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351 - Pizza Bomber: The Mysterious Death of Brian Wells
On August 28, 2003, a 46 year-old pizza delivery man named Brian Douglas Wells robbed a PNC Bank near his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, with a bomb locked to his body at his neck. After the bomb de…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
350 - The Hillside Stranglers
Between October 1977 and February 1978, with a nickname originating from the fact that many of the victims' bodies were discovered in the hills surrounding the city, the Hillside Stranglers terrorize…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
349 - The 1928 Banana Massacre
Did you know that American banana corporations turned almost all of Central America into US satellite states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for roughly half-a-century? It took the massacre…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
348 - The Fountain Cult
We've covered a lot Los Angeles area cults from the 1960s and 70s, but as it turns out, there were cults in LA long before that. Lots and lots of cults. Today's topic, the WKFL Fountain of the World …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
347 - The Lonely Hearts Killers
In the late 1940s, troubled lovers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, ran a scam using dating services commonly known as Lonely Hearts Clubs to con and kill women. Their trial became the most sensati…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
346 - The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens
On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 AM local time, a major explosive eruption took place at a volcano in southwest Washington State. After months of earthquakes and smaller eruptions, Mt. St. Helens exploded. O…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
345 - The Prospect Killer: Terry Blair
Terry Blair. The Prospect Killer. Before he became a serial killer in the Prospect Avenue neighborhood of Kansas City in 2004, his mother, brother, and sister had all been convicted of different murd…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
344 - Bible Belt Strangler/Redhead Murders
Today we look into a series of murders, mostly occurring in the mid-1980s, in the southeastern US. The bodies of unidentified women kept being found along I-40. Collectively, these killings came to b…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
343 - The Irish Mob
Today we dig into the origins and the history of America's Irish Mob. We begin centuries ago in Ireland, when a series of oppressive, discriminatory laws designed to break the backs of the Irish and…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
342 - The Kirtland Cult Killings and Jeffrey Lundgren: 2 of 2
The conclusion of the the craziest cult story I had never heard of. This week, things, incredibly, get even weirder and darker than last week. More sexual debauchery. More twisted visions. And mas…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago