Crime With My Coffee

In 1968 in Good Hart, Michigan, the Robison family was on a vacation in a remote cabin on Lake Michigan. Even though they weren't discovered for over three weeks, and even though there was plenty of evidence to charge a person of interest with the murders, it was nearly five years before a new prosecuting attorney would do so.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Readmond Township, Michigan
Wikipedia - Robison family murders
Northern Express - Good Hart Murders: Case Closed
9 and 10 News - Unsolved: The Robison Family Murders
MLive - 50 years after Michigan family's massacre in cottage, investigators put rumors to rest

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We have made a promise to you amazing listeners, and we are unable to keep that promise this week. We have experienced some crazy rain and storms and flooding in our particular regions of Texas over the past few days and our internet is currently not working to get this week's episode recorded for you guys. We are trying every day (and have been for three days now) to get it recorded and it is just not working due to the internet issues. We promise that as soon as we can get it recorded (we are trying every day still) we will get it out to you. Thank you so much for your patience.
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January 31, 2012 Billy Payne and his live in girlfriend and mother of his infant child, Billie Jean Hayworth, were found shot to death in their Mountain City, Tennessee home. During the course of the investigation, officers identified Marvin "Buddy" Potter, his wife, Barbara, and their youngest daughter, Janelle, as enemies. What they uncovered throughout the course of their investigation would include the CIA, one of the biggest cat fishing schemes ever, and a whole lot of manipulation of multiple people.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Mountain City, Tennessee
Justia - State of Tennessee v Jenelle Leigh Potter
WJHL YouTube - Attorneys respond to 'guilty' plea, reduced sentence of Barbara Potter in 2012 'Facebook Murders'
Court Listener - State of Tennessee v Marvin E. Potter, Jr.
Johnson City Press - Witness for the prosecution: /woman testifies against mother sister in 'Facebook murders' trial
Daily Mail - Jenelle Potter denies cat fishing scheme where she posed as a male CIA agent
WJHL - Man sentenced in Johnson County "Facebook murders" is up for parole
Casetext - State of Tennessee v Barbara Mae PotterSupport the show

In the mid 1980s in England two teenage girls were found raped and strangled. Their murderer, Colin Pitchfork, was eventually identified by his semen that he left behind through the discovery of Alek Jefferys' DNA identification.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Colin Pitchfork
Wikipedia - Newbold Verdon
Wikipedia - Leicester
The Guardian - Killer breakthrough - the day DNA evidence first nailed a murderer
BBC - Colin Pitchfork: Parole hearing for double child killer and rapist
The Daily Mail - EXCLUSIVE: The disturbing truth behind sex killer Colin Pitchfork's return to jail: Urgent calls for parole reform after predator 'walked up to' teenage women in the streetSupport the show

In September 2012, Harold Henthorn, a wealthy business man in Denver, Colorado, was on a hiking trip with his second wife, Toni Bertolet Henthorn, to celebrate their 12th anniversary. Harold would call 9-1-1 about 6 pm that evening to report that he needed help as his wife had gone over the edge of a cliff. Sadly, she wouldn't make it out of the park alive. Listen in this week as we learn about the tragic death of Toni, and Harold's first wife, Lynn.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Denver
Wikipedia - List of people from Denver
Rolling Stone - Black Widower: How One Man Allegedly Murdered Two Wives
US Attorney's Office District of Colorado - Harold Henthorn Arrested For First Degree Murder Related To Death Of Wife At Rocky Mountain National Park
CBS News - Life In Prison For Henthorn: Proclaims Innocence At Sentencing
Caselaw - United States of America v. Harold Arthur Henthorn
Supreme Court
Chilling Crimes - Harold HenthornSupport the show

Between 1974 and 1991 in the Wichita, Kansas area, the serial killer known as BTK (which stood for Bind, Torture, Kill) was active. Not only was BTK killing, but he was also sending letters to the police to taunt them. Then, BTK went silent and seemed to be totally inactive. in 2004 the letters to the police resumed, though thankfully the killings didn't. Listen in this week as we discuss the crimes BTK committed, and how he was eventually identified as Dennis Rader and caught.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Wichita, Kansas, Park City, Kansas, List of people from Wichita, Kansas, Dennis RaderSupport the show

In the wee morning hours of November 23, 2013, 18 year old Lukas Strasser-Hird was getting ready to call it a night after spending time with his friends at a Calgary, Alberta, Canada nightclub after returning home from a year spent in Bolivia. He had a small run-in with a guy outside of this club, Assmar Shlah. This seemingly small tiff would turn into multiple mob attacks against Lukas that would ultimately claim his life. 5 young men were ultimately charged with his death, 4 of them were convicted of various charges, and 1 of them is currently wanted and at large today.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Calgary
Facebook - R.I.P. Austin Lukas Strasser-Hird
Global News - Lukas Strasser-Hird family clings to memories of murdered teen
CBC News - Calgary man convicted of teen's swarming murder laughs at judge, exits slamming door
CTV News - Man convicted in death outside Calgary nightclub wanted for being unlawfully at large
The Jordan Decision - Case Study: The Slaying Of Lukas Strasser-Hird
The Supreme Court of Canada - File Number 38661
Crime Beat - Season 1, Episode 3: The Final Homecoming of Lukas Strasser-HirdSupport the show

From May 1918 to October 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana had a serial killer who was dubbed The Axeman. He (or she) earned this moniker when they would attack Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans, using their own axe in most cases. This case has never been solved.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Axeman of New Orleans
Wikipedia - New Orleans
Smithsonian Magazine - The Axeman of New Orleans Preyed on Italian Immigrants
New Orleans Ghosts - The Axeman Of New OrleansSupport the show

April 4, 1991, after a BBQ at Angela Hammond's mom's house, she stopped at a payphone located in downtown Clinton, Missiouri to call her fiancé, Rob Shafer. While on the phone with him, she started getting creeped out by a guy in a green truck that was acting a little weird. She described the truck and the guy to Rob, and it wasn't long after that Rob heard Angela scream. He raced to her location, passed the green truck on the way, and turned around and gave chase until his car broke down.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Clinton, Missouri
Daily Mail - Unsolved Angela Hammond abduction 'was case of mistaken identity with another intended victim'
Unsolved Mysteries Wiki - Angela Hammond
The Charley Project - Angela Marie Hammond
Unsolved - Angela Hammond
Medium - The Mysterious Disappearance of Angela HammondSupport the show

June 2, 1992 was the day that 15 year old Monique Daniels was last seen in Moore, Oklahoma. Her sister received a phone call about six months later from Monique; her mother received a couple of letters from Monique over the next 9 months or so. It was almost two years later when her sister ran away from home and their parents, mom Candyce and stepdad Charles Daniels, filed a missing persons report on both girls.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Moore, Oklahoma, 2013 Moore tornado
Ranker - Monique Daniels's Parents Claim She Ran Away, But Her Sister Paints A Much Darker Picture
FBI - Monique Christine Daniels - Moore, Oklahoma
Charley Project - Monique Christine Daniels
KFOR Oklahoma's News 4 - Unsolved Disappearance of Monique Daniels
Sex Offender Registry, South Dakota - Landman, Burton Kenneth
True Crime Daily - Oklahoma teen disappears: Did she run away, or was she murdered?
WUnderground - Oklahoma City, OK Weather History
Reddit - Monique Daniels - Runaway Or Something Sinister?Support the show