True Crime State of Mind

Kirk Lankford said he side swiped Masumi Watanabe as she was walking home from the grocery story in April of 2007. According to Kirk, problem was that when he tried to offer her a ride and apologize, Masumi couldn't understand him because she didn't speak much English. While she was a little banged up from getting swiped by his work truck, witnesses saw Masumi get into his truck on her own. She was never seen again.

Albert Paul was a regular Houdini when it came to prison. He escaped so many times that I almost lost count! His criminal career culminated when he was accused and convicted of the murder of Ellen Donahue in 1971.

This week, we are headed to the Granite State of New Hampshire, for the sexual sadist, Sheila LaBarre. She manipulated younger men into believing they were molested, victims of incest, and pedophiles themselves. After the men went missing, nobody came looking for them. Until Kenneth Countie's family wouldn't give up.


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This week, Carmella will take us WAY BACK to the early 1900s with the tale of Lucina Broadwell. She was found partially clothed, face down in a field in Barre, Vermont. Was the murderer her husband, her lover, or an unknown person? This story has it all: a brothel, a madam, a horse-drawn hearse, love, betrayal, affairs, and more!

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It's another 2-PARTER! This episode is part 2. In this episode we will dissect the crime. But was really a crime? We will also discuss what happened in the aftermath.

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It's another 2-PARTER! This episode is part 1. In this episode we will introduce the players in this rich tale: Eduardo Tirella and Doris Duke. Friends for more than 7 years, the two were practically inseparable. But when Eddie decides to break ties professionally with DD, one of them will end up dead. But was it by unfortunate accident? Or was it rage-fueled murder?


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We are starting off Pride Month with a tale from the LGBTQ+ friendly town of Provincetown, Massachusetts! The Lady of the Dunes was found face down in the sand dunes. She was unidentified for DECADES, but very recently it was finally discovered who she was. Did her killer get away with it?


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Jonathon Edington took justice into his own hands when he was told that his 2 year old daughter had been molested by his neighbor, Barry James. Jonathon stabbed James to death in 2006, but were his actions justified?

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Gary Sampson, the proverbial "career criminal" went on a killing spree that lasted week in July 2001. Among his four victims, only one would survive.


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Jennifer Levin was strangled by Robert Chambers in a case that the media would dub “The Preppy Murder.” After serving his unfortunately light sentence for murder, Robert doesn’t stop there. He finds himself facing more charges and an even longer prison sentence.

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