- 28 minutes 37 secondsHalloween 2021 Special
This is the Halloween Special: 2021
We are going to go over a bunch of Scary Movies that were either inspired by or based on true stories. I’ll give a brief synopsis of the movie in case you want to watch them this Halloween season, and then I’ll give you the details of the true story that inspired each one.
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Sources for this episode:
Nosferatu: Origins of the Vampire-Death Wish Coffee Company
The True Story Behind Nosferatu (grunge.com)
Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror and Shadow of the Vampire (nosferatumovie.com)
IMDB.com
Jack the Ripper – History, Victims, Letters, Suspects. (jack-the-ripper.org)
Two Barmaids, Five Alligators, and the Butcher of Elmendorf – Texas Monthly
14 October 2021, 4:24 am - 42 minutes 6 secondsBoston Stranglers: The Untold Story
This one is way more interesting than I thought it would be. And I don’t usually inject too much of my opinion on this podcast, wanting you to just have the story and the facts as I have found them in my research…..but I have lots of thoughts on this, and I really want to know what you all think. Stay tuned at the end for information on the new voice message I have for all of you and how we will start doing an update episode here and there if you guys all like it.
The case covered in this episode is The Boston Strangler, The Untold Story, because most people still assume that Albert DeSalvo was the Boston Strangler and murdered all of the 13 women accredited to the “Boston Strangler.” Albert DeSalvo confessed to 11 murders. However, his confessions have been disputed, and there is a lot to this story.
We will be going over the movie: The Boston Strangler: The Untold Story and then covering the Real Story and the developments that have happened since then.
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Boston Strangler Case Solved 50 Years Later – ABC News (go.com)
Boston Strangler: A Serial Killer Who Probably Never Got Caught (anomalien.com)
Albert DeSalvo: The Man Who Confessed To Being The ‘Boston Strangler’ (allthatsinteresting.com)
The Conviction of Albert DeSalvo – Virtual Boston (wordpress.com)
30 September 2021, 4:11 am - 31 minutes 53 secondsGold Digger Killer
Gold Digger Killer
Multimillionaire, Steven Beard fell for the younger, attractive waitress who worked at his country club. Soon he and Celeste were married. When Steve calls 911 and is discovered in his bedroom shot in the stomach, suspicion falls on Celeste’s friend, Tracey. Months later Tracey implicates Celeste.
We will be going over the movie made about this case and then the true story behind it.
The movie is Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer. It’s a 2021 Lifetime Movie, Starring Julie Bentz, Eli Gabay and Roan Curtis. It can be found on Lifetime and is available to rent on Amazon Prime.
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Sources for this episode:
Man is fatally shot while sleeping, at the request of his wife – Horror History .net
Betrayed By Her Own Children – CBS News
Twins, Lesbian Lover Unravel Texas Murder – ABC News (go.com)
16 September 2021, 1:28 am - 34 minutes 3 secondsThe Pardon
Today’s episode is the story of Toni Jo Henry who had a horrible childhood, fought drug addiction, found true love and then was involved in a murder. I am covering the movie made about her case and the True Story that the movie was based on.
The Pardon is a 2013 movie. Starring: Jaime King, Jason Lewis, John Hawkes and M.C. Gainey
The true story of Toni Jo Henry, a woman tried for the crime of murder in 1942 in the state of Louisiana.
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The sources for today’s episode:
Toni Jo Henry (1916-1942) – Find A Grave Memorial
Claude David “Cowboy” Henry (1913-1945) – Find A Grave Memorial
Toni Jo Henry (capitalpunishmentuk.org)
A Courthouse Ghost: Toni Jo Henry (anomalien.com)
Toni Jo Henry (en-academic.com)
31 August 2021, 12:31 am - 38 minutes 27 secondsTrial By Fire
Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast. Just a quick reminder that new episodes come out on the 15th and the 30th of each month, with occasional bonus episodes thrown out there in between so please hit subscribe so you don’t miss anything.
I’ll be the first to admit that when I hear that a parent or parents escaped a burning house unharmed and all of the kids die, I’m a little suspicious. And when you start watching this movie, that is how you feel.
But there are questions….
And the more you learn, the more you question……
The movie and the case for this episode is: Trial By Fire (2018-2019) movie that I found available for streaming on (Prime Video) and (Hulu). It stars Jack O’Connel, Laura Dern and Emily Meade.
The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was sentenced to death in Texas for killing his three children even after scientific evidence and expert testimony bolstered his claims of innocence
We will cover the movie, the story of what really happened, and the controversy.
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New Yorker article:
Trial by Fire | The New Yorker
Sources for this episode:
Cameron Todd Willingham – Wikipedia
Cameron Todd Willingham: Wrongfully Convicted and Executed in Texas – Innocence Project
5 Things To Know About The Cameron Todd Willingham Case | Crime History | Investigation Discovery
Stacy Kuykendall Now: Where is Cameron Todd Willingham’s Ex-Wife Today? Update (thecinemaholic.com)
Where Is Stacey Willingham From Trial By Fire In 2019? (refinery29.com)
Where Is Trial By Fire Playwright Elizabeth Gilbert Now (refinery29.com)
Disturbing Evidence That Texas Executed An Innocent Man, Cameron Todd Willingham (ranker.com)
A dad was executed for deaths of his 3 girls. Now a letter casts more doubt. – The Washington Post
Jury Clears the Prosecutor Who Sent Cameron Todd Willingham to Death Row | The Marshall Project
Interviews – Elizabeth Gilbert | Death By Fire | FRONTLINE | PBS
10 Executed Prisoners That Were Later Found to Be Innocent (unbelievable-facts.com)
Trial by Fire | The New Yorker
Trial by Fire: True story of innocent dad executed for killing his three children – Mirror Online
Myths and Facts about the Willingham Case – Innocence Project
15 August 2021, 7:26 pm - 32 minutes 17 secondsThe Last Hangman
The Last Hangman
Today’s case and movie is The Last Hangman which is based on the life and career of Albert Pierrepoint, who was one of the head executioners in the UK between 1931 and 1956. It is estimated he executed between 435 and 600 people, 200 of these were war criminals right after WWII.
We will cover the movie, the real story of Pierrepoint, and some of the infamous murderers that he executed.
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Sources for this episode:
Josef Kramer | Nazi commander | Britannica
Beast of Belsen and his lover in Nuremberg exhibit | UK news | The Guardian
A Soho Stabbing | True Crime Library
Waddingham, Dorothea (1899–1936) | Encyclopedia.com
Albert Pierrepoint – Wikipedia
ExecutedToday.com » 1945: The Belsen war criminals
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9045279/British-hangman-sent-Beasts-Belsen-hell.html
17 October 1941 – Antonio Mancini | Execution of the day (wordpress.com)
30 July 2021, 4:32 am - 12 minutes 46 secondsThe Blackout Ripper (Bonus Epi)
Welcome back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast!
I have a bonus mini-episode for you today about the Blackout Killer.
In my next upcoming episode: The Last Hangman, I will be covering Albert Pierrepoint and the movie made about his career as executioner from 1931 to 1956. During his career he executed somewhere between 435 and 600 people. 200 of those were from war crimes that took place during WWII, such as the Beast of Belsen and Irma Grese.
Pierrepoint executed many notable murderers in the UK, but one that was not featured in the movie, was Gordon Cummins, aka the Blackout Killer or the Blackout Ripper.
So for this mini-episode we will go over one of the truly horrible men that Albert Pierrepoint had to encounter during his job as head executioner in 1942.
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Sources for this episode:
Serial Killer Blackout Ripper – Gordon Cummins (murderuk.com)
How the Blackout Ripper killed so horrifically | Daily Mail Online
Albert Pierrepoint – Wikipedia
Gordon Cummins | Criminal Minds Wiki | Fandom
23 July 2021, 4:05 am - 37 minutes 49 secondsThe Burning Bed
The Burning Bed (Based on a True Story)
800-799-SAFE (7233) Domestic Violence Support | The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org)
Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast. Just a quick reminder that new episodes come out on the 15th and 30th of each month, with mini-episodes and the occasional bonus episodes in-between, so be sure to hit subscribe so you don’t miss anything!
The movie for this episode is The Burning Bed (1984) (Tubi TV) (IMDB free with ads) streaming services. Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat and Richard Hauser. We will go over the movie and then the case behind the movie.
This was the case that became central to the battered women’s movement. It turned the national attention to cases like Francine’s where women were brutalized by their husbands, and to help women like her through a system of life-saving shelters and laying the foundation for a modern awareness of domestic violence.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233 or chat with a worker on thehotline.org
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Francine Hughes Killed Her Abusive Husband—And Changed U.S. Views on Domestic Violence – HISTORY
James Berlin “Mickey” Hughes (1945-1977) – Find A Grave Memorial
“The Burning Bed”: A turning point in fight against domestic violence (lansingstatejournal.com)
‘Burning Bed’ murder case: defense attorney looks back | WKAR
Francine Hughes Wilson, who inspired ‘The Burning Bed,’ dies at 69 (lansingstatejournal.com)
The mother of a man killed in an incident… – UPI Archives
Francine Hughes Wilson, whose ‘burning bed’ became a TV film, dies at 69 – The Washington Post
Francine Hughes Killed Her Abusive Husband—And Changed U.S. Views on Domestic Violence – HISTORY
15 July 2021, 4:08 am - 36 minutes 41 secondsAt Close Range
Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.
Just a quick reminder that new episodes come out on the 15th and 30th of each month, with the occasional random bonus episode thrown out there, so please hit subscribe so you don’t miss any episodes.
At Close Range is an incredibly good movie. It’s from 1986 and I found it on Amazon Prime, as well as Tubi which is a free streaming service and it looks like it is available on Showtime as well, although I currently don’t have that one.
It has a star studded cast including:
Sean Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn, Christopher Walken, Crispin Glover and Kiefer Sutherland.
It is an excellent movie all on it’s own. One of the reviews I read said “I recommend this movie to anyone and everyone.”
This is one of the few old true crime movies that I hadn’t seen, and hadn’t heard about the case before watching. I’m not kidding when I say that there were at least two parts that had me absolutely speechless. Like jaw dropping.
I was so blown away by this movie that I decided to move it up in the recording schedule.
The movie starts out with the words: Based on a True Story.
And I’m going to tell you….this movie follows so close to the real story…it’s one of the closest to the real stories I’ve ever seen. So, I’ll tell you about the movie which is just about the whole real story, and then at the end I’ll tell you about the bits that were included just for the movie, and I’ll go over what really happened in those instances.
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Sources for this episode:
Bruce Johnston (criminal) – Wikipedia
The Kiddie Gang: The True Crime Story Behind the Film ‘At Close Range’ (didyouknowfacts.com)
Bruce Johnston Sr., 63; Notorious Killer Dies in Prison – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
James Foley’s “At Close Range” and the Real Story of the Johnston Gang (treepony.com) This is an excellent review of the movie.
Com. v. Johnston, 42 A.3d 1120 – CourtListener.com
Latest appeal denied for Norman and David Johnston | News | delcotimes.com
‘Tired’ Escapee Gives Up The Fight – The Washington Post
Escape revives a town’s bad memories (post-gazette.com)
The Actual Truth Behind Devil’s Road in Chadds Ford, PA (wjbr.com)
30 June 2021, 5:32 pm - 30 minutes 28 secondsThe Exception, Not the Rule
The Exception, Not the Rule
Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast
The Based on a True Story movie we are exploring today is In Plain Sight, and the case is the murders committed by the man said to be Scotland’s first serial killer, Peter Manuel. We also have a side case about the last woman to be hung in Scotland in 1923. It’s a crazy story. They are both are.
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Sources for the episode:
In Plain Sight (British TV series) – Wikipedia
Revealed: Sex secrets of Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel – Daily Record
The Beast of Birkenshaw: The Brutal Crimes of Peter Manuel (the-line-up.com)
Bid to exhume bodies of killers executed at Barlinnie Prison – BBC News
s://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-W1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zKcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5913,3877922&dq=susan-newell+murder&hl=enhttp
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Peter Manuel, Scotland’s Most Notorious Serial Killer (wgbh.org)
Peter Manuel – Scotland’s most notorious serial killer – THE SCOTS LAW BLOG
The chilling story of child killer Susan Newell – the last woman hanged in Scotland – Glasgow Live
15 June 2021, 7:01 am - 28 minutes 58 secondsExecutioner’s Song
Welcome back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.
Just a quick reminder that new episodes are out on the 15th and 30th of each month, with occasional bonus episodes, so be sure to hit subscribe so you don’t miss one.
This continues our series of Based on a True Story movies and the true crime cases behind them. Let me tell you that doing the research for these movies for my podcast has become a little Rabbit Hole of it’s own. While I was researching for this episode I found another movie, on this case, that I had never heard of. Turned out to be really good and well worth the time, and worth featuring. I have found many other movies while researching the cases, so I have a long list to cover….and to use as bonus movie names for you.
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Sources for this episode:
The movie Texas Killing Fields found on TubiTV
The movies The Executioner’s Song found on Amazon Prime and Shot in the Heart found on You tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Executioner’s_Song_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilmore_(criminal)
Gary Gilmore: Facing the Firing Squad | Full Documentary | Biography – Bing video
Execution by firing squad – Wikipedia
Gary Gilmore (criminal) – Wikipedia
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