Hello you beautiful people and welcome to the penultimate episode of series 4, where each of our cases have been themed to each series of American Horror Story.

So, this weeks case is gna be a rough-ride, and this case is NOT for the faint-hearted - you have been warned....

Richard Ramirez AKA the night stalker (not to be confused with Delroy Grant, the British night stalker) drove terror into the hearts and minds of the residents of Los Angeles and San Francisco in the mid-80's.

His MO? There was no MO. His victims? Anyone and everyone, young and old, male or female, any race and everyone in between. Ramirez was responsible for a one-man crime wave between 1984-85, sometimes killing for money, sometimes letting his victims live, sometimes just assaulting and killing for kicks.

Because all of his crimes were so random it took the police a while to connect his crimes as the work of one man, but once they did the game was ON! Once they had a name and a mug shot photo, it was Ramirez vs the city of Angels, and believe us, the good citizens did themselves proud by capturing this vicious serial killer and holding him safely until the police came and arrested him.

We really hope you enjoy listening and we will see you all next week for the series finale!

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Well, hello and welcome to our eighth episode of series 4 which has been inspired by the brilliant TV show, American Horror Story. And this week's episode is about America's first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, AKA The Damsel of Death.

Aileen's life was one of little opportunity or love.

As a little girl she was abused by her family members and her school friends, in fact she would exchange sex for loose change and cigarettes at a very young age. At age 15 she had a baby boy and was forced to have him adopted and from that moment on she would have to fend for herself as she was thrown out of her home. This was when Aileen would begin working as a sex-worker, sleeping rough in the woods while still trying to finish high school.

She eventually hitch-hiked her way to the warmer climate of Florida and supported herself by working as a sex-worker.

After serving three years in prison for armed robbery (she stole $35 while wearing a bikini), she met and fell in love with Tyria Moore. This relationship meant the world to Aileen and she would do anything to keep Tyria happy, including selling herself for money.

However this form of employment is notoriously dangerous and one fateful evening Aileen was attacked by one of her customers and killed him in self defence. This incident appeared to trigger something in her, and thus began a year of murder and theft and by the time the police caught up with Aileen, she had killed seven men.

This is quite a decisive case, was Aileen a victim and acting in self defence or was she, as the FBI claimed, America's first female serial killer?

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Hello and welcome to this weeks show, and we have taken inspiration from American Horror Story Season 7, Cult.

Lozza and Cazza delve into the world of the 'cult of cults', Heavens Gate. This was an American cult that had began in the 1970's with co-founders Bonnie Lu Nettles and Marshall Applewhite. The two of them were very open minded to the New Age wave that had swept the US, and also had strong beliefs about extra terrestrial life. In fact the basis of the Heavens Gate cult was that once you had completed the Class and reached the Next Level you would board a spaceship and be carried off to heaven, which they believed was a physical place and that it was possible to see it if only there was a telescope powerful enough.

As the years went by and no spaceship arrived, the narrative of Heavens Gate evolves, especially after Bonnie Lu dies of cancer and then in the mid-90's the Hale Bopp comet arrives in the night sky and for the members of Heavens Gate this can only mean one possible thing, the spaceship has finally arrived to take them off planet Earth and away to the promised land.

They all believed that to reach the spaceship they had to leave their human 'vessels' behind and one by one they recorded goodbye messages and then committed mass suicide.

Your girls try to figure out why this seemingly harmless cult ended in such tragedy and take a look at the cult phenomenon in general.

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In this weeks episode we are going back to the '80's where apparently it was acceptable... We take up the case that inspired one of the storylines of AHS Roanoke, the case of the lethal lovers, Cathy Wood and Gwen Graham, two young nurses who concocted a game of murder that would interlink and entwine them forever.... and five days.

Back in 1987 these two young women met at the nursing home they worked at and began dating. The relationship quickly became toxic and abusive and within a matter of months Gwen had had enough and left Cathy with her new girlfriend and moved thousands of miles away back to her home town in Texas. A year later Cathy would make a somewhat unbelievable confession to her ex-husband which would lead to a shocking discovery by police. One of multiple murder of the elderly patients they were supposed to be caring for, and the callous game of trying to spell out MURDER with the first names of each of their victims.

This is one of those cases that leaves you wondering who was telling the truth and was the right woman convicted? Have a listen and let us know what you think.

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Hello and welcome to the 1890's. This week we are taking you back to the Chicago World Fair and the murder mansion of H H Holmes, the inspiration for American Horror Story Season 5, Hotel. In this huge case we cover the life and crimes of Dr. Holmes, a habitual criminal who would stop at nothing to make money. His MO was to take out life insurance policies on all who came into contact with him, kill them and claim the insurance money. However he would go down in history as the cunning brain behind the vast hotel he built for the World's Columbian Exposition which attracted thousands of people from all over the country and would need a place to stay. As his story unravelled, the police would search this building to find some of the rooms had gas pipes to gas people to death, some had spy holes and some of the rooms even had a chute that led straight down to the basement where Holmes would dispose of the bodies in his incinerator or quick lime. This hotel was a bit of a maze, where you would find a staircase leading to nowhere or a room with no door, the stuff of nightmares. We hope you will join us on this incredible story, thanks for listening!

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This week's case is based on AHS Season 4, Freak Show and we have chosen to cover the life of Joseph Merrick, stage name The Elephant Man. As a child Joseph was a happy if somewhat shy little boy who was extremely close with his mother. However as he grew he started to show signs of physical deformities, starting with a small growth on his forehead. Over the years the growth became so big that he started to wear a sack over his head as the very sight of him would instil fear and terror into those whose saw him. Eventually his whole body would be consumed with skin and bone abnormalities which left the young man with very few options and following the death of his beloved mother he had no option other than the workhouse. These places were notoriously grim and were no more than a last choice before living on the streets and begging. He lived here for a number of years until one day he heard of a travelling show where he could earn good money exhibiting himself. Thus followed years of living with the showmen and fellow performers, in various freak shows and exhibitions where he could finally live an independent life.

Sadly his conditions would take over to the point where he moved in with a physician, Sir Frederick Treves, at the London Hospital. Here he was introduced to London high society and even had a trip to the theatre. His life ended tragically early and he was discovered dead from asphyxiation, caused by the weight of his head as he lay down, and a dislocated neck at the age of 27.

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Hey hey! It's episode 3 of series 4 already people and we have got a double case for you this week, the case of the despicable Madame Delphine LaLaurie, the woman who was caught committing the most horrifying deeds on her slaves during the 1800's and who inspired Kathy Bates's character in AHS Coven, and the Axeman of New Orleans, the violent serial killer of the early 20th century who was never caught but who was believed to have killed many innocent people in and around the New Orleans area and who also demanded that the whole city must dance to Jazz music to be spared his axe!

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Hello and welcome to this weeks episode, the case of Nazi doctor and scientist, Josef Mengele.

In the 1940's, as a fully fledged member of the Nazi Party and eager student of the pseudo-science, Eugenics, the young Dr. Mengele couldn't wait for his posting at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Every day he would be seen on his raised platform, carrying out selections on the railway platform, selecting who would live as a slave in the force labour camp and who would go to the gas chamber with just a flick of his whip. During this process he was always on the lookout for pairs of twins. This would save a number of children from immediate death, but at the cost of becoming one of 'Uncle Josef's' children and being in the terrifying position of becoming a human guinea pig while in his care. Many of these children would go off with him never to return again, or to return to their mother's having been deliberately infected with various contagious diseases or having hideous operations conducted on them.

After the war Mengele would escape punishment and eventually flee to live a life of happiness and comfort in South America and his surviving victims would never see this monster brought to justice.

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we're back!! Missed us much? Well, rest assured we have missed you lovely people and have one heck of a series ready for you. This series we have taken inspiration from the series, American Horror Story. Every week we have taken a case that inspired a series of AHS and for our opening episode this week we have covered the case of The Columbine High School Massacre.

In April 1999, two of the school's students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris carried out a deadly assault on the teachers and their fellow classmates which has since gone down in history as one of America's most significant mass shootings, and the word 'Columbine' has even become a byword for mass school shootings.

Loz and Caz attempt to unravel what could have triggered such a hideously violent act from two average teenagers, and take a look at the aftermath, the legacy of copycats and the devastating effect on the community.

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Suzy Lamplugh was a beautiful, ambitious young woman in 1986. At aged 25 she had her whole future in front of her, carving out a career as a successful London estate agent. One afternoon she had an appointment to show a flat to a 'Mr Kipper' and was never seen again. A huge manhunt was launched to no avail as her case has never been solved and Suzy was never found. In this bonus episode, Carrie and Lauren look at the case, some of the clues and have a look at the prime suspect, John Cannan, who is a convicted murderer and rapist. Please see the link below to the charity Suzy's mum and dad started, the Suzy Lamplugh Trust for useful advice for women's safety.

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