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When Paul Berkley came home for Christmas break from his deployment in the Middle East, he expected to be welcomed back with open arms. Instead, his wife, Monique Berkley, had something else up her sleeve. While away, Monique had become a little too cozy with some much younger boys, and the three of them concocted a plan to get rid of Paul but make out with his life insurance policy.  A tale as old as time. 

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https://www.wral.com/story/1721919/
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https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2005/12/23/wife-teen-lover-charged-in-husband-s-death/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10554982
https://www.stripes.com/news/slain-sailor-s-knowledge-skills-lauded-at-bahrain-memorial-service-1.42858
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41801151/paul-sheldon-berkley
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https://www.wave3.com/story/7131093/wife-of-murdered-navy-reservist-gets-life-in-prison-husband-was-shot-by-her-teenage-lover/
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https://www.stripes.com/news/slain-sailor-s-knowledge-skills-lauded-at-bahrain-memorial-service-1.42858

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Scott Amedure, like many of us, had a secret crush that he wanted to reveal, and what better way to do it than on the Jenny Jones Show?! The Jenny Jones Show was a popular talk show that dominated televisions across the United States in the 90's. When Scott revealed the secret crush he had on Jonathan Schmitz, it was all but the beginning of a whirlwind romance. 

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Sources for this episode include:

https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/448894-jenny-jones-murders-updates-documentary-lawsuit-update/#google_vignette

https://allthatsinteresting.com/scott-amedure

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

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/schmitz-jonathan.htm

https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/10hzic4/found_the_jenny_jones_show_revealing_same_sex/

https://medium.com/@daisyaspencer4/was-the-jenny-jones-show-to-blame-the-murder-of-scott-amedure-36de0d3b9ad0

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/vh3u4v/scott_amedure_left_during_a_taping_of_the_jenny/

https://www.distractify.com/p/jonathan-schmitz-now#:~:text=His%20father%2C%20Allyn%20Schmitz%2C%20testified,guilty%20of%20second%2Ddegree%20murder.

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/killer-jenny-jones-gay-crush-murder-released-from-prison/CMKsybhg5nhHzggybvHdNO/

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a32416884/jonathan-schmitz-scott-amedure-murder-trial-by-media-true-story-jenny-jones-show/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/jenny-jones-trials-1996-99

https://lgbtqbar.org/programs/advocacy/gay-trans-panic-defense/

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/courts/gay-trans-lgbtq-panic-defense-legal-federally-banned-some-states/536-04e0d3e1-6668-4dbf-b51e-da2a585396f2

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/graves-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20356240

https://unquestionablycriminal.com/man-murdered-for-having-a-s

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When fire fighters were called to Herrod Road in Courtland, Mississippi to extinguish a car that was engulfed in flames, they were met with a 19-year-old woman who emerged from the woods. This woman was identified as Jessica Chambers and she was left in only her underwear as the rest of her clothes had been incinerated from the flames. Jessica passed away the following morning, but who set her on fire is still a mystery.

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Sources for this episode include:

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/american-student-mieke-oort-killed-in-netherlands-by-tinder-stalker 

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2023/02/24/jessica-chambers-murder-suspect-serving-burglary-sentence-in-mississippi/69940347007/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Jessica_Chambers

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2019/12/05/jessica-chambers-burning-death-quinton-tellis-mississippi/4180740002/

https://darkhorsepressnow.com/jessica-chambers-case-hits-7-years-still-unfinished/

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/murder-trial-for-man-who-also-was-twice-tried-for-death-of-jessica-chambers-delayed/article_f58c1f5d-dc84-5e56-8958-d55ca933f4fe.html

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5938182/jessica-chambers-twist-quinton-tellis-trial-second-murder/

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5938182/jessica-chambers-twist-quinton-tellis-trial-second-murder/

https://people.com/crime/jessica-chambers-murder-timeline-what-to-know/#:~:text=Although%20Chambers%20had%20graduated%20from,rough%20crowd%20before%20her%20death.

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/jessica-chambers-keys-who-found-them-and-moved-them-murder-trial

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2019/12/05/jessica-chambers-burning-death-quinton-tellis-mississippi/4180740002/

https://www.dreshare.com/jessica-chambers/

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This week we walk through the case of 27-year-old Brian Shaffer who seemingly walked into bar in Columbus, Ohio, only to never walk out or be seen again. When surveillance footage captured Brian entering the bar but never leaving, friends, family, Columbus police, and the FBI questioned how someone could just, vanish. 17 years later and we still have no answer on what happened to Brian.

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Sources for this episode include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brian_Shaffer

https://allthatsinteresting.com/brian-shaffer

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2016/04/01/unsolved-mystery-10-years-later/23317737007/

https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/The-Bizarre-Disappearance-of-Brian-Shaffer

https://coldcaseexplorations.com/ohio-cold-or-unsolved-casesohio/the-curious-vanishing-of-brian-shaffer/

https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/2019/04/22/from-archives-what-happened-to/5375427007/

https://brenmar71.medium.com/the-disappearance-of-brian-shaffer-83bdd2080d08

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/brian-shaffer

https://armchairdetective.medium.com/the-strange-disappearance-of-brian-shaffer-b617f8c2a0d#:~:text=On%20April%201%2C%202006%2C%2027,has%20not%20been%20seen%20since.&text=On%20Friday%2C%20March%2031st%2C%202006,lectures%20before%20the%20Spring%20Break.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/15lr8t3/what_happened_to_brian_shaffer/

https://www.thelantern.com/2008/03/moving-on-from-lost-love/

https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/2019/04/22/from-archives-what-happened-to/5375427007/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/mystery-student-who-went-bar-29365303

https://armchairdetective.medium.com/the-strange-disappearance-of-brian-shaffer-b617f8c2a0d

https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/brian-shaffer-update-2023-theories-925479-20230810

https://uncovered

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21-year-old Lauren McCluskey went out to a bar in September of her senior year at the University of Utah. At the bar Lauren met a 28-year-old bouncer named Shawn Fields, and the two quickly hit it off and began dating. What Lauren would later learn about her new boyfriend was much more frightening, dangerous and violent than she could've ever imagined. When Lauren tried to break off her relationship, University of Utah campus police failed her, ultimately leading to her death.

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Sources for this episode include:
https://www.saltlakemagazine.com/lauren-mccluskey/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11925913/Parents-murdered-Lauren-McCluskey-21-recall-harrowing-final-phone-call-Utah-athlete.html

https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/timeline-of-lauren-mccluskeys-murder-and-events-following-her-death/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11925913/Parents-murdered-Lauren-McCluskey-21-recall-harrowing-final-phone-call-Utah-athlete.html

https://laurenmccluskey.org/laurens-promise/

https://biographymask.com/lauren-mccluskey/

https://www.the-sun.com/news/7765563/who-was-lauren-mccluskeys-ex-boyfriend-melvin-rowland/

https://www.deseret.com/sports/2023/3/27/23655275/lauren-mccluskey-timeline#:~:text=McCluskey%20meets%20Melvin%20%E2%80%9CShawn%E2%80%9D%20Rowland,The%20pair%20begin%20to%20date.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/26/timeline-extortion/#:~:text=Sept.,bouncer%2C%20and%20began%20dating%20him.

https://abc7news.com/timeline-released-detailing-university-of-utah-students-relationship-with-killer/4556854/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/02/20/house-committee-holds/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/25/utah-governor-calls/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11925913/Parents-murdered-Lauren-McCluskey-21-recall-harrowing-final-phone-call-Utah-athlete.html

https://laurenmccluskey.org/laurens-promise/

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This week we walk through Massachusetts most prolific serial killer, the Boston Strangler. In the years of 1962 and 1963, thirteen women were found brutally murdered inside their homes. There were no signs of forced entry, the victim profiles were drastically different and the cause of death began to vary. Typically serial killers maintain a pattern, but Boston PD struggled to find one with this guy, which not only made him hard to capture, but terrified the people of Boston. Make sure you're following along as we upload new episodes every Monday, and as always, thank you for listening.

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Sources for this episode include:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boston-Strangler

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/the-boston-strangler/

https://mashable.com/article/boston-strangler-true-story

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/06/14/tbt-boston-strangler-victim/#:~:text=But%20Anna%20Slesers%20became%20a,the%20shape%20of%20a%20bow.

https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/police-find-first-victim-of-boston-strangler.html

https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a43327928/the-boston-strangler-victims-timeline/

https://www.ojp.gov/library/publications/solving-cold-cases-dna-boston-strangler-case#:~:text=Boston%20authorities%20went%20a%20step,raped%20and%20murdered%20Mary%20Sullivan.

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

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boston-Strangler

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

https://time.com/6263843/boston-strangler-hulu-true-story/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boston-strangler-documentary-true-story-b2302597.html

https://people.com/crime/boston-strangler-true-story/

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/author-casey-sherman-applauds-hulu-boston-strangler-movie/

https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/boston-strangler/

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a43362841/boston-strangler-true-story/

https://www.dailym

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This week we talk through the 'Pizza Murders' which captivated the world's attention in 1997. Two cheese pizzas were ordered by phone for delivery to 196 Scott Road in Franklin, New Jersey. 22-year-old Jeremy Giordano and 24-year-old Giorgio Galleria set out around 10:30 pm to do the delivery. As the made their way down the dark, desolate road, houses began to disappear and they drove into nothing. When they arrived at 196 Scott Road, no lights were on, the house was falling apart, and it seemed as though no one had tended to the home in decades. It was then that two figures emerged from the front steps and made their way towards the car.

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Sourced for this episode include:

https://www.njherald.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/19/1997-thrill-killings-2-pizza/4127116007/

https://horrorobsessive.com/2022/05/13/the-pizza-murders-the-story-of-a-random-double-murder-that-shocked-a-small-town/

https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/react-when-do-people-want-pizza/#:~:text=Sunday%20is%20the%20most%20popular,least%20popular%20day%20for%20pizza.

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/22/nyregion/2-held-in-thrill-killings-of-pizza-men.html

https://www.njherald.com/story/news/crime/2019/04/26/pizza-deliverymen-s-killer-expected/4203232007/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nj-superior-court/1198619.html

https://www.nj.com/sussex-county/2017/04/exactly_20_years_later_remembering_the_pizza_murde.html

https://www.pizzamarketplace.com/news/17-million-settlement-ends-97-pizza-delivery-driver-murder-turmoil/

https://horrorobsessive.com/2022/05/13/the-pizza-murders-the-story-of-a-random-double-murder-that-shocked-a-small-town/#google_vignette

https://www.audacy.com/podcast/maleficence-870d9/episodes/the-pizza-murders-jeremy-giordano-and-giorgio-gallara-15-6af76

https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/supreme-court/2001/a-22-99-opn.html

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/1997/04/22/2-teens-are-held-in/50606667007/

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This week we talk through the tragic murder of Shirley Goodnight Pierce. Shirley was a North American native who'd recently gotten engaged to the love of her life, Chuck Reeves. While working as an Executive Assistant as Tuscarora Yarns, Shirley met a man named Ervin Johnson, who was the Chief Financial Officer of the company. Ervin and Shirley developed a very healthy, platonic work relationship, but when Ervin's wife, Marlene, met Shirley, their lives changed forever.

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Sources for this episode include:
https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/marlene-johnson/umc.cmc.3edmr9oy1whs1g0w9tb3prf49

https://www.wbtv.com/story/37337129/marlene-johnson-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder-sentenced-to-life/

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/marlene-stalked-murdered-shirley-pierce-over-jealousy

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/closing-arguments-begin-in-trial-for-woman-accused-of-2013-slaying/688147872/

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-marlene-johnson-now/

https://www.salisburypost.com/2018/01/23/marlene-johnson-mistakes-teen-for-shirley-pierce-in-threatening-2013-text-message/

https://casetext.com/case/state-v-johnson-112809

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5309133/North-Carolina-woman-killed-husbands-secretary-jury-says.html

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/marlene-stalked-murdered-shirley-pierce-over-jealousy

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2018/01/24/marlene-johnson-found-guilty-in-the-murder-of-shirley-pierce#:~:text=ROWAN%20COUNTY%2C%20N.C.%20%2D%2D%20Marlene,murdering%20Shirley%20Pierce%20in%202013.

https://www.salisburypost.com/2018/01/17/medical-examiner-shirley-pierce-died-a-painful-death/

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/closing-arguments-begin-in-trial-for-woman-accused-of-2013-slaying/688147872/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114443425/shirley-dean-pierce#:~:text=Shirley%20was%20born%20on%20August,the%20Rowan%2DSalisbury%20School%20District.

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This week we talk through true crime's most talked about case, Jennifer Kesse. Jennifer returned home from an international trip with her boyfriend, went to work, came home, and was never seen again. Her car was found a mile away from her condo, but none of Jennifer's daily belongings or her body has ever been found. The strangest part? The person who was caught driving her car and abandoning it was caught on surveillance. To this day, the person of interest is unidentified.

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Sources for this episode include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Jennifer_Kesse

https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2022/01/20/the-disappearance-of-jennifer-kesse/

https://www.wftv.com/news/health/9-things-know-about-disappearance-jennifer-kesse/2HQF2SHONZBPFCW3FFRVSIB7GA/

https://uncovered.com/cases/jennifer-kesse

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/16-years-later-frustrated-father-of-jennifer-kesse-says-orlando-police-botched-cold-case-investigation

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/jennifer-kesse-disappearance-17-years-later-family-says-they-have-new-leads-in-orlando-cold-case

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2009/01/21/playing-cards-lead-killer-to-meet-with-kesses-dad/

https://theyardcrimeblog.com/2022/04/11/missing-person-in-orlando-what-happened-to-jennifer-kesse/

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/jennifer-kesse-disappearance-17-years-later-family-says-they-have-new-leads-in-orlando-cold-case

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/10/29/was-jennifer-kesse-taken-by-human-traffickers-her-father-believes-its-a-possibility/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-20-human-trafficking-cities-145510034.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMXpqlVtkmIKJaqhNgtayXa-yhx_DIRDZQTo4ZEY8kzlMEOY8Qz0wfWN4W2WoQLZNRPxoGcaQWJsfjk_6fbx3FhbLDu-epLhhYtSFc0jFYhGwqbglSUcitYA4rncxxuB0BWdunqqbkm

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This week, we walk through another serial killer, but this time, it's from someone that we as a society are trained to trust. Harold Shipman was a family practitioner who went on to murder over 250 elderly patients by injecting them with morphine and diamorphine, causing an overdose. Harold Shipman was a trusted member of society, who took advantage of his patients, their families and his colleagues. However, when Harold tried to push the envelope by forging a will of one of his patients, the United Kingdom uncovered their most prolific serial killer of all time.

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Sources for this episode include:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/harold-shipman

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC318504/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1526240/bio/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/14/shipman.health

https://www.theguardian.com/gallery/galleryguide/0,6143,192757,00.html

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/how-death-kathleen-grundy-led-22743071

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/harold-shipman/crimes

https://www.biography.com/crime/harold-shipman#:~:text=Born%20the%20middle%20child%20into,isolated%20adolescent%20with%20few%20friends.

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https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/harold-shipman-victims-list-who-14579587

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kathleen+was+82+and+full+of+life%2C+then+she+dropped+dead+of+%27old+age%27...-a060330537

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116839/

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/how-death-kathleen-grundy-led-22743071

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