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John Norman Collins. The Ted Bundy Prototype.
Sources:
Sheriff Harvey Interview
https://youtu.be/4kgSecWW9Nk
The Michigan Murderer
https://youtu.be/duhjKn4aGIA
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2019/11/11/michigan-murders-john-norman-collins-letter/2521102001/
Midwest Crime Files
The Ypsilanti Ripper: The Victims of John Norman Collins
Kent has started his own Patreon www.patreon.com/kentchungus
Jack and Kent talk about their Dads. Much more coming in the regular vein. Thank you for your patience and support.
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This ep starts off a little odd for DT. I had a loss in my family that I shouldn't speak publicly about yet so I cut it. Also, this is a previously released on Patreon, but unreleased public ep of DT. Thanks for understanding. Although, this is confusing no doubt.
July 12th 2013. A Friday afternoon in the quaint village of Richfield Wisconsin. A young woman attempting to walk her dog through a nature park is accosted by a would be rapist who jumps out from behind a van in the secluded spots parking area. Daniel Bartelt - a bad actor - would run away to regroup. And get it right in a repeat performance.
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Emanuel Kemp Jr. Texas Death Row Inmate, and his crazy story.
Sources:
Faces of Death Row
Faces of Death Row | The Texas Tribune
Fort Worth Star Telegram
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article219481385.html
Murderpedia
Emanuel Kemp | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Newspapers.com
Apr 24, 1988, page 18 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com
Dr. Melissa Ketunuti had a rodent problem. Jason Smith, a local Philly exterminator, turned out to be an expensive solution.
Thanks to our old Philly friend Shore on research.
ABC news source of interest.
https://youtu.be/Elz--ou8l3w?si=f2DTX92uG3eG0PDC
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David Shearing crept through the darkness of the old prison camp, to the fire-lit campsite of two grandparents, two parents, and two children. When the father of the girls that Shearing had come to see, got up to meet the approaching shadow - two hands gripping a .22 pump action rifle made this family camping trip all about one.
Sources:
The Seventh Shadow by RCMP Sgt. Michael Eastham and Ian McLeod
Vancouver Sun
B.C. man who murdered a family of six reveals chilling details in parole hearing | Vancouver Sun
Crime Beat TV
https://youtu.be/fZkNSn41Hww?si=QsPYEVOupEBqJR_x
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Nineteen year old Brian Cohee JR, went for a cruise late one Saturday night in February of 2021. He wore coveralls, three pairs of gloves, and had a Michael Myers mask and large kitchen knife at the ready. When he found what seemed to be the perfect victim in sixty nine year old Warren Barnes - a homeless man well known in Grand Junction, Colorado - Cohee struck without mercy. The rest is a mess. Some of which his mother would discover in her strange son’s closet.
Sources:
The Colorado Sun
A sculpture will pay tribute to the murdered reading man of Grand Junction
Explore With Us
https://youtu.be/pvrp87VXtD4?si=c5MVaAovlkzzDrXU
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Alex J. Mengel was a poacher of human beings. This widely unknown killer has a terrifying, yet barely mapped out history despite an actual map being found tucked into the dash of his ghostmobile.
Sources:
Unearthing a Serial Killer (Book)
UNEARTHING A SERIAL KILLER: Paul, David, McMurray, Kevin F.: 9781519348821: Amazon.com: Books
Unearthing a Serial Killer (Podcast)
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/unearthing-a-serial-killer/id1583990190
Arrest of Mengel
https://www.toronto.com/news-story/6197127-book-on-serial-killer-mengel-recalls-his-arrest-by-toronto-police-30-years-ago/
From Dark Topic Plus - with purpose.
This episode is about domestic violence. It is pretty heavy, and I said i'd not release it. But I am because I was told it might help. Thank you!
Sources:
911 Call (6:30)
https://youtu.be/2AWKhij9IV8
Articles Michigan Live
Fatal shooting of Nancy Kovach in Comstock preceded by argument over cooking a meal, police say - mlive.com
Son, 10, testifies John Kovach said he 'did her family a favor' by shooting his wife - mlive.com
Nancy Kovach, victim in Comstock slaying, remembered as great mother, 'smiley, happy' - mlive.com
John Kovach to spend at least 20 years in prison for murdering his wife, Nancy Kovach - mlive.com
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In the early eighties David Alan Gore along with his cousin Fred Waterfield, stalked and terrorized Vero Beach - AKA Zero Beach, Florida. Thanks to letters written by Gore in prison, we know more than we’d like to know about just how brutal the serial killer life can be. Listener beware.
Sources:
Music - Tyler Jakes - Tylerjakes.com
Book - The Serial Killer Whisperer by Pete Earley
Book - The Killing Cousins by Jack Rosewood
Crime Stories - https://youtu.be/N_qj6fYxlrg?si=uBvfpmmnFQuyswoB
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