PARTNERS IN TRUE CRIME

A YEAR BEFORE THE ANGLIN BROTHERS ESCAPED ALCATRAZ, THEY WERE PLANNING THEIR ESCAPE FROM THE PRISON AND THEY WEREN’T DOING IT ALONE. WITH THE HELP AND GUIDANCE OF A FEW OTHER INMATES, LIKE JAMES “WHITEY” BULGER, MICKEY COHEN, AND FRANK MORRIS THEY CREATED A SYSTEMATIC WORKFLOW THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED LIKE A RELIGION. THE IRONY ABOUT ALCATRAZ ISLAND WAS THAT THE CONDITIONS INSIDE THE PRISON WEREN’T THAT BAD.  IN FACT, THEY WERE A LOT BETTER THAN THE OTHER PRISONS THE BROTHERS SPENT TIME IN, WHICH GAVE THEM ACCESS TO THE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY USE TO ESCAPE. TODAY WE ARE TALKING AGAIN WITH MIKE AND KEN TO HEAR THE STORY OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE LIVING INSIDE THE PRISON ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND.

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AT LEAST FIVE VICTIMS WENT MISSING OR WERE FOUND KILLED NEAR THE WASHINGTON/IDAHO BORDER BETWEEN 1979 AND 1982. KRISTINA NELSON WAS 21 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS LAST SEEN.  BRANDY MILLER WAS 18 WHEN SHE WAS LAST SEEN.  STEVEN PEARSALL WAS 35 WHEN HE WAS LAST SEEN.  THE TWO GIRLS WERE FOUND DEAD 18 MONTHS LATER 35 MILES AWAY.  STEVEN PEARSALL WAS NEVER FOUND. A COUPLE YEARS PRIOR TO THAT, A SCHOOLGIRL, CHRISTINA WHITE, VANISHED IN ASOTIN, WASHINGTON AND TWO YEARS LATER, THE DISMEMBERED BODY OF KRISTIN DAVID WAS FOUND ON THE SNAKE RIVER. ALL OF THESE BRUTAL MURDERS HAVE NOT BEEN SOLVED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A STRONG PERSON OF INTEREST, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS AT AN IMPASSE IN THE CASE. TODAY WE HAVE GLORIA BOBERTZ ON THE PODCAST TO HEAR HER AMAZING STORY OF LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO THE MURDERS AND HUNTING DOWN A SERIAL KILLER.

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AS SOON AS JOHN ANGLIN LANDED ON ALCATRAZ ALL HE COULD THINK ABOUT IS HOW WAS GOING TO ESCAPE FROM THERE. BY THE TIME HIS BROTHER CLARENCE MADE IT THERE A FEW MONTHS LATER JOHN HAD ALREADY IDENTIFIED SOME WEAK POINTS IN THE PRISON. HE ALSO ENLISTED SOME OTHER INMATES TO HELP THEM - FRANK MORRIS AND JAME "WHITEY" BULGER.

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HOW WOULD YOU REACT IF YOU DISCOVERED THAT YOUR FAMILY MEMBER THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN ALL YOUR LIFE WAS A SERIAL KILLER…

NOT JUST ANY SERIAL KILLER, BUT ONE OF THE TOOLBOX KILLERS…. ROY NORRIS.

DANELLE SODERLING WAS JUST 6-YEARS-OLD WHEN SHE RECOGNIZED THAT HER OLDER FIRST COUSIN ROY NORRIS HAD A DARK SIDE TO HIM. CALL IT RAW INTUITION, CALL IT INSTINCT TO ALERT YOU FROM DANGER, BUT YOUNG DANELLE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER COUSIN ROY…. AND SHE WAS RIGHT.

TODAY WE HAVE DANELLE ON THE PODCAST ALONG WITH LAURA TO HEAR HER SIDE OF THE STORY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR HER FAMILY WHEN THEY ALL DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD A SERIAL KILLER IN THEIR FAMILY.

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AFTER THE ANGLIN BROTHERS WERE ARRESTED FOR THE BANK ROBBERY IN ALABAMA, THE AUTHORITIES BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL WERE READY TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THEM. TODAY KEN AND MIKE WILL BE TAKING US THROUGH THE CRAZY LEGAL TRIAL THAT THE ANGLIN BROTHERS WENT THROUGH, WHICH MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED TODAY. THE TRIAL WAS A COORDINATED ATTACK ON THE BROTHERS AND BY TODAY'S STANDARDS UNJUST, BUT WITHOUT IT THERE WOULD BE NO ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ.

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AFTER LISTENING TO THE PODCAST FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH JODI BARTH AND JOSEPH SCOTT MORGAN, PAULA WANTED TO COME ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT SHE'S REMEMBERED. SHE ALSO HAS LEARNED SOME NEW INFORMATION ABOUT COLT THAT COULD PROVIDE A POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR HIS MURDER.

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RICHARD COTTINGHAM WAS KNOWN AS THE TORSO KILLER AND THE TIMES SQUARE RIPPER.   HE WAS CONVICTED IN NEW YORK OF SIX MURDERS COMMITTED BETWEEN 1972 AND 1980 AND CONVICTED IN NEW JERSEY OF TWELVE MURDERS COMMITTED BETWEEN 1967 AND 1978.  COTTINGHAM IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED AT LEAST 80 MURDERS IN THE UNITED STATES. TODAY WE ARE BACK TALKING WITH PETER VRONSKI A CANADIAN AUTHOR, FILMMAKER, AND FORENSIC HISTORIAN.  HE HOLDS A PHD IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE HISTORY AND ESPIONAGE.  HE ALONG WITH JENNIFER WEISS, THE DAUGHTER OF COTTINGHAM’S LATER VICTIMS, WERE ABLE TO EXTRACT MORE CONFESSIONS FROM COTTINGHAM ABOUT HIS MURDERS.

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THE STORY OF THE ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ IS A COMBINATION OF MYTH MIXED WITH LEGEND AND CONSPIRACY THEORY.  THESES ARE THE COMPONENTS OF ANY GREAT STORY THAT HAS HAPPENED IN HISTORY WHICH IS WHY I BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE SO FASCINATED WITH IT. TODAY WE DIVE DEEPER INTO THIS STORY LIKE NO ONE HAS EVER DONE BEFORE WITH KEN AND MIKE.  THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THEY HAVE DONE IS INCREDIBLE, BUT WHAT IS ALSO AMAZING IS HOW KEN’S FAMILY REMEMBERS ALL OF THE TINY DETAILS OF WHAT WENT ON WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEING SURVIELLED BY THE FBI AND US MARSHALS FOR YEARS.

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THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES OF INTEREST THAT STILL NEED TO BE THOROUGHLY SEARCHED TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINS OF MOLLY AND COLT. WE BROUGHT IN RENOWN DEATH INVESTIGATOR JOSEPH SCOTT MORGAN TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR BODIES COULD HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF AND WHAT CAN STILL BE DONE TO PROVE THEIR REMAINS CAN STILL EXIST.

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THE WORK THAT LAURA BRAND DOES WITH SERIAL KILLERS IS A SOLITARY OCCUPATION.  MOST OF THE TIME IT’S JUST LAURA SITTING IN THE CAGE ALONE WITH THE WORLD’S WORST HUMAN BEINGS.  LET’S BE HONEST, THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS AND LAURA DOES RUN INTO THEM OCCASIONALLY. PETER VRONSKI IS A CANADIAN AUTHOR, FILMMAKER, AND FORENSIC HISTORIAN.  HE HOLDS A PHD IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE HISTORY AND ESPIONAGE.  BUT WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT HIM, LIKE LAURA, IS THAT HE HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE TORSO KILLER, RICHARD COTTINGHAM, TO EXTRACT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS MISSING VICTIMS. TODAY IS PART ONE OF OUR TWO PART INTERVIEW WITH DR. PETER VRONSKI, WHO BY HIS OWN ADMISSION NEVER THOUGHT HE’D EVER BE MEETING SERIAL KILLERS LET ALONE TALKING TO THEM.  SO LETS HERE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

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