Cognac & Conspiracies

Happy October! This is our first themed episode for the month, we talk about Madame LaLaurie, a lesser known serial killer in the 1800s in New Orleans. What crimes she committed and how her victims still haunt new orleans to this day.

This week we discuss whether or not Wayne Williams was actually responsible for all 28 of the Atlanta Child killings, or was he simply the scapegoat for a bigger coverup?

This week we talked about a fire that broke out in Wrightsville, Arkansas killing 21 boys ages 13 - 17. How did the fire start and was it  an accident or something more intentional?

Sources for this episode

https://katv.com/news/local/wrightsville-21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Negro_Boys%27_Industrial_School

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2018/04/22/finally-a-memorial-to-the-21-boys-who-were-burned-to-death-at-wrightsville-in-59

https://ualrexhibits.org/desegregation/tales-from-the-classroom/negro-boys-industrial-school-fire/

This week we're talking about a serial killer you've probably never heard of. Kendall Francois is responsible for the deaths of 8 women over the course of two years

Sources for This episode

https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/francois-kendall.htm

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/journalist-revisits-ties-serial-killer-slayed-8-n-y-article-1.2946628

https://criminaldiscoursepodcast.com/the-poughkeepsie-killer-kendall-francois/

This week we discussed a Lake Lanier, located in Georgia and most known for the extremely high number of Deaths that have happened there since it's been built

The 65th anniversary of Emmett Till's death just passed and on this weeks episode we revisit the case and also talk about ways this tragedy helped spark the civil rights movement. 

This week we discuss the newly re-opened case of Alonzo Brooks. 

Petitions for Alonzo

https://www.change.org/p/reopen-the-alonzo-brooks-case?original_footer_petition_id=&grid_position=&pt=

https://www.change.org/p/we-the-people-justice-for-the-hate-crime-on-alonzo-brooks/sign

Sources for this episode

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/us/alonzo-brooks-exhumed-unsolved-mysteries-trnd/index.html

https://www.eonline.com/news/1175498/why-alonzo-brooks-death-needed-further-investigation-and-not-just-from-unsolved-mysteries

https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/alonzo-brooks-unsolved-mysteries-episode-led-to-credible-tips

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2020-08-07/alonzo-brooks-cause-of-death-unsolved-mysteries-netflix-body/

This week we discuss the conspiracy theories surrounding the Chris Lighty suicide 

This week we discuss some of the confusing details surrounding the death of soul singer Sam Cooke

This week we discuss the unsettling case of Relisha Rudd