Mad Times With Madison

By Madison shelbyTrue Crime History

Mad Times With Madison episodes

June 04, 2021 One Shot Episode 29: The Kidnap and Murder of Amber Hagerman
In 1996 in Arlington Texas nine year old Amber Hagerman was riding her bike when she was kidnapped in broad daylight. A witness called the police immediately however Amber was not found until four days later when they located her body. While Amber's killer has never been found, her kidnapping changed how we handle child abductions nationwide, forever.
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Anyone with information about Amber’s murder is asked to contact Detective Ben Lopez at 817-459-5373. There is a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and Grand Jury indictment of the suspect. Tipsters can also remain anonymous by contacting Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-469-TIPS.
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SOURCES:
https://sites.psu.edu/jiyoonnicky/unsolved-crimes/amber-hagerman/
https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2021/still-searching-for-ambers-killer
https://thetruecrimefiles.com/amber-hagerman-murder/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/amber-hagerman
https://web.archive.org/web/20121017104128/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1996_1319615
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/19/us/body-of-kidnapped-texas-girl-is-found.html
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/first-child-saved-amber-alert-headed-college/gT6iGpYmeKvTHzPH8QaIkN/
17 min
June 02, 2021 Episode 55: The Murder of Bobby Franks - Leopold and Loeb
Leopold and Loeb were two exceptionally intelligent boys from Chicago. After skipping several grades and graduating college at 17, they decided for more stimulation they wanted to commit the perfect crime. However, they did everything except that.
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42 min
May 28, 2021 One Shot Episode 28: The Disappearance and Death of Jonelle Matthews
If you do not like banter or us as people, this may be not be the episode for you! It is Taryn's birthday and the first couple minutes are some banter!
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Welcome back to one shot, where we don't drag out the story, and you get to listen to a whole case in one shot!
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Jonelle Matthews was 12 years old, living in Colorado, when she went missing after a choir concert. With nothing to go off of, the investigation went cold. However, in 2019 her remains were discovered and a suspect seemingly emerged out of nowhere. His trial starts today, May 28, 2021.
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22 min
May 26, 2021 Episode 54: The Broken Arrow Killings
In 2015 at 11:30pm the Broken Arrow police recieved a 911 call from a young boy saying his brother was killing his family. When the police arrived on the scene just ten minutes later they could not believe what they saw. 12 hours later, after they caught the suspects, they could not believe what they were hearing either. Madison tells the heartbreaking story of the Bever family murders, survival, and heartless trials.
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Logo by Sloane of The Sophisticated Crayon: https://www.instagram.com/thesophisticatedcrayon/
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SOURCES:
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/history/bever-homicides-a-timeline-of-events-from-the-murders-in-2015-to-the-brothers-convictions/collection_42e2f451-f4e4-5c9b-82d6-a23ef4afc1e7.html#2
https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/the-bloodthirsty-bever-brothers-8ad52881f156

https://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-criminal/2020/f-2018-870.html

https://oddmurdersandmysteries.com/bever-family-murders/

https://www.ranker.com/list/bever-family-facts/laura-allan

https://www.newson6.com/story/5e35b4f8777a5668671be327/testimony:-ba-murder-suspect-robert-bever-wanted-to-kill-100-people

https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/bever-siblings-charged-with-first-degree-murder-in-stabbings-of-family-members/article_854286af-d48a-5b18-ba65-0ae300a7295b.html
https://www.urbanic.law/answers/criminal-defense/what-is-a-youthful-offender-in-oklahoma/

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/teen-laughed-as-he-told-police-how-he-and-brother-massacred-family-in-bid-to-become-americas-next-big-serial-killer/news-story/345c8ba5327866ba3c56bc9bf3437c30

https://ktul.com/news/local/michael-bever-life-without-parole-sentence-to-run-consecutively
1 hr 11 min
May 21, 2021 One Shot Episode 27: The Disappearance of Mary Jane Barker
Welcome back to one shot, where we don't drag out the story, and you get to listen to a whole case in one shot!
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Piggybacking off of last weeks one shot, Madison tells us about Mary Jane Barker this week. When the man stumbled upon the body in the woods last week, he thought it be Mary Jane Barker. On February 25, 1957 four year old Mary Jane Barker went outside to play with the neighbors dog at 10:30am. By 1:30pm they both were missing. After a man hunt and her body being discovered days later, they immediately assumed foul play. However, that wasn't what happened.
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SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mary_Jane_Barker
http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1957/di1957-02-28.pdf
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2691572/the-news-herald/
https://onenie.com/criminal-territories-a-girl-a-puppy-and-a-locked-door
https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Philadelphia%20PA%20Inquirer/Philadelphia%20PA%20Inquirer%201957/Philadelphia%20PA%20Inquirer%201957%20-%203679.pdf
https://archive.ph/20170423215256/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1957/03/04/page/1/article/missing-girl-4-found-dead#100%
22 min
May 19, 2021 Episode 53: Katherine Knight
Everyone welcome Taryn back! If you don't like banter, we do apologize, this one has a little more than usual. We hadn't seen each other in over a week. Start around the 5 minute mark!
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Katherine Knight made history in 2001 when she was the first woman in Australia to be sentenced to life in prison. Starting with Katherine's childhood Taryn takes us through one traumatic and awful event to the next all leading up to the shocking crime that landed her in prison for the rest of her life.
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52 min
May 14, 2021 One Shot Episode 26: The Boy in The Box
Welcome back to one shot, where we don't drag out the story, and you get to listen to a whole case in one shot!
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Ashley is still here helping out this week as our co-host while Taryn is on vacation!
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In 1957 the body of a 4-6 year old child was found in the woods in a cardboard box. What everyone thought would be a quick case, with a missing child, turned out to be the opposite. To this day nobody has come forward with information and this case remains unsolved. If you have any information regarding the boy or anything in that area around that time, please still come forward with that information!
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SOURCES:
https://books.google.com/books?id=nAbmBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_in_the_Box_(Philadelphia)
20 min
May 12, 2021 Episode 52: The Disappearance of Joan Risch
Joan Risch had a seemingly perfect life, she had two kids with her husband, she was college educated, and she lived in a great town. However, Joans life wasn't all that it seemed. When she was young her parents died in a mysterious fire. Then, in 1961, Joan went missing one afternoon. She had a day packed full of activities, and had visitors over all day. However, during the course of about an hour, everything changed. Joan has never been found, if you have information please reach out.
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SOURCES:
http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/1996/08/28/8_28_96_spatterd_blood_and_speculation/?page=2

"Timeline of Vital Day in the Life of Joan Risch". Boston Record American. January 3, 1962., at p. 42

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

https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/into-thin-air-what-is-the-likeliest-explanation-for-the-disappearance-of-joan-risch-1bdd4953b4e

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/72s16j/the_bizarre_1961_disappearance_of_joan_risch_new/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67970312/joan-risch-2-die-in-fire/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67970583/joan-risch-fire-killed-parents/
https://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/missing-haverhill-man-found-in-beverly/article_34cd9398-5584-5367-8c9f-895ac0b5111e.html
1 hr 8 min
May 07, 2021 One Shot Episode 25: The Killing of Rhonda Hinson
Welcome back to one shot, where we don't drag out the story, and you get to listen to a whole case in one shot!
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In 1981, after attending a work Christmas party, nineteen year old Rhonda Hinson was shot and killed while driving her car. A bullet from a high powered rifle traveled through her trunk hitting rhonda in the back. Listen as we discuss the details an theories that surround this unsolved case.
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SOURCES:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/rhonda-hinson/

http://www.burkesheriff.org/hinson.htm

https://thewilkesrecord.com/the-killing-of-rhonda-hinson-part-57-p723-149.htm
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Rhonda_Hinson

24 min
May 05, 2021 Episode 51: The Murder of Cathy Torrez
In 1993, after calling her mom on her way home, Cathy Torrez never actually made it home. A few days later Cathy's car and body were discovered in a hospital parking lot. Several suspects were investigated, and the leads were promising, however it would be almost 15 years until they could solve it.
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44 min