Crime With My Coffee

In the 1920s, Amelia Earhart found her love of flying. She soon got her pilot's license and a plane of her very own, the Canary. This week we discuss the life and the mysterious disappearance of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Amelia Earhart, Atchison, Kansas, Des Moines, Iowa, Cloris Leachman, Spanish Flu, Boston
History - Amelia EarhartSupport the show

During the 1970s into the 1980s, Kenneth Rex McElroy allegedly bullied basically the entire town of Skidmore, Missouri. One day, he was finally convicted after shooting the owner of the town's general store. However, while out on bond pending an appeal in that conviction, the town took matters into their own hands.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Skidmore, Missouri
Wikipedia - Ken McElroy
The Killer Book of True Crime by Tom and Michael Philbin
BuzzFeed - 18 Facts About The Murder of Ken Rex McElroy, One Of The Most Interesting Moral Dilemmas Ever
Fox2Now - Bully's murder remains a secret in Missouri town for 40 years
All That's Interesting - The Story of Ken McElroy - The Vicious Bully Killed by His Town
No One Saw A ThingSupport the show

Cannibalism. Necrophilia. Murder.

Join us as Suzanne is left speechless while June describes the crimes and horrors committed by Jeffrey Dahmer, one of America's most well known serial killers.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Jeffrey Dahmer, Milwaukee, List of people from Milwaukee, Liberace, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, West Allis, Wisconsin
Tracking a Serial Killer by Chris McNabSupport the show

In March of 1946, motorman John Dick went missing. When a headless, armless, legless torso was found, it was soon identified as that of John Dick. Once the authorities went to inform his wife, Evelyn, of his unfortunate demise, the case takes a dramatic turn.

Sources for this episode:
EvelynDick.com - The Torso Murder
Murderpedia - Evelyn Dick
Wikipedia - Hamilton, Ontario
MacroTrends.net - Hamilton, Canada Metro Area Population 1950-2022
Wikipedia - Evelyn Dick
Evil Women by John Marlowe Support the show

In the mid 1970s in Seattle, Washington The University Towers Hotel suffered a series of arson fires. It wasn't until the next year when the fires started up at a local hospital instead of the hotel that the firebug would finally be caught.

Sources for this episode:
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors, and Other True Cases by Ann Rule
BizJournals.com - University Tower given new identity: Hotel Deca
HistoryLink.org - Edmond Meany Hotel (1930-1931)Support the show

In the early 1990s, several women turned up dead in a Dallas, Texas neighborhood, all missing their eyeballs. Another woman went to cops to report that she had narrowly escaped a man trying to kill her. It wouldn't take detectives too long to find their suspect, build their case, and bring a killer to trial.

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In 2008, teenager Colton Harris-Moore began what would become an international crime spree starting in Washington involving airplanes, cars, and speedboats. Join us this week as we hear about his adventures and how he got the moniker, The Barefoot Bandit.

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During the Halloween weekend of 1926, former town marshal Marvin Clark left his home in Tigard, Oregon to visit his daughter in Portland, Oregon. That was the last time he was seen. Join us this week as we delve into the United States' oldest missing persons case on file.

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Sources to be uploaded soon

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In the early 1990s in Florida, it seemed that there was a serial killer on the loose targeting men. The woman who would ultimately be convicted of their murders was arrested on an outstanding warrant on something completely unrelated. In order to keep a loved one from being implicated, she confessed to the murders, though she claimed self defense. Listen in this week to learn about the early life, and the death, of Aileen Wuornos.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Aileen Wuornos
Wikipedia - Rochester, Michigan
Wikipedia - Jefferson County, Colorado
Wikipedia - Broward Correctional Institution
Wikipedia - Florida State Prison
Tracking a Serial Killer by Chris McNab
Aileen Wuornos: Selling of a Serial Killer
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial KillerSupport the show

In September of 2009, Christine "Chrissy" Billis was driving her and her husband, Charles "Charlie" Billis, home after he recorded at the local public access television station. Suddenly, the car veered off the road and slammed head on into a large tree. Chrissy survived with some bumps and bruises, but sadly Charlie, who wasn't wearing his seatbelt, did not survive the impact.

Sources for this episode:
Murderpedia - Christine Billis
Caledonian Record - 'Fatal Vows' Episode Focusing on Billis Manslaughter
Barton Chronicle - Billis returned to prison
WCAX3 - Vermont ex-con back behind bars for domestic assaultSupport the show