A Murder At Sea With A Miraculous Survivor - November 12 2025

February 7th: Tazne van Wyk Goes Missing (2020) Crimes against children will always hit a spot in the hearts of many that make their tragedy seem almost personal. On February 7th 2020 a young girl went missing and, when the dangerous man was caught, and the last moments of her life revealed, it sent an entire community in South Africa into a tailspin of emotions.  MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the 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 local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/tazne-van-wyk-murder-accused-absconded-from-parole-was-off-radar-for-one-year-20200220,https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/she-is-dead-and-it-is-painful-tazne-van-wyks-distraught-grandmother-at-final-farewell-20200301, https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/tazne-van-wyk-alleged-child-killers-trial-postponed-for-a-year-20210531, https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-05-31-family-of-slain-eight-year-old-tazne-van-wyk-devastated-as-trial-delayed-for-a-year/, https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/tazne-van-wyk-rape-and-murder-accused-gets-his-day-in-court-5b8b1b27-4c01-4270-8990-58e540d0474c Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Feb 20225min

February 6th: Glennon Engleman Born (1927) Why does a person kill? For each of our stories that reason is different but it’s a question that keeps us wanting more. On February 6th 1927 a man was born who would kill for the sake of killing. Kill for, what he believed, was a noble cause and kill for a few extra thousand dollars to weigh down his pockets.  MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the 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 local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glennon_Engleman, https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/engleman-glennon.htm, https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/history/jan-14-1980-st-louis-car-bombing-is-the-work-of-the-notorious-southside-dentist/article_439cb546-1d2d-544f-9a49-847fb62b2be7.html, https://medium.com/@the.yard/serial-killer-glennon-engleman-74c92eefbde7, https://creepyclubpodcast.com/2020/02/25/meeting-no-64-dr-glennon-engleman-meeting-minutes/, https://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=330001, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110521047/glennon-edward-engleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Feb 20229min

February 5th: Francesco Mangione Kills (2002) Murder can occure for a number of reasons but, todays story may take the cake. Or ice cream. On February 5th 2002 a man was killed over a dispute in the name of territory and of ice cream.  MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the 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 local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Mangione, https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mangione-francesco.htm, https://peoplepill.com/people/francesco-mangione, https://www.smh.com.au/national/22-years-for-ice-cream-vendor-who-hacked-rival-to-death-20040422-gdiscr.html, https://twistedhistory.net.au/2016/02/05/ice-cream-van-murder/, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-04-22/man-jailed-for-cold-blooded-assassination/174132, https://www.theage.com.au/national/ice-cream-turf-war-led-to-murder-court-told-20040204-gdx8oc.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Feb 20225min

February 4th: Death of Tim Piazza (2017) Going into college can be an exciting yet terrifying moment in your life. Everything is new, everything is different and, for the first time in your life, you are 100% free and clear to make all of the decisions that will impact your life. For many, that decision is to join a fraternity or sorority and gain friendships that will last a lifetime. On February 4th 2017 a young man hoping to join one of those fraternities took part in an age-old tradition that, you would hope, would not exist in the year 2017. The dangerous ritual of hazing.  https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/08/28/Former-Penn-State-fraternity-member-sentenced-in-death-of-Timothy-Piazza/stories/202008280105#:~:text=%E2%80%94%20A%20former%20Penn%20State%20fraternity,the%20Beta%20Theta%20Pi%20house., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tim_Piazza, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/03/penn-state-timothy-piazza-first-jail-terms-issued-hazing-death/3353467002/, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/a-death-at-penn-state/540657/, https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/state-college/article225340915.html, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-penn-state-student-timothy-piazza-who-died-during-pledge-n966071, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/05/22/sentences-reduced-former-penn-state-fraternity-brothers-piazza-hazing-case, https://abcnews.go.com/US/penn-state-fraternity-brothers-sentenced-pledges-hazing-death/story?id=62132847, https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/26/tim-piazza-case-fraternity-house-manager-gets-two-years-probation-5-000-fine/2120038001/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Feb 202213min

February 3rd: Christopher Dorner Kills (2012) What happens when your dream job, your dream life, gets ripped out from underneath you? On February 3rd 2012 a man started a deadly rampage after his dismissal from his dream job at the LAPD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt, https://www.npr.org/2013/02/15/172102686/why-do-people-sympathize-with-christopher-dorner, https://graphics.latimes.com/christopher-dorner-manhunt/#chapter-one, https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21476904, https://thesource.com/2020/06/12/can-we-learn-something-from-christopher-dorner-for-police-reform/, https://laist.com/2013/02/07/christopher_dorners_manifesto_in_fu.php, https://thetab.com/uk/2021/02/11/christopher-dorner-case-netflix-cecil-hotel-elisa-lam-194858, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/christopher-dorner/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Feb 202214min

February 2nd: Frontier Middle School Shootings (1996) A bad home life can leave a child feeling powerless. On February 2nd 1996 a young man who felt like nothing in his life was going well walked into his school and took his frustrations out on the children who bullied him.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Middle_School_shooting, https://www.historylink.org/File/20965, https://www.ifiberone.com/columbia_basin/this-week-marks-25-years-since-frontier-middle-school-shooting-in-moses-lake/article_17c17c52-6808-11eb-8bc2-e7759e1d644d.html, https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/hidden-rage-barry-loukaitis-and-the-frontier-middle-school-shooting-ac668dec8ed5, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/barry-loukaitis-moses-lake-school-shooter-apologizes-in-1st-remarks/, https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/loukaitis-barry.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Feb 202211min

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1 Feb 20224min

February 1st: Dr. Kathleen Hagen Found Not Guilty (2002) No one is perfect, no matter how incredible they may seem. On February 1st 2002 a woman was found not guilty for a murder she committed at the height of her depression. A woman who, prior to her crime, seemed like the perfect daughter.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Kathleen_Hagen, https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hagen-kathleen.htm, https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132118&page=1, https://www.nj.com/news/2010/07/kathleen_hagen_who_killed_pare.html, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/04/nyregion/an-achiever-s-unraveling-fall-of-doctor-accused-of-killing-her-parents.html, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/28/nyregion/parents-dead-former-doctor-is-now-suspect.html, https://www.newjerseyhills.com/former-doctor-could-be-sent-back-to-psychiatric-hospital/article_7680ff28-4522-5e07-bb8d-19e2c26140fd.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Feb 20229min