294: The Gainesville Ripper - February 15 2020 - Today in True Crime

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Some people have a truly rough life. But, that doesn’t give them the right to take the lives of others. On February 25th, a man was born who would go on to terrorize the streets of Perth. A man who will leave you wondering: if he had a different life, a different beginning, would he still have ended up a cold blooded killer? Eric Edgar Cooke Born (1931) Become a supporter of this podcast on 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 true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Feb 20208min

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Love triangles are messy. They never end well and someone always ends up hurt. Or, in the case of Sherri Rasmussen on February 24th 1986, murdered. Murder of Sherri Rasmussen (1986) Become a supporter of this podcast on 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 true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Feb 202011min

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com If you live near a college campus, then you are used to seeing students walking near the campus. They walk all around the campus and, often, to shops or restaurants nearby. On February 23rd 2001, a man took a drive and put all of the pedestrians walking around the University of California, Santa Barbara at great risk. Isla Vista Killings (2001) Become a supporter of this podcast on 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 true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Feb 20206min

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Dating this day in age, often involves dating apps. On February 22nd 1975, a man was born who would take advantage of these dating apps and men wanting to find a date, and use it to find his new victims. Stephen Port Born (1975) Become a supporter of this podcast on 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 true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Feb 202010min

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com On February 21st 1841 a man was arrested for a single murder. He was convicted, rather quickly, and was sentenced to death for his crimes. Then, as the trial ended, more information about the mysterious man came to light. Because this man, a man named John Lynch, was a serial killer who had been roaming the Berrima area of Australia for years committing brutal murders. And, though the word didn’t exist just yet, Lynch would later be known as Australia’s worst serial killer. John Lynch Arrested (1841) Become a supporter of this podcast on 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 true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Feb 20206min

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Ridesharing, while convenient, can leave some on edge. The positive is that you can ride with the knowledge that these men and women driving you to your destination, have passed a background check. On February 20th 2016 an Uber driver went on a shooting rampage, all while taking fares between sprees. A man who, somehow, passed one of those background checks. Kalamazoo Shooting (2016) Become a supporter of this podcast on 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 true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Feb 20208min

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com In December of 1981 the arrest of 1 man, who gave no fight and went with police willingly, ended a years long FBI manhunt. This man, Stephen Morin, was born February 19th 1931. Stephen Morin Born (1951) Become a supporter of this podcast on 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 true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Feb 20206min

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com As a man sat in prison for manslaughter, a charge that would have had him free in 12 years, he began writing a memoir of sorts. In this memoir he claimed he killed 25 people, liked it, and felt sexual gratification while doing it. This little memoir, and the appearance of a survivor, had German police completely rethinking the crimes of Rudolf Pleil who, after it was all said and done, took his life on February 18th 1958. Rudolf Pleil Dies(1958) Become a supporter of this podcast on 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 true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Feb 20208min