In part two of our two part look at the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, the murderer gets bolder and some suspects emerge, including one that Eliot Ness swore, to his dying day, was responsible. But with no one ever officially convicted of the crimes, we are left to examine the evidence and draw our own conclusions.
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The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run: Part One
Few people realize that Cleveland had its own serial killer at the height of the Great Depression…a serial killer who was never caught…
Dubbed “The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” or “The Cleveland Torso Killer,” he didn’t just kill; he dismembered his victims. Regardless of race or gender, his victims were often the most vulnerable, and most of his victims not identified. In this first part of our two part episode, we look at the start of the murders and the investigation, headed by none other than Eliot Ness.
Continue reading The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run: Part OneUpdate! Lady of the Dunes and the Deaths of Manzanita and Dolores Mearns
The Lady of the Dunes has been identified as Ruth Marie Terry! But that’s only the first part of solving her murder. And the suspect may have killed before…
Shortly before her murder, Ruth Marie was married to a man named Guy Muldavin, a man whose previous wife and stepdaughter also mysteriously vanished…
Continue reading Update! Lady of the Dunes and the Deaths of Manzanita and Dolores MearnsMissing and Murdered: Shirley Ann Soosay
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women is an epidemic in the US and Canada that leaves families looking for their loved ones in the dark, without justice, enough recognition, or support from law enforcement in investigating or solving cases in the same way that other non-indigenous cases receive attention.
Shown Notes
Trigger Warning: Sexual assault and murder
In 1980, two women were found brutally murdered in Southern California, neither of which could be identified. They were named Jane Doe Kern County and Jane Doe Ventura County. Their cases have gone cold and frigid for 40 years, until attention to DNA and investigative genetic genealogy, and a niece, Violet Soosay, looking for her Aunt Shirley, brought attention to the cases, and eventually identified Jane Doe Kern County as Shirley Ann Soosay.
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Cursed Movies: Rosemary’s Baby
Is the horror classic about the son of Satan cursed? Can a movie be cursed? There’s no denying that a few of the key figures linked to the film have gone through tragedy.
Continue reading Cursed Movies: Rosemary’s BabyUnsolved: The Hammersmith Nude Murders, Part Two
In Part 2 of our two part episode on the Hammersmith Nude Murders we look at the suspects…
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In 1964 the nude body of Hannah Tailford was found on the Thames, strangled. And she was only the first…
Continue reading Unsolved: The Hammersmith Nude Murders, Part OneBelle Gunness Black Widow Killer: Part Two
In part two of our two part episode, we see Belle Guness’ home burnt to the ground, her headless body being discovered in the ruins…or was it…
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Called the Female Bluebeard, Belle Guness lured men to work her farm only to rob and murder them.
In part one of our two part episode, we look at Belle’s early life, her turn to murder of her husbands and even children, until one night a scorned lover set her house on fire…
Continue reading Belle Gunness Black Widow Killer: Part OneGhoulish Live: Charles Rodman Campbell
Gabi and Kim are live from PNW True Crime Fest talking about Charles Rodman Campbell, the last man executed by hanging in WA state.
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