#312 The Tale of "8 Passengers" Part 3 of 3: The Downfall of Ruby Franke [Vacation Series]

An In-Depth Look At the Meteoric Rise And Spectacular Fall Of Elizabeth Holmes And Her Now Defunct Biotech Company Theranos [Part 1] This is Part 1 of a 13 Part Series in which Killafornia Dreaming will be discussing the rise and fall of Elizabeth's Holmes of the now defunct biotech company Theranos. For more than a dozen years, Theranos worked tirelessly in an effort to develop a revolutionary new blood testing device that only needed a single drop of blood to run hundreds of differen...

13 Jan 20221h 37min

The Rise And Fall Of South Carolina's Murdaugh Family And The Deaths Of Stephen Smith, Gloria Satterfield, Mallory Beach, Paul Murdaugh, and Maggie Murdaugh - All The Deaths! We take a look at the various deaths surrounding one of South Carolina's most powerful and prominent families - the Murdaugh's. We'll examine the 2015 death of Stephen Smith, a friend of Buster Murdaugh, the 2018 death of Gloria Satterfield, the Murdaugh family housekeeper and nanny, the 2019 death of Mallory Beac...

2 Jan 20222h 4min

A Review Of The Biggest Cases in 2021 including Robert Durst, R. Kelly, Kyle Rittenhouse, Ahmaud Arbery, Scott Peterson, Bill Cosby, Kim Potter, Derek Chauvin, Kelsie Schelling, Mollie Tibbits, And Of Course, Jussie Smollett. For this (maybe) final installment of Killafornia Dreaming for 2021, we take a look back at some of the trials from some of the podcasts we listen to that made their way through the justice system in 2021 including Robert Durst, R. Kelly, Kyle Rittenhouse, Ahmaud Arber...

17 Dec 20211h 22min

The Murder of San Diego Attorney Tim MacNeil Planned By His Step-Daughter Brae Hansen And Carried Out By Her Brother Nathaniel Gann In the Rolando Village neighborhood of San Diego, California, local defense attorney Tim MacNeil had come home in the middle of his work day on July 19, 2007 to pick up his 17 year old step daughter, Brae, for a lunch date she had planned for them to celebrate his 63rd birthday. But shortly after Tim walked into his home, he was confronted by a masked gunm...

3 Dec 20211h 36min

The 1990 Murder Of UCLA Student Ronald Baker Perpetrated By His Own Roommates Duncan Martinez And Nathaniel Blalock In June of 1990, the day after the longest day of the year, hikers discovered the lifeless body of 21 year old UCLA student Ron Baker. He was laying just inside south opening of the Santa Susana Tunnel which had also become known as the Manson Tunnel because of the close proximity Charles Manson and his family lived to it from 1968-1969. Because Ron was killed in th...

24 Nov 20211h 35min

The 1989 San Bernardino Southern Pacific Train Derailment And CalNev Pipeline Explosion In May of 1989, a quiet neighborhood in the City of San Bernardino, California was rocked was not one but two separate, but related disasters 13 days apart. In the end, 6 people were left dead, 18 homes were destroyed and questions as to how something like this could happen, especially twice at the same location less than 2 weeks apart. SOURCES: https://www.trains.com/trn/train-basics/ask-tr...

11 Nov 20211h 5min

Interview With Bob Motta Host Of The Defense Diaries Podcast We are joined today by the host of of The Defense Diaries Podcast, attorney Bob Motta, Jr. Earlier this year we discussed the case of native Californian, former doctor and current death row inmate Anthony Garcia who was convicted in 2016 of quadruple murder in Omaha, Nebraska. Bob was his attorney and in this interview he gives us a different perspective from the defense side of things, since our episodes heavily leaned...

5 Nov 20211h 44min

The 1997 Murder of 20 Year Old Ricky Cowles, Jr. Orchestrated By His Pregnant Girlfriend Amy Preasmyer Amy Preasmyer was an entitled out of control 16 year old when she met 20 year old Ricky Cowles, Jr. at a house party in December of 1996. He was tall, cute, and had a great job making good money. By July of 1997, they were living together and pregnant. But in one month's time, one of them would be dead. How did everything go so bad so fast? Listen to find out.....

3 Nov 20211h 45min