Killer Stories

I'm baaaaaack!
I am bringing you a "House of Horrors" story suggested by multiple listeners of the show- The Turpin Family. Thank the Lord no one is killed, but this case is far from having a happy ending. Trigger warning- this case involves child abuse. 

https://linktr.ee/KillerStories

Research and partial writing by Sara Breau 

Sources:
You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9cHOpyilBI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2zmJGx8LE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chIFYO_F9wY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEmj0qXgmP4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbjNRCTMXec
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpin_case
New York Post
https://nypost.com/2023/02/13/some-house-of-horrors-turpin-siblings-finding-life-impossible-
after-parents-torture/
https://nypost.com/2021/11/20/house-of-horrors-kids-still-being-abused-this-time-by-system/
https://nypost.com/2022/03/31/2-turpin-siblings-molested-by-foster-father-report/
https://nypost.com/2024/01/24/news/turpin-kids-seek-settlement-over-foster-care-abuse-years-
after-being-rescued-from-sadistic-parents-lawyer/

Welcome to the first episode of my new segment, Close Calls! 

This episode features a story about a REAL Irish car bomb, words of wisdom from someone who has been burned by so-called "friends" with ill intentions, and a creepy man in the darkness of Yosemite National Park. 

Thank you for submitting your stories, Stuart Blues, Anonymous & Tori.

Send your close calls to [email protected]

linktr.ee/KillerStories

This episode is extremely gruesome and disturbing. Fair warning...
Taylor Shabusiness (there is a story behind this interesting last name) and her boyfriend Shad Thyrion were high on meth when they began to engage in some rather kinky sexual acts- resulting in Shad's death. 

linktr.ee/KillerStories

Sources

You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qY9rR_-zEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_6xLjA4W3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUIdkEMo_DM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj1H3KL7i7g

Heavy.
https://heavy.com/news/shad-thyrion/
https://heavy.com/news/taylor-schabusiness/
https://heavy.com/news/taylor-schabusiness-husband-warren-family/

WISN
https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-crime-man-decapitated-dismembered-taylor-
schabusiness/39285966
https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-woman-accused-of-dismembering-man-after-sex-
competent-for-trial/40061952
https://www.wisn.com/article/family-identifies-victim-in-grisly-green-bay-murder-says-he-was-
loved-by-many/39318083

Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-schabusiness-shocking-moments-murder-trial-shad-tyrion-
wisconsin-1816018

Wealthy Peeps
https://wealthypeeps.com/taylor-schabusiness-parents-family-ethnicity/

Court Tv
https://www.courttv.com/news/court-documents-reveal-taylor-schabusiness-past/
https://www.courttv.com/title/motions-reveal-taylor-schabusiness-home-family-life/
https://www.courttv.com/news/suspect-in-green-bay-dismemberment-killing-attacks-attorney-in-
court/

Cornerstone Healing Center
https://cornerstonehealingcenter.com/taylor-schabusiness-meth-sexual-behavior/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shad_Thyrion

I want to bring more frequent content on Killer Stories and had the idea of my listeners sharing their "Close Calls". This is an intro to the segment where I discuss my own close call from my college days.

Please email your close call encounters to [email protected]
You could hear your story on a future episode!

In this strange case, 54 yo Peter Porco woke up and went about his daily routine completely oblivious to the severe head injuries he sustained before collapsing to his death. Who attacked Peter and his wife Joan with an axe on the early morning of Nov 15th, 2004? 

https://linktr.ee/Killer Stories

music credit: Upbeat by Adi Goldstein

Porco Obit
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesunion-albany/name/peter-porco-obituary?
id=4901498
CBS News/48 Hours

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-porco-murder-did-a-college-student-take-an-ax-to-his-
parents/

All That’s Interesting
https://allthatsinteresting.com/christopher-porco

Grunge
https://www.grunge.com/1031947/the-disturbing-crime-scene-of-peter-porco/

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Peter_Porco

Murderpedia
http://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/porco-christopher.htm
http://murderpedia.org/male.P/images/porco_christopher/sentence.pdf

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXPn-T8U9X8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se1dZjVVa7o
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/extra-christopher-porcos-911-calls/

Spotlight News
https://spotlightnews.com/news/2006/07/18/timeline-around-murder-includes-text-messaging/

Times Union Web Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20071118232518/http://timesunion.com/specialreports/porco/
graphics/nohearjury.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20071011103240/http://www.timesunion.com/specialreports/porco/
graphics/emails.pdf

Today's case was suggested by listener, Abigail Vega Medina. Thank you for your continued support!

Shelly Knotek (born Michelle Watson) was a nightmare child, constantly tormenting her little brothers and causing trouble for her parents. As an adult, she continued to torment those around her. Over the years, 3 house guests mysteriously went missing from the Knotek home.

https://linktr.ee/KillerStories

music credit: Upbeat.com, Adi Goldstein - Blank Light

sourceshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/shelly-knotek

http://www.murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm

https://www.lawinfo.com/resources/criminal-defense/criminal-procedure/what-is-an-alford-plea.html#:~:text=An%20Alford%20plea%20allows%20a,avoid%20a%20harsher%20criminal%20sentence

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12016159/Americas-evil-mother-Shelly-Knotek-released-prison.html

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/photos/episode-19-michelle-knotek#288881

https://www.grunge.com/985238/the-messed-up-truth-about-serial-killer-mom-shelly-knotek/

https://lizmanuelle.medium.com/when-a-other-becomes-a-monster-7949aa1d89d3

https://youtu.be/P3IQuJIsHLg?si=iR6aTuRp_QFbpH8t

This week I'm covering covicted killer and raging narcissist, John Battaglia.
In a twisted plan to get back at his ex-wife, John gunned down their 2 daughters. 9 year old Faith and 6 year old Liberty.

http://linktr.ee/KillerStories

Research by Sara Beau
Writing by Sara Beau & Bobbie Holmes

sources:
• John Battaglia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Battaglia)
• Deadly Affection: Part 3 (http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_deadlyaffection/ part3/)
• Mother of slain girls testifies at ex-husband's murder trial (https://www.mrt.com/news/ article/Mother-of-slain-girls-testifies-at-ex-husband-s-7876927.php)
• Slain girls' mother tells of hearing fatal shots on phone (https://www.deseret.com/ 2002/4/23/19651020/slain-girls-mother-tells-of-hearing-fatal-shots-on-phone)
• Execution Report: John Battaglia - Page 1 (http://www.txexecutions.org/reports/548-John Battaglia.htm)
• Execution Report: John Battaglia - Page 2 (http://www.txexecutions.org/reports/548-John Battaglia.htm?page=2)
• Prosecutors show photos of slain girls (https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/ Prosecutors-show-photos-of-slain-girls-8921910.php)
• More psychiatric testimony expected in Battaglia trial (https://www.myplainview.com/news/ amp/More-psychiatric-testimony-expected-in-Battaglia-8848292.php)
• Jury finds Battaglia guilty of capital murder (https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/ Jury-finds-Battaglia-guilty-of-capital-murder-9012597.php)
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php? href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRealStoriesChannel%2Fvideos%2Ffull-doc my-dads-on-death-row%2F1813553625644817%2F&show_text=0&width=410&height=238
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Wl1LuQhEs&t=1s
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaU79hjGrjs&t=80s
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Tr6_5xkC4&t=12s
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLB-nORtSMs&t=9s
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJdoH0c_No&t=2s
• YouTube: https://youtu.be/42ORubuDmTk?si=FOfQg9JExH5yWmWp
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxfK5S7lIVU

In today's episode, I discuss the 2007 murder of Paige Birgfeld in Grand Junction, CO.

In the beginning, there are two main suspects- her ex-husbands. I mean... its always the husband, right? But the investigation becomes more complex when Paige's secret life as a high-end escort is revealed.


https://linktr.ee/KillerStories


sources:
Dateline double-lives
cbsnews
cbsnews colorado
abcnews
tvguidetime
shenbagalakshmi.medium
denverpost
heavy
gjsentinel

Today I am covering the Lundy Murders- suggested by New Zealand listener, Lizzie Bourke.

Mark Lundy was convicted of murdering his wife and daughter in August 2000. But did he actually do it? This case has SO much controversy. I am here to lay out all the facts and let you be the judge.

https://linktr.ee/KillerStories

sources:
Murderpedia
Wikipedia
Girl guides
nzherald
thermofisher
Liz Wakeford - part 1
Liz Wakeford - part 2
newsroom
NZhistory

I'm baaaaaack!
Kicking off Season 11 with one of the craziest cases I've ever heard- The Lululemon Murder.

30-year-old Jayna Murray was a manager in the Bethesda, MD Lululemon store. March 11, 2011, Jayna worked the evening shift alongside 29-year-old Brittany Norwood. After closing, there was an attack that ended in the brutal murder of Jayna. Brittany lived to tell the tale.

https://linktr.ee/KillerStories

sources:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/woman-convicted-in-lululemon-murder-wants-new-trial/33734/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1344622322001353

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/lululemon-murder-store-employee-suffered-over-300-blows-severed-spinal-cord-in-fatal-attack

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lululemon_murder https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/norwood-brittany.htm

https://allthatsinteresting.com/lululemon-murder

https://casefilepodcast.com/case-210-jayna-murray/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/maryland-appeals-court-affirms-conviction-in-lululemon-murder-trial/2015/04/30/35c5270a-ef21-11e4-8666-a1d756d0218e_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-yoga-store-murder-the-shocking-true-account-of-the-lululemon-athletica-killing-by-dan-morse/2013/11/29/36493e46-51fc-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html