Burden of Proof

Burden of Proof

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  • Case Number 19: Adam Strong, The Baby Wipes of Serial Killers
    What happens when a man clogs his apartment building's drain with his stomach churning secret? He unsuccessfully attempts to unclog it in a most ridiculous way before plumbers call the police, of course! Tune in as Savannah covers what might possibly be our grossest case yet and Elysia wants to crawl out of her skin. 
     
    Let us know what you think. Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
    https://oshawaexpress.ca/year-in-review-many-twists-and-turns-in-adam-strong-case/
     
    https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/8148165-accused-in-rori-hache-case-jokes-laughs-during-court-appearance/
     
    https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/10218465--i-have-all-the-characteristics-of-a-serial-killer-adam-strong-told-durham-police/
     
    Buried Motives, Episode 50: “A Plumber’s Worst Nightmare” - Adam Strong
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6k8lr_Efjc
     
    Court Documents Crown vs. Adam Strong 
     
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/remains-of-kandis-fitzpatrick-found-14-years-after-she-went-missing-1.6353740
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    50 min
  • Case Number 18: Anthony Sowell, The Cleveland Strangler Part Two
    How does a convicted sex offender who has regular check in's with the police department kill 11 women over a period of two and a half years without being caught? Spoiler alert: It has to do with victim "credibility" or in other words victim shaming. Listen in on Part Two where Elysia covers Anthony's most heinous crimes and we discuss why it is some true crime cases are seemingly overlooked.
     
    Let us know what you think. Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
    https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2021/02/cleveland-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-dies-of-terminal-illness-in-prison-hospital.html
     
    https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/11/06/ribbon-cutting-ceremony-garden-11-angels-memorial-victims-cleveland-serial-killer-anthony-sowell/
     
    https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2016/2016-Ohio-8025.pdf
     
    https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2016/SCO/1208/111921.asp#.YqXysxPMLDI
     
    https://www.acluohio.org/en/cases/state-ohio-v-anthony-sowell-amicus
     
    https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/anthony-sowell-victims
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2009/11/anthony_sowell_timeline.html
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OeebMR816I
     
    https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/psych_eval.pdf?tag=contentMain;contentBody
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/06/families_of_imperial_avenue_vi.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/08/mental_health_experts_testimony_challenged_by_prosecutors_in_anthony_sowell_capital_murder_trial.html
     
    https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2016/SCO/1208/111921.asp#.YqXysxPMLDI
     
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-revealed-as-source-in-sowell-leak/
     
    https://www.cleveland19.com/story/11440896/cleveland-strangler-investigation-timeline/
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/04/anthony_sowell_case_transferre.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2014/10/five_years_later_anthony_sowel.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/03/anthony_sowells_family_can_sue.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2018/09/families_of_six_anthony_sowell.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2019/06/cleveland-settles-lawsuit-with-living-victims-of-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-refuses-to-disclose-amount.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/07/city-pays-300000-settlement-to-two-surviving-victims-of-cleveland-serial-killer-anthony-sowell.html
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    1 hr 13 min
  • Case Number 18: Anthony Sowell, The Cleveland Strangler Part One
    How does a seemingly sweet kid grow up into a horrific serial killer? Join Savannah on the struggle bus as Elysia dives deep into the disturbing details of Anthony Sowell's childhood and mental health history on this part one of two episodes. 
     
    Let us know what you think. Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
    https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2021/02/cleveland-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-dies-of-terminal-illness-in-prison-hospital.html
     
    https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/11/06/ribbon-cutting-ceremony-garden-11-angels-memorial-victims-cleveland-serial-killer-anthony-sowell/
     
    https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2016/2016-Ohio-8025.pdf
     
    https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2016/SCO/1208/111921.asp#.YqXysxPMLDI
     
    https://www.acluohio.org/en/cases/state-ohio-v-anthony-sowell-amicus
     
    https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/anthony-sowell-victims
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2009/11/anthony_sowell_timeline.html
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OeebMR816I
     
    https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/psych_eval.pdf?tag=contentMain;contentBody
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/06/families_of_imperial_avenue_vi.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/08/mental_health_experts_testimony_challenged_by_prosecutors_in_anthony_sowell_capital_murder_trial.html
     
    https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2016/SCO/1208/111921.asp#.YqXysxPMLDI
     
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-revealed-as-source-in-sowell-leak/
     
    https://www.cleveland19.com/story/11440896/cleveland-strangler-investigation-timeline/
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/04/anthony_sowell_case_transferre.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2014/10/five_years_later_anthony_sowel.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/03/anthony_sowells_family_can_sue.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2018/09/families_of_six_anthony_sowell.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2019/06/cleveland-settles-lawsuit-with-living-victims-of-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-refuses-to-disclose-amount.html
     
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/07/city-pays-300000-settlement-to-two-surviving-victims-of-cleveland-serial-killer-anthony-sowell.html
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    50 min
  • Case Number 17: The Mary Morris Murders
    What happens when two women named Mary Morris from the same area are killed just days apart in similar fashion but investigators can find no connection? Conspiracy theories are born , of course! Join us as Savannah takes us through the strange and fascinating coincidences of our first (possibly only) unsolved case and Elysia jumps on the conspiracy theory bandwagon but goes even bigger!
     
    Let us know what you think. Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
     
    https://unsolved.com/gallery/mary-lou-mary-mcginnis-morris/
    Mary-morris-murders
    The-mary-morris-murders
    https://cina.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/An-Assessment-of-Hitmen-and-Contracted-Violence-Providers-Operating-Online.pdf
    Generation Why Podcast
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    43 min
  • Case Number 16: Paul Michael Merhige, The Unwelcome Guest
    How do you get yourself uninvited to future family Thanksgiving dinners? Just invite your mentally unstable son without telling the hosts like the Merhige's! Join us for an unforgettable Thanksgiving tale of a family torn apart by more than politics, a brief discussion about peeing one's pants, and Savannah's love of civil litigation. 
     
    Let us know what you think. Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
    https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/parents-of-makayla-sitton-to-sue-thanksgiving-killer-paul-merhige-parents/2055945/
     
    https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/27/justice/florida-thanksgiving-killings
     
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thanksgiving-massacre-witness-paul-merhige-ate-dinner-sang-songs-then-executed-family/
     
    http://live.wptv.com/Event/Paul_Merhige_Hearing?Page=1
     
    https://www.wptv.com/news/region-n-palm-beach-county/jupiter/10-years-after-the-jupiter-thanksgiving-murders-a-family-remembers
     
    https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2012/03/31/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-merhige/7743572007/
     
    https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2012/09/26/lawsuit-against-parents-killer-paul/7601970007/
     
    https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/384112/file/14-859_JurisIntBrief_050214.pdf
     
    https://archive.tcpalm.com/news/merhiges-parents-fire-back-at-their-accusers-with-their-own-lawsuit-ep-383481231-343729452.html/
     
    https://www.wflx.com/story/11792190/merhiges-first-statements-after-arrest-caught-on-camera/
     
    https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2010-04-05-fl-merhige-book-author-20100405-story.html
     
    Documents Show Merhige Had a Plan Before, After Massacre
     
    https://www.oxygen.com/homicide-for-the-holidays/season-1/a-deadly-thanksgiving
     
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1657743.html
     
    Massacre Suspect: 'I Didn't Know What To Do'
     
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    1 hr 6 min
  • Case Number 15: Jasmine Richardson and Jeremy Steinke AKA The Crapbag Werewolf
    What could possibly go wrong when a 23 year old man who believes he's a 300 year old werewolf falls in love with an 12 year old rebellious girl? For the Richardson family, everything. Take this remarkable journey with us as Savannah tells the facts and Elysia can't stop calling Jeremy "Crapbag". 
     
    Let us know what you think. Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_family_murders
     
    Jasmine-richardson-now
     
    Steinke-jeremy.htm
     
    https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/yj-jj/tools-outils/back-hist.html
     
    Teachers Talk Crime: Episode 8
    Morbid: Episode 66&67
    Runaway Devil: How Forbidden Love Drove a 12-Year-Old to Murder Her Family
    Book by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    58 min
  • Case Number 14: Joshua Davies, The Alpha Narcissist
    What does a teenage boy do when his narcissistic abuse no longer has a hold over his ex-girlfriend? Plots her murder at his weekly breakfast club, of course! Listen in as Elysia walks Savannah through the audacious actions of this "alpha male" while simultaneously giving all the young women listening a public service announcement on the red flags of a narcissist.
     
    Let us know what you think! Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
    Ex-Girlfriend Killed To Win A Bet | Real Stories
     
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/27/rebecca-aylward-welsh-schoolgirl-murder
     
    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/schoolboy-killer-joshua-davies-finally-15311092
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    54 min
  • Case Number 13: Carl Tanzler and His Corpse Bride
    What does a man do when he meets the woman of his dreams but she is dying? He forces experimental medical treatment on her and then keeps her body after she dies in an attempt to preserve her until he can resurrect her, of course! Join us for a Halloween wind down as Savannah shares some all too up close and personal details about Carl Tanzler and Elysia just tries not to lose her lunch. 
     
    Let us know what you think! Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
    https://www.ranker.com/list/carl-tanzler-key-west-story/cheryl-adams-richkoff
    Stuff You Missed in History Class
    Morbid: Episode 142
    Blacks Law Dictionary 
     
    Music By: 
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    49 min
  • Bonus Halloween Episode: The Trick or Treat Murder and The Haunting of the Pensacola Lighthouse
    Who in the true crime world doesn't love a good spooky story? How about two spooky stories? Join Elysia and Savannah as they uncover a trick-or-treat visit gone wrong and discuss creepy wax figures that are the least of the problems in the Pensacola Lighthouse.
     
    Let us know what you think! Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
    Sources:
    https://calisphere.org/item/5faa0f452cbc1b414990c726c75ec83f/
    https://thevintagewomanmagazine.com/mid-century-halloween-murder/
    https://historichorrors.com/a-murder-on-halloween/
    https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/trick-treat-murder-article-1.231823
    https://derangedlacrimes.com/?p=10268
     
    https://ghost-hunters.fandom.com/wiki/Pensacola_Lighthouse
     
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Light
     
    https://www.wkrg.com/haunted-history/pensacola-lighthouse-considered-one-of-most-haunted-in-america/
     
    https://www.thepostsearchlight.com/2014/07/08/eerie-hauntings-surround-the-story-of-the-pensacola-lighthouse-to-this-day/
     
    Pensacola Lighthouse: A Timeline
     
    https://travelbugged.net/six-ghosts-still-occupy-one-of-the-most-haunted-lighthouses-in-america/ 
     
    https://www.pensacolalighthouse.org/
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    57 min
  • Case Number 12: Scott Purk, The Ninja Arsonist
    What does a man with a sorted past do after committing arson? Tell police about all his other crimes and then commit another arson to throw them off his trail, of course! Join us as Elysia blows Savannah's mind with this tale of intrigue, arson, burglary, murder and the innocent ferret whose death tipped off investigators. 
     
    Let us know what you think! Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
     
     
    Sources:
    https://www.oxygen.com/exhumed/crime-news/scott-purk-caught-for-murder-of-margaret-meg-purk-by-exhumation
     
    https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/local/2015/11/18/jury-finds-scott-purk-guilty/10617166007/
     
    https://law.justia.com/cases/ohio/ninth-district-court-of-appeals/2017/28059.html
     
    Dateline: Secrets From the Grave (Season 28, Episode 47
     
    https://www.beaconjournal.com/in-depth/news/2020/12/16/exhumation-solve-1985-murder-margaret-purk-akron-woman/6236069002/
     
    https://clerkweb.summitoh.net/RecordsSearch/CaseDetails.asp?CaseID=662916
     
    Music By:
    https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181
    43 min

About Burden of Proof

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Burden of Proof is a True Crime Podcast run by two paralegals, who happen to be generations apart! Elysia (Gen X) and Savannah (Gen Z) met at their law firm, and discovered a lifelong bond and mutual…

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