Chalk Murder To Me

Actor Reagan Pasternak (HBO's "Sharp Objects," "Being Erica" and "CSI: Las Vegas") joined Doc and Leah to talk about the case. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell were vacationing in Hawaii when the question was asked, "Where are your kids?" The answer, authorities would later find out, was that the kids were in shallow graves on Daybell's property.  As more of the yarn was pulled, other mysterious deaths were linked to Vallow. Her ex-husband, Charles, was shot and killed by her brother, Alex Cox. Cox later died of a "blood clot." In the same city, Brandon Boudreaux was shot and killed in his own driveway from a car registered to Charles.  Vallow went on to marry Daybell after, surprise, surprise, Daybell's wife mysteriously died in her sleep.  Pasternak and the Chalk Team put the timeline together and try to make sense of the Mormon cult behind the murders. 

Todd Walker walked up to his neighbor Linda Trine asking for rags to clean his gun. When he left, Linda had a knife blade stuck in her back. Doc Fox tells the story from the perspective of Trine's son who witnessed his mother dead in the kitchen. Noah Jones tells the story of Lester Eubanks, a top 15 member of Ohio's Most Wanted.  Eubanks, who has been missing for more than 40 years after escaping from the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield while being granted a Christmas shopping trip in Columbus.

It didn't take much for the Chalk Boys to get excited about talking about a bootlegger who once controlled more than 60 percent of the liquor in the United States' during the prohibition era -- not to mention the murder that transpired in Eden Park in Cincinnati. Remus is thought to be the inspiration of F. Scott Fitzgerald's character, Jay Gatsby. In this podcast, Doc and Noah start the season off right with NYT best selling author, Karen Abbott discussing her book, Ghosts of Eden Park.  

On the Season 1 finale of "Chalk," the boys were joined by Lt. Sergeant to talk about one hell of a road trip.  Dequalan Harris drove from Texas to Mansfield, Ohio, to meet a lady he met online. He forgot to mention to his new found flame, that his wife was in the trunk. And he killed her.  Hear the first hand account of the capture of Harris, the motives, thought process and the jurisdiction issues between the states.  

CLEVELAND -- Samuel Little, perhaps the most prolific killer in American History, has been linked to at least 60 murders and Rick Bell, Investigations Division Chief in the Office of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, believes he is involved with 30 more. Little, 79, has claimed to have killed people between 1970 and 2005 in 14 states from California to Florida, according to CNN.  He is currently on trial in Cuyahoga County for the murders of at least women in Cleveland. Little is charged with four counts of aggravated murder and six counts of kidnapping in the deaths of a 21-year-old Mary Jo Peyton in 1984 and Rose Evans, 32, in 1991, Bell said. He added there may be a third victim if they can prove the murder happened in their jurisdiction. Bell joined Adam Fox and Noah Jones on the true crime podcast, Chalk Murder to Me to talk about his interview with the notorious killer, held in a California State Prison.

The boys are joined by Ashlandsource.com reporter, Courtney McNaull in this episode discussing Shawn Grate, a serial killer convicted of murdering six women and disposing the bodies as if they were garbage.  Hosts Noah Jones and Adam Fox listen to Courtney's retelling of the Grate trial while segmenting portions of the 911 call that lead to his capture.

Ben Brubaker told his boss and one of his best friends, “If anything ever happens to me, it was her,” referring to his then current girlfriend. She laughed off the claim when interviewed and gave her side of the story on the latest episode of “Chalk Murder to Me,” which examined the baffling disappearance of Ashland, Ohio’s, Brubaker. Episode 3 walks you through the timeline, has quotes and interviews with law enforcement, the girlfriend, friends and family surrounding the Brubaker case. There are still leads that need followed, questions that need answered, and hopefully one of you listeners will help us solve the case.

DNA is the often the best way to know if someone was at a crime scene. In Mansfield, Dawn Fryback is the know-all for DNA-based evidence. In this months episode of Chalk Murder to Me, an Ohio true crime podcast, she sat down with hosts Adam Fox and Noah Jones to give an insiders idea of what exactly happens in the crime lab. From rape kits to bone grinding, Fryback answers questions about her experiences on the job with real life killers, rapists and criminals in between.

James Renner, the leading investigative journalist sits down with hosts Adam Fox and Noah Jones to discuss his theories about potential killer suspects, how he has tracked them down, and shares his personal story in connection to Amy Mihaljevic's murder story. For more on the Amy Mihaljevic and the potential connection to a pedophile ring, click here: https://buff.ly/2Y2HGZz