In the quiet shadows of Grand Junction, Colorado, a man known simply as the Reading Man found his spot each day, chair set against the wall of a bridal shop, book open, world passing by unnoticed.

Warren Barnes lived on the edges, a gentle fixture in a downtown where very few paused for him.

One cold February night in 2021, Warren vanished, his chair outside the bridal shop, never to be filled again.

What began as a simple missing person’s call ended in unimaginable violence. The details, much darker than most can bear.

On this episode, we step into the silence Warren left behind... and the horror that replaced it.

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In February of 1993, 2-year-old James Bulger disappears from a busy shopping plaza called The Bootle Strand.  Video surveillance later shows little James being led away by two young boys.  Then, two days later. a mother's worst nightmare is realized.  

In the winter of 2002, two bright young girls, Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, vanished months apart on their way to the same school bus stop.

As days turned into months, the truth that emerged was darker than anyone imagined.

This is the disappearance and murders of Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis presented by The Serialholic.

Killer couple David and Catherine Birnie murdered 4 women in their home located at 3 Moorhouse Street in Willagee, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth.

When a 5th victim escaped, the world learned of these horrific crimes that would infamously become known as The Moorhouse Murders.

Originally written and recorded by Dave Jarry in 2019 for a listener request episode requested by Liz Lynch.

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For nearly 30 years, a man single-handedly brought fear to people living in New Jersey and New York, admitting to murdering over 200 people.  He had grandiose claims of killing when he was 14, working as a mafia hitman, kidnapping Jimmy Hoffa and taking down another notorious killer of the time.  He was known as The Iceman.  This is the story of Richard Kuklinski.

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Associate Producers are Paul Hodge, Tara Mazur, Shantal Daggett, Jay Rollings, Laura Shinn and Terri Burke Wolin.

Producers are JD, Trent Gobble, Devin Dean, Jan O'Donnell, Lissa Porrello, Alicia Knight, Maria Selene, Kris Owen, Justin Wear, Emily White and Beth Esselmann.

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Gerard Schaefer was a published author and a police officer in the State of Florida.  But what he is best known for, is the horrific, torturous ways he would murder innocent woman.  He was The Crime Writing, Crime Fighting, Necrophiliac.

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Executive Producers for this episode are Christine Rivera, Beth Davis, and Dusty Jay Hicks.

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https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Profile-of-a-Serial-Killer-Part-2

An electrician from East Sussex murdered 2 women in the late 1980s and sexually violated their bodies postmortem. He remained free for another 30 years until his crimes finally became known, which now included over 800,000 images and 500 video recordings of him raping and posing more than 100 dead women.

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Executive Producers for this episode are Christine Rivera, Beth Davis, and Dusty Jay Hicks.

Associate Producers are Paul Hodge, Noah Schultz, Shantal Cieslak, Jay Rollings, and Terri Burke Wolin.

Producers are JD, Trent Gobble, Devin Dean, Jan O'Donnell, Lissa Porrello, Alicia Knight, Laura Shinn, Maria Selene, Kris Owen, Justin Wear, and Beth Esselmann.

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/07/david-fuller-double-murderer-branded-monster-and-twisted-as-he-is-sentenced-to-four-more-years

This is the story how John Holmes, his Phallus and his accomplices reportedly bludsgeioned 4 people to death and seriously injured another in retaliation for a robbery gone wrong.

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Producers are Trent Gobble, JD, Devin Dean, Jan O'Donnell, Jessica Lloyd, Lissa Porrello, Jennie Crawford, Alicia Knight, Laura Shinn, Maria Selene, Kris Owen and Beth Esselmann.

This story was Written and Researched by Dorothy Jarry. 

In 1986, a Connecticut wife and mother arrives home from her recent job as a Flight Attendant, only to quickly disappear without a trace.  The mystery would soon be solved when a witness noticed her husband using a woodchipper on the side of a road, blowing into a lake. What was found in this lake, made it mystery no more.

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Can one person be held criminally responsible for another taking their own life?  In 2017, the State of Massachusetts said they sure can in the groundbreaking case of Massachusetts v Carter where a young woman was convicted of manslaughter over the self-inflicted death of her alleged boyfriend.  We will discuss their two-year relationship and the key moment in which the prosecution says made her liable for his death. 

This episode of Criminal AF contains serious subject matter relating to mental health and suicide.  If you or someone you love is struggling with mental health issues, please seek help through a licensed professional therapist.  If you are having thoughts of suicide, call your region’s emergency service number immediately.  I am here to tell you that you are not alone, you matter, and you are loved.

Associate Producers are Paul Hodge, Noah Schultz, Brooke Morgan, Terri Burke Wolin and Bethany Cooper.

Producers are Stephen Day, Trent Gobble, JD Driscoll, Devin Dean, Shantal Cieslak, Jan O'Donnell, Jessica Lloyd, Lissa Porrello, Jennie Crawford, Alicia Knight, Laura Shinn, Maria Selene, and Beth Esselmann.

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