In a small town in the Czech Republic, a new father tests out his baby monitor only to find the shock of his life. A nude child in utter darkness, hands bound is displayed. Police are notified and a case of child abuse unravels into much more. A cult, a fake identity, and master manipulated child torture is uncovered.

Sources: 

Green, R. 2016. The Kurim Case. A terrifying true story of child abuse, cults, & cannibalism.

https://english.radio.cz/mother-aunt-mysterious-woman-girl-boy-sentenced-brno-child-abuse-case-8590790

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/czechs-jailed-over-child-abuse-linked-to-cult-1.900853

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dny51yhBQNo

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-grail-movement-cult/amandasedlakhevener

https://www.cdamm.org/articles/bernhardt-grail-movement

Eric Edgar Cooke was born and raised in Perth, Australia. His family despised him from birth due to his cleft lip. He became a quiet boy and awkward teen. He did things to fit in, but that often including illegal activities. He was known as a petty thief early on. 

He got married and had numerous children, while he worked, he also continued his life of crime. Something that his wife accepted. But then his small crimes escalated to rape and assault. Even continuing to escalate until he murdered multiple people.  He was caught after attempting to retrieve a rifle he'd hidden in bushes. After his arrested he was easily persuaded to confess to his crime. For which he ended up as the last man in Western Australia to be hanged. 

Sources:

Rosewood, Jack. 2015. Eric Edgar Cooke: The true story of the Night Caller

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

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-02/letting-go-of-the-sins-of-a-father/5785692

https://www.crimetraveller.org/2016/08/eric-edgar-cooke-night-caller/

https://www.unilad.com/news/eric-edgar-cooke-night-caller-serial-killer-australia-20220620

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-14/eric-edgar-cooke-serial-killer-voice-heard-53-years-later/9122724

https://serialkillercalendar.com/THE-NIGHT-CALLER-ERIC-EDGAR-COOKE.php

The wonderful Rick and Melissa, founders of adoptaninmate, allowed me to have a conversation with them. The pair discuss how the vision came forward after their family came to an abrupt realization of what the judicial system can be for both those incarcerated and those who love the incarcerated. Now they work to change the minds of the masses, one letter at a time. https://adoptaninmate.org/v

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XShqCISYk4&authuser=0

John Christie, a hysterical hypochondriac. Hated women and used his knowledge of gas to lure multiple women in and end their lives. He couldn't perform in the bedroom without violence, resulting in his need to pick up prostitutes to feed his appetite. After bodies were found in his apartment, he didn't deny killing them. He did attempt to make himself the victim for each woman involved. After his confessions, he found the noose. 

Sources:

Rosewood, J. Lo, R. 2016. John Christie. The true story of the Rillington Place strangler

https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/john-christie/m066_tr?hl=en

https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-christie

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/jun/26/archive-john-christie-death-sentence

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62499428

https://londondarktourist.com/john-reginald-christie/

Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind had her whole life ahead of her. She was pregnant with her first child, getting ready to move in with her long-time partner. Always willing to lend a helping hand. Instead her life was snuffed out by others. She was killed so that her neighbor, Brooke could live in a fantasy world, acting as though this new child was her own. After having seven children taken away by the state and her tubes tied, Brooke viciously attacked Savanna stealing her baby and her life in the process. Brookes boyfriend became an accomplice, going along with the plan until his coworker tells police the pair have a new baby at home. Something missed in the three searches of their apartment in the time of Savannas disappearance. The only possible positive to come of this tragedy was the addition of Savanna's Act.

Sources:

Gable, Mona. 2023. Searching for Savanna. The murder of one Native American woman and the violence against the many

https://people.com/crime/william-hoehn-not-guilty-savanna-greywind-murder-baby/

https://www.niwrc.org/policy-center/mmiw?hsa_acc=8095999829&hsa_cam=17872253711&hsa_grp=143072057247&hsa_ad=612866041329&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-302037116350&hsa_kw=missing%20indigenous%20women&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA8NKtBhBtEiwAq5aX2Lt04rTAc8hDSOwFcX0d1o5VEHF0zWrq1zT68fYlS_JIFKn4PYTfeRoCEVAQAvD_BwE&utm_term=missing%20indigenous%20women&utm_campaign=*Awareness+-+Policy+-+MC&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc

https://thecinemaholic.com/savanna-greywind/

https://people.com/crime/fargo-woman-brooke-crews-sentenced-killing-pregnant-savanna-greywind/

https://www.twincities.com/2018/02/03/savanna-greywind-wasnt-dead-when-baby-cut-from-womb-prosecutors-say-at-abductors-sentencing/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gruesome-details-in-case-of-pregnant-woman-killed-for-baby-as-neighbor-is-sentenced/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/savanna-greywind-case-woman-admits-conspiring-to-kill-pregnant-neighbor-to-keep-baby/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/pregnant-womans-bloody-death-detailed-at-killers-sentencing

http://cbsnews.com/news/preliminary-autopsy-results-released-in-savanna-greywinds-death/

https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Hoehn-life-sentence-thrown-out-by-ND-Supreme-Court--557883121.html

Auburn prison became the first "prison for profit" . Through use of inmate labor and local contracts. The inmates made no money from this labor, it all went to the prison and those who ran it. The striped uniform and solitary confinement were created here as well. This silent prison, was a havoc on the mental health of those who found themselves living in it. William Freeman proclaimed his innocence and demanded compensation. When he was left unheard or rebuffed he turned to violence.

Sources:

McHugh, Eileen. 2010. Auburn Correctional Facility

Bernstein, Robin. 2024. Freeman’s Challenge. The murder that shook America’s original prison for profit

⁠https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/william-freeman-imprisoned⁠

⁠https://history.nycourts.gov/case/people-v-freeman/⁠

⁠https://history.nycourts.gov/case/people-v-freeman/⁠

⁠https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/Auburn/⁠

⁠https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/people_v._william_freeman_(1847)⁠

⁠https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/william-freeman-and-the-auburn-state-prison/5132141#⁠!

Christopher Lambert is the second success story. He was behind bars for decades. It took a while to shift his perspective, but once he did everything changed. He hasn't forgotten his roots, continuing to help those within his community. Through work and outreach programs. 

The creator of No Holmes Barred, Daniel Ciarrocchi joins me in a discussion about the man himself. H.H. Holmes was an American serial killer who built a murder castle in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1800's. Though he reports to have killed over 20, he is only convicted of one. But one is enough to hang. 

After that i'll transport us into the early 2000's and discuss a Nurse. Kimberly Saenz, was an LVN who bounced around from job to job before landing at a dialysis center. Shortly after she's hired, her murder spree starts. She kills by injecting the patients of those around her with a substance that should never be ingested. Luckily for the masses, she is reckless, and is caught after two women offer up witness accounts.

Sources:

Foxjohn, John. 2013. Killer Nurse. The harrowing true story of one woman’s murder spree in an East Texas Town.

https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=04880013

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1711785.html

https://www.ktre.com/story/17121511/davita-supervisor-describes-confrontation-with-lufkin-murder-suspect/

http://oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/nurse-kimberly-saenz-killed-patients-by-injecting-bleach

George Eric Marquart, a man without a high school degree became the first to produce street Fentanyl. He had a high IQ, evident in school. But he found school boring and ridiculous. After winning the State Science Fair, he was immediately expelled for truancy issues. The local Doctor got him into making Heroin. Eric enjoyed the science behind making drugs. He switched to meth for the market and profitability. Then after several stints in prison, found out about Fentanyl. His curiosity turned to mad science and he managed to recreate a street version within weeks. The potency of which drove up the price and demand. Eric made larger and larger batches, but the arrogance and stupidity of his partners eventually led the DEA to his front door. Thus ending the initial wave of street Fentanyl. 

Sources:

Madinger, John. 2024. Lethal Doses. The story behind ‘the godfather of fentanyl’

https://www.foxnews.com/media/godfather-fentanyl-fox-nation-docuseries-story-chemist-drug-kingpin

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13744081/fentanyl-godfather-george-marquardt-breaking-bad-drug-crisis.html

https://torontosun.com/news/world/hunter-real-life-walter-white-was-sociopath-behind-fentanyl-epidemic

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3427620/The-real-Walter-White-self-taught-chemist-led-explosion-fentanyl-addiction-drug-50-times-potent-heroin.html

Randy Woodfield, a native Oregonian, was drafted to the Green Bay Packers. He had the potential to be a great man, but he couldn't stop exposing himself to women. After being released from the Packers, he drifted into the night scene in Portland. Still it wasn't enough, his voyeurism turned into attacking women. When rape wasn't enough, he advanced to murder. From California up to Washington, he attacked anyone he pleased along the I-5 Corridor, until history caught up with him, putting him on police radar. After a thorough police investigation, he was caught, tried, and convicted for his crimes. He will not be released from custody until he leaves with a toe-tag. 

Sources:

Rule, Ann.1988. The I-5 Killer. The true story of the NFL draftee who became a perverted serial killer

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/serial_killer_randy_woodfields.html

https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/woodfield-randall.htm#google_vignette

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954931/

https://www.oxygen.com/mark-of-a-killer/season-2/episode-8/killer-athlete