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Gwendolyn Graham and her girlfriend Cathy Wood met while working in a nursing home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their volatile relationship escalated as the two shared dark fantasies of committing murders together. They discussed targeting their coworkers at the nursing home, before settling on much more vulnerable victims -- the patients.
Everyone's entitled to one good scare on Halloween but the podcasts of the Darkcast Network have enough scares to fill any trick-or-treat sack in this special episode -- No razor blades, we promise!
Featuring spooky stories told by the hosts of Murder Murder News, Sinister Story Hour, Beyond the Rainbow, Cause of Death, Octoberpod AM, Rogue Darkness, Over the Fence, and Horrifying History.
Fourteen years ago this week, tragedy tore through the close-knit family of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson. When Jennifer's sister Julia Hudson tried to separate herself from her possessive husband, William Balfour, domestic abuse escalated to triple homicide.
Elizabeth Olten was just 9 years old when she disappeared from her neighbourhood in St. Martins, Missouri on October 21st, 2009. Authorities were puzzled as to how this sweet girly-girl could have vanished so suddenly, and so close to home. The mystery deepened when the child was found brutally murdered two days later. The whole community was shaken when an unlikely suspect was identified.
32-year-old indigenous actress Misty Upham disappeared from her family home in Auburn 8 years ago this week. After a lifelong struggle with mental health issues and navigating a very broken system, the system failed Misty one last time when she was found dead and the medical examiner's report listed her cause of death as undetermined.
Today marks the 24th anniversary of one of the most notorious anti-gay hate crimes in American history. Beaten, tortured, and left for dead, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was found tied to a fence in a remote field near Laramie, Wyoming. Shepard's case sparked a national and international conversation about sexual orientation as a motive for murder, and inspired hate crime legislation.
The first ever instance of domestic terrorism hit the United States 40 years ago this week. Prior to 1982, there was no tamper-resistant packaging, but our approach to food and drug safety was forever changed when an unknown assailant left tainted bottles of Tylenol on the shelves in several stores around the Chicagoland area.
Ten years after the release of instant horror classic Scream, the film served as inspiration for the gruesome murder of 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart. Hired to housesit for family members, the teen was killed in a quiet country home in Pocatello, Idaho. Tucked away out of view from neighbours, Cassie's attackers saw her as the perfect target.
59 years ago this week, 4 little black girls were killed and many others were injured in a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. The event would serve as the catalyst for the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965, but victim’s families and survivors would wait 40 years to see the perpetrators of this crime behind bars.
Twenty three years ago today, 36 year old Girly Chew Hossencofft was murdered by her estranged husband, Diazien Hossencofft, and his girlfriend, Linda Henning. Girly Chew met Diazien during one of several trips to the United States from her home country of Malaysia in the early 1990s. After immigrating to marry and start a new life with Hossencofft, Girly's life in America wasn't what she had anticipated.
When the mummified remains of Reyna Angélica Marroquín were discovered inside of a 55-gallon drum stashed in the crawlspace of a Long Island home, Nassau County investigators had to work backwards to solve a mysterious murder case three decades in the making.
Forty years ago today, 3-year-old beauty queen Rachael Runyan was abducted from a playground near her family's home in Sunset, Utah. After a nearly month-long manhunt, her body was found in a canyon about 15 miles away. Rachael's 5-year-old brother Justin and another older boy witnessed the abduction and saw the man who took her. However, some misunderstandings resulted in an inaccurate police sketch being released.
In August of 1987, Donald Harvey pled guilty to 37 murders committed over a span of nearly two decades. Harvey mostly preyed upon patients at hospitals where he was working, and he proclaimed himself to be an 'Angel of Death,' killing to relieve sick people of their pain. As the manner of his sadistic crimes came to light, it became clear that nothing could be further from the truth.
Georgia Leah Moses disappeared from Santa Rosa California on August 13th 1997. Nine days later, the 12-year-old girl's dead body was found alongside Highway 101 near the Petaluma Boulevard onramp. Georgia's short life was marked by failures of the system, which sadly continued to fail her in death. The investigation was distracted by a series of errors -- from the handling of her missing person report to the identification of her body. Even Georgia's name was printed incorrectly by the media, creating further barriers to justice.
On July 29th 1999, Mark O. Barton unleashed his paranoid wrath in the form of a shooting spree that targeted his colleagues at two day trading firms in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. The close proximity and similar settings of the two office buildings made for much confusion among authorities and 911 dispatchers, allowing Barton to flee the scene. As a manhunt for Mark ensued, investigators uncovered a history wrought with delusion, and murderous rage.
Jacqueline Reyes has been missing from Boynton Beach, Florida since June 1st 2022. Thirty-year-old Jacky left the home she shared with her aunt in the middle of the night, after the two had an argument. Though neither authorities nor the media seem to be giving her case much attention, Jacky's family know that it isn't like her to disappear without contacting anyone.
Anthony Sowell, known as the Cleveland Strangler targeted women addicted to crack, incorrectly assuming that none of his victims would be missed. Sowell sexually assaulted countless women, and murdered eleven, whose decomposing bodies were found hidden around his family home in Mount Pleasant. Cleveland Police did little to investigate any of the disappearances, but the testimony of brave survivors and dedication of devastated family members brought the Strangler down.
Today marks the 46th anniversary of the largest ever kidnapping for ransom in the U.S., which spawned the largest manhunt in California history. The unprecedented abduction saw 26 children aged 5-14 and their 55-year-old bus driver intercepted on their regular route and redirected to an underground prison dug out by their captors.
Alton Coleman and Debra Brown were a young couple from Illinois who together went on a murderous rampage across the midwest in 1984. The duo's 53 day reign of terror spanned 6 states, and resulted in a trail of murders, rapes, and robberies.
Joel Rifkin murdered up to 17 women over the course of a four-year killing spree that came to an end during this week in true crime history. The most prolific serial killer in New York State preyed on sex workers, knowing their disappearances were less likely to be investigated. On June 28th 1993, Rifkin was caught red-handed with the body of his last victim in the back of his truck.
