.latimes.com/christopher-dorner-manhunt/#chapter-one, https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21476904, https://thesource.com/2020/06/12/can-we-learn-something-from-christopher-dorner-for-police-reform/, https://laist.com/2013/02/07/christopher_dorners_manifesto_in_fu.php, https://thetab.com/uk/2021/02/11/christopher-dorner-case-netflix-cecil-hotel-elisa-lam-194858, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/christopher-dorner/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Feb 202214min

February 2nd: Frontier Middle School Shootings (1996) A bad home life can leave a child feeling powerless. On February 2nd 1996 a young man who felt like nothing in his life was going well walked into his school and took his frustrations out on the children who bullied him.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Middle_School_shooting, https://www.historylink.org/File/20965, https://www.ifiberone.com/columbia_basin/this-week-marks-25-years-since-frontier-middle-school-shooting-in-moses-lake/article_17c17c52-6808-11eb-8bc2-e7759e1d644d.html, https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/hidden-rage-barry-loukaitis-and-the-frontier-middle-school-shooting-ac668dec8ed5, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/barry-loukaitis-moses-lake-school-shooter-apologizes-in-1st-remarks/, https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/loukaitis-barry.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Feb 202211min

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1 Feb 20224min

February 1st: Dr. Kathleen Hagen Found Not Guilty (2002) No one is perfect, no matter how incredible they may seem. On February 1st 2002 a woman was found not guilty for a murder she committed at the height of her depression. A woman who, prior to her crime, seemed like the perfect daughter.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Kathleen_Hagen, https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hagen-kathleen.htm, https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132118&page=1, https://www.nj.com/news/2010/07/kathleen_hagen_who_killed_pare.html, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/04/nyregion/an-achiever-s-unraveling-fall-of-doctor-accused-of-killing-her-parents.html, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/28/nyregion/parents-dead-former-doctor-is-now-suspect.html, https://www.newjerseyhills.com/former-doctor-could-be-sent-back-to-psychiatric-hospital/article_7680ff28-4522-5e07-bb8d-19e2c26140fd.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Feb 20229min

January 31st: Chiyo Aizawa Born (1939) For most, it’s completely unimaginable to do anything that would cause a loved one harm. But, for others, love and shared blood means very little. On January 31st 1939 a young girl was born who would suffer tremendously at the hands of a man meant to care for her. A man who, after years of torment, died at the hands of the girl who he imprisoned for most of her life.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tochigi_patricide_case, https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11533070, https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/6521041, https://dbpedia.org/page/Tochigi_patricide_case, https://amp.en.google-info.org/index.php/11918895/1/tochigi-patricide-case.html, http://dictionary.sensagent.com/Chiyo%20Aizawa/en-en/, http://pages.rediff.com/tochigi-patricide-case/1264171, https://www.spectroom.com/1022816420-tochigi-patricide-case Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Jan 20228min

January 30th: Karen Klass Attacked (1976) Familial DNA has solved some pretty big cases. But what about the small ones, the ones not everyone knows about but deserve their moments in the spotlight. On January 30th 1976 a woman was attacked in her home and her case would become almost instantly cold. It would take 40 years, and familial DNA, to finally see the ending she, and her family, deserved.  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/murder-righteous-brothers-singer-s-ex-wife-karen-klaas-solved-n714716, https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-karen-klaas-righteous-brothers-cold-case-murder-20170130-story.html, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/01/30/police-use-dna-to-solve-1976-murder-of-karen-klaas-ex-wife-of-righteous-brothers-singer/, https://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-id-alleged-killer-karen-klaas-wife-righteous/story?id=45151211, https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/05/05/detectives-crack-cold-case-murder-of-karen-klaas/, https://people.com/crime/karen-klaas-righteous-brothers-killer-identified/, https://kfor.com/news/killer-idd-in-1976-murder-of-karen-klaas-ex-wife-of-righteous-brothers-singer-authorities/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/righteous-brothers-singer-bill-medley-ex-wife-karen-klaas-dna-yields-long-awaited-answers-in-1976-slaying/, https://scipol.duke.edu/news/murder-%E2%80%98righteous-brothers%E2%80%99-singer%E2%80%99s-ex-wife-karen-klaas-solved-40-years-later Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Jan 20227min

January 29th: Brenda Spencer Kills (1979) Songwriters find inspiration in the strangest places. On January 29th 1979 a young girl committed a crime that sent shockwaves throughout the country. A legacy left behind that inspired some to make a song out of her life and her murders.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_(San_Diego), https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/spencer-brenda.htm, https://deadlywomen.fandom.com/wiki/Brenda_Spencer, http://www.sdpolicemuseum.com/Brenda-Spencer.html, https://filmdaily.co/news/brenda-spencer/, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7953273/Infamous-dont-like-Mondays-killer-inducted-Golden-Girls-club.html, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/school-shooting-in-san-diego Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Jan 20229min