Today we are covering the disgustingly callous murder of Shanti Cooper-Tronnes. Our oddity is the tale of a very loyal lad named Hachiko. 

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/20/david-tronnes-guilty-murdering-wife-zombie-house-florida 
https://abcnews.go.com/US/detectives-uncovered-florida-womans-murder-inside-fixer-upper/story?id=107342403#:~:text=The%20makeover%20had%20forced%20David,found%20dead%20in%20a%20bathtub. 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dave-tronnes-shanti-cooper-murder-case-florida-48-hours/  
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-tronnes-shanti-cooper-murder-case-orlando-zombie-house-flipping-48-hours/ 
https://fortune.com/2023/10/21/florida-man-guilty-murdering-wife-zombie-house-flipping-reality-tv-show/

48 Hours: Home Renovation Homicide

Oddity:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65259426 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D

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In Part 2, we talk about the arrest, confessions, and the trial that followed. Our Oddity this week is the mystery of The Pinnacle Man. 

Sources: 

 https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-late-summer-murders-two-men-on-a-mission-to-kill-irish-women-1.4804276 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/state-s-longest-serving-prisoner-in-fresh-bid-to-secure-temporary-release-1.4766005 

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/i-do-not-rejoice-that-serial-killer-geoffrey-evans-is-on-his-death-bed-but-ill-shed-no-tears-on-his-passing-why-because-i-was-there/27898081.html 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20194707.html 

https://ie.vlex.com/vid/people-v-shaw-793411513 

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/evil-serial-killer-given-taste-24027161 

https://www.thejournal.ie/irelands-longest-serving-prisoners-2542447-Jan2016/ 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Evans 


Crimes That Shook Ireland:
The Serial Murders
A Trail of Bloodshed
 
Oddity: 

https://www.shaeff-myers.com/obituaries/nicolas-grubb 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/02/pinnacle-man-frozen-pennsylvania-cave-identified 
 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj08gr3v43lo

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Welcome, true-crime lovers, to New Year, New Binge 2025 Edition! What you’ll find included is your guide to an exciting lineup of podcasts that will make 2025 your best year for listening yet. New Years is a time for resolutions, and mine is simple: to share with you the most captivating, chilling, and downright binge-worthy true-crime podcasts. Whether you’re looking to uncover unsolved mysteries or dive into deep investigative storytelling, I’ve got you covered.

Be sure to follow all of the podcasts you enjoyed so you never miss a new episode. Podcasts are listed below in the order in which you will be introduced to them:

Episode 1:

Reverie True Crime  https://linktr.ee/paigeelmore 
Fresh Hell Podcast  https://freshhellpodcast.com/
Malice  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/malice-a-true-crime-podcast/id1471251398
Women & Crime  https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com
True Crimecast  https://linktr.ee/truecrimecast
The Dark Oak Podcast  thedarkoak.com

Episode 2:

Coffee and Cases Podcast https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases
Heart Starts Pounding  https://www.heartstartspounding.com/
Mortal Musings Podcast  https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcast
True Crime Creepers https://linktr.ee/TrueCrimeCreepers
Private Dicks Podcast https://linktr.ee/privatedicks
Twisted Travel and True Crime  https://linktr.ee/twistedtraveltruecrimepodcast 

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Welcome, true-crime lovers, to New Year, New Binge 2025 Edition! What you’ll find included is your guide to an exciting lineup of podcasts that will make 2025 your best year for listening yet. New Years is a time for resolutions, and mine is simple: to share with you the most captivating, chilling, and downright binge-worthy true-crime podcasts. Whether you’re looking to uncover unsolved mysteries or dive into deep investigative storytelling, I’ve got you covered.

Be sure to follow all of the podcasts you enjoyed so you never miss a new episode. Podcasts are listed below in the order in which you will be introduced to them:

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Reverie True Crime  https://linktr.ee/paigeelmore 
Fresh Hell Podcast  https://freshhellpodcast.com/
Malice  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/malice-a-true-crime-podcast/id1471251398
Women & Crime  https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com
True Crimecast  https://linktr.ee/truecrimecast
The Dark Oak Podcast  thedarkoak.com

Episode 2:

Coffee and Cases Podcast https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases
Heart Starts Pounding  https://www.heartstartspounding.com/
Mortal Musings Podcast  https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcast
True Crime Creepers https://linktr.ee/TrueCrimeCreepers
Private Dicks Podcast https://linktr.ee/privatedicks
Twisted Travel and True Crime  https://linktr.ee/twistedtraveltruecrimepodcast 

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In Part 1, we're going to talk about the background of the perpetrators and the abduction of Elizabeth Plunkett and Mary Duffy. 

Our oddity is a case of how one performance artist pushed herself to her limits by putting her trust into others. 

Sources: 

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-late-summer-murders-two-men-on-a-mission-to-kill-irish-women-1.4804276 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/state-s-longest-serving-prisoner-in-fresh-bid-to-secure-temporary-release-1.4766005 

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/i-do-not-rejoice-that-serial-killer-geoffrey-evans-is-on-his-death-bed-but-ill-shed-no-tears-on-his-passing-why-because-i-was-there/27898081.html 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20194707.html 

https://ie.vlex.com/vid/people-v-shaw-793411513 

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/evil-serial-killer-given-taste-24027161 

https://www.thejournal.ie/irelands-longest-serving-prisoners-2542447-Jan2016/ 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Evans 

Crimes That Shook Ireland:
The Serial Murders
A Trail of Bloodshed

Oddity:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/12/marina-abramovic-ready-to-die-serpentine-gallery-512-hours 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/25/marina-abramovics-shocking-rhythm-0-performance-shows-why-we-still-cannot-trust-people-in-power 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_0 

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On today's episode we discuss the unsolved murder of Paul Logan on the 23rd December 1993. 
Our oddity is the kindergarten shoe thief. 

Sources: 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-45612572 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wear-67806837 

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7122177.parents-still-hope-killer-will-be-caught/ 

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16894937.paul-logan-murder-50-000-reward-information-1993-killing/ 

https://cumbriacrack.com/2017/12/20/can-you-help-police-catch-paul-logans-killer/ 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/paul-logan-murder-twists-turns-22193511 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/shotley-bridge-arms-dealer-death-1372673 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/paul-logan-murder-gossip-rumours-22195055 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sister-unsolved-consett-murder-victim-22180513 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/how-murdered-paul-logans-family-22198108 

http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=673&termRef=Paul%20Logan

Oddity: 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/japan-weasel-shoe-thief-kindergarten-gosho-kodomo-en-fukuoka

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This week we talk about the shocking murder of Tim McLean on a Greyhound Bus. Our oddity is Prosopometamorphopsia. 

Sources: 

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/man-pleads-not-guilty-in-bus-beheading/article_debaa898-10a7-5c7d-a10c-bf7b19c6f471.html 

https://winnipegsun.com/2016/01/13/agony-continues-for-tim-mcleans-family 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/greyhound-pulls-bus-rage-ads-1.722960 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greyhound-cannibal-interviewer-vince-li-thought-he-was-attacking-alien-in-beheading-of-tim-mclean/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/greyhound-beheading-10th-anniversary-1.4760074 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/vince-li-discharge-1.3979861 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38945061 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/vince-li-who-beheaded-and-ate-another-man-on-bus-set-free/ 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-the-little-known-mental-health-program-that-treated-vince-li/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-18170463

https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-138970/MCLEAN_TIMOTHY 

https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-215423/BARKER_KEN 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/tim-mclean 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tim_McLean

Oddity:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00136-3/abstract 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3540293/ 

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/distorted-faces-prosopometamorphopsia 

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/03/28/demon-face-syndrome-patient-victor-sharrah/73089955007/#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20website%20on,different%20position%2C%20the%20website%20said

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This week we discuss the unsolved murders of The Miyazawa Family, also known as the Setagaya Family Murders.Our oddity is Smile Mask Syndrome.

Sources: 
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-29/the-house-of-horrors-in-setagaya-japan/11771304 

https://www.adaymag.com/2020/09/01/japan-setagaya-family-murder.html 

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/setagaya-family-murders-remain-unsolved-23-years-later 

https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/Police-advised-to-rethink-motive-and-opportunity-in-unsolved-Setagaya-family-murder-case 

https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/multilingual/english/safe_society/wanted/seijo.html https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14073939 

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13047774 

https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/what-we-really-know-about-the-setagaya-family-murder-a87389875e71 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/07/jonathanwatts.theobserver#:~:text=Mikio%20Miyazawa%20%2D%20who%20worked%20for,were%20killed%20in%20their%20beds. 

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/drumoorhouse/setagaya-family-murders-unsolved 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setagaya_family_murder#:~:text=In%202019%20or%202020%2C%20the,likely%20to%20be%20right%2Dhanded  


https://www.healthline.com/health/smiling-depression#treatment 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_mask_syndrome


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In Part 2, the story unfolds of what really happened to Venus, and who exactly was involved.Our oddity is the story of serial killer Diogo Alves.

Sources: 
https://abcnews.go.com/US/convicted-murderer-requests-xbox-leading-police-wifes-body/story?id=58716056#:~:text=Doug%20Stewart%2C%20a%20U.S.%20military,Michigan%20on%20April%2026%2C%202010. 

https://wwmt.com/news/local/estranged-husband-leads-police-to-body-of-venus-stewart-eight-years-after-her-disapperance 

https://wwmt.com/news/local/venus-stewarts-killer-details-her-death-while-police-excavate-her-remains 

https://www.mlive.com/news/g66l-2019/01/ce148b38d79275/how-murdered-mother-venus-stewarts-body-was-finally-found-8-years-later.html

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2011/02/venus_stewarts_mother_was_hyst.html

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/06/douglas_stewart_husband_of_mis.html 

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/06/venus_stewart_is_dead_authorit.html 

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/05/post_50.html 

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/06/impostor_posed_as_doug_stewart.html

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/04/missing_st_joseph_county_woman_1.html 

https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2019/01/21/dateline-nbc-doug-stewart-murder-venus-stewart-michigan/2617683002/ 

https://eu.freep.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/23/prisoner-gets-xbox-leading-police-slain-wifes-body/1745041002/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/full-episode--deadly-game-449301571798?v=raila&


https://lisboasecreta.co/en/history-of-the-head-of-diogo-alves/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_Alves

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In Part 1, we are going to talk about the background of Venus and the dangers she faced within her marriage, which lead to her abduction.Our oddity this week is Death By Kangaroo.

Sources: 
https://abcnews.go.com/US/convicted-murderer-requests-xbox-leading-police-wifes-body/story?id=58716056#:~:text=Doug%20Stewart%2C%20a%20U.S.%20military,Michigan%20on%20April%2026%2C%202010. 
https://wwmt.com/news/local/estranged-husband-leads-police-to-body-of-venus-stewart-eight-years-after-her-disapperance
https://wwmt.com/news/local/venus-stewarts-killer-details-her-death-while-police-excavate-her-remains 
https://www.mlive.com/news/g66l-2019/01/ce148b38d79275/how-murdered-mother-venus-stewarts-body-was-finally-found-8-years-later.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2011/02/venus_stewarts_mother_was_hyst.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/06/douglas_stewart_husband_of_mis.html 
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/06/venus_stewart_is_dead_authorit.html https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/05/post_50.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/06/impostor_posed_as_doug_stewart.html 
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/04/missing_st_joseph_county_woman_1.html 
https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2019/01/21/dateline-nbc-doug-stewart-murder-venus-stewart-michigan/2617683002/ 
https://eu.freep.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/23/prisoner-gets-xbox-leading-police-slain-wifes-body/1745041002/ 
https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/full-episode--deadly-game-449301571798?v=raila&  

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/13/1122653907/kangaroo-fatal-attack-australiahttps://www.npr.org/2018/12/10/675282745/roger-the-buff-kangaroo-beloved-online-dies-at-age-12

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