In this final episode of The Wardcaster Files, Sherrie discusses the Vampire of Sacramento - Richard Chase and Josh covers the unusual murder of the Ghost of Hammersmith. 
Thank you for your support over the last two years, it’s been a blast!

What motivates a health care professional to commit the ultimate betrayal and do harm to their patient?  Sometimes it’s to spare the victim pain and suffering, but often there are other, nefarious reasons, like sex and greed.
This week on The Wardcaster Files, we discuss two cases of medical serial killers, Dr. Harold Shipman and Elizabeth Wettlaufer.
Stay tuned to the end for a big announcement and, as always, thanks for listening!

In 2001, while her husband was at work, Andrea Yates drowned all five of her young children in the bathtub. 
In 1993 Edward Gingerich killed his wife in a frenzy and became the first Amish man to be convicted of murder. 
What motivated these two people to brutally end the lives of their loved ones, devastating their entire families?

Who was responsible for killing and dismembering 12+ people in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1930’s?  Was it one of the city’s homeless population or a skilled medical professional?

In 1973 Patricia Sue Richmond was on her way home when she disappeared. Her burned car was found that same day but Susie’s body wasn’t found until two weeks later. Who could have brutally murdered this young mother?

Danny Kovarbasich was only 16 years old when he violently beat and stabbed a friend of the family. 
Mary Bell was just 11 when she was convicted of murdering and mutilating two toddlers. 
What caused these two children to lash out and commit the ultimate crime?

Jeffrey Lundgren created an RLDS splinter group and proclaimed to be a prophet of the Lord, but why did he despise and hate his followers, the Avery family so much? 
On the flip side, John Lawson believed he was the demon Pazuzu and lived his life in hatred and filth, which had unfortunate consequences for 2 people who crossed his path. 

This  week we have special guest, Gavin Fish who tells us about the case of Amanda Wienckowski. Amanda’s nude, frozen body was found in a garbage bin, yet New York’s Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled her death an accidental overdose.   
Find out how Gavin has been working with the family to get Amanda’s manner of death changed and hear from her mother about how this heinous crime has impacted her life.

More information can be found at
https://treatedliketrash.com/
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https://youtube.com/GavinFish/

Between 1978 and 1983 Dennis Nilsen killed 15 men in London, England.  He was only found out because of plumbing issues in his apartment building that lead to a grisly discovery. 
In 1998 21 year old Matthew Shepard left a bar in Laramie, Wyoming with two men who committed a hate crime against him so horrible that it still resonates with the LGBTQ community to this day. 

Anita Cobby was abducted and brutally murdered when she was walking home from the train station in Blacktown, NSW, Australia. Who could be so deranged to commit such a terrible crime?
Years earlier, in 1968, another deranged killer roamed the streets of Salem, Oregon, killing at least four women. What set serial killer Jerry Brudos apart was his fascination with feet and necrophilia. 

First up is Rodney Halbower, The Gypsy Hills Killer, who murdered between 2 and 5 women in 1976. His weapon of choice was a knife, so he also acquired the nickname The San Mateo Slasher. 
Further north, in Canada between 1983 and 2002, is the case of more than 40 women who went missing in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, but their bodies were never found. Unfortunately, most of their deaths have been attributed to a serial killer.