On December 20th, 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was abducted from her sleepy neighborhood north of Denver. Despite extensive searches and a national push for answers her case went cold... until it wasn't. Tune in for Who Killed Jonelle Matthews?

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SOURCES:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85783869/

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2021/02/03/jonelle-matthews-murder-accused-killer-pleads-not-guilty-trial-set/4354316001/

https://account.idahostatesman.com/paywall/subscriber-only?resume=234982707&intcid=ab_archive

New trial date set for man accused of killing Jonelle Matthews ...https://www.coloradoan.com › story › news › 2021/06/23

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1985

https://web.archive.org/web/20190727044806/https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/crime/jonelle-matthews-disappearance-anniversary-timeline-of-events/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85787267/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85787458/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRhg9G5D_hU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-REzgZGaY&t=5s

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Over the course of several months in 1982, Spisak, driven by his Nazi beliefs, killed three people at CSU - the Rev. Horace Rickerson; CSU student Brian Warford; and Timothy Sheehan, an assistant superintendent for buildings and grounds at the university. Spisak also shot John Hardaway, a factory worker, and Coletta Dartt, a CSU employee. - Cleveland.com

Spisak would go on "hunting parties" and targeted Rickerson, Warford and Hardaway because they were black, according to his parole records.

SOURCES:

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/02/frank_spisak_executed_for_csu.html

www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/02/as_nazi_sympathizer_frank_spis.html

blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/02/frank_spisak_executed_for_csu.html

www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/02/17/17-ohio-execution.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfP_tC7OWpI

www.users.on.net/~bundy23/wwom/spisak.htm

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A big thanks to Jim Harold, the man of a million podcasts, for joining me this week to discuss one of Cleveland’s oldest mysteries, the Torso Killings.

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Link to Jim Harold's Podcast

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On today’s episode we are going to start a look into the Kirtland Cult Killings from 1989 in Kirtland, Ohio. Located in Lake County and only a 25 minute drive east of Cleveland the small town became a national story in January 1990. After moving to town, Lundgren became a lay minister in Kirtland for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 

Dale Luffman, president of the northeast Ohio chapter of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, said Lundgren worked from 1985 to 1987 at a church temple in Kirtland. Lundgren conducted tours for the public of the church's 153-year-old temple in Kirtland when he moved from Kansas City, Mo. 

SOURCES:

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On this week's episode we look into the horrible crimes committed by racist Joseph Paul Franklin. From 1977-1980, Franklin raged his very own race war as he traveled the country murdering at his discretion. This is truly one of the worst people I have ever researched.

A riveting, cautionary tale rooted in history that continues to echo today, The Killer's Shadow is a terrifying and essential exploration of the criminal personality in the vile grip of extremism and what happens when rage-filled speech evolves into deadly action and hatred of the “other" is allowed full reign. -The Killer's Shadow

Sources:

Murderpedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0HgdWWSCaI

The Killer's Shadow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8sYQwK6Fpk

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Blind Rage is the newest true crime podcast original from Killer Podcasts. Carol Costello is a former CNN anchor and is now hosting her own podcast, Blind Rage.

Phyllis Cottle was going to her car on West Exchange in Akron, in a parking lot near where she worked.Herring approached her with a knife. She honked the horn and screamed, but no one helped. Bystanders thought it was a domestic situation.He pushed her into the passenger seat and took off, later raping her, blinding her, tying her up, and setting her car on fire.

SOURCES:

https://evergreenpodcasts.com/carol-costello-presents-blind-rage

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carol-costello-presents-blind-rage/id1621640691

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2mE5lJwrXA

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This week's guest, Nic Edwards, is the co-host of the wildly successful and entertaining podcast, True Crime Garage.

In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, between 3 am and 4 am, four University of Idaho college students were stabbed to death in a shared rental home close to campus, in which three of them resided.

Four University of Idaho students were killed: Ethan Chapin, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21. Chapin was a freshman, Kernodle was a junior, and Goncalves and Mogen were both seniors.

SOURCES:

https://apnews.com/article/idaho-pennsylvania-law-enforcement-86744e177e6013262fb6838e1cde6e34?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/us/university-of-idaho-killings-saturday/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LpjXkYVcdM

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11603169/Idaho-cops-release-case-files-against-Bryan-Kohberger.html

https://www.nytimes.com/article/university-idaho-students-killed-moscow.html

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2022/11/how-did-things-unfold-before-after-university-of-idaho-killings-a-timeline-of-events/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/us/bryan-kohberger-idaho-killings-suspect/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/31/university-idaho-murders-timeline-suspect/10971602002/

The Affidavit

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In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, between 3 am and 4 am, four University of Idaho college students were stabbed to death in a shared rental home close to campus, in which three of them resided.

Four University of Idaho students were killed: Ethan Chapin, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21. Chapin was a freshman, Kernodle was a junior, and Goncalves and Mogen were both seniors.

This week's guest, Matthew T. Mangino, is the former district attorney of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He also spent a six year term on the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. He is currently 'Of Counsel' with Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly and George, P.C.

Mangino's book The Executioner's Toll, 2010 was published by McFarland & Company. The book is available HERE

SOURCES:

http://www.mattmangino.com/

https://apnews.com/article/idaho-pennsylvania-law-enforcement-86744e177e6013262fb6838e1cde6e34?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/us/university-of-idaho-killings-saturday/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LpjXkYVcdM

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11603169/Idaho-cops-release-case-files-against-Bryan-Kohberger.html

https://www.nytimes.com/article/university-idaho-students-killed-moscow.html

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2022/11/how-did-things-unfold-before-after-university-of-idaho-killings-a-timeline-of-events/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/us/bryan-kohberger-idaho-killings-suspect/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/31/university-idaho-murders-timeline-suspect/10971602002/

The Affidavit

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On this week’s episode we will take a look back to 19-45 when a mysterious fire broke out on Christmas Eve at the Sodder family home.

One of my main sources for this story comes from an article written in the New York Post from 1975, detailing the strange circumstances surrounding this fire.

The kids had received their presents earlier in the evening so they were excited and wanted to play with their toys. 

The parents went to bed at 10:30 p.m.

Jennie began to smell smoke around 1:30 am and she realized it was filling the room. The house was on fire.

Stricken with fear all the Sodder’s could do was watch their house burn to the ground. 

There was no sign of the five children; they were not outside and efforts to spot them through the windows of the blazing house failed. Authorities decided that the five children perished in the blaze. Yet no remains, no bones, no trace of human tissue, were found in the ruins...

The case remains unsolved...

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Sources: Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office

THE CASE:

On November 20, 2006 the four victims were found in the drainage ditch behind the Golden Key Motel in West Atlantic City (Egg Harbor Township). The drainage ditch contains fresh water run-off and is also tidal measuring five feet deep and ten feet across. It runs parallel with Route 322.

Kim Raffo was the first victim discovered when her body was located by two women out for a walk. They were walking along a path that ran parallel to the drainage ditch.

After 911 was contacted and uniformed officers arrived, three more female bodies were discovered as officers searched along the path for additional evidence.

The ACPO Major Crimes Unit arrived and the crime scene area was secured.

The bodies were recovered during the evening hours and the scene remained secured until daybreak on November 21, 2006.

The area from which the bodies were recovered was searched east to the bridge and west for approximately one mile between Route 322 and the Atlantic City Expressway.

All four bodies were identified: Kim Raffo, Molly Dilts, Barbara Breidor and Tracy Roberts; and families contacted within a week’s time.

Anyone with information involving serious crimes is asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office Web site at https://www.acpo.org/tips.html and provide information by filling out the form anonymously on the Submit a Tip page. People can also call Crime Stoppers at 609-652-1234 or 1-800-658-8477 (TIPS) or visit the Crime Stoppers Website at http://www.crimestoppersatlantic.com/.

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