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Hi there, Crime Family, welcome back, to Episode 65!
This week Bailey covers the stories of two women who were both found murdered in the Indianapolis, Indiana, now-demolished Claypool Hotel during the mid-20th century.
Maoma Ridings was a friend to Franklin Delano Roosevelt as well as a Corporal in the Women's Army Corps in 1943, and was the victim of an unsolved homicide on the 7th floor.
Dorothy Poore was an 18 year old who was on a trip to Indianapolis to find a clerical job, but was found days later stuffed into a dresser drawer on the 6th floor. That crime was supposedly 'solved.' but Bailey has her doubts about whether they caught the real perpetrator.
Beth follows with the survival story of Johanna Orozco-Fraser, a high school senior who had already had a difficult life and then was put through a crime so cruel and traumatic that it took her years to be able to look at herself in the mirror again.
But Johanna was strong and made the decision that she would choose to be content with her life, and when she found that peace, happiness found her. This case is a tough one because the man who tried to kill Johanna was the man she had once loved with all her heart.
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Episode 64 is a shorter one, but centered around two amazing people who had some really bad things happen to them.
Bailey starts us off with the unsolved murder of Judy Smith. Judy was a wonderful human, a Bostonian who had a happy family life and an important career at which she excelled. On a trip to Philadelphia, Judy just....vanished.
There were sightings of her between Philadelphia and Boston, but where she was found five months later, 600 miles away in Mount Pisgah, North Carolina, hint at an ominous sequence of events that nobody really knows for certain.
Beth follows up with the survivor story of Angelique X. Angelique is an Australian woman who was held captive for three years in her teens and tortured by the monster who kept her there by way of manipulation and lies.
When she met an amazing person in 2017, he decided he had no choice but to free her from her nightmare. Angelique got away, and she and her friend will always be besties, because she knows he saved her.
In the bloopers this week, Beth shows that sometimes she can be, as her grandma used to say about other, unnamed people, "dumb as a box o' rocks."
We are as always, so grateful that you've stopped by! We've set up chocolate bunny shots on the bar in the BnB parlor, and you are welcome to help yourself before we sit down and get started.
Need to know how to make chocolate bunny shots for when you get home? Of course!
You need:
--6 hollow chocolate bunnies, heads nibbled (or cut) off, chilled (if you want, you can break the heads into pieces to garnish the cocktails, or mortise them so the ears hang off the side of the body. Creepy, but YUM)
--4 oz vodka
--6 oz Baileys
--6 oz Kahlua
Shake or stir the alcohol together and pour into the bunny bodies. These can be kept in the refrigerator for a while, if needed.
If you don't garnish with bunny heads, or even if you do, you can top with canned whipped cream. Enjoy!
Please share these, because if you have them all yourself, you will be so-so-so sorry tomorrow. Love you! Take care!!
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Happy almost-April Fool's Day at the True Crime BnB, to our little crime fam!
After the last few episodes, you're probably looking for a little bit of a break....but you've come to the wrong BnB if that's what you're after. In fact, Bailey is so far from giving us a break that she has found a heartbreaking and maddening case from one of the safest cities in the world: Reykjavik, Iceland.
Birna Brjánsdóttir was a 20-year-old with her entire life ahead of her, and a plan on what she wanted to do with it. A sailor on leave near Reykjavik randomly passed her on an early Saturday morning, and that was the end for Birna.
She should be remembered, and her story should be shared.
Beth brings the survivor story this week, with a woman who was shot four times in the 'kill zone,' and still lived to tell her would-be killer, "I won, and you lost."
Yuly Solano met a man at her Florida condominium and when she decided not to date him, he did the unthinkable outside of her home. And when Yuly said he lost; he really lost. He attempted murder-suicide, but only the suicide was successful.
Yuly is an amazing woman that you'll be glad you heard about. And if you are in a position to assist her with her over $1,000,000 in medical bills from the surgeries that saved her life, you can find her GoFundMe here: https://gofund.me/ada32743
Thank you so much for joining us today.
The bloopers this week were ridiculous--hang around after the meowtro!
Love you, see you next week!
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Hello and welcome back to our dear Crime Family, we're glad you're here!
We're flipping the normal roles this week, with Beth taking the first part of the episode. The setting was Washington State in 1977, and 24 year old Susan Schwarz was being, as always, a very good friend.
When her longtime BFF intimated that she wanted to get away from her abusive husband, Susan helped her escape to Minnesota. But when the ex later found out that Susan had 'interfered', he brutally took out his fury on her.
Another victim of this awful man was so frightened of his cruelty that she was terrified to tell what she knew. But years later, this woman was the key to putting him away.
If the second half of this episode title is stressing you out, it should be. Bailey tells the events that happened in Cline Falls State Park in Oregon in the late 1970's, when two young Yale students stopped there while biking the Trans America Trail.
Terri Jentz and Avra Goldman experienced a senseless, brutal attack at the hands of a man who has never faced justice, despite it being commonly believed that the perpetrator is known.
But both women survived, thanks to superhuman determination by Terri to get help for herself and her friend. Their story will stay with you for a long time.
Happy Friday to all of you; we thank you for joining us again! Have a seat, grab a pastry from the basket, and let's talk about some amazing people who experienced some really terrible things. Because that's what we're here for--to remember them and to share what they went through. Let's get started.
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Céad Míle Fáilte (100,000 welcomes) Crime Fam, how was your pre-St. Patty's week? If you had a rough one, like we did, do yourself a favor and listen to this episode, because afterward you will remember how much worse things could be.
Bailey is our bad guy with the sad story of Lucie Turmel, a sweet young woman in Banff, Alberta, who was just trying to make a living when she senselessly and tragically became a victim. But the person who hurt her wasn't trying to hurt HER, he was just a complete fool who had misguided ideas about what it means to be successful....or to just look that way. Lucie deserves to be remembered, because she was kind, and sweet, and she was loved.
Beth is bringing you week two of "Claustrophobic Nightmares" but this one is also cold. Teri Jendusa-Nicolai had almost no chance to survive. She was gravely injured and put in a circumstance where she should not have come through it. But if that's what you think, you just don't know Teri Jendusa-Nicolai. She is a hometown girl with a fighting spirit, and you're going to love her!
So, on this Saint Patrick's Day, May peace be within you, may your heart be strong, may you find what you're seeking, wherever you roam. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort, to our Irish friends, and our wannabe Irish friends!
We love you, and we hope all good things will come to you and yours. Thank you for joining us, and we hope to see you back next week!
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Hi, thanks for stopping by the BnB!
This week, we have two wildly different stories, and both of them just left us shaking our heads! Bailey starts things off with the suspicious death of Christian Andreacchio in Mississippi. There was a LOT of weird stuff happening before, during, and after Christian was found deceased, and the fact that authorities immediately ruled it as self-harm does not answer any of the questions that remain. Please-- hear this story out, and let us know what you think happened here.
Beth follows behind, in the uplifting story, but this week (well, kind of like it always is...) it's a mixed bag. In order to lift up, we have to first go through an absolutely ghoulish attempt that Michelina Lewandowska's ex-fiancé made to get her out of his life so he could have their son to himself. This woman is an adorable soldier, and she will make you think twice about giving up on anything.
We know that it is a gift for you to give us an hour of your time every week, and we thank you, and we love you.
And to our dear friends Lyndon and Andy, apologies for the cheeky accented pronunciation of "Huddersfield" in the bloopers. It's all out of affection!
Since it's Friday, I hope all of you are headed into a relaxing and fun weekend. Have a glass of wine, on us. For once, we don't need any wine because Puss left us alone to record for maybe the first time ever!
Cheers!!
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Welcome back, Crime Family, we're glad you're here!
This week, Beth brings back installment 9 of Architect Mayhem, with the tragic death of visionary Graham Downes. Graham was a South African Bauhaus-style Architect who transformed San Diego, California, but was cruelly killed by an insecure employee.
Bailey lifts up the second half of this episode with the survivor story of Kirby Morrill, a Canadian woman who survived a brutal machete attack on the Appalachian Trail, the 3100 mile / 5000 km hiking odyssey undertaken by thousands of people every year, 75% of whom don't finish it. Unfortunately, Kirby lost a protector and supporter on her journey, and Bailey will tell you all about what a good guy Ron Sanchez, Jr. was and how he helped Kirby out twice before he lost his life.
This week, we are sharing the trailer for our friend MaryAnne from Crime Scenes and Cupcakes, a True Crime Podcast, who has one of the best hearts and purest intentions in terms of what she hopes to do with her podcast. She started with the intent to find the killer of her friend Krista Martin, but she is using her voice and investigatory skills to shed light and uncover information on missing persons and unsolved cases, every single week. If you want to support a podcaster who is truly doing the damn thing, you should be supporting MaryAnne.
As Kirby said, "Are you going to let a little fear stop you from doing what you want to do in life?"
Thank you for joining us, friends, family, and everyone else who finds us here. We appreciate you and hope you're healthy, happy, and don't need an alibi.
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Friends, colleagues, and Crime Family--what do you get when a serial rapist isn't put away with hard time? You get two senseless and infuriating murders (at least--maybe more) of Swedish women, who each had their whole lives left to live. Bailey will bring you the stories of Engla Högland and Pernilla Hellegren, who both deserved better, but who were stolen from their lives by the same disturbed man.
Beth is in the palate cleanser seat, and is telling you about Doctor Michael Wong. This man is not only a life-changing doctor and patient advocate, he was attacked and nearly killed in the Melbourne, Australia hospital where he was a neurosurgeon. Hospital security is only one of the meaningful causes he now champions, as he invents new ways to save lives, both in the operating theater and amongst his healthcare colleagues.
So if you came here today looking for stories of true crime that will both make you grateful for your own safety and also celebrate the survivors amongst us, you've come to the right place.
This is what we do at the True Crime BnB. Welcome aboard--we're glad you're here.
Now, have a seat, grab a glass, and let's get started. Meow.
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Hi, Crime Family, happy to see you back this week!
This week was Valentine's Day, and in dishonor of the holiday, we are bringing you not one....not Two....but THREE loves gone wrong. And wrong in ways that that average person can't even fathom.
Bailey starts us out by telling the story of Gregory Green, who killed his pregnant first wife Tanya Clayton Green. Against the odds, he then was entrusted with a second chance. The problem is, that with his second chance, he committed a horrific family annihilation.... except for leaving his second wife Faith Harris Green alive, just to torture her. This one is brutal and maddening.
Beth follows up with a survivor story of a Pacific Northwest artist named Lonnie Feather. She thought that after twenty years, she knew the man who was working his way into her life. Unfortunately, he was a professional and knew how to make her see what he wanted her to see. She survived his attempt to kill her, and you will love her strength and stubbornness--he wasn't taking anything more from her!
So get ready for a rough first story, and then a story that will remind you that inside all of us, there is a SURVIVOR.
Love all of you, thank you for being here.
The bloopers are a hoot this week, and we actually cut out a LOT of Puss interruptions. A LOT. So hang around after the meowtro, it's worth it!
See you next week!
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This week for Episode 56, we are taking you on vacation!
Just to clarify, the first half of this first episode of Pod Year Two is the story of an island paradise that was tainted by modern crime. Beth is bringing you the story of Italian tourists Dahlia Saiani and Giorgia Busato, who were regular visitors to the Island of Sol in the Cabo Verde archipelago. These two women, along with a 17 year old guest, were visiting the island in 2007 when the two adults were brutally murdered by an ex romantic partner. Had it not been for the survival of teenager Agnese Pace, it's likely that the murders might have never been solved.
And Bailey shares the amazing and unlikely survival of Kansas single mom and graphic designer Marti Hill. Marti was attacked and left for dead in her own basement, after her attacker decided she would be easy to kill and then wouldn't be discovered for days. But he was wrong. Marti's website MartiHill.com, where you can also find her memoir "Millimeter From Murder", provides resources to help heal the emotional wounds of violence.
At the beginning of this episode, we played the trailer for our friend Patrick, whose Not Adding Up Podcast is always well-researched, well-reasoned, and shines light on cases that aren't as cut and dried as people might want the public to believe. Please check out Not Adding Up, and subscribe, wherever you're listening to us!
It's exciting to be starting our second year of podcasting, and we are thankful to all of you who have listened, shared, usand helped us grow! We are so glad you're here!
Thank you!
Now, let's get comfortable and talk true crime.
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From the publisher's feed
Welcome to True Crime BnB. I’m Beth, your host. This podcast began with my daughter as a space to honor victims and celebrate survivors.
Now in Season 4, I’m continuing…
These episodes are history with a side of crime. This is the sound of whitewashing being undone. I’m reaching into the past to find silenced voices—letting them speak, exposing the systems that buried them, and telling the stories no one ever taught me.
Because I wasn’t supposed to know any of this. And that’s exactly why it matters.
This podcast is for the victims, the survivors, and the histories they were written out of.
This is the True Crime BnB.