Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the bodies of 7 young women found to be brutally murdered began appearing along the Connecticut River Valley, in this week’s episode we’re discussing the serial killer known as the Connecticut River Valley Killer as well as the possible suspects. 

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Sources: 

https://web.archive.org/web/20100430233553/http://newenglandunsolved.blogspot.com/2008/08/valley-killer-part-1.html

https://www.wmur.com/article/connecticut-river-valley-killings-newport-7924/61547309

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

https://www.vnews.com/Police-investigation-teams-search-Newport-property-believed-connected-with-cold-case-55257316

https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/nicholaou-michael.htm

https://eagletimes.com/2024/09/06/officials-remain-quiet-regarding-cold-case-homicides/

https://invisible-tears.com/invisible-tears-podcast

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OH boy in this week’s little liter we’ve got everything from a recent axe murder, to exorcists! Call our hotline: 747-322-0273 or write in to [email protected] 

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This week we are discussing the rise and fall of Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss. 

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Sources: 

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-fleiss26-2008jun26-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-09-tm-52712-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/08/us/heidi-fleiss-given-37-month-sentence.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBYzd0D_SrA

https://jewishjournal.com/culture/health/4651/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-06-me-20979-story.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/1989/11/alex-adams-madam-hollywood

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-16-me-471-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/08/03/madam-to-the-stars/72ce114a-32f4-48cd-9261-2cac4cef12f0/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-30-me-29467-story.html

https://wwd.com/feature/heidi-fleiss-8217-new-risqu-233-business-1492198-1654498/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-17-me-63754-story.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-heidi-fleiss-hollywoods-most-notorious-madam/

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/how-ex-call-girl-helped-nab-notorious-hollywood-madam-heidi-fleiss/

https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/ex-hollywood-madam-heidi-fleiss-on-celibacy-meth-and-steve-bing/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/heidi-fleiss-is-finally-ready-turn-a-client-but-why-1214002/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-05-me-20571-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-06-me-20979-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-16-me-63396-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/07/01/hollywood-madams-big-spenders-testify/855f1f68-230f-4109-a8d0-bf7fa4718f53/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-06-fg-israel-mafia-la6-story.html

https://ronaldrichards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/138.htm.pdf

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-14-me-40902-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/08/12/at-studios-hollywood-confidential/52aa516b-d63a-4365-bfb1-4a8d9c203af4/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-30-me-29467-story.html

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Cult Babes this week we’ve got all kindsa stories from psychic experiences (hence the name) to haunted houses and poltergeists! Call the hotline with your stories: 747-322-0273 or send your stories in via keyboard to [email protected] 

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In this week’s episode I went down the rabbit hole that is Lee Francis, Hollywood’s Madam to the stars.

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Sources: 

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

https://www.newspapers.com/image/620751219/?match=1&terms=%22Madam%20Lee%20Francis%22%20

https://jhgraham.com/2020/05/06/lee-francis/

https://goldenglobes.com/articles/forgotten-hollywood-madams-and-brothels-old-hollywood/

https://www.westhollywoodhistory.org/hacienda-park-and-the-origins-of-the-sunset-strip-coronet-apartments-villa-of-vice/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-30-me-59191-story.html

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

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Cult Babes my phone was ringing off the hook this weekend! Call the hotline with your stories: 747-322-0273!

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In part two of AXED we are covering some more terrifying true stories of families who were mysteriously murdered around the same time period of the Villisca Axe killings. 

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Sources: 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ax-murderer-who-got-away-117037374/

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/

https://gettingtheaxe.blogspot.com/search/label/Ardenwal

https://docublogger.typepad.com/villiscamystery/

https://iagenweb.org/boards/montgomery/documents/index.cgi?read=114416

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Axeman#Classic_theory

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

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/over-a-century-ago-a-mysterious-axe-murderer-rode-the-rails-chopping-up-families-along-the-way

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/manonthetrain

https://themillions.com/2017/10/an-aneurism-of-axe-murders-on-the-man-from-the-train.html

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

https://www.clermontsun.com/2022/10/19/the-brutal-axe-murders-of-the-hill-family

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal/29241223/

https://gettingtheaxe.blogspot.com/search/label/Rainier

https://jeffrankin.medium.com/grim-anniversary-of-monmouth-triple-murder-trial-dd36d6e3e265

https://docublogger.typepad.com/villiscamystery/2022/09/three-slain-in-bed-by-fiend-in-monmouth.html

https://100yearsagotoday.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/the-showman-family-massacre/

https://docublogger.typepad.com/villiscamystery/2011/06/june-5-1912-paola-kansas-murders.html

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-republican-fiendish-double-mur/24726925/

https://troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-mulatto-ax-murders-1911-1912.html

https://the-line-up.com/clementine-barnabet

https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/clementine-barnabet/

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/manonthetrain

https://murderworld771665864.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/the-short-and-bloody-career-of-billy-the-axeman

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In this week’s little liter we’ve got some sign stories and some hotline confessions! If you have a story you’d like to share send it to [email protected] or call the hotline @ 747-322-0273

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Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 

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In this week’s episode we’re primarily covering the Villisca Axe murders; potential suspects and similar crimes happening during this time period. 

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Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 

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Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now! 

Sources: 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ax-murderer-who-got-away-117037374/

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/

https://gettingtheaxe.blogspot.com/search/label/Ardenwal

https://docublogger.typepad.com/villiscamystery/

https://iagenweb.org/boards/montgomery/documents/index.cgi?read=114416

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Axeman#Classic_theory

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

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/over-a-century-ago-a-mysterious-axe-murderer-rode-the-rails-chopping-up-families-along-the-way

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/manonthetrain

https://themillions.com/2017/10/an-aneurism-of-axe-murders-on-the-man-from-the-train.html

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

https://www.clermontsun.com/2022/10/19/the-brutal-axe-murders-of-the-hill-family

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal/29241223/

https://gettingtheaxe.blogspot.com/search/label/Rainier

https://jeffrankin.medium.com/grim-anniversary-of-monmouth-triple-murder-trial-dd36d6e3e265

https://docublogger.typepad.com/villiscamystery/2022/09/three-slain-in-bed-by-fiend-in-monmouth.html

https://100yearsagotoday.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/the-showman-family-massacre/

https://docublogger.typepad.com/villiscamystery/2011/06/june-5-1912-paola-kansas-murders.html

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-republican-fiendish-double-mur/24726925/

https://troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-mulatto-ax-murders-1911-1912.html

https://the-line-up.com/clementine-barnabet

https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/clementine-barnabet/

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/manonthetrain

https://murderworld771665864.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/the-short-and-bloody-career-of-billy-the-axeman

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