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In February 1988, 16-year-old David Brom used an ax to murder his parents Bernard and Paulette, and his siblings Diane and Ricky. 

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https://lawandinequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/06_8Law_Ineq11989-1990.pdf 

https://coms.doc.state.mn.us/publicviewer/OffenderDetails/Index/146854/Search 

https://www.kttc.com/2025/07/31/brom-murders-inside-look-investigation-case-file/ 

https://www.kttc.com/video/2025/07/30/digging-deeper-axe-murderer-david-broms-next-chapter/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/20/us/boy-16-charged-in-ax-murders-of-4-in-his-family-in-minnesota.html 

https://www.postbulletin.com/friend-testifies-brom-gave-killing-details 

https://people.com/man-who-murdered-parents-siblings-ax-will-go-free-11775244  

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1262250518884365 

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Y'all! I realized today that I accidentally posted the wrong audio for episode 191, which was called "You Wanna Piece of Me: The Top Three Funniest Pie Crimes." One of you lovely listeners had commented "this is not about pie *cry face*," and I've always wondered what that meant. *insert facepalm emoji* 

Today, I realized that the time length was the same for the episode before it...I posted the wrong audio. So, I have replaced it and am posting the real pie episode here. It sounds a little echo-y, but I remember it being really funny.

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GOOD NEWS: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay of execution for Robert Roberson, III. He is still on death row, but at least Texas can't execute him on Thursday. 

In January 2002, 2-year-old Nikki Curtis died from chronic double pneumonia and septic shock, which doctors had been treating. But as she clung to life, some doctors and nurses began to wonder…what if her father had actually shaken her? A doctor diagnosed Nikki with Shaken Baby Syndrome, which is now considered junk science. Still, the state of Texas plans to execute Nikki’s father, Robert Roberson, III on October 16, 2025. 

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https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a349_8m58.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22-7546.html 

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/10/supreme-court-declines-to-intervene-in-robert-robersons-execution/ 

https://tcadp.org/2024/10/17/state-of-texas-scheduled-to-execute-robert-roberson/ 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TXLmDzEsCCKTKdQ78D3I7ziNDgXIuJo2/view 

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/robersonrobert.html 

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/06/robert-roberson-execution-psychopath-test

https://innocenceproject.org/news/supporters-call-texas-officials-prevent-october-16th-execution-innocent-man/ 

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/robert-robersons-scheduled-execution-rally/269-a4df632f-9045-4ae6-a92b-dcee88906f04    

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/district-judge-sets-unfortunate-new-execution-date-for-texas-prisoner-robert-roberson-despite-pending-petition-in-support-of-his-innocence-claim 

https://theappeal.org/robert-roberson-death-penalty-texas-shaken-baby-greg-abbott-clemency/ 

https://apnews.com/article/general-news-robert-roberson-capital-punishment-ken-paxton-gretchen-sween-3117443193a8ab0bd46b91803112ed4f  

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/20/robert-roberson-texas-death-row-new-trial-petition/ 

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In 2017, Connie and Larry Van Oosten were sleeping in their bed when a man broke into their home and kidnapped them, sealing them in an underground cage built beneath a basement floor. But don’t worry, he wasn’t a bad guy. He was just temporarily possessed. 

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https://citytowner.com/connie-and-larry-van-oosten-erie-il/ 

https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/drone/8-in-the-air/geneseo-man-accused-of-kidnapping-erie-couple-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/526-7da4e1b5-fadf-42e7-b22d-2385061329c1 

https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Accused-kidnapper-faces-foreclosure-and-financial-lawsuit-448040373.html 

https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/missing-whiteside-county-couple-found/#/questions/5662210 

https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Chad-Schipper-faces-foreclosure-proceedings-in-Erie-Illinois--448173933.html 

https://www.clintonherald.com/news/local_news/man-charged-in-abduction-sued-by-parents/article_654d59ad-c65e-5df2-bc57-39614b544e22.html 

https://www.wqad.com/article/news/crime/schipper-contractor-he-said-he-wanted-a-safe-room-not-a-kidnapping-room/526-29d5e964-5c01-4f3e-8edc-71b16af6a5ae 

https://wng.org/podcasts/you-think-you-know-someone-1689911525 

https://www.penacon.com/profiles/view/5222-chad-schipper-48-m-menard-il 

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Janet Renee White, who went by Renee, arrived back at her office after lunch just in time to pick up the ringing telephone. But instead of “hello,” the caller heard a piercing scream. Although police arrived minutes later, Renee’s assailant had already killed her by the time they arrived. But their quick arrival meant that her killer was still on the scene…they just had to out fox him. 

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https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/2025/sc2025-1127.html 

https://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/86180/86180b.pdf 

https://acis.flcourts.gov/portal/court/68f021c4-6a44-4735-9a76-5360b2e8af13/case/24690365-a258-4464-a1bc-8a250786342e

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/15/florida-murder-renee-randy-white-kayle-bates-execution/85549770007/ 

https://apnews.com/article/florida-execution-kayle-bates-3bc400ca680db604effd017d2893f3d0  

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/florida-death-row-prisoners-challenge-governor-desantis-secretive-execution-decision 

https://www.wptv.com/wptv-investigates/42-years-on-death-row-west-palm-beach-native-scheduled-for-execution-makes-last-minute-appeal 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kayle-bates-florida-execution-for-1982-killing-of-janet-white/ 

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-6.xls

https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/shr 

https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/hvus23.pdf 

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In 1998, Ann Prazniak died a slow death, wrapped in a blanket and taped up in her closet. When a woman pointed the finger at Bryan Hooper, Sr., everyone thought that the case had been solved. But almost 3 decades into Bryan’s prison sentence, the truth came out. 

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https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mn-supreme-court/1648186.html 

https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2025/August/hooper-petition 

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/hennepin-county-attorney-calls-for-1998-murder-conviction-of-brian-hooper-sr-to-be-vacated/ 

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/bryan-hooper-sr-exonerated-after-27-years-in-prison-for-wrongful-murder-conviction/

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/08/12/jailhouse-confession-in-1998-murder-speeds-request-to-vacate-mans-conviction 

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-mary-moriary-bryan-hooper-adac77573a17d73871766d02cda92e04 

https://www.blckpress.com/post/daughter-fights-for-justice-as-father-faces-first-parole-hearing-after-27-years-of-incarceration-in 

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/man-exonerated-of-1998-minneapolis-murder-charge/ 

https://www.blckpress.com/post/bryan-hooper-pleads-for-freedom-during-first-chance-at-parole 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/minnesota-man-leaves-prison-serving-27-years-murder-didnt-commit-rcna229335 

https://www.greatnorthinnocenceproject.org/bryan-hooper-sr 

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/09/04/bryan-hooper-sr-freed-after-woman-confesses-to-1998-minneapolis-murder 
 
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At 16-years-old, Leslie Arnold murdered his parents, Bill and Opal Arnold, and buried them in the backyard. For two weeks, he went to school and church, and no one realized what he had done. But the law caught up with him…at least for a while. After serving 9 years in prison, Arnold escaped and built an entirely new, exciting life that would go undetected for decades. 

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https://www.omahacentralregister.com/9904/features/how-a-central-alumni-helped-solve-a-decades-old-cold-case/

https://omaha.com/news/crime/the-mystery-of-leslie-arnold/collection_b99e125c-93f8-11e7-8a84-4380d66162e0.html#1 

https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_2946eba0-e5e8-11ed-9a05-afaeaf38df7c.html 

https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-nebraska-use-dna-evidence-close-55-year-old-cold-case 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/australia/australia-william-leslie-arnold-cold-case-intl-hnk-dst

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/news/dna-test-exposes-australia-family-man-as-escaped-nebraska-con-who-shot-his-parents-in-1958 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/14/william-leslie-arnold-australia-nebraska-killed-parents-jailbreak 

https://douglascohistory.org/band-kid-or-budding-psychopath-the-crimes-of-leslie-arnold/

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In this harrowing part 2, Aundreah Maes tries to survive as Edwin Lara adds to his victim/survivor count. Lara also starts to make up a bunch of excuses for his actions. Finally, a surprise thief shows up to sprinkle around some more bad vibes as we close the book on this case. 

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/former-bend-campus-security-officer-receives-second-life-sentence-federal-kidnapping-and

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/central-oregon-man-indicted-carjacking-kidnapping-and-firearms-offenses 

https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_181a.970 

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2019/04/federal-judge-issues-2nd-life-sentence-for-edwin-lara-a-campus-security-officer-turned-killer-armed-carjacker-and-kidnapper.html 

Surveillance of Aundreah & Lara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdSnpUcDWiY 

Edwin’s Facebook Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPjtxC02Am8 

Isobel Reports Edwin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Averw3z4Q 

The Car Chase & Arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMjjKbuzKRw 

Edwin’s Confession: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0QHfWcCmog 

https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/salem-woman-back-home-after-being-kidnapped-by-accused-murderer?photo=1 

https://www.koin.com/news/crime/kaylees-family-to-killer-rot-in-hell-scumbag/ 

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/national/man-arrested-in-california-kidnap-charged-in-oregon-death 

https://www.koin.com/news/timeline-kaylee-sawyers-death-suspects-arrest/ 

https://apnews.com/general-news-2e086187d5104a35a10e9bb734f411a7 

https://www.kgw.com/article/syndication/podcasts/urge-to-kill/kaylee-sawyers-family-settles-for-2-million-with-central-oregon-community-college/283-dee64426-1d9b-43f6-b907-1eca560e9d74 

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-yreka-oregon-abduction-family-kidnapping-20160727-snap-story.html 

https://katu.com/news/local/man-accused-of-killing-bend-woman-kaylee-sawyer-due-in-court-thursday 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/witness-oregon-man-accused-of-murder-said-he-finished-it/

https://kbnd.com/kbnd-news/local-news-feed/344007 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/testimony-oregon-womans-alleged-murderer-spoke-of-urge-to-kill/ 

https://bendbulletin.com/2022/08/11/ashes-of-murder-victim-kaylee-sawyer-stolen-thrown-in-bend-dumpster/ 

“Into the Night.” Dateline NBC. Season 26, Episode 28. 27 April 2018. Listened to on 11 August 2025.

https://www.deschutesmemorial.com/obituaries/Kaylee-Anne-Sawyer-KK?obId=1638832

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In July 2016, two young women crossed paths with aspiring serial killer Edwin Lara, kicking off a 3-day crime spree of murder, kidnapping, carjacking, attempted murder, and even more kidnapping. But don’t worry, y’all, he’s “not that guy” and he accidentally did all those things./s

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/former-bend-campus-security-officer-receives-second-life-sentence-federal-kidnapping-and

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/central-oregon-man-indicted-carjacking-kidnapping-and-firearms-offenses 

https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_181a.970 

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2019/04/federal-judge-issues-2nd-life-sentence-for-edwin-lara-a-campus-security-officer-turned-killer-armed-carjacker-and-kidnapper.html 

Surveillance of Aundreah & Lara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdSnpUcDWiY 

Edwin’s Facebook Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPjtxC02Am8 

Isobel Reports Edwin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Averw3z4Q 

The Car Chase & Arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMjjKbuzKRw 

Edwin’s Confession: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0QHfWcCmog 

https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/salem-woman-back-home-after-being-kidnapped-by-accused-murderer?photo=1 

https://www.koin.com/news/crime/kaylees-family-to-killer-rot-in-hell-scumbag/ 

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/national/man-arrested-in-california-kidnap-charged-in-oregon-death 

https://www.koin.com/news/timeline-kaylee-sawyers-death-suspects-arrest/ 

https://apnews.com/general-news-2e086187d5104a35a10e9bb734f411a7 

https://www.kgw.com/article/syndication/podcasts/urge-to-kill/kaylee-sawyers-family-settles-for-2-million-with-central-oregon-community-college/283-dee64426-1d9b-43f6-b907-1eca560e9d74 

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-yreka-oregon-abduction-family-kidnapping-20160727-snap-story.html 

https://katu.com/news/local/man-accused-of-killing-bend-woman-kaylee-sawyer-due-in-court-thursday 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/witness-oregon-man-accused-of-murder-said-he-finished-it/

https://kbnd.com/kbnd-news/local-news-feed/344007 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/testimony-oregon-womans-alleged-murderer-spoke-of-urge-to-kill/ 

https://bendbulletin.com/2022/08/11/ashes-of-murder-victim-kaylee-sawyer-stolen-thrown-in-bend-dumpster/ 

“Into the Night.” Dateline NBC. Season 26, Episode 28. 27 April 2018. Listened to on 11 August 2025.

https://www.deschutesmemorial.com/obituaries/Kaylee-Anne-Sawyer-KK?obId=1638832 

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After visiting her friends and former roommates, 20-year-old Christina Muse disappeared. For four months, she remained missing, but then one of her friends led police to her body in a big blue barrel. This friend, Tory Bush, pointed the finger at her boyfriend, Troy Clark, but there was much more to the story.  

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https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-5th-circuit/1852502.html 

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/14/14-70034-CV0.pdf 

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/clarktroylast.html 

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/clarktroy.html 

https://www.themarshallproject.org/next-to-die/tx/o4cgeczh 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/bizarre-final-hours-of-death-row-killer-troy-clark/VRE63EQPHOC4FAD5RBIU5PMP5Y/ 

https://apnews.com/general-news-e0d3eb9d92fa4d86a2c3a28ef2427ac5 

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-executes-man-torture-drowning-ex-roommate/

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/09/26/Texas-man-executed-for-1998-murder-of-roommate/4501538006036/