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In August of 2014, American heiress Heather Mack, a native of Chicago, Illinois killed her mother, Shelia von Wiese and stuffed her body in a suitcase during a luxury family vacation in Bali with the help of her boyfriend at the time Tommy Schaefer. During his trial in Indonesia, Tommy admitted to killing Shelia, stating that he had bludgeoned her to death with a metal fruit bowl. So, why did Heather Mack kill her mother while one vacation with the help of her boyfriend?

References:

Office of Public Affairs | Woman Sentenced for Conspiracy to Murder Her Mother | United States Department of Justice

Exclusive | Female guard accused of abusing inmates including Heather Mack

Suitcase murder: Woman gets 26 years for helping kill her mother in Bali : NPR

Heather Mack’s cousin named guardian of daughter Stella as Mack awaits 2nd murder trial - Chicago Sun-Times

Female prison guard accused of sexually abusing inmates — including notorious ‘Suitcase Killer’ Heather Mack

Everything to Know About 'Suitcase Killer' Heather Mack

Heather Mack, convicted of killing mom and stuffing body in suitcase, sentenced in Chicago – NBC Chicago

'Suitcase Killer' Heather Mack Sentenced to 26 Years for Mother's Murder

Convicted killer Heather Mack reportedly sexually abused in prison - Chronicle Media

Heather Mack sentenced to 26 years in mother's grisly murder in Indonesia - CBS Chicago

'Suitcase killer' Heather Mack sentenced to 26 years

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In July of 2009, California school teacher Robert John McGill admitted to killing his wife Shirley McGill inside their cruise ship cabin during a five-day cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Medical examiners concluded that Shirley died of strangulation and blunt force injury to the head and torso. So, why do Robert McGill kill his wife on their vacation cruise?

References:

FBI: Cruise Murder Suspect Killed Wife 'With His Bare Hands' | Fox News

Husband Held in Wife's Cruise Ship Murder - CBS News

Man Sentenced to Life for Killing Wife Onboard Cruise Ship

Man Killed Wife on Retirement Cruise – NBC 7 San Diego

Cruise ship killer gets life sentence – San Diego Union-Tribune

Life in prison for man who killed wife on cruise ship | cbs8.com

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To kick off summer, today for our podcast episode we have a special guest with us that we are so excited to interview, author of Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover’s Travel Guide of New England, Dawn Barclay.

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Jameson Irish Whiskey is by far one of the most popular and well-known whiskeys, but did you know that there is a sinister history lurking behind the worldwide distributed liqueur? In the 1880’s James Jameson, the grandson of the founder of Jameson Irish Whiskey and heir to the vast fortune, bought a 10-year-old girl while on an expedition in the Congo just so he could sketch her being eaten by cannibals. James would later state that he had went along with it because he believed it be a joke and could not imagine that the villagers would kill and eat a child. So, did James Jameson pay to have a child cannibalized for him to sketch or was it a sinister joke that had gone too far?

References:

James S Jameson-Heir to the Whiskey empire and full time Psycho. – History of Sorts

James S. Jameson - Jameson's Dark History - Fish Out of Malbec

In 1888, James Jameson Bought A Girl To Be Cannibalized

James Jameson: Whiskey and Cannibalism | The Scare Chamber

We Wish This 130-Year-Old Scandal About a Jameson Whiskey Heir Had Stayed Hidden | The Vintage News

James Jameson Once Bought A Girl To Watch Her Be Eaten By Cannibals

Did a Jameson Whiskey Heir Buy a Slave Girl to Watch Her Get Cannibalized? | Snopes.com

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American serial killer Nannie Doss, a.k.a. the Giggling Granny, is thought to have taken the lives of eleven people between 1927 and 1954. It wasn’t until her fifth husband and the fourth to have passed away that Nannie finally confessed to her sinister misdeeds which entailed killing three other husbands. So, did Nannie Doss have a reason to commit murder or was there something more sinister at play?

References:

The Story Of Nannie Doss, The 'Giggling Granny' Serial Killer

Nannie Doss | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Nannie Doss Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Crimes of Serial Killer

Who Was Nannie Doss, the ‘Giggling Granny’ Who Confessed to Killing 11 Relatives?

How serial killer Nannie Doss was finally caught

Who Was Nannie Doss, the Giggling Granny Serial Killer? - HubPages

Nancy "Nannie Doss" Hazle - Encyclopedia of Alabama

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In the summer of 1971, twenty-four-year-old Rita Curran, a teacher in Burlington, Vermont, was discovered dead in her apartment by her roommates. Her murder would be one of Vermont’s most high-profile cold cases that remained unsolved for fifty years and only recently solved using new advances in DNA technology and genetic genealogy. So, who killed Rita Curran and why?

References:

William DeRoos killed Rita Curran in Vermont in 1971: Police

After more than 50 years, Burlington police say they've solved the murder of Rita Curran | Vermont Public

Police Solve Rita Curran's 1971 Cold Case Murder Using Discarded Cigarette Butt | HuffPost Latest News

The 1971 Murder of Rita Curran: Solved After 50 Years Through DNA Technology | by Chelsea Queen | Medium

Rita Curran murder solved: What DNA on a cigarette butt showed after nearly 52 years

Rita Curran's Burlington VT unsolved murder: Killer William DeRoos

She Was Strangled in Her Bedroom with No Witnesses. Her Killer Was Just Steps Away

She Was Strangled in Her Bedroom with No Witnesses. Her Killer Was Just Steps Away

Rita Curran | Vermont State Police

Vermont teacher Rita Curran was murdered 52 years ago. A discarded cigarette butt just helped close the case. - CBS News

Murder of Vermont woman solved after more than 50 years using DNA found on a cigarette and the victim’s clothing | CNN

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Russian Soviet serial killer Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, also known as Metal Fang or Kolya the Maneater, took the lives of nine women, but possibly more, between 1979 and 1980. His killings terrorized the small villages in the Kazakh, Soviet Union region, now known as Uzynagash, Kazakhstan. Nickolai would lure female prostitutes that were working in local parks in dark secluded areas raping them and then hack them to death with an ax or a knife that he always kept on him. Not only did he rape and carve up the bodies of his female victims, but he also consumed parts of their flesh. The parts that Nikolai did not consume were cooked and served to his friends at some of his dinner parties. So, how did Nikolai Dzhumagaliev become such a sinister killer?

References:

This Metal-Fanged Cannibal Escaped Twice – Now He's On The Run

Why one Russian cannibal killer was confused with another one

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev | Criminal Minds Wiki | Fandom

12 Disturbing Facts About Soviet Serial Killer Nikolai Dzhumagaliev

35 Facts About Nikolai Dzhumagaliev - Facts.net

Killer: Nikolai Dzhumagaliev - Metal Fang, Kolya the Maneater profiled on Killer.Cloud

Serial killer Nikolai DZHUMAGALIEV | The Metal Fang

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev - Serial Killer and Cannibal Known as Metal Fang

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During the 1920’s in California, Gordon Stewart Northcott a Canadian child rapist, child abductor and suspected serial killer, murdered four young boys though he is suspected of killing up to twenty. His killings known as the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders or the Wineville Chicken Murders, were a series of abductions and murders of young boys in Los Angles and Riverside County, California between the years of 1926 and1928. So, how did Gordon Stewart Northcott become such a sinister mind?

References:

A Chicken Coop Became a House of Horrors — and a Terrified Boy Was Forced to Do the Unthinkable

Gordon Northcott | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders - Crime Museum

The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Were So Shocking, The Town Changed Its Name

During the 1920s, Boys Became the Prey of a Brutal Killer - Los Angeles Times

The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders: The Northcott Family Case Facts

Gordon Northcott: Astonishing Story of the Chicken Coop Killer

The road out of hell : Sanford Clark and the true story of the Wineville murders : Flacco, Anthony,Clark, Jerry, 1946- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Gordon Stewart Northcott's handwritten confession, Riverside, 1928 - UCLA Library Digital Collections

Gordon Stewart Northcott Turned a Chicken Coop into a House of Horrors

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In 2008, Shelia LaBarre was convicted of murdering two of her boyfriends after their remains were found on her 115-acre farm located in Epping, New Hampshire. She would admit to the murders claiming God had made her an “avenging angel” sent to Earth to punish pedophiles. However, there was no basis whatsoever to suggest that either of her victims were pedophiles, engaged in pedophilia or were child abusers. Shelia was ultimately found sane to stand trial even though her lawyer pleaded the insanity defense. So, was Shelia LaBarre a mentally unstable woman or just one with a sinister mind?

References:

Kenneth Countie and Michael Deloge Murders: Where is Sheila LaBarre Now?

Sheila LaBarre Case: Who Did She Kill? | Crime News

Microsoft Word - LaBarre, Sheila.doc

Murderer Sheila LaBarre Claimed God Made Her an 'Avenging Angel' - A&E True Crime

First Blood: Where is Sheila LaBarre now?

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In July of 2008, 40-year-old Vincent Li boarded a Canadian Greyhound bus in Erickson, Manitoba, Canada. Almost an hour and half after boarding the bus, Vince unprovoked, attacked 22-year-old Tim Mclean while he was asleep. Not only did Vincent stab Tim nearly 60 times, but also beheaded, dismembered and cannibalized him as helpless fellow passengers watched in horror. So, is Vincent Li a mentally unstable man or just one with a sinister mind?

References:

Vince Li Beheaded And Ate Tim McLean — And He's A Totally Free Man

Vince Li, man who beheaded passenger on Greyhound bus, given absolute discharge | CBC News

Vince Li is not evil; he's sick. But the justice system is treating him like he's cured: Robyn Urback | CBC News

Tim McLean’s Grisly Murder In The Greyhound Bus Beheading

Inside the Little-Known Mental Health Program that Treated Vince Li

Vince Li, Who Beheaded and Ate Another Man on Bus, Set Free

The Dark Truth Of The Greyhound Bus Murder Case

Vince Li | Criminal Minds Wiki | Fandom

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