Thou Shalt Not Kill: The Murders of Sandy Bird & Marty Anderson
Early one Sunday morning, kayakers found the body of a woman floating in the shallow water of a river outside Emporia, Kansas. She was identified as Sandra Bird, the wife of a minister and the mother of three young children. Her station wagon appeared to have run off a gravel country road near a bridge. […] The post Thou Shalt Not Kill: The Murders of Sandy Bird & Marty Anderson appeared first on Tiegrabber.
2 Jan 20181h 10min
Death House Landlady: Dorothea Puente
There are vulnerable people in society who the rest of us have a moral obligation to protect and defend from those who would take advantage of them or abuse them. Of course, we often fail. But when someone dedicates their life to helping these people who society has basically cast out, it is an honorable […] The post Death House Landlady: Dorothea Puente appeared first on Tiegrabber.
26 Dec 20171h 29min
Unleashed Rage: The Killing of Betty Gore
Full-time mom Candy Montgomery always did what was expected of her. She married, had two kids, and taught Sunday school at her church. Her husband Pat loved her and she loved him. But something was missing from Candy’s life: excitement. She took creative writing classes in order to express herself. She made close women friends […] The post Unleashed Rage: The Killing of Betty Gore appeared first on Tiegrabber.
19 Dec 20171h 37min
Murder Foretold: The Cheryl Keeton Story
When Cheryl Keeton was found dead in the middle of the highway in 1986, she was a talented, well-respected lawyer and the mother of three young boys. After her death was determined not to be an accident, her husband Bradley Cunningham became the prime suspect. Cheryl was Bradley’s 4th wife. They had been involved in […] The post Murder Foretold: The Cheryl Keeton Story appeared first on Tiegrabber.
12 Dec 20172h 2min
The Ultimate Sacrifice: Heaven’s Gate Cult
Members of the Heaven’s Gate cult donned black outfits, new Nike sneakers, and purple shrouds on the day of their deaths. They each had a $5 bill and 3 quarters in their pockets. It was March 1997 and 39 cult members ritually ended their lives in waves. Each cleaned up after the last until all […] The post The Ultimate Sacrifice: Heaven’s Gate Cult appeared first on Tiegrabber.
5 Dec 20171h 50min
The Story of Gypsy Rose Blancharde
The story of Gypsy Rose Blancharde, a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and a convicted killer, has gained international attention and invited speculation from lay people and professionals in the medical community. On the night of June 14, 2015, deputy sheriffs in Greene County, Missouri, found the body of Dee Dee Blancharde face down […] The post The Story of Gypsy Rose Blancharde appeared first on Tiegrabber.
28 Nov 20171h 38min
Death in a Home Daycare
In-home daycare settings allow caretakers to work from home while offering working mothers an alternative to traditional day care settings. Parents weigh the benefits and drawbacks of their daycare options and most are satisfied with the care their children receive. When a tragedy occurs, as it did with the death of one-year old Maria Harris, […] The post Death in a Home Daycare appeared first on Tiegrabber.
21 Nov 20171h 23min
An Inconvenient Woman: The Murder of Carol Kennedy
At 7:36 pm on the first Tuesday in July 2008, Carol Kennedy made her nightly call to her mother. Ruth Kennedy lived across the country in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 83-years old at the time and Carol worried about her living on her own. She had called her mother almost every night since her father […] The post An Inconvenient Woman: The Murder of Carol Kennedy appeared first on Tiegrabber.
14 Nov 20171h 58min
