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Jack Luna
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- 22 minutes 53 seconds131 • Manling
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A Little Short. Like the title suggests.
Manling Williams couldn’t sleep one night so she went out for a drive and a cigarette. When she came home, her family was gone. At least that’s her story. Here’s the rest of it.
Sources:
Finishing Music - Mz.007 Cheers
LA Times
Woman endures as trial drags on for family's killer - Los Angeles Times
American Monster S2E8
Meet Marry Murder S1E50
https://youtu.be/SB_Yv5atq2A?si=yR-w2qEsAROQ9aOG
Book - Child Killer Manling Williams by Crystal Stone
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From 2009 through 2013, Pitch Pine Crescent of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, would be visited by investigators reviewing a sudden, suspicious death. It wasn’t the streets fault, it was the nicest house of the affluent area that continued to summon investigators. Three calls of potential murder was what it took to finally send the message that something was very wrong here.
Sources:
Toronto Star
Improbable Cause: The Harrison Family Murders | The Star
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Kelsey Grammer is well known for his roles in television. Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons. But there is an awfully dark story here. One full of tossed salads and scrambled eggs.
Sources:
Homicide Hunter: S9E18 Animal Nature
The Telegraph
Actor Kelsey Grammer confronts sister's killer
Frank Grammer Murder
https://www.invisiblethemepark.com/2017/11/kelsey-grammers-fathers-murdered-racist-no-one-knows/
Graham Bensinger interview
https://youtu.be/hs3wyKnptvo?si=yFAa_k9i5KNkdYnn
Nikki Swift
The Shady Side Of Kelsey Grammer
Long Island Medium
https://youtu.be/_T_M7lQ78RU?si=1lHPgbJrdTLnpORS
Letterman Interview near death
https://youtu.be/SQB4f5v5gQ0?si=2vkf9AfcNs8vT4nZ
Reddit post Fathers Death
https://www.reddit.com/r/Frasier/s/qyaI3cFgNd
The Daily Jaws
Frasier star claims brother's shark death was "covered up" — The Daily Jaws
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The case of suspected Serial Killer John “Bottles” Baughman, who fooled everyone into believing him to be a “big sad teddy bear”, when in reality he was a conniving control freak.
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David Earl Miller was hitchhiking through Knoxville, when a Baptist Reverend picked him up, brought him home, and made David his live-in boyfriend. Things were going really well, until David Earl brought a girl back to the holy abode and killed her. For no good reason.
Sources:
WBIR
Remembering Why: Murder of 23-year-old Lee Standifer | wbir.com
State V Miller
I watched David Earl Miller die
I watched David Earl Miller die. Here is what I saw. | wbir.com
Death Penalty Info Center
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From the archives of Dark Topic + www.patreon.com/darktopic
A Two Part Offering.
ZOO MAN
Thomas Dee Huskey. The Zoo Man of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Sources:
Paranormal Investigation
https://youtu.be/sea2DfLsO-c?si=ohQbgTHZuH9so2Xk
Knoxville News WBIR
Appalachian Unsolved: The serial killer who got away with murder | wbir.com
State v Huskey (Murder Case Info)
State v. Huskey, 66 S.W.3d 905 | Casetext Search + Citator
State v Huskey (Rape Convictions)
State v. Huskey, No. E1999-00438-CCA-R3-CD | Casetext Search + Citator
911 Animal Abuse
Thomas Dee Huskey Elephant Trainer Rapist Confessed Serial Killer - 911 Animal Abuse
THE HOMESHOOLERS
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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A day late for Friday the 13th. How unlucky.
The Rent-a-car Killer. The Beast of British Columbia. Canada’s shame. Clifford Olson. For exclusive content visit • www.patreon.com/darktopic
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Spree Killer, Daniel Gonzalez, did nothing but drink, do drugs, play violent video games and watch horror movies. This shouldn’t have been a massive issue, but it became one when Freddy Krueger turned to speak directly to Daniel from the screen.
Sources:
I Wanted to be Freddy Krueger
Killer Psyche
https://youtu.be/EwawO0kgpqo?si=jN_dNyuLf0bqEqAr
Murderpedia
Daniel Gonzalez | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gonzalez_(spree_killer)
My troubled son
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Southern Counties | 'My troubled son who needed help'
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/mar/17/ukcrime.owenbowcott
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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
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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
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