From July of 1979 to May of 1981, the city of Atlanta, Georgia, was subjected to a state of terror by a relentless and sadistic serial killer who preyed primarily on black boys and young black men and by the time their domination ended, 28 children and young adults were dead, leaving not only the people of Atlanta, but the American public in general terrorized. 

The case in question became officially known by law enforcement and legal experts as “The Atlanta Murders of 1979 to 81” but referred to more colloquially as “The Atlanta Child Murders” as 22 of the victims of the 28 were under 18 at the time of their murder. 

This case is argued as having some of the most poorly maintained forensic evidence; so much so that according to the Daily Beast: “countless samples, in possibly thousands of cases, were likely compromised, and the federal agency admitted in 2015 that a majority of its microscopic hair analysts had “provided either testimony with erroneous statements or submitted laboratory reports with erroneous statements.” 

Sources: 
Child Killer: The True Story of the Atlanta Child Murders - Jack Rosewood
The Evidence of Things not Seen - James Baldwin

Last episode we covered the brutal murders of the Moore family along with Lina and Ina Stillinger, who were having a sleepover and discussed Frank Jones’ past pretty extensively and today we are going to try to wrap up all of the suspects, there are SO MANY, it’s kind of ridiculous: there is Andrew Sawyer (transient), George Kelly, Frank Jones (we talked extensively about him on ep 1), William Mansfield, Henry Lee Moore, Sam Moyer (Josiah’s sister’s husband) and Paul Mueller, we will be also talking about the extensive trials and finally the theories.  

Sources: 

The Man From the Train: Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James
Villiscamovie.com : Edgar V. Epperly

June 9th, 1912, was a night described by a reporter as “The Darkest Night in Villisca’s History” :

Joe Moore, wife Sarah attended church with their 4 children and after church, two preteen girls, friends of their daughter, accompanied the Moore family to their home. The next morning, everyone was found dead, victims of a brutal axe murder that baffled authorities then and remains unsolved today. 

Sources: 
Villisca, Roy Marshall
The Man from the Train, Bill James and  Rachel McCarthy James 

In northern areas of the United States, originating from Native American folklore, specifically among a number of Algonquin-speaking peoples, including the Ojibwe, the Saulteaux, the Cree, the Naskapi, and the Innu, tales exist of a creature who is malevolent, cannibalistic and supernatural in nature. 

It is an astonishingly tall humanoid creature. It can move at breakneck speeds, it has razor sharp teeth and claws and lips often chewed ragged or even gone completely, with a heart made of ice. 

The creature can run across treetops, and, again like that author stated, and like so many other cryptids and what may be inter-dimensional beings, an offensive odor may precede it. Sudden snow storms are also attributed to its arrival. Genderless, after its transformation, the creature almost always starts as a human being. 

The creature we are talking about today is, of course, the Wendigo. 

Sources : Legends of the Nahanni Valley by Hammerson Peters and Dangerous Spirits: The Windigo in Myth and History by Shawn Smallman.

Hang Lee called out of work the day of her disappearance for a job interview with local 30 year old Mark Steven Wallace, the owner of a small painting / carpentry business, for some supplemental  income, in addition to her waitressing and barista job at Wong Cafe. 

Before she left for the job interview, she told her brother, “If I don’t come back, please come looking for me…”

Today we discuss the multiple red flags that Hang Lee, a St. Paul, Minnesota local Hmong woman was forced to ignore all for wanting to be the biggest help to her family she could be, the scumbag who likely took what seemed to be a very bright future away from her, under, presumably, the false auspices of being able to provide employment to her and the "friend" who she didn't trust. 


Sources: 
https://www.republicaneagle.com/news/public_safety/minnesotas-teen-disappearance-in-1993-gets-new-look-with-arrest/article_549675a7-78e0-5300-929f-2c2e9b46ff1c.html
https://kstp.com/news/missing-minnesotans-hang-lee-mark-steven-wallace/4359611/
https://themissingandthelost.com/missinghl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=missinghl
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Hang_Lee
https://www.sarahjwinter.net/2019/10/into-unknown-hang-lee.html
https://charleyproject.org/case/hang-lee
https://dailyplanetdc.com/2020/09/22/uncovering-the-missing-persons-case-of-hang-lee/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0HI7jN8jm8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN_zt_Yb018

This episode we’re going to get into the “meat and potatoes” of the massacre, starting with David Koresh's arrival to Mount Carmel, David Koresh's teachings within the Branch Davidian Church and how the ATF and the FBI bungled up what could have been a completely avoidable tragedy.

The main source for this episode was "The Waco Siege: An American Tragedy" by Jack Rosewood and Dwayne Walker

The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by law enforcement of the compound that belonged to the cult known as the Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh between February 28 and April 19, 1993 at Mt. Carmel Center ranch in Axtell, Texas.

What began as an attempt to serve a search and arrest warrant by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) resulted in an intense 51 day siege and the deaths of 76 Branch Davidians, including 25 children, two pregnant women, and David Koresh himself.

Sources:

Jim McGee and William Claiborne : The Washington Post ,1993
The Waco Siege: An American Tragedy : Dwayne Walker and Jack Rosewood,
Witness to Waco : MSNBC News
A Place called Waco : David Thibodeau