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May 23, 2022 Jailhouse Romances: Why Do Women Fall In Love With Serial Killers
Can you imagine yourself falling in love with a serial killer or murderer to the point you will give up your family, career, and even your life for them?
A veteran Alabama jail officer, Vicky White did just that in April of 2022 when she staged a getaway with a capital murder suspect.
The 56-year-old White had an unblemished record. She was on her last day of work before retirement. Her colleagues had just voted her Corrections Employee of the Year for a fifth time before she went on the run.
At first, the Lauderdale County Sheriff in Florence, Alabama, thought White had been kidnapped when she disappeared with a 36-year Casey White, no relation.
But White had been involved in a two-year-long jailhouse romance with a career violent criminal named Casey White, no relation to her.
He certainly didn’t have fashion model looks.
Casey White, a 300-pound, muscular, burr-headed 6 foot 9 heavily tattooed inmate, was already serving a 75-year prison sentence for murder and other charges from a terrifying rampage.
He had a large image of a Confederate flag tattooed on his back with the words Southern Pride connected by a chain to the image of a pit bulldog.
It signified his membership in a white racist prison gang called the Southern Brotherhood according to the U.S.Marshals Service.
The tattooed sleeve covering his right arm featured large SS symbols favored by neo-Nazi gangs
Casey White was awaiting trial for stabbing 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway to death in her apartment. It had been a cold case for five years until White suddenly confessed in a letter to investigators.
He later pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease and was awaiting trial in the Lauderdale County Jail. But was his confession a ploy to get back to the jail to see Vicky White, its supervisor?
Casey White called the jailer his wife and she visited his son and grandson according to the convicted felon’s mother. Even gave them Christmas presents.
Vicky White gave a phony cover story when she took the capital murder suspect out of jail claiming it was for a mental health examination.
A week earlier she sold her house for 95-thousand dollars, far below market value, sold her car, and applied for retirement. She also bought an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun, men’s clothes, and sex toys.
Vicky White had been making dry runs for the escape out of the jail with Casey White handcuffed and wearing a jail-issued jumpsuit in the backseat of her patrol car.
The couple’s getaway came to a deadly end in Indiana when U.S. Marshals rammed their Cadillac during a high-speed chase.
Marshals pulled Vicky White out of the wreckage still gripping the handgun that she used to kill herself.
So what could she have possibly seen in a violent felon to throw her life away?
Investigative reporter Robert Riggs searches for answers in this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast.
He interviews John Moriarty, the former Inspector General of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
You may recall from our earlier episodes about serial killer Kenneth McDuff that Moriarty was an undercover prison investigator who played a major role in catching McDuff.
The tough-talking transplanted Irish cop from New York also tricked McDuff into revealing the location of the body of one of his victims before he was executed.
Moriarty is also featured in the opening of the promo about our five-part documentary news series about McDuff titled Freed To Kill on Fox Nation Streaming.
The stories of women and men falling in love with killers may sound like pulp fiction but it is all too common inside jails and prisons.
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33 min
May 16, 2022 The Greatest Escape From Texas Death Row Since Bonnie & Clyde
In this vintage photo from 1993, Peabody Award-Winning Investigative Reporter Robert Riggs stands on a guard tower overlooking Texas Death Row.
Poking up behind him to the right of the large spotlight is the steeple of the prison chapel where seven condemned prisoners made their daring break for freedom five years later.
29-year Martin Gurule, a cold-blooded killer from Corpus Christi in South Texas made it over the prison’s fence on a foggy Thanksgiving night under a hail of rifle fire from guard towers.
The last time condemned killers had broken out of prison in Texas was in 1934 when two members of the notorious Bonnie and Clyde gang made a daring escape.
Prison guards were killed by machine gunfire.
That set off a manhunt led by legendary Texas Ranger Frank Hammer that ended in the deadly ambush of Bonnie and Clyde.
Sixty-four years later, hundreds of officers scoured thousands of acres looking for Martin Gurule around the Ellis Prison Unit near Huntsville, Texas.
Robert Riggs was there until the very end.
In this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast, Riggs dusts off an old reporter’s notebook about this sensational escape from Texas Death Row.
It’s an example of how we take you inside the crime scene tape.
Apple link to the episode about serial Killer Kenneth McDuff
CBS News Anchor Bob Schieffer Shocked By Broomstick Killer’s Brutality
Links To Television Show About McDuff
How was a dangerous sexually sadistic killer set free on parole?
Riggs delivers the answers.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE PROMO
CLICK HERE TO WATCH ON FOX NATION STREAMING
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24 min
May 09, 2022 Prison Inmate Sued Because His Rice Krispies Did Not Snap, Crackle, Pop
Frivolous lawsuits filed by convicted criminals flooded the federal court system in Texas.
A prison inmate who regarded himself as the "Perry Mason" of the Texas prison sued for millions of dollars because his Thanksgiving Turkey was served cold.
Another sued because his Rice Krispies Cereal did not Snap, Crackle, or Pop as advertised.
15 min
May 03, 2022 Sheriff Parnell McNamara Rides Herd On The Lawless Solving Cold Cases
Sheriff Parnell McNamara promised his constituents in McLennan County, Texas around Waco that he would actively pursue cold cases.
McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara & Reporter Robert Riggs
McNamara was elected for a third four-year term in January 2021. He has made good on his campaign pledge to open up long-forgotten homicide cases.
Because as McNamara sees it, no one should get away with murder, and the victim’s family deserves to know what happened.
U.S. Marshall Guy McNamara 1933 (on right)
Guy McNamara Constable 1907 (seated)
The McNamara clan started in law enforcement in 1902 with Guy McNamara, who President Franklin Roosevelt later appointed as a U.S. Marshal in 1933.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Mike McNamara, Serial Killer Kenneth McDuff, Deputy U.S. Marshal Parnell McNamara
You may recall from our earlier episodes about serial killer Kenneth McDuff that it was the brothers, Deputy U.S. Marshals Parnell and Mike McNamara, that launched the manhunt for McDuff with former U.S. prosecutor Bill Johnston.
L-R Deputy U.S. Marshal Mike McNamara, Federal Prosecutor Bill Johnston, Deputy U.S. Marshal Parnell McNamara with Big Foot
After 36 years with the U.S. Marshals Service, Parnell McNamara reached the mandatory retirement age.
He retired for nine years but was unwilling to be put out to pasture, as they say here in Texas.
Sheriff Parnell McNamara Holds 50 Calibre "Tommy Gun"
He was elected Sheriff in 2011 on a campaign slogan of “Riding Herd on the Lawless.”
McNamara, wearing his trademark Stetson cowboy hat, is a throwback to the old West.
rThe western historical decor in his office looks like a modern-day Dodge City occupied by Wyatt Earp.
L-R Capt Steve January, Robert Riggs & Seiler Burr of True Crime Reporter™, Sheriff Parnell McNamara
I sat down to talk to Sheriff McNamara and the Captain of his cold case unit, Steve January.
They started by giving me a challenge coin for the unit.
It features the “Dead Man’s Hand In Poker”, the combination of cards that “Wild Bill” Hickok was holding when he was shot dead point-blank in the back of the head.
Wild Bill Hickok Monument at Deadwood, South Dakota
Like I said, this is the old west where McNamara still forms a posse to hunt down fugitives.
And one more thing. McNamara inspired Jeff Bridge’s role in Come Hell or High Water, which was written by his cousin Taylor Sheridan, best known now for Yellowstone.
Robert Riggs & Captain Steve January Display Nicole Sheridan's Yellowstone Hoodie She Wore When Presenting A Generous Donation to the McLennan County Sheriff's Cold Case Unit
Saddle up your horse. Here’s my interview with Sheriff Parnell McNamara from inside the crime scene tape.
If you wish to contribute to Sheriff McNamara's Cold Case Unit, send it to:
McLennan County Sheriff's Office
Attn: Cold Case Unit
901 Washington Ave, Waco, TX 76701
38 min
May 02, 2022 Sheriff Parnell McNamara Rides Herd On The Lawless Solving Cold Cases
Sheriff Parnell McNamara promised his constituents in McLennan County, Texas around Waco that he would actively pursue cold cases.
McNamara was elected for a third four-year term in January of 2021. And he has made good on his campaign pledge to open up homicide cases that had been long forgotten.
Because as McNamara sees it no one should get away with murder and the victim’s family deserves to know what happened.
The McNamara clan started in law enforcement in 1902 with Guy McNamara who President Franklin Roosevelt later appointed as a U.S. Marshal in 1933.
You may recall from our earlier episodes about serial killer Kenneth McDuff, that it was the brothers, Deputy U.S. MarshalsParnell and Mike McNamara that launched the manhunt for McDuff with my co-host former U.S. prosecutor Bill Johnston.
After 36 years with the U.S. Marshals Service, Parnell McNamara reached the mandatory retirement age.
He retired for nine years but was not willing to be put out to pasture as they say here in Texas.
He was elected Sheriff in 2011 on a campaign slogan of “Riding Herd on the Lawless.”
McNamara wearing his trademark Stetson cowboy hat is a throwback to the old West.
The western historical decor in his office looks like a modern-day Dodge City occupied by Wyatt Earp.
I sat down to talk to Sheriff McNamara and the Captain of his cold case unit Steve January.
They started by giving me a challenge coin for the unit.
It features the “Dead Man’s Hand In Poker”, the combination of cards that “Wild Bill” Hickok was holding when he was shot dead point-blank in the back of the head.
Like I said this is the old west where McNamara still forms a posse to hunt down fugitives.
And one more thing. McNamara was the inspiration for Jeff Bridge’s role in Come Hell or High Water which was written by his cousin Taylor Sheridan, best known now for Yellowstone.
Saddle up your horse. Here’s my interview from inside the crime scene tape with Sheriff Parnell McNamara.
If you wish to make a contribution to Sheriff McNamara's Cold Case Unit, send it to:
McLennan County Sheriff's Office
Attn: Capt. Steve January
901 Washington Ave, Waco, TX 76701
We want to become your favorite true crime podcast. Please leave a review wherever you listen.
Join our true crime community and follow us here.
True Crime Reporter™ is a @2022 copyrighted and trade-marked production by True Crime Reporter, LLC, in Dallas, Texas.

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33 min
April 25, 2022 How Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes Unmasked The Golden State Killer
Cold case investigator Paul Holes played a major role in ending a decades-long reign of terror by The Golden State Killer.
First known as The East Area Rapist, a masked psychological sadist assaulted 50 women in Northern California between 1976 and 1979.
He progressed from burglaries to vicious sexual assaults in the middle of the night to bludgeoning his victims to death.
Along the way, he called 911 to taunt the police.
Suddenly it seemed he had disappeared.
But he had moved to a new hunting ground in Southern California, where he murdered 13 people and became known as the Original Night Stalker.
And then in 1986, it stopped.
In 2011, DNA testing revealed that the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker were one in the same man.
True crime writer Michelle McNamara gave the elusive criminal the “Golden State Killer.”
McNamara, the wife of comedian/actor Patton Oswalt, became obsessed with the long-abandoned cold case for six years, focusing attention on it until her untimely death.
Enter investigator Paul Holes. Holes talked with Robert about his newly released book, Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases.
They discuss the “Golden State Killer”, notorious cases in Texas, and breakthroughs in forensic genealogy.
58 min
April 18, 2022 Death Row Interview With The Mass Killer Known As The “Terminator”
Doug Feldman’s resume gave no clue that a mass killer was lurking inside him.
He graduated from a prestigious university, was a financial wizard, and was the funniest man in the room at social functions. Everything appeared to be going his way.
But beneath Feldman's calm exterior, a volcano was swelling inside him. First, there were tremors. Then, a deadly eruption against random strangers.
Security Camera Footage of Mass Killer Doug Feldman Riding A Harley As He Randomly Guns Down A Gasoline Tank Truck Driver
Crime Scene Where A Tank Truck Driver Was Randomly Murdered by Mass Killer Doug Feldman
Feldman cruised around Dallas on his Harley Davidson motorcycle, randomly shooting truck drivers to death. His reasons for the murders are beyond comprehension.
A month after Feldman was sentenced to die in the Texas death chamber, he sat down to talk with investigative reporter Robert Riggs.
It is a rare glimpse into the mind of a mass killer because they usually take their own lives at the end of their rampage.
Mass Killer Doug Feldman Interviewed by Robert Riggs On Texas Death Row
At the beginning of the interview, Feldman told Riggs that most of what he had to say would not make any sense.
And he was right.
22 min
April 18, 2022 Death Row Interview With The Mass Killer Known As The "Terminator"
Doug Feldman’s resume gave no clue that a mass killer was lurking inside him.
He graduated from a prestigious university. He was a financial wizard. He was the funniest man in the room at social functions. Everything appeared to be going his way.
But beneath Feldman's cool exterior, a volcano was swelling up inside him. First, there were tremors. Then a deadly eruption against random strangers.
Feldman cruised around Dallas on his Harley Davidson motorcycle randomly shooting truck drivers to death. His reasons for the murders are beyond comprehension.
A month after Feldman was sentenced to die in the Texas death chamber, he sat down to talk with investigative reporter Robert Riggs.
It is a rare glimpse into the mind of a mass killer because they usually take their own lives at the end of their rampage.
Feldman told Riggs at the beginning of the interview that most of what he had to say would not make any sense.
And he was right.
This is a True Crime Reporter™ Extra with a story from inside the crime scene tape like none you have ever heard before.
We want to become your favorite true crime podcast. Please leave a review wherever you listen.
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17 min
April 15, 2022 The High School Gang That Graduated To Cold-Blooded Murder
Gun-wielding gang members from Houston burst into a rural bank located a hundred miles north of Houston.
The high school-age teenagers graduated from burglaries and drive-by shootings to cold-blooded murders that day.
They left behind the bullet-riddled body of an 82-year-old woman who was tending her family’s graves.
They robbed a bank and shot up the small town while making their getaway. They pistol-whipped a deputy sheriff and used his gun to shoot a Texas State Trooper.
Investigative reporter Robert Riggs covered the murder, and former U.S. prosecutor Bill Johnston sent them to prison.
They are back with another story inside the crime scene tape about the execution of the sweet elderly lady known as Miss Ruby.
31 min
April 11, 2022 The Teenage Gang That Graduated To Cold Blooded Murder
Gun-wielding gang members from Houston burst into a rural bank located a hundred miles north of Houston.
The high school-age teenagers graduated from burglaries and drive-by shootings to cold-blooded murder that day.
They left behind the bullet-riddled body of an 82-year old woman who was tending her family’s graves.
They robbed a bank and shot up the small town while making their getaway. They pistol-whipped a deputy sheriff and used his gun to shoot a Texas State Trooper.
Investigative reporter Robert Riggs covered the murder and former U.S.prosecutor Bill Johnston sent them to prison. They are back with another story inside the crime scene tape about the execution of the sweet elderly lady known as Miss Ruby.
This is a True Crime Reporter@ Confidential.
We want to become your favorite true crime podcast. Please leave a review wherever you listen.
Join our true crime community and follow us here.
True Crime Reporter™ is a @2022 copyrighted and trade-marked production by True Crime Reporter, LLC, in Dallas, Texas.

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26 min