In 2015, a murder-suicide gained national coverage for the choice of weapon--a chainsaw. 

Join Siera and Kayley as they discuss the sad circumstances surrounding the deaths of Christopher and Nicole Peppleman. Their deaths shocked their community and inspired family members to reach out to others experiencing domestic abuse.

Sources

News Articles:

https://www.q13fox.com/news/coroner-no-drugs-involved-in-chain-saw-murder-suicide

https://abc13.com/chainsaw-deaths-husband-wife-killed-couple-dead/598079/

https://news.yahoo.com/chain-saw-found-scene-apparent-murder-suicide-near-162434042.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/husband-killed-estranged-wife-with-chainsaw-used-machine-to-take-own-life-coroner/97883/

https://people.com/crime/pennsylvania-couples-deaths-by-chainsaw-ruled-a-murder-suicide/

https://www.inquisitr.com/1972492/chainsaw-murder-in-pennsylvania-young-son-discovers-his-parents-bodies

https://www.foxnews.com/us/coroner-man-woman-bled-to-death-in-murder-suicide-from-wounds-son-blamed-on-chain-saw

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/-christopher-peppelman-chainsaw-wife_n_6988864?ec_carp=5050355297897501738

Obituaries:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/inquirer/name/christopher-peppelman-obituary?id=9561368

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/philly/obituary.aspx?pid=174547746

Nicole's Place/Laurel House:

https://laurel-house.org/about/our-programs/nicoles-place/
https://laurel-house.org/about-us/

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/domestic-violence-resources/31980/

Statistics and Information About Domestic Violence:

https://www.ojp.gov/feature/family-violence/overview

https://bjs.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh236/files/media/document/cv21.pdf

First episodes, love triangles, and a murder--oh my!

Join co-hosts Kayley and Siera as they dive into the case of the Bermondsey horror.  In the first episode of the True Crime and Punishment podcast, we'll take a look into 1800s London. Marie de Roux, a Swiss maid looking for a way to pull herself up in the world, meets two eligible bachelors. Patrick O'Connor, a wealthy Irish man nearly twice her age, and Fredrick George Manning, a railway guard waiting on his inheritance. Of the three, one will die by violent hands,  and two will die by the hangman's noose. Who will Marie marry? Who will she maim?

Sources:

https://southwarknews.co.uk/history/in-depth-history/bermondsey-horror-maria-manning-frederick/

The Woman who Murdered Black Satin by Albert Borowitz

https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/The-Bermondsey-Horror

https://www.theministryofhistory.co.uk/short-histories-blog/bermondsey-horror

https://headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/fred-maria-manning-victorian-murderers/

Join Siera and Kayley, two friends who are applying their professional writing degrees to research the motivation, perpetration, and investigation of true crime cases.