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Host Jack Luna covers the worlds darkest stories, while holding you close in an itchy blanket.
The podcast Dark Topic is created by Jack Luna. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
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In the late 90’s, residents of San Luis Obispo were concerned that a serial killer may be on the loose following the disappearance of two Cal Poly Tech students within a two year span, followed by yet another bright young woman abducted on her way to study at Cal.
A massive police effort would soon bring to light a separate killer than that of the original, highly publicized Kristin Smart case. This all thanks to the work of a parole officer whom thought to question a recently released inmate he referenced as being short and stocky, yet agile.
Mr. Krebs.
Sources:
Vanity Fair
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/the-podcast-that-helped-solve-a-murder-chris-lambert
The Tribune
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article229321569.html
The People vs Rex Allan Krebs
https://cases.justia.com/california/supreme-court/2019-s099439.pdf?ts=1574359343
Buried in the Backyard S1E7
From the growing archive of www.patreon.com/darktopic and Apple +
The case of young Eldon Samuel III and his Zombie hunter father.
The case of Ghost House. Subscribe to Marooned wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Charles Severance. “Knock, Talk, Enter, Kill, Exit.”
Sources:
Book - The Parable of The Knocker by Bryan Porter.
Northern Virginia Magazine
The Parable of the Knocker sheds light on Charles Severance
Moments that Survive
This episode is from the DT + archive growing at www.patreon.com/darktopic
Michael Lee Lockhart. Executed December 9th at 6:24 PM by lethal injection in Texas.
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The LISK case has captured headlines for years. On this episode of Dark Topic, Jack attempts to stay “Off the LISK” in order to tell the story of another killer close to the case. Sarra Gilbert. But he, like Sarra’s sister Shannan, gets lost along the way.
Sources:
Mari Gilbert
https://youtu.be/iJT0lGzwWEs?si=kfHU2s8c3Lig_XE-
Disgraced Police Chief
Lawyer John Ray
Who is Long Island attorney, John Ray? | The US Sun
All that’s interesting
https://allthatsinteresting.com/sarra-gilbert
TWA Flight 800
https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1795400/plane-crash-last-words-pilot-TWA-Flight-800
People Investigates - S1E1
Dark Topic Cold.
May 10th 1973. A masked man brandishing a pistol and a rifle, enters the CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) in downtown Kenora, Ontario. A dead man’s switch that looks more like a duck whistle, is clenched between his teeth. The switch is connected to a bag slung over his shoulder which he claims to contain a bomb. Everybody better behave, or be blown to smithereens.
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Sources:
The Kenora Bank Robbery W5
https://youtu.be/1ine4OHheOA?si=v04MnM4TMop4_Ayw
The Devils Gap by Joe Ralko
Explosion
https://youtu.be/ROI6JxN19eo?si=bECrxdFtQ7ysqEEU
www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive content. This ep is from the growing DT+ library of Patreon and Apple +.
John Norman Collins. The Ted Bundy Prototype.
Sources:
Sheriff Harvey Interview
The Michigan Murderer
Detroit Free Press
Midwest Crime Files
The Ypsilanti Ripper: The Victims of John Norman Collins
www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives.
This ep starts off a little odd for DT. I had a loss in my family that I shouldn't speak publicly about yet so I cut it. Also, this is a previously released on Patreon, but unreleased public ep of DT. Thanks for understanding. Although, this is confusing no doubt.
July 12th 2013. A Friday afternoon in the quaint village of Richfield Wisconsin. A young woman attempting to walk her dog through a nature park is accosted by a would be rapist who jumps out from behind a van in the secluded spots parking area. Daniel Bartelt - a bad actor - would run away to regroup. And get it right in a repeat performance.
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Emanuel Kemp Jr. Texas Death Row Inmate, and his crazy story.
Sources:
Faces of Death Row
Faces of Death Row | The Texas Tribune
Fort Worth Star Telegram
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article219481385.html
Murderpedia
Emanuel Kemp | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Newspapers.com
Apr 24, 1988, page 18 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com
Dr. Melissa Ketunuti had a rodent problem. Jason Smith, a local Philly exterminator, turned out to be an expensive solution.
Thanks to our old Philly friend Shore on research.
ABC news source of interest.
https://youtu.be/Elz--ou8l3w?si=f2DTX92uG3eG0PDC
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David Shearing crept through the darkness of the old prison camp, to the fire-lit campsite of two grandparents, two parents, and two children. When the father of the girls that Shearing had come to see, got up to meet the approaching shadow - two hands gripping a .22 pump action rifle made this family camping trip all about one.
Sources:
The Seventh Shadow by RCMP Sgt. Michael Eastham and Ian McLeod
Vancouver Sun
B.C. man who murdered a family of six reveals chilling details in parole hearing | Vancouver Sun
Crime Beat TV
https://youtu.be/fZkNSn41Hww?si=QsPYEVOupEBqJR_x
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Nineteen year old Brian Cohee JR, went for a cruise late one Saturday night in February of 2021. He wore coveralls, three pairs of gloves, and had a Michael Myers mask and large kitchen knife at the ready. When he found what seemed to be the perfect victim in sixty nine year old Warren Barnes - a homeless man well known in Grand Junction, Colorado - Cohee struck without mercy. The rest is a mess. Some of which his mother would discover in her strange son’s closet.
Sources:
The Colorado Sun
A sculpture will pay tribute to the murdered reading man of Grand Junction
Explore With Us
https://youtu.be/pvrp87VXtD4?si=c5MVaAovlkzzDrXU
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Alex J. Mengel was a poacher of human beings. This widely unknown killer has a terrifying, yet barely mapped out history despite an actual map being found tucked into the dash of his ghostmobile.
Sources:
Unearthing a Serial Killer (Book)
UNEARTHING A SERIAL KILLER: Paul, David, McMurray, Kevin F.: 9781519348821: Amazon.com: Books
Unearthing a Serial Killer (Podcast)
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/unearthing-a-serial-killer/id1583990190
Arrest of Mengel
From Dark Topic Plus - with purpose.
This episode is about domestic violence. It is pretty heavy, and I said i'd not release it. But I am because I was told it might help. Thank you!
Sources:
911 Call (6:30)
Articles Michigan Live
Son, 10, testifies John Kovach said he 'did her family a favor' by shooting his wife - mlive.com
Nancy Kovach, victim in Comstock slaying, remembered as great mother, 'smiley, happy' - mlive.com
John Kovach to spend at least 20 years in prison for murdering his wife, Nancy Kovach - mlive.com
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In the early eighties David Alan Gore along with his cousin Fred Waterfield, stalked and terrorized Vero Beach - AKA Zero Beach, Florida. Thanks to letters written by Gore in prison, we know more than we’d like to know about just how brutal the serial killer life can be. Listener beware.
Sources:
Music - Tyler Jakes - Tylerjakes.com
Book - The Serial Killer Whisperer by Pete Earley
Book - The Killing Cousins by Jack Rosewood
Crime Stories - https://youtu.be/N_qj6fYxlrg?si=uBvfpmmnFQuyswoB
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Larry Gene Bell was a suspected serial killer who only became known as a result of calling in his crimes - to one victims family.
Sources:
Book - When A Killer Calls. By John Douglas and Mark Olshaker.
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/when-a-killer-calls-a/9780062979797-item.html
Trial Records
BELL v. EVATT (1995) | FindLaw
Forensic Files S7E42
https://youtu.be/nZ33ptQ7wyA?si=oIFKmuHK2jmxLmRo
FBI Files S2E3 Cat and Mouse
The intended episode was too dicey for a public release. Head over to www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives, including that episode DT + 17 ~ Nothing Happened.
Two special releases from the growing Patreon and Apple + archive.
1 ~ Out to Lunch
A little ditty bout Brad and Diane
Sources:
Forensic Files - News at 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgq-SDPTog&t=42s&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime
The Lineup
https://the-line-up.com/the-murder-of-newscaster-diane-newton-king
2 ~ The Creep
This is the unfortunate crime story of a Creep named Justin Thurber.
Sources:
STATE v. THURBER (2018) | FindLaw
Discovery + Extreme Forensics S2 E3 Deadly Obsession
Kansas Reflector
Supreme Court allows pursuit of DNA testing by convicted Cowley County murderer - Kansas Reflector
It’s Crime O’Clock somewhere
The Murder of Jodi Sanderholm — It's Crime O Clock Somewhere
David Edwin Mason. Executed in the notorious “Coughing Box”. Here’s why.
For Exclusive Content www.patreon.com/darktopic
Sources:
California Executed Inmates
Executed Inmate Summary - David Edwin Mason - Capital Punishment
LA Times Archive 1993
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-22-mn-26483-story.html
People v. Mason
PEOPLE v. MASON (1991) | FindLaw
The Executioners Tale
Former San Quentin executioner reveals how he killed prisoners with no training | Daily Mail Online
Jack wakes up to a tequila sunrise and the inspiration to recount heroic tales.
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!
For a lot more www.patreon.com/darktopic
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
Justice for Karen and Gordon Alexander Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064785949341&mibextid=LQQJ4d
Law & Crime
KTAL News
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.
From the deepening archives of www.patreon.com/darktopic
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
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
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 +
For more DT www.patreon.com/darktopic this is previously exclusive content. Hope you're all having a decent summer.
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
To support DT and get exclusive content www.patreon.com/darktopic
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
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
Story 3 - A Haunting Case
Jose Ferreira, accused in 1982 death of Carrie Ann Jopek avoids trial; agrees to plead GUILTY
To get more of this https://www.patreon.com/darktopic
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.
For exclusive content www.patreon.com/darktopic
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.
To support DT and unlock Exclusive Content - www.patreon.com/darktopic
Sources:
Trial Day 1
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.
Medical Examiner
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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
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.
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.
MyBoca.us
https://www.myboca.us/214/Nancy-Joey-Bochicchio
Reddit last images
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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)
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
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
For additional content visit www.patreon.com/darktopic
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
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
Patreon extras and support www.patreon.com/darktopic
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
Medium https://medium.com/illumination/aliens-are-real-an-alien-abduction-rape-51aed3a2ab5c
Sent from my iPhone
Attachments area
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
WTOL11
Bundy Judge
Medium
https://fatimhemraj.medium.com/the-last-bike-ride-14e0a0a48405
WTOL 11 Exclusive: James Worley and the disappearance of Claudia "Sissy" Tinsley
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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Sources:
Joe Turner upcoming book.
https://www.joeturnerbooks.com/post/daniel-laplante
Medium
Mr Ballen
The Crime Reel
Jack wakes up to learn about the 2014 Craigslist Murders out of Wyoming, Michigan.
Support DT and receive exclusives at www.patreon.com/darktopic
Jefferey Franklin. And the road to finding out what he did.
Sources:
Big Bake on the Move
Down the Rabbit hole (YouTube)
Mirror
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dj-pretended-notorious-serial-killer-27216751
Medium
Morbidology
https://morbidology.com/teenage-hatchet-murders-jeffrey-franklin/
News Report w Odd comment
Big Bake on the Move
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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
Speaking to Inmate Joel Guy Jr
Monsters
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
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
Book - A Killers Touch - Michael Benson
https://www.amazon.com/Killer%C2%92s-Touch-Michael-Benson/dp/078602500X
Denise Lees 911 Call
Dateline - The Detectives Daughter
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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
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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
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/
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Clean Soul - Calming by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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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
Crime watch Daily
True Crime Recaps
The Trail Went Cold Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-trail-went-cold/id1084020770?i=1000434579238
The Daily World
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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
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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
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.
Hello Fresh Promo Code - darktopic14
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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.
Written, researched, narrated and produced by Jack Luna for 11:59 Media. ECDLSP.
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SOURCES
Rees v. Commonwealth, 203 Va. 850 – www.CourtListener.com
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/
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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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Since DT has been a bit of a ghost lately, here is a Halloween special from Tier 13 of 11:59 Media Patreon to keep you spooked. Be back ASAP. ECDLSP.
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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/
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Artist: http://incompetech.com/
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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/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100443
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
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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/
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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
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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To support Dark Topic and gain access to additional content, visit www.patreon.com/1159media
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
Hartford Courant
WATR 1320 AM radio interview w Dr. Petit
Interrogation Josh Komisarjevsky
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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:
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The botched crimes and execution of Clayton Lockett.
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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://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://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:
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.
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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
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.
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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
• 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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