Alicia Rodriquez was a happy 6 year old girl living with her mother, brother and mother's boyfriend.  One night while her mother was at work, the unthinkable happened to her.  Join us as we discuss this horrific case. *In the episode I mention the spelling of Alicia and I am incorrect. 

Sources:

 https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/judge-sentences-child-killer-to-life/article_e8c22bb7-4d79-5766-bf08-004f44afa148.html#tncms-source=login 

https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/one-man-charged-in-death/article_57a91b88-c342-5653-b2ea-41a1f648da8d.html#tncms-source=login 

https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/death-sought-in-trial-of-girls-accused-killer/article_59893cbe-04a0-5fd9-bbf0-33fb39b4881d.html#tncms-source=login 

https://www.nwitimes.com/news/history/crime/true-crime/true-crime-rose-petals-for-alicia/article_188eb02b-c124-5fab-884a-31338d9cb271.html#tncms-source=login 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-10-21-9610210108-story.html 

https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/police-hold-two-in-girls-slaying/article_b37c645a-bb77-5a65-9d47-ebfea6b945b9.html#tncms-source=login 

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Susan Monica was a transgender, Vet, who owned her own iron works company and a farm in rural Oregon. When a handyman went missing, police’s search of her property revealed that she wasn’t who she appeared to be. Were her killings self-defense and merciful? Or is she one of Oregon’s most prolific serial killers? Join us in the closet this week for the case of Susan Monica.

Promo: PNW Haunts & Homicides 

 Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Monica https://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/whitequeensconstruction-rogueriver-or-13945220.html 

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/susan-monica-kills-2-men-feeds-them-to-her-pigs?amp 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1oeZe6SET4 

Oxygen’s Snapped, Season 29, Episode 2: Susan Monica 

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If you think you have heard amazing survivor stories, you may want to stick around for this one. This is the story of Jennifer Schuett, an 8-year-old girl who was kidnapped from her bed as she slept, endured a heinous attack and lived to tell the story and see her attacker get arrested.  Please join us as we talk about this case and honor a strong, resilient woman. 

Sources: 

Married with Secrets: The Girl in the Window S2 E9 

48 Hours: Live to Tell: Afraid of the Dark S30 E28 

https://www.wcbi.com/texas-woman-seeks-justice-in-childhood-kidnapping-attack/ 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/15/texas.rape.arrest/ 

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Pam Hoy was an outgoing mayor’s wife, mother, and champion dog shower living in small town North Carolina. One evening after spending time with her family, she disappeared, only to be found mysteriously murdered months later. Her case remains unsolved, but everyone close to Pam has their own theory of what happened to her that night. Join us in the close this week as we discuss the unsolved murder of Pam Hoy.

*If you have any information on the murder of Pamela Hoy, please contact the Guilford County Sherriff’s Department at 336-641-3694 or the NC State Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-334-3000.

Sources:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84613960/pamela-mitchell-hoy

https://www.ncsbi.gov/Divisions/Legal/Cold-Cases/Pamela-Mitchell-Hoy.aspx

https://greensboro.com/scientific-advances-may-help-find-killer-sadness-and-frustration-have-marked-the-eight-years-since/article_50bfcad2-a258-5a0f-9275-db7f8827ee1b.html

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/hoy-search-warrant-turns-up-possible-evidence/83-403317002

https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/sheriff-s-office/divisions/special-operations/major-crimes/unsolved-deaths

https://greensboro.com/body-is-missing-alamance-woman/article_2ab5e925-8a8a-57a6-88d4-44a47793f510.html

https://greensboro.com/users/login/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreensboro.com%2Fnews%2Fgeneral_assignment%2Fwho-killed-pamela-hoy%2Farticle_e2e0506b-ab9d-56c5-b7a3-863f15493168.html

https://www.himalaya.com/episode/5-the-murder-of-pamela-hoy-cold-brew-true-crime-podcast-104169579

https://greensboro.com/murder-suspect-questioned-in-other-deaths/article_f20c420a-185e-5d78-af82-ccc7d3d8de2e.html

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This week we are bringing you one of our exclusive patreon episodes. Elena Hoyos was a beautiful, young, Cuban American woman who sadly passed away of tuberculosis in 1931. Before her death, Elena had caught the admiration of an older health care worker named Carl Tanzler. Carl believed that Elena was his destiny and he vowed to do everything possible to be with her and take care of her. In life, and in death. Join us in the closet this week for an exclusive sneak peek into one of patreon episodes: The story of Elena Hoyos, aka The Corpse Bride. 

Sources:

https://tansybradshaw.medium.com/the-corpse-bride-the-true-story-fe48b82bcd81

https://www.historicmysteries.com/carl-tanzler-in-love-with-the-dead/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23114033/elena-hoyos

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

https://www.history101.com/carl-tanzler/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1975826/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63240551/carl-tanzler

https://ghostcitytours.com/key-west/ghost-stories/count-von-cosel/

HBO’s Autopsy: Secrets of the Dead, Season 1 Episode 3 (1999)

Travel Channel’s True Terror with Robert Englund: Cryptic Messages, Season 1 Episode 3 (2020)

Haunted Key West Presents The Lost Diary of Count Von Cosel: A True, Twisted Tale of Love After Death. Introduction by David L. Sloan, Phantom Press Key West, A Division of Haunted Key West, 2012

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We never miss a Monday so even though we are not releasing an episode, Beth is jumping on to wish you a Happy Monday and to tell you how much we love and appreciate you and all your support. Here's to 2023 in the closet!

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Mackenzie was a loving, motivated 17 year old girl.  She was attending high school full time, while also taking classes at the Academy of Hair Design.  On Feb 9, 2010, she left for school with plans to have a father/daughter dinner date that evening.  When Mackenzie doesn't come home at her usual time, her father begins to worry.  Join us in the closet as we discuss this sad and confusing case.

Sources:

https://prezi.com/tahtuttjmnqp/forensics-lab/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2146966/Christopher-Scott-Wilson-finally-faces-trial-allegedly-stabbing-17-year-old-Mackenzie-Cowell-death.html

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/a-glimmer-in-the-dust/article_4fc7b095-5690-51e7-8481-77a3fdd7cc14.html

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/shes-still-here/article_4beebcf7-17e2-52a6-aab9-832911ddce03.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mackenzie-cowell-and-the-beauty-school-murder

https://www.inmateaid.com/information/inmates-confession-serial-murderer-tattoos-now-wants-to-recant-guilty-plea-366

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/mackenzie-cowell-case-iphone-photos-videos-led-to-second-arrest/article_ba753308-74ff-5f98-b830-bc15f08344e2.html

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

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-search-for-mackenzie-cowells-killer-2/

48 Hours: Secrets of the River - airdate : 11/10/12

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Cari Farver was a beautiful, successful, single mom who began a very casual relationship with a nice man, who was also having a casual relationship with a woman named Liz. Cari disappeared and began exhibiting very strange, out of character behaviors. For years, Cari harassed the man and his exes, and continued to evade her family or police ever finding her. When the truth comes out about where Cari had been all those years, shock doesn’t describe her loved one’s or law enforcement’s reaction. Join us in the closet this week for the case of Cari Farver.

Sources:

https://deadlywomen.fandom.com/wiki/Liz_Golyar

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/the-tragic-2012-murder-of-cari-farver-explained/ar-AA11

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18616081/cari-farver-murder-shanna-golyar-dateline/

https://thecinemaholic.com/cari-farver-murder/

Dateline: Secrets Uncovered: Scorned Season 10, Episode 54 (May 2022)

Investigation Discovery’s Deadly Women: Fatal Fixation, Season 13, Episode 7

Lifetime Movie based on this case (was not used as a source)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tsb1a5ydgQ

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Terrie was a loving and caring, mother and wife.  She lost the love of her life in a car accident and she did her best to provide for her daughters and achieved a dream of owning a dance studio.  She was well loved by all of her students and their families.  She got remarried to a police officer and this relationship was not as dreamy as her first.  Join us as we discuss this heartbreaking case.

Sources:

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20030124-2003-01-24-0301240124-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/local-digest/2018/10/25/86a44ea8-d88e-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20010626-2001-06-26-0106260019-story.html

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20010624-2001-06-24-0106240085-story.html

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20010701-2001-07-01-0107010054-story.html

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Today Cristy and Beth collaborate with two smaller cases for one episode.

Sources:

https://www.evergreenfuneralhome.org/memorials/sean-fitzgerald/3876373/

https://obits.gazette.com/us/obituaries/gazette/name/edward-fitzgerald-obituary?id=23399863

https://gazette.com/news/prominent-springs-surgeon-stabbed-to-death-in-home/article_3a7b4296-4eca-50f3-a4d3-15c1f7e658ce.html

https://gazette.com/news/family-of-man-who-killed-father-say-they-will-practice-forgiveness/article_7664c902-bbb3-5da9-8b5e-f1d18c897a1f.html

https://gazette.com/news/son-will-be-tried-in-surgeons-killing/article_0f2e707f-cc7e-51eb-b90a-0a309ee567f8.html

https://www.denverpost.com/2008/12/03/springs-man-accused-of-killing-dad-incompetent-lawyer-says/

https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/some-murder-defendants-get-freedoms-after-insanity-verdict/

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/surgeon-found-stabbed-to-death-son-arrested/

https://www.denverpost.com/2009/03/12/man-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-fathers-death/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76820134/amanda-alexandra-bach

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/09/20/prosecutors-provide-chilling-details-of-amanda-bachs-death/

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/02/27/mccowan-convicted-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-amanda-bach/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-sandy-bach-teens-st-0210-story.html

https://www.thecaringplacenwi.org/safe-dating

https://www.facebook.com/theamandaforum

https://news.yahoo.com/video/amanda-bach-murder-dustin-mccowan-222200582.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9008943/

https://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-amanda-bach-murder-case.html

https://heyexplorer.com/what-is-indiana-known-for/

https://thelube.com/locations/indiana/portage/

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