This week we're looking into Ronald Gene Simmons and his 6 day killing spree, murdering 16 people. 

 

TW: Incest, sexual abuse. 

 

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYjk37tKaek

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s1/simmons-ronald-gene.htm

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10601114/ronald-gene-simmons

http://www.murderminute.com/story/ronald-gene-simmons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Gene_Simmons

Join us for part 2 of the Zodiac Killer, as we go through the suspects this week!

 

Sources: 

https://zodiackillerfacts.com/zodiac-theories/the-accused-the-accusers/george-hodel-most-evil/

https://www.thefocus.news/culture/lawrence-kane-zodiac-suspect/

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Another-possible-Zodiac-suspect-put-forth-3225232.php

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Kaczynski-Zodiac-Killer-the-Same-Guy-2982349.php

https://www.businessinsider.com/louie-myers-was-allegedly-zodiac-killer-2014-2?r=US&IR=T

https://zodiackiller.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Leigh_Allen

Podcast: Crime Countdown

This week we're looking into the case of the Zodiac Killer - his infamous name and ciphers, some of the police investigation, and possible crimes that may have been the work of the Zodiac but have never been confirmed. 

 

Sources:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/zodiac-killer-expert-debunks-identity-theory-1238068/

https://www.history.com/news/the-zodiac-killer-a-timeline

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Zodiac-340-cypher-cracked-by-code-expert-51-years-15794943.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer

Podcast: Serial Killers - The Zodiac Killer Pt.1 & Pt.2

Join us for the unsolved case of the murder of Elizabeth Short AKA the Black Dahlia. Although there were 150 suspects, nobody was ever convicted - though we think we know whodunnit. 

 

Sources:

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahlia 

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/black-dahlia 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/26/black-dahlia-murder-steve-hodel-elizabeth-short 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/572113/the-black-dahlia-murder-facts 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia_suspects 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia

Join us on this wild ride that contains everything you wouldn't expect. Largely fuelled by an obsession with a TV show character and the Columbine Shooting, Randy Stair, and introverted young adult, causes fatal injuries at his workplace, and kills himself, in an attempt to cross over to the fictional world in the Danny Phantom cartoons. 

 

Inspiration taken from Eleanor Neale's Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4yJp2SxsAA

This week we're looking into 4 urban legends, some may be more known to you than others, but they're all creepy!

 

We're looking into The Vanishing Hitchhiker, Madam Koi Koi, the Tokoloshe, and the Russian Sleep Experiment.  

 

We'd also love to look at more Urban Legends in the future, so let us know if you've enjoyed this! Find us on instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at storiestoscreamtopodcast or stories2scream2.

 

Sources:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-vanishing-hitchhiker/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_hitchhiker

https://horrorfuel.com/blog/2017/09/14/world-urban-legends-pinky-pinky/

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/art-artists/your-childhood-myth-tormentor-pinky-pinky-comes-to-life-in-this-conceptual-imagery-series-photos/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_Koi_Koi

https://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2019/2/16/the-tokoloshe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikoloshe

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Russian_Sleep_Experiment

Episode 2 takes us inside H H Holmes' Murder Castle, along with looking into all his other corrupt schemes. 

 

Holmes and his 'Murder Castle' is said to have been the source of inspiration for American Horror Story's 'Hotel', as well as various works of literature. 

 

Tag along for a gruesome, and altogether corrupt ride. 

 

Sources:

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/ 

https://www.history.com/news/murder-castle-h-h-holmes-chicago 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72642/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-americas-first-serial-killer-hh-holmes 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/hh-holmes-hotel 

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/american-ripper-in-london/articles/h-h-holmes-murder-castle-revealed 

https://www.phillyvoice.com/a-death-defying-dig-at-the-grave-of-a-serial-killer-/

Join us, Hannah and Hazel, in our first investigation, looking into the crimes committed by the Beast of Manchester. 

 

Trevor Joseph Hardy's crimes were overshadowed by the Yorkshire Ripper, but his crimes were just as bloody and horrific. 

 

Sources:

https://thetruecrimepagepodcast.blogspot.com/2019/12/ 

https://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/manchesters-vilest-trevor-joseph-hardy/ 

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dvaYAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT214&lpg=PT214&dq=sheilagh+farrow&source=bl&ots=vHDxB5ZkV1&sig=ACfU3U3sR6a7uI7_MMS5zKN8Ec-DyaW_Qw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwispbf_mtfzAhWEnVwKHYckB1gQ6AF6BAgaEAM#v=onepage&q=sheilagh%20farrow&f=false 

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hardy-trevor-joseph.htm