Dark Topic
Jack Luna
Host Jack Luna covers the worlds darkest stories, while holding you close in an itchy blanket. 
- 35 minutes 59 seconds148 • The Homeschoolers
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The sorry treatment of Ethiopian foster child, Hana Alemu.
Sources:
Court Doc -https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/petitions/92847-9%20COA%20Respondents%20Brief.pdf
KIRO 7 News - https://www.kiro7.com/news/williams-sons-carried-dead-sister-house/246557853/
Liberty for Women and Children - https://youtu.be/sN_Zkd6MVP8?si=65-vm95CTTxwXAsl
This is Monsters (YouTube) - https://youtu.be/Wn7BO9BbVfk?si=Uj9--JHQJU9vm86f
Book - chapter 1 of True Crime Case Histories Books 4, 5, 6. By Jason Neal. “The Homeschoolers”
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John Joubert was bullied as a youth - but that’s really no excuse…
Sources:
///Reading///
A Need to Kill by Mark Pettit
https://books.apple.com/ca/book/a-need-to-kill/id722421216
///Video///
1996 NewsWatch 7 Doc
https://youtu.be/QNsC-kFnRqQ?si=bvOSenCWSrjbpTgq
Forensic Files
Forensic Files - Season 4, Episode 7 - Ties That Bind - Full Episode
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You now belong to The Smiler…
Sources:
The Smiler POV w actual soundtrack
The Smiler On-ride POV #AltonTowersTogether
Creepy Sheep
https://metro.co.uk/2013/01/21/eweve-been-framed-creepy-sheep-twitter-mystery-solved-3359300/amp/
The Smiler Crash Footage
https://youtu.be/i-7EtgxN4Qc?si=-kOsMhe6KfUJfAfK
Technical aspects thorough
Rescue
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-33706903
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Sheila “The Peeler” LaBarre.
Sources:
The Burn Farm by Michael Benson
Signs of a Psychopath, Season 7, Episode 6, titled "He Had It Coming",
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13 Stories for the Spooky Season.
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Gary Charles Evans.
Sources:
Every Move You Make
M. William Phelps - Author
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Friday, October the 13th, 1995. The date was asking for something scary. Abbotsford, B.C., just so happened to have a resident in Terry Driver, ready to pull up and deliver.
Sources:
Through the Valley of the Shadow - The Search for the Abbotsford Killer by Rod Gehl
https://www.amazon.com/Through-Valley-Shadow-Search-Abbotsford-ebook/dp/B0773T1HP8
Crime Stories S1E2
https://youtu.be/914-kUDRa7M?si=JWBKBHoohk6nNGNj
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Adam Leroy Lane - AKA The Highway Killer - was Hunting Humans.
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Sources:
Book - Caught in the Act
48 Hours - https://youtu.be/_VOnlA45TvQ?si=hMmWGp3ckwF88Xzh
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Richard Marc Evonitz.
Sources:
Book
Into the water - Diane Fanning
Survivor
Additional Victim?
Friday Night Phone Call Changes Direction of a Decades-Old Child Murder Case
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Dean Corll. The Candy Man case.
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Serial killer Robert Garrow and his disturbing criminal history, which included a 1973 murder spree through the Adirondacks.
Sources:
Book on Garrow case by Jim Tracy
Sworn to Silence: The Truth Behind Robert Garrow and the Missing Bodies Case
Manhunt Footage NY State Archives
Part 1
https://youtu.be/1Ehcxk2z6ss?si=g3y8yC74by83eW_c
Part 2
https://youtu.be/B1YpPSukSZg?si=8mzhGFi2EQpI_anl
History of Garrow Manhunt
The Garrow Manhunt: A Serial Killer In The Adirondacks
Times Union (timeline w photos)
Robert Garrow: The 1973 search for a killer in Adirondacks
Jim Tracy (author interview)
https://youtu.be/pVRM9Ur4y-M?si=WuxNR3M7BcgC5U-
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