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May 10th 1973. A masked man brandishing a pistol and a rifle, enters the CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) in downtown Kenora, Ontario. A dead man’s switch that looks more like a duck whistle, is clenched between his teeth. The switch is connected to a bag slung over his shoulder which he claims to contain a bomb. Everybody better behave, or be blown to smithereens. 

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Sources:

The Kenora Bank Robbery W5

https://youtu.be/1ine4OHheOA?si=v04MnM4TMop4_Ayw

The Devils Gap by Joe Ralko

Amazon.com: The Devil's Gap: The Untold Story of Canada's First Suicide Bomber (Audible Audio Edition): Joe Ralko, Joe Ralko, Joe Ralko: Books

Explosion 

https://youtu.be/ROI6JxN19eo?si=bECrxdFtQ7ysqEEU

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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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