This week, Stacey tells us about Gary Heidnick an American man who raped, abducted, and tortured 6 women in the late 1980’s. Gary was responsible for one of the most grotesque series of crimes ever to occur in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sources:
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2007/07/23/inside-the-house-of-heidnik/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_M._Heidnik
This week, Erin tells us about Tracey Wigginton, the infamous “Lesbian Vampire Killer”. She achieved notoriety for killing Edward Baldock in 1989, allegedly to drink his blood. This was described as “one of the most brutal and bizarre crimes Australia has ever seen”.
Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-15-mn-1391-story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Wigginton
https://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/clue-that-caught-lesbian-vampire-killer/3858647/
This week, Stacey tells us about the murder spree of Donato Bilancia, one of Italy’s worst serial killers. He murdered seventeen people- nine women and eight men- on the Italian Riviera over a 7 month period in 1997-1998.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donato_Bilancia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/apr/14/rorycarroll
http://www.latelanera.com/serialkiller/serialkillerdossier.asp?id=DonatoBilancia
This week Erin tells us about the murder of Marilyn Reese Sheppard, who was found murdered in her bay village home in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The Sheppard Murder Case was set aside by the U.S. Supreme Court on the grounds that the defendant, Sam Sheppard was not sufficiently isolated from the excessive publicity and was denied a fair trial.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sheppard#Murder_of_Marilyn_Reese_Sheppard
https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/sheppard-murder-case
This week Stacey tells us about Calgary’s deadliest massacre where five young adults were stabbed to death by a fellow acquaintance at a college party in 2014. The murders took place in the Brentwood neighborhood of Calgary and has since been referred to as the Brentwood Five Massacre.
Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Calgary_stabbing
https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/7002170/the-brentwood-five-massacre-part-1/amp/
This week Erin tells us about Rod Covlin, a 45-year-old New Yorker who murdered his ex-wife, Shele Danishfesky, in 2009 in her own apartment.
Sources:
https://meaww.com/injustice-with-nancy-grace-roderick-covlin-killed-his-wife-shele-danishefsky
https://nypost.com/2019/01/21/inside-alleged-wife-killers-twisted-plans-to-get-away-with-murder/
This week Stacey tells us the wild story of Franklin Delano Floyd who was convicted of the 1989 murder of 18-year-old Cheryl Ann Commesso as well as for kidnapping his 6-year-old stepson, Michael Hughes.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Floyd
https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/floyd-franklin-delano.htm
https://oklahoman.com/article/5491091/after-20-years-of-lies-kidnapper-admits-killing-oklahoma-boy
The week Erin tells us about the brutal kidnapping and murder of 16-year-old Lisa Rene of Arlington, Texas in September of 1994. Her heartbreaking attack was the result of a drug deal gone bad that she wasn’t even involved in.
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1396991.html
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/arlington/article231792818.html
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/oct/02/execution-set-next-month-in-killing-of-girl/
This week Stacey tells us about the gruesome murder of 21-year-old Tynisha Ysais in 2002 committed by her up and rising rapper roommate who went by the stage name Big Lurch.
Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lurch
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-30-me-teeth30-story.html
This week Erin tells us about Archibald Hall, aka Roy Fontaine, a Scottish serial killer who would go on to be named the Killer Butler.
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