ABCrimes

By Savannah Moore

ABCrimes is a true crime podcast where each week we will go to a different city, chosen with the help of the alphabet... Some cases you’ll know others you won’t.... more

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The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.

ABCrimes episodes:

July 06, 2021TITA 2 - Why do we know more about perpetrators rather than the victims?
This has been on my mind, especially with my last few episode. Why do we know more about perpetrators of crimes rather than the victims?

Sources:
12 Reasons We Love True Crime, According to the Experts
Don’t Use My Family For Your True Crime Stories
The Impact of Homicide on Families of Murder Victims
Information for the family and friends of homicide victims
Resources:
Information for the family and friends of homicide victims
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15min
July 01, 2021Yuma, Arizona
Today's episode covers the murders of newlyweds Bryan and Laura Bernstein. A fate chosen for them one evening by a 16 year old, a 26 year old, and a coin toss.

Written Sources:
Death Row Diaries: Man uses teenager to brutally murder couple outside Yuma
Gregory Dickens - Murderpedia
State v. Dickens :: 1996 :: Arizona Supreme Court Decisions
When Wickedness Met Evil |

Image Sources:
Image 1: Google
Image 2: Travis Wade Amaral | | yumasun.com
Image 3: Gregory Scott Dickens | | yumasun.com
Resources:
Black Lives Matter Resources
Anti-Asian Violence Resources

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22min
June 17, 2021Xenia, Ohio
This week's case involves a fight leaving the virtual world and entering the physical, resulting in the death of 19 year old, Tre’Ana Tarver.

Written Sources:
Obituary of Tre'Ana Lachelle Tanae' Tarver
State v. Wallace-Lee, 2020 Ohio 3681
Xenia woman found guilty of murder
State continues presenting evidence in murder trial
Xenia councilman's granddaughter charged with murder in fatal stabbing
First witness testifies in Xenia murder trial

Image Sources:
Image 1-3: ‘We know how loved she was,’ says mother of Xenia stabbing victim
Image 4: Trial begins for Xenia woman accused in stabbing death

Resources:
Black Lives Matter Resources
Anti-Asian Violence Resources

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21min
June 15, 2021UPDATE for Aloha, Oregon
A quick update on the Aloha, Oregon episode, #1. That episode involved the horrific death of Sara Zghoul just as she was headed towards a bright future.

Sources:
Convicted killer reveals location of Sara Zghoul’s remains in unusual deal with prison officials
Additional remains of Sara Zghoul recovered from Washington County wetlands

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5min
May 18, 2021Valparaiso, Indiana
This week's episode goes over the horrific story of Christel Helchen.

Sources:
MILLER v. ANDERSON | 162 F.Supp.2d 1057 (2000) | 2d105711123
Pending release stirs tough memories of Valparaiso murder
TRUE CRIME: The murder of a Valparaiso store clerk by Elvia Malagon
Christel R. Helmchen Scholarship
Rapist serves half sentence in brutal Valpo slaying, assaults another woman by Bob Kasarda
Image Sources:
Image 1: Valparaiso, Indiana
Image 2-4: Pending release stirs painful memories of '90 Valpo murder
Resources:
Black Lives Matter Resources
Anti-Asian Violence Resources

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24min
May 11, 2021University Park, Texas
Nancy Dillion Lyon was taken to the hospital on January 9, 1991 after she became violently ill. This weeks episode details the events leading up to the murder of this mother of two.
Written Sources:
Richard Lyon Trial: 1991-92
Nancy Dillard Lyon's Murder – Forensic Files Now
The Killer Next Door by Gayle Golden
Lyon v. State, 885 SW2d 506
Poisoned Dreams: A True Story of Murder, Money, and Family Secrets
Video Sources:
Medical Detectives (Forensic Files) - Season 10, Ep 21: Writer's Block
Instagram Photo Sources:
Image 1: University Park, Texas (US)
Image 2-6: The Killer Next Door – Texas Monthly
Resources:
Black Lives Matter Resources
Anti-Asian Violence Resources
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32min
May 04, 2021Vincent Chin
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
This week’s episode takes a detour from the alphabet. Instead we talk about the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin and the impact his death has had on American Civil rights. He was a Chinese American who was beaten simply because he was Asian. Stop Asian Hate.

Anti Asian Hate Resources:
American Citizens for Justice
Stop AAPI Hate: Home
8 actions you can take to fight anti-Asian violence
Anti-Asian Violence Resources
Written Sources:
Anti-Asian Racism & Violence
How the 1982 Murder of Vincent Chin Ignited a Push for Asian American Rights
Remembering Vincent Chin
FACT SHEET: Anti-Asian Prejudice March 2021
Vincent Chin Murder Remembered
35 Years After Vincent Chin's Murder, How Has America Changed?
Estate of Vincent Chin seeks millions from his killer
Vincent Chin murder 35 years later: History repeating itself?
Google Book - "Detroit: Race Riots, Racial Conflicts, and Efforts to Bridge the Racial Divide"
Video Sources:
Watch Now - Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Vincent Who Movie Chapter 1
Instagram Photo Sources:
Image 2: 35 years after Vincent Chin's brutal murder, nothing has changed
Image 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: Vincent Chin murder 35 years later: History repeating itself?
Image 3, 9, 10 : Who Killed Vincent Chin Collection 1992
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22min
April 14, 2021TITA 1 - Kristin Smart Arrests
This TITA (Things I Think About) lets listeners know arrests have made in the Kristin Smart Case. She was a 19 year old freshman at Cal Poly who was last seen on May 25, 1996. 25 years later arrests have been made!

LINKS:
YOUR OWN BACKYARD
Prosecutor: Kristin Smart killed during attempted rape, suspect's father helped hide body
Investigators in Kristin Smart case serve search warrant at the home of the prime suspect's father

INSTAGRAM PHOTO SOURCES:
Kristin Smart Case: Police Have Trucks Owned by Paul Flores' Family | PEOPLE.com
After years of suspicion, Paul Flores is arrested in the disappearance of Kristin Smart
Kristin Smart case: Prime suspect Paul Flores's California family home searched by deputies
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4min
March 29, 2021Thermopolis, Wyoming
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
This weeks episode details the tragic murder of Beckie K. Creek Wiley and three of her four sons; Jesse Wiley, Willy Lee Brady, and Tyrone Wiley by 15 year old James Michael Wiley, Beckie’s oldest.

Written Sources:
Dress Code
“Honeymoon” by Joy Krause – Steel Toe Review
Silent Witnesses
A Wyoming mother and 3 boys are dead
Escaped Killer Apprehended in Utah
Wyoming High School Activities Association
James Wiley Teen Killer Murders Family
Wiley's Father Orchestrated Captured
Wiley's Father Orchestrated Capture Cont.
Casper Star-Tribune Newspaper Tuesday, November 27, 1990
Killings Casper Star- Tribune
James Wiley accused of 4 murders
Wiley captured after jail escape
Wiley Pleads Guilty
'Kids Behind Bars' James Michael Wiley
James Wiley Teen Killer Murders Family
Shorten Sentenced Dismissed
Special prosecutor appointed in Wiley parole case
James Wiley accused of 4 murders

Video Sources:
I (Almost) Got Away With It - Season 5 Episode 2 (Amazon Prime)
Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole - Season 1 Episode 6 (Amazon Prime)

Instagram Photo Sources:
Image 2-5,7, and 9: James Wiley Teen Killer Murders Family
Image 6: Kids Behind Bars' James Michael Wiley: Crime and Where Is He Now?
Image 1 and 8: Google

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36min
February 26, 2021Skidmore, Missouri
This week's episode is about the tragic murder of a pregnant, 23 year old Bobbie Jo Stinnett. Her unborn baby was stolen from her womb by Lisa Montgomery in a brutal and crude fashion.

Written Sources:
Remembering Bobbie Jo | News
United States Court of Appeals - Lisa Montgomery
The Tortured Life And Tragic Crime Of The Only Woman On Death Row
Lisa Montgomery: Looking for answers in the life of a killer
Lisa Montgomery Federal Execution: What to Know About Her Case | Time
Remembering Bobbie Jo | News
Baby cut from womb found alive
FAMILY TRAGEDY Who was Bobbie Jo Stinnett's husband Zeb?
Video Sources:
WTIU Documentaries | A Mother's Justice: The Trials of Lisa Montgomery
Solved “Life and Death” - Season 2 Episode 11 (available on Amazon Prime)
Instagram Photo Sources:
Image 1: Cover image Credited to Tim Myers via Lisa Montgomery: Looking for answers in the life of a killer
Image 2: Bobbie Jo Stinnett via Remembering Bobbie Jo | News
Image 3: Bobbie Jo Stinnett, back row second from left, 2000 Prom via Remembering Bobbie Jo | News
Image 4: Bobbie Jo Stinnett via Baby cut from womb found alive
Image 5: Zeb and Victoria Jo Stinnett via FAMILY TRAGEDY Who was Bobbie Jo Stinnett's husband Zeb?
Image 6: Victoria Jo via Skidmore, Part One - The Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett — Talk Murder With Me
Image 7: Lisa Montgomery via Skidmore, Part One - The Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett — Talk Murder With Me
Image 8: Lisa Montgomery (second from left), Bobbie Jo (second from right) and Zeb Stinnett (far right) via Skidmore, Part One - The Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett — Talk Murder With Me

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39min

FAQs about ABCrimes:

How many episodes does ABCrimes have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.