Killer Babes

We're back in Provincetown, MA with a case from 1974. The victim of this case is known as the “Lady of the Dunes” and she is *still* unidentified along with her murderer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

In October 2013, Phillip Chism, a quiet 14-year-old student, was arrested and charged with the murder of his 24-year-old, Danvers High School math teacher, Colleen Ritzer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

In this Part 2 episode, we interview the co-authors of the book, The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer, written by Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan. This part memoir, part true crime investigation, was published earlier this year and has already made a big name for itself. The Babysitter was recently featured in the NY Post, A&E Crime Blog, and Oxygen, and was listed as a Top 10 Best True Crime Book of 2021 by Marie Claire. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

This week we bring you a recap of The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan. This story was recently featured in the NY Post, A&E Crime Blog, and Oxygen. Part 1 we'll set the scene with Tony Costa and Part II will be an interview with co-authors, Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

We bring you two tales of two men from New England that sound an awful lot like the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. This story takes place at Camp Ker-Anna in Cumberland, RI. We'll let you decide if the story is true or folklore. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

The “Hartford Circus Fire,” also known as ″The Day the Clowns Cried,″ occurred on July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut. It was one of the worst fire disasters in United States history and took place during a performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus with over 6,000+ guests present. 700+ were injured and 167 people died. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

For Part 3 of our Season 3 finale we interview Julie Murray, Maura Murray's older sister. Julie gives us a glimpse of who Maura was, clears up some aspects of the case, and tells us how we can help keep fighting to get answers. If you haven’t already, go listen to Part 1 where we talk about Maura's disappearance and Part 2 where we go into some of the theories on what happened and discuss the Murrays' ongoing campaigns.  A big thank you to Julie Murray for sitting down with us and answering our questions! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

In Part 2 of 3, we delve into (and perhaps debunk) some of the major theories and speculations about what happened to Maura Murray. We also discuss the progress of the investigation from the time of Maura's disappearance to now. If anyone has information regarding Maura Murray’s disappearance or whereabouts, contact the New Hampshire Division of State Police at (800) 852-3411 or (603) 846-3333 or by e-mail: coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

Maura Murray, a 21-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, disappeared on February 9th, 2004, after crashing her car on Route 112 in Haverhill, NH. To this day, no one knows why Maura was in NH or what happened to her in the few minutes between the car crash and the arrival of police. Maura seemingly disappeared without a trace and is still missing. This is Part 1 of 3 to wrap up our Season 3 finale. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

Are you looking to win $10 million dollars? What about $100,000? Well, keep listening and we’ll tell you how it can be yours! This week we're covering America’s biggest property crime ever and the biggest museum art heist in the world - the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Heist. The museum theft of 1990 remains unsolved to this day despite ongoing international searches by the FBI. The artwork stolen from the historic museum located in Boston is worth more than $500 million dollars. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

Known as the Man Who Captured Lincoln’s Ghost on Camera, Mr. Mumler went down in history when he met James Wallace Black, America’s first aerial cameraman. His ghostly photographs were marked in photography’s history. Were they real or were they fake? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

What happened to Joan Risch? Her four year old daughter, Lillian told the neighbor, “Mommy is gone and the kitchen is covered with red paint.” On October 24, 1961, 30-year-old housewife and mother of two children disappeared from Lincoln, MA. To this day, there are no motives and no leads. Joan Risch is missing without a trace. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

Charles Stuart and his pregnant wife Carol DiMaiti were shot on October 23rd, 1989, and Stuart pointed his finger at a black American causing national outrage and racial tension. The story was portrayed as an example of crime running rampant in the city and what could happen to the white, affluent people traveling through "bad neighborhoods,” but the real story was much more sinister. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

Just two babes from New England talking about local crime, mystery and spooky stuff in the New England area! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

This week we’re bringing you a story that has one foot in the true crime realm and one foot in the paranormal realm. We’re talking about the first documented murder in the history of Brookfield, CT. The death of Alan Bono was the first murder ever recorded in the town, and Arne Johnson was put on trial for first-degree manslaughter. This would also be the first time a possession defense was used in an American courtroom. The day this podcast airs marks the 40th anniversary of Alan Bono’s death. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

Ep51 Part 2: This week we bring you the second half of the story of New England conman: Clark Rockefeller. This man was listed as one of 6 infamous imposters from History.com. Little did anyone know, Clark Rockefeller was masquerading across the US as heir to the Rockefeller fortune, a movie producer and a self proclaimed Wolf of Wall Street. This story we bring you is full of mystery, murder, an abduction and a missing persons case that is still active to this day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

Ep51 Part I: This week we bring you the New England conman: Clark Rockefeller. This man was listed as one of 6 infamous imposters from History.com. Little did anyone know, Clark Rockefeller was masquerading across the US as heir to the Rockefeller fortune, a movie producer and a self proclaimed Wolf of Wall Street. This story we bring you is full of mystery, murder, an abduction and a missing persons case that is still active to this day. It’s going to be a two part series because it’s so in depth so buckle in for Episode 51 and 52. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

For our 50th episode we’re taking it back to the 1950’s. It was New Years Eve day of 1957, when Orville Gibson, a dairy farmer in the small town of Newbury, Vermont went out to milk his cows. He was never seen alive again. In what was known as "The Spilled Milk Murder," by the press of the late 1950's, Orville Gibson’s disappearance remains a mystery to this day that made global headlines. Now, more than over half a century later, there are still questions about that day. This story was magnified when LIFE Magazine covered the case twice, Southern writers called the case "A Northern Lynching", several writers used the details of this case as a their setting, and a song even came about from it!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

This week we’re talking about the murder of 43 year old Angel aka “Tun Tun” Gonzalez in Bridgeport, CT. Gonzalez was murdered on December 15, 2011, by Tyree Lincoln Smith. Smith bludgeoned Gonzalez to death with an ax and later consumed several parts of the victim’s body parts. Because of this, Smith is often referred to as ‘The Connecticut Cannibal’. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

This week we bring you a few short stories about the history and local haunts of Block Island, Rhode Island. Sail away with us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

Also known as The ‘Whiskey Horror’ of Christmas, it was during the Christmas season in 1919 when primarily men in Connecticut and Western MA started falling deathly ill. Soon, the hospitals and emergency rooms were overflowing with patients in pain. Many were pronounced dead on arrival. Doctors were stretched thin as they tended to those in the hospitals, while others went into the cities and towns, making house calls and trying to treat the patients who were suffering from delusions, vomiting and in some cases, paralyzation and blindness. How did this start? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

This week we’re talking about a very recent case that you may have heard on the local news recently. We’re discussing the murder of 17 year old Jalajhia Finklea from New Bedford, MA and sharing everything that’s been reported as of now. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killerbabespodcast/message

This week we cover the murders of two Dartmouth College professors in 2001, Professor Half Zantop and Professor Susanne Zantop. They were brilliant, accomplished professors at the Ivy League college in Hanover, New Hampshire, who were killed during a burglary-gone-wrong. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

A fatal accident, a murder, a family of monkeys who escaped onto the streets of Warwick… this week we bring you Rocky Point Amusement Park, fondly known as Rhode Island’s playground for over 150 years. This park saw the rise of railroads, trolleys, modern transportation, the poor, the rich and many disasters in between. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

The Mayflower Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery, established in the mid-1800s and located in Taunton, Massachusetts. There are a pretty good mixture of old and new headstones. But there’s one headstone in particular that has created a piece of lore in New England’s history. This headstone is known as “Her Vacant Chair”. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

This week we talk about another serial killer with victims in New England - Israel Keyes. Keyes was one of the most meticulous serial killers in American history, traveling extensively across the country and choosing his victims seemingly at random. He hid “murder kits” across the country to help cover his trail. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

For this week’s season 3 opening episode, we’re checking one of the most haunted places in Rhode Island: Colt State Park. This park is 464 acres of rolling green. It showcases a gorgeous shoreline in the smallest state. Colt State Park is often referred to as the “Gem” of the state parks system if you will. It’s open all year, and offers 4 miles of bike trails - It’s just a really nice place to take the family. 5 out of 5 stars. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

Part 2 of our Season 2 finale. We continue our discussion of the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer by interviewing Maureen Boyle, reporting author and award winner of "Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Killer.” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

Part 1 of our Season 2 Finale. We bring you the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer Case. Still unsolved to this day, we hope that awareness of this case can be brought to the public. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

How did 8 thieves steal $30M from a mob owned bank? Join us for Episode 38, The Bonded Vault Heist, one of the biggest heists in US history. This took place in Providence, Rhode Island in 1975. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

The Seaside Sanatorium was originally built as America’s first medical facility designed to offer treatment for children who suffered from TB. Unfortunately, it closed down and the building was repurposed numerous times with paranormal reports... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

This week we cover The Bear Brook Murders. Back in 1985, a hunter found a barrel in the woods of the Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Inside were the bodies of 2 women -1 adult and 1 young girl, wrapped in plastic. 15 years later in 2000, a second barrel was found near the first discovery site, this one with 2 young girls inside. The discovery of the barrels led to a decades-long search for not only the killer of the women, but for their identities.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

John Joubert, born John Joseph Joubert IV, is an American serial killer known as “The Nebraska Boy Snatcher” and “The Woodford Slasher.” Joubert was convicted of the murders of three boys in Maine and Nebraska. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

You've all seen the movie - but what is actually true, and what’s just Hollywood? This week we talk the 2009 horror film The Haunting in Connecticut. We bring you inside interviews from the real Snedecker family and more!  You decide... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

Karina Holmer was a 19-20 year old au pair from Sweden who disappeared from Boston in 1996. Only the upper half of her body was found in a dumpster outside Fenway park. This case remains one of 1,000 unsolved cold cases in Boston to this day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

This week we have an interesting episode about some good ole fashioned New England folklore. This is the story about a cursed town in the 1700’s that has all but disappeared. Was it a ghostly experience of death and destruction, or just another misunderstood instance of famine and disease? This is the story of Dudleytown, Connecticut. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

Sheila LaBarre, a convicted murderer, aka “Sheila the Skin Peeler” or “Firecracker,” was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences with no prospect of parole after being convicted of killing, Kenneth Countie and Michael DeLoge, in Epping, New Hampshire. She enticed younger men to her farm in Rockingham County where she would then torture them. At her trial, she claimed she was an angel sent by God to punish pedophiles. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. Coincidentally, Katie has the same birthday! So in the spirit of the man, the myth, and the legend... we bring you the life (and tea) of Edgar Allan Poe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

To this day, this 19th century story is part truth and part legend, contributing to New England’s dark past. Henry Maine, also known as Harry, was a successful fisherman who came to the Massachusetts seaport town of Ipswich in 1671 with another man named Andrew Diamond. Diamond prospered in New England’s trade with Great Britain and became quite wealthy. On the opposite end, Maine wasn’t doing too well and soon turned to a life of crime... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

This week we’re talking about the 2002 murder of Christa Worthington. Christa was found in her home stabbed to death, with her two and a half year old daughter, Ava, unharmed by her side. This case rocked the small, seaside town of Truro located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The case also received national attention, becoming the subject of a “20/20” investigative series and it's a six part podcast called "A Killing on the Cape," also available on all major podcast players. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

This week we’re bringing you a recent true crime case from the Boston area. A man named Bampumim Texeira has been found guilty of the 2017 double murder of Richard Field and Lina Bolanos. Richard and Lina, engaged to be married, were stabbed to death in their condominium on Dorchester Ave in South Boston on May 5, 2017. Both were notable anesthesiologists in the area. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

This week we’re bringing you the story that took place in a house on 135 Benefit Street, in Providence, Rhode Island. The possibly “cursed” Stephen Harris House may have inspired H.P. Lovecraft to come up with “The Shunned House” and reportedly, Edgar Allen Poe walked by it daily. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

This pleasant woodsy cemetery houses a few wild legends. This week we bring you stories from Leicester, Massachusetts about Spider Gates Cemetery. Listed as one of the creepiest places in Massachusetts, this cemetery was founded in 1740 and the infamous iron gates resemble a spider’s web. It is currently owned and used by a Quaker group known as the Worcester Friends Meeting and its official name is Friends Cemetery. We visited the cemetery and now it's up to you to decide which legends are true...  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

The Conjuring was based on the true story of ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring House is an actual 18th-century farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island where Roger and Carolyn Perron and their five daughters were harassed and possessed by spirits. Learn more about what actually happened in that house and how it differs from the movie franchise. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

On December 26, 2000, at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield, Massachusetts, gunman Michael McDermott, an application support employee, shot and killed seven co-workers. This event is now known as the Wakefield Massacre. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

Jane Toppan (1857–1938), born Honora Kelley in Boston, MA, was an American serial killer. She confessed to over 30 murders in 1901. She is quoted as saying she wanted, "to have killed more people — helpless people — than any other man or woman who ever lived…” Toppan would spend the remainder of her days at the Taunton Insane Hospital where she would die of natural causes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

We talked about Salem in our 5th podcast episode and we’re going back for episode 21! The Salem Witch Trials were a series of trials that occurred in colonial Massachusetts where more than 200 people were accused of witchcraft. Of the accused, 19 people were found guilty and executed by hanging; 14 women and 5 men. One accused man, Giles Corey, was pressed, or crushed to death. We’re going to talk about the story of Giles Corey and the legacy of his execution that continued into the early 1980's. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

Part 2 of our KILLER 2 part season finale! We cover the history of the Borden family in 19th century of Fall River. And, of course, we take a deep dive into the infamous double ax murders that took place within the Borden household on August 4th, 1892. In Part 2, we cover the big question, “Who Done It,” with some popular fan theories AND we talk about some paranormal experiences we had in the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast in Fall River, Massachusetts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

Part 1 of our KILLER 2-part season finale! We cover the history of the Borden family in 19th century Fall River. And, of course, we take a deep dive into the infamous double ax murders that took place within the Borden household on August 4th, 1892. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

On the night of February 8, 1673, Thomas Cornell rushed into the sitting room and found his mother, Rebecca Cornell on the floor, badly burned. He cried out, "Oh, Lord! It is my mother!" This was just the beginning of the strange case of the murder of Rebecca Cornell. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message

This week we’re discussing the case of a murder/suicide that occurred at the prestigious Harvard University in 1995. In May of that year, Sinedu Tadesse stabbed her roommate, Trang Phuong Ho, 45 times before committing suicide. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/KillerBabesPodcast/message