The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

On August 4th, 2015 in Pensacola, Florida. Escambia County Sheriff, David Morgan delivered a disturbing press conference, giving insight into a recent triple homicide that had taken place inside a quiet suburban home. The grizzly crime scene he described and the brutal way the victims had been murdered was disturbing, but it’s what he said next that sent chills down reporter's spines. The murders appeared to have been ritualistic. Part of some sort of witchcraft ceremony coinciding with the recent and rare Blue Moon. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Featured Podcast: Least Of These - https://audioboom.com/channels/5077396  Special thanks to everyone that helped with our new studio build: https://modecoconstruction.com  https://citysoundproofing.ca  http://www.cattapanproductions.com  https://www.youtube.com/c/DarkCornerStudios Sources: FL v. HARTUNG (Full Trial) Hartung First Interview Hartung Second Interview Sheriff Press Conference - Witchcraft Impact Statements at Sentencing The Snitch System (Northwestern University)

It was undeniable, that Eudy Simelane was born to play soccer. From an early age, she gravitated to the sport and by the time she was an adult, was being recognized as one of South Africa's star players. But while Eudy proudly represented her country with her gifted athletic abilities, she eventually decided to dedicate herself to representing a different community. A community in need of a champion, a strong voice against hate crimes in South Africa. A force that would continue, even into her heartbreaking and barbaric murder. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Content Consultants: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Nicole Engelbrecht - True Crime South Africa Podcast Karen Lotter Simone Mathews - Murderous Minors Podcast Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Featured Podcast: True Crime South Africa - https://truecrimesouthafrica.com  Sources: History Workshop SAHO All Gay Long Borgen Magazine The New Humanitarian Leiden Law Blog The Science of Hate, Matthew Williams (2021) New York Times New York Times #2 Remembering Eudy Simelane Cause of Death: Woman Taboo Media Action Aid The Guardian Blacklooks.org BBC Eudy Simelane Lecture Gabrielle Goliath Human Rights Watch Triangle.org.za Mamba Online International Journal for Equity in Health Maverick: Extraordinary Women from South Africa’s Past, Lauren Beaukes, Nechama Brodie (2015) Financial Times Africa Human Rights Law Journal The Female Fear Factory Hate Crime Statistics More than a name Weforum.org Cambridge.org uchastings.edu

“Who are you and what have you done with my wife?” It's the kind of rhetorical question asked in jest, expressing pleasant surprise when someone has a change in behavior or attitude. But what if this wasn’t a rhetorical question? What if someone believed their spouse had actually been replaced by someone else? An imposter. A lookalike. Suddenly “Who are you and what have you done with my wife” takes on a much darker, and more sinister tone. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Habeas Corpus Appeal Student Guilty of Wife’s Murder SMH.com In Fear of the Most Loved Ones Independent.ie Uk Telegraph Otago Daily Times Ithaca.com  Caroline’s Personal Bio No Self Without Self-Delusion Star Gazette Star Gazette #2 Barbara Kot Obituary GQ-induced Psychosis case in France Capgras Syndrome in Chloroquine Induced Psychosis Capgras Attempted Murder (cannabis) Cornell Sun Cornell Sun #2 Ithaca Journal  Ithaca Journal #2 Ithaca Journal #3 NZ Herald #1 NZ Herald #2 NZ Herald #3 NZ Herald #4 NZ Herald #5 NZ Herald #6 NZ Herald #7 NZ Herald #8 NZ Herald #9 NZ Herald #10 NZ Herald #11 NZ Herald #12 NZ Herald #13 NZ Herald #14 NZ Herald #15

Watch enough crime shows and it doesn’t take long to figure out the steps a killer will take to get away with murder. They stage the crime scene, they ditch the murder weapon, they fabricate an alibi, and at all costs, make sure to keep their mouths shut until the day they die. But in the case you’re about to hear the killer takes things a step further by actually manipulating information in the case file. Even making evidence disappear. All while hiding in plain sight for more than two decades. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Crime Library Complaint against LAPD Stephanie Lazarus Appeal The Atlantic LA WEEKLY: ART COP CONFIDENTIAL LA MAG: IN PLAIN SIGHT Hot Art, Joshua Knelman (2012) LAPD ONLINE: Art Theft Detail Sprocket-Trials.Blogspot Stephanie Lazarus Police Interview  Prosecution Statement of Views  The Lazarus Files, Matthew McGough (2019)

In the mid-1980s, numerous bodies were discovered along the highways of the American South over the course of several years. They were all women. They all had red hair. And all of them had been murdered. This is a unique case unlike any other we’ve ever told. Because it involves a podcast host who went beyond what you’d normally expect of a podcaster. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Shane Waters https://www.itsfoulplay.com Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Redhead Murders Wikipedia Fox 17 Nashville  NBC News Kentucky Findagrave.com Appalachain Unsolved Johnson City Press The Evening Times

The courtyard of an elementary school is probably the last place on earth you'd expect someone to attempt hiring a hitman. Not for a mom in Southern Australia in 2001. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Dead By Friday, Derek Pedley (2012) Contract Killers: Who Killed Carolyn Matthews? The Sydney Morning Herald The Daily Mail NZ Herald True Crime Library The Adelaide Advertiser The Adelaide Advertiser #2 ABC.net.au

On the morning of August 30th, 2000 - Mark Lundy left a series of messages on his wife’s phone, sounding increasingly irritated that she hadn’t called him back. When he finally did receive a callback, it wasn’t from his wife, but from a friend telling him that the police were at his house…Something horrible had happened. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Mike White https://www.stuff.co.nz/authors/mike-white  Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Sources: Anatomy of a Scandal What The Jury Didn’t Hear Lundy’s Last Chance Brain in a Bucket Salient Magazine Mark Lundy Wikipedia Mark Lundy Appeal (2019) The Mystery of Mark Lundy’s Shirt Mark Lundy Privy Council Appeal (2013)

40-year-old mother Carole Packman had been living in a toxic household - with a husband who physically abused her, and was openly having an affair with another woman he’d invited to live with them. Carole had the means, motive, and opportunity to vanish completely and start fresh somewhere else. And for nearly ten years, that’s exactly what everybody thought she’d done. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Featured Podcast: Murderish https://murderish.com  Sources: Investigating the Almost Perfect Murders, Anthony Nott (2020) The Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph #2 Kensington News The Guardian Guernsey Press When Missing Turns to Murder The Investigator: A British Crime Story BBC Murder and Fraud Mirror.co.uk Russel Causley Conviction Appeal 2003 The Justice Gap

In June 2011, UK author Helen Bailey began writing a blog after the death of her husband as a way to deal with her grief and to provide comfort and a voice to the bereaved. She openly chronicled her journey following her loss - the ins and outs, the highs and lows, and eventually revealed that things were, indeed, getting better for her - she’d met someone: a man she called “The Gorgeous Grey-Haired Widower.” How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Sources: Death of an Author - Hilary Nettleton When Bad Things Happen in Good Bikinis - Helen Bailey  Diane Stewart Obituary Daily Mail #1  Daily Mail #2 Daily Mail #3  Daily Mail #4 Daily Mail #5  Daily Mail #6 Plainsmenpost #1 Plainsmenpost #2 BBC  Helen Bailey Wiki  Crown Sentencing Remarks Diane 911 Call  ITV  What The Killer Did Next Documentary  Trial Testimony Twitter Thread Cambridge News   Murdered by My Fiance Documentary Helen Missing Persons Phone Call Evening Standard The Times  Express The Sun Huffington Post

Charlotte and Brent Springford Sr. were well-respected, successful, progressive-minded pillars of their community in Montgomery, Alabama. Everything in their lives seemed perfect, but that was all about to change. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Mark Pinsky Drifting Into Darkness Editing: Justin Hellstrom Recommendation: Lies In Bone https://www.audible.com/pd/Lies-in-Bone-Audiobook/B09RG7BR4 Sources: Drifting Into Darkness, Mark Pinsky (2022) Boulder Weekly #1 Boulder Weekly #2 AlabamaNews.net Caroline Scoutt Obituary Denver Post Newcastle News Letter Journal #1 Newcastle News Letter Journal #2 Newcastle News Letter Journal #3 Springford’s Obituary Bonnie’s Blog Drifting Into Darkness Mark Pinsky