The Green Widow and The Maitland Double Headless Murders... Realising she’d be better off financially as a widow than a divorcee, Mary Ellen Samuels orchestrated the murder of her husband, Hollywood camera operator Robert Samuels. Then to cover her tracks, she organised the murder of the man who she paid to have her husband killed, her daughter’s fiancé Jim Bernstein. In 1941, 14 year old Eric Francis Bowles murdered his magician master “Davo the Magnificent." When Sydney Shelley and his wife Elva were found decapitated in their home in 1960, their heads were nowhere to be found and Eric was the prime suspect.  Known as the "Headless Bodies" case, this horrific double murder would go on to spark a macabre fascination worldwide.
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108. The Green Widow and The Double Headless Murders

Nominated for 4 Australian Podcast Awards, including 2019 Best Independent True Crime. Barney Black and Tara Sariban discuss the dark details of lesser know true crime stories from Australia and around the world. As avid listeners of true crime podcasts they aim to add to the conversation by talking about murders that haven't been done to death on other shows. Their humour comes from some rather unusual places but never at the expense of the victims or their families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this special crossover episode of Bloody Murder and True Crime Island, we discuss Serial Killer Rattlesnake James.
Half assed conman and serial killer Robert S. James gained infamy when he tried to murder his fifth wife Mary by putting her leg into a box of rattlesnakes. When she failed to die in a timely enough fashion, he drowned her in the bathtub and tried to cash in her life insurance policy.
Insurance investigators discovered his third wife Winona had also died by drowning shortly after marrying him and taking out a large insurance policy. His nephew had met an untimely end in a suspicious fashion too and the less said about what he got up to with his 18 year old niece, the better.
Aussie As: Two Western Australian mates get swept out to sea while drifting on an inflatable mattress on the ocean and drinking an esky full of beer.
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186. Serial Killer Rattlesnake James, with Cambo from True Crime Island

In honour of International Women's Day - March 8th 2021.
Mayor of Bell Gardens California, Daniel Crespo Snr abused his wife Lyvette for 28 years. He also threatened those he worked with in the council and had a secretary fired for not sleeping with him. On September 30th, 2014, while beating Lyvette, he turned his violent rage toward their teenage son when he tried to intervene. Crespo punched his son in the face so hard he fell down the stairs. What happened next was an unusual ending to a horribly common situation.
TCNT: Doug Coster wrote to us about the Investigation Discovery Channel show Dead North.
Aussie As: A pair of drunk knuckleheads rob a Northern Territory store of two VB six packs.
If you feel you are affected by family violence. You are not alone. Here's some links. https://www.1800respect.org.au http://www.thehotline.org http://domesticabuseservices.ca http://www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk http://kvinnofridslinjen.se/en/
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185. Lyvette cried “No more!”

In 1984, Richard Farley met new co-worker Laura Black at the Sunnyvale, California office of their employer ESL. He was instantly attracted to Laura and asked her out on numerous occasions but she politely refused his advances. Unwilling to take no for an answer, Farley proceeded to stalk Laura relentlessly.
After four years of Farley's constant harassment, Laura saw no option but to take out a temporary restraining order against him. A court date was set for February 17th, 1988 to make the order permanent. On February 16th, Richard Farley went on a shooting spree at ESL, murdering seven people and wounding four others.
TCNT: KellyG wrote to us about the documentary, Manhunt: Deadly Games.
Aussie As: A mother of ten attacks a delivery driver in a McDonalds parking lot with help from some of her kids.
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183. Homicidal Tantrum - The ESL Mass Shooting

This is the conclusion of our two part special on Angel of Death - Dulcie Markham. If you haven't listened to part one, and you want any of this to make sense, we recommend you listen to it first. Murder adjacent Dulcie Markham was the darling of the Australian underworld, known as Pretty Dulcie and Dainty Dulcie, she also became known in the media as The Angel of Death and The Black Widow. As the years went by Dulcie lost more of her boyfriends and husbands to shootings and stabbings. Dulcie definitely had a type and it was only a matter of time before she, herself would be targeted. In the end ‘Australia’s most beautiful bad woman’ had to find an escape from this cycle of violence.
TCNT: Leah Heinrich tells us about the documentary "Seduced"
Aussie As: A man-bun wearing "rouge pooer" pursues a smear campaign against a Northern Territory Resident.
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182. Angel of Death - Dulcie Markham - Part Two

Dulcie Markham was known in the media as The Angel of Death, The Black Widow and Pretty Dulcie. She was a key figure of the Australian underworld across multiple cities, from the 1920’s right through to the 1950’s, 
According to one crime reporter, she 'saw more violence and death than any other woman in Australia's history'. Whereas Dulcie never murdered anyone and was not a murder victim, she was definately murder adjacent, losing no less than 5 lovers and 2 husbands to gang violence. This is part one of a two part special on Angel of Death Dulcie Markham. 
TCNT: Tara's extended interview with author Charlotte Bismuth about her book Bad Medicine: Catching New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher.
Aussie As: A pair of Northern Territory crab fisherman catch more than they bargained for when they happen upon a naked fugitive in the mangroves. 
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108. The Green Widow and The Double Headless Murders

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