Grief, Suspicion and Murder - June 19 2025

This Episode is sponsored by Better Help Get 10% off your first month with betterhelp.com/morningcup November 1st: Ivan Hill’s First Victim (1993) Today’s story is yet another where we prove that DNA is a vital piece of evidence and the importance of collecting DNA and running it through the proper databases. On November 1st 1993 a woman was strangled to death in California by a serial killer who, had DNA not been collected, may still be on the loose and taking more lives.  MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia and Murderpedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Nov 202111min

NEW HALLOWEEN MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ October 31st: Ronald Clark O’Bryan Kills (1974) If you are like me, you grew up in a time where our parents had to check our Halloween candy before we were allowed to eat it. Mostly, they checked to make sure everything was sealed up still, and there was no evidence of tampering and, if you were bold enough to ask your parents why, they may have given you a tall tale of a rogue poisoner who put god knows what in our candy or razor blades in our apples. For the most part, this was nothing but an urban legend passed down long before we were born but, on October 31st 1974, citizens of Deer Park, Texas got a firsthand look at what happens when legend becomes reality.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, vice.com, Murderpedia, criminalminds.fandom.com, statesman.com, medium.com, texasarchive.org, jclass.umd.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Okt 202112min

October 30th: Asunta Yong Fang Basterra’s Killer Found Guilty (2015) Parenting is one of the biggest responsibilities a person can undertake during their lifetime. On October 30th 2015 a couple was found guilty in the death of a daughter they adopted. A girl who, once things got too hard, they wanted to be unburdened of.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Asunta_Basterra, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/02/why-did-two-parents-murder-their-adopted-child-asunta-fong-yang, https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1878244/spanish-couple-sentenced-18-years-murdering-adopted-chinese-daughter, https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-1150-7, https://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/23573/asunta-murder-trial-gagging-order-lifted-by-judge-and-new-information-revealed, https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/spanish-woman-tells-court-she-did-not-kill-adopted-chinese-girl, http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/359124 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Okt 202116min

LISTEN TO BOOZE & BROADWAY! https://open.spotify.com/show/72Hii6Jmjq25zzDwnqiZ68 October 29th: Murder of Tina Harmon (1981) There was once a time where children were allowed to walk their community and feel safe doing so. But, stories like today’s are the reason you see helicopter parenting. On October 29th 1981 a young girl was snatched off the streets and into a mystery that took almost 30 years to solve.  Wikipedia, indeonline.com, forensicfiles.fandom.com, suzukisthoughts.blogspot.com, law.umich.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Okt 202120min

October 28th: Beverly Jean Hope Killed (1970) Sometimes, it takes decades to solve a cold case. And, sometimes, even when a case seems solved on the surface, it remains cold in the eyes of the law. On October 28th 1970 a woman was brutally beaten to death in her Texas home and, with her death, came a pursuit for her killer that, depending on who you believe, may already be dead.  dmagazine.com, Reddit, refinery29.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Okt 202117min

It’s one of the most haunting murder cases you’ll ever hear about, and it takes place in a small town in Israel. Tair Rada was only 13-years-old when her body was found inside a locked bathroom stall. She was viciously murdered during a school day, and yet no one saw or heard a thing. The police arrested the janitor, Roman Zadorov, and he eventually confessed, but this was far from being the end of it. Based on the hit true-crime series from Netflix, the podcast "Shadow of Truth" will take you on a journey into one of the wildest and most contested murder cases in the history of Israel, as it reaches its final resolution, 15 years after it all started.  Listen to Shadow of Truth http://wondery.fm/SOT_MorningCupMurder   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Okt 20217min

October 27th: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting (2018) Hatred, left unchecked, can have deadly consequences. On October 27th 2018 a man entered a Pittsburgh Synagogue with so much hatred he was willing to kill complete strangers to prove a point. Wikipedia, CNN, BBC, adl.org, reuters.com, theatlantic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Okt 202111min

October 26th: Betty Gail Brown Last Seen Alive (1961) One would think with all of the technology we have today, there would be no such thing as a cold case. But, we know that this is far from the truth and that some cases are doomed to remain a mystery. On October 26th 1961 a young woman was seen alive for the last time and her death remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in Lexington history to this day.  kentucky.com, transyrambler.com, Reddit, victoriaselmanauthor.com, kyforward.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Okt 202111min