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You might think you know everything about Ed Kemper, but we promise you... you don't (like his best friend being a cop!). Tune in to hear the shocking life and crimes of Edmund Kemper aka the “The Co-Ed Killer,” who targeted young female college students in the Santa Cruz area. Then we tell the story of the  Cheshire Family Murders, a home invasion gone deadly that occurred on July 23, 2007, when Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes invaded the residence of the Petit family in Cheshire, Connecticut.

Sources:
https://rare.us/entertainment-and-culture/edmund-kemper-audiobooks/
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/edmund-kemper
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Edmund_Kemper
https://listverse.com/2019/11/18/edmund-kemper-facts/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/cheshire-connecticut-home-invasion-murders-10-years-later/483863001/
https://www.ranker.com/list/cheshire-murders-facts/cat-mcauliffe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut,_home_invasion_murders

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Lauren Giddings was a 27-year old Law School Grad student in Macon, Georgia. She felt someone was stalking her, even noticing things in her home being moved around... Without much proof, she went on with life. Then in June 2011, her dismembered torso was discovered in a trash cart outside her apartment. Then we dive into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. The local police find a suspect very quickly, yet the evidence doesn't line up. So we have to ask ourselves, who committed this crime? And why are the police looking in the wrong direction?

Sources:
https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/04/11/law-student-murdered-dismembered-by-stalking-classmate-neighbor/
Dateline Episode “The Watcher”
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7jm8gh/the_case_of_sophie_toscan_du_plantier/
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/the-story-of-the-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder-investigation-a-chronology-1.2158891
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/three-new-suspects-murder-sophie-23950293
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-complex-and-secret-private-life-of-fragile-sophie-26805384.html
https://gemmaodoherty.com/investigation/sophie-toscan-du-plantier/did-gardai-target-bailey-to-shield-sophies-killer/ 

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Joan Risch was a 31 year old mother and wife that disappeared under mysterious circumstances on October 24 1961. We might never know what happened, but to this day people are still astonished to how eerily similar this case is to the popular book and movie, Gone Girl.  Then we dive into the death of Yancy Noll, a popular wine steward who was shot and killed as he sat in his car at a stoplight in Seattle, Washington. Was this road rage? Or MURDER?

Sources
https://morbidology.com/gone-girl-joan-risch/
https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/into-thin-air-what-is-the-likeliest-explanation-for-the-disappearance-of-joan-risch-1bdd4953b4e
https://historichorrors.com/2019/04/04/the-mysterious-unsolved-disappearance-of-joan-risch/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/5yitmk/the_very_strange_disappearance_of_joan_risch/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-student-of-murder/
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/defendant-in-yancy-noll-death-called-lsquoa-student-of-murderrsquo/

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Coincidentally, Liz and Emily both chose POISON stories! 28-year-old Brigida Uto was near death in an emergency room, with only a few hours left to live. With the medical staff baffled, the FBI and local law enforcement were brought in to solve her medical mystery. Then we cover the story of Lana Sue Clayton, who used her charm and some households items to slowly poison her own husband. But was it for his money? Or was she an abused wife looking for a way out?

Sources:
Dateline “The Prussian Blue Mystery” episode
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/family-of-local-woman-poisoned-by-navy-husband-speaks-to-nbcs-dateline/2496278/
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/crime/article247675985.html
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/crime/article239308933.html
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/lake-wylie-woman-accused-killing-husband-with-eye-drops-appear-court/IBBQWHZ63BARZDAD5Z7GWK5ZIY/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/17/eye-drops-manslaughter-husband-wife/
https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/lana-clayton-sue/
https://thefilmypant.com/article/where-is-she-today-is-lana-clayton-dead-or-alive/ 

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The Covina massacre occurred on Christmas Eve in Covina, a city in the suburbs of LA. Bruce Pardo, dressed as Santa Clause then killed nine people, including his ex-wife. Then we cover  the disappearance of Kristin Smart. She is presumed to have been abducted, raped and killed at the end of her freshman year of college in 1996. The case went cold, but with new info released just this week... it might be time to shut this cold case for good.

Sources:
https://www.sinisterisles.com/post/bruce-pardo-santa-massacre
https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2018/12/04/bruce-pardo/
https://medium.com/california-dreaming/bruce-pardo-the-santa-claus-shooter-a3225f4baac2
https://www.foxnews.com/us/kristin-smart-case-paul-and-ruben-flores-plead-not-guilty-in-students-1996-disappearance
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/us/kristin-smart-case-timeline.html
48 Hours Season Season 33 Episode 16 – Nov 28th, 2020

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Niqui McCown disappeared just weeks before her wedding, leaving behind a daughter and a fiance, Robert "Bobby" Webster.  Days after McCown's disappearance, he canceled the wedding and tried to return his wedding band - leading him to be the main suspect. But after years dead ends, the case hits a major break. Then we cover the love triangle of  "Talhotblond," "MarineSniper" and "Beefcake." What starts out as innocent flirting turns into cat fishing and murder.

Sources:
“Disappeared” Season 2, Episode 3 “Vanishing Bride”
 https://truecrimedaily.com/2018/02/19/love-and-obsession-what-happened-to-niqui-mccown/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/online-love-triangle-deception-end-murder/story?id=14371076
https://news.wbfo.org/post/admitted-killer-cannot-withdraw-guilty-plea-sentenced-20-years
https://www.foxnews.com/story/man-gets-20-years-for-bizarre-internet-love-triangle-murder 

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36-year-old Joshua Lee Webb was living at his parents house, until his mental health deteriorated and he fell into a state of psychosis. He then decapitated his mother, bringing her severed head into a grocery store. We then cover the story of Greg Fleniken. He was found dead alone in his hotel room, seemingly from a heart attack. It wasn't until the coroner's report that his family had questions. If Greg died of natural causes, why did the autopsy suspect he was crushed by a heavy object?

Sources:
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/05/true-crime-elegante-hotel-texas-murder
https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2020/10/20/greg-fleniken/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/caused-mans-mysterious-death-texas-hotel-
room/story?id=20656854
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2018/06/26/oregon-man-sent-psychiatric-hospital-beheading-mother/737074002/
https://metro.co.uk/2018/02/27/man-admits-killing-mother-taking-severed-head-grocery-store-7346049/
https://kval.com/news/local/court-documents-reveal-dramatic-mood-change-in-accused-estacada-murderer-joshua-webb
https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2018/06/man_who_decapitated_mother_sta.html
https://pamplinmedia.com/mop/157-news/399442-294743-joshua-webb-waives-jury-trial-sentenced-to-asylum
https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2018/06/dad_of_oregon_man_who_beheaded.html 

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Richard Rogers (The Last Call Killer) is an American serial killer and nurse who targeted gay men in NYC, dismembering his victims and discarding their body parts around New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Then we dive into the murder of  Emma Walker. She was safe asleep in her bed - until two bullets were shot from outside her house, killing her instantly. Who would want this young girl dead? And was this a tragic accident or a cold blooded murder?

Sources:
Dateline Episode: Noises in the Night
https://www.wbir.com/article/life/wednesday-marks-emma-walker-day-honoring-teen-killed-by-ex-boyfriend-in-2016/51-fb5460b8-17d7-4e7d-bcec-d0ef256d9a40
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/books/review/last-call-elon-green.html?referringSource=articleShare
http://thecentralvoice.com/stories/how-mild-mannered-richard-rogers-became-a-serial-killer-of-gay-men,2112
https://www.silive.com/news/g66l-2019/02/c00e71ca6c8598/last-call-killer-revisited-richard-rogers-of-staten-island-trolled-victims-at-gay-bars-in-manhattan.html
https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2018/1/14/richard-w-rogers-an-evil-human-being
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/last-call-killer 

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PART 2 of our two part episode on David Russell Williams. He was a “shining star” in the Canadian Military, a model officer with 23 years of service...unfortunately Williams had a vile secret which would end up ruining the lives of everyone he met. Then we cover the murder of Sherri Rasmussen, who was shot three times in her own home. The case was initially labeled as a botched burglary – it went cold for years before a group of LAPD detectives took interest in it and solved the case in a matter of months.

Sources:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/tyler-hadleys-killer-party-54270/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/best-friend-ruined-life-killed-parents/story?id=23189582
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/russell-williams-case
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261358214_A_case_study_of_D_Russell_Williams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal)
The Canadian Podcast
https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/sherri-rasmussen-killer/
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/lapd-lazurus-murder-mystery-killer
https://filmdaily.co/news/stephanie-lazarus/

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With 17-year old Tyler Hadley's parents "out of town" he was all too excited to throw a house party in the summer of 2011. But as people drank into the late hours of the night, Tyler's behavior was alarming and his actions even more shocking. Then we go into PART 1 of our two part episode on David Russell Williams. He was a “shining star” in the Canadian Military, a model officer with 23 years of service...unfortunately Williams had a vile secret which would end up ruining the lives of everyone he met.

Sources:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/tyler-hadleys-killer-party-54270/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/best-friend-ruined-life-killed-parents/story?id=23189582
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/russell-williams-case
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261358214_A_case_study_of_D_Russell_Williams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal) 
The Canadian Podcast

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