Phantom: The Murder of Heidi Bernadzikowski
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I'm not going to try and do his voice because it'd tear my throat up, but Hollywood legend Jack Palance once said, "The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed." Greed has been a motivation in more true crime cases than I can count, and it's astonishing how a grasping desire for dollars and cents can twist the human heart. It can drive someone to acts of both chilling cruelty and jaw-dropping stupidity, and in this week's case we get both. Join us for a bizarre true story of a heartless murder for hire that took 11 long years to solve.  Sources: Court papers: https://casetext.com/case/cooke-v-gang Court papers: https://www.mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/unreported-opinions/0815s23.pdf Interrogation footage from the interrogations of Alexander Bennett and Grant Lewis NBC's Dateline, episode "Indiscretion" Investigation Discovery's True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, episode "Discreet House Cleaning" Follow us, campers! Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/ Facebook: True Crime Campfire Instagram: https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079 Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire Email: [email protected] MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com
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