141: The Murderer and The Hidden Money - September 21 2019 - Today in True Crime

November 4th: Roger Dale Stafford Born (1951) Not every spouse is willing to keep secrets. On November 4th 1951 a man was born who would start as a spree killer and move on to serial killer. A man whose spouse would, ultimately, be his downfall and lead to his arrest because she was unwilling to keep his secret and, instead, saved herself from execution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Dale_Stafford, https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s1/stafford-roger-dale.htm, https://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-criminal/1983/6015-1.html, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133613924/roger-dale-stafford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Nov 202210min

November 3rd: Anthony Jacques Brousard Kills (1981) Some stories, when told, elicit an unforeseen reaction from the community. On November 3rd 1981 a young girl was killed and, in the aftermath of her death were reactions from her classmates that no one could have quite predicted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Marcy_Renee_Conrad, https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/the-true-story-of-rivers-edge-f844ae792917, https://www.sfweekly.com/news/yesterdays-crimes-what-really-happened-at-the-rivers-edge/, https://www.lethalamounts.com/magazine-index/2020/12/03/teenage-destruction-murder-and-heavy-metal-in-1987-rivers-edge, https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/05/us/coast-youth-who-boasted-of-killing-girl-is-sentenced.html, https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/14/us/youths-silent-on-murder-victim-leaves-a-california-town-baffled.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Nov 20227min

November 2nd: Jury Convicts Paul Hill (1994) Having a strong belief system is both an important way of life and a way to make sense of the senseless. However, that strong belief system should never justify an act of violence to make your point known. On November 2nd 1994 a jury convicted a man with very strong beliefs about abortion  who took the lives of two men in order to became a martyr for his cause.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jennings_Hill, http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/hill873.htm, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/abortviolence/stories/hill.htm, https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/04/us/florida-executes-killer-of-an-abortion-provider.html, https://www.fadp.org/paulhill-2/, https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/12/04/paul-hill-tells-of-his-plan-to-murder/ Show less Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Nov 20228min

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1 Nov 20223min

For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every lead had fizzled. Every person of interest had turned out to be a dead end. Then, in 2019, Jonelle’s remains were unearthed near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. With the discovery came a troubling new question: Had the truth been hiding in plain sight the entire time? Was the man who couldn’t stop obsessing over Jonelle’s disappearance also the person who took her? From Campside Media and Wondery comes season two of SUSPECT. Former CNN reporter Ashley Fantz and executive producers Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson (Suspect, Over My Dead Body) dig into one of the most mind-bending cold cases in modern history, in an attempt to separate fact and fiction, compulsion from guilt, and true-crime fandom from a motive for murder. Hey Prime Members, listen to the Amazon Music exclusive podcast, SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow, in the Amazon Music App. Download the app today. http://www.amazon.com/SUS_us_pfd_AA_11012 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Nov 20228min

November 1st: Matthew Hoffman Born (1980) In some cases, we may never know the “why”. The reason for the killing or for the behavior that was a precursor. On November 1st 1980 a man was born who would commit a heinous crime for reasons still unclear to this day. A man who had a lot of strange habits that have never really been explained.  https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hoffman-matthew.htm, https://abcnews.go.com/US/killer-matthew-hoffman-stockpiled-leaves-ohio-home-made/story?id=12877942, https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Matthew_Hoffman, https://www.dispatch.com/article/20110209/NEWS/302099677, https://scarestreet.com/matthew-hoffman/, https://www.10tv.com/article/news/knox-county-killer-i-did-not-know-single-one-them/530-bce26d0a-7feb-48d0-82c5-40901a730740 Show less Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Nov 20229min

October 31st: Lisa French Kills (1973) Some crimes can rock an entire community while others can affect an entire nation. On October 31st 1973 the French family experienced every parent’s Halloween nightmare when their daughter didn’t return from trick or treating. Her case, and the back and forth trials of the man responsible for her murder, effected the entire nation and is the reason many in Wisconsin, and in the world, wont allow their children to go out searching for candy to celebrate the Halloween holiday.  https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Lisa-French-killer-Gerald-Turner-gets-court-hearing-2-days-before-murder-anniversary-570525931.html, https://patch.com/massachusetts/beverly/story-lisa-french, https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/the-halloween-killer-true-crime-3581e18220c9, https://narsol.org/2019/10/the-halloween-tragedy-of-lisa-french/, https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2017/12/06/lisa-ann-frenchs-family-fights-release-wisconsins-infamous-halloween-killer/821216001/, https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/591494d9add7b049345c40a7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Okt 202212min

October 30th: Mack Ray Edwards Dies (1971) Sometimes immense guilt can lead to a crime being solved. Or, sometimes, it can lead to a confession that reveals a serial killer had been active for decades completely undetected. On October 30th 1971 a man died behind prison walls who, overcome by guilt, confessed to a criminal career that police had no idea was even occurring.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Ray_Edwards, https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/edwards-mack-ray.htm, ,https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6jzmr9/mack_ray_edwards_the_missing_children_of/ https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2018/10/7/mack-ray-edwards, https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95431459, https://www.serialkillers.io/blog/mack-ray-edwards-california-child-murderer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Okt 202212min