Murder in the Mourning

When Monika Rizzo went missing early in May of 1997, her husband Leonard never reported her missing. It wouldn't be until June that a neighbor called in an anonymous tip when he noticed Leonard's dog playing with a human jawbone.

This would be the first of HUNDREDS of bones to come.

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

Hernandez, E., & Waldman, L. (2022, May 4). “The Bone Yard”: Who killed Monika Rizzo? South Texas Crime Stories, episode 2. KSAT. https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/05/03/the-bone-yard-who-killed-monika-rizzo-south-texas-crime-stories-episode-2/

Just the tip-sters: True crime podcast: 190. looks like injustice in San Antonio - the obvious unsolved murder of Monika Rizzo. Sters. (n.d.). https://justthetipsters.libsyn.com/190-looks-like-injustice-in-san-antonio-the-obvious-unsolved-murder-of-monika-rizzo

Monika Rizzo. Unsolved Mysteries. (2020, August 17). https://unsolved.com/gallery/monika-rizzo/

Three murdered women, six missing eyes, and one man obsessed with taxidermy. Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you Texas.

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). Charles Frederick Albright: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. Charles Frederick Albright | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/albright-charles.htm

Braden, B. (2022, August 1). A Texas serial killer left his victims without their eyes. Investigation Discovery. https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/a-texas-serial-killer-left-his-victims-without-their-eyes

Hollandsworth, S. (1993, May 1). See no evil. Texas Monthly. https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/see-no-evil-3/

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, November 22). Charles Albright. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Albright

Bodies behind wallpaper, bones under the floorboards, and a wife in the garden? The result of a decade of murder.

Often forgotten among other notorious serial killers, England's Whispering Killer took the lives of no less than 8 women.

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

Black Histories: Race & Racism: Notting Hill in the 1950s. Visit Plymouth. (n.d.). https://www.visitplymouth.co.uk/whats-on/black-histories-race-and-racism-notting-hill-in-the-1950s-p3302263

Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). John Reginald Christie: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. John Reginald Christie | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/christie-john.htm

RadioTimes. (n.d.). Rillington Place: Who was John Reginald Christie? who did he kill? how did he get caught? what did he look like? the story of the serial killer played by Tim Roth: Radio Times. Rillington Place: Who was John Reginald Christie? Who did he kill? How did he get caught? What did he look like? The story of the serial killer played by Tim Roth | Radio Times. https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/who-was-john-christie-the-real-story-of-the-rillington-place-serial-killer/

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, October 22). John Christie (serial killer). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer)

On Christmas Eve 2007, Wayne and Judy Anderson prepared for another family dinner as they had done countless holidays before. Unbeknownst to them, someone close to the family had been planning their murder for weeks.

However, these two were only the first of six victims to come on that snowy Seattle evening.

Also, Derek Chauvin got shanked in prison lol.

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). Michele Anderson: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. Michele Anderson | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/anderson-michele.htm

Fraga, K. (2022, December 19). 9 murders that turned the cheeriest time of the year into a nightmare. All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/christmas-crimes/9

Green, S. J. (2016, April 22). Michele Anderson sentenced to life for killing 6 in her family in carnation. The Seattle Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/michele-anderson-sentenced-to-life-for-killing-6-relatives/

NBCUniversal News Group. (2023, November 25). Derek Chauvin, officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, expected to survive prison stabbing. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/derek-chauvin-officer-convicted-murdering-george-floyd-expected-surviv-rcna126665

staff, S. T. (2016, April 21). 8-plus years: A timeline of the Carnation murder case. The Seattle Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/timeline-of-carnation-killings-anderson-murder-trial/

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, November 14). 2007 Carnation murders. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Carnation_murders

The Axe Murderer of Berrima, perhaps Australia's most prolific killer, wasn't even Australian at all.

Over one hundred years before the term serial killer existed, Irish-born, lifelong criminal, John Lynch confessed to as many as ten brutal tomahawk attacks.

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). John Lynch: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. John Lynch | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lynch-john.htm

Conliffe, C. (2016, July 3). John Lynch, the Berrima Axe Murderer. HeadStuff. https://headstuff.org/culture/history/john-lynch-the-berrima-axe-murderer/

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, November 21). John Lynch (serial killer). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lynch_(serial_killer)

The McStay family went missing on February 4th, 2010 in California. For years, no one had heard from or seen the family. Initially ruled a voluntary disappearance by authorities, the case went cold.

Then in 2013, a child's skull was found in the Mojave desert. Nearby, in two shallow graves, the rest of the family's skeletal remains were found. But the question remains, who killed the McStay family?

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

Flynn, S. (2022, May 21). Who killed the mcstays? new revelations in case of family found in shallow graves. The Independent. https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/mcstay-murder-california-documentary-chase-merritt-b2084210.html

Rasmussen, A. (2022, September 5). Man convicted of killing couple, their 2 sons, 10 years after family’s skeletal remains found in Desert. Investigation Discovery. https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/man-convicted-of-killing-couple-their-2-sons-10-years-after-familys-skeletal-remains-found-in-desert

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, October 25). McStay family murders. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McStay_family_murders

Three young women disappeared from a crowded beach along the shoreline of Lake Michigan in July of 1966. Patricia Blough, Renee Bruhl, and Ann Miller boarded a large boat captained by a mystery man and were never seen again.

Almost six decades later, we still don't have a definitive answer. Theories range from spree killer Richard Speck to the powerful people of a horse empire.

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

1966 three sunbathers disappear from Beach. Home - Michigan Mysteries. (2019, November 9). https://www.michiganmysteries.com/missing-persons/1966-three-sunbathers-disappear-from-beach/

Keckler, W. (2018, December 9). What is the likeliest solution to the Indiana Dunes Mystery?. Medium. https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/what-is-the-likeliest-solution-to-the-indiana-dunes-mystery-45492c60ec42

Lynch, B. (2023, July 5). 10 baffling missing person cases at Indiana Dunes National Park. Listverse. https://listverse.com/2023/07/05/10-baffling-missing-person-cases-at-indiana-dunes-national-park/

Reid, K. (n.d.). What happened to three young sunbathers who disappeared at Indiana Dunes State Park 57 years ago?. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/happened-three-young-sunbathers-disappeared-indiana-dunes-state-park-5-rcna69110

You've heard of the Bloody Benders... But have you heard of Charles Kennedy?! Only five years before the Benders started murdering travelers in 1870, this massive mountain man began his years-long killing spree.

It has been rumored that this serial killer may be responsible for up to five times more deaths than the Bender Family.

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

Harmer, A. (2023, November 18). New “20/20” episode focuses on former Border Patrol agent. Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2023/11/17/23965693/20-20-episode-juan-david-ortiz

Legends of america. (n.d.). https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-charleskennedy/

New Mexico Nomad. (2022, March 13). Charles Kennedy: Serial killer on the Taos Trail. https://newmexiconomad.com/charles-kennedy/

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, November 13). Elizabethtown, New Mexico. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethtown,_New_Mexico

Young girls began disappearing around Scotland in the early 1980s, three of them showed up deceased within 20 miles of each other. The girls, aged 15 or younger, fell victim to a man unknown to police at the time.

It wouldn't be until a fourth attempt years later on another girl's life, that this monster would be put to rest.

Let's Mourn.

Sources:

Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). Robert Black: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. Robert Black | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/black-robert.htm

Crime, R. (2018, October 13). The most brutal Nordic Serial killers. https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-scandinavian-serial-killers/ranker-crime

Padnani, A. (2017, May 17). The moors murders: A notorious couple and their young prey. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/world/europe/moors-murders-ian-brady-myra-hindley-victims.html#:~:text=In%20the%201960s%2C%20Ian%20Brady,suspected%20of%20killing%20five%20children.

The US Sun. (2023, August 8). How serial killer was snared when horrified cop found him abducting his daughter. The US Sun. https://www.the-sun.com/news/8782473/robert-black-serial-killer-manhunt-child-snatcher/

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, October 23). Robert Black (serial killer). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Black_(serial_killer)

Would you kill for your best friend? Or better yet, WITH your best friend?

After a string of rapes and murders in the 1980s, London police launched a massive manhunt, not seen since the Yorkshire Ripper.

Let's Mourn.

(Also, I'm very sorry for the lower quality audio today, promise that will be fixed!)

Sources:

McAuliffe, C. (2021, September 23). 10 Platonic serial killer duos who enjoyed killing together. Ranker. https://www.ranker.com/list/platonic-serial-killer-duos/cat-mcauliffe

The US Sun. (2023, September 22). Who are the railway killers John Duffy and David Mulcahy?. The US Sun. https://www.the-sun.com/news/3482388/railway-killers-who-john-francis-duffy-david-mulcahy/

Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, October 14). John Duffy and David Mulcahy. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Duffy_and_David_Mulcahy

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