December 10th, 1909, Savannah, Georgia. On a brisk winter morning, a patrolman walking the streets of downtown heard loud moaning sounds coming from one of the homes. When he entered the residence, he discovered the bloodied, mutilated body of the lady of the house. She was sitting in her bedroom easy chair with her glasses having fallen at her feet next to the newspaper. The imprint of an ax was visible on her skull. It was only the beginning of the horrific scene inside. Who was this lady of the house, and who was the monster who viciously killed her during the holiday season?

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Christmas is known as a time of joy, but not all tales from this season are merry. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, a sinister force invaded the small Southern Baptist town of Wake Forest, North Carolina. Each murder whispers of evil, and its darkness still lingers within the town’s lore. These are the two chilling tales of Raymond Downing Hair and Luna Holmes Beddingfield.

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Around 2:15 am on Thanksgiving morning, 1995, in Fairfax, Virginia, 911 operators received a call that the Harper residence was on fire. When firefighters arrived at the house, fire and smoke masked the horrific scene inside. Once the flames were extinguished and the heavy smoke cleared, emergency personnel found the burnt body of a young woman. When investigators examined the scene, they discovered a rolling pin smeared with blood nearby. Who was this woman, and who was the monster who savagely attacked her on a family holiday and left her to burn in the flames?

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Research Materials for Episode 39:

https://annajourney.com/essays/the-goliath-jazz/⁠

⁠https://clok.uclan.ac.uk/32829/1/Psychology%20of%20Siblicide%20%20Chapter_Accepted%20%28March%202020%29.pdf⁠ 

⁠https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/siblicide-homicidal-violence-between-siblings/⁠ 

⁠https://www.oxygen.com/homicide-for-the-holidays/crime-news/anne-harper-murdered-by-brother-matt-on-thanksgiving⁠

⁠https://prisonlectionary.net/2015/11/11/matthew-b-harper/⁠

⁠https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-of-Sibling-and-Other-Hoinicides-by-Status-of-OffenderAictim_tbl1_11338130⁠ 

⁠https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1995/rt9511/951125/11260015.htm

⁠⁠https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/05/08/fairfax-man-gets-35-years-for-killing-sister-setting-fire/95d69ed4-4b4b-4436-90dc-7617350af3c0/⁠

On May 11th, 2021, in a town outside of Athens, Greece, law enforcement officers arrived at the residence of a young couple. When they entered the master bedroom, they discovered the swollen blue body of a nineteen-year-old woman. Next to her lying in bed was an infant crying but thankfully unharmed. Near the stairs, crime scene investigators came across a gruesome discovery. A small dog was hanging by its leash. Who murdered this beautiful young mother, and who was the monster who tortured the family pet?

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February 1946, in the town of Texarkana, an unknown assailant wearing a sack with holes cut out for eyes and mouth terrorized unsuspecting residents. Once the moon rose, the bordering area between Texas and Arkansas would become his personal hunting ground. Within only a few months, the masked killer brutally murdered five people. Three of them escaped his homicidal clutches to tell their stories. The events that transpired would change the town and its reputation, making it forever known as The Town that Dreaded Sundown.HAPPY HALLOWEEN MY DEAR LISTENERS! Please follow, share, rate, and leave a review.

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On October 30th, 1992, in Coulter’s Hole, a beautiful hiking and camping spot near Oil Station, PA, the body of a badly bruised young girl was discovered lying in the creek. She was dressed strangely wearing oversized shorts, a t-shirt that was inside out, and socks which clearly weren’t hers. Investigators had been searching the exact location only the day before, and nothing had been there. Police believed the perpetrator had dumped the child there to rub it in their face taunting them that he had killed her and gotten away with it. Who was this innocent child, and who was the monster who murdered her and left her alone in the woods to die?

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In the early morning hours of September 15th, 2004, in Southwick, East Sussex, England, a passerby stumbled upon the body of an elderly woman found along the footpath of a neighborhood. She was lying in a pool of blood. The victim had been viciously stabbed in the back and on the side of her neck. Who was this poor old woman, and what kind of monster slashed her to death while she was walking home? This is the story of England’s aspiring Freddy Krueger killer, Daniel Gonzalez.

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Part 1 of The Internet's First Serial Killer exposed the twisted and freakishly calculated modus operandi of serial killer John Edward Robinson. This next episode breaks down the investigation and what led to the horrifying crime scene evidence that connected this depraved murderer to his known victims.

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In early June 2000, law enforcement investigators performed a search warrant in connection with a missing woman on the 16-acre farm of a business owner and grandfather near Kansas City, KS. Cadaver dogs alerted them to a spot where two metal barrels stood. The horrific scene inside would unravel a man’s two-decades-long web of deceit.

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Frozen in a Truck - The Denise Huber Story Part 1 revealed the terrifying truth behind the abduction and murder of the missing woman Denise Huber. This second part closely details and analyzes the childhood of her killer, John Joseph Famalaro, and what may have triggered his violence. This is Part 2 of Frozen in a Truck: The Denise Huber Story

Please forgive my use of the offender's name in two different name orders. Some sources were confusing regarding this, but the correct name order per court files is John Joseph Famalaro.

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