In 1978, Rodney Alcala won a date   on the popular TV show, The Dating Game. What no one knew was that he was a   prolific serial killer in the middle of a cross-country murder spree. In this   six-part series, co-hosts Tracy Pattin (Hollywood & Crime) and Stephen   Lang (Avatar, Don’t Breathe) take listeners on an unbelievable journey into   Alcala’s twisting secret life.  He hid behind normal jobs as a   typesetter at a prominent newspaper and a summer camp counselor. How did this   predatory monster fool employers, prison psychiatrists, and parole boards —   all while committing heinous crimes from coast to coast? And how did a   one-time appearance as a game show contestant help lead to his capture? From   the makers of Dirty John, Dr. Death, and Young Charlie, learn the story of   the most famous serial killer you’ve never heard of - The Dating Game Killer.

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In the wake of Dr. Amie Harwick's murder by her alleged stalker and ex-boyfriend Gareth Pursehouse, there's a call for new legislation to protect victims from stalkers through two online petitions and the #Justice4Amie movement. Tricia Griffith speaks with Laura Richards, a former investigator from Scotland Yard, who is a world-renowned expert on stalking including stalking law legislation.

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To sign the petitions to change the stalking laws, go to:

https://www.change.org/p/adam-b-schiff-justice-4-amie-domestic-violence-laws-updated?source_location=petitions_browse

https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/felony-stalking-laws?fbclid=IwAR3Tom1RTOdkposWWUQqdQxdWKgGHQy2oK81XuvDiFALOiDfdPwTnkkXpYk

Mindhunters, Inc., was created by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker in 1995, after John retired from the FBI. The two met five years earlier when Mark, a prominent author and filmmaker, was writing and producing a documentary on John’s Investigative Support Unit and criminal profiling at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.  By then, John was already a living legend in law enforcement. As John contemplated retirement, he wanted to stay active in criminal justice, preserve the experience and knowledge he had pioneered for the Bureau, and tell his own story. He asked Mark to work with him, and in 1995 they published their first international bestseller, MINDHUNTER, which recounted the early days of the profiling program and Investigative Support Unit, and a number of John’s most important cases. Since then, John and Mark have developed a Holmes and Watson working relationship as detective and reporter, analyst and interpreter, combining their skills and experience to form a dynamic team. Tricia Griffith speaks wit Mark Olshaker about their latest book THE KILLER ACROSS THE TABLE.

After decades of allegations against R. Kelly, prompted by outrage after the explosive documentary series SURVIVING R. KELLY, aired on Lifetime, the authorities renewed their interest in him. Now, at 52-years-old, R. Kelly is in custody facing a stack of federal and state charges including sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and child pornography. In January Lifetime aired a follow-up series, SURVIVING R. KELLY PART II: THE RECKONING, a five-part documentary, that looked at the toll taken on the women who came forward, and provided some new details about R. Kelly’s life and his treatment of women. Tricia Griffith speaks with Sudi Khospropur who served as the showrunner and Co-Executive Producer on SURVIVING R. KELLY PART II: THE RECKONING.

The Bear Brook murders refer to four female victims. In 1985,  two bodies were discovered in a steel drum inside Bear Brook State Park and two more bodies were found in 2000 also inside a steel drum. The bodies went unidentified for years, until an amateur sleuth looked into the case and cracked a real-life murder mystery. Rebekah Heath is a librarian from Simsbury, Connecticut and an amateur sleuth.

On this edition of Websleuths Radio Podcast, we welcome our favorite true crime reporter Leigh Egan from Crimeonline.com who gives us the latest  updates on several high profile cases, including the murder of Paighton Houston. Police had a suspect in custody, a 50-year-old convicted Alabama sex offender named Fredrick Hampton, but they let him go due to a lack of evidence. Now they want to charge him with “abuse of a corpse,” but they can’t find him. Leigh gives us the latest. Anthony Todt confessed to killing his family along with their dog, but why and what was his “noticeable smell” all about? Finally, Leigh updates us on the tragic case of Heidi Broussard. Heidi was murdered allegedly by a childhood friend for her baby. Are we any closer to finding out the truth about what happened to Magen Fieramusca?

Mark Sievers was sentenced to death recently for hiring his best friend to kill his wife Dr. Teresa Sievers. In part one and part two we interview Mark Sievers's friend, Carrie Kain. When Carrie was a teenager she dated Mark's best friend Wayne Wright who is believed to have killed Teresa with a hammer. For seven months, Carrie reported her hundreds of conversations with Mark to the police and wore a wire when she met with him in person. Carrie has been through a harrowing experience and could not say a word until now. Listen as Carrie comes forward to discuss the case and she does not hold back!!!

Mark Sievers was sentenced to death recently for hiring his best friend to kill his wife Dr. Teresa Sievers. In part one and part two we interview Mark Sievers's friend, Carrie Kain. When Carrie was a teenager she dated Mark's best friend Wayne Wright who is believed to have killed Teresa with a hammer. For seven months, Carrie reported her hundreds of conversations with Mark to the police and wore a wire when she met with him in person. Carrie has been through a harrowing experience and could not say a word until now. Listen as Carrie comes forward to discuss the case and she does not hold back!!!

Tricia Griffith, owner of Websleuths.com, discusses new developments in the murder case of 33-year-old Heidi Broussard and the abduction of her weeks old baby, Margo,  with Leigh Egan, a journalist and editor of Nancy Grace's CRIME ONLINE, and Sheryl McCollum, a crime analyst, founder and director of the non-profit Cold Case Investigative Research Institute based in Atlanta, Georgia. 

One of the most talked about cases on Websleuths.com is the mysterious and suspicious death of Rebecca Zahau. Tricia Griffith speaks with Rebecca’s brother-in-law Doug Loehner about new developments with the case.

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