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Special Guest: Lizzie
 
This week Lauren tells Lizzie about Gary Heidnik. Heidnik was one of the inspirations for the character of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs.

Sources:

• Crime Library: Gary Heidnik: To Hell and Back by Patrick Bellamy
• CNN: His gruesome crimes were a basis for ‘Silence of the Lambs.’ The sister of one of his victims has mixed feelings about his execution by Faith Karimi, CNN
• 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Gary Heidnik by Jo Durden Smith
• Wikipedia
• He Tortured Woman In His Basement Pit — What Happened To ‘Monster Preacher’ Gary Heidnik After Getting Caught?: Gary Heidnik, who kidnapped women and tortured them inside his Philadelphia basement, committed crimes so heinous he helped inspire a popular horror movie character. by Becca van Sambeck

Clip: How Deborah Dudley Was Killed In Pit By Gary Heidnik

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Special Guest: Keith 

This week Keith and Lauren discuss the Butcher of Plainfield. 

Sources:

• Biography: "Ed Gein: Convicted murderer Ed Gein was a notorious grave robber known for dismembering victims. His gruesome activities inspired the creation of some of Hollywood’s most infamous characters, including Norman Bates of Psycho" by Biography.com Editors and Tyler Piccotti 
• All That’s Interesting: "The Macabre Story Of Ed Gein, The Serial Killer Who Used Human Body Parts To Make Furniture "by Kaleena Fraga 
• All That’s Interesting: "21 Petrifying Pictures Inside Ed Gein’s House Of Horrors" by Marco Margaritoff 
• Crime Library: "Necrophiles" by Katherine Ramsland
• Crime Library: "Eddie Gein" by Rachael Bell and Marilyn Bardsley
• Wikipedia

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Special Guest: Josh 

This week Lauren tells Josh about infamous spree killer Charles Starkweather and his accomplice Caril Ann Fugate.

Sources:

• Crime Library: Charles Starkweather & Caril Fugate by Marilyn Bardsley
• All That’s Interesting: The Chilling True Story Of Charles Starkweather, The Teenage Serial Killer Who Terrorized America’s Heartland by Marco Margaritoff 
• Let’s Go to Court: Episode 42 Spree Killer Charles Starkweather & the Pricey Murder for Hire Plot
• 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Charles Starkweather by Jo Durden Smith 
• Wikipedia

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Special Guest: Gabby 

This week Lauren tells Gabby about the Xerox murders.

Sources:

• KHON2: “Xerox Murders” by Brigette Namata
• IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I: STATE OF HAWAI`I vs .BYRAN UYESUGI
• Murderpedia: Byran Uyesugi
• Hawaii News Now: “20 years ago, a killer shattered the morning calm and changed Hawaii forever” by Ben Gutierrez and Mileka Lincoln
• Wikipedia

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Special Guest: Megan 

This week Lauren tells Megan about Jerry Brudos, The Lust Killer and Shoe Fetish Slayer!

Soruces:

• That Oregon Life: A Serial Killer in Oregon: “The Grisly Tale of Jerry Brudos “Shoe Fetish Slayer”” by Danielle Denham 
• Biography.com: “Jerome Brudos”
• Crime Library: “The Fetish Killer” by Katherine Ramsland
• 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Jerry Brudos by Jo Durden Smith
• Wikipedia

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Special Guest: Keith 

This week Lauren tells Keith about Elaine Parent, an American criminal known as "the world's most wanted woman" in the late 1990s and early 2000s!

Sources:

• Murderpedia: Elaine Parent
• The Guardian: Hunt for the Chameleon
• The Telegraph: 'Chameleon Killer' cheats the Florida police by ending her many-faced life by Tim Tate
• The Ledger: Murder suspect 'Chameleon' a suicide victim
• Tampa Bay Times: Decapitation murder remains unsolved
• Sun Sentinel: Slaying Leaves Investigators with Few Clues 
• Sun Sentinel: ‘90 Murder Trail Leads to Woman’
• Wikipedia

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Special Guest: Sandy 

This week Lauren tells Sandy about Tom Petters, a former American businessman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide. Fun fact: he ends up in Lauren and Amanda's favorite penitentiary!

Sources:

• Fraud Magazine: Ponzi Strikes Again: A 13-year, Multibillion-dollar Fraud Leaves Mouths Agape by Steven J. Carlson, PhD; Kenneth A. Hansen, LLM; and Robert J. Dosch, PhD.
• CNBC: American Greed: The Rise and Fall of a Multibillion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme by Drew Sandholm
• United States Attorney’s Office: District of Minnesota Press Release: Victims Of Tom Petters Ponzi Scheme Receive Additional Distribution Of More Than $22 Million In Forfeited Funds
• Jury awards $563 million verdict in lawsuit related to Tom Petters Ponzi scheme Victims will receive close to $1 billion when interest is calculated, making it the highest dollar amount awarded by a jury in Minnesota history by Lou Raguse
• Wikipedia: Tom Petters
• Wikipedia: Petters Group Worldwide

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On this short bonus episode, Amanda tells Lauren about the Olympic Gymnastics Bronze Medal Ruling

Sources:

• Athlon: “Jordan Chiles Sends a Clear Message to IOC About Returning Bronze Medal” by Michael Gallagher
• Forbes: "Jordan Chiles' Bronze Medal Fiasco Has 2 Critical Lessons For Leaders" by Sonia Thompson
• Defector: "The Jordan Chiles Bronze Medal Fiasco Is Even Dumber Than You Imagines" by Diana Moskovitz
• NPR: "Court Says It Won't Reconsider Case That Took Away Jordan Chiles' Bronze Medal" by Becky Sullivan

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This week Amanda and Lauren discuss Raymond Abbott aka RoboCop and the crime that got him planted on the US Marshal's 15 Most Wanted Fugitive list.

Sources:

• Fox News: ‘RoboCop” Raymond Abbott Wanted for Prison Break, Weapons Smuggling by Fox News
• Fox News: Arms Smuggler Nicknamed RoboCop Most Wanted by US Marshals by Fox News
• US Marshal Service: Raymond Abbott
• True Crime Story Blog:  Wanted: Raymond ‘RoboCop’ Abbott by: Micheal Odhiambo

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This week Amanda and Lauren cover the murder of Jennifer Levin at the hands of the "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers.

Sources:

• New York Magazine: East Side Story from the November 10, 1986 issue of New York Magazine by Michael Stone
• A&E True Crime Blog: Stories & News: Robert Chambers: The Murder of Jennifer Levin and Where 'The Preppy Killer' Is Now by Robert Kahn
• CBS News: "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers released from prison after second lengthy prison term 
• Town and Country: Looking Back at the Preppy Killer Case, More Than 30 Years Later
  The infamous Upper East Side murder has yet to fade from public memory by Elizabeth Angell
• Inside Edition: The 'Preppy Killer' and the Tabloid Sensation Still Defining 1980s New York Today by Sal Bono
• Ranker: The Story Of Jennifer Levin's Murder And The 'Preppy Killer,' Robert Chambers by Cat McAuliffe
• This Day in History: “Preppy Murder” Stuns New York PublisherA&E Television Networks
  
  

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