An ex-Milwaukee police woman, Laurie Bembenek, was accused of killing her husband’s ex-wife, Christine. The murder came after Laurie was let go from the police department. Was she let go for breaking the code of silence and having evidence of misconduct that was carried out by her fellow men in blue? Did she commit the murder or was it a set up by her husband who happened to be a police officer, too? New evidence is shocking but why isn't anything being done about it...

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SOURCES:
https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/bembenek-laurie.htm
https://law.justia.com/cases/wisconsin/court-of-appeals/1983/82-522-cr-5.html
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/infamously-accused-killer-laurie-bembeneks-lawyer-hopeful-for-pardon-after-new-dna-findings
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/us/22bembenek.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-01-18-0301180133-story.html
https://www.milwaukeemag.com/laurieslastdays/
https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/photos-looking-back-at-laurie-bambi-bembeneks-murder-conviction/collection_cb6ddd9d-1bbf-5d21-8267-3d6992d5fc92.html
https://www.ranker.com/list/laurie-bambi-bembenek-facts/jacob-shelton
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/laurie-bambi-bembenek-did-she-kill-or-was-she-framed-by-cops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Bembenek
http://vots.altervista.org/WI/Bembenek.html
https://journaltimes.com/attorney-seeks-pardon-for-bembenek-on-murder-conviction/article_063872f2-17e9-527e-af9e-cbad5978d4c2.html
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/happening-now/trial-lawrencia-bembenek/
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/attorney-seeks-pardon-laurie-bembenek-murder-conviction-61852930

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This week, I'm talking to Jackie from the podcast Cause of Death. She explores the epidemiology of deadly diseases! Her professional insight is so intriguing and informative. You will learn so much by listening to her show. I loved sitting down and having these conversations with her about Covid, her profession, microbiology and why she started her podcast. I think you will love her as much as we do!

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John Ashfield was only six-years-old when his innocence, his joy, and the gleam in his bright eyes were stolen. His mother and her boyfriend, sadly, took it all from him on August 5, 1993.

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Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/female.A/images/ashfield_gunn_britt/parole-determination.pdf
https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/638581/siblings-happy-nowra-child-killer-is-back-behind-bars/
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/081017/international-murder-casebook-brutal-murder-of-6-year-old-by-parents.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/rot-in-hell-daughter-to-mother-who-killed-brother-20110729-1i39c.html
https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/ashfield-gunn-britt.htm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-15/prison-release-for-hammer-murder-mother/2839676
https://sacratomatovillepost.com/2011/08/16/murdering-mother-walks-free/
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/mother-gunn-britt-ashfield-who-killed-her-son-john-asfield-to-be-released/news-story/224e4c8126e804a3ee235eaf080e92c1
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/killer-mum-released-but-banned-from-visiting-her-sons-grave/news-story/92e5059ff92fb76a557acefd580de5b1
https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/notorious-child-killer-refused-bail/news-story/2656320f29577cd50fc9a7282cda8368
https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/real-life/dont-let-my-brothers-killer-go-free-30965
https://www.portnews.com.au/story/428590/murderers-breach-and-lies-attract-community-service/

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Sunshine April Hilda Wood was last seen at the St. Regis Hotel, holding the door for two young men right before midnight on the 20th of February, 2004. There have been no reported sightings of her since. Someone has to know something about her disappearance.

If you have information regarding Sunshine Wood, please contact any of the following:

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Reference Case#: 040039437

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SOURCES:
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/sunshine-april-hilda-wood
http://www.justicefornativewomen.com/2016/02/sunshine-wood-missing-from-manitoba.html
https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Sunny_Wood
https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2012020073&id=1&lang=en
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/j9j19k/sunshine_april_hilda_wood_disappeared_age_16/
https://missingkids.ca/en/missing-children-database/73
http://myriverside.sd43.bc.ca/shyaanm2019/2021/04/04/indigenous-podcast-sunshine-woods/
https://safertomorrow.weebly.com/sunshine-wood.html
https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/local-news/ten-years-on-still-missing-gods-river-teens-dwayne-ross-and-sunshine-wood-4275138
https://www.indianz.com/News/2005/006624.asp
https://www.indianz.com/News/2004/005798.asp
http://www.turtleisland.org/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=2480

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Jake Bird worked on railroads and took the train everywhere he went. In Tacoma, Washington, Jake was sneaking around the streets and came across an axe in the backyard of Bertha Kludt’s home. What was supposed to be a so-called “easy” robbery turned into major bloodshed…
Later, Jake put a hex on anyone who had a hand in his trial and were not on his side. A handful of those people died within a year or so.

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SOURCES:
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-bird-5/?PHONE_NUMBER_GROUP=P
http://tacomawanews.com/tacoma-news-stories-by-tami-jackson/haunted-tacoma-news/jake-bird-tacoma-ax-and-hex-murderer.html
http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/jake_bird_hex/
https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/jake-bird/
https://www.ranker.com/list/jake-bird-hex-facts/jessika-gilbert
https://www.historylink.org/File/7973
https://www.historylink.org/File/7971
https://siouxcityjournal.com/jake-bird/image_f7158bd1-06da-52b6-86be-0c26cb8abc3b.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bird-jake.htm
http://www.southsoundtalk.com/2016/03/31/jake-bird-tacoma/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Bird

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Karla Faye quit school as a little girl and went on the road with her mom. They were rock and roll band groupies and sex workers. After her mother passed away due to abusing drugs, she started to live life on the wild side with bikers and party heavily in her early 20s. Her friend Shawn, estranged wife to a biker named Jerry Dean, introduced Karla to Danny Garrett. They spent days doing hardcore drugs and alcohol. They went to burglarize Jerry Dean but Karla’s anger over a past situation, plus being drugged up, took over her and the robbery quickly turned into a double homicide.
This episode contains audio from various videos found on YouTube.

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SOURCES:
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/tucker437.htm
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1054982/chilling-true-story-of-female-killer-who-reached-orgasm-as-she-butchered-her-victims-with-a-pickaxe/
https://www.mysanantonio.com/video/article/1998-Woman-executed-for-grisly-Houston-murders-6803822.php
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/karla.html
http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/03/tucker/
https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/tucker-karla.htm
https://allthatsinteresting.com/karla-faye-tucker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Faye_Tucker
https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/21/larry.king.tucker/
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pickax-slayer-put-death-smile-prayer-leth-article-1.798969
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/frompost/dec98/woman9.htm
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-02-04-9802040061-story.html

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In part two, I’ll be finishing up the FAQ, you’ll hear Helen read excerpts from her book “Mating in Captivity” and 30 minutes of Wulf Zendik talking to the Zendik community.

HelenZuman.com

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SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendik_Farm
https://wulfzendik.wordpress.com/
https://litkicks.com/WulfZendik/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-19-me-2143-story.html
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/242579/who-are-these-people/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/01/22/the-green-alternative-span-classbankheadat-zendik-arts-farm-a-commune-strives-for-a-dollar-and-changespan/37e802a1-31c0-4871-a7e6-ffed0437ab58/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zendik-farm-for-sale_n_2736216
https://blog.purplearth.net/marketing-the-revolution-my-13-years-at-zendik-farm/
https://www.ic.org/tangled-web-sex-zendik-farm/
https://highlandscurrent.org/2017/05/09/leaving-zendik-farm/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/21/AR2006012101382.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20160405214300/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/2005/cover1104.html
https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Among-Bewildered-Wulf-Zendik/dp/0963056611
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulf_Zendik
https://emeraldimajia.livejournal.com/149140.html#cutid1

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Zendik Arts Farm was created in 1969 by Wulf Zendik and Arol Wulf. Some ex-members are very happy with their experiences there and don’t like the word “cult”. However, to others, it was described as a sex cult. You tell me what you think.

Major thanks to Helen Zuman because without her experience, I wouldn’t be able to tell you guys about this place in depth!

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SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendik_Farm
https://wulfzendik.wordpress.com/
https://litkicks.com/WulfZendik/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-19-me-2143-story.html
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/242579/who-are-these-people/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/01/22/the-green-alternative-span-classbankheadat-zendik-arts-farm-a-commune-strives-for-a-dollar-and-changespan/37e802a1-31c0-4871-a7e6-ffed0437ab58/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zendik-farm-for-sale_n_2736216
https://blog.purplearth.net/marketing-the-revolution-my-13-years-at-zendik-farm/
https://www.ic.org/tangled-web-sex-zendik-farm/
https://highlandscurrent.org/2017/05/09/leaving-zendik-farm/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/21/AR2006012101382.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20160405214300/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/2005/cover1104.html
https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Among-Bewildered-Wulf-Zendik/dp/0963056611
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulf_Zendik
https://emeraldimajia.livejournal.com/149140.html#cutid1

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Angela had quite a few children but she mainly focused her extreme abuse on her teenage daughter, Jeanette Maples. She tortured Jeanette for years and it progressively got worse. Jeanette succumbed to the maiming and torture at only 15-years-old. Also, child protective services absolutely failed Jeanette. Get ready for your blood to boil.

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SOURCES:
https://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/why-arent-we-talking-about-abusive-mums/news-story/e63f09954f771ff8e515450f3ecc095f
http://www.breakingthescience.org/index.php#BTS
https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/new-details-in-teens-abuse-death/article_56da1800-dddd-5bdb-ba09-dfeded678205.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2011/04/richard_mcanulty_gets_prison_f.html
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-mcanulty-7
https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/when-angela-mcanulty-spoke-to-a-jury-on-thursday-she-promised-them/
https://www.arizonaschildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CaseStudy.pdf
https://www.kdrv.com/content/news/Judge-tosses-McAnulty-conviction-and-sentence-512591881.html
https://p1cdn4static.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3585797/File/McAnultyPCRPressRelease%20(002)%20(002).pdf
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/or-supreme-court/1682383.html
https://kval.com/news/local/life-without-parole-eugene-mom-who-murdered-daughter-in-2009-no-longer-faces-death
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/04/oregon-only-woman-death-row-resentenced-life-killing-daughter-angela-mcanulty-eugene/5577918002/
https://www.klcc.org/crime-law-justice/2020-08-03/angela-mcanultys-death-sentence-changed-to-life-in-prison
https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mcanulty-angela.htm
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/angela-mcanulty-only-woman-on-oregons-death-row-resentenced-to-life-in-prison

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Churches are where people should feel safe to go worship. People with authority that have a duty to protect us are who we should trust. Our spouses are also people we love and believe would never hurt us. In this case, everyone is a suspect. Even the Son of Sam, David Berkowitz, gets entangled in this case. Arlis’ horrifying death happened in 1974 and wouldn’t be solved until 2018.

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SOURCES:
https://abc7news.com/san-jose-shooting-murder-stanford-memorial-church/3677065/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79959583/arlis-kay-perry
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/sons-sam-who-was-arlis-perry-who-killed-her-48301467
https://brenmar71.medium.com/the-gruesome-murder-of-arlis-perry-28020afc09ad
https://donnagore.com/2018/07/05/an-unsolved-murder-the-mystery-of-arlis-perry/
https://thecinemaholic.com/arlis-perrys-murder-did-stephen-crawford-kill-her-how-did-he-die/
https://news.stanford.edu/2018/06/29/break-cold-case/
https://www.tyla.com/news/tv-and-film-what-happened-to-arlis-perry-sons-of-sam-david-berkowitz-netflix-doc-20210510
https://www.insidehook.com/article/crime/44-years-dna-solved-satanic-murder-arlis-perry-victim
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/06/28/suspect-in-grisly-stanford-memorial-church-murder-kills-self
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Arlis_Perry
https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/how-is-murder-of-arlis-perry-connected-to-son-of-sam-case
https://www.grunge.com/460137/the-tragic-murder-of-stanford-student-arlis-perry/

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