Two Can Keep A Secret

With the start of a new year comes the promise that you can reinvent yourself. Some people take that promise too literally, inventing themselves over and over again or just lying about who they are altogether.

Pam: Molly was super excited to start a new chapter in her life. She was just 2 days away from marrying her boyfriend of 7 years in the Disney wedding of her dreams when her body was found in the middle of a back road in Missouri. Police quickly zero in on her fiancé and he has some serious explaining to do.


Ronda: Christophe Rocancourt was unsatisfied with his station in life. With a little determination and a grandiose imagination (not to mention a super sized ego), he managed to realign the stars… or con them out of their money.


Sources:
Pam:
ABC News (1)
ABC News (2)
The Midwest Crime Files

Ronda:
Wikipedia
Edgar
Normandy Then and Now
 
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This month for our freestyle episode we are taking you to the great state of Texas where anything could happen!

Ronda: Break-ups are hard, especially when they’re unexpected. When Brenda Delgado gets dumped, she will do ANYTHING to get her man back.

Pam:  When Marie Robards catches her stepfather cheating on her mother she just can't seem to forgive him as easily as her mother does so she ends up leaving the home to go and live with her bio-dad. All seems well for a while, but teenagers are capable of doing more than you'd think when they are homesick and just want their mom. 

Sources:
Ronda:
Distractify
Chilling Crimes

Pam:
Texas Monthly
Business Guide Africa


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This week, we'd like to hold your ears hostage! Listen along as we tell you a couple of hostage cases that were nothing alike, yet ended exactly the same way.

Pam: I'm going to tell you about a woman who holds her cat hostage at knife point in a grocery store. That's it, that's all the information you need. You just have to listen to find out more. 

Ronda: Follow me all the way to Hawaii where I tell about the dangers of firing someone... or something like that. 

Sources:
Pam:
Wikipedia
NY Times
AP News

Ronda:
Wikipedia
Wikipedia - Honolulu Hostage Crisis
Edmonton Journal
AP News
Hawaii News Now
 
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What is best served cold? You guessed it- revenge! Tune in as we share cases about people seeking revenge against those who have wronged them.

Ronda: For my case, I tell you about a sheriff of a decently sized county who waged a one-man war against the Dixie Mafia and State Line Mob who plagued his home with criminal activity. This seemingly invincible man is credited with the deaths of several criminals who dared cause him grief.

Pam: Charles Severance was wronged by those in is life... the mother of his child left him taking full custody of his son, he ran for political office not once, but THRICE and lost each time. So, of course, it only make sense to get even with the "utopian  elites" by becoming a serial killer. 

Sources:
Ronda:
Wikipedia - Buford Pusser
Wikipedia - Dixie Mafia
All That’s Interesting
Murdered In Mississippi
Buford Pusser Museum

Pam:
Wikipedia - Charles Severance
Murderpedia - Charles Severance
Investigation Discovery - See No Evil  S9E6 "Shaken and Disturbed" 

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Happy Thanksgiving! This week we tell you about a not so great family gathering. Afterwards we will regale you with some Black Friday history followed with a few "One Day Only Sale!" horror stories.

Pam:  When estranged Paul Merhige shows up uninvited to his family's Thanksgiving celebration, he decided that the least he can do is enjoy a nice meal before going on a murderous rampage. Listen as I tell you all about this monster who may have taken away some loved ones, but can never take away his family's faith.

Ronda: Do you know where the "Black Friday" holiday got its name? I had no idea until I researched it. I also learned that the date for Thanksgiving had to be set into law because President FDR created so much chaos in 1939 when he changed the official date for that year. Stick around for my portion of the podcast where I'll combine history with horror. It should be a good time despite what Pam says. 

Sources:
Pam:
Murderpedia
WFLX
NBC Miami
NBC Miami 2
Palm Beach Post
CNN
WPTV
Florida Supreme Court

Ronda:
Wikipedia
Mental Floss
Black Friday Death Count
History
Oxygen True Crime

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It's time for this months FREESTYLE! How? We don't know. It can't possibly be the 3rd Tuesday of the month already... did we miscount? Do we know how to read a calendar? I mean, probably not. But, we're pretty sure it's freestyle time! We think... maybe.

Pam: A suburban stay-at-home PTA mom with a drug problem... not that interesting. A suburban stay-at-home PTA mom that doesn't have a drug problem but is framed by another suburban stay-at-home mom??? Now that sounds like a fun time!

Ronda:  Though her claim to fame occurred during the 50s and 60s, the one and only Marilyn Monroe is still an icon. As discussed in my case about the cursed diamonds, Marilyn committed suicide when she was just 36 years old… or did she? Could her suicide have been staged to cover up something much more nefarious?

Sources:
Pam:
LA Times
Ranker

Ronda:
Wikipedia
Parade
The Wrap
Podcast: The Killing of Marilyn Monroe 

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We might have been teenage dirtbags... but we've got nothing on these guys.

Ronda: Jessie Blodgett was a talented young musician who aspired to cure the world of violence through her songs. Unfortunately, she would never get the chance to try.

Pam:  When Chip and Claudia went to bed they thought they would be getting up for church the next day just like they did every Sunday. But little did they know that leaving their window open for a breeze would let in their worst nightmare. After years of fighting his urges, Daniel Marsh just couldn't control it any longer and this loving elderly couple were going to be his victims.

Sources:
Ronda:
Mr. Ballen on YouTube
Oxygen

As promised, here’s the link for Jessie’s foundation:
Love>Hate Foundation

Pam:
Wikipedia
CBS News

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Happy Halloween! Not only is this week's episode our final spooky episode for the year... it is also the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSAY OF OUR PODCAST!!

Pam: Dating back to 1736, the Jersey Devil is a story that most in the Pine Barrens are very familiar with. Follow along as I tell you all about the birth of this creature as well as sightings that date back hundreds of years.   

Ronda: Have you ever been a part of a narrative that’s just too crazy to have made up? The passengers of Greyhound bus #1170 sure have. Settle in as I tell you about a case that is infamous in Canada. 

Sources:
Pam:
Parcast- Haunted Places - The Pine Barrens
Jersey Devil Video
Wikipedia
NewJersey.gov
Culture Trip
Thrillist
The New Jersey Historical Society
Pinelands Preservation Alliance
True New Jersey

Ronda:
Wikipedia
Podcast: Behind You - The Greyhound Bus Killer
Ranker

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Did you know that 6 women worldwide lose their lives to intimate partner violence every single day? But make no mistake, domestic violence does not discriminate against gender, race, sexual orientation, etc. Stand up for yourself! Don’t become another statistic!

Ronda: Emma Walker was a smart, charismatic 16 year old with a bright future ahead of her. That is until her boyfriend isolated her from her friends and family, trapping Emma in the beginning stages of a volatile cycle of abuse. Her loved ones thought she had escaped the cycle when it appeared as though she had left for good. Tune in to find out what happened next!

Pam:  In 2017 when Nikki Addimando was arrested for murdering her boyfriend and father of her two children, she faced consequences far beyond what she expected after doing all that she knew to do to escape her abuser. Despite mountains of evidence and a new law, it was a battle to get her sentence reduced to something a little more fair.

Sources:
Ronda:
lcadv.org fatality tracker
api-gbv.org
Psychology Today
A Tennessee Tragedy - YouTube
All that’s interesting

Pam:
Times Union
We Stand With Nikki
CBS News
Miscellany News
Poughkeepsie Journal

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For this week’s episode we bring to you a theme within a theme!

Pam: Gifted to 8 year old Eugene Otto in 1904, Robert the Doll quickly became one of America’s most haunted dolls. People flock to Key West every year to get a chance to visit with Robert with the hopes that they will be able to take a picture of him and not be cursed. This week, I will tell you all about Robert and Gene and the life they lived together before Robert was handed over to the East Fort Martello Museum in 1994.  

Ronda: Everyone knows that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but what happens when that symbol of eternal love is cursed? Tune in to find out!

Sources:

Pam:
The Curse of Robert the Doll (Discovery+)
Ghosts and Gravestones Tours Key West
Fort East Martello Museum Key West

Ronda:
Faena.com
The 6 Most Notorious Cursed Diamonds
Smithsonian
Naturaldiamonds.com

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Music: Big Foot by Gvidon on Pixabay (Go check it out!)