The Kill File

This week we discuss the serial killer known as the Vienna Woods Killer from Austria.

Sources: https://www.biography.com/crime/jack-unterweger

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://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/10/features.weekend

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/murderer-s-final-freedom-the-bizarre-life-of-jack-unterweger-poet-and-killer-of-prostitutes-ends-at-his-own-hand-1417861.html

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/Jack-Folge-4-Kindheit-unter-Qualen,audio1104780.html

http://centraleuropeaneconomicandsocialhistory.com/lifestyle-of-the-long-1950s1947-1965-in-vienna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Austrian_presidential_election

Leake, John. Pisarz, który nienawidził kobiet: podwójneżycie seryjnego mordercy. Social, Publishing Institute, Krakow, (2011)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/334529905/?match=1&terms=Jack%20Unterweger

https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-best-selling-author-who-strangled-women-with-their-underwear-b7e7526ad7c1

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/taxonomy/term/302

https://botstiberbiaas.org/austrian-jack-the-ripper-unterweger/

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/jack-unterweger-poet-of-death#The%20Crimes

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_artist_within_the_murderer_the_strange_case_of_jack_unterweger/

https://crimelibrary.org/criminal_mind/profiling/profiling_2/

https://www.bmi.gv.at/magazinfiles/2024/03_04/30_true_crime.pdf

https://austria-forum.org/af/AustriaWiki/Jack_Unterweger

https://www.biography.com/crime/jack-unterweger

https://theskeletonkeychronicles.com/2019/10/15/jack-unterweger-the-silver-tounged-devil/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/704609660332475/posts/854739068652866/

This week we explore the crimes and murders of one of Australia's serial killers called The Night Caller.....

Sources:

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

https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/52695

https://commonslibrary.org/the-1931-perth-treasury-building-riot-unemployed-workers-during-the-great-depression/

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://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cleft-palate/symptoms-causes/syc-20370985

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cleft-palate/symptoms-causes/syc-20370985

https://hcasouthatlantic.com/blog/entry/childhood-bullying-has-lasting-health-consequences

https://allthatsinteresting.com/eric-edgar-cooke

https://lawsocietywa.asn.au/our-big-stories/the-psychological-impact-of-being-wrongfully-convicted-interview-with-john-button-2022/

https://www.stopbullying.gov/bullying/effects

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203934284/sarah-cooke

https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Lives-Estelle-Blackburn-ebook/dp/B004GEC5OU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LBVXJV46CA5D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PBLHXXgL2_RgOhtLEcHtIA.fpE5WKcWnBqVUssisE3D56V1GopMp4T2RVes9xMnCJg&dib_tag=se&keywords=9781740640732&qid=1779115928&s=books&sprefix=9781740640732%2Cstripbooks%2C97&sr=1-1&asin=B004GEC5OU&revisionId=944e8e98&format=3&depth=1

https://web.archive.org/web/20090307082604/http://www.trulyunusual.com/wards/showthread.php?t=3356

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cooke-eric-edgar-9817

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/serial-killer-eric-edgar-cooke-aka-the-night-caller-is-one-of-australias-worst/news-story/7b1d6b4683817181de31a48378022f25

https://web.archive.org/web/20090608200442/http://www.police.wa.gov.au/LinkClick.aspx?link=PDFs%2FEpisodes_WAPolicingHistory.pdf&tabid=1060

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203934284/sarah-cooke            

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14637700/eric_edgar-cooke

https://allthatsinteresting.com/eric-edgar-cooke

https://killer.cloud/serial-killers/show/170/eric-edgar-cooke#google_vignette

This week we wrap up the "birthday cake killers" with the rest of these two turds' crime spree.....

Sources:

https://www.oxygen.com/charmed-by-the-devil/crime-news/douglas-gretzler-willie-steelmans-killing-spree-of-17

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/roseville-yard-disaster-memories-still-smolder-50-years-after-explosion/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h4_k_9OkXc&t=58

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/uv9er7/1973_roseville_ca_train_yard_disaster/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/casa-grande-dispatch/5145984/

https://web.archive.org/web/20070813040722/http://test.azcorrections.gov:80/isearch/inmate_datasearch/drow_info/036335.aspx?InmateNumber=036335&FN=GRETZLER+DOUGLAS,+E

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun/13925843/

https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/partners/team_three/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star/32938363/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36252614/

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/lsd-acid

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreman

https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/112/112.F3d.992.95-99023.html

https://archive.org/details/micro_IA40385010_1407/micro_IA40385010_1407%201.%20Petition/page/n79/mode/1up

https://www.newspapers.com/image/29983650/?clipping_id=2233311&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjI5OTgzNjUwLCJpYXQiOjE3Nzc5ODQzNTUsImV4cCI6MTc3ODA3MDc1NX0.ELrW4EFVFAF3a2MgyfXaPWd5aefrERN0yVylqsxKyFs8kgCrVetOBj8PruGTMtJvZnofakt5UXYisJ3ZyOnIHg

https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-gretzler-execution-1/2279819/

https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,944720-1,00.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20210920175536/https://casetext.com/case/state-v-gretzler-1

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19740709&id=m1ItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ttoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6021,1979412

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1998/06/03/Admitt

This week we will cover serial killers/spree killers and partners in crime Douglas Gretzler and Willie Steelman and their road trip from hell....

Sources:

https://www.oxygen.com/charmed-by-the-devil/crime-news/douglas-gretzler-willie-steelmans-killing-spree-of-17

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/roseville-yard-disaster-memories-still-smolder-50-years-after-explosion/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h4_k_9OkXc&t=58

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/uv9er7/1973_roseville_ca_train_yard_disaster/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/casa-grande-dispatch/5145984/

https://web.archive.org/web/20070813040722/http://test.azcorrections.gov:80/isearch/inmate_datasearch/drow_info/036335.aspx?InmateNumber=036335&FN=GRETZLER+DOUGLAS,+E

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun/13925843/

https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/partners/team_three/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36252614/

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/lsd-acid

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreman

https://archive.org/details/micro_IA40385010_1407/micro_IA40385010_1407%201.%20Petition/page/n79/mode/1up

https://www.newspapers.com/image/29983650/?clipping_id=2233311&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjI5OTgzNjUwLCJpYXQiOjE3Nzc5ODQzNTUsImV4cCI6MTc3ODA3MDc1NX0.ELrW4EFVFAF3a2MgyfXaPWd5aefrERN0yVylqsxKyFs8kgCrVetOBj8PruGTMtJvZnofakt5UXYisJ3ZyOnIHg

https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-gretzler-execution-1/2279819/

https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,944720-1,00.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20210920175536/https://casetext.com/case/state-v-gretzler-1

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19740709&id=m1ItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ttoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6021,1979412

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1998/06/03/Admitted-killer-of-17-executed/6447896846400/

https://www.newspapers.

This week we discuss the murders of a man from the 1930's named Joseph Ball....

Sources:

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-58033-8_8#:~:text=Held%20at%20Fair%20Park%20from%20June%206%2C,attracted%20a%20total%20attendance%20of%206%2C345%2C385%20(https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas%2Dcentennial).

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/02/chilling-story-about-the-man-known-as-the-butcher-of-elmendorf/

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/ball-joseph.htm#google_vignette

https://texasourtexas.texaspbs.org/the-eras-of-texas/great-depression-ww2/#:~:text=The%20Great%20Depression%20affected%20Texas%20in%20many,of%20violent%20attacks%20against%20blacks%20and%20Latinos

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/heres-what-texas-was-like-during-the-dust-bowl/

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/elmendorf-tx

https://sanantonioreport.org/where-i-live-elmendorf/#:~:text=Elmendorf%20is%20a%20pastoral%20area%20in%20Bexar,*%20**Some%20conveniences%20may%20migrate%20out%20here**

https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/nu0y8t/1938_press_photo_of_detectives_digging_up_the/#:~:text=The%20odd%20and%20eccentric%20World,serial%20killers%20in%20Texas%20history.

https://www.elmendorf-tx.com/218/Elmendorf-History

https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/history/joe_ball/

https://txtruecrimeblog.com/blog-archive/joe-ball

Lane, B., Gregg W. The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. HeadlineBook Publishing PLC. 1992.

Newton, Michael. Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of ModernSerial Killers. Loompanics Unlimited. 1990.

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/joe-ball

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/02/chilling-story-about-the-man-known-as-the-butcher-of-elmendorf/

https://txtruecrimeblog.com/blog-archive/joe-ball

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXIttxhExq0&t=2s

This week we talk about one woman's descent into dark madness.....

Sources:

https://abc7chicago.com/post/laurie-dann-school-shooting-timeline-of-1988-crime-spree/3483715/

Kaplan, J., Papajohn, G., Zorn E. Murder of Innocence: TheTragic Life and Final Rampage of Laurie Dann.  1990 (Warner Books)

https://www.facebook.com/HistoricChicago/posts/chicago-skyline-from-the-field-museum-1957/1185349403794904/#:~:text=In%201957%2C%20Chicago's%20downtown%20skyline,developments%2C%20marking%20the%20city's%20progress.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Chicago/History#:~:text=Chicago%20reached%20its%20population%20peak,signs%20of%20impending%20industrial%20decline.

https://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1950/timeline/index.html#:~:text=O'Hare%20Field%20began%20to,commercial%20air%20traffic%20from%20Midway.&text=WNBQ%20Chicago%20became%20the%20country's%20first%20all%2Dcolor%20television%20station.&text=Elvis%20Presley%20performed%20his%20first,force%20in%20the%20music%20industry.

https://www.cera-chicago.org/Blog/3321508

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK424018/#:~:text=Drug%20Class:%20Antipsychotics,Go%20to:

https://20thcenturymurder.home.blog/tag/20th-century/

https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dann-laurie.htm

Egginton. J. Day of Fury: The story of the tragic shootingsthat forever changed the village of Winnetka. 1991. William Morrow and CompanyInct.

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/22/us/police-still-unraveling-trail-left-by-woman-in-rampage.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20070402124116/http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/lauriedann.html#Falling

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/22/us/police-still-unraveling-trail-left-by-woman-in-rampage.html

A Year of True Crime: Brazen Heists, Remorseless Killers,Incredible Bravery!. Workman Publishing. 2024.

This week we delve into the horrific crimes of The Highway Killer....

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/o9rjd6/what_was_chicago_like_in_the_80s_and_90s_what/#:~:text=Grit%20and%20Danger:%20Chicago%20in%20the%2080s,and%20visible%20urban%20decay%20in%20many%20areas.

  https://www.chicagohistory.org/documenting-lgbtq-history/

https://www.aidschicago.org/queer-bronzeville-a-short-history-of-black-queer-chicago-and-aids-activism-1920-1985/#:~:text=Bronzeville's%20queer%20population%20grew%20rapidly%20during%20the,**Cabarets**%20*%20**Semi%2Dsafe%20locations**%20*%20**Vice%20district**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUWaytafhR8

https://publish.illinois.edu/redline-collection/chicago-in-the-1980s/#:~:text=Here's%20some%20information%20about%20Chicago%20in%20the,Party*%20came%20to%20town%20for%20special%20exhibits.

https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/eyler-larry.htm

https://www.newspapers.com/image/106185539/?clipping_id=56110326&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEwNjE4NTUzOSwiaWF0IjoxNzc2MTc2MjA2LCJleHAiOjE3NzYyNjI2MDZ9.thUxeeZvQLiYC-8pRAsaU96rs9DFd9aycoIEmkFAr8umjUftJAVQxc9AriijiyptKeu61v0qmtJbPHQafox6jw

https://allthatsinteresting.com/larry-eyler

https://killingkillers.blogspot.com/2012/11/wanted-dead-or-alive.html

https://www.wislgbthistory.com/news/who-killed-eric-hansen

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/28/f2891016-eaac-5191-b0ca-62e7df9a947d/5d5701cff1338.pdf.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20210519195529/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-return-of-larry-eyler/Content?oid=880169

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19940309&id=drRKAAAAIBAJ&pg=2732,1980891&hl=en

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/08/23/Eyler-charged-in-dismemberment/2380462081600/

This week we delve into the serial killer known for targeting people because of just one thing... they were different than him.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDPGe1VYtuQ

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskOldPeople/comments/14niaik/what_was_life_actually_like_in_the_70s/#:~:text=Cultural%20and%20Media%20Landscape:%20The%201970s%20featured,with%20widespread%20consumption%20of%20molded%20Jello%20dishes.

https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/news/1970s-america#:~:text=Many%20remember%20the%201970s%20as,the%20nation's%20economy%20took%20root.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48113

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWbsrRB4Gzs&t=104

https://www.usccr.gov/files/historical/1970/70-001.pdf

https://www.njstatelib.org/research_library/new_jersey_resources/highlights/african_american_history_curriculum/unit_15_beyond_civil_rights/#:~:text=Between%201970%20and%201990%20the,the%20poverty%20level%20also%20increased.

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.F/f/franklin-joseph.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20160813113420/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/423604/LIFE-OF-HATE-AND-KILLING-BEGAN-IN-50.html?pg=all

https://www.aetv.com/articles/john-douglas-john-paul-franklin

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goebbels-biography/

https://web.archive.org/web/20160914222452/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20077938,00.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1262430547/?match=1&terms=Joseph%20Paul%20Franklin

https://www.jta.org/archive/explosion-demolishes-synagogue-in-tennessee-wires-found-leading-from-synagogue-to-motel-100-yards-a

https://isthmus.com/archive/from-the-archives/the-truth-vs-larry-flynt/

https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9329974/

https://www.stlpr.org/government-polit

This week listeners get a sneak peak into the bonus content from The Kill File where we discuss the town bully and his crimes... Ken McElroy.

This week we will finish up the case of the Yoo Young-Chul AKA The Raincoat Killer from South Korea

Sources:

The Raincoat Killer (Netflix)

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/01/news/international-business-a-hangover-in-south-korea-after-a-binge-on-credit.html#:~:text=Despite%20ads%20pitching%20''prices%20of,forecasts%20of%20a%20year%20ago.

The Chosun daily (Translated to English) 9/6/2004 “Serialkiller says 21 victims was just a beginning”

Korea JoongAng Daily (Translated to English) 9/21/2004“Murder Suspect causes stir”

YTN (Translated to English) 10/28/2019 “Shocking Update onSerial Killer Yoo-Young-chul from prison official”

https://www.facebook.com/SeoulCorea/posts/never-forget-that-when-seoul-korea-removed-the-cheonggyecheon-expressway-in-2003/1031733172327943/#:~:text=Seoul%20Transforms%20a%20Freeway%20Into,%2Dan%2Durban%2Dpark/

https://www.nytimes.com/articles/2003/02/27/seoul.php

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2443366

https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2004/07/18/EUOU2GWTVUNLIX3T5RYK4LYK4A/

https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2004/07/19/K7D5DIDYKBJIS2WDF26CJNVMAA/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140403091736/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/yoo_young_cheol/2.html

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/yoo_young_cheol/2.html

https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0103_201910281525068241

https://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/young-chul.htm

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/003/0003815310?sid=102

https://darksideofseoul.com/serial-killer-yoo-young-chul-part-1-monstrous-origins/#:~:text=Born%20April%2018%2C%201970%2C%20Gochang,and%20sports%20(track%20and%20gymnastics)

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/003/0003815310?sid=102

https://www.koreaherald.com/article/3251159

https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2004/07/19/K7D5DIDYKBJIS2WDF26CJNVMAA/

https://judicature.duke.edu/articles/postcard-from-korea-qa-with-judge-seo-yoon-lee/#:~:text=The%20jurisdiction%20of%20district%20courts,unless%20there%20are%20exce