Rotten Mango

By Stephanie SooComedy Society & Culture True Crime

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June 23, 2021 #75: The Mean Girls Killers (Case of Shanda Sharer)
The 4 teenage girls decided they wanted McDonald's for breakfast after their all-nighter. They carefully reverse parked into the lot so that all the bloody handprints on the back of their trunk would be hidden.

They ordered a full breakfast - and one of the girls lifted up the sausage patty and giggled “doesn’t this look like Shanda?”

The 12-year-old girl that they kidnapped? The one they tortured in unspeakable ways for the past 8 hours? The one that they just burned alive?

Source: “Little Lost Angel” - by Michael Quinlan (I thought I knew this case but then I read this book. One of the best deep dives I’ve read in a while - you’ll be engaged the whole time)

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1 hr 28 min
June 20, 2021 #74: The Party Monster Murder (Case of Michael Alig)
The hottest clubs in New York City were run by Michael. He knew how to throw a party - serving cat food as appetizers, performances of women pulling Christmas lights out of - well, you know where.

A rotating wheel of 6 cow tongues for anyone to “rub” up against. This was the place to be.

But when rumors started circling that Michael had injected one of his friends with Drano and dismembered him in his bathtub… nobody believed it. Or maybe they didn’t want to? Because the party must go on.

Source: "Party Monster" by James St. James - wow... this book is a first-hand account of the whole scene, the environment, but also the crime. Really fantastic read that goes far more in-depth!
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1 hr 13 min
June 16, 2021 #73: Hotel Of Horrors (Serial Killer - H. H. Holmes)
You’ve booked a room in a nice hotel that everyone calls “The Castle.” You quickly realize things are not what it seems here.

Doors with spikes attached. Vaults filled with acid. Secret peepholes in the rooms. Staircases that start and stop out of nowhere.

You see the “elasticity machine” it’s supposed to stretch your body so you can be taller. The owner wants to create a new race of giants…

Everything feels so strange. Why the weird maze like layout? And who is H. H. Holmes?

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1 hr 25 min
June 13, 2021 #72: The Body In The FBI Agent’s Trunk (Case of Mark Putnam & Susan Smith)
The hardworking FBI agent was on his way to a meeting when he noticed the large crack on the passenger window of his car. How is he going to explain that?

He had a lie for the large wound on his hand. What about the deep scratches all over his neck? Surely he could come up with something.

Now the only thing left to take care of - was the decomposing body in his trunk.

Nothing an FBI agent can’t handle.

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1 hr 34 min
June 09, 2021 #71: Cannibal Mountain (Case - Uruguayan Rugby Team)
“What’s the last thing you ate?” the doctor asked.

All 16 of them responded the same - “human flesh.”

A plane of 45 passengers had crashed into the side of a snow covered mountain in the Andes. Yes, it’s freezing, they were only wearing t-shirts, and many were wounded if not dead - but, they will be rescued soon.

That was what they put their faith in. But they were wrong. They wouldn’t be rescued for another 72 days and only 16 would get out alive.

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1 hr 26 min
June 06, 2021 #70: The Snuff Film Killers (Serial Killers Leonard Lake & Charles Ng)
Most people collect ordinary things - paintings, books, baseball cards. But what if you could collect your darkest desires? Two men decide they will collect women to be held captive in their torture bunker.

The men started gathering all their weapons of torture - power drills, clamps, gags, and pliers… the last thing they needed was a video camera. Because they were going to film it all.

The snuff film director, the collector, and the serial killer.

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1 hr 20 min
June 02, 2021 #69: The Walgreens Killers (Case of Patricia Columbo & Frank Deluca)
When you step into this Walgreens it feels like any other - aisles filled with cosmetics, household goods, and a pharmacy. The employees are kind but they’re harboring their own dark secrets.

The woman in cosmetics had inappropriate relations with a German Shepherd and her ex boyfriend refuses to get rid of the incriminating pictures.

The store manager has a deadly liking for underage girls.

Another employee is plotting the murder of 3 people.

But is this really more sinister than your local Walgreens?

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1 hr 25 min
May 30, 2021 #68: The Girl Who Died Twice (Case of Becky Brown & Amy Burridge)
She died twice on that 12 story bridge.

The first time - she was thrown off the bridge by two men in hopes of killing her. This would be the only way their night of sick torture would stay secret.

The second time - 19 years later. The same bridge. The same spot. The same 120 feet fall.

Are the events connected? How does someone die twice?

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1 hr 6 min
May 26, 2021 #67: 105 Hostages - The Hijacking of Flight 701 (Case of Roger Holder & Cathy Kerkow)
A man with a briefcase entered the cockpit of Western Flight 701. The man tells the pilots there are 2 bombs on the plane and a grenade in his suitcase.

For 20 hours - a couple terrorized the entire flight in hopes of having their demands met. They wanted $3 million dollars in cash, 5 parachutes, a woman on trial for murder to be handed over to them, and a flight to Vietnam.

And for decades they got away with it - because the sky is the limit.

Source: "The Skies Belong To Us" - by Brendan I. Koerner (honestly, one of my favorite books ever and this episode does not even come close to how thorough, entertaining, and gripping this book was. 10/10 must read)
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1 hr 40 min
May 23, 2021 #66: Burned Alive - 7 Hours of Torture (Cheshire Home Invasion Murders)
A family of 4 is startled awake by two masked men - they tell them that everything is going to be okay. We just want money - that’s all.

Slowly for the next 7 hours - it becomes clear that’s not all they want. The 11yr old daughter was assaulted. The mother was assaulted and strangled. The house engulfed in flames - all while the police were standing outside.

“A thief in the night. I’ve come to steal NOT your jewels and money. But your personal safety, privacy, and security. I violate your inner asylum of intimacy.” - Cheshire Home Invader / Killer.

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1 hr 13 min

About Rotten Mango

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Rotten but still a little sweet! Rotten Mango is a true crime + all things spooky podcast. We love doing deep dives into the darkest crimes and we tend to not leave out any details - which can get a little rotten at times. If you want deep dives in the psychology of killers, no holding back storytelling of crimes, and stories of lesser known criminals from around the world this is the place for you.