On December 5th, 1872, about 400 miles off the coast of the Azores, crew members on the British ship Dei Gratia spotted a ship adrift in the sea. The Captain of the ship was shocked to find that the unguided ship was the Mary Celeste, which had departed from NYC eight days before him, and had been well past-due to have arrived in Genoa, Italy.
A small crew was sent to the ship. Below deck, items had been tossed around, and crewmen’s belongings were still in their quarters. The only lifeboat on the ship was missing, and one of the pumps was disassembled. There was a large supply of food and drink, but not a soul on the ship to consume it. So what happened to the ten people who had been on board the Mary Celeste?

Sources:

1) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste
3) https://sippican.theweektoday.com/article/family-gathers-celebrate-legend-mary-celeste/58992

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This week, we talk about the murder of Patricia Richmond. This case will throw you for a loop!

Sources:

1) Murder in the Heartland, Season 3, episode 3: Beautiful Mess
2) https://www.yampavalleyfh.com/obituary/5151291
3) https://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/24/man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-cousins-fiance-in-routt-county/
4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts
5) https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/clark/

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An online connection that Vickie Edge thought was fate, turns out to be a nightmare.

Sources:

1) https://www.wkrg.com/true-crime/vickie-edge-owner-of-destin-day-spa-murdered-by-man-she-met-online/
2) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/vickie-edge-allegedly-murdered-by-boyfriend-jerry-odum
3) https://www.wkrg.com/video/family-remembers-murder-victim-vickie-edge/5754161/
4) https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/murder-confession-video-jerry-geisler-odum-b2480750.html
5) https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2020/08/10/srso-destin-woman-vickie-edge-killed-milton-boyfriend-jerry-odum/3340369001/
6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APgSbV7BD3M
7) https://www.ojp.gov/library/publications/just-science-podcast-just-research-dating-apps-and-violent-sexual-assault
8)https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359178922000623#:~:text=A%20Pew%20Research%20survey%20of,et%20al.%2C%202020).
9) https://respect.uq.edu.au/swipe-left-online-abuse

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When Bobbi Parker vanishes one day, her family is concerned. She was thought to be taken by an inmate under her care. However, over a decade later, the mystery begins to unravel, and let's just say that everything is not as it seems!

Sources:

1) https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Bobbi_Parker
2)https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/f6nhp0/bobbi_parker_sufferer_of_stockholm_syndrome_or/
3) https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobbi-parker
4) https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/seven-years-dateline-producer-follows-devil-bobbi-parker-flna1b6035031
5) https://www.newson6.com/story/5e368c655c62141fdeebfcd3/bobbi-parker-sentenced-for-helping-inmate-escape

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Often in true crime spaces we come across cases where a murder is never solved, where a murdered person’s family never finds justice, where a body is never properly laid to rest. Sometimes we get one of these things, or two, and, more rarely than it SHOULD happen, sometimes we get all three. Today’s case is all 3: a body found, a murder solved, and justice served. This is the case of April Tinsley.

Sources:

1) https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/may/april-tinsley-murder-pt.-3/tinsley-killer-profile
2) https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/april/tinsley_040309
3) https://theburr.com/3058/blogs/season-of-justice/season-of-justice-april-tinsley/
4) https://www.insideedition.com/april-tinsley-case-man-tied-8-year-olds-1988-murder-through-genealogy-website-dna-technology-cops
5) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/07/16/i-been-watching-you-a-child-killer-taunted-little-girls-with-terrifying-notes-police-say-after-30-years-dna-led-to-an-arrest/
6) https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/arrest-made-in-april-tinsley-homicide-case
7) https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tinsley-detectives-reveal-new-details-about-case-suspect/1724738759/
8) https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/04/indiana.fbi.cold.case/
9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_April_Tinsley

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Do you know the expression: "The Dingo ate my baby"?

Okay, but did you know that it was based on an actual case in Australia in the 1980s?

This week, Christine covers the famous Australian case - and talks about how one of the most publicized cases of its decade was botched, in large part due to public pressure.

Sources:

1) https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/azaria-chamberlain-inquest
2) https://justice.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/205377/azaria-chantel-chamberlain.pdf
3) https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/collection/highlights/azaria-chamberlain-dress
4) https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-didnt-she-cry-how-lindy-chamberlain-became-the-poster-child-for-life-shattering-gender-bias/
5) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain
6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Chamberlain-Creighton
7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo

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Rachael walks us through the murders of Bruce and Darlene Rouse. As always, there's a niiiiice little twist in there...just to keep you all on your toes.

Sources:

1) https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/william-billy-rouse-confesses-parents-murders-illinois
2) https://vocal.media/criminal/the-libertyville-murders
3) https://www.lhsdoi.com/3511/news/libertyvilles-own-american-horror-story/
4) https://idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html
5) Snapped. Season 27, Episode 25, “William Rouse”

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Daniel Williams was 21 years old when he was sentenced to one year in prison for non-violent drug charges. He was bounced around to multiple facilities during this year, and was set to finish out the last few weeks of his sentence at Staton Correctional Center in Elmore, Alabama. Little did Daniel know that he would die in that prison, both at the hands of someone yet to be convicted of any crime AND at the hands of the mind-boggling negligence of the entire prison facility.

Get your pitchforks ready for this one, folks.

Sources:

1) https://abc3340.com/news/local/fathers-outrage-as-no-charges-filed-in-sons-torture-rape-death-in-prison
2) https://abc3340.com/news/local/suspect-in-murder-and-rape-of-22-year-old-inmate-had-history-of-sexual-violence-according-to-adoc-documents
3) https://alabamaappleseed.org/author/eddie-burkhalter/after-investigation-no-criminal-charges-in-the-torture-and-homicide-of-daniel-williams-at-staton-prison/
4) https://abc3340.com/news/local/fathers-outrage-as-no-charges-filed-in-sons-torture-rape-death-in-prison
5)https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/1gx6qge/no_charges_in_22yearolds_kidnapping_torture_gang/

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