Sinister

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the world’s most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we're talking about the wild case of Sherri Papini, who disappeared without a trace in 2016, only to be returned by her kidnappers 22 days later.

In this episode we follow the shocking investigation that pursued.

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Rosie O'Donoghue 

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Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠ 

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Artist: ⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the world’s most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we're talking about the tragic, mysterious death of indie rockstar Elliott Smith.

In October 2003, Elliott was found with a knife in his chest by his girlfriend, Jennifer Chiba, in their Los Angeles apartment.

With a history of supposed suicidal ideations and a tracklist of music with depressing tones, the idea of this being a suicide seemed likely enough for police to avoid all investigation.

The coroner classed it as potentially suspicious and deemed the mode of death as undetermined. no drugs or alcohol were found in Elliotts system and he had an arrange of events coming up to live for.

Was this just an act Elliott had wanted to do or did someone else decide to kill Elliott and blame a suicide on the rockstar who had lyrics indicating some form of desire to die?

The case remains undetermined to this day, but let us discuss our theories anyway.

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Rosie O'Donoghue 

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Music:

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠ 

Source: ⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406⁠⁠ 

Artist: ⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the world’s most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we're talking about the torturous murder of Anita Cobby after a group of five abducted her.

*Trigger warning now for mention of SA, CSA and animal abuse. The use of the R*** word is used throughout*

Anita was walking home from Blacktown train station on the 2nd of February 1986 when a gang of five men (John Travers, Michael Murdoch, Michael Murphy, Gary Murphy and Leslie Les Murphy) abducted and assaulted her.

After the torturous abuse she endured by the gang they murdered her with a knife and attempted to conceal the evidence.

Part two follows the police investigation and proceeding court case.

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Rosie O'Donoghue 

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Sinister socials:

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Music:

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠ 

Source: ⁠⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406⁠⁠⁠ 

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the world’s most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we're talking about the torturous murder of Anita Cobby after a group of five abducted her.

*Trigger warning now for mention of SA, CSA and animal abuse. The use of the R*** word is used throughout*

Anita was walking home from Blacktown train station on the 2nd of February 1986 when a gang of five men (John Travers, Michael Murdoch, Michael Murphy, Gary Murphy and Leslie Les Murphy) abducted and assaulted her.

After the torturous abuse she endured by the gang they murdered her with a knife and attempted to conceal the evidence.

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Rosie O'Donoghue 

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Sinister socials:

tiktok: sinister.podcast8

Instagram: @sinister.podcast

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Music:

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠ 

Source: ⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406⁠⁠ 

Artist: ⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the world's most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we will be discussing the case of Marlene Warren. On the 26th of May 1990, Marlene was having breakfast with her son, Joe, and a few of his friends when a clown arrived at the door with gifts.

Shortly after, the nice surprise turned sinister when the clown fatally shot Marlene. This pushed a long term investigation to and the question, "Who was the killer clown?" Was it a disgruntled employee? The husband? A neighbour in her picture perfect neighbourhood? Who was dressed up as a killer clown on that frightful morning?

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Roșie O'Donoghue 

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Sinister socials:

tiktok: sinister.podcast8

Instagram: @sinister.podcast

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Music:

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠ 

Source: ⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406⁠⁠ 

Artist: ⁠⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the worlds most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we're talking about the gruesome, torturous murder of Jayna Murray in a case known as The Lululemon Murder.

*Trigger warning now for mention of SA and use of the R*** word when talking about the described SA, no details of any event though*

Jayne Murray and Brittany Norwood were two women with their entire lives ahead of them and promising careers around the corner. The pair were working a late close one night at the Lululemon store when apparently two masked assailants got into the store after close to brutalise the two women.

They were found the following morning but unfortunately only one of the women made it. Jayne Murray was killed in the gruesome attack after facing more than 300 individual injuries.

We will follow the investigation that took place after the attack and work out why this story never seemed to make sense to the detectives working the case.

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Roșie O'Donoghue 

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Sinister socials:

tiktok: sinister.podcast8

Instagram: @sinister.podcast

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Music:

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ 

Source: ⁠http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406⁠ 

Artist: ⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the worlds most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we're discussing the sickening 1998 Wollongong Murders.

*Trigger warning now for mention of CSA and pedophile networks, no detail of the abuse though*

This case takes place in Wollongong, Australia, hence the name, and discusses the crime spree that took place between 1998 - 2000, ongoing after the initial murderer was locked up after confessing.

This case involves a previous mayor of Wollongong, Frank Arkell, with connections to pedophile networks, satanic cults and some odd twists and turns.

Spoiler: This involves the crimes of Mark Valera, Belinda Van Krevel and Keith Schreiber.

What happened to Mark throughout his childhood to make him like this? And who are the family blaming for his vicious crimes?

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Roșie O'Donoghue 

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tiktok: sinister.podcast

Instagram: @sinister.podcast

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Music::

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ 

Source: ⁠http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406⁠ 

Artist: ⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the worlds most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we're discussing the horrific murder of Kitty Genovese.

It was the early hours of the morning on the 16th of March, 1964 and Kitty Genovese was just trying to get home to her girlfriend for their anniversary after spending the night bartending.

What she didn't realise was that a Winston Mosley was also out that night, desperate to cause pain. He had already sexually assaulted and murdered before, he wanted to do it again while his family were sleeping at home.

When he noticed the small Kitty, he knew he had an easy victim and followed her to her apartment building where numerous witnesses heard as she was sexually assaulted and brutally stabbed to death.

Following her death, news articles in the New York Times would report of 38 witnesses who supposedly witnessed this attack and chose not to get involved. But what really happened that night? Were there really 38 eye witnesses to this tragic event? Was there really no one willing to contact police this night? Let's discuss the murder of Kitty Genovese and the role 38 witnesses had in her death. Or the role the media played in sensationalising her tragic death, attempting to blame numerous bystanders for something they likely didn't do.

Now known for the beginning of a phenomenon known as the bystander effect, Kitty will also be known for enhancing the emergency services call system in New York. But did she really have to be murdered to implement a good emergency services phone line system?

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Roșie O'Donoghue 

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tiktok: sinister.podcast8

Instagram: @sinister.podcast

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Music:

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ 

Source: ⁠http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406⁠ 

Artist: ⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the worlds most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we'll be discussing the tragic story of Scott Amedure and how homophobia played a massive role in his horrific murder. Also known as The Jenny Jones Show Murder, Scott wanted to wow his crush by taking him on said show for a segment titled 'Revealing Same Sex Secret Crush'. On the show Scott confessed his feelings for Jon Schmitz, who supposedly harboured negative feelings about this event until he erupted a few days later, murdering a man for his crush. Jon claimed embarrassment over the event which led to the tragic murder, but Scott never could have anticipated such a reaction.

The following case was filled with blatant homophobia, claiming that a man can be so terrified of another mans sexual advances they're left with no other option than murder.

But listen in while I tell you the story of Scott Amedure and his severely undeserving death at the hands of Jonathan Schmitz.

I hope you enjoy this episode. 

x Roșie O'Donoghue 

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Sinister socials:

tiktok: sinister.podcast8

Instagram: @sinister.podcast

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Music:

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ 

Source: ⁠http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406⁠ 

Artist: ⁠http://incompetech.com/⁠ 

Hello and welcome to Sinister the true crime podcast where we discuss the nitty gritty details of the worlds most notorious crimes and general mysteries. 

In today's episode we're diving into the horrific murder of Julia Martha Thomas at the hands of a woman she trusted into her home to employ as a live in domestic worker or maid. Kate Webster was a career criminal who travelled from Ireland to England to get away from her past crime, only to start back up again and only get worse.

This case was originally known as the Barnes Mystery or The Richmond Murder and one of the most notorious for the time, 1879. The case garnered so much attention that princes from other countries and other well known people came to watch the trial.

This case discusses the brutal way in which Kate attempted to dispose of Julia's body to avoid being caught, including having a skull found in the backyard of non other than David Attenborough's home many many years later. Kate also dressed as her employer, exploring the world of identity theft.

This is such a strange case but it's a story that needs to be told.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

x Roșie O'Donoghue 

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Sinister socials:

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Instagram: @sinister.podcast

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Music:

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100406 

Artist: http://incompetech.com/