Crime With My Coffee

Theresa Cross Knorr, 5 times a bride and once a widow, went on trial for murdering her first husband when she was 18 years old, with a baby and another on the way. She was acquitted as the jury believed she acted in self defense. Over the next several years she would remarry 4 more times, have 4 more children, and abuse them while they were with her. She even caused the death of two of her daughters then enlisted the help of two of her sons to dispose of their bodies.

This episode discusses child abuse.

Sources for this episode:
Mother's Day by Dennis McDougal
Murderpedia - Theresa Knorr
The Cinemaholic - Is Terry Knorr Dead of Alive? How Did She Die?
The Cinemaholic - Where Are Theresa Knorr's Sons Now?
Find A Grave - Theresa Marie "Terry" Knorr Walker
Medium - Theresa Knorr: Mother Most EvilSupport the show

August 12, 1978 best friends Daryl Barber (19) and Jim Boucher (16) set out on a week long vacation road trip in Daryl's red Chevy Nova. They were headed to Daytona Beach, Florida from Metamora, Michigan. When they failed to return home, their parents jumped into actions, calling the cops, hiring a private investigator, and even writing letters to governors and other elected officials. Listen in this week to hear how the investigation into their disappearance would lead to John "Snake" Cox, Jr. and Theodore "Spider" Bassett and what the ultimately happened to the boys.

Sources for this episode:
Daytona Beach Morning Journal - Grim Details Of Double Murder Related In Court
Daytona Beach Morning Journal - 'Spider' Smith Found Guilty
The Day - Murderer's fate weighed
Ocala-Star Banner - Don't Sign Death Warrants, Convicted Killers Ask Graham
The News Journal - Michigan parents enduring revisitation of teens' murder
Detroit Free Press - Grisly clue to missing teens
The Snake and the Spider: Abduction and Murder in Daytona Beach
Wikipedia - Daytona Beach, Florida
Wikipedia - Metamora, MichiganSupport the show

June 21, 2020, a young Amish woman, Linda Stolzfoos, disappeared on her walk home from church. It would be just a couple of weeks later when Justo Smoker was charged with her kidnapping. It wouldn't be until six months later that he was finally charged with her murder, even though she had not yet been found.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, Gap, Pennsylvania
Lancaster Online - A full timeline of 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos' disappearance so far
Lancaster Online - Paradise Twp. man charged with kidnapping Linda Stoltzfoos, an Amish teen who is still missing [update]
KIRO 7 - 'I robbed her family of time': Killer of Amish teen Linda Stoltzfoos gets 35 to 71 years in prison
Fox 43- Justo Smoker to serve virtually a life sentence as he confesses to the murder of Linda Stoltzfoos
Fox 43 - Police: Justo Smoker was texting his brother during time when Linda Stoltzfoos disappeared
AP News - Man pleads guilty to kidnapping, killing young Amish woman
Lancaster Online - Justo Smoker's Affidavit of Probable CauseSupport the show

In 2019, John McGuire and his girlfriend Amanda left Minnesota on a road trip to Alabama to visit John's mother. Authorities would eventually bring in Larry McClure on a tip they received, and Larry would tell the officers how he and his two biological daughters, Amanda and Anna, had tortured and killed him Valentine's Day.

Sources for this episode:
Owantonna People's Press - John T McGuire Jr. "Bamma"
AP News - 3 charged after Minnesota man's remains found in WVa
Metro News - Update: Additional murder charges filed in death of man in McDowell County
WOWK 13 News - 3 accused of murder after Minnesota man's body found in West Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Human remains: cases of father, daughter bound over to Grand Jury
AP News - Suspect writes letter confusing to West Virginia slaying
Boston 25 News - Convicted sex offender accused of killing daughter's boyfriend, marrying daughter
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Skygusty murder, incest: Father pleads guilty in death of daughter's boyfriend
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - 'Three days of hell': Man gets life without mercy in McDowell murder, incest case
Daily Mail - Woman, 31, is sentenced to 40 years in prison for helping murder her boyfriend so she could have sex with and marry her FATHER
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Plea accepted in horrific case: Woman charged in grisly Skygusty murder faces 40 years
Daily Star - Woman who helped torture and kill sister's boyfriend in sick incest plot is jailed
People - Sister of Woman Who Killed Own Boyfriend, Married Their Father Sentenced for Role in 'Trust Game' Murder

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Between July 1979 and May 1981 the city of Atlanta, Georgia was gripped in fear. More than 20 children and adults went missing, and most were found murdered, during this time. The authorities would eventually arrest local music promoter, Wayne Williams, and charge him with two murders, though they believe that he may be responsible for 22 more he was never charged with.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Atlanta
Wikipedia - Atlanta murders of 1979-1981
FBI - Atlanta Child Murders
Wikipedia - Wayne Williams
11 Alive - Family of victims demand DNA testing be released in Atlanta Child Murders case
The Atlanta Child Murders on Investigation DiscoverySupport the show

Between July 1979 and May 1981 the city of Atlanta, Georgia was gripped in fear. More than 20 children and adults went missing, and most were found murdered, during this time. The authorities would eventually arrest local music promoter, Wayne Williams, and charge him with two murders, though they believe that he may be responsible for 22 more he was never charged with.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Atlanta
Wikipedia - Atlanta murders of 1979-1981
FBI - Atlanta Child Murders
Wikipedia - Wayne Williams
11 Alive - Family of victims demand DNA testing be released in Atlanta Child Murders case
The Atlanta Child Murders on Investigation DiscoverySupport the show

In New York City in 1933, during both the Great Depression and the Prohibition Era, a group of guys - Tony Marino, Daniel Kriesberg, Francis Pasqua, and Joseph Murphy - hatched a plot to kill Michael Malloy, a regular at the speakeasy that Marino owned, and collect on a few insurance policies that they were going to take out on him. After several failed attempts, they enlisted the help of Tough Tony Bastone and his sidekick Joseph Maglione, and later one even cab driver Harry Green and local doctor, Dr. Frank Manzella. It would seem that it was impossible to kill Iron Mike, as he came to be known.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - New York City
all that's interesting - The Curious Case of Michael Malloy - "Rasputin Of The Bronx"
Smithsonian Magazine - The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Drinking Cup - The legend of Mike Malloy and the Murder Trust
Trivia Library - New York Gangs Murder Trust and Michael Malloy Parts 1-5
Irish Central - Michael Malloy - the Irishman in The Bronx that could not be murdered
The True Crime Edition - The Murder Plot of "Iron" Mike MalloySupport the show

Belle Gunness, a Norwegian immigrant to America, is thought to be a serial killer with at least 14 murders attributed to her, but possibly up to 40. She was in Chicago, Illinois and La Porte, Indiana during her "active" killing years between 1884 and 1908. It is thought that her killing spree came to an end with her untimely demise in a house fire, though many people believe that she actually faked her death and lived out the remainder of her life elsewhere under a different identity.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Selbu, Chicago, Belle Gunness, Quinine, La Porte, Indiana
Only In Your State - An Indiana Woman Named Belle Was America's First Female Serial Killer
Legends of America - "Hell's Belle" Gunness - Black Widow of the MidwestSupport the show

In 2008, The Stockdale Family Band made it reality tv show debut on Season 4 Episode 15 of Wife Swap. 9 years later, on June 15, 2017, they would make the news for an entirely different reason. Jacob Stockdale, the third of four sons of the Stockdale family, had apparently shot and killed his mother, Kathryn Stockdale, his little brother, James Stockdale, before turning the gun on himself.

Sources for this episode:
Court Docket for Jacob Stockdale
Wayback Machine - The Stockdale Family Band
I Can't Believe It's NonFiction - Jacob Stockdale
Heavy - Jacob Stockdale: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Yahoo - A Mother And Son Featured On "Wife Swap" Were Murdered By A Member Of Their Family
Saving Country Music - God, Family, Bluegrass, & Murder: Inside the Life of the Stockdale Family Band
popculturecrime on Medium - After Wife Swap: The Stockdale Family Murders
Times Reporter - Psychologist: Jacob Stockdale competent to stand trial
TMZ - 'Wife Swap' Son Alleged Escape Attempts From Mental Hospital ... Ahead Of Murder Trial
The Columbus Dispatch - Disbelief, sadness set in after Stockdale family shootings
Fox 8 - Motive still a mystery in double murder, attempted suicide involving family featured on reality TV show
People - 'Wife Swap' Killings: Son Allegedly Shoots Himself in the Head After Killing Mother, Brother

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On September 14, 1989 in Louisville, Kentucky, pressman Joseph Wesbecker entered the Standard Gravure where he had been employed and opened fire on several of his coworkers. He went on a 30 minute shooting spree, killing 8 people, before turning his weapon on himself.

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