Go beyond the surface and read between the headlines. With Patrick's background in medicine and Fritz as a software engineer, the two take a psychosocial approach deconstructing headlining news in health, science, technology, and pop culture.
The Sicario was a hitman for various Mexican Cartels. After being arrested he took a deal to bring down his former employers and now he is telling his side of the sinful journey.
On the second of this two-part series we take a look at the kidnappings of Karla Saldaña (20) and Luciano Garza (14). Both were suspected to be abducted by a Mexico Cartel. However, there is a shocking twist in each case. For more on this episode visit: thevangardists.com
On this two-part series we look into a growing trend in parts of Mexico where mass killings and kidnappings for ransom have become the norm. In particular we discuss three cases of parents going on the offense to combat the powerful cartel in hopes of finding their children, even if that means the death of them.
When multiple members from 2 closely related families are found murdered, all signs point to it being an inside job. But who’s the culprit?
On November 2, 2018, Gail Cleavenger was uncharacteristically a no call, no show to her architectural job. That very afternoon her son, Gregory Ramos, returned from school and noticed her van in the driveway still running. When he went inside his home he found it had been totally ransacked with no sight of his mother, Gail.
On October 23, 1989 Boston police received a call from a man pleading for help after he and his wife were robbed on their way home from a birthing class. The caller said the suspect shot him and killed his wife. The manhunt for the killer led to a disturbing of twist!
Ken Rex McElroy was shot and killed in broad daylight in front of at least 30 people. Although it’s more than likely that someone had to have had seen something, McElroys death remains a mystery till this day.
Ed Buck just seemed to have bad luck. In the span of 18 months two of his "friends" had died of an apparent overdose on two separate occasions. However, things start to not add up and something nefarious seems to be taking place.
For one year, from 1987-1988, the small state of Delaware experienced something it had never experienced before: There was a serial killer on the loose. Visit our website at https://thevanguardists.com/ for the sources to this episode
On April 24, 1980 two brothers, 25-year-old James, and 18-year-old Richard Spurling were driving past the auction yard and spotted the black Chevrolet pick-up truck in the Davenport, Iowa.They bought it for $140 at the auction conducted by the police department. A few hours later they noticed a foul odor coming from the truck—what they found was the decomposing bodies of Gary Harker and Cody James.
Tina Biggar was doing research on the health risks and the AIDS epidemic in female sex workers, in the city near her college. When Tina got too involved with her research, she discovered more than wanted to.
10 year old best friends Holly and Jessica snuck out of a family barbecue in hopes of buying candy at a nearby vendor. After not coming back, one of the largest rescue searches ensued. What investigators didn't know is the killer was amongst them.
Pregnant and 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett was contacted by a woman claiming to be interesting in buying a puppy from a litter that she had advertised online. But the woman was more interested in the baby which Bobbie Jo was carrying than a puppy. Visit our website at https://thevanguardists.com/ for the sources to this episode
On this episode we present the tragic story of forbidden love that turns to the deadly. After leaving her husband, Banaz was seen kissing her new boyfriend in public, a major dishonor to the community in the eyes of her father. What follows is the truly unthinkable.
Peggy Carr came down with some flu like symptoms that gradually got worse. But Doctors didn’t find that it was the flu. In fact, they were having a pretty hard time diagnosing Peggy’s condition. Until some very subtle signs pointed to something much worse than the flu... Peggy had been poisoned! sources: https://thevanguardists.com/
Kip Kinkel was 15 years old when the "voices" in his head commanded him to kill his father after he had been arrested and suspended for possession of a firearm at school. He followed up by killing his mother and next went on a shooting rampage at his local high school.
On the outside, John Joubert portrayed a model teenager who eventually achieved Eagle Scout. That made it easy for people to overlook him as a sadistic psychopath who’s fantasies about murder and cannibalism turned into the murder of 3 young boys sources: https://thevanguardists.com/
On today's episode we discuss the curious case of Menhaz Zaman and his accused familicide of his sister, mother, father, and grandmother after dropping out of school to the dismay of his parents.
In August of 1982 Father Reynaldo Rivera answered a call from someone claiming to be looking for a pastor to administer last rites to a dying loved at a rest stop. Rivera agreed and drove to the location. A couple days later, Rivera’s body was found in a remote area, shot to death.
On this episode we follow the story of Kai the Hitchhiker, a drifter who found internet fame after saving lives from a manic man claiming to be Jesus. Just a few months later, Kai would be arrested and charged with first degree murder.
36 years ago, John Patrick Kerrigan disappeared the night before he was scheduled to deliver his first sermon as a “permanent pastor.” Investigators have struggled to find the motive let alone solving the case. Years after Kerrigan’s disappearance, some dark secrets were revealed which led some to theorize that this was not a random act of violence.
A hedge fund manager, Thomas Gilbert Sr., is killed by his 30 year old son Thomas Jr., a Princeton graduate over allowance.
While working as a nurse, a suspicious number of patients have died while Niels Högel was on duty. Hogel is suspected of killing somewhere between 43 - 300 people in a span of approximately 5 years.
On this episode we follow Anthony Gignac, a grifter of over the past three decades, who used a royal persona to scam his victims out of millions. The truth behind this story is all the more surprising.
When Joshua flipped his proposal from Emilia to his long time on and off again girlfriend Heather, it seemed like everything was civil on the surface. But Heather goes missing weeks after the wedding and her remains are later found on Emilia’s family’s property.
On this episode of Crime Anatomy we go to Germany where Marcel Hesse, a 19 year old, murders his 9 year old neighbor and allegedy tapes it and posts the grueseme details on the dark-web forums.
A woman begins getting disturbing and threatening emails from an anonymous sender. Authorities are surprised to find out that the emails and threats are coming from someone she knows well....really well.
On this episode we present the story of a missing Houston mom, Maria Jimenez-Rodriguez and Erik Arceneaux, her boyfriend, who is accused of killing his girlfriend, and dismembering her body with a chainsaw in 2018.
On this episode we continue the discussion on the George Floyd case and review the latest on everything that has transpired since we last talked on it.
An entire family is found murdered on their 10 acre property on Christmas eve… but 2 members of the family miraculously survived.
On this edition of Crime Anatomy we bring a special guest into the show and we dive deep into the latest police brutality case, that unfortunately ended in the death of George Floyd. Follow us on Twitter: @vanguardists
Man making a Snapchat video caused fatal crash that kills 2 (00:06:21) A chef/restaurant owner is found dead in her Jersey City apartment. Around the same time, her significant other in found unresponsive in the Hudson River.
A woman goes to the doctor with concerns regarding severe headaches and memory loss. Doctor’s reveal that there is a bullet lodged into her head, but she has no idea how it got there. (00:09:40) Texas woman and boyfriend arrested after 6 year old grandson found tied up in shed (00:15:08) Kentucky man charged with kidnapping woman he chained and tortured.
Between 1996 to 1998, a string of bombings went off in Atlanta and Birmingham, killing two and injuring hundreds; Setting off an intense manhunt for the suspected bomber and former FBI Top Ten Fugitive, Eric Rudolph.Join us as we chronicle one of the most expensive manhunts in American history.
(Story starts at 33:22) A custody battle takes a surprising twist when the mother never appeared to court for the hearing. This leads to an almost 6 year search for a missing child.Episode cover art: Courtesy of Madison County Jail.
(Stories start at 23:24) On this week's episode of Crime Anatomy we bring you two action packed stories.Suspicious Covid-19 texts leads to the arrest of a man, after his estranged wife goes missing. But first, a woman's plans to visit a nail salon with her elderly mother ends up violent.
(00:51) Details of a decomposing woman found in a Bronx apartment.(5:00) A woman and her baby goes missing. 7 days later, the mother is found dead with the baby still alive.
(Story Starts at 24:37) An investigation of the murder of a family in a middle-class Rhode Island neighborhood leads straight to a suspect who ends up being one of the youngest serial killers in history.
(Story Starts at 11:38) A tragic dispute ends in a mutilation. According to Rachael Hilyard, the voices in her head told her to do it. Follow the rollercoaster of events that bring about the shocking events that leads to the death of Mickie Davis.
(Story Starts at 21:12) A group of men rented and renovated a commercial property to be what was originally thought to be a landscaping company. But neighbors and authorities had no idea that they were planning to pull off one of the biggest bank burglaries in history.
14-year-old Tanya Kach vanished from her parents' home in 1996 and was not seen again for another 10 years.
7 year old Kyron Horman attended the school science fair at his elementary school. He has not been seen since that morning.
The Richard Jewell Saga wraps up with this episode.
After a bomb goes off during the 1996 Olympics, security guard Richard Jewell was applauded and deemed a hero for his role in identifying the bomb prior and helping people get to safety. But when the FBI names him as a principal suspect in the bombing, Jewell is vilified by the media and his life begin to unravel.
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