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- Episode 38: The Baby Blue's Killer
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Thirty-six-year-old Andrea Yates who had history of mental illness and postpartum depression was a stay-at-home-mom, home schooling her five young children, 7-year-old Noah, 5-year-old John, 3-year-old Paul, 2-year-old Luke, and 6-month-old Mary. Throughout the years of having children Andrea was treated for her severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia with anti-psychotic medications and antidepressants. On the morning of June 20, 2001, Andrea made a 911 call, stating that she needed police officers dispatched to her home in Houston, Texas. When officers arrived, Andrea confessed to methodically killing all five of her children by drowning them one at a time in the bathtub at her home. In 2002, a jury would convict Andrea of capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole after 40 years. However, Andrea’s defense attorney would appeal her conviction on the grounds of her lack of mental stability during the trial. At her retrial in July of 2006, Andrea would be found not guilty by reason of insanity. The court would have her committed to the high-security North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, Texas where she received medical treatment. In January of 2007, Andrea was moved to the low security mental hospital, Kerrville State Hospital located in Kerrville, Texas where she remains today having spent a third of her life institutionalized. So, were these heinous drownings of young children committed by a sinister mind or was Andrea Yates truly suffering from mental health issues that led to her drowning her children.
References:
Andrea Yates timeline: A look back at the Clear Lake mother’s case after she drowned her 5 children in home’s bathtub (click2houston.com)Andrea Yates: Mother who drowned her five children in a bathtub refuses own release from mental hospital | The Independent
The Curious Case of Andrea Yates - Forensics Digest
Andrea Yates' Life 16 Years After Drowning Her Children (people.com)
Andrea Yates' Chilling Motive For Murdering Her Children (msn.com)
Why Andrea Yates Drowned Her Children And Where She Is Now (allthatsinteresting.com)
Andrea Yates Declines Release Hearing From Mental Hospital Again (today.com)
Andrea Yates - Ex-Husband, Children & Facts (biography.com)
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Orenthal James Simpson, commonly known as O.J. or "The Juice," was an American football star, broadcaster, and actor, but perhaps best known for his murder trial for the deaths of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. On the evening of June 12, 1994, O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death outside of Nicole's Brentwood, California home. The specific details of whether O.J. was involved in the deaths of Nicole and Ron will probably never be known, but their murders along with the arrest of the former NFL star kindled a series of events that world media outlets and the American legal system had never seen. The trial, lasting close to a year, and the events surrounding it were considered the most world publicized events at the time and would seem to split our nation where many were convinced of O.J.’s guilt and stunned by his acquittal while others were completely convinced of his innocence and celebrated the verdict. Several explanations have been proposed as to why OJ was acquitted including the fact that the prosecution failed to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, allegations of a mismanaged crime scene, faulty DNA evidence, disreputable authorities, and conspiracy theories based on racial bias. The media's coverage of the case has also been blamed for influencing the behavior of the participants, and possibly influencing members of the jury. To many, the trial had become a media circus with a setting of a courtroom filled with dysfunction and full of vibrant characters, which seemed more like a Lifetime movie than an actual trial. However, many others believe O.J. was acquitted because he was innocent of the crime. So, was O.J. Simpson wrongfully acquitted of the murders of Nicole and Ron because of the mishandling of the case and the media’s sensational coverage or was he rightfully acquitted because he was in fact innocent?
References:
O.J. Simpson Murder Case: A Timeline of the 'Trial of the Century' (biography.com)Case File: The OJ Simpson Trial — Forensic Science Society
The Real Reason O.J. Simpson Was Acquitted Of Murder (grunge.com)
Jurors Explain Why They Acquitted O.J. Simpson In Nicole Brown Murder (starmagazine.com)
10 Of The Most Shocking Facts From The O.J. Simpson Murder Case | Crime News (oxygen.com)
O.J. Simpson crime scene photos: **Warning** Graphic Images – Crime Online
O.J. Simpson trial | Summary, Lawyers, Judge, Dates, Verdict, & Facts | Britannica
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Cash App-1 hr 20 min - Episode 36: An Italian Murder
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In November of 2007, the Italian city of Perugia would draw people’s attention from around the world with the gruesome murder and sexual assault of 21-year-old foreign exchange student Meredith Kercher from Surrey, England. She had been found dead in her Italian apartment on the floor of her locked bedroom. Meredith’s 20-year-old American roommate Amanda Knox who was also studying abroad and Amanda’s Italian citizen boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, would emerge as the primary suspects. World media outlets reported sinister tales of sex games gone wrong and viciously portrayed Amanda and Raffaele as heinous murderers, dubbing their trial as the trial of the decade. The prosecution's case against Amanda and Raffaele was based on circumstantial evidence and the testimony of a questionable eyewitness. Even though all conclusive physical and DNA evidence pointed elsewhere along with indications that the crime scene had been contaminated, Italian prosecutors focused on the alleged wrongdoings of Amanda Knox and generated countless stories of her being a promiscuous man-eater, whose Myspace nickname was "Foxy Knoxy". Another suspect would be arrested and tried as well, a drifter named Rudy Guede, a young man from the Ivory Coast who had a criminal record and who’s DNA was found at the crime scene and on Meredith’s body. Amanda and Raffaele consistently maintained their innocence throughout their trial. Nevertheless, amidst the swarm of media attention, Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, who were tried separately from Rudy Guede, were convicted of Meredith Kercher’s murder twice, first in 2009 and again by an appeals court in 2014. Amanda and Raffaele would spend four years in prison before finally being acquitted of the murder for a second time. The Italian court would later blame the wrongful convictions of Amanda and Raffaele on the media’s high-profile attention on the case causing pressure to be placed on the local authorities in Perugia, effectively causing what the Italian judges called a “sudden acceleration” during the initial stages of the investigation. So, did the media’s sensational coverage of the case help in convicting these two young adults of murder?
References:
Amanda Knox | US news | The GuardianHow weak DNA evidence railroaded—and then rescued—Amanda Knox | Ars Technica
Amanda Knox decision explained by Italian court | CNN
Crimesider: A timeline of the Amanda Knox case - CBS News
Timeline: Meredith Kercher murder case | CNN
The Amanda Knox Case: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Controversial Murder of Meredith Kercher - The CrimeWire
Amanda Knox: Revisiting Italy’s Trial of the Decade | Time
Amanda Knox Case Explained (people.com)
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On April 20, 1989, shortly after 1 am the barely clinging to life Trish Meili (ma-lee), a young white woman, was discovered in New York City’s Manhattan Central Park. Trish would survive her severe injuries, waking from a coma with no memory of the violent and horrific assault leaving her with no memory of her attacker. Two days after Trish’s assault, five teenagers, four being Latino and one being black, ranging in ages from 14 to 16 and were from Harlem would implicate themselves in Trish’s rape and assault after hours of psychological pressure and aggressive interrogation at the hands of veteran homicide detectives. During this time New York City was plagued with high crime and race tensions. The police announced to the media who had a keen appetite for astonishing crime stories that the young teens had been part of a gang of teenagers who were out "wilding," assaulting joggers and bicyclists in Central Park on the evening of Trish’s heinous assault. With the media’s sensational coverage of the teens, dubbed as the Central Park Five, it fed the hysteria of the city’s already fearful citizens and was met with a public outcry for justice. Despite no physical evidence tying them to the crime or any eyewitness accounts that connected them to Trish, along with inconsistent and inaccurate confessions after an interrogation that the five teens say was coerced, the teens were quickly arrested and tried as adults under New York State laws at the time and would be found guilty of the assault and rape of Trish Meili (ma-lee). More than a decade after the attack, convicted serial rapist Matias Reyes confessed to Trish’s rape and assault, claiming he was the only assailant involved. New DNA evidence along with Reyes’s confession proved that Reyes was the true assailant and had acted alone. In 2002, after serving sentences that ranged from six to 13 years for what then-New York City Mayor Ed Koch called “the crime of the century,” the charges against the five teens were vacated. The then teens now men eventually received a 41-million-dollar settlement in 2014. So, did the frenzy of the media’s coverage of the case, along with the high racial tensions and crimes in New City help in aiding the wrongful conviction of these five teens?
References:
The Central Park Five: Boys Wrongly Convicted By A Racist System (allthatsinteresting.com)
Everything to Know About the Central Park 5 Case (people.com)
Central Park Five: Here's where they are now | CNN
Central Park Five: The true story behind When They See Us - BBC News
Central Park Five: Crime, Coverage & Settlement (history.com)
Youths Rape and Beat Central Park Jogger - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Timeline - The Central Park Five Jogger Attackers (centralSupport the show
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Cash App-1 hr 5 min - Episode 34 Easter Bonus: The Crucifixion
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Since we are looking at wrongful convictions for the month of April, we decided to look at one of the most famous stories of wrongful convictions and executions known worldwide for our Easter Episode, The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. We will be looking at the arrest, charges, and crucifixion of Jesus from the angle of the law of a wrongful conviction. Now, with saying that, we will looking at this case both from historical facts and stories from the New Testament as this is one of the biggest sources about Jesus’s crucifixion. We will not discussing our own personal religious beliefs. Today, most contemporary scholars recognize that both Jewish and Roman authorities must have played some role in the execution of Jesus. What we know historically about Jesus’ teachings and actions suggest that he offended and provoke the religious leaders of Israel during his time and that the Roman authorities were the ones to carry out his execution. So, did Jesus’s teachings warrant his arrest and his execution by crucifixion?
References:
Why Did Pontius Pilate Have Jesus Executed? - HISTORYWho Killed Jesus? The Historical Context of… | Zondervan Academic
Why Was Jesus Crucified - Bible Story and Meaning behind the Cross (crosswalk.com)
Timeline of Jesus' Death and Crucifixion (learnreligions.com)
Crucifixion as Punishment in Ancient Rome – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas
Crucifixion | Description, History, Punishment, & Jesus | Britannica
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Cash App-1 hr 1 min - Episode 33: The Four Unfortunate Sailors
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In 1997 four United States Navy sailors 25-year-old Danial Williams, 27-year-old Derek Tice, 21- year-old Joseph Dick, Jr., and 21- year-old Eric Wilson collectively known as “The Norfolk Four,” confessed to the brutal rape and murder of 18-year-old Michelle Moore-Bosko, the wife of a U.S. Navy man, in Norfolk, Virginia. The four were sentenced based on their declared false confessions, as they were subjected to high-pressure interrogation tactics, including threats of death penalty and questionable use of lie detector tests., The details of Williams, Dick, Tice, and Wilson’s confessions did not match the crime scene, and furthermore there was the confession of the real rapist and killer of Michelle Moore-Bosko. All DNA and forensic evidence only pointed to one man, Omar Abdul Ballard, and his confession was the only confession that matched the physical evidence found at the crime scene. Ballard also swore under oath that he committed the crime alone. So, were these four sailors whose case involved police misconduct, false confessions and unconstitutionally suppressed evidence wrongfully convicted?
References:
The Disturbing Case of the Norfolk Four - TIMECase Timeline | The Confessions | FRONTLINE | PBS
Norfolk Four
"Norfolk Four" Pardoned 20 Years After False Confessions | FRONTLINE (pbs.org)
Norfolk Four (Derek Tice, Danial Williams, Joseph Dick, Eric Wilson) - Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (exonerate.org)
Freedom for the Norfolk Four - The CrimeWire
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Cash App-1 hr 21 min - Episode 32: Two Brits and an Irish Pact
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Britons John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans would become known as Ireland’s first serial killers. The sinister duo first met while serving time together in an England prison during the 1970s and it is there the two career criminals concocted their sinister sick plot to abduct, torture, rape and murder a woman once a week. Once released from the English prison the deadly two would leave the UK and travel around Ireland committing burglaries for several years. In the long hot summer of 1976, Shaw and Evans twisted sinister plot would begin and ending in the murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett in County Wicklow, Ireland, and the murder of 24-year-old Mary Duffy in County Mayo, Ireland. Both young women were savagely beaten and brutally raped by both Shaw and Evans, eventually being killed with their lifeless bodies being discarded into the sea. At trial the court would hear how Shaw had told police: “I didn’t want to do it. It was Evans, he made me do it. “God help me. The devil made me do it. Keep him away from me.” So, were these the horrific acts of two sinister minds or was this the work of one sinister mind who forced another to be his accomplice?
References:
State's longest prisoner John Shaw granted two days of temporary release per year, appeal court told | The Irish Sun (thesun.ie)The late summer murders: Two men on a mission to kill Irish women – The Irish Times
Serial killer and State's longest serving prisoner John Shaw to be given temporary release - Extra.ie
State’s longest-serving prisoner in fresh bid to secure temporary release – The Irish Times
A lifetime behind bars - the killers who are our longest-serving prisoners - Independent.ie
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Cash App-49 min - Episode 31: The Irish Sinister Sisters
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During 2005 in Dublin, Ireland, the murder of Farah Swaleh Noor shocked and appalled the country due to the horrific details surrounding his murder. After a long day and night fueled by drugs and alcohol consumed by 40-year-old Noor, his 58-year-old girlfriend Kathleen Mulhall and her two daughter’s 30-year-old Linda and 21-year-old Charlotte Mulhall, would end their night back at Kathleen’s flat. According to Kathleen and her two daughters at some point in the late-night hours Noor made unwanted sexual advances toward Linda, leading the two sisters to slash Noor’s throat, stab, beat to death and then dismember Noor’s body. So, was this the violate act of two sisters killing a sexual predator or was this a horrific act committed by two sinister minds?
References:
Ireland’s most notorious murderers now - posh dandy who went on a murder spree, to the wife killer who faked his own death - Irish Mirror OnlineMother of Mulhall sisters to be sentenced – The Irish Times
Murder, mutilation and dismemberment: Ireland transfixed by 'Scissor Sisters' case | The Independent | The Independent
Scissor Sisters murder: A look back on one of the most gruesome and brutal cases in Ireland - Irish Mirror Online
Everything You Need To Know About Ireland's 'Scissor Sisters' (evoke.ie)
Mulhall sister admits she hit victim with hammer | BreakingNews.ie (archive.org)
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Cash App-37 min - Episode 30 Saint Patrick's Day Bonus: A Gun-Slinging and Thieving Leprechaun
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On St. Patrick's Day in 2010, First State Bank in the town of Gallatin, a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee was robbed by a gun toting leprechaun, with hopes of having the luck of the Irish on his side while stealing someone else’s pot of gold. The armed leprechaun scored an undisclosed amount of cash before leaving the bank where he then joined another suspect in a car outside, where the two fled. As police gave chase with the leprechaun and his getaway driver, and a wild gunfight broke out. The two college suspects would then ditch their car off the highway and flee on foot into a field. One suspect was killed by police fire, and the other took his life as cops closed in. Money would be recovered from the abandoned vehicle, which had a large leprechaun hat in its backseat. So was this the act of two sinister college students needing an adrenaline rush or were these two college students that had been lead on a deadly path by unknown influences?
References:
BHS graduates role in Gallatin bank robbery stuns friends | News | williamsonherald.com9 Unbelievable St. Patrick's Day Crimes And Mishaps - Oddee
'Leprechaun' robbed bank on St Patrick's Day before being shot in bizarre incident - Irish Mirror Online
Leprechaun robber link to Santa raid | Stuff.co.nz
Leprechaun robber gunned down - UPI.com
Leprechaun holdup suspect linked to Santa robbery (dailyherald.com)
BIZARRE: Leprechaun Robs Bank On St. Patrick's Day - NewsOne
Leprechaun holdup suspect linked to Santa robbery - Boston.com
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Cash App-27 min - Episode 29: A Fetish for Murder
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Elaine O'Hara went missing from her home in Blackrock, Ireland on August 22, 2012. Elaine having suffered from mental illness was initially reported missing by her family, who suspected she had taken her own life although her body could not be located. At first it was assumed she had disappeared while volunteering at the 2012 Tall Ships' Races. However, in 2013, more than a year after Elaine had gone missing a woman walking her dog on wooded land near Kilakee in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains would discover human bones. Dental records would identify the human remains as 36-year-old Elaine O’Hara. Elaine’s phone records and laptop would be collected as evidence by investigators, and it would emerge that Elaine had embarked in a sexual relationship of Master and Slave with a man named Graham Dwyer that involved bondage, violence, and knives. Graham had a sick sexual fetish of stabbing women while he was sexually aroused, which led investigators to believe that Graham had stabbed Elaine to death while engaging in sex to feed his sick and twisted fetish. In 2015, Graham Dwyer was convicted of the murder of Elaine O’Hara and given a life sentence even though he maintained his innocence. So, was this a death by suicide of a mentally unwell women or was this a murder by a sadistic sinister mind that had a fetish for stabbing and killing?
References:
Ireland’s most notorious murderers now - posh dandy who went on a murder spree, to the wife killer who faked his own death - Irish Mirror OnlineSecrets of a Psychopath: The Murder of Elaine O’Hara | Documentary Heaven
Graham Dwyer Writing Book Behind Bars As He Awaits Appeal Verdict (extra.ie)
Irish woman killed in “nearly perfect murder” dreamed of being a teacher (irishcentral.com)
The texts between Graham Dwyer and Elaine O'Hara on day of murder - Independent.ie
Irish sadomasochist given life sentence for murder of 'sex slave' | Ireland | The Guardian
CJEU Rules on Phone Data Use in Graham Dwyer Case | Mason Hayes Curran (mhc.ie)
Give me a crash course in... the Graham Dwyer data case – The Irish Times
Graham Dwyer: Cork murderer lived a darker double life (irishexaminer.com)
Murderer Graham Dwyer lost his cool in court — and his mask finally slipped - Independent.ie
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About Sinister Crimes and Cocktails: A True Crime Podcast
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Do you love everything true crime and cocktails? Then this is the show for you. Listen every week, as Sinister Crimes and Cocktails takes a deep dive into true crime stories from around world…
exploring sinister minds, their menacing crimes and the mistakes left behind all while enjoying a cocktail masterminded by us for each episode... Believe us you will need it!