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Payton's Week!

Our case today takes place in 1914 near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Taliesin, as the house was named by its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was built in 1911, and was site of the deadliest single killer mass murder in Wisconsins history. 
The home was built so he and his mistress, Mamah Borthwick, could live without judgmental eyes. One Saturday while Frank was away on business a man named Julain Carlton who worked for the couple, murdered 7 people in the home while simultaneously setting the building on fire.
After Frank Lloyd Wright's death, the house was donated to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and Taliesin remains open and you can take tours of it.
https://www.taliesinpreservation.org

Last week for Son of Sam!

Sorry for the late upload folks, life is crazy! This episode we go over the last two attacks and David's arrest. He doesn't want a trial and just pleads guilty but a little craziness ensues at his first try at sentencing. He's ultimately sentenced to life in prison for all the murders. But did he act alone? We kind of briefly cover the conspiracy as to the satanic cult that he was allegedly part of where he says he didn't act alone in all of the attacks.

As always, the ones who lost their lives:
Donna Lauria
Christine Freund
Virginia Voskerichian
Valentina Suriani
Alexander Esau
Stacy Moskowitz

Another Paige week!

We're coming at you with Part 2 of Son of Sam where we actually get in to more of the attacks in 1976 leading into 1977 and when the police actually start tying the cases together. We talk about how much David loves to write letters, not only to the police about his attacks, but also to the newspaper, his neighbors, and his old landlords. We don't get to all of the attacks in this episode so if you want to hear more, you'll have to check out Part 3 next week!

Paige's week!

We're finally covering one of the big guys! This is Part 1 of David Berkowitz, aka Son of Sam. Paige talks about his early life leading up to the murders. We go through his uneventful Army career and how he went back home to New York and met his birth mother. This all to lead up to his first two failed murder attempts and the first murder. Check out Part 2 next week for the continuation of the Son of Sam saga!

Payton's week!

In 1974, 19 year old Arlis Perry was brutally murdered at Stanford Memorial Church on the Stanford University Campus. While the police had suspects and theories, they weren't able to make any arrests because there wasn't enough evidence. Arlis's murder became a cold case, and while over the years there have been many theories, after 40 years of being unsolved police were able to link DNA to her killer. 
Of course one of the theories mentioned is the alleged Son of Sam link. Police were never able to definitively link the two, but the theory is still being discussed.

Paige's week!

In this episode we learn about the unsolved, mysterious death of Christina Ketterwell who died at the end of her honeymoon. The crazy part? Both her new husband and his best friend were with her. Her entire family thought they spent an "unnatural" amount of time with the best friend. When the three of them end up at the friend's secluded cottage in Canada's Severn Falls that was only accessible by boat, everything goes wrong. The honeymoon ends with the cottage burning to the ground, the husband with a head injury and Christina's still unsolved death.

Payton's week, with our friend Nick as a special guest!

This week we discuss sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is a state where a person is either waking up or falling asleep, where they are fully aware of the world around them, but they cannot move or speak. With these episodes, hallucinations may occur.
We discuss what triggers episodes, and how there is no known cause or cure to it.
Nick joins us to share his experience with sleep paralysis and what his triggers are.
Throughout history, different cultures have experienced sleep paralysis episodes, and each of them have their own explanations for why it happens. And of course, we have to share some spooky sleep paralysis stories!

Paige's week!

This week we're taking you way back to 1820's Scotland; where you could be executed for simply cutting down a tree. Even though this seems harsh, they totally made up for it with their ability to come up with cool names!... Not really. Paige goes into some history about the time period and defines certain terms, one of them being 'anatomy killers'. An anatomy killing is a murder committed in order to use that body for medical research, where typically the murderer will sell the body to a research facility. There have been many anatomy killers, but this episode we focus on two men who were probably the most well known for it. 
William Burke and William Hare killed 16 people over a period of 11 months in order to sell their bodies to an anatomist. Eventually these two men were caught, but you'll have to listen to hear their fates. 

Sorry about the late upload guys, and heads up, it's a long one!

In this finale of the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, Payton finishes up this case by starting with one of Stewarts last attempts to hold someone captive at his ranch. We discuss Jessie Clarks visit and the events that transpired while she was in California. Ultimately it was Jessie's actions that drew attention towards the ranch, and once officers showed up at the ranch Stewart fled. We discuss the arrests and trials of Stewart and Louise, and all the aftermath that came from this case. Lastly, we discuss Sanford Clarks life after the ranch.

Payton's Week!

This is a rough one guys. The Wineville Chicken Coup Murders were a series of abductions and murders in Los Angeles and Riverside County, CA between 1926 and 1928. Gordon Stewart Northcott was the main perpetrator, with help from his mother in certain cases. 
In part 1, we discuss early life for Stewart, his parents, and how he came to own land that he would turn into a small chicken ranch. He kidnapped his nephew, Sanford Clark, and took him back to his ranch in California where he physically and sexually abused Sanford for 2 years. Not only that but he had Sanford participate in the killings as well. This episode we discuss the known, and assumed victims of Stewart Northcott: the unidentified young man known as the "Headless Mexican", the assumed victims Walter Collins, and Lewis and Nelson Winslow. 
Stay tuned for part 2.