The Dark Side Diaries

16 - Earthquake Killer: Herbert Mullin and Mobster Anthony “the Ant” Spilotro Earthquake Killer: Herbert Mullin - Herbert Mullin was born in Salinas, California on April 18, 1947, and was raised in the Santa Cruz region by his father who was strict but not abusive. Mullin’s father was a World War II hero who worked as a furniture salesman. He would tell Mullin’s war stories and teach him how to use a gun. Mullin’s grew up very social, and was said to have had many friends in school. He was...

Episode 15 - May 4th Massacre (Kent State Shootings) and The Kidnap of Bobby Greenlease May 4th Massacre (Kent State Shootings) - The Vietnam War was one of the most polarizing events in U.S. history. Protests over the war began small but gained national attention in 1965. As the war raged on and the U.S. invaded a neutral Cambodia one peace rally event would turn into a violent and deadly protest. This would mark the first time that a student had been killed in an anti-war gathering in...

Episode 14 - Jodi Huisentruit & The Giggling Granny Nannie Doss Jodi Huisentruit was a producer and news anchor for the Daybreak. A morning newscast at KIMT-TV in Mason City, IA. Jodi went missing one morning. Nannie Doss had a love for reading the pulp magazine True Romance, and she spent much of her life searching for “the real romance of life.” However, Doss had a strange way of ending the relationship when she didn’t find the true love affair she was after. Doss would kill them, and...

Captain Silas Soule and Carl Panzram - Captain Silas Soule In Denver Colorado April 1865 a respected charismatic union cavalry captain named Silas Soule - was murdered in the streets. It would be just over a week after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. At 26 year old Soule was still a young man but his murder did not come as a surprise. Soule himself predicted it happening numerous times, including the day before his death. In 1838 Soule was born in Bath, Maine, into a family of abolitionists...

Charles Morgan and “Green Eyes” & JFK Mistress Mary Pinchot Meyer Charles Morgan and “Green Eyes” The mysterious death of Charles Morgan is one that involved money laundering, politics, and a secret life. With a wife, 4 daughters, and his own escrow agency, Morgan at 39 years old had a good life in Tucson Arizona. But his life would take a bizarre turn on March 22nd, 1977 after dropping two of his daughters off at school. He’d disappear without a trace only to show up three days later back...

The Murder of James Bulger & Muswell Hill Murderer Dennis Nilsen The Murder of Toddler James Bulger - His name was James Bulger and was a month short of his 3rd birthday in February 1993. James’s mother, 25 year old Denise Bulger, would take him shopping for the day at the Bootle Strand Shopping Center in Merseyside, England. The shopping trip was pretty standard for James and his mom with their final stop being at the butcher’s shop. James was at his end with shopping for the day, squirming...

10 - The Corpse of Outlaw Elmer McCurdy & The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run The Corpse of Outlaw Elmer McCurdy - The journey would take decades for Elmer McCurdy but it wouldn’t be during his 31 year life span of poverty, illness and crime that was the strange one. The unbelievable mistreatment of McCurdy’s corpse after his death is full of weird twists and turns and made his afterlife so much worse. In the end, after 65 years, McCurdy’s corpse would finally end up in a proper resting place...

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre & Valentine’s Day Necrophilia - Jodine Serrin Saint Valentine's Day Massacre On February 14, 1929, Frank Gusenberg was stabilized in the hospital. He sustained 14 gunshot wounds and was alive just enough to have police question him as to how this happened and whom it was that had shot him. He'd reply "No one shot me" and died three hours later. Gusenberg was the last victim of Chicago’s most highly orchestrated mob hit, which would come to be known as the St....

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre & Valentine’s Day Necrophilia - Jodine Serrin Saint Valentine's Day Massacre On February 14, 1929, Frank Gusenberg was stabilized in the hospital. He sustained 14 gunshot wounds and was alive just enough to have police question him as to how this happened and whom it was that had shot him. He'd reply "No one shot me" and died three hours later. Gusenberg was the last victim of Chicago’s most highly orchestrated mob hit, which would come to be known as the St....

8 - "Monster of the Andes” Pedro López & "Green River Killer" Gary Ridgway "Monster of the Andes” Pedro López - Born on October 8, 1948, in Santa Isabel, Colombia Pedro López was the 7th child among 13 siblings of his parents Medardo and Belinda Reyes. López had a horrible upbringing. His father was a member of the country’s right-wing party and was killed in the armed conflict called La Violencia. His mother Belinda would resort to prostitution and Lopez would witness her being physically...

Hells Canyon Massacre On the Oregon-Idaho border, along a desolate and remote part of the Snake River lies as what is now known as Chinese Massacre Cove, a name given to it from an event back in May 1887. It’s a dusty river bank that’s located in the middle of Hells Canyon. Many Chinese immigrants who came to the United States during the 19th century would make their way to the American West. They faced considerable discrimination along with challenging working conditions as most became...

The Town That Got Away With Murder & "The Chicago Rippers" Part 1 - The Town That Got Away With Murder Skidmore, Missouri is a small farming community approximately 80 miles northwest of Kansas City. With a population only around 440 residents and mostly just small family-run businesses it’s strange to think this town has a dark past. Part 2 - "The Chicago Rippers" It was between May 1981–December 1982 that Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer, Andrew Kokoraleis, and his brother Thomas Kokoraleis,...

"The Dream Slayer" Victor Licata & The Crew of the Sarah Joe "The Dream Slayer" Victor Licata Victor Licata was born in Tampa, FL in 1912. Throughout his childhood he was described as generally shy and antisocial. Mental illness was common in the Licata family, and Victor Had his struggles with it. He was diagnosed with dementia praecox or schizophrenia and was considered psychotic. Many speculated that he had inherited his insanity. Victor's case was used as one of the foremost prominent...

The Candy Man Murders and The Disappearance of Dennis Martin. The Candy Man Murderer Dean Corll. Murdered 28 young teenage boys with his 2 accomplices. Dennis Martin was 6 years old. His family was from Knoxville, TN and they had a long standing tradition of taking the male members of the family on a camping trip to the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park to celebrate Father’s Day. On June 14th, 1969 that Father's Day Dennis went missing.

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E02: The disappearance of Granger Taylor & The Papin Sisters Cold Blooded Murderers Story 1 - Granger Taylor was born on October 7, 1948, from Duncan, Vancouver Island — a logging and fishing town, which sits in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Granger had what his friends and neighbors would call an incredible mind for mechanical engineering and was a master machinist. Story 2 - Christine Papin born in 1905 and Léa Papin born in 1911 had a special bond even though they had a 7...

2 terrifying stories. The first segment is Anatoly Moskvin The Doll Collector. Who lived in Russia and had some creepy habbits turning dead bodies into dolls. The second segment is The Tragic Story of Jessica Lunsford where The Jessica Lunsford Act or Jessica’s Law was named after. Please like, follow, share and subscribe!

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