Dark Topic

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Two special releases from the growing Patreon and Apple + archive.

1 ~ Out to Lunch

A little ditty bout Brad and Diane

Sources:

Forensic Files - News at 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgq-SDPTog&t=42s&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime

The Lineup

https://the-line-up.com/the-murder-of-newscaster-diane-newton-king

2 ~ The Creep

This is the unfortunate crime story of a Creep named Justin Thurber.

Sources:

Caselaw.FindLaw.com

STATE v. THURBER (2018) | FindLaw

Discovery + Extreme Forensics S2 E3 Deadly Obsession

Kansas Reflector

Supreme Court allows pursuit of DNA testing by convicted Cowley County murderer - Kansas Reflector

It’s Crime O’Clock somewhere

The Murder of Jodi Sanderholm — It's Crime O Clock Somewhere

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David Edwin Mason. Executed in the notorious “Coughing Box”. Here’s why.

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Sources:

California Executed Inmates

Executed Inmate Summary - David Edwin Mason - Capital Punishment

LA Times Archive 1993

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-22-mn-26483-story.html

People v. Mason

PEOPLE v. MASON (1991) | FindLaw

The Executioners Tale

Former San Quentin executioner reveals how he killed prisoners with no training | Daily Mail Online

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Jack wakes up to a tequila sunrise and the inspiration to recount heroic tales.

Source ~ https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/lafayette-pizza-delivery-driver-who-saved-5-children-from-burning-home-awarded-carnegie-medal-nick-bostic/531-e345c2bd-fa89-4fbc-aee5-098f538ca720 

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A strange kind of Xmas special for DT listeners.

These eps are a fly on the wall of a seedy bar experience. Tales from the Bottom Down is a DT Exclusive on Patreon and Apple +. I think it's worth the risk sharing this one. Enjoy or not. You can find more of the notorious Deadbug at www.youtube.com/@DEADBUGsays

With this episode we will give a rare trigger warning for those who are on the line with what they consider truly offensive. Instead of editing things out, TFBD is about shooting from the hip, press record and go, then puking it out warts and all. We accept that people do have different tolerance levels and this ep certainly turns things to eleven and there are some very brutal elements to this episode, please keep that in mind before pressing play.

1)The Peculiar Case Of Randall Hopley

Randell is kinda like a super hero, looking out for your children, except he don't wear a cape and you don't want him climbing through your window but if you see an empty diaper package on your floor, it's too late, he's already been and gone!

2). The Lawson Family Massacre

Christmas 1929 meant a lot of things to a lot of people, the Great Depression had hit America hard leaving the dollar bill worthless and left a lot of people with nothing under their Christmas tree's but lint. To many in the town of Germanton North Carolina the Lawson family were to be admired, they even had enough scratch to have their family portrait taken, a privilege reserved for the affluent, but little did anyone know, that this would be the last time they would be seen alive and the portrait a horrible reminder of the day the reaper got greedy!

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In the early eighties a killer stalked Southern Florida neighborhoods, peering in windows at night, searching for the perfect victim behind glass and under lights. Duane Eugene Owen.

Sources:

The Coastal Star

When 'The Monster' came over the bridge - News - The Coastal Star

Appeal Docs

http://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/68550/68550ans.pdf

WPTV News

https://youtu.be/mTL5KK91yds?si=ImuP5ppFjBKN-sAi

WPTV

Who is Duane Owen? Public defender says he's mentally ill

The Palm Beach Post

Florida execution: Duane Owen executed after murder of Karen Slattery

Your Worst Nightmare

S4 E2 - He’s Out There

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The Long Man, Sir Douglas Mawson, and his improbable survival story through a widely uncharted territory in the early 20th century. Antarctica. A mysterious, unruly, frozen goatee on the chin of the planet. An area we dared not comb through until the face of the earth was sufficiently covered.

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Sources:

Timeline: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000631b.htm

Mawson Synopsis: http://www.douglasmawson.com.au/synopsis.html

SY Aurora full crew list/Mawson's book: https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/antarctic_whos_who_aurora_mawson.php

Museum info on Mawson expedition: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/historic-expeditions/heading-south/

Antarctic clothing notes: https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/science/clothing_in_antarctica_2.php

Mawson expedition details: Just Have One More Try – The Amazing Story of Douglas Mawson's 300-Mile Antarctic Trek (todayifoundout.com)

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The Butter Knife Murders. Texarkana 1981. The truth is out.

Sources:

True Crime Texarkana

https://open.spotify.com/show/0hLrPd5dYINHBFZHIdp60J?si=WXxa1HDfT_W0JiWrV22FUw

Medium - Cindy Parmiter

https://authorcindyparmiter.medium.com/a-known-enemy-the-horrific-butter-knife-slayings-of-karen-and-gordon-alexander-638384a0e3fe

Justice for Karen and Gordon Alexander Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064785949341&mibextid=LQQJ4d

Law & Crime

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/it-just-got-out-of-hand-dna-evidence-links-father-to-cold-case-butter-knife-killings-of-siblings-after-son-hears-dad-trying-to-sexually-assault-sister-police-say/

KTAL News

https://www.ktalnews.com/news/crime/texarkana-who-killed-the-alexander-siblings-tapd-to-update-1981-cold-case/

News Conference

https://youtu.be/gqFoTyN7-mo?si=lXe_loGPPyTVz9LT

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That’s what they called it. Cheri’s Ghost House. And whether the little girl haunted it or not… the idea that her spirit could be tortured within was enough for her elderly parents to buy the place in 2020.. and demolish it.

Mentioned Video Rip (Balloon at 39 mins) ~ https://youtu.be/kcYtCoRDJFI?si=rnZySTS_CRcRbFKq 

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Warning ~ BRUTAL is BRUTAL. If you think you might be offended.. you will be. This is a Halloween Special. Recorded long ago. For more of Kent, check out True Crime Kent pod wherever you listen. For Deadbug, search DEADBUG Says, on Youtube,

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August 29th, 1995. Springfield, Illinois. The suburbs. 430 PM. Mark Winger hears a noise upstairs. Or does he?

Sources:

ABC News - The Perfect Lie 20/20

https://abcnews.go.com/US/families-torn-killer-dad-reflect-years-believed-hero/story?id=77097895

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