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  • Rhode Island Wrath: America’s Youngest Serial Killer

    The Warwick Slasher cut class for vicious attacks two years apart. 

    Sources

    https://web.archive.org/web/20080103152008/http://www.cnn.com/2007/CRIME/12/31/iron.man.ap/index.html

     https://web.archive.org/web/20121109221207/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/14/us/rhode-island-is-seeking-to-keep-a-killer-of-four-in-jail-when-he-reaches-21.html

    https://web.archive.org/web/20100206021548/http://www.projo.com/extra/2004/craigprice/content/part1.htm

    https://web.archive.org/web/20090221153422/http://www.projo.com/extra/2004/craigprice/content/part2.htm

    https://web.archive.org/web/20090314121918/http://www.projo.com/extra/2004/craigprice/content/part3.htm

    https://web.archive.org/web/20080104082125/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F12%2F15%2Fnational%2Fa111618S73.DTL

    https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2019/01/18/craig-price-gets-25-years-in-stabbing-of-inmate/986782007/

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    55 min
  • Rideshare Rampage in Kalamazoo

    In one ordinary evening, a spree killer roamed Kalamazoo, taking six lives and injuring two. Did the app make him do it, or was he just an angry man who couldn’t handle a customer service job? 

    Sources:

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/uber-driver-shooting-rampage-victim-17-discusses-long/story?id=61149198 

    https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2016/03/police_believe_jason_dalton_us.html

    https://www.wjtv.com/news/police-jason-dalton-said-uber-app-controlled-him-like-a-i/

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyer-michigan-uber-drivers-family-shares-details-alleged/story?id=37175519

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-kalamazoo-shootings-20160221-story.html

    https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/05/20/jason-dalton-hauled-out-court-after-outburst/84648780/

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/uber-driver-blame-2016-shooting-rampage-devil-app/story?id=61148966

    https://www.gq.com/story/the-uber-killer

    https://nypost.com/2019/05/08/ex-fbi-agent-reveals-secrets-that-made-him-the-real-life-mindhunter/

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    51 min
  • A DNA Story: Catching Up to a Midwest Serial Killer

    He raped and murdered throughout the Midwest while the system let him loose over and over…until DNA helped trip the snare one final time.

    Sources: 

    Echols, P. (2011). In Cold Pursuit: My Hunt for Timothy Krajcir – The Notorious Serial Killer. New Horizon Press.

    https://archive.vn/20070813105326/http://www.lincolncourier.com/story.asp?SID=21954&SEC=8

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/17/serial.killer/index.html

    https://web.archive.org/web/20071216090153/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/2282BEB7FD528D94862573B20010A5E1?OpenDocument

    https://web.archive.org/web/20071217035443/http://www.semissourian.com/story/1297514.html

    https://archive.vn/20070421170151/http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/01/18/breaking_news/doc47912d56d38cd965744113.txt#selection-1341.0-1369.356

    https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/timothy-krajcir-serial-killer

    https://dailyegyptian.com/92845/news/catching-krajcir-a-bloody-footnote-in-southern-illinois-history/

    https://www.kfvs12.com/story/38666547/serial-killer-the-two-lives-of-timothy-krajcir/

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    47 min
  • Legend in His Own Mind: Rampage Killer in California

    4 murdered. 3 injured. 2 kidnapped. 1 theft victim. A disgraced want-to-be police officer with a death wish declares war on southern California law enforcement. The result? He flamed out and hurt a lot of innocent people in the process. 

    Sources:

    https://graphics.latimes.com/christopher-dorner-manhunt/#chapter-one

     https://www.npr.org/2013/02/15/172102686/why-do-people-sympathize-with-christopher-dorner

     https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21476904

     https://laist.com/news/christopher-dorners-manifesto-in-fu

     https://theweek.com/articles/467840/alleged-cop-killer-christopher-dorners-rambling-manifesto-most-chilling-bizarre-statements

     https://www.police1.com/legal/articles/brady-lists-ignite-conflicts-between-police-and-prosecutors-management-and-the-front-line-jaBRldmLu8wSdPnN/

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    1 hr 22 min
  • Murders on Main Street Kentucky Re-release

    This is a re-release where we reworked some pieces and combined two episodes into one.

    In November 2015, the bodies of neighbors Pam Phillips and Ed Dansereau were found in a burned-out vehicle. Later the body of Calvin Phillips was found in his cellar. Who was the target, and who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time on Main Street in Pembroke, Kentucky? 

     

    Resources:

    Trial footage: https://www.courttv.com/trials/ky-v-martin-2021/

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    1 hr 57 min
  • Stage Dressing: The Murder of Susan Bailey

    An Anchorage narcissist thought he could dress the stage to cover murder and fool the cops. 

    Sources:
    https://www.legalmomentum.org/history-vawa

    https://casetext.com/case/bailey-v-state-809

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    58 min
  • A Spider on the Web in the Garden State

    Laying his trap on social media, this young serial killer thought he could stalk the dark cordiners of the web. Until Tiffany Taylor turned his snare against him and proved she would not go quietly into the night.
    Sources
    https://www.northjersey.com/in-depth/news/2020/02/03/tiffany-taylor-victim-victor-and-star-witness-serial-killer-trial/4454134002/

    https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/2022/10/26/nj-serial-killer-khalil-wheeler-weaver-pleads-not-guilty-newark-mawa-doumbia/69587217007/ 

    https://lawandcrime.com/crime/n-j-serial-killer-gets-160-years-in-prison-for-using-social-media-to-target-victims-of-2016-rapes-and-murders/

    https://montclairlocal.news/serial-killer-khalil-wheeler-weaver-charged-with-a-fourth-murder/

    https://www.nj.com/essex/2021/10/convicted-serial-killer-rapist-says-cops-got-the-wrong-guy-before-judge-sentences-him-to-160-years-in-prison.html

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/nyregion/khalil-wheeler-weaver-new-jersey.html

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/khalil-wheeler-weaver

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    55 min
  • Cave Troll: Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders

    He hid in Oklahoma caves and secreted around Camp Scott until the night the Girl Scouts came. Then this cave troll spirited three little girls out of their tents and to their deaths.

    Sources:

    https://www.hulu.com/series/keeper-of-the-ashes-the-oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-ef3c55e1-0799-4432-a0fd-868d29566a7e 

    http://www.girlscoutmurders.com/Complete_Cherokee_Advocate_article.pdf 

    https://www.koamnewsnow.com/i/dna-points-to-longtime-primary-suspect-in-1977-oklahoma-girl-scout-slayings-sheriff-says/

    https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/camper-in-tent-next-to-victims-recalls-1977-oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-i-had-a/article_b3135c02-eb33-11ec-9f83-ff81eeecd739.html

    https://www.ranker.com/list/oklahoma-girl-scout-murders/cat-mcauliffe

    https://www.news9.com/story/6279dba06e504b0726fcb888/girl-scout-murders:-dna-closes-the-case-45-years-later-

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    57 min
  • A Python on the Path: Another Anchorage Serial Killer

    Full of unrealized potential, this snake let his anger and envy take over. Slithering through Anchorage’s trails, the serial killer murdered five people and seriously injured another before he was stopped. 

    Resources and Sources

    Sketch: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/apd-gun-used-by-suspect-in-saturday-police-shooting-implicated-in-five-anchorage-homicides/

    Dashcam video: https://youtu.be/o46Oq08s8no 

    Cold Blooded Alaska Season 1, Episode 9: https://amzn.to/3CpPRWO 

    1998 Sentencing Hearing: https://soundcloud.com/kyle-hopkins-4/james-dale-ritchie-1998-court-appearance-and-testimony?utm_source=www.alaskasnewssource.com&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fkyle-hopkins-4%252Fjames-dale-ritchie-1998-court-appearance-and-testimony

    https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2016/07/03/two-bodies-found-along-ship-creek-trail/

    https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/07/29/apd-body-found-in-muldoon-street-after-reports-of-gunfire/

    https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/08/28/with-4-months-left-in-2016-valley-of-the-moon-slayings-push-anchorage-to-tie-last-years-homicide-tally/

    https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Father-surprised-to-learn-identity-of-sons-accused-killer--403871066.html

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    57 min
  • Premonition: Vanishing Brittanee Drexel

    In the middle of spring break revelry, a mother’s premonition comes true - the beginning of an enduring mystery.

    Sources

    Merchant, E. (2017). Lost and Found https://amzn.to/3BWhcjc

    https://www.eonline.com/news/1331722/inside-the-13-year-search-for-brittanee-drexel-a-familys-nightmare-grim-twists-and-a-suspect-charged

    https://fox28media.com/news/local/timeline-disappearance-of-brittanee-drexel-wciv

    https://www.syracuse.com/state/2022/05/brittanee-drexel-killer-confessed-police-say-was-pulled-over-day-after-upstate-ny-teen-disappeared.html

    https://heavy.com/news/raymond-moody/

    https://conandaily.com/2022/05/17/raymond-moody-biography-13-things-about-georgetown-south-carolina-man/

    https://nypost.com/2022/05/23/abrittanee-drexels-alleged-killer-raymond-moody-recalls-1983-kidnapping/

    https://www.the-sun.com/news/5359137/brittanee-drexel-murder-cold-case-missing-woman-raymond-moody/

    https://www.postandcourier.com/news/in-2004-brittanee-drexels-alleged-killer-said-he-would-never-hurt-another-child/article_a4f71d64-f3c3-11ec-8ff1-cb7c87da1f2e.html

    https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/05/17/sheriffs-office-brittanee-drexel-murder-suspect-confessed-following-arrest-provided-information-location-remains/

    https://www.whec.com/archive/exclusive-fbi-informant-speaks-with-news10nbc-says-he-witnessed-brittanee-drexels-murder/

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    1 hr 5 min

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