Sam shares the powerful survival story of Randy Burke, a man who endured an unimaginable medical battle and kept his promise to make it home.
Jeff tells the incredible World War II story of the Night Witches, the daring all-female Soviet pilots who terrorized Nazi forces with stealth, skill, and relentless bravery under cover of darkness.

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• Davenport Man Keeps His Promise While Fighting COVID-19
  https://qctimes.com/news/davenport-man-keeps-his-promise-while-fighting-covid-19/article_948fbacb-fc42-5a1c-9f6e-1610a830c71b.html?mode=nowapp
• Home for Christmas: Iowa Man Who Battled COVID-19 for 163 Days Enjoys Emotional Homecoming
  https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/home-for-christmas-iowa-man-who-battled-covid-19-for-163-days-enjoys-emotional-homecoming/article_07138ca1-ca2f-5bde-aadc-95268c9cbc91.html

• Night Witches — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches
• Meet the Night Witches: The Daring Female Pilots Who Bombed Nazis by Night — History.com
  https://www.history.com/articles/meet-the-night-witches-the-daring-female-pilots-who-bombed-nazis-by-night
• The Soviet Night Witches — Wright Museum of World War II
  https://wrightmuseum.org
• Marina Raskova and the Night Witches — Grey Dynamics
  https://greydynamics.com

Sam drags you straight into the chilling darkness of Dayton, Ohio’s 1992 Christmas murders — a holiday horror that tore through the city with ruthless violence.
Jeff pulls you in the opposite direction, into the courtroom, tracing the messy, chaotic life of Ernesto Miranda, the man whose arrest and trial accidentally reshaped American law forever.

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• 1992 Dayton Christmas Murders (Wikipedia)
• “Christmas Killing Spree: The Devils of Dayton” — Dark Hearts with Stacy Lee

• Ernesto Miranda (Wikipedia)
• Facts and Case Summary — Miranda v. Arizona
  (U.S. Courts summary — publicly available resource)
• Miranda v. Arizona — Oyez Case Page
• “Miranda Rights Are Misnamed” — Lou Schachter, True Crime Road Trip

Jeff shares the gothic-Genesis story of Mary Shelley — how a cold, rainy summer inspired the terrifying beauty of Frankenstein. Sam delves into darkness with the chilling tale of Rosendo Rodriguez III, the “Suitcase Killer,” whose murders shocked a Texas town and left investigators piecing together a nightmare.

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• How Mount Tambora Triggered the “Year Without a Summer” — and a Gothic Masterpiece Was Born — UCAR Science Education
• Mary Shelley and Frankenstein: A Personal History — Central Square Theater
• Frankenstein: The True Story of Mary Shelley — History.com
• The Night Frankenstein Was Born — The Real Story Behind the Classic Novel — Biblio blog
• The Birth of Frankenstein and the Roots of Gothic Horror — Utterly Interesting

• “Ep 3 – Rosendo Rodriguez, The Suitcase Killer” — Talk Murder With Me Podcast Apple Podcasts
• Rosendo Rodriguez III – Wikipedia Wikipedia
• Texas ‘Suitcase Killer’ Murders 2 Women and Discards Each in the Trash — The Oxygen True Crime Series Report Oxygen
• “They Pieced Together a Puzzle — and a Disturbing Picture Emerged” (Prosecutor’s Case Overview) — Texas District & County Attorneys Association article on the case. tdcaa.com