Two Can Keep A Secret

Imagine it’s 1937 and you’re a famous pin-up model who has just been murdered… how does the world respond? Naturally the media latches onto the story like a starved leech jonsing for its next meal.

Veronica “Ronnie” Gedeon was well known for her career as a pin-up model where she often posed for crime magazines. When she was murdered, along with her mother, Mary, and a roommate, Frank Byrnes, the media took to calling her things like a “hard-drinking minx”. When police locked in on a prime suspect for these murders, the media harbored him until they could get a good story out of him before being released to authorities. The ‘30s were a wild time.

Tune in to find out what happened during this old-timey Easter triple homicide and try not to get your mind blown at how grotesque the media was. 

Sources:
Redrum Blonde - podcast
A Crime To Remember - S3E4 - Such A Pretty Face
Wikipedia 1
Murderpedia
Ephemeral New York
Useless Information
Time
Newspapers.com (1)
Newspapers.com (2)
Newspapers.com (3)  

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This week, Pam will share a couple of cases with you where two paraquats eliminate their victims via subterfuge. 

1. Stephen and Carol Baxter were on the verge of retiring from Cazsplash, their bath mat business, but a trusted friend had other plans in mind.  This “friend” went through extensive lengths to get what he wanted, even if that meant murder. 

2. Michael Barber lived a simple life with his wife and three children. He was healthy by all counts, so it came as a surprise when he suddenly fell ill at work one day. Meanwhile, his wife was entertaining a neighbor boy… could her promiscuity have led to his unexpected illness? 

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When life gives you lemons…. grab your industrial sized can of bear repellent and get to work!
Sound like a ridiculous plan? That’s because it is and it didn’t work for Cassandra Bjorge and her boyfriend, Johnny Rider, either.  This young, moronic couple decided that the answer to all their problems would be to eliminate their families and ride off into the sunset together.
Tune into this week’s episode to find out the gory details.

Sources:
Gwinnett County Website
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
WSB TV
Explore With Us - on YouTube

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Kraig Kahler was a controlling narcissist who became unhinged when his wife of 20+ years decided to gain some independence and leave his pompous ass!
The events that followed left loved ones baffled and appalled as tragic events led to the exposing of odd behavior and the upsetting home life of Karen Kahler.

Sources:
True Crime Jack on YouTube
Mirror
Criminal
Murderpedia
Fatal Vows S1:E5 Death in the Family

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Nothing is more powerful than teenage love. This holds especially true for two young adults whose lives were turned upside down after one very lackluster moment of infidelity led to the murder of Adrianne Jones.

Tune in for this wild case and enjoy some switcharoo action as Ronda presents a transcript written by Pam.

** I promise, we tried to keep the tangents to a minimum.

 

Sources:
People Magazine Investigates - In the Name of Love
People.com
MyList
NBC News
Texas Monthly
Wikipedia - Diane Zamora

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Leap Day only comes around every four years, so as a special treat, Ronda decided to delight you all with a bit of history around why Leap Years are necessary  and some interesting things that have happened on February 29 (please pause while Pam rolls her eyes).

February 29, 2000 also marks the date of one of the most notoriously horrendous (and for some, supremely traumatizing) murders in Australian history- the murder of John Price. John was a relatively happy man who lived a simple, but fulfilling life. He and his two teenage children got on just fine, though John began to feel as though he needed a bit more in life. He wanted a wonderful woman to share it with- instead, he found Katherine Knight.

Tune in to hear about the truly awful case of what many have dubbed 'Australia's Female Hannibal Lecter'.

Sources:   
Wikipedia
All That's Interesting
Murderpedia
The Casual Criminal- Katherine Knight: Australia's Female Hannibal Lecter - on YouTube

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What is Phrogging, you ask? Well, Pam is going to tell you and you will never be the same again. Settle in and get ready to be weirded out by this phenomenon that happens way more often than any of us would like to admit.

Sources:
All That's Interesting
Brinks Home
Buzzfeed News
HuffPost
Yahoo
Denver Library
Independent
Daily Mail
Toronto News
KHON2
CT Post
Spectrum Local News

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For over a decade, the small town of Arkansas City, Kansas had a predator lurking in the shadows. He crept around town, traumatizing women at every turn. Slowly, his behavior escalated, unseen and unpunished until he crossed the point of no return. 

Tune in to follow the story of Jodi Sanderholm and how she was taken too soon at the hands of a man who would have easily become a serial rapist and murderer had he not been apprehended. 

Sources: 
Medium
Crime Junkie Podcast- Murdered: Jodi Sanderholm
Investigation Discovery 
ID’s Murder Under the Friday Night Lights 

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18 year old Brittany Loritts had her life ahead of her... she was about to start college and begin her next chapter in her life. That was until her step-father found her murdered in the family home one summer day. Listen along as we explore all the suspects and find out the trash sentence that was finally handed down.

Sources:
Nightmare Next Door - Skeletons in the Closet
Coffee and Crime Couple Podcast
True Crime Diva Blog
Salisbury Post (1)
Salisbury Post (2)
Find A Grave

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With the evolution of technology comes a host of evolving crimes that our criminal justice system is not prepared to handle. One such crime is sextortion. In 2022, the number of sextortion cases rose to such a level that the FBI issued an official warning to the public.
Tune in to find out just how harrowing this new phenomenon can be, especially for victims like Jordan Demay who will never recover.

Sources:

NBC News
ABC News - Impact
HG.org
Click on Detroit- Interview with Jordan’s Parents

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