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Hello, welcome to Just One B week at the BnB! Today for Episode 84, I'm bringing you a story of a heroic mother who saved the lives of her large family when their home was consumed in a Christmas fire 62 years ago.

Rosemary Shayotovich Swiger Starry thought of nothing except the safety of her bedridden husband and her eight children when their Christmas tree caused a house fire in the early morning hours of December 26, 1961. Rosemary's story made headlines across the country that year, but her selfless bravery deserves to be remembered today.

Also, please take this as a reminder to check your decorations and electrical devices to prevent a house fire--and make sure your family never find themselves in this terrifying situation. Only a few minutes of your time could save someone's life.

We've left a chilled bottle of wine in the fridge for you, and I've reserved the biggest room here at the BnB so you can get some quiet and have a little nap. Fat chance with Puss wandering the halls....

Take good care of yourselves--I'll be back in two weeks with a guest that you've met before and everyone loved!

Meow!

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Welcome to the November Just One B, so this week, there is no good guy. I know, rough, but this is just how it has to be sometimes at the BnB.

My case this week was a senseless, tragic, and random act of violence towards a young woman who was going to do great things in her life. Sharon Galligan was only weeks away from embarking on her semester abroad when she was a junior at the University of Massachusetts. Her life was extinguished in a mall parking lot just before she headed home for the Christmas break in 1989.

Sharon was the casualty of an arbitrary decision by a man with a victim complex, and since there was no connection between them, it took years before police found out who had committed this disgusting crime against a lovely young person with her whole life ahead of her.

Please think about Sharon and her family as you prepare for whatever holidays you celebrate.

This episode comes out the day after Thanksgiving, so I hope you're all stuffed to the gills and feeling grateful about the good things in your lives. Although every one of us has our personal struggles, as Jason Isbell says, "you should know, compared to people on a global scale, our kind has had it relatively easy."

Love you, be happy, be kind. Try to do something good with your blessings.

See you in two weeks.

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Welcome back for Episode 82 here at the BnB! Thank you for joining me as I welcome Deb from Dying To Be Found podcast as this week's guest bad guy!

Deb went big with her case this week, in the tragic downfall, crimes, and untimely death of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. He did some terrible things over a number of years, but Deb shows us the double-edged sword of the life that made him both wealthy and reckless. She elaborates on underlying factors and influences that helped send Aaron in the wrong direction. But whatever the reasons he did the things he did, by Aaron's hand, Odis Lloyd was needlessly killed in cold blood.

Beth follows up with a survivor story from 1986. Laurie Melanson was living in small town New York and working in a challenging and fulfilling career. When she met John Brown, it didn't take long for her to realize he wasn't the right guy for her. After she broke it off, though, John became obsessed and violent, assaulting Laurie, stalking her, and finally attempting to kill them both in a murder-suicide. But she was stronger and more determined than he thought she would be, and she fought her way back and used her experience to help people who really needed her understanding.

Please go check out Deb's podcasts, Dying to be Found and Dying to be Found: THE DASH, here: Dying to be Found | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree

Thank you once again for coming along with me on this crazy journey of remembrance of victims and celebration of survivors. It wouldn't be the same without you!

Now, after this long week, I'm ready for some hard cider and a bowl of leftover Halloween candy. Have a seat--there's plenty to share!

Happy November, y'all!

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Hello again, and welcome back to the True Crime BnB for Episode 81!

This week is a solo Just One B, episode, but I'm still bringing you two stories. But since this is a Halloween episode, neither case has a happy or uplifting ending. Apologies for breaching the format, but these two cases are important and I wanted to share them both.

The common themes of these two stories are that both took place on Halloween in the 1980's, both were in California, and both cases resulted in the death sentence for the perpetrators. You may have heard of the second case, but probably not the first.

The first is the story of the events leading up to John K Stopher's senseless murder in his own shower on Halloween, 1986, and how the criminal who killed him tried to use John's own private life as an excuse for why he did it. The man who was responsible also murdered another woman, Billie Fae Jones, just so he could steal her van as part of his plans for his attack on John and John's girlfriend Rosa.

The second is the horrific murder of Doreen Rae Hitchens Ebert, who was 8 months pregnant when she was literally slaughtered in the doorway of her own home on Halloween, 1984. This is a hard one to listen to, but I will warn you before I give as toned-down a description of the violence as I can while still expressing the sheer brutality of this crime.

Thank you for joining me for Episode 81, now let's have a seat, and let me tell you about some lovely people who never should have had to go through what they did. You might need an extra shot in your glass for this one.

I will be back in two weeks with another guest bad guy in Episode 82, and I am really looking forward to it! See ya!

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Welcome back to Episode 80, my dear Crime Family! I've missed you!

This week I had the pleasure of working again with Andy from Picture the Scene Podcast, with whom we also collaborated on Episode 41. Rachael was unable to join us, but Andy brought us a case from the UK, detailing the horrible domestic violence murder of Dawn Walker. This murder was, unfortunately, predictable, but the circumstances are beyond tragic. Dawn was a wonderful person who was loved by everyone who knew her, and she deserved far better.

My case this week is the survivor story of Py Bateman. Py was a revolutionary related to women's self-defense, as the world in the 1960's and 1970's was becoming an ever more dangerous place for women. She saw her peers being given outdated and dangerous advice related to personal safety, and took it upon herself to teach women how to fight back when she opened the Feminist Karate Union. The acronym FKU may or may not have been coincidental. Wink. And when she had to use her own methods to save herself, she came away knowing she was doing the right thing. Py is a warrior, and she taught hundreds of other women how to have the discipline and confidence to be warriors, too!

Please go check out Picture the Scene Podcast, follow them on social media @scenepod, and give Andy's Yorkshire accent a chance. He swears you'll learn to love it! I think you will, too. You can find places to listen here: linktr.ee/Scenepod

As always, thank you for stopping by. I do appreciate your company in this big old place. Happy Friday, my friends!

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Hello again, y'all, and thank you for being here for Episode 79!

This week I have brought in a guest host who is one of my oldest friends--we went to college together in 1821! Okay, it was a few years after that, but we've literally been friends since I was 18. That was even before I started the BnB!!

Buckeye Don bravely took on co-hosting duties today, and he brought us a hella interesting case. Don is sharing the story around the origin and the investigation of the man known in New York City in the 1940's and 1950's as the Mad Bomber.

George Metesky started out with a legitimate complaint against how he was treated, but oh BOY did he take it so much too far.

Beth follows up with a survivor story a little bit different from many that we've shared before. This is an entire family, three of whom were physically attacked and could have been killed by a home invader. But three of these family members: Joy Darrow, Steven Pratt, and daughter Tracy Baim, all went on to be extraordinary journalists and to set an example of how to love and respect all people for who they are.

And mother Joy and daughter Tracy accomplished something extra-special together that will never be forgotten.

Don's first episode went great, and he's welcome to pop back in at the BnB whenever he feels like he wants to get away. Hope you enjoy meeting my old pal, and we thank you for listening!

See you in two weeks for Episode 80!!. . . . ..

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Episode 78 is here, y'all!

This week, I was lucky enough to be able to finish editing my collaboration with Courtney and Patrick from Evil Pudding Podcast, These two put together an amazing, detail-packed podast, and if you're not listening to them, you should be.

I started off the episode with Installment #10 of Architect Mayhem. This week's Architect-gone-bad is a UK man who made his amazing Argentinian wife disappear, not only out of spite but also hoping to capitalize on her estate after she'd been missing for seven years. Michael Jonathan Morton had a head start on the investigation, and Gracia Lezama Morton's remains have still never been found.

If you're already a fan of Evil Pudding, this episode is going to be a treat for you, because this is their first time playing the good guy! Courtney brings us the unbelievable survival story of Illinois teenager Ashley Reeves, who was groomed from a young age and nearly killed by her former teacher. You'll be both angry and amazed by this incredible story!!

If you hear the fluctuations in the sound quality, I'm sorry, but if you hang around for the bloopers, you'll understand what happened. Plus you'll get to hear about Coconut the Great Pyrenees's nightmare and Jackson the bulldog's snoring problem. This episode was a real challenge because of the technical issues, but it's a good one, and I'm really proud of it.

Please listen with care, be good to yourself and others, and go follow @evilpuddingpodcast at Instagram and Facebook.

So, grab a seat on the BnB couch before the dogs take over, freshen your complimentary beverage, and get comfortable.

As always, I love you, and will talk to you again soon!

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Hi, Crime Family, thanks for being here this week for this Just One B episode, with solo Beth telling the rough story of the murder of Cammi Leigh Ostwald, who was a 16-year-old Michigander from Clinton Township, which is a suburb of Detroit.

She was a pretty typical teenager, but after a fight with her mom about an older boy, Cammi ran away. Cammi's family were frantic to find her and bring her home, but the 19-year-old her 'friend' asked to look after her took that possibility off the table. Her murder was horrific and cruel, and seems likely to have taken place because of a childish fantasy the perpetrator had held in his mind for years.

Please hear Cammi's story, and keep in your hearts all the distraught families of runaways. Her family loved her. Her family wanted her home. She really didn't grasp how much she was loved, even though they showed it with the care they tried to give her.

This loss was tragic and brutal and devastating. Rest in peace, Cammi.

Thank you for listening to this young woman's story, and if you find yourself in a position to help a vulnerable runaway or their family, I hope you'll try to help.

If you're a runaway, have a friend who has run away, or want to find ways to help, please visit the National Runaway Safeline. https://www.1800runaway.org/ or call them at 1-800-runaway .

I'll be back in a couple of weeks with a collaboration with one of my favorite humans on the planet! But it's a secret until we manage to actually record something. Hahahaha!

Hugs and love from the BnB!

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Welcome, one and all, it's Episode 76 here at the True Crime BnB--where the doors are always open and we always have a comfy spot to sit and talk about victims and survivors.

This week, I was happy to be joined by Tiffany, half of the co-host duo from Cola City Crime, an amazing podcast out of South Carolina.

Tiffany generously offered to be our bad guy this week, and she brought one doozy of a story--Bobbie Sue Terrell, an Illinois transplant living in Florida. Terrell was a mentally ill nurse who was most likely responsible for over a dozen deaths of patients in health care facilities where she worked over the years.

These cases are the stuff of nightmares to people who need to have their loved ones in a care facility.

Beth follows up with a second straight episode coming from Australia! We have two inspiring survivors of an ill-planned, evil home invasion where there were four potential victims in the house.

But James Myers and Luke Convery overcame a million obstacles and setbacks, to survive and come away from the experience with love in their hearts and positive outlooks. Along with the bullets they both still have in their heads.

I know you have lots of great podcasts competing for your listening time, and I'm honored and grateful that you are here. Please also go check out Cola City Crime, I know you'll love them, too!

And if you would like to donate to the GoFundMe to send kids to Space Camp in Stanley's honor, please find that page here: Stanley's Go Fund Me: gofund.me/220522d6

As always, thank you, we love you, and please take good care.

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Hello and welcome back, Crime Family!

Thank you for being here for this special episode with my dear friend Carmen from Live, Laugh, Murder Podcast!

Carmen has generously popped in to be the bad guy and tell us about the case of the horrible interrogation of Ryan Waller, who was arrested on suspicion of shooting his girlfriend Heather Quan in Arizona.

But the facts of this case are even more horrifying, and Carmen will explain it all. Heather and Ryan were both victims; just wait for the whole story.

Beth brings the narrative of the events leading up to and following the attempted murder of transplanted New Zealander Rachele Godsall in Australia. She was a kind, faithful, loving partner to a man who simply could not, or would not, get his insecurities under control.

What he did to Rachele, and the strength and wisdom she showed afterward, will make you love and admire this woman.

Carmen brought red wine, and the BnB bar is always stocked with whiskey, snacks, and mixers. Grab a chilly beverage, take a seat, and let's get this show on the road.

Cheers, y'all!

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