Episode 45 - Rhode Island

This week we're heading through the smallest state and learning about some big criminals!

Maggie starts us off with the story of a con-woman. And Maggie is kinda cheating this week because the con-woman Dana Lawrence is actually only in Rhode Island a little bit, but she moved a lot she was hard to pin down.

Amber then tells us about the awful murders in a small Rhode Island neighborhood and the surprising perpetrator to the crimes.

Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dana-lawrence-confidence-woman-aliases-scams-fbi-declassified/

https://filmdaily.co/news/dana-lawrence-con-artist/

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-dana-lawrence-now/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/rhode-island/serial-killer-ri/

https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223329/http://www.projo.com/extra/2004/craigprice/content/part1.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/price-craig.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Price_(murderer)

Episode 44 - Connecticut

This week we are exploring Connecticut.

Amber starts us off with a literal nightmare of a story... Her dogs also make an appearance in this weeks episode and someone may have followed her home from the grocery store.

Maggie then tells us about the death? of Madison Rutherford.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut,_home_invasion_murders

https://nypost.com/2019/10/29/notorious-connecticut-killer-undergoes-gender-transition-in-prison/

https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/2019/02/15/madison-rutherford-con-man-walking/

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2001-07-21-0107210184-story.html

http://colacitypaper.blogspot.com/2009/08/shady-business.html

Episode 43 - New York

New York, New York! The Big Apple, the nation's former capital, one of the original 13 colonies! And there was a lot of crime to pick from.

Maggie starts us off with the twisted story of Barbara and Tony Baekeland. This story's got a little bit of everything. Drugs, drinking, cheating, fighting, incest... murder.... *yikes*

Then Amber tells us about the Son of Sam who was a serial killer seemingly targeting young girls in New York in the 70s, who neither of us really knew anything about.

Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/baekeland-anthony.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Daly_Baekeland

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYWNhc3QuY29tL2hvbGx5d29vZGNyaW1lc2NlbmU/episode/MWM5YTBmMzktZTA1YS00M2E1LTliYTYtYjgyNjY2YjE1ZDM4?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwi04-aciOjvAhUCCM0KHY9TBjcQjrkEegQIBhAL&ep=6

https://vimeo.com/243047312

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz

Episode 42 - New Jersey

This week we're pulling into New Jersey!

Amber tells us about the mysterious murder of April Kauffman. Did she get on the wrong side of a motorcycle gang?

Maggie then tells us about the Organ Grinder - Michael Mastromarino. It's pretty gross. There's no murder but the story is nasty. Good luck.

Sources:

https://www.oxygen.com/killer-motive/season-2/episode-3/motorcycles-murder-and-mystery

https://www.medicalbag.com/home/features/despicable-doctors/michael-mastromarino-the-organ-grinder/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljKJKx6chDc&t=641s

https://foxwilmington.com/headlines/wife-of-body-snatcher-details-how-she-learned-michael-mastromarino-illegally-harvested-corpses-in-new-book-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_Tissue_Services

Episode 41 - Delaware

This week we are in the second smallest, but 6th most densely populated state, Delaware!

Maggie starts us off this week with the tragic murder of Joe and Olga Connell. It's a real whodunnit!

Then Amber tells us about Delaware's only serial killer Steven Pennell.

Sources:

Dateline NBC – The Favorite Son

https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/crime-time/joseph-olga-connell-gunned-down-delaware

https://truecrimedaily.com/2018/05/11/all-american-greed-wealthy-newlyweds-slain-on-condo-steps/

Route 40 Killer Remains an Enigma After Being Convicted 30 Years Ago (delawaretoday.com) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Brian_Pennell

Episode 40 - Maryland

This week we're in Maryland - or, America in Miniature as it is known.

Amber starts us off this week with 2 shorter stories this week. She starts with the story of Lara Crockett Muscolino and her husband Ricardo. Lara was having an affair and Ricardo didn't handle it very well... Then Amber gives us a short story on ANOTHER reptile alien cult like situation.

Maggie then tells us about Joseph Palczynsky who was a serial domestic abuser, and loved teenage girls, and it really was just a matter of time until he killed someone.

Sources:

https://thehauntedlibrarian.com/2018/02/12/justice-for-lara/

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-muscolino-sentencing-0214-story.html

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-murder-trial-continues-1101-story.html

https://patch.com/maryland/belair/killing-wife-fallston-man-sentenced-50-years http://www.murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kinyua-alexander.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/palczynsky-joseph.htm

Episode 39 - Washington DC

This week we're in our nation's capital, Washington D.C.

Maggie does her old timey thing and tells us about Dan and Teresa Sickles and how they dealt with Teresa's infidelity.

Amber then tells us about Banita Jacks and the disappearance of her children over a period of several months without anyone doing much to look into it.

https://www.jmichaelmartinez.com/post/scoundrels-political-scandals-in-american-history-daniel-sickles-and-philip-barton-key-ii

https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2009/08/teresa-sickles.html

https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/jacks-banita.htm

Episode 38 - Pennsylvania

This week we're in PA! Amber starts us off with Sherry Shriner, the leader of a reptile alien online cult and her "coincidental" connection to several mysterious deaths.

Then Maggie tells us about The Biddle Brothers. It's an old timey case, with a love affair and a jail escape!

Sources:

Reptile Cult Leader Says Her Follower Was Killed by NATO (thedailybeast.com) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/11/alien-reptile-murder-cult-barbara-rogers-sherry-shriner/ https://www.pennlive.com/daily-buzz/2019/06/we-would-have-liked-to-see-her-get-more-da-after-alien-cult-killer-is-sentenced-in-pa.html https://lawandcrime.com/crime/she-was-convicted-of-murdering-boyfriend-after-run-in-with-a-cult-that-believed-in-evil-reptilians-the-news-hasnt-gotten-any-better-for-her/ https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylvania/pa-court-denies-appeal-of-woman-convicted-of-3rd-degree-murder-in-boyfriends-death/article_01fe1676-77a0-11eb-8c49-97a3bc54edd8.htmlhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-opportunist/id1551162705

http://www.hauntedpittsburghtours.com/p/blog-page_31.html

https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/detre-library-archives/mrs-soffel-and-the-biddle-boys

https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2017/02/06/i-think-it-safe-to-say-that-hard-work-killed-her/

https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/the-wardens-wife-kate-soffel-the-biddle-brothers-1902/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/02/02/101932690.pdf

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/warden-wife-aided-daring-1902-escape-article-1.2273766

Episode 37 - Michigan

This week we're in Michigan! We've got a shorter episode this week but all of the stories are really good!

Maggie starts us off with the story of Nina Housden who had her car break down at the worst possible moment.

Then Maggie also tells us about serial killer Gary Addison Taylor and how the system really failed.

And Amber wraps us up with the "self defense" murder of Daniel Sorensen by Jean Pierre Orlewicz!

Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/housden-nina.htm

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19441228&id=nN5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w_8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3909,3717626

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Gary_Taylor

https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/taylor-gary-addison.htm

http://www.murderpedia.org/male.O/o/orlewicz-jean-pierre.htm

Episode 36 - Indiana

This week we both went with possibly more well known cases, so sorry in advance if you've heard these ones!

Ambers story this week is about the murder of Sylvia Likens and it's really terrible. This poor girl was abused to the extreme and it gets pretty graphic.

Maggie then tells us about one of America's first female serial killers Belle Gunness, black widow, arsonist, poisoner and so much more.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_Likens

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/belle-gunness/

https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gunness-belle.htm

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/triflers-need-not-apply-the-story-of-deadly-belle-gunness

https://www.historynet.com/belle-gunness-poisonous-pen.htm