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The Personification of Evil: The Chicago Ripper Crew: Day 12: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
Listener warning: this case is extremely disturbing.
It is our final day of the 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. In May 1981, on the outskirts of Chicago, a hotel maid went to work like she did every …
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Trail of Terror: The Bloody Benders and Their House of Death: Day 11: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
Here is day 11 of the 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. After the American Civil War, the U.S. government decided it would be delightful to shuffle the Osage Indians from Labette County, Kansas, to wha…
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Ohio's 22 Caliber Killers: The Lewingdon Brothers Day: Day 10: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
We are on day ten of the 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. On a freezing cold night in December of 1977, two women in their mid-thirties were leaving the Forker’s Café at 64 Union Street in Newark, Ohi…
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The Sex Beast: Melvin Rees: Day 9: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
It is day 9 of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. On a sweltering June 26, 1957, Margaret Harold, a vibrant young woman, and her boyfriend, a U.S. Army sergeant, were enjoying a rare weekend getaway…
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The Roadside Strangler: Michael Bruce Ross: Day 8: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
It is day eight of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. At 5:45 a.m. on May 12, 2005, Michael Ross woke up and got out of bed as usual. It was a partly cloudy morning in Somers, Connecticut, and the d…
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The Fast Food Murders: Paul Reid: Day 7: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
As we start this episode, it is day seven of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. On Sunday, February 16, 1997, around 9:45 to 10:00 a.m., an employee arrived at Captain D’s restaurant on Lebanon Road…
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The Polaroid Killer: Volker Eckert: Day 6: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
It is day six of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas, and we are headed to Germany. After World War II, Germany was divided into four Allied occupation zones, with the Soviet Union controlling East Ge…
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Cold Blooded Killer: Joshua Wade: Day 5: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
For the fifth day of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas, we are headed north to Anchorage, Alaska, where we meet 52-year-old Mindy Schloss. Mindy had moved to Anchorage back in the 1980s by accident.…
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The Kansas City Vampire: Marc Sappington: Day 4: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
It is day four of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas, and we are headed to the Midwest. Every city has trouble with crime. Just watch the news for an hour, and it’s pretty evident that violence occur…
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The Killer, the Confession and the Magazine Spread: Conan Hale: Day 3: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas
It is day 3 of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. In December 1995, 19-year-old Conan Wade Hale and his accomplice, Jon Susbauer, unleashed a wave of terror in Oregon. It began on December 4, when t…
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