www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive content. Or sub to Apple + 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...

From the growing archive of www.patreon.com/darktopic and Apple + 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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This episode is from the DT + archive growing at www.patreon.com/darktopic Michael Lee Lockhart. Executed December 9th at 6:24 PM by lethal injection in Texas.  Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives. Or Apple + 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...

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.  For exclusive content join Apple + for a free trial, or visit www.patreon.com/darktopic Sources: The...

www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive content. This ep is from the growing DT+ library of Patreon and Apple +. 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 Our...

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. Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives. 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...

For Exclusive Content www.patreon.com/darktopic 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 Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a...

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 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

www.patreon.com/darktopic for EXCLUSIVES. 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...

www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives. 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...

www.patreon.com/darktopic for more exclusives 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 Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined * Go to badlandsranch.com/DARKTOPIC to get up to 50% off your regular-priced dog food order with a 90-day money-back...

www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive content. 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...

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 Nancy Kovach, victim in...

For exclusive content www.patreon.com/darktopic 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 -...

www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive content. 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...

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...

David Edwin Mason. Executed in the notorious “Coughing Box”. Here’s why. For Exclusive Content www.patreon.com/darktopic 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 Our...

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  Our Sponsors: * Check out Factor 75 and use my code darktopic50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/ * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/ * Check out...

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...

For a lot more www.patreon.com/darktopic 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 Duane Owen?...

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:...