The Just Sweats Life Insurance Murder.

Dodgy Just Sweats business owners John Hawkins and Melvin Hanson had been cashing in on insurance scams since the early 1980's. After running their company into the ground with reckless spending, they came up with the scam to end all scams. They decided to take out over a million dollars in life insurance on Melvin Hanson, then fake his death for the insurance money. To do so, they convinced their friend and fellow con artist, Californian neurologist Dr Richard Boggs to join them in their scheme. Now all they needed was a dead man who resembled Melvin Hanson and they intended to find one, even if it meant killing him themselves.

Become a Bloody Murder Patron (for as little as $1 per month, which you can cancel at anytime) and have access to dozens of Patron only episodes (including our whole first season and AD FREE episodes released early!) with new patron only content added every month!

Go to https://www.patreon.com/bloodymurder

Levels $5 and over go into our monthly merchandise draws and get FREE stickers and hand-made Barney Badges!

See our website! bloodymurderpodcast.com for all our social media links, contact details, a gallery, fabulous merchandise and much much more.

Thanks to Loraine Ledwell for her TCNT on the book “My Life with Murderers” by Professor David Wilson.

True Crime Nerd Time, a segment on Bloody Murder, needs your help because it stars you! We want you, our listeners, to submit your recommendations for anything true cime related! It could be books, TV shows, movies, documentaries, exhibitions, graphic novels, art, music etc. So send us your brief story (we’ll read it out) or record your story (it can just be a recording on your phone, and we’ll play it!). We will also publish it on our website. Keep it to about 2 mins please or 200 words. Email here! [email protected]. Oh and if you give us your postal address we'll send you some stickers as a reward!

Aussie As: A quick-thinking Aussie legend saves his 4-year-old son from a gigantic python in North Queensland

Sources: Insured for Murder, by Robin Yocum and Catherine Candisky, Publisher: Prometheus, November 1, 1993, The Rise and Fall of Dr Boggs, The LA Times, Doug Smith, October 29th, 198, Ex-Fugitive Sentenced – and Married, The LA Times, Leslie Berger, October 14th, 1995, The Murder Hustle, Vanity Fair, Ann Louise Bardach, October 1989, Luck Ran Out For Fugitive Who Lived The Good Life, AP News, Linda Deutsch, August 11, 1991, Released From Prison After 20 Years, SoCal Man Finds Calling In Counselling Troubled Teens, CBS Los Angeles, November 3, 2014, Blood Lies and Alibi's “Doctor of Death,” Investigation Discovery, 29 October 2012

Aussie As Sources: Family speaks after 4-year-old was attacked by a python in North Queensland, 7News, Digital staff, December 23, 2019, Queensland boy, 4, saved by dad after massive snake tries to pull him to his death, 7News, Warren Barnsley, January 7, 2020, Four-year-old boy attacked by 4.5m python at family's Airlie Beach home, The Courier Mail, Thomas Chamberlin, December 20, 2019

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.