The Kill File

This week we delve into a professional athlete turned serial killer when we discuss the I-5 bandit.

Trigger Warnings: Sexual assault, sexual assault of a minor,rape, brutality, murder and murder of a minor

Sources:

2020 May 30. Killer Athlete (S2E8). Mark of a SerialKiller. Oxygen Network. Peacock.

Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers (Vol. 1) LAK Publishing.

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/serial_killer_randy_woodfields.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/americas-deadliest-serial-killers/9/

https://web.archive.org/web/20160927223010/http://www.charlespresspub.com/woodfield.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20181118141225/https://www.si.com/longform/true-crime/i-5-killer-green-bay-packers-randall-woodfield/index.html

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Randall_Woodfield#CITEREFLamovskyRosettiDeMarco2007

https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/woodfield-randall.htm

https://vocal.media/criminal/drafted-and-deadly

https://www.oxygen.com/mark-of-a-killer/crime-news/i-5-killer-randall-woodfield-green-bay-packer-serial-killer

https://medium.com/crimebeat/one-of-the-deadliest-serial-killers-in-u-s-history-was-an-nfl-draft-c554de47a6c5

https://lifesabloodymess.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-5.html#:~:text=On%20a%20chilly%20Sunday%20evening,5%2C%20to%20clean%20the%20office.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14876430.R_C_Johansen/blog

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/serial_killer_randy_woodfields.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/portland_detectives_definitely.html

https://cdn.bookey.app/files/pdf/book/en/the-i-5-killer.pdf

https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/03/23/two-killers-leave-a-trail-of-bodies-along-interstate-5-in-california-in-the-1980s/

https://web.archive.org/web/20170126111715/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/341440-215721-i-5-killer-played-for-psu-before-taking-dark-turn

This week we cover a lesser told story of the Cape Cod serial killer, a Mr. Tony Costa.

Trigger Warnings Murder, Necrophilia, Dismemberment,Mutilation, Brutality

Sources:

Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers (Vol. 1) LAK Publishing.

Sherman, C. (2022) Hell Town the Untold Story of a SerialKiller on Cape Cod. Sourcebooks. https://read.amazon.com/?asin=B0B353XP4K&ref_=dbs_t_r_khbodl

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/entertainment/2022/05/31/tony-costa-cape-cod-serial-murders-casey-sherman-helltown-kurt-vonnegut-norman-mailer-provincetown/9942373002/

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/casey-shermans-new-crime-thriller-revisits-cape-cod-serial-killer/

https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/american-revolution

Crime up Close. Horrific Acts of Dismemberment. Born toKill? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RndkP65jOi4

https://www.aetv.com/articles/tony-costa-cape-cod-killer

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/costa-antone-charles.htm

https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Costa,%20Antone%20-%20spring,%202006.pdf

https://nypost.com/article/serial-killer-tony-costa-was-my-babysitter/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/tony-costa

https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/1swkfz6/tony_costa_the_cape_cod_vampire/

https://darkdowneast.com/patriciamaryanne/

https://provincetownindependent.org/tag/tony-costa/

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/360/360mass177.html

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/casey-shermans-new-crime-thriller-revisits-cape-cod-serial-killer/

https://www.grunge.com/1004154/this-may-have-been-the-cape-cod-vampires-motive-to-kill/

https://darkdowneast.com/thebabysitter/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Ev2WeY6BM

https://www.aetv.com/articles/tony-costa-cape-cod-killer

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158718249/sydney_lee-monzon

https://alchetron.com/Tony-Costa

This week we delve into the case of the rugby team who's plane crashed into the Andes Mountains and the unspeakable things they had to do to survive in the elements.

Trigger Warnings: Cannibalism

Sources:

https://eh.net/encyclopedia/an-overview-of-the-economic-history-of-uruguay-since-the-1870s/#:~:text=Inequality%20diminished%20in%20many%20respects,dictatorship%20(1973%2D85).

 Modern Mummies:The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century, ChristineQuigley https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMSSCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA225&pg=PA225#v=onepage&q&f=false

Alive The story of the Andes Survivors, Piers PaulRead, Unthinkable but True A World Bestseller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planch%C3%B3n-Peteroa#:~:text=Learn%20more,Volc%C3%A1n%20Peteroa%20and%20Volc%C3%A1n%20Azufre.

https://theconversation.com/the-science-of-starvation-this-is-what-happens-to-your-body-when-its-deprived-of-food-262355

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/gangrene#:~:text=Gangrene%20is%20a%20dangerous%20and%20potentially%20deadly,gangrene**%20*%20**Gas%20gangrene**%20*%20**Fournier's%20gangrene**

This week we delve into a case of a wonderful human being stolen from this world too early in a tragedy that never should have happened....

Trigger Warnings: Domestic abuse, violence, stalking andmurder

Soucres:

Devoe, Matthew. 2025, Feb 15. Justice for Amie Harwick. J.Tygard. 48 hours. Originally aired 2024, Feb 10th.  https://www.cbsnews.com/video/justice-for-amie-harwick-1/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h

2024, Jan 22. Celebrity Sexpert (S1Ep1). Death by Fame.A. Mark, P. Lott. Ample Entertainment.

2024. First Responder Describe Amie Harwick’s Injuries. CourtTV.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMbYNrKHiaM

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amie-harwick-murder-brings-renewed-demands-for-stronger-stalking-domestic-violence-laws/

https://www.aetv.com/articles/hollywood-sex-family-therapist-amie-harwick-murdered-jilted-ex

https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/48-hours/releases/?view=109216-the-roommate-of-hollywood-family-therapist-amie-harwick-shares-details-for-the-first-time-about-how-he-tried-to-save-her-the-night-she-was-murdered

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amie-harwick-drew-carey-gareth-pursehouse-violent-death-evidence/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/07/amie-harwick-murder-convicted

https://themurderdiariespodcast.com/episodes/murdered-amie-harwick

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/us/gareth-pursehouse-guilty-amie-harwick-killing

https://abc7ny.com/post/well-known-sex-therapist-murdered-ex-boyfriend-arrested/5938962/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amie-harwick-suspicious-death-timeline/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhNSWGKi90I

https://www.huffandlakjer.com/obituaries/amie-harwick

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/amie-harwick-gareth-pursehouse-hollywood-sex-therapist-death-957882/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amie-harwick-drew-carey-gareth-pursehouse-violent-death-evidence/

https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/02/17/who-is-gareth-pursehouse/

https://www.latimes.com/california/stor

This week we cover one of Scotland's most brutal serial killers that is still talked about to this day....

Trigger Warnings- Murder, brutality

Sources:

Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers. LAK Publishing.

Banijay Crime. 2025, March 12. Glasgow’s Serial KillerUnmasked. Once Upon a True Crime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAR_9xu63lc

Nicol, A.M. (2016). Manuel Portrait of a Serial Killer.Black and White Publishing. Digitized retrieval by Internet Archive 2022.https://archive.org/details/manuelportaitof0000amni

https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/manuel-peter.htm

https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Manuel,%20Peter.pdf

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/secret-files-might-have-saved-peter-manuel-from-gallows-5jwprxmmv3b

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/who-was-peter-manuel-the-real-story-of-in-plain-sights-notorious-serial-killer/

https://www.wgbh.org/tv-shows/drama/2019-02-07/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-peter-manuel-scotlands-most-notorious-serial-killer

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypm4418deo

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/once-upon-a-true-crime/peter-manuel-the-beast-of-birkenshaw-glasgow-s-worst-serial-killer

https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/05/13/scottish-serial-killer-raped-women-left-trail-of-bodies-after-1955-rejection/

MacLeod, H. & McLeod, M. (2009) Peter Manuel SerialKiller. First Published by Mainstream Publishing Company. https://archive.org/details/petermanuelseria0000macl/page/70/mode/2up?q=Anne+Kneilands

https://www.newspapers.com/image/80284019/?match=3&terms=Anne%20Knielands

https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/05/13/scottish-serial-killer-raped-women-left-trail-of-bodies-after-1955-rejection/

https://www.policemuseum.org.uk/crime-casebook/interesting-cases/the-manuel-murders-1956-58/

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/who-was-peter-manuel-the-real-story-of-in-plain-sights-notorious-serial-killer/

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Social-Class-and-t

This week we delve into one of the most infamous women serial killers from the U.K., Joanne Dennehy....

Trigger Warnings: Murder, Brutality

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-25978279

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-25825565

https://www.aetv.com/articles/why-there-are-fewer-female-serial-killers-than-males-in-the-united-states

https://tutoring.hsa.net/blogs/students-published-works/male-vs-female-serial-killers?srsltid=AfmBOorzaJWJEBGl1wQOHqyx934Va99PjNggp00mTSM0Fzhx1YFj8r_H

https://serialkillersinfo.com/serial-killer-statistics/serial-killers-by-gender-worldwide/

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/the-queen-v-dennehy-sentencing-remarks-28022014.pdf

Jackson, Neil. (2026) The Peterborough Ripper: TheShocking True Story of Joanne Dennehy. Independent Publishing. https://www.amazon.com/music/player/audiobooks/B0GV7SBKCL?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=dm_ics_us_dps_dw_ae_t1&pf_rd_p=e4a94859-6ded-4c92-9e57-f801242d864a&pf_rd_r=J9KZT2BSCACXSK2328MZ

Chambers, Craig. 2023 [Manhunt: Joanne Dennehy] C. Chambers,Manhunt. Amazon Prime.

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/joanne-dennehy

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a69643627/joanne-dennehy-now/

https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dennehy-joanna.htm

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-26159909

Deadly True Crime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWc-srA_y4

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/shadow-boxing/201402/born-to-be-vile

https://www.itv.com/news/2014-02-12/father-of-mass-murderers-kids-she-deserves-an-eye-for-an-eye

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/joanna-dennehy-and-peterborough-ditch-murders

https://nypost.com/2019/01/10/family-warns-there-will-be-blood-if-serial-killer-marries-lesbian-lover-in-jail/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-26389479

This week we delve into Hong Kong's most gruesome murders, the hello kitty murder.

Trigger Warnings: Brutality, dismemberment, Murder

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/asia/hong-kong-murders-dismemberment-intl-hnk

https://abcnews.com/International/story?id=81992&page=1

https://people.com/hell-kitty-murder-hong-kong-11831537

https://medium.com/@nikyoung/the-hello-kitty-murder-28c994a9af52

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/hello-kitty-murder-hong-kongs-most-devastating-crime

P., Dr Psycho. (unknown date) True Crime Case:Hong Kong Tru Crime- Fan Man-Yee’s The Infamous Hello Kitty Murder Nightmare. (unknownpublisher). E-book. (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=JsyUEQAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA6&hl=en

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/12/09/hello-kitty-murder-case-horrifies-hong-kong/bafa4ff1-bbf6-4d28-b0cc-2eea9bef43d0/

Chi-Shun, Feng. (2012) Hong Kong noir: fifteen true talesfrom the dark side of the city. Hong Kong: Blacksmith Books. https://archive.org/search.php?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Alcp%3Ahongkongnoirfift0000feng%3Alcpdf%3Ace1e97db-c3d9-45e9-a3e3-9ea0e72c1c7c%22

https://web.archive.org/web/20230101145332/https://vlex.hk/vid/hksar-v-chan-man-845286061

https://allthatsinteresting.com/hello-kitty-murder-case

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1295983/small-miracles-how-hundreds-babies-left-squalid-orphanage-found

https://lightsonpod.medium.com/hello-kitty-murders-f5bf00d3e681

https://books.openedition.org/irasec/329

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/12/09/hello-kitty-murder-case-horrifies-hong-kong/bafa4ff1-bbf6-4d28-b0cc-2eea9bef43d0/

https://medium.com/@inky.rose.bud/the-most-messed-up-crimes-from-around-the-world-97d89709eea4

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3358821/self-exiled-chinese-billionaire-guo-wengui-jailed-30-years-us-fraud-conviction?module=perpetual_scroll_1_AI&pgtype=article

This week we delve into the ol' timey story of serial bigamist and murderer The Bluebeard Murderer.

Trigger Warnings:

Murder, talks of suicide

Sources:

https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/johann-hoch-the-lady-killer/

Jack Rosewood, & Lo, R. (n.d.). The big book ofserial killers volume 2: Another 150 serial killer files of the world’s WorstMurderers (Vol. 2). LAK Publishing.

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hoch-johann.htm

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1085145573/?match=1&terms=Johann%20Otto%20Hoch

https://www.americanheritage.com/lady-killer

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19050202.2.54.19&srpos=15&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-Johann++Hoch-------

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOVt9GRzEI

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Johann_Otto_Hoch

https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2023/04/john-schmidt-aka-johann-otto-hoch-thought-to-have-killed-over-50.html

https://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Johann%20Otto%20HOCH.php

https://historyhub.info/nineteenth-century-middle-class-american-women-marriage-relationships-and-the-struggle-for-identity-in-a-patriarchal-society/

This week we cover the Folsom Wolf and his wicked wife..... James Marlow and Cynthia Coffman.

Sources:

Lasseter, D. (1995) Property of Folsom Wolf. WindsorPublishing Corp.

Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book ofSerial Killers, and encyclopedia of serial killers. LAK Publishing

Hornberger, F. (2002) Mistresses of Mayhem the book ofwomen criminals. Alpha Books.

Wicked Attraction, “The Folsom Wolf” S2E3. (2009) AmazonPrime

https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/coffman-cynthia.htm

https://www.newspapers.com/image/490029026/?match=1&terms=%22James%20Marlow%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/66136502/?match=3&terms=%22Cynthia%20Lynn%20Coffman%22

https://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-sexy-serial-killer-cynthia-coffman-smarter-than-beau

https://grokipedia.com/page/Cynthia_Coffman_(murderer)

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-30/a-murdering-couple-is-sentenced-to-death

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18821508/corinna_dell-novis

https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-coffman-marlow-33452

https://deathpenalty.org/ca_factsheet/

This week for our 100th episode we cover a particularly heinous and depraved man from Germany.

Sources:

Worlds Most Evil Killers S1Ep16, Joachim Georg Kroll,Peacock (2017)

Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers (p. 432). LAK Publishing.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-rise-to-power

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1933-1938/death-of-german-president-von-hindenburg

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/paul-von-hindenburg

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-did-adolf-hitler-happen

https://allthatsinteresting.com/joachim-kroll

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Joachim_Kroll

https://medium.com/activated-thinker/inside-the-twisted-mind-of-the-ruhr-cannibal-2587c83e97ef

The Ruhr Cannibal: The Horrifying True Story of Joachim Kroll mayrefer to a digital independent release:
Author, A. A. (2025). The Ruhr Cannibal: The Horrifying True Story ofJoachim Kroll [Kindle edition]. Amazon Digital Services. [1, 2, 3]

Newton, M. (1990). Hunting humans: An encyclopedia ofmodern serial killers. Loompanics Unlimited. [1, 2]

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hitler-youth-2

https://www.horrorgalore.com/true-story/joachim-kroll-cannibal-serial-killer-germany

https://dingeengoete.blogspot.com/2012/02/bait-and-switch-cannibal-crimes-of.html

https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/joachim_kroll/

https://prezi.com/p/9fiqfgp25jdp/joachim-krolls-victims/