Dark Topic

Jack wakes up to a tequila sunrise and the inspiration to recount heroic tales.

Source ~ https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/lafayette-pizza-delivery-driver-who-saved-5-children-from-burning-home-awarded-carnegie-medal-nick-bostic/531-e345c2bd-fa89-4fbc-aee5-098f538ca720 

A strange kind of Xmas special for DT listeners.

These eps are a fly on the wall of a seedy bar experience. Tales from the Bottom Down is a DT Exclusive on Patreon and Apple +. I think it's worth the risk sharing this one. Enjoy or not. You can find more of the notorious Deadbug at www.youtube.com/@DEADBUGsays

With this episode we will give a rare trigger warning for those who are on the line with what they consider truly offensive. Instead of editing things out, TFBD is about shooting from the hip, press record and go, then puking it out warts and all. We accept that people do have different tolerance levels and this ep certainly turns things to eleven and there are some very brutal elements to this episode, please keep that in mind before pressing play.

1)The Peculiar Case Of Randall Hopley

Randell is kinda like a super hero, looking out for your children, except he don't wear a cape and you don't want him climbing through your window but if you see an empty diaper package on your floor, it's too late, he's already been and gone!

2). The Lawson Family Massacre

Christmas 1929 meant a lot of things to a lot of people, the Great Depression had hit America hard leaving the dollar bill worthless and left a lot of people with nothing under their Christmas tree's but lint. To many in the town of Germanton North Carolina the Lawson family were to be admired, they even had enough scratch to have their family portrait taken, a privilege reserved for the affluent, but little did anyone know, that this would be the last time they would be seen alive and the portrait a horrible reminder of the day the reaper got greedy!

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In the early eighties a killer stalked Southern Florida neighborhoods, peering in windows at night, searching for the perfect victim behind glass and under lights. Duane Eugene Owen.

Sources:

The Coastal Star

When 'The Monster' came over the bridge - News - The Coastal Star

Appeal Docs

http://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/68550/68550ans.pdf

WPTV News

https://youtu.be/mTL5KK91yds?si=ImuP5ppFjBKN-sAi

WPTV

Who is Duane Owen? Public defender says he's mentally ill

The Palm Beach Post

Florida execution: Duane Owen executed after murder of Karen Slattery

Your Worst Nightmare

S4 E2 - He’s Out There

The Long Man, Sir Douglas Mawson, and his improbable survival story through a widely uncharted territory in the early 20th century. Antarctica. A mysterious, unruly, frozen goatee on the chin of the planet. An area we dared not comb through until the face of the earth was sufficiently covered.

Subscribe to Marooned. A new podcast from Jack Luna of Dark Topic and Aaron Habel of Generation Why, exploring tales of the catastrophically lost.

Sources:

Timeline: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000631b.htm

Mawson Synopsis: http://www.douglasmawson.com.au/synopsis.html

SY Aurora full crew list/Mawson's book: https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/antarctic_whos_who_aurora_mawson.php

Museum info on Mawson expedition: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/historic-expeditions/heading-south/

Antarctic clothing notes: https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/science/clothing_in_antarctica_2.php

Mawson expedition details: Just Have One More Try – The Amazing Story of Douglas Mawson's 300-Mile Antarctic Trek (todayifoundout.com)

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The Butter Knife Murders. Texarkana 1981. The truth is out.

Sources:

True Crime Texarkana

https://open.spotify.com/show/0hLrPd5dYINHBFZHIdp60J?si=WXxa1HDfT_W0JiWrV22FUw

Medium - Cindy Parmiter

https://authorcindyparmiter.medium.com/a-known-enemy-the-horrific-butter-knife-slayings-of-karen-and-gordon-alexander-638384a0e3fe

Justice for Karen and Gordon Alexander Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064785949341&mibextid=LQQJ4d

Law & Crime

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/it-just-got-out-of-hand-dna-evidence-links-father-to-cold-case-butter-knife-killings-of-siblings-after-son-hears-dad-trying-to-sexually-assault-sister-police-say/

KTAL News

https://www.ktalnews.com/news/crime/texarkana-who-killed-the-alexander-siblings-tapd-to-update-1981-cold-case/

News Conference

https://youtu.be/gqFoTyN7-mo?si=lXe_loGPPyTVz9LT

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That’s what they called it. Cheri’s Ghost House. And whether the little girl haunted it or not… the idea that her spirit could be tortured within was enough for her elderly parents to buy the place in 2020.. and demolish it.

Mentioned Video Rip (Balloon at 39 mins) ~ https://youtu.be/kcYtCoRDJFI?si=rnZySTS_CRcRbFKq 

Warning ~ BRUTAL is BRUTAL. If you think you might be offended.. you will be. This is a Halloween Special. Recorded long ago. For more of Kent, check out True Crime Kent pod wherever you listen. For Deadbug, search DEADBUG Says, on Youtube,

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August 29th, 1995. Springfield, Illinois. The suburbs. 430 PM. Mark Winger hears a noise upstairs. Or does he?

Sources:

ABC News - The Perfect Lie 20/20

https://abcnews.go.com/US/families-torn-killer-dad-reflect-years-believed-hero/story?id=77097895

Subscribe to Marooned wherever you listen to podcasts. Join hosts Aaron Habel (Generation Why) and Jack Luna, as they explore stories of the catastrophically lost.

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Deadtime Stories. Robert Hansen AKA The Butcher Baker. And Gary Zeiger. Two assholes. In a book. A true old school DT.

Carefully selected content from the anus of DT Patreon.. the annals of DT Patreon, to get you in the mood for the upcoming "Spooky Season".

1 ~ The Dog Boy of Mulberry House

2 ~ A Sad Bowl of Soup

3 ~ A Morbid Bouquet

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Jack Harold Jones. An elusive serial killer brought to justice by an opening eye.

Sources:

Music provided by Soundstripe. For all your Royalty Free needs. And by a locomotive.

The Cinemaholic (photos)

Mary Phillips Murder: Who Killed Her? Where is Her Daughter Lacy Philips Now? Update

ABC News

Serial killer admits to Florida woman's murder in death bed letter

Miami New Times

Broward Prosecutors Exonerate Ronald Henry Stewart in 1983 Rape and Murder of Regina Harrison | Miami New Times

FindLaw

JONES v. STATE (2000) | FindLaw

Arkansas Democrat

Jack Jones ready for his execution; now he pays, says daughter of victim, survivor of attack

Mirror

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/arkansas-execution-death-last-words-10290417

Evil Lives Here: Shadows of Death S2E1 - Discovery +

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The year is 1961. The place... is unpronounceable. This is the story of Anatoly Slivko. Another Soviet Serial Killer.

Here is a youtube vid of some of what I initially saw, but has since been taken down. Shout out to ScareTheater.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y2g4b_aslw&t=52s

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This is the much requested DT episode on BTK from the original DT catalogue.

A small collection from www.patreon.com/darktopic to convince you.. to Stay Paranoid.

The Mayor of City Island.

Just Off Road.

Sources:

Check out One Minute Remaining here

The Mayor of City Island

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/chilling-video-captures-moment-a-love-triangle-erupts-in-murder-revenge-in-new-york/news-story/32ecf91c77d6808ff9eefe3dc9d7f3a0

Are You Sure?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gsocto35Og

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Robert "Bob" Maury. The Tipster Killer.

During the mid 80's in Shasta County CA, a serial killer named The Tipster Killer, was doing whatever the hell he wanted, and cashing in on it.

Sources:

Book - Robert Maury Serial Killer.

By Ana Benton.

SFGATE https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/tipster-killer-robert-maury-murders-17268657.php

www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive DT content.

A collection of true crime stories laid down like a bouquet.

Story 1 - Rotten Randy

New funeral home opens in Jeffersonville | News | newsandtribune.com

Story 2 - Bunnak

https://youtu.be/sPgBjMFTocg

Story 3 - A Haunting Case

Jose Ferreira, accused in 1982 death of Carrie Ann Jopek avoids trial; agrees to plead GUILTY

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The Earthquake Killer, Herbert Mullin. Thirteen letters in his name, but who's keeping count?.

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LR. menace of the A.T.

Randall Lee Smith couldn’t be trusted, and a shocking double homicide on the Appalachian Trail would seem to prove this. Lyin’Randall - as he was known locally - would be put away for good.

But incredibly, a far too short sentence gave him a second chance… at a second double homicide.

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This morning I found two lost episodes of the original Dark Topic pod circa 2017. They're pretty rough but I sewed them together, cleaned them up a bit, and they're now mildly acceptable. Hope you enjoy. Brand new DT in the works.

The Inventor

Gary Heidnik and his House of Horrors

Yes there are mouth noises. And I mistake The Black Crowes for Counting Crows.

From Dark Topic Plus - www.patreon.com/darktopic

June 21st, 2013. Jacksonville Florida. A summer adventure awaits Cherish Perrywinkle, as the 8 year old sets out with her mother and little sisters for some last minute shopping. She’s looking forward to the morning.

But thanks to a chance encounter with a dangerous sex offender. The morning never comes.

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Sources:

Trial Day 1

https://youtu.be/JKjrfKDDwCE

First Coast News

Convicted killer seeks new trial for rape, murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle

Chilling Crimes

Cherish Perrywinkle - Chilling Crimes

Timeline/Walmart Stills.

Cherish Perrywinkle: Jacksonville girl abducted from Walmart, murdered

Killer asks Mom to help him fake Mental Illness by providing literature.

https://youtu.be/slZrraIhgC8

Medical Examiner

https://youtu.be/eSyuMzlDw_Y

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During the mid seventies a small island on the edge of America is terrorized by a man with black eyes. This is the little told story of the Folly Beach serial killer. Richard Valenti.

Thomas Edwin Loden Jr, was a proud recruiter for the Marines back in the summer of 2000. A seemingly chance encounter on the late evening of June 22nd, with 16 year old Leesa Marie Gray, would change his life forever. And end hers.

Sources:

Initial quote by Jack Luna

Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Loden v. Epps, CIVIL ACTION NO.: 1:10CV311-NBB | Casetext Search + Citator

Death Penalty Info

Mississippi Executes Thomas Loden, As John Hanson, Gerald Pizzuto Death Warrants Expire | Death Penalty Information Center

Local Memphis

Thomas Loden, Jr. Mississippi execution | localmemphis.com

Jack Luna’s Dark Fiction

The old man and the boy stare into the abyss.

From ~ www.patreon.com/darktopic and DarkTopic + on Apple

Lisa Snyder, Daddy, the dog... and the kids are downstairs.

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The disturbing mall murders of Boca Raton.

Sources:

Suspect in Randi Gorenberg Murder - http://www.crimeinfo.net/wanteds.aspx?P=wanteds&ID=139&SID=19930

Sketch of Jane Doe assailant - https://www.wflx.com/story/7877652/new-sketch-released-in-boca-mall-murder-case/

Boca Raton Police 10 year update.

https://youtu.be/s19jNVJ8rZc

MyBoca.us

https://www.myboca.us/214/Nancy-Joey-Bochicchio

Reddit last images

https://www.reddit.com/r/lastimages/comments/zkcjpn/nancy_boccicchio_and_her_7yearold_daughter_joey/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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I'm returning to my roots here, and they're a little rotten. This episode is from the Monthly Monster offered on Patreon and Apple +. The mugshot of Rocky Beamons final victim mentioned in this episode is posted below.

Nicolas Anderson

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The harmless old man from the library, turned out to be anything but. Albert Flick had a history of violence. One that the courts felt confident he would "age out" of. They were wrong.

Sources:

VIDEO.. CBS 13 News - https://youtu.be/r1BAGVGQz0U

Generation Why Blog - Albert Flick Too Old to Kill? - Generation Why Podcast

Medium (The Maverick Files)

https://themaverickfiles.medium.com/deemed-too-old-to-be-violent-released-murder-convict-kills-again-f71e2d63af96

Casemine - https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914920cadd7b04934592c24

Sun Journal - https://www.sunjournal.com/2018/07/16/friends-suspect-stalked-kim-dobbie-from-morning-til-night/

Brooks Shawshank Redemption

https://youtu.be/tiG3HziMjWI

Preview YouTube video The Story of Serial Killers Albert Flick and John Joubert | Hometown Tragedy: Crime Briefs

The Story of Serial Killers Albert Flick and John Joubert | Hometown Tragedy: Crime Briefs

Preview YouTube video Friends of Lewiston murder victim say suspect was 'obsessed' with her

Friends of Lewiston murder victim say suspect was 'obsessed' with her

Preview YouTube video Jury finds Albert Flick guilty of murder

Jury finds Albert Flick guilty of murder

Preview YouTube video The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - "Brooks Was Here" scene [1080p]

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - "Brooks Was Here" scene [1080p]

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John McRae started early... and finished late.

Subhuman YT - https://youtube.com/@subhumanpod

Sources:

Buried in the backyard S3 E4

Joey Housey image

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180149686/joseph-james-housey

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January of 1974 was a prolific month of murder. Join me to tick off a few blood red X's. Happy New Year.

From the archives of DT Patreon and Apple +

The tragic tale of a young woman Taken from life. Jessica Keen's killer takes one memento. And it dooms him.

Jack Luna's Dark Fiction ~ Still. www.patreon.com/darktopic

Sponsor - www.topic.com promo code - holiday22

The debut of Dark Topic: Cold

October 22 1966, Tallahassee Florida. Three members of the well respected and completely innocent Sims family are murdered in cold blood. And still, nobody has paid for it.

Sources:

641 Muriel Court Doc

https://vimeo.com/189936003

Exclusive DT at www.patreon.com/darktopic

Paul Reid Jr. Had a broken brain.

Deadbug says, and Dark Topic collide for this special release.

1)The Tale Of Nurse Lucy Letby

2) The Beast Of Jersey

This episode is part of a new Patreon series featured at www.patreon.com/DEADBUG and www.patreon.com/darktopic

Subscribe to Dark Topic + on Apple, or www.patreon.com/darktopic for the same and even more additional content.

The Carr brothers in mid December of 2000, decide to wreak havoc in Wichita. Karma eventually answers the bell, but only once the sun comes up.

Sources:

Terror in Wichita. By Paul Caranci - https://a.co/iN9lG1S

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The Pascagoula Incident and a short flight to a tiny English Village.

Sources:

Washington Post

UFO alien abduction: 1973 Pascagoula 'close encounter' gets a historical marker - The Washington Post

Sun Herald https://youtu.be/Wg5NbZI3qFs

Fox10 News https://youtu.be/9zTUspQlS8E

1975 Interview w Charlie Hickson

https://youtu.be/SjlzeYiGLzc

Medium https://medium.com/illumination/aliens-are-real-an-alien-abduction-rape-51aed3a2ab5c

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Preview YouTube video The untold story of the alleged 1973 Mississippi alien abduction

The untold story of the alleged 1973 Mississippi alien abduction

Preview YouTube video The Alien Abduction: Pascagoula man says he had an encounter with aliens

The Alien Abduction: Pascagoula man says he had an encounter with aliens

Preview YouTube video 1975 interview with a man who claims he was abducted by aliens

1975 interview with a man who claims he was abducted by aliens

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James Dean Worley is a potential serial killer, known to have struck when the Ohio corn was high.

Coming Soon to all levels of Patreon ~ Jack Luna's DARK FICTION

Sources:

WTOL11

https://youtu.be/SwsUspFCh2M

Bundy Judge

https://youtu.be/J2NvKZFVP-Y

Medium

https://fatimhemraj.medium.com/the-last-bike-ride-14e0a0a48405

Preview YouTube video WTOL 11 Exclusive: James Worley and the disappearance of Claudia "Sissy" Tinsley

WTOL 11 Exclusive: James Worley and the disappearance of Claudia "Sissy" Tinsley

Preview YouTube video Ted Bundy - Sentenced to death & then complimented by Judge Edward Cowart (2/10/80)

Levi Bellfield. 

From The 13th Floor of www.patreon.com/darktopic

Every fifth episode of the "Monthly Monster" will be released publicly going forward. For DT Serial Killer style episodes, subscribe to the 13th Floor of Patreon. Thank you for your support on any level. ECDLSP.

Daniel LaPlante is a disturbingly weird 80’s teen. Somewhat typical, until he makes it all so terrifying.

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Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/darktopic

DT Asylum Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/DarkTopicAsylum

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dark_topics/

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Sources:

Joe Turner upcoming book.

https://www.joeturnerbooks.com/post/daniel-laplante 

Medium

https://medium.com/true-crime-junkies/killer-daniel-laplante-hid-inside-walls-to-torment-victims-9cea54b43dcd

Mr Ballen

https://youtu.be/PxM3Y201p2s

The Crime Reel

https://youtu.be/t3LVT1c-Jv4

Jack wakes up to learn about the 2014 Craigslist Murders out of Wyoming, Michigan.

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Jefferey Franklin. And the road to finding out what he did.

Sources:

Big Bake on the Move

https://youtu.be/0NTSEFBASdk

Down the Rabbit hole (YouTube)

https://youtu.be/hT4zA3s4M-8

Mirror

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dj-pretended-notorious-serial-killer-27216751

Medium

https://joniejohnston.medium.com/cruel-ex-uses-horrific-family-murder-to-terrify-fearful-stalking-victim-c85d6bb61336

Morbidology

https://morbidology.com/teenage-hatchet-murders-jeffrey-franklin/

News Report w Odd comment

https://youtu.be/nBw7rk6VUYI

Big Bake on the Move

https://youtu.be/0NTSEFBASdk

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Joel Michael Guy Jr. and his incredibly heinous crimes, perpetrated against his loving parents.

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Sources

Court in the act. Compressed Trial

https://youtu.be/cPX-G_OtIS0

Speaking to Inmate Joel Guy Jr

https://youtu.be/q__CbXZWHRo

Monsters

https://youtu.be/7Jak5MfqrN0

Medium

https://medium.com/the-bad-influence/her-severed-head-was-boiling-in-a-pot-5a9cc4e43f98

Dark Topic is no longer part of 11:59 Media. This is a special release from www.patreon.com/darktopic and may become a monthly addition to the public Dark Topic catalogue. Expect your regular DT content to return early next week. ECDLSP.

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A Deadtime story. Karol Kot.

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Malfunctioning elevators, alcoholism... and Jack speaks to a listener (Jay from Oklahoma City) about life as an addict and how to manage it.

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Pastor John Douglas White arrived in Mount Pleasant Michigan back in 2007, like an answer to a question one parish of God hadn't dared to ask. Would their little parish.. perish.. without a Shepherd. With a past full of violence, Pastor John... is now waiting on the opportunity for more.

Music - Tyler Jakes - Confused & Dazed www.tylerjakes.com

Sources

Kentucky Fried Homicide ep 79 www.kentuckyfriedhomicide.com 

WOOD TV8

https://youtu.be/umy04kXc8c8

https://youtu.be/SBSvZMVHkWo

Investigation Discovery https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/pastor-john-d-white-murder-sex-with-dead-bodies

Jim Fisher True Crime blogspot: http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2012/11/john-douglas-white-michigan-pastor-who.html

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January 17th 2008. A Dark Green Camaro prowls through a rural North Port, Florida neighbourhood. It's driver, Michael King (36) is looking for a victim to bring back to a nightmarish room he has prepared.

Denise Amber Lee (21) is busy tending to her two young children, when she is selected. What follows is one of the most frustrating and disturbing crime cases involving the 911 call system in history.

WARNING: This episode contains a 911 call that may be disturbing for some, as the call comes in from the victim, and lasts a prolonged period of time where she is pleading for her life.

Sources:

Denise Amber Lee Foundation

https://deniseamberlee.org/

Book - A Killers Touch - Michael Benson

https://www.amazon.com/Killer%C2%92s-Touch-Michael-Benson/dp/078602500X

Denise Lees 911 Call

https://youtu.be/03j9PjmCXJQ

Dateline - The Detectives Daughter

https://youtu.be/-fxN9207mIc

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”Don’t be a Stranger”. In the summer of 1953 a stranger rolled into Denville New Jersey, and attempted to molest the wrong group of kids.

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Sources:

Book - The Denville 13 by Peter Zablocki

www.amazon.com/Denville-13-Murder-Redemption-Forgiveness/dp/1467148342

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In the summer of 2009, Mirinda Boob was juggling two men when the carnival came to her small Pennsylvania town. She soon had three men in the air, though it proved too much to keep up… leaving one to fall.

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Sources:

My co-worker hired someone to kill her husband. I was not surprised.'

https://www.mamamia.com.au/mirinda-boob/

Killer Couples

https://youtu.be/xGmM-qApkos

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Pulled from the Tier 13 archive. A Bad Case of the Monday’s. Brenda Spencer, The Grandmother of School Shooters.

ECDLSP.

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DOCUMENTARY

https://youtu.be/xDahLN62PM4

MUSIC

I don’t like Mondays - Boomstown Rats

FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100232

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Clean Soul - Calming by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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The abduction of 10 year old Lindsay Baum, and the shadows surrounding it.

Additional reading/viewing/listening...

KOMO News

https://komonews.com/news/local/cold-case-arrest-has-eerie-similarities-to-lindsey-baum-murder-case

Medium

https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/found-in-the-woods-the-unsolved-murder-of-10-year-old-lindsey-baum-405ecbda3e84

Crime watch Daily

https://youtu.be/ThSseucuxyE

True Crime Recaps

https://youtu.be/jbpQAeoIjO4

The Trail Went Cold Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-trail-went-cold/id1084020770?i=1000434579238

The Daily World

https://www.thedailyworld.com/news/man-arrested-after-dna-ties-him-to-2003-mccleary-rape-abduction-cold-case-makes-bail/

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Was Gary Francis Poste the infamous Zodiac?

An exclusive interview with Jennifer Bucholtz of The Case Breakers.

The Case Breakers site - https://thecasebreakers.org/

Break The Case Podcast

Tahoe Daily Tribune article

https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/yet-to-be-published-memoir-possibly-ids-zodiac-says-he-killed-tahoe-woman-hung-remains-in-tree/

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Talking about hell. Sharing an original short story about hell. And responding to listener voicemails.

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Hello out there… this is the case of Robert Maudsley AKA Spoons, AKA Brain Eater, AKA Hannibal the Cannibal. ECDLSP

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To kick off October, some Deadtime Stories. "Enjoy"

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The Fourth Moment, Jurassic Park, Sobering Thoughts and Balloons.

Waking up with Jack Luna is a new offering for publicly available Dark Topics. The regular show is still here. This is just.. more.

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October 20th 1997. 45 year old Jennifer Meyers is murdered at her gallery in Spring Grove PA. Witnesses say that a man with a black wig, like part of a witch costume, fled the scene following 3 gunshots.

The husband is a suspect.

As is the rapist she was to face in court that week.

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Sources:

Article - Medium, by Verity Partington

https://link.medium.com/n9arT9dIwjb

Doc - Forensic Files

https://youtu.be/YUwW4yKNlMQ

Kevin Dowling Essay

My Last Day On Earth | An Essay By Kevin Brian Dowling, Pennsylvania, a prisoner on death row in the USA | Human Writes

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A Deadtime Story. Oba Chandler.

Season 3 of Dark Topic in the works. Fresh schedule begins October.

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Robert Berdella ... quite the fella.

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suggested listening - True Crime Guys

Sources:

Robert Berdella: The True Story of a man who turned his darkest fantasies into a reality. ~ By Ryan Becker

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The Alaskan Avenger.

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A companion episode to the recent TCK 16 ~ Jason Vukovich

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/true-crime-kent/id1536490711 

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Melvin Davis Rees. The Sex Beast.

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SOURCES

Rees v. Commonwealth, 203 Va. 850 – www.CourtListener.com

https://youtu.be/u3TJGhEftVk

https://link.medium.com/4YP8PHRksfb

Death of Innocence: Jackson Family Murders Shock Area | | fredericksburg.com

Music

Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Epilog - Ghostpocalypse by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Fueled by revenge or madness, a Michigan farmer does the unthinkable — generations before it became in vogue.

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References:

From the newspaper archives of the Lansing State Journal, The Windsor Star, Wisconsin State Journal, San Francisco Call, Reno Gazette Journal, The Butte Miner, The New York Times, The Neosho Daily, The Battle Creek Enquirer, The Times Herald, The Forth Worth Record, The Bristol Herald, The Detroit Free Press, The Freeport Journal, The Grande Island Daily Indepependence, The Argus Leader, The News Pallad, The Escanaba Daily, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Daily Telegram, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Herald-Examiner, The Associate Press, United Press International.

Transcript of the May 23-25, 1927 Clinton County, Michigan Coroner's Inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the Bath School Superintendent, Emory Eli Huyck, on May 18, 1927 in the Village of Bath, Michigan.

http://www.msu.edu/~daggy/tbsd/bsdlrp.htm

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/history/disaster.htm

http://harte.us.net/news/18.htm

Bath Massacre, by Arnie Bernstein, Copyright 2009

American Murder: Criminals, Crime and the Media, by Mike Mayo, Copyright 2008

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Harvey Miguel Robinson is one of America’s youngest serial killers. In the early 90’s, the 17 year old stalked the streets of Allentown, Pennsylvania, taking the lives of two women and a teenage girl. But his insatiable bloodlust got the best of him when he stumbled into a trap set by police.

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From the archives of the:

The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

Sept. 2, 1990

July 2, 1993

Aug. 1, 1993

Aug. 3, 1993

Aug. 5, 1993

Dec. 7, 1993

March 4, 1994

April 17, 1994

Aug. 4, 1994

Nov. 11, 1994

Nov. 27, 1994

Dec. 7, 1994

May 24, 1995

Nov. 4, 1999

April 6, 2006

July 1, 2016

Oct. 16, 2019

Philadelphia Inquirer (PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA)

Dec. 13, 1993

Nov. 10, 1994

York Dispatch (York, Pennsylvania)

Dec. 22, 1962

The Gazette & Daily (York, Pennsylvania)

Dec. 24, 1962

The Mercury Morning (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)

Dec. 24, 1962

York Daily Record (York, Pennsylvania)

May 8, 1963

May 9, 1963

Nov. 28, 1994

Court records: 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Case No. 06-c-0089

Sept. 8, 2020

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civil Action No. 14-227

Judgement (7/17/2019)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civil No. 2:14-cv-0227

PLAINTIFF’S’ PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS (6/19/201)

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Case 2:14-cv-00227-MPK

CIVIL COVER SHEET (02/18/2014)

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA  

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Harvey Miguel ROBINSON, Appellant.

No. 662 CAP.

OPINION (12/27/2013)

Romance Department:

https://www.hotshotinmates.com/harvey-robinson?lightbox=image_1p6m

Music

Blue Feather - Reunited by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200068

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Music - Gagool by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Music - Dreamlike by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100410

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Harry Powers wooed the ladies with his slick stories and promises of riches. But instead of filling their hearts and homes with love, he took their money … then he took their lives . Powers is one of the first men in modern history to be labeled a serial killer.

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Dark Topic is created and hosted by Jack Luna

Written and researched by F.T Norton

Produced by Jack Luna for 11:59 Media

References:

From the newspaper archives of:

The Capital Times (Madion, Wisconsin)

Bluefield Daily Telegraph (West Virginia)

The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)

Brooklyn Times Union (New York)

Clarksburg Exponent (West Virginia)

Daily News (New York, New York)

Pittsburgh Press (Pennsylvania)

Fort Worth Star Telegram (Texas)

The Associated Press

Detroit Free Press (Michigan)

Knoxville Journal (Tennessee)

The Winnipeg Tribune (Canada)

The Chillicothe Scioto Gazette (Ohio)

The Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio)

United Press International

Quad City Times (Iowa)

The Clarksburg Telegram (West Virginia)

The Weekly Courier (

The Daily Notes (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania)

Lansing State Journal (Michigan)

Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

The Tribune (Coshcton, Ohio)

Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Mid-West Progressive (Muscatine, Iowa)

Nashville Banner (Tennessee)

The Daily Plainsman (Huron, South Dakota)

Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)

Chattanooga News (Tennessee)

Decatur Daily (Illinois)

Deadwood Pioneer Times (South Dakota)

Sioux City Journal (Iowa)

Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The Montana Standard

The Akron Beacon (Ohio)

The Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia)

Des Moines Register (Iowa)

The Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Alabama)

The Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, Indiana)

Time Magazine

The Selma Times Journal (Alabama)

The Wausau Daily Record Herald (Wasau, Wisconsin)

Records from the West Virginia & Regional History Center 

Music - 

“Crime at Quiet Dell” by Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFFcz7_Zhjk&ab_channel=ChrisStuart%26Backcountry-Topic

The Crime at Quiet Dell by Frank Welling and John McGhee 1926

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Cesar Barone. Pupil of Ted Bundy.

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References:

The New Detectives 2001, Season 7, Episode 2

Predator at Large Season 1, Episode 2

https://meaww.com/green-river-killer-ted-bundy-help-arrest-gary-ridgeway-over-70-women-rape-murder-washington

South Florida Sun Sentinel, Jan. 28, 1996

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2000-07-22-0007210931-story.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2009/12/oregon_death_row_inmate_cesar.html

Archives of the Miami Herald, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, The Oregonian, Corvallis Gazette, Associated Press

FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100232

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Dark Topic is created, hosted and produced by Jack Luna

Written and researched by F.T Norton

For 11:59 Media

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The disappearance of 14 year old Stephanie Bryan on April 28th 1955, and surrounding events.

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Dark Topic is created and hosted by Jack Luna

Written and researched by F.T Norton

Produced by The Operator for 11:59 Media

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SOURCES

From the archives of The San Francisco Examiner, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Mateo Times, Roseville Press-Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, New York Daily News, United Press International,

Book: Shallow Grave in Trinity County by Harry Farrell.

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The story of Americas first mass shooter. Howard Unruh.

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Dark Topic is created and hosted by Jack Luna

Written and researched by F.T Norton

Produced by The Operator for 11:59 Media

SOURCES

https://www.newspapers.com/image/593718819/?terms=%22thomas%2Bzegrino%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/138420899/?terms=%22john%2Bpilarchik%22

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/nyregion/20unruh.html

http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/090749nj-shoot.html

https://amp.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/crime/2014/09/04/sept-6-1949-camden-is-scene-of-nations-first-mass-murder/15063383/

Inside the Minds of Mass Murderers: Why They Kill, By Katherine M. Ramsland

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/flipbooks/issues/19500916/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/story-first-mass-murder-us-history-180956927/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Hrf3ZqUmI

second day story: https://www.newspapers.com/image/480360327/?terms=%22thomas%2Bzegrino%22%2Bcamden

https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=43873882&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3NDQ0Mjg5NSwiaWF0IjoxNTgyNjQwODgxLCJleHAiOjE1ODI3MjcyODF9.ytXVaYJmLcaupih79FU1a1ZbewctK7IGcSawbftDITs

https://www.newspapers.com/image/174438481/?terms=unruh%2B%22roxy%2Bdimarco%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/343829743/?terms=%22howard%2Bunruh%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/5346356/?terms=%22Frieda%2BUnruh%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/174444420/?terms=%22Frieda%2BUnruh%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/173765790/?terms=%22Frieda%2BUnruh%22

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/story-first-mass-murder-us-history-180956927/

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The Cheshire home invasion murders.

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SOURCES

The Cheshire Home Invasion Murders — Talk Murder With Me

https://www.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2019/5/1/cheshire-home-invasion-murders

Investigate One - The Cheshire Murders

https://youtu.be/29DPtCgRVUo

Hartford Courant

https://www.courant.com/community/cheshire/hc-xpm-2011-09-28-hc-komisarjevksy-day7-0929-20110928-story.html

WATR 1320 AM radio interview w Dr. Petit

Interrogation Josh Komisarjevsky

https://youtu.be/3xCiBNPQJpc

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Baraboo Wisconsin... a small town of around 10,000 people…. is a weird little place to be ....Old... well no older than any other spot I guess... but the architecture... paired with the aura... the mood.. lets say... feels...weathered. ... worn out... in a bad way.

SPONSORS:

https://murdercoffeeco.com/

SOURCES:

• I Survived S05E18 720P Kristen Kimball Thadius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA8TZBGrS3o
• Murderpedia: https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/clark-joe.htm
• Cold Case Files / The Tortured Truth

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The botched crimes and execution of Clayton Lockett.

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Sponsors:

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Sources:

Medium.com - The Life of Clayton Lockett, by Brian Ted Jones. https://link.medium.com/eaZq8ICnU5

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Thomas G. Doty and the demise of Continental Flight 11.

SOURCES

Aircrash Confidential

https://youtu.be/LZXQWGzRuIA

Dailyiowegian.com

https://www.dailyiowegian.com/news/local_news/the-untold-story-of-continental-flight-11/article_e8774a33-97e8-5234-a739-e9ca4964aaad.html

Kansascity.com

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article304455.html

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A young woman wakes up in the night with a premonition of death. Valerie Reyes is so distraught that she calls her mother. For the final time.

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SOURCES

Generationwhypod.com Blog:

https://genwhypod.com/blogs/the-generation-why-podcast-blog/woman-found-in-suitcase-in-greenwich-connecticut-identified-as-valerie-reyes-from-new-rochelle-new-york

Lohud.com

https://www.lohud.com/videos/news/crime/2019/02/07/video-valerie-reyes-mother-talks-after-her-daughters-body-found/2804404002/

Greenwichtime.com

https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Guilty-plea-in-killing-of-Valerie-Reyes-15032598.php

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The known crime of Thomas Soria Sr and Junior.

Sources: 

• Book, “Like Father, Like Son” by Robert Scott
• Dozens of articles F.T Norton wrote at the Nevada Appeal, along with articles from the Record Courier, Reno Gazette Journal, Associated Press and Tahoe Daily Tribune 
• F.T Norton's recollections of covering this case.

Andrei Chikatilo

The Villisca Axe Murders.

From the dismantled CRIME MACHINE podcast

Kenneth McDuff. The Broomstick Killer.

Source - Bad Boy From Rosebud: The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff

The finale.

Pt.1 of The Fisherman

Sources - Invisible Killer: The Man Behind Mask by Diana Montane

A three piece Frankenstein of a story loosely based on true events. Written by Jack Luna.

From the dismantled CRIME MACHINE

A true crime story that may be old, but is all too familiar.

Sources - The Dark Strangler by Michael Newton, RJ Parker and Peter Vronsky

Marybeth Tinning and her husband Joe, buried all 9 of their children over a 15 year period. Doctors scratched their heads while nurses brought theirs together in whisper. Had the Tinning’s created a “death gene”? Or was Marybeth bringing children into the world for the explicit purpose of taking them back out… in exchange for pity?

*Marybeth has been paroled since this episodes original release.

Sources: From Cradle to Grave - by Joyce Egginton

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Music Credit - The Children's Room by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Stay Paranoid

The disturbing finale.

The life and crimes of Richard Speck pt.1

This is the inaugural episode of Dark Topic, covering the life and crimes of David Maust.

Sources - Blood Stained: When No One Comes Looking - Dory Maust

The relentless finale.

Research - Hagar Barak

Sources:

BOOKS

The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, Philip Carlo, Citadel Press, 1996

YOUTUBE

A Conversation with Richard Ramirez--The Night Stalker--Reported by Mike Watkiss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5huwZoPZA

Richard Ramirez ( The Night Stalker ) - Serial killer documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtEOzX8V6yI

I'll See You in Disneyland" - Richard Ramirez, sentenced to death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcmIPjl7AOQ

Part 1 of 2. An in depth look at The Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez.

Research:

Hagar Barak

SOURCES

Books:

The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, Philip Carlo, Citadel Press, 1996

Youtube:

 A Conversation with Richard Ramirez--The Night Stalker--Reported by Mike Watkiss

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5huwZoPZA

 Richard Ramirez ( The Night Stalker ) - Serial killer documentary

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtEOzX8V6yI

I'll See You in Disneyland" - Richard Ramirez, sentenced to death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcmIPjl7AOQ

The first known victims of Dennis Rader, and the birth of B.T.K.

From the dismantled CRIME MACHINE podcast.

Hill UFO Encounter. September 19-20, 1961.

At 6'9, Edmund Kemper literally stands out. His intelligence, and long list of murders do the same. Hop in and take a ride with Big Ed. Don't mind his reach. That passenger door needs a slam.

This episode made possible by those who support on Patreon. www.patreon.com/darktopicpod

Sources: Edmund Kemper: The True Story of the Co-Ed Killer - Jack Rosewood.

Documentary - Edmund Kemper in his own words.

A visit to early Bedlam, after a short stroll through Jack Luna's childhood.

*In this ep I speak of patients dying from Multiple Sclerosis, which is inaccurate. I should have said “from complications related to severe M.S”.

Merch - darktopicpodcast.com

Patreon - patreon.com/darktopicpod

Sources:

The Madness of Bedlam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc_tfPWAq-8

The Killing Machine Finale.

Research - Hagar Barak

Music - Tyler Jakes, Psycho Killer (Talking Heads Cover) www.tylerjakes.com

Additional Vocals - Beth Brown

Sources:

Video

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/dating-game-killer/ Investigation Discovery stays classy by making a non-documentary TV show about Alcala, starring a dude from Seinfeld and Scandal. I should not assume the show is cheesy, but the poster sure is☺

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/serial-killer-rodney-alcala-the-killing-game/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12PXvKfWdZs (this is Alcala’s appearance on ‘The Dating Game’

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Serial-Killer-Rodney-Alcalas-Photos-Released-Can-You-ID-Any-Of-These-Women-91752849.html video montage of pictures of women found among Alcala’s belongings, which the police asked for the public’s help in identifying

Print

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/flashback-serial-killer-appears-on-the-dating-game-mid-spree-192077/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-serial-killer-new-killing-20160921-snap-story.html

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vdpn9j/the-haunting-photography-of-a-serial-killer

https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2018/06/rodney-alcala/

http://www.ibtimes.com/rodney-alcala-dating-game-killer-psychological-profile-2623321 as the link says, this is a psychological profile of Alcala that appeared, for some reason, in international Business News. This is a collection of highlights from an interview given by UK psychologist, research and writer Dr. Nicola Davis, to Pick Me Up! Magazine. The subject of the interview is why did Alcala end up Alcala.

Books

Stella Sands, The Dating Game Killer: The True Story of A TV Dating Show, A Violent Sociopath and A Series of Brutal Murders (St. Martin’s True Crime, 2011) There are several books on Alcala, but as far as I can tell this one is the only one published by a known publishing house, as opposed to self-published.

Stay Paranoid

Better known as The Dating Game Killer. But you can call him Rodney…

Music - Psycho Killer (Talking Heads Cover) Tyler Jakes. Visit www.tylerjakes.com

Research - Doctor Barak

www.patreon.com/darktopicpod for extra content, and to support DT.

www.darktopicpodcast.com for links to merch.

SOURCES

Video

• https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-­‐‑shows/dating-­‐‑game-­‐‑killer/ Investigation Discovery stays classy by making a non-­‐‑documentary TV show about Alcala, starring a dude from Seinfeld and Scandal. I should not assume the show is cheesy, but the poster sure isJ

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/serial-­‐‑killer-­‐‑rodney-­‐‑alcala-­‐‑the-­‐‑killing-­‐‑game/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12PXvKfWdZs (this is Alcala’s appearance

on ‘The Dating Game’

• https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Serial-­‐‑Killer-­‐‑Rodney-­‐‑Alcalas-­‐‑ Photos-­‐‑Released-­‐‑Can-­‐‑You-­‐‑ID-­‐‑Any-­‐‑Of-­‐‑These-­‐‑Women-­‐‑91752849.html

video montage of pictures of women found among Alcala’s belongings, which the police asked for the public’s help in identifying

Print

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-­‐‑news/flashback-­‐‑serial-­‐‑killer-­‐‑ appears-­‐‑on-­‐‑the-­‐‑dating-­‐‑game-­‐‑mid-­‐‑spree-­‐‑192077/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala

• http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-­‐‑me-­‐‑ln-­‐‑serial-­‐‑killer-­‐‑new-­‐‑killing-­‐‑

20160921-­‐‑snap-­‐‑story.html

• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vdpn9j/the-­‐‑haunting-­‐‑photography-­‐‑of-­‐‑a-­‐‑ serial-­‐‑killer

• https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-­‐‑goad/2018/06/rodney-­‐‑alcala/

• http://www.ibtimes.com/rodney-­‐‑alcala-­‐‑dating-­‐‑game-­‐‑killer-­‐‑psychological-­‐‑ profile-­‐‑2623321

as the link says, this is a psychological profile of Alcala that appeared, for some reason, in international Business News. This is a collection of highlights from an interview given by UK psychologist, research and writer Dr. Nicola Davis, to Pick Me Up! Magazine. The subject of the interview is why did Alcala end up Alcala.

Books

• Stella Sands, The Dating Game Killer: The True Story of A TV Dating Show, A Violent Sociopath and A Series of Brutal Murders (St. Martin’s True Crime, 2011)

STAY PARANOID…

A fast paced episode to match the in and out style of the infamous Stopwatch Gang.

SOURCES:

Documentary - The Fifth Estate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM34e4N-tMw&t=1672s

Articles:

• https://magazine.atavist.com/the-life-and-times-of-thestopwatch-gang

• https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/the-stopwatchgang/

Today in Ottawa History

• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/stopwatch-gang-bank-robber-andauthor-stephen-reid-denied-full-parole/article23274831/n

• http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,186513218651331865212,

• http://redrocknews.com/news/13-top-news/6369-1970s-stopwatch-gang-hid-in-oak-creekcanyon

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-08/news/mn-547101fast-bank-robber

Dark Topic Research - Hagar Barak

Dark Topic Designs - Jesse Marshall

Music for this episode provided by Tyler Jakes. Visit Tylerjakes.com

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Uncle Jimmy woke up with a hangover and headed downstairs. His brothers beautiful family had filled his Mothers house. It was Easter. An occasion that always overshadowed Jimmy’s birthday. But not this time.

“I am a man of passion. You don’t know what that means, unless you are my kind. At the orphanage where they put me just before Garfield was assassinated, there were some older boys that caught a horse in a slopping field. They got the horse up against a fence down at the bottom of the field and tied him up.

An old horse.

They put kerosene on his tail and lit it and cut the rope and away went that old horse busting through fences to get away from the fire. But the fire went with him.

That horse, that’s me. That’s the man of passion. The fire chases you and catches you and then it’s in your blood. And after that, it’s the fire that has control, not the man.

Blame the fire of passion for what Albert H. Fish has done…"

Writing Credit - Tyler Bell. Visit www.westsidefairytales.com

Research Credit - Dr. Hagar Barak

Sources:

Robert Keller, Confessions of a Cannibal, 2015

John Borowski, Albert Fish in his own words, Waterfront Publications 2012

https://www.nytimes.com/1936/01/17/archives/slayer-of-budd-girl-dies-in-electric-chair-albert-fish-65-pays.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1930/09/05/archives/man-67-seized-here-as-budd-kidnapper-wife-accuses-caretaker-as.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/26/archives/fish-is-sentenced-admits-new-crimes-death-in-electric-chair-fixed.html https://local.theonion.com/[object%20Object]

https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/exwife-unconcerned.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/police-try-to-link-budd-girls-slayer-to-3-other-crimes-fish.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/exwife-unconcerned.html

Stay Paranoid

You might think of hell as a hot place. That’s how it's depicted, in old films and cartoons. A sweltering abyss full of ghouls thrusting pitchforks, and inflicting bloody debauchery upon the recently damned. I'm not a believer in such places... but if i were... I'd be more inclined to go with the Dante’s Inferno depiction. Where hell is a cold, forgotten place. The darkest point of the universe, furthest from God, where sinners are trapped unmoving beneath the ice, and Satan mindlessly flaps his wings, trying to escape. 

But then...there are Devils among us. Devils who become immortalized in movies, books, television shows and podcasts... . The types contained within the Dark Topic Catalogue. The types who raise the bar of how evil and savage we can be... who inspire future psychopaths to pursue their own dark dreams and satiate their enormous appetites. The worst of which, I can almost believe were sent from an evil place … maybe spawned from a cold corner of the cosmos…, a spore that crashed here via asteroid eons ago…… eventually morphing into something unfathomable…. And burping up from the bottom of the ocean to take the form of something hideous …like an Angler Fish…. Or worse …Like an Albert Fish.

Writing Credit - Tyler Bell of the Westside Fairytales Podcast. www.westsidefairytales.com

Research Credit - Doctor Barak  

Support Dark Topic by visiting www.patreon.com/darktopicpod and gain access to additional content.

Sources:

Robert Keller, Confessions of a Cannibal, 2015 

John Borowski, Albert Fish in his own words, Waterfront Publications 2012

https://www.nytimes.com/1936/01/17/archives/slayer-of-budd-girl-dies-in-electric-chair-albert-fish-65-pays.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1930/09/05/archives/man-67-seized-here-as-budd-kidnapper-wife-accuses-caretaker-as.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/26/archives/fish-is-sentenced-admits-new-crimes-death-in-electric-chair-fixed.html https://local.theonion.com/[object%20Object]

https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/exwife-unconcerned.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/police-try-to-link-budd-girls-slayer-to-3-other-crimes-fish.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/exwife-unconcerned.html

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For over a decade, a serial killer skulked among the residents of Missoula Montana. Wayne Nance was most likely the man responsible for having taken the lives of at least 6 people, although we'll never know for certain; thanks to his final targets.

Sources: John Coston - To Kill and Kill Again

Music: Tyler Jakes - Fifth Fang www.tylerjakes.com

Dark Topic Art: Jesse Marshall

From the dismantled CRIME MACHINE podcast.

November 28th, 1994. Wisconsin. Columbia Correctional Institution, Maximum Security. Home of Jeffrey Dahmer.

“Dying is not a crime” - Jack Kevorkian.

Sources:

60 Minutes Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozwoYhxdbTQ&t=81s

You Don’t Know Jack Documentary 

https://youtu.be/D8_Ket4prGU

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The Zed Team. An unholy crew of misfits that turned on one of their own.

Research - Hagar Barak

Patreon - www.patreon.com/darktopicpod

SOURCES :

i. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-facebook-injuries-13206066

ii. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-40324334

iii. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/03/cultish-neighbours-tortured-and-killed-tyneside-man-jury-told-jimmy-prout

iv. https://metro.co.uk/2017/06/27/killers-jailed-for-life-for-boiling-mans-testicle-and-forcing-him-to-eat-it-6738376/

v. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-39794370

vi. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-35907061

vii. https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/20/ex-wishes-she-could-say-sorry-to-dad-forced-to-eat-his-own-testicle-8157848/

viii. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6406371/Cult-victims-ex-girlfriend-reveals-agony-not-able-save-him.html

ix. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7722572/dangerous-uk-cults/

x. https://genwhypod.com/blogs/the-generation-why-podcast-blog/the-murder-of-jimmy-prout

xi. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-trial-live-13006731

xii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/police-increasingly-concerned-man-woman-11099701

xiii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-trial-live-12978134

xiv. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/story-jimmy-prout-dad-two-13206598

xv. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/truth-cult-killer-zahid-zaman-13218270

xvi. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/he-like-poison-estate-residents-13205442

xvii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/wheelchair-bound-puppetmaster-behind-jimmy-13205337

xviii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-shields-death-cult-how-13205619

Stay Paranoid

The Truck Stop Killer. Robert Ben Rhoades.

This episode was co-written by Tyler Bell of The Westside Fairytales Podcast. Visit www.westsidefairytales.com for some horror fiction in podcast form.

Research Credit: Doctor Barak

Music Credit: Tyler Jakes - Woodchips & Pouty Lips. www.tylerjakes.com

For DT Merch and more, visit www.darktopicpodcast.com

Sources:

ARTICLES:

 https://www.gq.com/story/truck-stop-killer-gq-november-2012

The author of this article was a teenage runaway hitchhiking at truck stops during the time when Rhoades was active. She had a scary encounter with a man who she later came to suspect was Rhoades, and she goes to attempt to verify her suspicion. It’s a good read with lots on insights into hitchhiking in the ‘80s

https://www.truckdrivingjobs.com/faq/the-haunting-case-of-robert-ben-rhoades-truck-stop-muderer.html

honestly, I cannot attest to the journalistic credentials of truck driver jobs, but they do have a refreshing angle, in that they don’t assume that truck drivers are, in general, a bunch of creepy psychos.

https://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/truck-stop-killer-robert-ben-rhoades-ex-wife-recounts-time-with-serial-killer-and-rapist/

basically, a link to the ID interview

https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-trucker-traveling-torture-chamber-admits-murders/story?id=16037743

on the 2012 trial

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2223778/The-night-I-murdered-truck-stop-serial-killer-One-woman-tells-story-survival.html

Vanessa Veselka, who wrote the GQ article, got covered in the DM! so you know it’s true

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9175140/Torture-chamber-trucker-sentence-to-life-in-prison.html

summary of the case on after the 2012 trial

https://healthpsychologyconsultancy.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/making-of-a-monster-robert-ben-rhoades/ An interview with a psychologist who specialized in childhood abuse (who did not interview Rhoades but did review the material) on the events that may have contributed to create this serial killer.

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Rhodes,%20Robert%20Ben%20spring%202007.pdf

 Behold a timeline of his life events (that are related to his murders) recorded by students at the psychology department at Radford: (I will be checking this against the other sources to ascertain its reliability, since, just to start with, they misspelled ‘Council Bluffs, Iowa’)

VIDEOS:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21lu4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1H3_aQhTg

Stay Paranoid

Herb Baumeister, using the alias "Brian Smart", is on the hunt. . He drives his blue Buick out to the city most evenings, and brings home men whenever his wife and kids aren't home. Which, as a result of his deteriorating facade, is quite often these days.

Sources

https://www.thoughtco.com/herbert-richard-baumeister-973121

http://www.peoplespressindy.org/2018/12/29/herb-baumeister-the-fiend-of-westfield/

https://people.com/archive/while-julie-was-away-vol-46-no-26/

https://www.learning-history.com/herb-baumeister/

https://www.ranker.com/list/herb-baumeister-murder-facts/jessika-gilbert

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Baumeister,%20Herb%20-%20fall,%202005.pdf

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21146253/the_indianapolis_star/

Video

Herb Raccoon - Wish TV Archive Files - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuj30TsMQ0

Paranormal - Knocker "BUG" (19:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXdr4AsJxAk&t=1167s

Ghost Adventures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVScfTTI1w&t=318s

Books

Where the Bodies are Buried, St Martin’s True Crime

You Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm/Ryan Green, Ryan Green Publishing

Stay Paranoid

Herb Baumeister was an odd boy who grew up to become a successful, well respected family and business man. Maybe most impressive, Herb achieved his dreams while leading a double life as a gay man, and moonlighting as a prolific serial killer. Part 1.

Research - Hagar Barak

Music - Tyler Jakes - www.tylerjakes.com

Patreon - www.patreon.com/darktopicpod

Website - www.darktopicpodcast.com

Sources

https://www.thoughtco.com/herbert-richard-baumeister-973121

http://www.peoplespressindy.org/2018/12/29/herb-baumeister-the-fiend-of-westfield/

https://people.com/archive/while-julie-was-away-vol-46-no-26/

https://www.learning-history.com/herb-baumeister/

https://www.ranker.com/list/herb-baumeister-murder-facts/jessika-gilbert

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Baumeister,%20Herb%20-%20fall,%202005.pdf

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21146253/the_indianapolis_star/

Books

-Where the Bodies are Buried, St Martin’s True Crime

-You Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm/Ryan Green, Ryan Green Publishing

Stay Paranoid

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