The Kill File

The Kill File

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  • Andrei Chikatilo PART 2

    This week we will finish up the horrific crimes of Russia's serial killer and Cannibal Andrei Chikatilo.










     

    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxtj8wz_wJA(Descent Into Darkness)

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrei-Romanovich-Chikatilo

    https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/news-museji/my-family-survived-holodomor-by-eating-waste-left-from-sugar-production-voices-of-witnesses/

    https://borgenproject.org/malnourished-people-bloated-stomachs/#:~:text=To%20understand%20the%20reasoning%20for,distended%20stomach%20or%20abdominal%20area.

    https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lyubov-volobuyeva-murder-site/

    https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/chikatilo-victims.htm

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4102308/#:~:text=WHAT%20PCR%20DOES.,based%20on%20size%20and%20charge.

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Red-Army#:~:text=News&text=Red%20Army%2C%20Soviet%20army%20created,Army%20was%20abandoned%20in%201946.&text=The%20Russian%20imperial%20army%20and,the%20Russian%20Revolution%20of%201917.

    https://www.biography.com/crime/andrei-chikatilo

    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15075-bedwetting#:~:text=Psychological%20or%20emotional%20problems%3A%20Emotional,abuse%20may%20cause%20bedwetting%20episodes.

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

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563260/#:~:text=Evaluation-,Frotteurism%20is%20the%20act%20of%20touching%20or%20rubbing%20one's%20genitals,sexual%20pleasure%20or%20reach%20orgasm.

    35 min
  • Andrei Chikatilo Part 1

    This week we explore one of Russia's most notorious and heinous serial killers.... The list of victims from this monster is ENDLESS.










     

    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxtj8wz_wJA(Descent Into Darkness)

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrei-Romanovich-Chikatilo

    https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/news-museji/my-family-survived-holodomor-by-eating-waste-left-from-sugar-production-voices-of-witnesses/

    https://borgenproject.org/malnourished-people-bloated-stomachs/#:~:text=To%20understand%20the%20reasoning%20for,distended%20stomach%20or%20abdominal%20area.

    https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lyubov-volobuyeva-murder-site/

    https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/chikatilo-victims.htm

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4102308/#:~:text=WHAT%20PCR%20DOES.,based%20on%20size%20and%20charge.

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Red-Army#:~:text=News&text=Red%20Army%2C%20Soviet%20army%20created,Army%20was%20abandoned%20in%201946.&text=The%20Russian%20imperial%20army%20and,the%20Russian%20Revolution%20of%201917.

    https://www.biography.com/crime/andrei-chikatilo

    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15075-bedwetting#:~:text=Psychological%20or%20emotional%20problems%3A%20Emotional,abuse%20may%20cause%20bedwetting%20episodes.

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

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563260/#:~:text=Evaluation-,Frotteurism%20is%20the%20act%20of%20touching%20or%20rubbing%20one's%20genitals,sexual%20pleasure%20or%20reach%20orgasm.

    34 min
  • Andrew Cunanan

    This week we will cover a spree killer who killed across 5 states, for 3 months and 2000 miles...







    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EFqZw-uDYk(Absolute Crime)

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

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

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article278235733.html

    https://www.biography.com/crime/andrew-cunanan

    https://www.google.com/books/edition/Death_at_Every_Stop/0GU44d_fboYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT6&printsec=frontcover

    https://www.mnopedia.org/person/madson-david-jon-1963-1997

    https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/02/190173/jeff-trail-david-madson-andrew-cunanan-connection-versace

    https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/murder-of-chicago-real-estate-mogul-lee-miglin-horrors-andrew-cunanan-murder-spree-gianni-versace/

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

    47 min
  • The Death of Shad Thyrion

    This week we explore the shocking death of Shad Thyrion, caused by a woman named Taylor Schabusiness in Green Bay Wisconsin.














    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_6xLjA4W3Q&t=25s

    https://www.29news.com/2025/04/05/woman-convicted-dismembering-man-attacks-her-attorney-during-court-hearing/

    https://www.courttv.com/news/taylor-schabusiness-due-in-court-on-charges-she-attacked-a-prison-guard/

    https://people.com/taylor-schabusiness-beheaded-lover-sex-appeal-11702562

    https://www.courttv.com/title/motions-reveal-taylor-schabusiness-home-family-life/

    https://www.insideedition.com/taylor-schabusiness-murder-family-father-rape-husband-drugs

    https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBay/comments/112jll4/whats_it_like_living_in_green_bay/

    https://midwestdetox.com/drug-alcohol-detox-green-bay-wi/#:~:text=Green%20Bay%20is%20one%20of,a%20safe%2C%20comfortable%20inpatient%20facility.

    https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs26/26594/appendc.htm

    https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/09/26/taylor-schabusiness-dismemberment-sentencing-life-in-prison/

    https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/taylor-schabusiness-shad-thyrion-trial-b2464272.html

    https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-11188/trazodone-oral/details

    https://www.gatewayfoundation.org/blog/can-trazodone-be-abused/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMq2gGSAa-Y

    https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21299905/taylor-denise-schabusiness-criminal-complaint.pdf

    40 min
  • Peter Kurten

    Peter Kurten- Murderer, predator, pedaphile, vampire, sadist. EVER HEARD OF THIS MONSTER?







    Sources:

    Sources: Murderous Minds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wocD6wc6_w)

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/peter-kurten

    https://www.biography.com/crime/peter-kurten

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/1885429?seq=1

    51 min
  • The Wednesday Strangler

    This week we will explore one of Japan's mysteries, the Wednesday stangler. Is he real?












    Sources:

    https://medium.com/true-crime-hub/beyond-the-grave-delving-into-the-chilling-legacy-of-the-wednesday-strangler-625f3c326d7

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZrZczMl36Q (Tara A. Devlin)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iWvKkoM2JM&t=8s(KyotoRobato)

    https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan/Government-and-society

    https://www.byfood.com/blog/japanese-snack-bars-p-672

    https://tabunka.tokyo-tsunagari.or.jp/useful/guide_eng/school/03.html

    https://www.futondor.com/japanese-futon-vs-western-futon-key-differences-and-benefits/#:~:text=Japanese%20Futon%3A%20The%20traditional%20futon,room%20to%20serve%20other%20purposes.

    https://imabi.org/kana-orthography/

    51 min
  • Ariel Castro

    This monster kept women in a "horror house" for a decade.






    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-22446157

    Sources: The Cruelty of Arial Castro | Encounters with evil| S1E03|Crime (Imprisoners)

    Crime Truths (Youtube)

    7 News Spotlight (Youtube)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJTy_84X-k(20/20 “Trapped”)

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4646576/

    56 min
  • Marcus Delon Wesson

    This week we will talk about the Wesson family massacre.





    Sources:

    Deadliest Mums and Dads Season 2 Episode 1: A FamilyMassacre

    https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/cultural-practices/rumspringa/#:~:text=During%20this%20time%2C%20many%20Amish,or%20she%20chooses%20to%20join.

    https://ohiosamishcountry.com/articles/the-traditional-amish-youth-period-of-rumspringa

    https://culteducation.com/group/1225-the-wesson-family/21877-the-many-portraits-of-marcus-wesson-.html

    https://web.archive.org/web/20190827142254/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jun-30-me-wesson30-story.html

    https://abc30.com/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-children-killed-convicted-murderer/14518182/

    https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-surviving-family-speaks-abuse/story?id=11089648

    https://www.fresno.courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=5-12-04-motion-dismiss-counts.pdf

    55 min
  • Ariel Castro

    This week we will cover the horrific abductions of 3 girls who were forced to stay in a house of horrors for a decade!

    56 min
  • Archibald Hall

    This week we will delve into the crimes of U.K.'s serial killer Archibald Hall A.K.A. Roy Fontaine.













    Sources:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhRqufKIl4Q

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fSRc5u7YFo

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

    https://mail.murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hall-archibald.htm

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

    https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-criminal-career-of-archibald-hall-4dc4407f80ca

    https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/mps/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/10nfa2n/photo_of_archibald_hall_the_monster_butler_being/

    https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/roy-fontaine

    https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/archibaldthomsonhall/themurderousbutler/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Affric#:~:text=Glen%20Affric%20(Scottish%20Gaelic%3A%20Gleann,and%20Loch%20Beinn%20a'%20Mheadhoin.

    https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/how-to-become-a-police-officer-in-england-and-wales/0/steps/247550#:~:text=The%20CID%20deals%20with%20the,serious%20crimes%2C%20such%20as%20theft.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department#:~:text=The%20Criminal%20Investigation%20Department%20(CID,Kingdom%20and%20many%20Commonwealth%20nations.

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

    41 min

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