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Sheila “The Peeler” LaBarre.

Sources: 

The Burn Farm by Michael Benson

Signs of a Psychopath, Season 7, Episode 6, titled "He Had It Coming",

In 1947, the body of Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant Los Angeles lot. The press dubbed her the Black Dahlia, and her murder became one of the most infamous unsolved cases in American history.

Behind the lurid headlines and wild speculation was a real woman, one whose life and story have been overshadowed by the myth.

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder reveals who Elizabeth Short was, the shocking details of her murder, and the search for her killer. Along the way, we uncover the facts, the rumors, and the pieces of history that time t...

13 Stories for the Spooky Season.

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Gary Charles Evans.

Sources:

Every Move You Make

M. William Phelps - Author

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Friday, October the 13th, 1995. The date was asking for something scary. Abbotsford, B.C., just so happened to have a resident in Terry Driver, ready to pull up and deliver. 

Sources:

Through the Valley of the Shadow - The Search for the Abbotsford Killer by Rod Gehl

https://www.amazon.com/Through-Valley-Shadow-Search-Abbotsford-ebook/dp/B0773T1HP8

Crime Stories S1E2 

https://youtu.be/914-kUDRa7M?si=JWBKBHoohk6nNGNj

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Adam Leroy Lane - AKA The Highway Killer - was Hunting Humans. 

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Book - Caught in the Act

Caught in the Act: A Courageous Family's Fight to Save Their Daughter from a Serial Killer: McDonough, Jeannie, Lonardo, Paul: 9780425235430: Amazon.com: Books

48 Hours - https://youtu.be/_VOnlA45TvQ?si=hMmWGp3ckwF88Xzh

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Richard Marc Evonitz. 

Sources:

Book

Into the water - Diane Fanning

Survivor 

https://youtu.be/TJBD0AAZDtk

Additional Victim? 

Friday Night Phone Call Changes Direction of a Decades-Old Child Murder Case

This is an eight year old episode of Dark Topic, not previously available... out there.

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Dean Corll. The Candy Man case.

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Serial killer Robert Garrow and his disturbing criminal history, which included a 1973 murder spree through the Adirondacks. 

Sources:

Book on Garrow case by Jim Tracy

Sworn to Silence: The Truth Behind Robert Garrow and the Missing Bodies Case

Manhunt Footage NY State Archives 

Part 1

https://youtu.be/1Ehcxk2z6ss?si=g3y8yC74by83eW_c

Part 2

https://youtu.be/B1YpPSukSZg?si=8mzhGFi2EQpI_anl

Histo...

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Raymond Leslie Morris. The A34 Killer. The Monster of Cannock Chase.

It's been nearly a year since my dad passed. here's where I found a friend and the details. ECDLSP hope it helps someone stay closer to someone. Or further away, I clearly don't know.

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The teenage killer affectionately known in prison as “Blade” before being released to slash again as an adult. Raymond Eugene Brown. 

Sources:

Book - The Path of a Psychopath by Bob Curlee

Findlaw Brown v State

BROWN v. STATE (1999) | FindLaw

Justia Law Brown v State

Brown v. State :: 1990 :: Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions :: Alabama Case Law :: Alabama Law :: U.S. Law :: Justia

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Nineteen year old Ngor Makuey claimed that  “The Green Man” sent him to kill an elderly couple with his mother’s spatula. Even crazier, “Cops” would soon find him standing outside the victim home. 

Sources:

Des Moines Register

Alleged killer claimed 'green man' took control of his body

Makuey gets life in prison for east Des Moines slaying

Makuey’s Mother

https://youtu.be/9YfNe-_Yef4?si=11RWxzemciBmlqBp

Yung God (Ngor Makuey)

https://youtu.be/f2n_D3EkVj0?si...

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The disturbing case of a 14 year old impulse killer. Carly Gregg.

Sources:

Law&Crime Network

Prime Crime: Teen Girl’s Horrifying Crime Caught on Camera

Dr Todd Grande

14-Year-Old Killer Distorts Bipolar II Disorder into Nonsensical Defense | Carly Gregg Case Update

Stepdad at trial Heath Smiley

https://youtu.be/86DKQMRZKG4?si=s2SZ7eKttQCH9V0I

Article w Video (The Independent)

A teenage girl killed her mom and invited friend to see the corpse. She will sp...

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Jack fell down... the case of Gary Heidnik.

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George Waterfield Russell Jr. AKA The Charmer.

SOURCE - Charmer: A Ladies Man and his Victims by Jack Olsen

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Manling Williams couldn’t sleep one night so she went out for a drive and a cigarette. When she came home, her family was gone. At least that’s her story. Here’s the rest of it. 

Sources: 

Finishing Music - Mz.007 Cheers 

LA Times

Woman endures as trial drags on for family's killer - Los Angeles Times

American Monster S2E8 

Meet Marry Murder S1E50

https://youtu.be/SB_Yv5atq2A?si=yR-w2qEsAROQ9aOG

B...

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From 2009 through 2013, Pitch Pine Crescent of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, would be visited by investigators reviewing a sudden, suspicious death. It wasn’t the streets fault, it was the nicest house of the affluent area that continued to summon investigators. Three calls of potential murder was what it took  to finally send the message that something was very wrong here. 

Sources:

Toronto Star

Improbable Cause: The Harrison Family Murders | The Star

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Kelsey Grammer is well known for his roles in television. Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons. But there is an awfully dark story here. One full of tossed salads and scrambled eggs. 

Sources:

Homicide Hunter: S9E18 Animal Nature

The Telegraph

Actor Kelsey Grammer confronts sister's killer

Frank Grammer Murder

https://www.invisiblethemepark.com/2017/11/kelsey-grammers-fathers-murdered-racist-no-one-knows/

Graham Bensinger interview 

https://youtu.be/hs3wyKnptvo?si=yFAa_k9i5KNkdYnn

Nikki Swift

The Shady Side Of...

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The case of suspected Serial Killer John “Bottles” Baughman, who fooled everyone into believing him to be a “big sad teddy bear”, when in reality he was a conniving control freak.

David Earl Miller was hitchhiking through Knoxville, when a Baptist Reverend picked him up, brought him home, and made David his live-in boyfriend. Things were going really well, until David Earl brought a girl back to the holy abode and killed her. For no good reason. 

Sources:

WBIR

Remembering Why: Murder of 23-year-old Lee Standifer | wbir.com

State V Miller

State v. Miller :: 1984 :: Tennessee Supreme Court Decisions :: Tennessee Case Law :: Tennessee Law :: US Law :: Justia

I watched David Earl Miller die

I watched David Earl M...

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A Two Part Offering.

ZOO MAN

Thomas Dee Huskey. The Zoo Man of Knoxville, Tennessee. 

Sources:

Paranormal Investigation 

https://youtu.be/sea2DfLsO-c?si=ohQbgTHZuH9so2Xk

Knoxville News WBIR

Appalachian Unsolved: The serial killer who got away with murder | wbir.com

State v Huskey (Murder Case Info)

State v. Huskey, 66 S.W.3d 905 | Casetext Search + Citator

State v Huskey (Rape Convictions)

State v. Huskey, No...

A day late for Friday the 13th. How unlucky.

The Rent-a-car Killer. The Beast of British Columbia. Canada’s shame. Clifford Olson. For exclusive content visit • www.patreon.com/darktopic

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Spree Killer, Daniel Gonzalez, did nothing but drink, do drugs, play violent video games and watch horror movies. This shouldn’t have been a massive issue, but it became one when Freddy Krueger turned to speak directly to Daniel from the screen. 

Sources:

I Wanted to be Freddy Krueger

Camden New Journal - NEWS

Killer Psyche

https://youtu.be/EwawO0kgpqo?si=jN_dNyuLf0bqEqAr

Murderpedia

Daniel Gonzalez | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Wikipedia 

ht...

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In the late 90’s, residents of San Luis Obispo were concerned that a serial killer may be on the loose following the disappearance of two Cal Poly Tech students within a two year span, followed by yet another bright young woman abducted on her way to study at Cal. 

A massive police effort would soon bring to light a separate killer than that of the original, highly publicized Kristin Smart case. This all thanks to the work of a parole officer whom thought to que...

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The case of young Eldon Samuel III and his Zombie hunter father.

The case of Ghost House. Subscribe to Marooned wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Charles Severance. “Knock, Talk, Enter, Kill, Exit.”

Sources:

Book - The Parable of The Knocker by Bryan Porter. 

Northern Virginia Magazine 

The Parable of the Knocker sheds light on Charles Severance

Moments that Survive

Moments That Survive: Carmen

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Michael Lee Lockhart. Executed December 9th at 6:24 PM by lethal injection in Texas. 

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The LISK case has captured headlines for years. On this episode of Dark Topic, Jack attempts to stay “Off the LISK” in order to tell the story of another killer close to the case. Sarra Gilbert. But he, like Sarra’s sister Shannan, gets lost along the way. 

Sources:

Mari Gilbert

https://youtu.be/iJT0lGzwWEs?si=kfHU2s8c3Lig_XE-

Disgraced Police Chief

Disturbing similarities between disgraced Gilgo Beach cop's 'violent sexual encounter with sex worker and LISK mu...

Dark Topic Cold.

May 10th 1973. A masked man brandishing a pistol and a rifle, enters the CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) in downtown Kenora, Ontario. A dead man’s switch that looks more like a duck whistle, is clenched between his teeth. The switch is connected to a bag slung over his shoulder which he claims to contain a bomb. Everybody better behave, or be blown to smithereens. 

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Sources:

The Kenora Bank Robbery W5

h...

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John Norman Collins. The Ted Bundy Prototype.

Sources:

Sheriff Harvey Interview

https://youtu.be/4kgSecWW9Nk

The Michigan Murderer

https://youtu.be/duhjKn4aGIA

Detroit Free Press

https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2019/11/11/michigan-murders-john-norman-collins-letter/2521102001/

Midwest Crime Files

The Ypsilanti Ripper: The Victims of John Norman Collins

Kent has started his own Patreon www.patreon.com/kentchungus 

Jack and Kent talk about their Dads. Much more coming in the regular vein. Thank you for your patience and support.

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This ep starts off a little odd for DT. I had a loss in my family that I shouldn't speak publicly about yet so I cut it. Also, this is a previously released on Patreon, but unreleased public ep of DT. Thanks for understanding. Although, this is confusing no doubt.

July 12th 2013. A Friday afternoon in the quaint village of Richfield Wisconsin. A young woman attempting to walk her dog through a nature park is accosted by a would be rapist who jumps out from behind a van in t...

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Emanuel Kemp Jr. Texas Death Row Inmate, and his crazy story.

Sources:

Faces of Death Row 

Faces of Death Row | The Texas Tribune

Fort Worth Star Telegram 

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article219481385.html

Murderpedia

Emanuel Kemp | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Newspapers.com 

Apr 24, 1988, page 18 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com

Dr. Melissa Ketunuti had a rodent problem. Jason Smith, a local Philly exterminator, turned out to be an expensive solution.

Thanks to our old Philly friend Shore on research.

ABC news source of interest.

https://youtu.be/Elz--ou8l3w?si=f2DTX92uG3eG0PDC

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David Shearing crept through the darkness of the old prison camp, to the fire-lit campsite of two grandparents, two parents, and two children. When the father of the girls that Shearing had come to see, got up to meet the approaching shadow - two hands gripping a .22 pump action rifle made this family camping trip all about one. 

Sources:

The Seventh Shadow by RCMP Sgt. Michael Eastham and Ian McLeod

Vancouver Sun

B.C. man who murdered a family of six reveals chilling de...

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Nineteen year old Brian Cohee JR, went for a cruise late one Saturday night in February of 2021. He wore coveralls, three pairs of gloves, and had a Michael Myers mask and large kitchen knife at the ready. When he found what seemed to be the perfect victim in sixty nine year old Warren Barnes - a homeless man well known in Grand Junction, Colorado - Cohee struck without mercy. The rest is a mess. Some of which his mother would discover in her strange son’s closet. 

Sources:

T...

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Deadbug and I are both sick. Here's proof. Talk at you soon w new DT.

1) The horrific crimes of Peter Bryan

2) Australia's Ken & Barbie Killers. David & Catherine Bernie

Enjoy Or Not

Find Deadbug at https://www.youtube.com/@DEADBUGsays

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Alex J. Mengel was a poacher of human beings. This widely unknown killer has a terrifying, yet barely mapped out history despite an actual map being found tucked into the dash of his ghostmobile. 

Sources:

Unearthing a Serial Killer (Book)

UNEARTHING A SERIAL KILLER: Paul, David, McMurray, Kevin F.: 9781519348821: Amazon.com: Books

Unearthing a Serial Killer (Podcast)

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/unearthing-a-serial-killer/id1583990190

Arrest of Mengel

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/6197127-book-on-serial-killer-mengel-recalls-his-arrest-by-toronto-police-30-years-ago/

From Dark Topic Plus - with purpose.

This episode is about domestic violence. It is pretty heavy, and I said i'd not release it. But I am because I was told it might help. Thank you!

Sources:

911 Call (6:30)

https://youtu.be/2AWKhij9IV8

Articles Michigan Live

Fatal shooting of Nancy Kovach in Comstock preceded by argument over cooking a meal, police say - mlive.com

Son, 10, testifies John Kovach said he 'did her family a favor' by shooting his wife - mlive.com

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