Compulsion

By Zach Williams

A research focused and scripted true crime podcast. We focus on smaller cases that haven't been covered before and cases local to us in central Ohio, where newspaper records are easier to access. We a... more

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FAQs about Compulsion:

How many episodes does Compulsion have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.

Compulsion episodes:

October 15, 2020 Bob Cassilly Part One
Part 1/2. Discussion on the mysterious death of Artist Bob Cassilly in 2011.
Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast

Riverfront Times
Sarah Fenske - Oct 11, 2016
Sarah Fenske - Nov 22, 2016
Sarah Fenske - May 31, 2016
Sarah Fenske - Thu, Nov 3, 2016
Sarah Fenske - Dec 9, 2016
Leah Greenbaum - Sep 26, 2012
Sarah Fenske - Dec 29, 2016
Chad Garrison on Wed, Mar 20, 2013
Melissa Meinzer - 09/01/11
Chad Garrison - October 6, 2011
D.J. Wilson - September 13, 2000
Aimee Levitt - October 6, 2011
Chad Garrison - March 7, 2007
Melissa Meinzer - Aug 23, 2011
Melissa Meinzer - Sep 15, 2011
July 21, 2010
The Saint Louis Post Dispatch
articles used from 1972-present
DIANE TOROIAN KEAGGY
Frank Peters
JOEL CURRIER
JAKE WAGMAN
Kim Bell
Todd C. Frankel
Deb Peterson
David Hunn
Patrick M. O'Connell
Mary Reid Brunstrom
DOUG MOORE
VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
Jack Witthaus
Ashley Jost
Robert Patrick
Christine Byers
Bill Smith
Patricia Rice
Tom Uhlenbrock
Patricia Corrigan
Paul Hampel
Jerry Berger
Linda Tucci
Deb Peterson
The New York Times
Bruce Weber- April 16, 1989
Douglas Martin - October 2, 2011
Saint Louis Magazine
JEANNETTE COOPERMAN- JANUARY 25, 2012
CBS
September 26, 2011
October 11, 2016
January 4, 2010
True Crime Daily
Jason Mattera- 11/21/16
Fox News
Oct 11, 2016
Roche Madden-Dec 9, 2016
Alton Telegraph
Corey Stulche- 11/10/02
The Associated Press
Scott Mayerowitz- 11/20/11
06/02/16 - staff
The Central New Jersey Home News
Now discontinued, article used from 05/22/72 no author listed
The Springfield State Journal Register
CHARLYN FARGO - May 21, 1999
Jefferson City News-Tribune
October 31, 2000
September 23, 2004
Saint Louis Examiner
Denise Bertacchi - January 1, 2010, January 5, 2010
...more
40min
September 30, 2020Broken Arrow Killings Episode Three
Part 3/3. Discussion on the 2015 murder of the reclusive Bever family by Robert and Michael Bever.
Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast

April Bever’s reddit account
https://www.reddit.com/user/aokiemom/
Robert Bever’s youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/ColtEmpireOfficial
Letter from the jurors, and impact victim statement from CB and AB’s adoptive mother
https://ktul.com/news/local/evidence-related-to-bever-family-murders-released-after-michael-bevers-conviction
Michael Bever’s statement
https://www.newson6.com/story/38846879/michael-bever-sentencing-today-for-killing-5-broken-arrow-family-members
Michael Bever’s journal
https://ktul.com/news/local/pictures-of-michael-bevers-jailhouse-journal

Sources: All articles taken from 2015-2020, individual links available upon request.
The Tulsa World
COREY JONES
KENDRICK MARSHALL
SAMANTHA VICENT
STACY RYBURN
ARIANNA PICKARD
GINNIE GRAHAM
Michael Overall
Harrison Grimwood
Kelsy Schlotthauer
The Associated Press
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS
TIM TALLEY
Staff
KEN MILLER
NBC4
K. Querry
WTVR
Staff
The Lawton Constitution
Staff
KIRO7
Greg Brown
Tiffany Alaniz
Lynn Casey
The Timmins Daily Press
Staff
...more
31min
September 23, 2020Broken Arrow Killings Episode Two
Part 2/3. Discussion on the 2015 murder of the reclusive Bever family by Robert and Michael Bever.
Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast

April Bever’s reddit account
https://www.reddit.com/user/aokiemom/
Robert Bever’s youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/ColtEmpireOfficial
Letter from the jurors, and impact victim statement from CB and AB’s adoptive mother
https://ktul.com/news/local/evidence-related-to-bever-family-murders-released-after-michael-bevers-conviction
Michael Bever’s statement
https://www.newson6.com/story/38846879/michael-bever-sentencing-today-for-killing-5-broken-arrow-family-members
Michael Bever’s journal
https://ktul.com/news/local/pictures-of-michael-bevers-jailhouse-journal

Sources: All articles taken from 2015-2020, individual links available upon request.
The Tulsa World
COREY JONES
KENDRICK MARSHALL
SAMANTHA VICENT
STACY RYBURN
ARIANNA PICKARD
GINNIE GRAHAM
Michael Overall
Harrison Grimwood
Kelsy Schlotthauer
The Associated Press
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS
TIM TALLEY
Staff
KEN MILLER
NBC4
K. Querry
WTVR
Staff
The Lawton Constitution
Staff
KIRO7
Greg Brown
Tiffany Alaniz
Lynn Casey
The Timmins Daily Press
Staff
...more
35min
September 16, 2020Broken Arrow Killings Episode One
Part 1/3. Discussion on the 2015 murder of the reclusive Bever family by Robert and Michael Bever.
Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast

April Bever’s reddit account
https://www.reddit.com/user/aokiemom/
Robert Bever’s youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/ColtEmpireOfficial
Letter from the jurors, and impact victim statement from CB and AB’s adoptive mother
https://ktul.com/news/local/evidence-related-to-bever-family-murders-released-after-michael-bevers-conviction
Michael Bever’s statement
https://www.newson6.com/story/38846879/michael-bever-sentencing-today-for-killing-5-broken-arrow-family-members
Michael Bever’s journal
https://ktul.com/news/local/pictures-of-michael-bevers-jailhouse-journal

Sources: All articles taken from 2015-2020, individual links available upon request.
The Tulsa World
COREY JONES
KENDRICK MARSHALL
SAMANTHA VICENT
STACY RYBURN
ARIANNA PICKARD
GINNIE GRAHAM
Michael Overall
Harrison Grimwood
Kelsy Schlotthauer
The Associated Press
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS
TIM TALLEY
Staff
KEN MILLER
NBC4
K. Querry
WTVR
Staff
The Lawton Constitution
Staff
KIRO7
Greg Brown
Tiffany Alaniz
Lynn Casey
The Timmins Daily Press
Staff
...more
34min
August 27, 2020Leon Moncer
Dive into the 1982 unsolved disappearance of Leon Moncer from Belmont County, WV.

Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Julie's Facebook Page @HelpFindLeonMoncer

Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast

West Virginia State Journal
D.K. Wright 11/12/07
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/porchlightusa/1982-moncer-leon-february-18-1982-t12842.html
WTRF
D.K. Wright 03/05/15
https://web.archive.org/web/20150711205000/http://www.wtrf.com/story/16689280/daughter-is-determined-to-find-father-who-disappeared-30-years-ago
WTOV9
Article has been archived in the following facebook link without author or date
https://www.facebook.com/650138651745323/photos/what-happened-to-leon-moncer-on-the-night-he-disappeared-feb-18-1982belmont-coun/798570230235497/
Weelunk
05/02/15 unknown author
https://weelunk.com/search-for-missing-father/
The Times Leader
Authors listed are Kelly Klubert and Dennis Wharton
All articles are between February of 1982- February of 1983
All articles can be found here https://www.facebook.com/HelpFindLeonMoncer/
...more
28min
August 12, 2020Yuba City Five Part Two
Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast

Sources for this show come largely from 1978, and newspapers did not credit authors as often as they do now. We have sourced the author’s names where we could find them, but the majority of articles had no author listed.

The Washington Post
Cynthia Gorney, 07/06/78
The Marysville appeal Democrat
All articles used are from February of 1973 through February of 2008
Mark and Lavelle Mathias
Robert and Ida Klopf
Imogene Weiher
Jack Huett (Senior) and Sara Huett
Jim and Jaunita Sterling
Bill Babcock
Milt Carland
Larry Badger
LA Times
All articles used are from July of 1975 through March of 1979
Dave Smollar
Cathleen Decker
William Endicott
Sacramento Bee
Benjy Egel, 02/26/19
All other articles were from April 1975 through June 1978
Walt Wiley
McClatchy News Service
Ken Payton
Thom Akeman
State Times Advocate (CA)
Susan Ager, 03/28/78
Staff, 03/11/78
Brunswick Daily News
Jack Schreibman, 13/09/78
New York Sun
Anthony Burton, 01/07/79
Eureka Times Standard
05/13/78
Las Vegas Review Journal
03/10/78
Logansport Pharos Tribune
06/14/78
Petaluma Argus Courier
03/20/78
San Francisco Chronicle
Jerry Roberts, 03/13/78
Staff, 06/07/78
The Billings Gazette (Montana)
03/12/78
06/06/78
The Hanford Sentinel
06/06/78
06/07/78
The Napa Valley Register
03/02/78
03/07/78
The Press Democrat
03/01/78
The San Francisco Examiner
06/06/78
Tulare Advance Register
06/13/78
Santa Cruz Sentinel
07/19/75
The Daily Breeze
07/13/75
The Vallejo Times Herald
08/04/75
...more
50min
July 29, 2020Yuba City Five Part One
Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast

Sources for this show come largely from 1978, and newspapers did not credit authors as often as they do now. We have sourced the author’s names where we could find them, but the majority of articles had no author listed.

The Washington Post
Cynthia Gorney, 07/06/78
The Marysville appeal Democrat
All articles used are from February of 1973 through February of 2008
Mark and Lavelle Mathias
Robert and Ida Klopf
Imogene Weiher
Jack Huett (Senior) and Sara Huett
Jim and Jaunita Sterling
Bill Babcock
Milt Carland
Larry Badger
LA Times
All articles used are from July of 1975 through March of 1979
Dave Smollar
Cathleen Decker
William Endicott
Sacramento Bee
Benjy Egel, 02/26/19
All other articles were from April 1975 through June 1978
Walt Wiley
McClatchy News Service
Ken Payton
Thom Akeman
State Times Advocate (CA)
Susan Ager, 03/28/78
Staff, 03/11/78
Brunswick Daily News
Jack Schreibman, 13/09/78
New York Sun
Anthony Burton, 01/07/79
Eureka Times Standard
05/13/78
Las Vegas Review Journal
03/10/78
Logansport Pharos Tribune
06/14/78
Petaluma Argus Courier
03/20/78
San Francisco Chronicle
Jerry Roberts, 03/13/78
Staff, 06/07/78
The Billings Gazette (Montana)
03/12/78
06/06/78
The Hanford Sentinel
06/06/78
06/07/78
The Napa Valley Register
03/02/78
03/07/78
The Press Democrat
03/01/78
The San Francisco Examiner
06/06/78
Tulare Advance Register
06/13/78
Santa Cruz Sentinel
07/19/75
The Daily Breeze
07/13/75
The Vallejo Times Herald
08/04/75
...more
45min
July 15, 2020Nathan Brooks
Story of the 1995 case of Nathan Brooks who gruesomely murdered his parents either under the influence of Satan and the occult or during a schizophrenic episode.

Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Social Media
Twitter: @CastCompulsion
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast

Columbus Dispatch
https://www.dispatch.com/
October 2, 1995, Rita Price,
October 3, 1995 Rita Price,
October 6, 1995 Mike Lafferty
October 15, 1995 Rita Price,
October 16, 1996 Kim Loccisano
October 17, 1996 Kim Loccisano
October 18, 1996 Kim Loccisano
October 19, 1996 Kim Loccisano
October 22, 1996 Kim Loccisano
October 25, 1996 Mike Lafferty

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/
October 2, 1995 GARY ROTSTEIN AND KAREN KANE
January 27, 1996 Staff

Cleveland Plain Dealer
October 4, 1995 Staff

Dayton Daily News (OH)
https://www.daytondailynews.com/
October 10, 1995 Staff

Weelunk
https://weelunk.com/the-night-nathan-brooks-canceled-halloween/
October 31, 2015 Steve Novotney

For the three local papers, all articles are between October of 1995- October of 1996
The Times Leader
Kim Loccisano
Dee Duvall
Paula Ginther
Jeff Clemens
Sandy Fitzgerald
Kristeen Daniel
The Wheeling Intelligencer
Tim Maloney
Deborah Neer
Theadiane Gompers
Sally Wellsezeli
Michelle Blum
The Wheeling News register
Joselyn King
Joe Lmpert
Deborah Neer
Tim Maloney
Tawn Ingold
...more
57min
July 01, 2020Lauria Bible & Ashley Freeman Part Three
Part 3/3 dive into the mysterious 1999 disappearance of Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman from the Freeman family home in Welch, Oklahoma.

Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Lorene’s Facebook page for Lauria

Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast
The Official Affidavit
Sources
Tulsa World
Articles from January 21, 2000 through January 8, 2020
Written by the following reporters: Andrea Eger, Tim Stanley, Linda Martin, Sheila K. Stogsdill, Paighten Harkins, Rhett Morgan, Jann Clark, and Paul Tyrrell
The Oklahoman
Articles from January 4, 2000 through April 25, 2018
Written by the following reporters: Thayer Evans, Don Diehl, Linda Martin, and Sheila K. Stogsdill
Dallas Morning News
March 14, 2000 - Arnold Hamilton: AN AGONIZING VIGIL - Mom holds out hope after daughter, friend vanished on night of slayings
Laredo Morning Times
May 14, 2002 - Staff: Killer on death row says he knows were bodies of missing girls
Miami News Record
January 2, 2004 - Staff: Family, friends gather to remember missing teens
December 30, 2017 - Sheila Stogsdill: Long-lost notes breathe new life into Freeman, Bible missing girls case
January 24, 2005 - K.E. Sturgeon: Jones at motel prior to Freeman deaths
The Vinita Daily Journal

Various articles from January 2, 2015 through January 2, 2020
by Denton Thomason
Associated Press
January 3, 2016 - SHEILA STOGSDILL: Investigators following leads in 1999 missing girls case
Mobile Alabama Press Register
January 8, 2005 - Ron Colquitt and Susan Daker: Jones questioned in disappearances Jones gives promising information on deaths
January 14, 2005 - RON COLQUITT :Jones arrested on morning of killings Jeremy Jones, left, and missing teens Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman
Joplin Globe
Various articles from June 5, 2005 to January 8, 2020
Written by: Jeff Lehr, Sheila Stogsdill, Gary Garton, and Kimberly Barker
Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 4, 2005 - Bill Torpy: THE LIFE OF A KILLER
The Morning Sun
June 24, 2005 - STEPHANIE FARLEY : Search for missing girls begins Tuesday
The Wichita Eagle
Various articles from June 29, 2005 to June 18, 2019
Written by the reporters: Kelly Hurt, Sheila Stogsdill, and Melinda Stotts
NBC
Two articles in April of 2018 by Dallas Franklin and Sarah Stewart
...more
43min
June 17, 2020Lauria Bible & Ashley Freeman Part Two
Part 2/3 dive into the mysterious 1999 disappearance of Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman from the Freeman family home in Welch, Oklahoma.

Songs used are The Ballroom and Before by artist Hexsystem
Lorene’s Facebook page for Lauria

Social Media
Twitter: @CompulsionCast
Facebook: @ CompulsionCast
Instagram: @CompulsionPodcast
Youtube: @ CompulsionCast
The Official Affidavit
Sources
Tulsa World
Articles from January 21, 2000 through January 8, 2020
Written by the following reporters: Andrea Eger, Tim Stanley, Linda Martin, Sheila K. Stogsdill, Paighten Harkins, Rhett Morgan, Jann Clark, and Paul Tyrrell
The Oklahoman
Articles from January 4, 2000 through April 25, 2018
Written by the following reporters: Thayer Evans, Don Diehl, Linda Martin, and Sheila K. Stogsdill
Dallas Morning News
March 14, 2000 - Arnold Hamilton: AN AGONIZING VIGIL - Mom holds out hope after daughter, friend vanished on night of slayings
Laredo Morning Times
May 14, 2002 - Staff: Killer on death row says he knows were bodies of missing girls
Miami News Record
January 2, 2004 - Staff: Family, friends gather to remember missing teens
December 30, 2017 - Sheila Stogsdill: Long-lost notes breathe new life into Freeman, Bible missing girls case
January 24, 2005 - K.E. Sturgeon: Jones at motel prior to Freeman deaths
The Vinita Daily Journal

Various articles from January 2, 2015 through January 2, 2020
by Denton Thomason
Associated Press
January 3, 2016 - SHEILA STOGSDILL: Investigators following leads in 1999 missing girls case
Mobile Alabama Press Register
January 8, 2005 - Ron Colquitt and Susan Daker: Jones questioned in disappearances Jones gives promising information on deaths
January 14, 2005 - RON COLQUITT :Jones arrested on morning of killings Jeremy Jones, left, and missing teens Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman
Joplin Globe
Various articles from June 5, 2005 to January 8, 2020
Written by: Jeff Lehr, Sheila Stogsdill, Gary Garton, and Kimberly Barker
Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 4, 2005 - Bill Torpy: THE LIFE OF A KILLER
The Morning Sun
June 24, 2005 - STEPHANIE FARLEY : Search for missing girls begins Tuesday
The Wichita Eagle
Various articles from June 29, 2005 to June 18, 2019
Written by the reporters: Kelly Hurt, Sheila Stogsdill, and Melinda Stotts
NBC
Two articles in April of 2018 by Dallas Franklin and Sarah Stewart
...more
42min

FAQs about Compulsion:

How many episodes does Compulsion have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.