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By: Jack Luna

Host Jack Luna covers the worlds darkest stories, while holding you close in an itchy blanket.

110 • I hope she's happy
Yesterday at 8:27 PM

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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109 • Gore
03/09/2024

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In the early eighties David Alan Gore along with his cousin Fred Waterfield, stalked and terrorized Vero Beach - AKA Zero Beach, Florida. Thanks to letters written by Gore in prison, we know more than we’d like to know about just how brutal the serial killer life can be. Listener beware.

Sources:

Music - Tyler Jakes - Tylerjakes.com

Book - The Serial Killer Whisperer by Pete Earley

Book - The Killing Cousins by Jack Rosewood

Crime Stories - ht...


108 • The Walrus
02/16/2024

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Larry Gene Bell was a suspected serial killer who only became known as a result of calling in his crimes - to one victims family.

Sources:

Book - When A Killer Calls. By John Douglas and Mark Olshaker.

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/when-a-killer-calls-a/9780062979797-item.html

Trial Records

BELL v. EVATT (1995) | FindLaw

State v. Bell :: 1990 :: South Carolina Supreme Court Decisions :: South Carolina Case Law :: South Carolina Law :: US Law :: Justia

Forensic Files S7E42<...


107 • The Creep
01/27/2024

The intended episode was too dicey for a public release. Head over to www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives, including that episode DT + 17 ~ Nothing Happened.

Two special releases from the growing Patreon and Apple + archive.

1 ~ Out to Lunch

A little ditty bout Brad and Diane

Sources:

Forensic Files - News at 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgq-SDPTog&t=42s&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime

The Lineup

https://the-line-up.com/the-murder-of-newscaster-diane-newton-king

2 ~ The Creep

This is the unfortunate crime story of a...


106 • The Coughing Box
01/14/2024

David Edwin Mason. Executed in the notorious “Coughing Box”. Here’s why.

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Sources:

California Executed Inmates

Executed Inmate Summary - David Edwin Mason - Capital Punishment

LA Times Archive 1993

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-22-mn-26483-story.html

People v. Mason

PEOPLE v. MASON (1991) | FindLaw

The Executioners Tale

Former San Quentin executioner reveals how he killed prisoners with no training | Daily Mail Online



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105 • Carnegie Medals
01/01/2024

Jack wakes up to a tequila sunrise and the inspiration to recount heroic tales.

Source ~ https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/lafayette-pizza-delivery-driver-who-saved-5-children-from-burning-home-awarded-carnegie-medal-nick-bostic/531-e345c2bd-fa89-4fbc-aee5-098f538ca720 



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104 • The Curious Case of Randall Hopley w Deadbug
12/21/2023

A strange kind of Xmas special for DT listeners.

These eps are a fly on the wall of a seedy bar experience. Tales from the Bottom Down is a DT Exclusive on Patreon and Apple +. I think it's worth the risk sharing this one. Enjoy or not. You can find more of the notorious Deadbug at www.youtube.com/@DEADBUGsays

With this episode we will give a rare trigger warning for those who are on the line with what they consider truly offensive. Instead of editing things out, TFBD is about shooting from the hip...


103 • The Maneuver Murders
12/13/2023

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In the early eighties a killer stalked Southern Florida neighborhoods, peering in windows at night, searching for the perfect victim behind glass and under lights. Duane Eugene Owen.

Sources:

The Coastal Star

When 'The Monster' came over the bridge - News - The Coastal Star

Appeal Docs

http://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/68550/68550ans.pdf

WPTV News

https://youtu.be/mTL5KK91yds?si=ImuP5ppFjBKN-sAi

WPTV

Who is...


102 • The Long Man
11/27/2023

The Long Man, Sir Douglas Mawson, and his improbable survival story through a widely uncharted territory in the early 20th century. Antarctica. A mysterious, unruly, frozen goatee on the chin of the planet. An area we dared not comb through until the face of the earth was sufficiently covered.

Subscribe to Marooned. A new podcast from Jack Luna of Dark Topic and Aaron Habel of Generation Why, exploring tales of the catastrophically lost.

Sources:

Timeline: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000631b.htm

Mawson Synopsis: http://www.douglasmawson.com.au/synopsis...


Jack Luna's Dark Fiction 10 ~ Joe Regrets
11/25/2023

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Little Joe from Merle County says goodbye with great regret. 



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