#70: The Snuff Film Killers (Serial Killers Leonard Lake & Charles Ng)
Most people collect ordinary things - paintings, books, baseball cards. But what if you could collect your darkest desires? Two men decide they will collect women to be held captive in their torture bunker. The men started gathering all their weapons of torture - power drills, clamps, gags, and pliers… the last thing they needed was a video camera. Because they were going to film it all. The snuff film director, the collector, and the serial killer. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
6 Juni 20211h 19min
#69: The Walgreens Killers (Case of Patricia Columbo & Frank Deluca)
When you step into this Walgreens it feels like any other - aisles filled with cosmetics, household goods, and a pharmacy. The employees are kind but they’re harboring their own dark secrets. The woman in cosmetics had inappropriate relations with a German Shepherd and her ex boyfriend refuses to get rid of the incriminating pictures. The store manager has a deadly liking for underage girls. Another employee is plotting the murder of 3 people. But is this really more sinister than your local Walgreens? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
2 Juni 20211h 24min
#68: The Girl Who Died Twice (Case of Becky Brown & Amy Burridge)
She died twice on that 12 story bridge. The first time - she was thrown off the bridge by two men in hopes of killing her. This would be the only way their night of sick torture would stay secret. The second time - 19 years later. The same bridge. The same spot. The same 120 feet fall. Are the events connected? How does someone die twice? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
30 Maj 20211h 5min
#67: 105 Hostages - The Hijacking of Flight 701 (Case of Roger Holder & Cathy Kerkow)
A man with a briefcase entered the cockpit of Western Flight 701. The man tells the pilots there are 2 bombs on the plane and a grenade in his suitcase. For 20 hours - a couple terrorized the entire flight in hopes of having their demands met. They wanted $3 million dollars in cash, 5 parachutes, a woman on trial for murder to be handed over to them, and a flight to Vietnam. And for decades they got away with it - because the sky is the limit. Source: "The Skies Belong To Us" - by Brendan I. Koerner (honestly, one of my favorite books ever and this episode does not even come close to how thorough, entertaining, and gripping this book was. 10/10 must read) Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
26 Maj 20211h 39min
#66: Burned Alive - 7 Hours of Torture (Cheshire Home Invasion Murders)
A family of 4 is startled awake by two masked men - they tell them that everything is going to be okay. We just want money - that’s all. Slowly for the next 7 hours - it becomes clear that’s not all they want. The 11yr old daughter was assaulted. The mother was assaulted and strangled. The house engulfed in flames - all while the police were standing outside. “A thief in the night. I’ve come to steal NOT your jewels and money. But your personal safety, privacy, and security. I violate your inner asylum of intimacy.” - Cheshire Home Invader / Killer. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
23 Maj 20211h 12min
#65: The Sisterhood Of Torture (Case of Michelle Knotek)
They knew something was different about their family. The sisters saw it. They had guests doing chores - completely nude - in the house. Guests being duct-taped to the walls. They had a man jumping from their roof onto his bare feet over and over again. Until his legs broke. Even all this pain - was nothing compared to the humiliation and psychological torture taking place… what was really going on here? Who would finally tell? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
19 Maj 20211h 43min
#64: The “666” Death (The Man Who Wrote Letters To Serial Killers)
Dear Mr. John Wayne Gacy… That’s how it all started… One letter to the “Clown Killer” who was responsible for 33 murders of young boys - and Jason was hooked. For months he developed relationships and even visited with John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, and Charles Manson. He wanted to get inside their heads - but what happens if they get inside his first? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
16 Maj 20211h 55min
#63: Yosemite National Park Serial Killer (Case - Steven & Cary Stayner)
Why do so many people go missing in National Parks? Alien conspiracy theory? Government experiments? Or just lost in nature? In this case - it’s none of the above. It’s a serial killer that leaves a trail of bloodshed and a decapitated head bobbing in a stream in Yosemite. Once they catch the killer that’s when the real mystery begins - wasn’t his little brother a national hero? Didn’t they make TV shows about this family? How did one brother become America’s sweetheart and the other America’s heartless serial killer? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
12 Maj 20212h 10min
