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The Cascades provide the endless backdrop for this Oregon serial killer. Back and forth on US Highway 20, the Watcher spends decades looking for trouble. He finds it over and over again until the search for a young girl brings it to a halt. Sources: https://youtu.be/ilj8fZroRw0 https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghostsofhighway20/melissasheila/ https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghostsofhighway20/ackroyd/ https://www.madraspioneer.com/news/infamous-murderer-dies-in-prison/article_18d7e1b1-531f-5fab-a96c-02e56334a453.html https://www.smith.edu/news/noelle-crombie-92-highway-20 Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

When a taillight leads to a hostage recovery, and mom notices the DIY graveyard, it all starts to come apart for the urban creeper. Sources: https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/3-bodies-found-at-stewart-weldons-page-blvd-home-identified/?ipid=promo-link-block2 https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/stewart-weldon-accused-serial-killer-expected-to-plead-guilty/ https://www.masslive.com/news/2021/09/springfield-serial-killer-stewart-weldon-will-serve-3-consecutive-life-sentences-for-the-murders-of-a-trio-of-local-women.html https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-just-want-to-close-this-case-serial-killer-admits-he-murdered-3-women-and-left-their-bodies-to-decompose-around-his-home/ https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/stewart-weldon-pleads-guilty-springfield/ https://www.masslive.com/news/2018/06/police_records_detail_searches.html https://www.masslive.com/news/2021/09/for-3-months-i-wondered-where-my-mom-was-relatives-decry-cruel-ends-for-women-murdered-by-stewart-weldon-in-springfield.html https://www.nj.com/essex/2018/06/stewart_weldon_springfield_multiple_bodies_montcla.html https://www.boston25news.com/news/springfield-mayor-demands-answers-after-bodies-found-in-suspect-s-home/762254584/ Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Bark Peace of mind when they're online. Block, monitor, protect. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

The Wizard travels the world and ends up in West St. Louis. But it took too long to expose the seemingly powerful as a murderous fraud. Sources: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/earl-cox-plea-angie-housman-case/63-eaab6669-ec18-4af4-945c-312eba311d3e https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/earl-cox-angie-housman-killer-sentenced-molesting-girl/63-ff14ff70-f2ff-4190-a0f3-da4034974569 https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/what-one-man-learned-walking-45-miles-through-st-louis-south-city-39809935 https://www.foxnews.com/us/convicted-pedophile-accused-of-killing-9-year-old-girl-to-appear-before-missouri-judge https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cold-case-missouri-solved-dna-ex-air-force-member-charged-n1014216 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2002/jul/02/internetnews.childprotection https://apnews.com/article/d4ad86487f5b4d3d840165a7662ee0ca Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Bark Peace of mind when they're online. Block, monitor, protect. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

When your failures are never your fault, time and distance can’t cool the need for revenge. When your mind continues to tally Shakespearian wounds, naturally, murder follows. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fired-doctor-anthony-garcia-found-guilty-four-revenge-murders-n673386 https://apnews.com/article/north-america-ne-state-wire-us-news-ap-top-news-medical-schools-fbef916336c04b2589b745886f347b86 https://apnews.com/04e245949c1d4b3492298c25fe5ab0b7 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/17/doctor-suspected-serial-killer-nebraska/2523873/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-doctor-nebraska-killings-death-sentence-20180914-story.html https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-omaha/doctor-accused-of-nebraska-revenge-killings-to-be-extradited-idUSBRE96H00920130718 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-garcia-case-was-revenge-motive-behind-omaha-double-murders/ Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Bark Peace of mind when they're online. Block, monitor, protect. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

How does catfishing lead to murder? How much is a friendship worth? A line of depravities leads to brutality and betrayal for $9 million. Thunderbird Falls video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JTSgku_qY Sources https://lawandcrime.com/crime/catfished-killer-takes-plea-deal-in-2019-death-of-best-friend-murdered-in-exchange-for-9m-from-fake-millionaire/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-woman-pleads-guilty-killing-best-friend-man-catfished-offered-p-rcna71330 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-alaska-teen-s-murder-cybersecurity-experts-warn-catfishing-predators-n1019536 https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Who-is-accused-killer-Darin-Schilmiller-Cynthia-Hoffman-murder-suspect-511444111.html https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/02/16/anchorage-woman-pleads-guilty-to-2019-murder-of-teen-near-thunderbird-falls/ https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=802fdb4c-d573-4c84-bafd-f31b6fb923af https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/11/photos-on-alaska-murder-suspects-phone-leads-to-ne/ https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/truly-horrific-alaska-teens-charged-in-brutal-murder-of-friend-for-9m Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Bark Peace of mind when they're online. Block, monitor, protect. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

An adventurous, self-reliant girl moves to Anchorage to start the next stage of her life. Less than a week later, she's gone. It took years and a brother's betrayal for the killer to receive his due. Sources: Klinkhart, G. (2014) Finding Bethany (https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Bethany-Glen-Klinkhart/dp/0985351136/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FM84542VSFVI&keywords=finding+bethany&qid=1678999306&sprefix=finding+bethany%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1) https://www.adn.com/books/article/finding-bethany-details-detectives-quest-solve-horrific-murder/2014/07/20/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24831943 https://www.alaskastar.com/2017-01-13/former-detective-shares-thoughts-crime-personal-safety https://www.frontiersman.com/news/lawson-draws-99-years/article_d21b98e0-cace-5983-aeea-f5eea9a06570.html Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

When murder becomes a family business and girls go missing, always look under the concrete slab. Sources https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/2014/02/ward_weaver_iii_like_his_fathe.html https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/2014/02/francis_weavers_father_grandfa.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/step-by-step-in-oregon-killer-case/ http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2007/05/07/news/news03.txt https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-town-mourns-slain-girls/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2216310.stm https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125821&page=1 https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/potential-news-for-convicted-murderers-in-weaver-family/article_13dbe18f-ee36-5ac7-bf47-be96c675c8b3.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/ward-weaver-iii https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11065622 https://theworldlink.com/handcuffs-hair-found-in-suspects-storage-unit/article_0641936e-6fc7-51d9-b13a-9477bcbb77e4.html Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

Scorpions of the Memphis Police Department pulled over a vehicle driven by Tyre Nichols. Three days later, Tyre was dead. Sources https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-03/sixth-memphis-officer-fired-after-death-of-tyre-nichols#:~:text=In%20body%2Dcamera%20video%20from,police%20said%20in%20a%20statement. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/us/tyre-nichols-timeline-investigation/index.html#:~:text=Tyre%20Nichols%2C%20a%2029%2Dyear,fired%20and%20face%20criminal%20charges. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/us/memphis-emt-suspended-preston-hemphill-fired.html Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

The Warwick Slasher cut class for vicious attacks two years apart. Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20080103152008/http://www.cnn.com/2007/CRIME/12/31/iron.man.ap/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121109221207/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/14/us/rhode-island-is-seeking-to-keep-a-killer-of-four-in-jail-when-he-reaches-21.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100206021548/http://www.projo.com/extra/2004/craigprice/content/part1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090221153422/http://www.projo.com/extra/2004/craigprice/content/part2.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090314121918/http://www.projo.com/extra/2004/craigprice/content/part3.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080104082125/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F12%2F15%2Fnational%2Fa111618S73.DTL https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2019/01/18/craig-price-gets-25-years-in-stabbing-of-inmate/986782007/ Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

In one ordinary evening, a spree killer roamed Kalamazoo, taking six lives and injuring two. Did the app make him do it, or was he just an angry man who couldn’t handle a customer service job? Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/uber-driver-shooting-rampage-victim-17-discusses-long/story?id=61149198 https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2016/03/police_believe_jason_dalton_us.html https://www.wjtv.com/news/police-jason-dalton-said-uber-app-controlled-him-like-a-i/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyer-michigan-uber-drivers-family-shares-details-alleged/story?id=37175519 https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-kalamazoo-shootings-20160221-story.html https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/05/20/jason-dalton-hauled-out-court-after-outburst/84648780/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/uber-driver-blame-2016-shooting-rampage-devil-app/story?id=61148966 https://www.gq.com/story/the-uber-killer https://nypost.com/2019/05/08/ex-fbi-agent-reveals-secrets-that-made-him-the-real-life-mindhunter/ Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

He raped and murdered throughout the Midwest while the system let him loose over and over…until DNA helped trip the snare one final time. Sources: Echols, P. (2011). In Cold Pursuit: My Hunt for Timothy Krajcir – The Notorious Serial Killer. New Horizon Press. https://archive.vn/20070813105326/http://www.lincolncourier.com/story.asp?SID=21954&SEC=8 http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/17/serial.killer/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071216090153/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/2282BEB7FD528D94862573B20010A5E1?OpenDocument https://web.archive.org/web/20071217035443/http://www.semissourian.com/story/1297514.html https://archive.vn/20070421170151/http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/01/18/breaking_news/doc47912d56d38cd965744113.txt#selection-1341.0-1369.356 https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/timothy-krajcir-serial-killer https://dailyegyptian.com/92845/news/catching-krajcir-a-bloody-footnote-in-southern-illinois-history/ https://www.kfvs12.com/story/38666547/serial-killer-the-two-lives-of-timothy-krajcir/ Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

4 murdered. 3 injured. 2 kidnapped. 1 theft victim. A disgraced want-to-be police officer with a death wish declares war on southern California law enforcement. The result? He flamed out and hurt a lot of innocent people in the process. Sources: https://graphics.latimes.com/christopher-dorner-manhunt/#chapter-one https://www.npr.org/2013/02/15/172102686/why-do-people-sympathize-with-christopher-dorner https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21476904 https://laist.com/news/christopher-dorners-manifesto-in-fu https://theweek.com/articles/467840/alleged-cop-killer-christopher-dorners-rambling-manifesto-most-chilling-bizarre-statements https://www.police1.com/legal/articles/brady-lists-ignite-conflicts-between-police-and-prosecutors-management-and-the-front-line-jaBRldmLu8wSdPnN/ Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

This is a re-release where we reworked some pieces and combined two episodes into one. In November 2015, the bodies of neighbors Pam Phillips and Ed Dansereau were found in a burned-out vehicle. Later the body of Calvin Phillips was found in his cellar. Who was the target, and who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time on Main Street in Pembroke, Kentucky? Resources: Trial footage: https://www.courttv.com/trials/ky-v-martin-2021/ Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

An Anchorage narcissist thought he could dress the stage to cover murder and fool the cops. Sources: https://www.legalmomentum.org/history-vawa https://casetext.com/case/bailey-v-state-809 Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

Laying his trap on social media, this young serial killer thought he could stalk the dark cordiners of the web. Until Tiffany Taylor turned his snare against him and proved she would not go quietly into the night. Sources https://www.northjersey.com/in-depth/news/2020/02/03/tiffany-taylor-victim-victor-and-star-witness-serial-killer-trial/4454134002/ https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/2022/10/26/nj-serial-killer-khalil-wheeler-weaver-pleads-not-guilty-newark-mawa-doumbia/69587217007/ https://lawandcrime.com/crime/n-j-serial-killer-gets-160-years-in-prison-for-using-social-media-to-target-victims-of-2016-rapes-and-murders/ https://montclairlocal.news/serial-killer-khalil-wheeler-weaver-charged-with-a-fourth-murder/ https://www.nj.com/essex/2021/10/convicted-serial-killer-rapist-says-cops-got-the-wrong-guy-before-judge-sentences-him-to-160-years-in-prison.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/nyregion/khalil-wheeler-weaver-new-jersey.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/khalil-wheeler-weaver Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Audible Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and original content at your fingertips. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

He hid in Oklahoma caves and secreted around Camp Scott until the night the Girl Scouts came. Then this cave troll spirited three little girls out of their tents and to their deaths. Sources: https://www.hulu.com/series/keeper-of-the-ashes-the-oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-ef3c55e1-0799-4432-a0fd-868d29566a7e http://www.girlscoutmurders.com/Complete_Cherokee_Advocate_article.pdf https://www.koamnewsnow.com/i/dna-points-to-longtime-primary-suspect-in-1977-oklahoma-girl-scout-slayings-sheriff-says/ https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/camper-in-tent-next-to-victims-recalls-1977-oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-i-had-a/article_b3135c02-eb33-11ec-9f83-ff81eeecd739.html https://www.ranker.com/list/oklahoma-girl-scout-murders/cat-mcauliffe https://www.news9.com/story/6279dba06e504b0726fcb888/girl-scout-murders:-dna-closes-the-case-45-years-later- Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

Full of unrealized potential, this snake let his anger and envy take over. Slithering through Anchorage’s trails, the serial killer murdered five people and seriously injured another before he was stopped. Resources and Sources Sketch: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/apd-gun-used-by-suspect-in-saturday-police-shooting-implicated-in-five-anchorage-homicides/ Dashcam video: https://youtu.be/o46Oq08s8no Cold Blooded Alaska Season 1, Episode 9: https://amzn.to/3CpPRWO 1998 Sentencing Hearing: https://soundcloud.com/kyle-hopkins-4/james-dale-ritchie-1998-court-appearance-and-testimony?utm_source=www.alaskasnewssource.com&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fkyle-hopkins-4%252Fjames-dale-ritchie-1998-court-appearance-and-testimony https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2016/07/03/two-bodies-found-along-ship-creek-trail/ https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/07/29/apd-body-found-in-muldoon-street-after-reports-of-gunfire/ https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/08/28/with-4-months-left-in-2016-valley-of-the-moon-slayings-push-anchorage-to-tie-last-years-homicide-tally/ https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Father-surprised-to-learn-identity-of-sons-accused-killer--403871066.html Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

In the middle of spring break revelry, a mother’s premonition comes true - the beginning of an enduring mystery. Sources Merchant, E. (2017). Lost and Found https://amzn.to/3BWhcjc https://www.eonline.com/news/1331722/inside-the-13-year-search-for-brittanee-drexel-a-familys-nightmare-grim-twists-and-a-suspect-charged https://fox28media.com/news/local/timeline-disappearance-of-brittanee-drexel-wciv https://www.syracuse.com/state/2022/05/brittanee-drexel-killer-confessed-police-say-was-pulled-over-day-after-upstate-ny-teen-disappeared.html https://heavy.com/news/raymond-moody/ https://conandaily.com/2022/05/17/raymond-moody-biography-13-things-about-georgetown-south-carolina-man/ https://nypost.com/2022/05/23/abrittanee-drexels-alleged-killer-raymond-moody-recalls-1983-kidnapping/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/5359137/brittanee-drexel-murder-cold-case-missing-woman-raymond-moody/ https://www.postandcourier.com/news/in-2004-brittanee-drexels-alleged-killer-said-he-would-never-hurt-another-child/article_a4f71d64-f3c3-11ec-8ff1-cb7c87da1f2e.html https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/05/17/sheriffs-office-brittanee-drexel-murder-suspect-confessed-following-arrest-provided-information-location-remains/ https://www.whec.com/archive/exclusive-fbi-informant-speaks-with-news10nbc-says-he-witnessed-brittanee-drexels-murder/ Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show

When his reign as the master of his domain began to fail, he took a last measure of control. At the end of his rampage, 16 people were dead in a little slice of Arkansas. Resources National Domestic Violence Hotline: Free. Confidential. 24/7. https://www.thehotline.org/ (Live chat available) 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 Sources AP News. (Dec. 31, 1987). Massacre victims eulogized at funerals with AM-Alonga killings. https://apnews.com/article/73630a60d031a70a6717c0a48dc673fa Applebome, P. (Dec. 31, 1987). 16 murders and countless questions. The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/31/us/16-murders-and-countless-questions.html Marshall, B. & Williams, P. (1991). Zero at the bone. https://amzn.to/3wWbElL Harris, J.F. (Jan. 1, 1988). Divorce plans may be motive in Arkansas killings, probers say. The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/01/01/divorce-plans-may-be-motive-in-arkansas-killings-probers-say/733168ac-f13f-4ce6-9055-20991bad79d1/ Jonas H. Whitmore, Individually and as Next Friend of Ronald Gene Simmons, Petitioner v. Arkansas et al. 495 U.S. 149 (1990): https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/495/149 L.A. Times Archives (Dec. 30, 1987). Mass slayer abused wife, got daughter pregnant, in-laws say. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-30-mn-21766-story.html#:~:text=Enraged%20relatives%20of%20Rebecca%20Simmons,cut%20off%20from%20the%20world. Simmons, B. (Jan 3, 1988). Mass murderer’s relationships with wife, children – not working. AP News: https://apnews.com/article/55549446f58d5cddf3cdfa540f5f9955 Amazon Send gifts with Same Day delivery Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show