The Kill File

The Kill File

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  • Gary Ray Bowles

    This week we will explore the serial killer dubbed the I-95 killer.













    Sources:

    https://www.facebook.com/AETV/videos/i-95-serial-killer-coldly-details-his-murder-spree-the-killer-speaks/3751136315102698/

    https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn95003657/1994-08-17/ed-1/seq-6/

    https://apnews.com/general-news-5b7cf706cb08462ebdb07d0a86cf89ba

    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://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25135-black-lung-disease

    https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/gary_bowles/2.html

    https://americanaddictioncenters.org/inhalant-abuse/huffing-paint

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/trepanning#:~:text=Trepanning%20is%20defined%20as%20the,ancient%20practices%20and%20modern%20neurosurgery.

    https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/rosemary-kennedy

    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15629160#:~:text=In%201949%2C%20Egas%20Moniz%20won%20the%20Nobel,the%20first%20wave%20of%20effective%20psychiatric%20drugs.

    https://soar.kennesaw.edu/bitstream/handle/11360/4084/gkj_sovo_sovo-vol07no41.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&utm_content=buffer4051d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

    https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/state/2019/08/17/serial-killer-of-gay-men-set-for-thursday-execution/4441152007/

    https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/23/gary-ray-bowles-florida-executes-jacksonville-serial-killer-who-preyed-on-gay-men/4394993007/

    https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/08/20/serial-killer-gary-ray-bowles-murdered-six-gay-men-1994-executed/




    35 min
  • The Children of Thunder

    This week we will explore the cult known as The Children of Thunder and how it came about.














     

    Sources:

    https://medium.com/digital-global-traveler/sacramento-california-californias-forgotten-city-5f64caabc5c0

    True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, S2E10: “Children ofThunder”, Amazon Prime

    People Magazine Investigates, S3E11:“Children ofThunder”, HBO MAX

    https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/justin-helzer-commits-suicide-on-san-quentins-death-row/2051212/

    https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/martinez-details-of-bizarre-plot-to-kill-in-2746680.php

    https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/body-parts-identified-disparate-tragedies-3303352.php

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-nude-model-five-bodies-and-the-mormon-assassination-plot-attempt-732255.html

    https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2024/s132256.html

    https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/08/16/lds-church-launches/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/7ztuf5/does_anyone_have_feedback_about_impact_training/

    https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2004/12/14/ex-wife-wants-helzer-spared/

    https://www.facebook.com/AETV/videos/dawn-godman-and-the-murders-in-marin-city-confidential/1875258882846167/

    https://www.aetv.com/videos/dawn-godman-and-the-murders-in-marin

    https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/helzer-brothers.htm

    Children of Thunder: The Helzer Brothers (Julia ScheeresTruTv.com)

    https://www.beretta.com/en-us/product/m9-FA0057#:~:text=The%20M9%20offers%20a%20variety,for%20sport%20or%20self%2Dprotection.

    https://moviedelic.com/glenn-justin-helzer/

    47 min
  • The Briley Brothers Gang

    This week we delve into a messed up family, of the highest order. The Briley brothers, who reign terror in the 70's.









     

     

     

     

     

    Sources:

    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.

    “Born to Kill” S5.E11 The Briley Brothers (NeilEdwards)(Amazon)

    https://medium.com/tftunderworld/the-bloody-briley-brothers-three-siblings-who-terrorized-richmond-virginia-in-the-1970s-37d34167ed7b

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskOldPeople/comments/14niaik/what_was_life_actually_like_in_the_70s/

    https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/newsworthy/historical-decades/1970s

    https://www.history.com/articles/feminism-four-waves

    https://www.boomermagazine.com/transition-and-turmoil-of-the-1970s/#:~:text=White%20flight%20was%20at%20high,African%20American%20Virginia%20state%20senator.

    https://www.cherrysfuneralhomeandchapels.com/obituaries/Edward-Jerome-Briley?obId=19090681

    https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1980/800904-1.html

    https://richmond.com/article_e19bd987-94e0-5dad-a26b-9ea3445eb837.html

    https://prodeathpenalty.com/case/murder-brothers-briley-gang

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=969143595419789&id=100069724715679&set=a.478835387783948

    39 min
  • Robert Eugene Brashers

    This week we will delve into an unsolved murder that was recently solved this year and the wake of bodies left from this monster.












    Sources:

    The Yogurt Shop Murders, Margret Brown, Documentary, 2025(HBO) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35676401/?ref_=ttfc_ov_bk

    Mitchell, C. (2005). Murdered innocents. KensingtonPub.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/3zbqtb/what_was_old_austin_like/

    https://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/death_penalty_representation/publications/success-stories/success-stories-archive/robert-springsteen-and-michael-scott/

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/yogurt-shop-murders-suspect-was-possible-serial-killer-now-linked-case-rcna234441

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/haunting-yogurt-shop-quadruple-killings-solved-3-decades/story?id=126035260#:~:text=Barbara%20Ayres%2DWilson%2C%20mom%20of,this%20case%20was%20the%20truth.%22

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2025/08/04/the-horrific-true-story-behind-hbos-the-yogurt-shop-murders/

    https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-6/

    https://www.austintexas.gov/news/significant-breakthrough-made-1991-i-cant-believe-its-yogurt-murders#:~:text=On%20December%2023%2C%202010%2C%20Maurice,Wilson%20shot%20and%20killed%20Pierce.

    https://www.atf.gov/firearms/national-integrated-ballistic-information-network-nibin

     

    https://6abc.com/post/what-know-robert-eugene-brashers-new-suspect-identified-texas-infamous-yogurt-shop-killings/17894500/

     

    https://people.com/why-are-the-yogurt-shop-murders-unsolved-11785825

    https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/article/55533/dna-links-texas-yogurt-shop-murders-to-memphis

     

    https://www.foxcarolina.com/2018/10/05/police-chief-violent-serial-rapist-murderer-killed-greenville-woman-1990/




    45 min
  • Jeremy Skibicki

    This week we will cover a horrible human being named Jeremy Skibicki from Winnipeg, he will make your skin crawl.

    Sources:

    https://www.wag.ca/about/qaumajuq/

    https://humanrights.ca/exhibition/love-in-a-dangerous-time-canadas-lgbt-purge

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rebecca-contois-homicide-jeremy-skibicki-neo-nazi-holy-europe-1.6462730

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jeremy-skibicki-not-criminally-responsible-1.7219521

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jeremy-skibicki-winnipeg-police-interrogation-confession-video-1.7198795

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/buffalo-woman-mashkode-bizhiki-ikwe-police-update-1.7493150

    https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=c6427501e1c4b628&sxsrf=AE3TifN3h9C_ge5cYR3BFwIjABzep_Dpbg:1759149658817&udm=7&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeqDdErwP5rACeJAty2zADJjYuUnSkczEhozYdaq1wZrEWeBTRRMkGx8PE2F9zI9kP0W9slwfD0e_E2SCYpxxEsASI-LxkVBvfu-XibWr_YDicyb17E6vKrWBOlLdgfdjFpLOhNCkwKiTYaFviHAaGJoUkT5_nrzWq6VkkQdeHpPTQCkROQ&q=jeremy+skibicki+serial+killer&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL65SU__2PAxXp8MkDHXDfEeAQtKgLegQIDBAB&cshid=1759149813078106&biw=1378&bih=878&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&ip=1&vld=cid:b0b15f05,vid:zkLkpqZKfcs,st:0

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jeremy-anthony-micheal-skibicki-arrest-first-degree-murder-protection-order-1.6459316

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-rebecca-contois-vigil-1.7243304

    https://www.stopvaw.org/causes_and_risk_factors5

    https://www.bia.gov/service/mmu/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis

    https://rabble.ca/indigenous/red-dress-alert-motion-receives-unanimous-support-from-mps/

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jeremy-skibicki-domestic-violence-death-threats-1.6677972

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bolshevism#:~:text=National%20Bolshevism%20was%20among%20several,Adolf%20Hitler's%20Nazi%20Party.

    https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en

    https://www.you

    52 min
  • The murder of Linda Bailey-Brown

    This week we will explore the twisted murder of a young 23 year old mother, Linda Bailey-Brown.











    Sources:

    “The Perfect Murder: Daddy Dearest S.1Ep.2

    https://ggcity.org/history#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20City's%20biggest,the%20world's%20largest%20strawberry%20shortcake.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/man-who-plotted-wifes-1985-murder-that-inspired-2-books-tv-miniseries-dies-at-61/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/d5ncrs/the_story_of_cinnamon_brown_a_young_girl/

    https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/02/21/sicko-california-father-david-brown-convinces-his-teen-daughter-to-kill-wife-then-lets-kid-rot-in-jail-as-he-lives-high-life-off-insurance-money/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxuepIE7YWI

    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1771760.html

    https://www.deseret.com/1988/9/24/18779166/85-slaying-takes-bizarre-twist-imprisoned-teen-says-dad-was-her-stepmom-s-real-killer/

    51 min
  • Michel Fourniret

    This week we delve into a French serial killer couple, the ogre of the Ardennes, Michel Fourniret.














    Sources:

    https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/michel-fourniret

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/monique-olivier-michel-fourniret-joanna-parrish-france-court

    (Inside the mind of a serial killer S.1 Ep 10 (Amazon PrimeVideo) Michel Fourinet and Monique Oliver

    https://www.superprof.co.uk/blog/french-history/#:~:text=In%201940%2C%20an%20armistice%20was%20signed%20by,area%20was%20known%20as%20the%20Free%20Zone.

    https://www.webmd.com/women/understanding-vaginal-yeast-infection-basics

    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.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/michel-fourniret-french-serial-killer-craved-only-virgins-to-rape-and-murder/news-story/07e873fd5b64f10f14a7af83be43fc9d

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/28/france.internationalcrime

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7311104.stm

    https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/fourniret.htm

    https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210510-ogre-of-the-ardennes-serial-killer-who-sickened-france

    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/12/19/french-serial-killer-s-ex-wife-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-participation-in-three-murders_6359245_7.html

    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2428761/world

    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2428761/

    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2428761/world

    https://www.barrons.com/news/son-of-french-serial-killer-urges-widow-to-come-clean-e6a5782e

    https://www.visitardenne.com/en#:~:text=The%20Ardennes%20region%20covers%20a,%2C%20Brussels%2C%20Luxembourg%20or%20Paris!

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-43090688

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/monique-olivier-michel-fourniret-joanna-parrish-france-court

    43 min
  • Moses Sithole

    This week we will explore some serial killers in South Africa, one is one of the most prolific serial killers known in the country.







     

    Sources:

    https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/apartheid/352764#:~:text=Apartheid%20divided%20South%20Africans%20into,land%20outside%20of%20their%20area.

    https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/apartheid

    Catch me a killer by Micki Pistorius

    Evil Serial Killers: in the minds of monsters byCharlotte Greig

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr7SeCa9rWc

    https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/south-africa/travel-guide/township-tours-in-south-africa#:~:text=Township%20tourism%20is%2C%20not%20surprisingly,the%20shadow%20of%20entrenched%20prejudice.

    https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/03a2581d2a3748ae9281bfc91227fb9b

    https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/abc_murders_selepe/10.html

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

    https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/moses-sithole-south-africa-s-worst-serial-killer

    https://www.capetownetc.com/entertainment/the-bloody-history-of-south-africas-serial-killers/

    48 min
  • Michael Bruce Ross

    This week we delve into the killer known as the Roadside Strangler, Michael Bruce Ross. He was a seemingly unassuming man who did horrific things.










    Sources:

    True Crime Central- The Horrific Acts of Michael Bruce Ross- The Roadside Strangler. | Serial Killer Documentary

    https://www.truecrimene.com/episodes/c22w4g91by8973z86y7uog2snowejh

    https://www.courant.com/2000/04/07/from-ivy-leaguer-to-serial-killer/

    https://web.archive.org/web/20170105013750/http://crime.about.com/od/deathrow/p/michael_ross.htm

    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.findagrave.com/memorial/175726038/dzung_ngoc-tu

    https://thisiscriminal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Episode-34-The-Stay.pdf

    Criminal Episode 34: The Stay, Jan 8th 2016

    https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/the-roadside-strangler/

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0145213497001762

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-of-siblings/202402/when-to-be-concerned-about-sibling-sexual-behavior

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0145213497001762

    https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/memory-of-ross-victims-fades-as-the-years-pass-100678.php

    https://www.facebook.com/Derangedmadmen/posts/michael-bruce-rossaka-the-egg-man-classification-serial-killercharacteristics-ra/491136324319649/

    36 min
  • The murder of Polly Klaas

    This week we will discuss the harrowing tale of Polly Klaas and the results that came from her disappearance.










    Sources:

     “Struck By Justice:The Impact of Polly Klaas” (ABC7 News Bay Area March 11th, 2024,Youtube)

    https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2540501,-122.5806146,10.25z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

    county/#:~:text=Back%20in%20the%20'90s%20some%20prophesied%20that,its%20soul%20anytime%20in%20the%20near%20future.

    https://petalumachamber.com/history-of-petaluma/#:~:text=The%20city%20was%20founded%20in,Petaluma%20Historical%20Library%20and%20Museum.

    https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html

    https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/photos-what-sonoma-county-was-like-in-the-90s/

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-10-30/polly-klaas-murder-shook-the-country-inspiring-far-reaching-laws

    https://people.com/everything-to-know-polly-klaas-murder-case-7515116

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/polly-klaas-murder-30-years-investigators-remember-dogged/story?id=103276602

    https://www.facebook.com/RealCrimeChannel/videos/abducted-from-a-slumber-party-the-murder-of-polly-klaas/1473465106613604/

    https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/davis-sister-recounts-his-traumatic-childhood-3134269.php

    https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/richard-allen-davis-kidnapping-murder-polly-klaas-sleepover

    https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/richard-allen-davis-life-of-crime-2971897.php

    https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/davis-richard-allen.htm

    41 min

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