Crime, Wine & Chaos

This week, Amber covers the murder of Jennifer and Paul Budrawich. Jennifer and Paul were just weeks away from getting their children back when they were both found shot and put into the Amicolola River. 

Then, Naomi takes us on the crazy ride that is the amazing life and mysterious death of American gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe.

Amber pulled her sources from:

Murder Calls S3 E 3 Down by The River

Kilgore pleads guilty to slaying of couple - Gainesville Times

Former Effingham County Schools’ employee arrested

Families of slain couple struggling - Forsyth News

 Naomi pulled her sources from:

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

https://poemuseum.org/poe-biography/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe

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In this first ever case update episode, Amber and Naomi clarify details that we (Amber) got wrong in Episode 125. The victim in this case was kind enough to reach out to us and provide additional documentation to help us understand the complicated nuances of this case. 

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This week, Naomi tells us the about a cop that almost got away with murder when the body of a young man was found killed near a college campus in Missouri.

Then Amber covers this disappearance of Aubrey Dameron. In August 2018, Aubrey allegedly vanished after leaving her family's rural Oklahoma home in the middle of the night. 

Naomi pulled her sources from:

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

https://www.themidwestcrimefiles.com/the-murder-of-jesse-valencia

https://www.the-sun.com/jesse-valencia-murde

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/conviction-of-steven-rios-overturned

https://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/23/rios/

https://krcgtv.com/news/local/look-back-at-rios-case

https://www.komu.com/revisiting-the-steven-rios-murder-case

https://www.columbiatribune.com/nbc-to-revisit-rios-trial

Amber pulled her sources from:

Search for Cherokee Nation citizen Aubrey Dameron continues 2 years later | News | cherokeephoenix.org

Aubrey Dameron: Found or Missing? Is She Dead or Alive? - The Cinemaholic

Aubrey Dameron | International Missing Persons Wiki

Dateline: Missing in America podcast covers the 2019 disappearance of Aubrey Dameron in Grove, Oklahoma

The Disappearance of Aubrey Dameron

This week, Amber was drinking Ammeni Rose. 

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In this episode, Amber covers the murders of the Buchanan/McAfee family. In the early morning hours of Sept. 13, 2015, Adam Buchanan, Molly McAfee and Gavin Buchanan were found deceased in their family cabin. The only survivor was teenage son, Nolan Buchanan. 

Then, Naomi tells us about a death that has left the FBI with one of their top unsolved cases to date.

Amber pulled her sources from:

American Monster S10 E 10 Cabin Fever

Molly McAfee and Adam
Buchanan Murders: Where is Nolen Buchanan Now?

Nolen Buchanan, Teen Boy,
Killed Family Over Business | Crime News

Young man convicted of
killing three family members | News | mtdemocrat.com

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This week, Naomi covers the unimaginable murder of a young girl in Fort Wayne, IN in 1988 that shook a community and took detectives decades to close.

Then Amber covers the story of Chop and Steele. Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett are childhood friends who book their fictional strongman duo routine on morning news shows as a prank.

Naomi pulled her sources from:

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

https://www.themidwestcrimefiles.com/murder-iapril-tinsley

https://allthatsinteresting.com/april-tinsley

https://www.wane.com/tinsley-detectives-reveal-new-details

Amber pulled her sources from:

Chop and Steele Documentary

The absurd lawsuit against
"Chop & Steele" – Tone Madison

Found Footage Fest's 'Chop
& Steele' gets release via Drafthouse Films (screening dates &
streaming)

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This week, Amber covers the murder of Wayne Wyers who was shot by his 11-year old step-daughter per her mother's orders. 

Then, Naomi tells us the wild true story of a kidnapping gone horribly wrong that resulted in a riot and a double lynching, while the then Governor of California sat back and let it happen.

Amber pulled her sources from:
People Magazine Investigates – S6E2 Mother’s Orders

Where Are Priscilla Bailey and Mary Bailey Now?

Naomi pulled her sources from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiBrooke_Hart_Thomas_Thurmond_John_Holmes

For this episode, Amber was drinking a 2019 Ammeni Rose from Argentina. 

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This week, Naomi covers the death of a pulp mill worker in Green Bay, WI. Was it really murder or were six men wrongly convicted to life in prison?

Then Amber tells the story of a couple who adopted a young girl from Russia, and then changed their mind. 

Naomi pulled her sources from:

Beyond Human Nature – Documentary Film

https://news.yahoo.com/foul-play-suicide-30-years

Amber pulled her sources from:

48 Hours What Happened to The Perfect Child

Where is the Adopted Russian Girl Caralee Now?

Couple Who Adopts 9-Year-Old Girl Get Scared and Return Her, 24 Years Later She Tells Her Story

For this episode, Amber was drinking Menage a Trois Silk Soft Red Blend 2021.

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This week, Amber covers the murder of Bianca Devins. Bianca was a recent high school graduate and an Instagram influencers who was murdered by an obsessed male friend. 

Then, Naomi tells us a Hollywood tale that sounds like it could be a movie, but it’s probably true?

 Amber pulled her sources from:

48 Hours – The Online Life and Death of Bianca Devin

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

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bianca-devins-murder-brandon-andrew-clark-858874/

Naomi pulled her sources from:

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/cursed-ring/

https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/rudolph-valentinos-cursed-ring

https://www.grunge.com/-the-curse-of-rudolph-valentinos-ring/

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

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

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

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

For this episode, Amber was drinking, Ghost Writer Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2020

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First, Naomi covers the tragic murder-suicide of an entire family for what can only be reasons of religious delusions.

Then Amber tells the story of cave explorer, Floyd Collins. On January 30, 1925, while working in  Sand Cave, Floyd Collins became trapped in a narrow crawlway 55 feet  below ground.

Naomi pulled her sources from:
https://medium.com/p/4e3229686d96

https://www.washingtonpost.com/utah-family-of-five-died-in-gruesome-murder-suicide/

https://kutv.com/killer-dan-lafferty-says-his-ideas-influenced-strack-family-suicide

https://www.fox13now.com/2014/09/30/relative-speaks-after-mysterious-strack-family-deaths

https://www.deseret.comfear-of-pending-apocalypse-led-to-murder-suicides

https://www.jacksonsun.com/troubling-signs-utah-family-found-dead

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

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/lafferty-murders

Amber pulled her sources from:
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/tragedy-at-sand-cave.htm

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

https://ky.ng.mil/News/Article/2648067/the-kentucky-national-guard-and-the-william-floyd-collins-tragedy-at-sand-cave/

This week, Amber was drinking Chateau Franc Cardinal, Frances Cotes de Bordeaux, France.
 
 

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This week, Amber covers the murders of Barbara and Gordon Erickstad, who were brutally killed in their home by their son, 18-year-old Brian Erickstad, and his friend, 27-year-old Robert Lawrence in September 1998.

Then, Naomi tells us about one of the largest labor uprisings in the history of the United States.

Amber pulled her sources from:

The House on Sweet and 7th

Obituary of Gordon Kent Erickstad - Newspapers.com

Dakota Spotlight: The House on Sweet and Seventh

And Naomi pulled her sources from:

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-dog_contract

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

https://www.themoonlitroad.com/coal-mining-appalachia/

https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/redneck-origin-definition-union-uprising-south.html

For this episode, Amber was drinking  Ammeni Rose, from  Argentina .

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