The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Whether or not you're into mafia films like The Godfather or Goodfellas, you're guaranteed to love this episode - a story filled with all the makings of a Hollywood movie: comedy, romance, schemes, scams, sketchy characters, violence...and the occasional murder. This is a story about a man born into a life of crime and raised by a prominent mafia family in Detroit, Michigan - Gunner Alan Lindbloom. In this episode, he takes us back to his troubling childhood and into his professional life of crime where he eventually finds redemption and love in the unlikeliest of places. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Gunner Lindbloom https://www.youtube.com/c/GunnerLindbloom https://www.gunnerdetroit.com https://www.facebook.com/gunnerdetroit https://www.ourthingapparel.com https://www.amazon.ca/BE-KING-Gunner-Lindbloom-ebook/dp/B01N6RQ3AE Maria Lindbloom https://player.fm/podcasts/maria-lindbloom Justin Rimmel https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/Mysterious-Circumstances-p1122709  Sources: https://www.youtube.com/c/GunnerLindbloom https://www.gunnerdetroit.com/ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/detroitnews/name/peter-tocco-obituary?pid=182296126 https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/06/24/organized-crime-in-detroit-forgotten-but-not-gone/ https://americanmafiahistory.com/giacomo-black-jack-tocco/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tocco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Partnership

In the Summer of 2004, in the quiet, soggy coastal town of Raymond Washington, a man lifted a body out of his family’s chest freezer. He struggled beneath its weight and couldn’t understand how his wife had managed to get it in there in the first place. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Luke Ahearn Featured Podcast: Reverie True Crime https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/reverie-true-crime-1250168 Sources: If You Tell - by Gregg Olsen (2019) https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/knotek-david.htm https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/shelly-knotek https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/876416/shelly-knotek-abuse-daughters-serial-killer/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Knotek https://nypost.com/2019/11/30/kids-of-murderer-michelle-shelly-knotek-warn-their-mom-could-kill-again/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119827321/kathy-loreno https://apnews.com/article/1ba1a2ceca7d8bbbc82506c3b1b488b5 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1430291.html https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Raymond-couple-befriended-3-strangers-who-then-1121552.php https://tdn.com/business/local/david-knotek-pleads-guilty-to-second-degree-murder/article_5ae74764-1767-5670-8861-421b9edb9cac.html https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/michelle-knoteks-daughters-warn-shes-still-a-danger-as-prison-release-nears

August 1990 - It was the beginning of a new academic year for University of Florida students. Thousands of young people, brimming with anticipation. Excited for new beginnings, classes, friends, and of course, football games. But that summer there was someone new in the picturesque college town. Someone watching students through their bedroom windows at night, waiting for just the right moment to strike. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Christina Crane Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Featured Podcast: Dark Poutine https://darkpoutine.com/ Sources: A Monster of All Time - by JT Hunter The Making of a Serial Killer - By Danny Rolling  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Rolling http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/rolling1051.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/danny-rolling-gainesville-ripper https://www.theledger.com/article/LK/20050826/News/608115592/LL https://www.biography.com/news/danny-rolling-scream-killer-gainesville https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r1/rolling-daniel-harold.htm https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Danny_Rolling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2HX52GzMVg&ab_channel=SerialKillersDocumentaries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNbhhuORbwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz5J-oxbsGY&t=176s&ab_channel=CrimeDocumentaryFilms

Imagine sitting on the back deck of a yacht, soaking up Pacific sunshine off the coast of Mexico with a cold Margarita in one hand, and the love of your life in the other. No more work - just the pure bliss of retirement and endless summer. Swimming with dolphins at sunset in the Sea of Cortez. A beach in every bay, and a party in every port. This was the life of Tom and Jackie Hawks in 2004. It was the kind of life everyone dreams of...The kind of life a person would just kill to have. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Dead Reckoning. Rother, Caitlin (2019)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_cTp0jLGP8&ab_channel=CBSNews https://www.youtube.com/watchv=H0DC3jmZ_dI&ab_channel=OrangeCountyRegister http://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/deleon-skylar.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wpW6POCMM&ab_channel=AdamM.Moran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgiKfbntndw&t=618s&ab_channel=TrueCrimeDaily https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Pf41ofEQ8&t=75s&ab_channel=ABCNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jteYpA6HjaU&ab_channel=ABCNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMsakHYvtcg&ab_channel=ABCNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSmysqjZlj8&ab_channel=ABCNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWOVaPVriyE&ab_channel=ABCNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzBbSAOMl4c&ab_channel=SantinaWaldner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7CD2iamFbc&t=241s&ab_channel=MercuryNews https://www.oxygen.com/the-real-murders-of-orange-county/crime-news/skylar-deleon-kills-tom-jackie-hawks-in-yacht-murder https://heavy.com/news/2020/01/tom-jackie-hawks-cause-of-death-murder-case-thomas/

In April 2006, Marc and Debra R. were planning a summer vacation from their home in Alberta Canada to Ontario. The year before had been tiresome dealing with their preteen daughter J.R.'s rebellious behavior. They hoped a getaway might help reconnect them. But their daughter wasn’t as keen about the trip as they were. In fact, she had something more sinister planned. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ashton Morrow Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: David Wheeler Sources: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/cmm/marc-debra-jacob-richardson-murdered-by-daughter-1-t3500644.html https://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/05/07/young-killer-clears-final-hurdle https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/steinke-jeremy.htm https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5lic2c Runaway Devil - Robert Remmington and Sherri Zickefoose 

On November 21st, 1987 in Holland Michigan, newlyweds Rick and Gail Brink had just returned to their peaceful country home on Ransom street after attending another couple's wedding reception. Although the house was a work in progress, Rick and Gail looked forward to eventually creating a lifetime of memories there. Tragically it was a future they’d never share. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: https://www.nbc.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/video/a-secret-to-kill-for/3744089 https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2013/02/former_girlfriend_of_1987_murd.html https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20190403e77 https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SECRETS+AND+LIES%3B+Pam+Wyngarden+had+a+dark+secret+about+her+husband...-a0372314398 https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2014/03/ryan_wyngarden_sent_29_letters.html#incart_story_package https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/man-murders-sister-husband-cover-up-incestuous-relationship https://www.hillsdale.net/article/20140328/news/140328892 https://www.hollandsentinel.com/photogallery/MI/20140311/NEWS/311009996/PH/1 https://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20140316/NEWS/140319272 https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2014/04/post_501.html https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2014/07/with_killings_of_rick_gail_bri.html https://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20140320/NEWS/140329876

For some, it may be hard to believe there are still places that exist in the world where people don't give a second thought to leaving their doors unlocked. Small, safe, secure communities where the possibility of crime is the farthest thing from anyone's mind. 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts lived in such a place - the tight-knit farm community of Brooklyn, Iowa. But on a cool evening in the summer of July 2018, 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Featured Podcast: Crime & Entertainment - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-entertainment/id1573321645  Sources: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/08/17/cristhian-bahena-rivera-mollie-tibbetts-brooklyn-murder-marshalltown-frese-iowa-immigrant-trial/1996512001/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/12/28/mollie-tibbetts-iowa-ia-brooklyn-mexican-immigrant-murder-suspect-ulises-felix-cristhian-rivera/2430196002/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/09/01/mollie-tibbetts-father-common-decency-immigration-heartless-despicable-donald-trump-jr-column/1163131002/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/2018/08/22/first-degree-murder-charges-filled-mollie-tibbetts-investigation/1061930002/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/08/21/mollie-tibbetts-missing-iowa-student-body-cristhian-bahena-rivera-arrest-warrant/1058089002/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/2018/08/20/mollie-tibbetts-knows-how-connect-people-father-says/1044881002/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/2018/08/21/searching-mollie-tibbetts/1053041002 https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/crops/pdf/a1-12.pdf https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a23571291/mollie-tibbetts-memorial-run/ https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/desmoinesregister/obituary.aspx?n=mollie-tibbetts&pid=190038545&fhid=13705 https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/08/20/mollie-tibbetts-missing-iowa-search-brooklyn-news-update-disappearance-latest-girl-facebook-reddit/1018226002/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMa2E76Aznw https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3299&context=utk_chanhonoproj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S62wYnrhyK4 https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2021/06/06/mollie-tibbetts-trial-juror-describes-deliberations-cristhian-bahena-rivera-guilty-verdict-murder/7505781002/

In November 2017, 24-year-old Nebraskan Sydney Loofe was ecstatic after a successful first date with a woman she’d met on Tinder and couldn’t wait for a second. Her dream match, however, wasn’t who she was claiming to be and her intentions for their second date were anything but romantic. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/236939/nebraska-man-aubrey-trail-sex-cult-witches-vampire-testimony-murder-trial https://www.1011now.com/2020/10/06/bailey-boswell-trial-day-9-witnesses-discuss-dna-evidence-surveillance-video/ https://www.knopnews2.com/content/news/Sydney-Loofe-murder-trial-continues-without-Trail--Search-for-Loofes-remains-outlined--511839881.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/sydney-loofe-aubrey-trail https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Prosecution-shows-surveillance-video-from-hotels-Trail-and-Boswell-stayed-in-after-Sydney-Loofes-death-512173651.html https://www.newschannelnebraska.com/story/42730171/text-conversations-home-depot-purchases-revealed-at-boswell-trial http://netnebraska.org/article/news/1181608/good-morning-beautiful-jury-reads-tinder-messages-between-sydney-loofe-bailey https://www.klkntv.com/bailey-boswell-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder/ https://www.1011now.com/2020/10/08/witnesses-show-pattern-of-bailey-boswell-meeting-women-on-tinder-talking-about-torture-killing/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIU64teSMHg https://www.myantelopecountynews.com/nelighnews/susie-loofe-provides-first-testimony-in-murder-trial?fbclid=IwAR2quRKR-IgJt5ttEayBpvv_A3UiEOra0CEVWSvVZ0iwwGajrZ1TC_I3XZ8 https://www.klkntv.com/sydney-loofes-mother-friends-testify-at-boswell-trial/ https://www.knopnews2.com/2020/10/01/bailey-boswell-trial-day-6-witnesses-explain-how-technology-helped-crack-the-case/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5osimcT84wM&ab_channel=LNKTVCity https://kearneyhub.com/news/state/iowa-town-bewildered-by-former-star-athletes-link-to-sydney-loofe-case/article_009df68e-de88-11e7-82b7-ef647b6da0d6.html http://sandhillsexpress.com/featured-news/iowa-town-bewildered-by-former-star-athletes-link-to-sydney-loofe-case/ http://hosting-10267.tributes.com/obituary/read/Sydney-Loofe-105560364 https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Sydney-Loofe-murder-trial-resumes-Thursday-morning--511571352.html https://theindependent.com/loofes-body-was-found-through-ground-breaking-analysis-of-boswells-cell-phone-records/article_91e33dcc-f97a-5bc1-a127-5d3bbab2ffd5.html https://www.klkntv.com/investigators-recognized-for-significant-break-in-sydney-loofe-case/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a3tjmFQWks&ab_channel=KETVNewsWatch7 https://theindependent.com/townnews/crime/aubrey-trail-had-cult-of-women-he-said-could-become-witches-by-killing-witness-testifies/article_6abe2de6-43b2-5c0c-ab6e-14b323134446.html https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/witness-at-boswell-trial-i-paid-three-psychologists-to-forget-this-incident/article_56f2af75-91c1-5367-bb4c-a3078e7cd196.html https://www.1011now.com/2020/10/07/bailey-boswell-trial-day-11-woman-testifies-about-talk-of-sex-witchcraft-and-killing-during-relationship-with-trail-boswell/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBtvdDI6wVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLpIHLNMtw74BHs9vYk7vX9ADLHZeRkJOi&t=147&v=LRr1gKKar6M&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=StayInformed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuqstRM-NuA&list=PLpIHLNMtw74BHs9vYk7vX9ADLHZeRkJOi&t=181s&ab_channel=StayInformed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtJsAKuAIE8&t=241s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-fZNg5wac&ab_channel=KMTV3NewsNowKMTV3NewsNow https://youtu.be/gTFj5X3vQf8?t=542 https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=439&v=wJt3kszk7Rc&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=KMTV3NewsNow

Backpacking around the world - very few ideas bring to mind such a sense of adventure, independence, and romantic idealism. For one young woman, in November 2018, traveling the world before jumping into a career was a dream come true. But she never could’ve imagined the danger in store for her in what is widely considered one of the safest countries in the entire world. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/117623648/the-complete-evidence-the-grace-millane-murder-trial-heard-inside-the-case-that-gripped-a-nation https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grace-millane-murder-trial-accused-told-police-he-last-saw-grace-at-10pm/ZPTGAIWHZEWTFRCZWXUZMKPNWI/ https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/11/grace-millane-murder-trial-timeline-of-british-backpackers-final-hours.html https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/timeline-trials-and-conviction-grace-millanes-killer-jesse-kempson#:~:text=British%20backpacker%20Grace%20Millane%20arrived,grave%20in%20the%20Wait%C4%81kere%20Ranges. https://gracemillane.portfoliobox.net/cv https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/12/grace-millane-murder-woman-who-went-on-date-with-killer-warns-women-to-trust-their-instincts.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Grace_Millane https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300152121/grace-millane https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300149742/grace-millanes-killer-named-as-jesse-kempson-who-raped-and-attacked-other-women https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300185667/grace-millane-jesse-kempson-abused-multiple-women-before-murdering-backpacker https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/109943778/grace-millane-woman-feels-lucky-to-be-alive-after-terrifying-date-with-killer https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grace-millane-remembered-during-funeral-in-hometown-overnight/7EQHCIBK3KCE5BHO2I4I2NOAMM/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/grace-millane-remembered-by-those-who-knew-her-as-a-beautiful-person-inside-and-out/E2NKEMRR74PNQOAC5ABF24G4O4/ https://www.whiteribbon.org.uk/news/2020/2/21/remembering-grace-millane https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/22/love-grace-handbags-collected-in-memory-of-grace-millane https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/grace-millane-remembered-her-light-our-love https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/410017/grace-millane-s-life-far-more-than-the-details-of-her-death#:~:text=Grace%20Millane%20had%20landed%20in,and%20mingling%20with%20other%20backpackers. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-46502649 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123455211/grace-millanes-family-heartbroken-after-her-father-david-dies-of-cancer#:~:text=David%20Millane%20was%20diagnosed%20with,channels%20to%20describe%20their%20loss.&text=%E2%80%9CLooking%20back%20on%20all%20of,difficult%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20post%20began. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/one-of-the-last-people-to-see-british-backpacker-grace-millane-says-she-planned-to-visit-the-south-island/SAMN45VFSLSK4CO4ESHEIYYR74/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13544832/jesse-kempson-grace-millane-killer-cia-killer-lies/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300185667/grace-millane-jesse-kempson-abused-multiple-women-before-murdering-backpacker

In the very early morning hours of March 19th, 2011, 22 year old Sian O’Callaghan decided to walk back to her apartment after a night out at a club in Swindon, England; a town with a reputation for its safe streets.  It’s the reason Sian thought nothing of it to make the short walk back to her apartment by herself that night, totally unaware a predator was lurking in the shadows. 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 Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Featured Podcast: It's Frightful https://www.itsfrightful.net Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12799196 https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2257201/sian-ocallaghans-mum-wont-allow-herself-to-be-consumed-by-anger-for-sick-killer-christoper-halliwell/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oV3e9R7js https://www.dorset.police.uk/media/54620/response-to-kidnap-blackmail-product-contamination-external.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/19/chris-halliwell-found-guilty-becky-godden-murder Fulcher, Stephen. (2017). Catching a Serial Killer. Edwards, Karen. (2019). A Killer’s Confession: And a Mothers Fight for Justice.