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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
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Published 07/19/24
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.
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Published 07/07/24
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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...
Published 06/27/24
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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
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Published 06/17/24
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
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Published 06/04/24
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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...
Published 05/21/24
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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...
Published 05/04/24
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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
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Published 05/03/24
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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...
Published 04/15/24
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...
Published 03/27/24
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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 -...
Published 03/09/24
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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...
Published 02/16/24
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...
Published 01/27/24
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
Our...
Published 01/14/24
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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Published 01/01/24
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...
Published 12/21/23
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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 Duane Owen?...
Published 12/13/23
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.
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Timeline:...
Published 11/27/23
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Little Joe from Merle County says goodbye with great regret.
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Published 11/25/23
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The Butter Knife Murders. Texarkana 1981. The truth is out.
Sources:
True Crime Texarkana
https://open.spotify.com/show/0hLrPd5dYINHBFZHIdp60J?si=WXxa1HDfT_W0JiWrV22FUw
Medium - Cindy Parmiter
https://authorcindyparmiter.medium.com/a-known-enemy-the-horrific-butter-knife-slayings-of-karen-and-gordon-alexander-638384a0e3fe
Justice for Karen and Gordon Alexander Facebook...
Published 11/18/23
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That’s what they called it. Cheri’s Ghost House. And whether the little girl haunted it or not… the idea that her spirit could be tortured within was enough for her elderly parents to buy the place in 2020.. and demolish it.
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Published 10/31/23
Warning ~ BRUTAL is BRUTAL. If you think you might be offended.. you will be. This is a Halloween Special. Recorded long ago. For more of Kent, check out True Crime Kent pod wherever you listen. For Deadbug, search DEADBUG Says, on Youtube,
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Published 10/20/23
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August 29th, 1995. Springfield, Illinois. The suburbs. 430 PM. Mark Winger hears a noise upstairs. Or does he?
Sources:
ABC News - The Perfect Lie 20/20
https://abcnews.go.com/US/families-torn-killer-dad-reflect-years-believed-hero/story?id=77097895
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Published 10/09/23
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Published 10/04/23