Crime With My Coffee

Following an almost 3 year affair with married man John Dunning, Cordelia Botkin, a married mother herself, mailed a box of chocolates to her ex-lover's estranged wife in Delaware. These chocolates were laced with arsenic. Listen in as we discuss the details of this crazy cross-country crime.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Cordelia Botkin
Murderpedia - Cordelia Botkin
SF Gate - Murder by mail: The story of San Francisco's most infamous female prisonerSupport the show

We take a break from the dark and evil in the true crime world to bring you several short and quick dumb criminals.

Sources for this episode:
Only In Your State - The 13 Dumbest Criminals Of All Time In Virginia Will Have You Laughing In Disbelief
New York Post - Bank robber busted while counting cash outside: FBI
AL.com - Alabama's naked criminals and felonious fools. And WWJT?
Reader's Digest - Meet the 38 Dumbest Criminals of All Time
Reader's Digest - Weird Laws: Dumb, Stupid & Funny Laws in the US
Steemit - America's Dumbest Criminals
PC World - Burglar Checks Facebook During Raid, Gets Busted
The Guardian - Chicago bank robber leaves behind pay slip with name and address
Texoma's Homepage - Burglar nabs ring cameras and ring camera nabs burglarSupport the show

In Clemmons, North Carolina an unspeakable horror was brought to light in 2014. Pazuzu Algarad and his spiritual wife Amber Burch, along with a friend of theirs, Krystal Matlock, were arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder and accessory to murder.

Sources for this episode:
Autopsy Report - Pazuzu Algarad
Greensboro News & Record - Timeline: The Pazuzu Algarad case
Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation - Pazuzu Algarad
Search Warrant - for Pazuzu's home
WFMY News 2 - Final Conviction, Sentencing In 'House Of Horrors' Case

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In mid-November of 2013, young Zoe Campos had spent an evening with her family. She text her mom at nearly 2:30 in the morning asking if she needed a ride home from work. Her mom accepted the offer, but Zoe never showed up to pick her up. This week we talk about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Zoe and the eventual and long awaited confession of the man that killed her.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Lubbock, Texas
Disappeared Blog - Zoe Campos
KCBD - Carlos Rodriguez sends handwritten letter detailing Zoe Campos' murder
The Warrant of Arrest for Carlos RodriguezSupport the show

In June of 2008, in Mesa, Arizona, 30 year old Travis Alexander's on again-off again relationship with Jodi Arias came to its final and violent end. Join us this week as we discuss the untimely death of Travis and the conviction of Jodi.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Murder of Travis Alexander
NetWorth202 - Jodi Arias Net worthSupport the show

in November 1989 in Indianapolis, Indiana a young mother, Amy Weidner, was brutally attacked and murdered in her home. She had stayed home sick from school that day and was home with her 2 year old daughter. With no witnesses, her case went cold and unsolved for over 20 years. Another officer with the police department started looking at her case and came across a name he wanted to mark off of his suspect list. This would lead to the one break in the case that the department needed and help bring a killer to justice.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Indianapolis
Indy Star - '48 Hours' takes on 1989 rape, murder of Amy Weidner
IMDB - Unusual Suspects, Season 6 Episode 2, "High School Homicide"
The Messenger - Daviess commonwealth's attorney to be part of upcoming '48 Hours' segmentSupport the show

One night in 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a well known boxer, and his friend, John Artis were enjoying a night out at a club in New Jersey. Their nightmare would begin not long after they left for home. They were shortly arrested and eventually convicted for multiple murders, which the evidence says they did NOT commit.

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In August of 2017 Christopher Sanders went missing from Monahans, Texas. He was 40 years old, stood 5'10", weighed 180 pounds. He had strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes, and had numerous tattoos. If you have any informations, please contact the Texas Rangers at (432)251-9233, Case# 17-0550.

To hear interviews with his wife, Angela, or his mother, Sandy, please give The Grimm Truth Podcast episodes 1 and 8 for this case a listen.

Sources for this episode:
KLTV - East Texas oilfield worker missing in west Texas
NBC News - Texas man Chris Sanders vanishes while on a walk near his home
99.9 KBAT - Christopher Sanders of Monahans Texas Still Missing After 5 Months
NewsWest9 - Wife of missing Monahans man still searching for answers
Missing Persons of America - Christopher Sanders last seen near Monahan's oilfields in Texas
Your Basin - Finding Chris Sanders
Facebook - What Happened to CHRIS Sanders a.k.a Dogg
The Charley Project - Christopher Lynn SandersSupport the show

This week June tells us about 7 year old Danielle Van Dam. While at her home in California, she goes missing. When she is found, authorities quickly zero in on their suspect, who is much closer to home than anyone would have thought.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Murder of Danielle van Dam
Wikipedia - Plano, Texas
Wikipedia - Sabre Springs, San Diego
Murderpedia - David Alan Westerfield
Wikipedia - San Diego
Wikipedia - San Quentin State PrisonSupport the show

Back in the 1970s and early 1980s, a string of women's remains were found in remote areas of Alaska. When a sex worker was kidnapped, and escaped, cops were led to a local baker, Robert Hansen, as her kidnapper. Come listen to learn how he was finally caught and convicted of his heinous crimes.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Robert Hansen
Wikipedia - Anchorage, Alaska
Wikipedia - Estherville, Iowa
All That's Interesting - Robert Hansen: The Serial Killer Who Hunted His Victims Like AnimalsSupport the show