In late September, 1974, a wealthy doctor's wife and socialite named Fern Rodgers was found lying dead in the floor of her sprawling colonial home. She had been shot twice in the head. The evidence soon led investors straight to her estranged husband, Dr. Porter Rodgers, and his young girlfriend, Peggy Hale. 

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Welcome to yet another Dawn of Mantis Christmas Special! In this episode, we review the dozen killers that we covered over 2024, and rank them from worst to worstest in a sort of Santa's top ten naughty list. Merry Christmas. 

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In our third and final episode on the unsolved murder of Ruby Stapleton, we discuss several theories as to what may have happened and who may have committed the murder.

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This is part two of our three part series on the abduction and murder of Harding College professor Ruby Stapleton. In this episode, we delve into the very interesting and complicated life of Ruby's husband, Ray. We also discuss the discovery of Ruby's body, and some interesting eye witness accounts reported later in the investigation.

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Ruby Stapleton was a professor at Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas. On the night of October 8th, 1963, while she was washing clothes at a laundry mat, she was attacked and abducted. Eleven days later her nude, decomposed body was found by a creek bank 15 miles away. To this day, no one is sure who committed the crime. 

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This is a replay of the first ever episode we recorded in Redbeard Sound Studio. 

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In this episode, we discuss a few times which we came dangerously close to global catastrophe via nuclear war.

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In this episode, we cover a few incredible cases in which people survived injuries and accidents that no human being should have been able to live through. 

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In one of the quickest resolutions to a case we've covered, Amber Waterman has finally been sentenced. 

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