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In the late Spring of 1987 a body was found in the attic of a burning church in Nashville TN. The detective’s investigating the crime knew that they were looking for a heartless killer when they saw the state of the body, but they were unaware of just how diabolical their murderer was. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1988/09/27/646888.html?pageNumber=18 https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/supreme-court/1991/813-s-w-2d-420-2.html Link 3 Link 4 Link 5

Join me as I tell John the heartbreaking case of Baby Hope. When the body of a malnourished girl was found in a cooler off the Henry Hudson parkway in 1991 the homicide detectives of the 34th precinct work hard to identify her body and find her killer. It would take 22 years, but Baby Hope would eventually get her name back.  Trigger Warning: This case involves crimes against children Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/nyregion/baby-hopes-mother-is-questioned-as-investigators-proceed-with-caution.html https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8700166,-73.9301094,3a,75y,25.79h,69.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7RTtrGYB3f53X5T6QeYCDg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/mcannuals/1990-2013-missing-children-county-trends.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/nyregion/baby-hope-suspect-dies-cancer.html https://nypost.com/2013/10/14/what-baby-hope-would-have-grown-up-to-look-like/ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/nyregion/she-was-suffocated-baby-hope-suspect-says-in-confession-played-in-court.html?_r=0&module=inline

Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, no one could say how it got there. When a young mother disappears under unexplained circumstances, police always turn suspicious eyes towards the husband. And although there was distrust around Charles Warren, he wasn’t the only suspect when Sheree went missing. She also had a boyfriend, a former cop named Cary Hartmann, who lived a sinister double life. Season three follows two suspects– men who both raised suspicion for investigators. But with two strong persons of interest with competing facts and evidence, it muddied the murder investigation. This season, host Dave Cawley, digs into the lives of these two men, the details of the case and examines the intersections between domestic abuse and sexual violence. The COLD team seeks to answer the question: what really happened to Sheree Warren? Hey Prime Members, you can binge all 10 episodes of COLD: The Search for Sheree ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today: http://wondery.fm/TCC_ColdS3W

Join me as I tell John the case of Hanna Harris, a 21 year old mother who went missing on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana in July of 2013. Sources: https://www.apa.org/pi/women/committee/cloak-invisibility https://nativenews.jour.umt.edu/2006/story_ncheyenne3.html https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf https://stevensonfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/hannah-d-harris-age-21-of-lame-deer-mt/#:~:text=She%20was%20born%20to%20Malinda,%2C%201992%20in%20Billings%2C%20MT. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/03/murder-in-big-horn-showtime-docuseries-montana-missing-murdered-indigenous-women https://nativenews.jour.umt.edu/2019/northern-cheyenne/ Further information on MMIW https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw

Join me and I tell John the story of the disappearance and murder of Lynda McClelland in Forest Hills, PA in July of 2000.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source 6

Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to life in the future. And that belief will pull multiple generations of the Pilgeram family into a cryonics soap opera filled with dead pets, gold coins, grenades, fist fights, mysterious packages, family feuds, Hall of Fame baseball legends, and frozen heads — lots of frozen heads. From Wondery, comes a story about life, death, and what comes next. Follow Frozen Head on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.  Listen to Frozen Head: http://wondery.fm/FH_TCC

Hunter S. Thompson once wrote, “The case of Lisl Auman, who first wrote me from prison three years ago, is so rotten and wrong and shameful that I feel dirty just for knowing about it, and so should you.” So, let’s see how you feel about the case of the 21 year old woman who was arrested for the brutal murder of a police officer while she was handcuffed in the back of a cruiser.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple https://truecrimecouples-store.creator-spring.com Sourcing https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/21/us/spate-of-skinhead-violence-catches-denver-by-surprise.html https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/123017NCJRS.pdf https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/06/innocent-murderer-200406 https://www.westword.com/news/zero-to-life-5059766 https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/denver-police-officer-death-anniversary-bruce-vanderjagt/73-a126d789-8e1a-4f60-aae0-b9136093d0d4 https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/2005/02sc885-0.html https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-124 https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/auman-v-people-no-893143927 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/co-supreme-court/1126808.html https://extras.denverpost.com/news/news1109q.htm https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA150266782&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=03624331&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E5ec9070a https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/2005/02sc885-0.html

Sean Gillis’ crimes take us into the depths of depravity. In part two of a two part series we will discuss the tactics he used to evade police in his last four murders, and how he was finally caught.  Trigger Warning: Extremely graphic content Patreon.com/truecrimecouple https://truecrimecouples-store.creator-spring.com Sponsors: Gerber Life Insurance visit GerberLifeFamily.com Sources: Mustafa, Susan , and Israel, Sue. Dismembered. Kensington Publishing Corp, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-7860-2862-7 Link to book on Amazon https://law.justia.com/cases/louisiana/first-circuit-court-of-appeal/2008/2007ka1909-1.html "Devil You Know" Investigation Discovery. Discovery Channel. Retrieved August 2022 https://newspaperarchive.com/seangillis/batonrougelouisiana/1994-2022 Crime Watch Daily - Confession Tapes https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=74772

For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old  Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every lead had fizzled. Every person of interest had turned out to be a dead end.  Then, in 2019, Jonelle’s remains were unearthed near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. With the discovery came a troubling new question: Had the truth been hiding in plain sight the entire time? Was the man who couldn’t stop obsessing over Jonelle’s disappearance also the person who took her? From Campside Media and Wondery comes season two of SUSPECT. Former CNN reporter Ashley Fantz and executive producers Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson (Suspect, Over My Dead Body) dig into one of the most mind-bending cold cases in modern history, in an attempt to separate fact and fiction, compulsion from guilt, and true-crime fandom from a motive for murder. Listen to SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow early and ad- free by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.  https://wondery.app.link/suspect-tcc 

Sean Gillis’ crimes take us into the depths of depravity. In part one of a two part series we will discuss the tactics he used to evade police in his first four murders, and most importantly, who the women were that he stole from this earth.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple https://truecrimecouples-store.creator-spring.com Sponsors: Skylight Frame Get $15 off a Skylight Frame with promo code COUPLE at SkylightFrame.com. Expanded Perspectives Podcast Gerber Life Insurance visit GerberLifeFamily.com Sources: Mustafa, Susan , and Israel, Sue. Dismembered. Kensington Publishing Corp, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-7860-2862-7 Link to book on Amazon https://law.justia.com/cases/louisiana/first-circuit-court-of-appeal/2008/2007ka1909-1.html "Devil You Know" Investigation Discovery. Discovery Channel. Retrieved August 2022 https://newspaperarchive.com/seangillis/batonrougelouisiana/1994-2022 Crime Watch Daily - Confession Tapes

In the Summer of 2016 a 20 year old woman never returned home after a bike ride to her boyfriend’s house. Join me as I tell John the tragic case of Sierah Joughin.  Justiceforsierah.org Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sponsors: The Check In - A Bonus Podcast from An Acquired Taste Podcast GerberLifeFamily.com Skylight Frames Get $15 off a Skylight Frame with promo code COUPLE at SkylightFrame.com Sources: https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2021/2021-Ohio-2207.pdf https://www.truscellolaw.com/blog/2021/03/car-accidents-happen-home/ https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/death-penalty-james-worley-bike-abduction-kidnap-barn-murder-victims-sierah-joughin-robin-gardner/512-0fda23aa-b152-41d0-ab99-eef9b445edda https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch/Search/Details/A743593 https://nbc24.com/news/local/james-worleys-friend-testifies-the-two-watched-bondage-porn-togethersmoked-weed https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/james-worleys-appeal-denied-ohio-supreme-court/512-edfe9fed-9188-429c-b805-0e89ee2fa991 https://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2018/03/26/Closing-arguments-in-Worley-trial-end-goes-to-jury.html https://www.newser.com/story/228501/ohio-woman-vanishes-while-on-bike-ride.html https://thevillagereporter.com/metamora-overwhelmed-by-response-to-sierah-joughin-memorial-event/ Justiceforsierah.org

Around the holidays there is nothing more consistent than a mother. She has to make sure the home is clean, the meals are cooked, feasts and all, the home decorated, the cookies baked. And no mother was more reliable when it came to holiday consistency as 41 year old, mother of three, Stepahnie Bruner. That was why it seemed especially odd when, just three days before Thanksgiving, she left to take a walk at 10 PM in freezing temperatures never to return again.  Join me and I tell John the case of Stephanie Bruner.  Sponsor: Skylight Frames Get $15 off a Skylight Frame with promo code COUPLE at SkylightFrame.com Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/timeline-investigating-the-death-of-stephanie-roller-bruner/3/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-blue-river-murder-who-killed-stephanie-roller-2/ https://www.skyhinews.com/news/community-family-mourn-loss-of-fearless-stephanie-roller-bruner/#:~:text=Stephanie's%20children%2C%20Ellie%2C%209%2C,Colorado%2C%20but%20raised%20in%20Minnesota https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-blue-river-murder-who-killed-stephanie-roller-2/ https://www.summitdaily.com/news/attorney-claims-dale-bruner-confessed-to-the-2010-murder-of-his-wife-before-trial/ Trailkeepersoforegon.org

On the night of August 21, 1991, while a storm raged outside their Florida Keys home, a couple fought for their lives. What happened to the MacIvors that night was terrifying, and rage inducing. Join me as I tell John the story of Michael and Susan “Missy” MacIvor.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Warnings are given in episode for graphic content Sources: https://www.oxygen.com/florida-man-murders/crime-news/thomas-overton-stalked-murdered-missy-and-mike-macivor#:~:text=Andrews%2C%20a%20retired%20Monroe%20County%20sheriff's%20detective%2C%20told%20producers.&text=Mike's%20face%20had%20been%20taped,DNA%20samples%20in%20a%20database. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-supreme-court/1194245.html#:~:text=At%20the%20conclusion%20of%20the,%2C%20burglary%2C%20and%20sexual%20battery. https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/2001/sc95404.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-supreme-court/1492524.html https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/365328/file/04-2071_ans.pdf https://www.distractify.com/p/where-is-thomas-mitchell-overton Check out the Real Ghosts Stories Online Podcast

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The story I have for you today will be, just as they always are, hard to get through, especially because it involves a child. Just around Halloween in 1992 a vicious crime would shock the blue collar town of Oil City, PA, changing it forever. In fact, the town would put a ban on night time trick or treating for 16 years after the case I am about to tell you, and even now the time is restricted to not go past 8 PM. Halloween is a time of great excitement for children. It is electric in the air, kids playing innocent pranks, mischief nights, talking about what they are going to dress up as, and of course, the promise of mounds and mounds of candy after trick or treating. But lurking beneath all that fun is a terrifying truth, something the good people of Oil City had to learn the hard way,  that monsters are real,  and sometimes they are the ones you least expect. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/2013/1266-wda-2012.html https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/pa/oil-city/KDUJ/date/1992-10-27 https://www.leagle.com/decision/inpaco20130722469 https://www.thederrick.com/ (Archives) Lake Erie Murders (2018) Devil at the Crossroads https://oig.justice.gov/reports/FBI/a0632/intro.htm#:~:text=CODIS%20Development%20and%20Design&text=CODIS%20began%20as%20a%20pilot,NDIS%20became%20operational%20in%201998. Google Maps Location Check out the Murder Diaries Podcast!

The idea that it is nearly impossible to get away with murder would make true crime listeners feel better. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Listen in as I tell John about a truly unbelievable case that spans decades.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Listen to The Dark Swamp: Horror Stories wherever you listen to podcasts! Sources: https://projectcoldcase.org/cold-case-homicide-stats/ https://caselaw.findlaw.com/oh-supreme-court/1055209.html Article 3 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-6th-circuit/1873448.html https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch/Search/Details/A449014 Article 5

Tragedy struck the town of Selden, NY in February of 1986, however the community was divided on just what the tragedy was when dark secrets about a murder victim come out after his death. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/14/magazine/murder-on-long-island.html https://www.amazon.com/Incest-Murder-Miracle-Murder-Hire-ebook/dp/B01N3SZFE5 https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/13/nyregion/woman-who-arranged-spouse-s-death-is-freed.html https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/14/magazine/murder-on-long-island.htm https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cheryl-pierson-cuccio/ People article Incest, Murder and a Miracle: The True Story Behind the Cheryl Pierson Murder-For-Hire Headlines and the power of love Kindle Edition by Cheryl Cuccio  (Author), Robert Cuccio (Author), Morgan St. James  (Author) Check out Creep and Crimes Podcast If you are a victim of sexual abuse, pelase contact RAINN, the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network 800-656-HOPE (4673)

On June 15, 2009 the body of 47 year old Joanne Witt was found in her El Dorado Hills, CA home. She had been stabbed over 20 times and her killer had put the air conditioning on high to slow the decomposition process. But Joanne did not live alone. She shared the beautiful home with her 14 year old daughter, Tylar, who was nowhere to be found. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple  - Help us get to our goal of 1,000 subscribers!  "It's not easy being indie"  Sponsors: Crime Salad Podcast Healthywage Visit HealthyWage.com/TCC and start winning for losing! Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-romeo-juliet-suicide-pact-awry-moms-murder/story?id=14511861 https://www.pressreader.com/uk/crime-monthly/20211001/282110639761923 https://sddefenseattorneys.com/blog/california-romeo-and-juliet-laws/#When_Does_a_Romeo_and_Juliet_Law_in_California_Apply https://casetext.com/case/people-v-colver-1/  https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/sentencing-set-for-el-dorado-couple-who-killed-mom/ https://people.com/crime/steven-colver-convicted-of-killing-tylar-witts-mom/ Star-Crossed Killers By Robert Scott Kensington Publishing Corp.

In the early morning hours of August 10, 1990 an 8 year old girl in Dickinson, Texas was taken from her bed. The search to find the man that had committed the heinous crimes that occured that night would take 20 years. Join us as I tell John the harrowing tale of Jennifer Schuett. Trigger Warnings: Violence against children, sexual assault against children, suicide Sponsors: Lumi Labs Microdose Microdose.com and use code: tcc to get free shipping and 30% off your first order Athena Club Razors Athenaclub.com and use promo code tcc for 20% off Acquired Taste Podcast Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn and more! Sources: http://frankweberauthor.com/blog/a-nightmare-in-dickinson-the-amazing-jennifer-schuett https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jennifer-schuett-case-afraid-of-the-dark-texas-woman-seeks-justice-in-childhood-kidnapping-attack/ https://www.cbsnews.com/media/jennifer-schuett-kidnapped-texas-girl-described-attacker-in-notes-to-police/ https://thecinemaholic.com/is-dennis-bradford-dead-or-alive-where-is-lisa-bradford-now/ Afraid of the Dark 48 hours special (CBS News) https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/19-years-after-attack-suspect-arrested-in-1734215.php

Just like the stories of pirates and buried treasure, the mysterious death of Davina Buff Jones has become legend on Bald Head Island, North Carolina. The residents and visitors of the affluent vacation spot are split on what truly occurred beneath the oldest lighthouse in the state on the night of October 22, 1999. Join us as I tell John the heartbreaking case of the dedicated and eager 33 year old police officer. Trigger Warning: Discussions of suicide are present in this episode Sponsors: Lumi Labs Microdose Gummies Microdose.com 30% and free shipping! Check out True Crime Society Podcast! https://www.instagram.com/truecrimesociety/?hl=en Sources: https://www.charlottemagazine.com/shadows-by-the-sea/ https://www.baldheadisland.com/?__trackcampaign=9zgf4x8b&gclid=Cj0KCQjw54iXBhCXARIsADWpsG-FHOqOR120-Th1U-kHhV0UTDgwvNafzRLo6innnutuw2ciNFxMev8aAvxfEALw_wcB https://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2012/06/25/analysis-of-13-year-mysterious-death-of-cape-fear-police-woman/?sh=3fc0c1056ebd Call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNm-AgLoA6I  https://www.wect.com/story/19321666/former-da-indicted-by-grand-jury/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/former-brunswick-county-sheriff-charged-weapons-violations https://casetext.com/case/buff-v-nc-law-enforcement-offices True crime stories of eastern North Carolina by Cathy PIckens History press accessed 7/19 via Scribd Sound clip for commercial breaks are from Nemesis by Alec Slayne