Today's case takes place in Alexandria, Virginia from 2003 to 2014. The town of Alexandria was terrified when the sheriff's wife was shot after answering her front door in 2003. After the murder of the sheriff's wife went cold for a decade, another Alexandria resident answered a knock on his door. He too met the same fate as the sheriff's wife. A few months later another attack occurs. Listen to today's episode to hear about the terror Charles Severence inflicted on the town of Alexandria.

Sources;

fe-2015-430-commonwealth-v-charles-severance.pdf (fairfaxcounty.gov)

But Did You Know...16 Fun Facts About Virginia

Charles Severance Receives Three Life Sentences in Triple-Murder Trial – NBC4 Washington (nbcwashington.com)

50 Serial Killers You’ve Probably never heard of Volume 10 By Robert Keller

Letter from a serial killer: Charles Severance attacks a slain TV reporter, gays, Jews - The Washington Post

Charles Severance (serial killer) - Wikipedia

Former Alexandria Sheriff James Dunning Dead at 62 | Del Ray, VA Patch

The Parable of the Knocker sheds light on Charles Severance (northernvirginiamag.com)

This week's case is a doozy. We will unpack several decades of murders in a short time. Listen to how tragedy struck a mother and father when their married, mother of two daughter, 21-year-old Melissa Patton Wolfenbarger would disappear in 1998. And how her father, Carl Patton Jr, being arrested for being a serial killer in the 70s would lead to identifying his dismembered daughter's remains and the eventual arrest of Melissa's husband Christopher Wolfenbarger.

Sources;

https://www.courttv.com/news/husband-indicted-in-cold-case-murder-of-serial-killers-daughter/

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/cold-case-murder-atlanta-melissa-wolfenbarger-b2600880.html

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/serial-killer-podcast-helped-solve-112915317.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAN5AMQdkQc41AsW_BK-k6xPxVGyaGFtcMv3RM2T6X4GZdcpeBNllBITOkEMv269P1iUIH9g8v4uIRFz3W2aVx3bNMFttkuG6F6t6xH14uxuV12LJ5El2Tx8EfEqfFv65ikvP1iNuQSn_Wl_kRDXlmwhwXtMaTfwGBbdK5kVlf5b7

Today's case begins on July 28, 1980, in Colorado when an officer spots a man in waist- high weeds in a field in the middle of the warm summer night. After confirming the man's ID, the officer allows the man to continue on his way since going for a stroll in the middle of the night is not a crime. However, the officer had a nagging feeling that something wasn't quite right and decided to go back to the field to investigate. Listen to today's episode to hear what shocking discovery the officer made in that Colorado field and how the man the officer questioned,

Sources;

The Akron Beacon Journal May 31, 1994

50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard of By Robert Keller

Man pleads guilty in 1976 killing of 16-year-old Holly Andrews – The Denver Post

Cold Case Helene Pruszynski - Douglas County Sheriff's Office (dcsheriff.net)

Florida truck driver arrested in 1980 Colorado killing of MA college student | Cassiopaea Forum

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Today we will talk about a mother who endured heartbreak more than three decades before the silver cuffs of justice would finally be placed on the monster who raped and murdered her 11-year-old daughter as well as raped and murdered her 32-year-old best friend. Listen to this week's case to hear about the vile acts committed by Joseph Adam Zieler. As well as, the shocking way he was finally captured.

Sources;

/https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/lee-county/gruesome-details-given-in-court-during-day-one-of-testimonies-of-33-year-old-murder-case-of-a-little-girl-and-her-babysitter-in-1990

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2023/06/27/convicted-florida-murderer-joseph-zieler-called-victims-mother-pig-at-trial/amp/

https://www.courttv.com/news/joseph-zieler-sentenced-to-death-in-double-murder-cold-case/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/joseph-zieler-elbows-attorney-in-face-sentenced-to-death-1990-murders-robin-cornell-lisa-story/

https://acis.flcourts.gov/portal/court/68f021c4-6a44-4735-9a76-5360b2e8af13/case/C4F1D60F-6885-4FD9-A210-3B69520C3E99

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2016/09/28/archives-unsolved-cape-killings-haunt-mother/91219476/

This week's we bring you more atrocious murders from the 90's. Listen to today's episode to hear about how Cary Stayner was so desperate for attention he toyed with the FBI before confessing to the malicious murders he committed.

50 American Serial Killers You’ve Probably never hear of By Robert Keller

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

https://azdailysun.com/yosemite-killer-demanded-child-pornography-before-confessing/article_e80ae434-ab4d-5491-b6ed-96feb183101d.html

This week we will discuss the terror that took place during the month of January in 1984 in Aurora, Colorado. Listen to today's case to hear about the brutality the 11 victims of Alexander Christopher Ewing endured.

Sources;

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/blame/alex-ewing-court-outburst/73-48434654-4760-4daf-a260-c8bcd84e3e47

https://coda18.gov/2021/08/murderer-of-auroras-bennett-family-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/blame/alex-christopher-ewing-1984-colorado-hammer-attacks/73-d668975a-1b27-4ddb-872a-f58c186a4a9e

Feb 23, 2020, page A14 - Albuquerque Journal at Newspapers.com

https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/alexander-christopher-ewing/

Alex Christopher Ewing: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (heavy.com)

Tracing the trail of the suspect in brutal 1984 Colorado hammer attacks that left 4 dead in Lakewood, Aurora | 9news.com

Alex Ewing: How DNA Identified the "Hammer Killer" - The CrimeWire

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denverpost.com/2022/04/12/alex-ewing-life-sentence-patricia-smith-murder/amp/

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/crime/unsolved-the-bennett-family-murders/73-400296946

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/blame/hammer-attack-survivor-alex-ewing/73-04286869-f36d-46cc-85c0-efd10c61d024

Today we bring you a case where bodies began popping up in the radius of 1 mile around the area of Asylum Hills in Hartford, Connecticut starting in 1999. It is a horrifying case where a man with so much hostility takes out his anger on vulnerable women. Listen to today's episode to hear about the brutal beatings 11 women endured at the hands of Matthew Steven Johnson.

Sources;

https://www.oxygen.com/mark-of-a-serial-killer/crime-news/serial-killer-matthew-steven-johnson-crushed-victims-skulls

Hartford Courant Edition January 16 2002; January 28 2004

Matthew Steven Johnson - Wikipedia

STATE v. JOHNSON (2008) | FindLaw

State v. Johnson, 2009 Ct. Sup. 7373 | Casetext Search + Citator

This week we bring you a fairly recent case from December of 2023. We will discuss the tragic actions committed after a man's sanity quickly unraveled. Listen to today's episode to hear about the horrific events that took place at the hands of Courtney Gordon in his family filled home in Queens, New York.

Sources:

https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/police-madman-kills-4-including-2-children-at-new-york-home-queens-stabbing-stabbed-murder-quadruple-homicide-killed-killer-bronx-officers-attacked-assaulted-slashed-shot-guns-weapons-kitchen-knife

Investigation into the death of Courtney Gordon | New York State Attorney General (ny.gov)

4 family members killed, 2 cops injured in NYC stabbing rampage: NYPD (nypost.com)

'Madman' kills 4, including 2 children, at New York home, police say (turnto10.com)

Relatives of Queens stabber say he refused mental health help (nypost.com)

Queens Stabbing: 5 Dead, Including Suspect, and 2 Officers Wounded - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Survivors of Far Rockaway stabbing rampage detail Courtney Gordon's horrifying attack on family (EXCLUSIVE) (nydailynews.com)

Queens stabbing rampage: Family members reveal disturbing behavior of suspect before murders | FOX 5 New York (fox5ny.com)

Investigation into the death of Courtney Gordon | New York State Attorney General (ny.gov)

Today's case is one that will leave you wondering, did police arrest the correct perpetrator? Your heart will sink to hear when officers enter a home with a door left ajar, and signs of a struggle in the living room, they are told by a sobbing 4-year-old girl that she is not okay, her mommy is dead. Listen to today's case and let us know, do you think Adrian Lagunas is the assailant?

Sources:

Lagunas v. State, 187 S.W.3d 503 | Casetext Search + Citator

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1421359.html

http://public.co.comal.tx.us/Search.aspx?ID=100

This week's we bring you yet another head scratcher kind of case. In 1996, teenage boy confesses to murdering two people. After serving 23 years in prison he is released to commit another shocking crime. Listen to today's episode to hear about the devasting murders committed by Travis Lewis in Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas.

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/774623858/?match=1&terms=%22Travis%20Santay%20Lewis%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/845159194/?terms=%22Travis%20Santay%20Lewis%22

https://aymag.com/murder-mystery-murder-at-horseshoe-lake-part-1/

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1527-Bream-Rd_Hughes_AR_72348_M80662-61468

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/woman-found-murdered-same-snowden-property-horseshoe-lake-arkansas-where-n1169906

https://people.com/crime/arkansas-mom-and-daughter-are-murdered-by-same-man-23-years-apart-then-killer-drowns-himself/