The Archivist: A True Crime Podcast

Susie Newsom Lynch is not finished tearing the world apart, and she has found her match in her cousin Fritz, who only wants to see the world burn. These two are a match made in hell.for sources and pictures please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

Two cousins, closer than they should be leave nothing but a trail of destruction in their wake. This is a story of pure selfishness, manipulation and evil. For pictures and sources please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

An old timey party, a stolen kiss, and one man who would do anything to stay out of prison. Mix these together and you've got this wild story. The Carroll County Courthouse shoot out. For pictures, show notes and sources please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

Part 2 of The Bathtub Murder. A confusing crime scene with little clues. The chief of police and sheriff decide it's time to get some extra help. Can the new investigator figure out who killed Frances Nesbitt?For sources and pictures please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

I'm sorry this is a little late, I had some recording issues. But everything is fixed now and I guess it's better late than never. In Troy, Ohio on a cold February day in 1926, a man comes home and discovers his wife's dead body in their bathtub. As the police from 3 different agencies investigate to find out what happened to this young wife, the situation is sensationalized in the newspapers. As the news spreads the town is overrun with reporters and travelers looking for a souvenir. Part 1 will tell the story of Mrs. Nesbitt's body being found and what the police did to investigate the crime. Please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com for show notes, sources, and links to other episodes. 

Season 3 starts off with a story that is probably not a surprise to anyone. When a woman's body is found on the side of the road in Kentucky, it doesn't take investigators long to put 2 and 2 together. For pictures, show notes, and sources please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

Bobby Greenlease. A 6 year old boy was picked up by a woman claiming to be his aunt. She told the school his mother had a heart attack and she was taking him to the hospital to be with his mother. They had no idea it was all a lie and they let him leave with a monster. For pictures, show notes, and sources please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

Oliver Haugh. It's normal to wonder "what if" because we are never sure which chance encounter will have the most affect on our lives. How does an injury received while playing hockey lead to one of the greatest achievements of man in the 20th century? A man who became one of the most notorious murderers in the early 1900's had a profoundly terrible affect on Wilbur Wright and most of the people he came in contact with. For pictures and sources please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

Robert Hayes.  Three women are found dead in Daytona Beach over the course of three months in December 2005 through February 2006. The crime scenes give up little evidence and there is no clue who the killer was. Ten years later CODIS returns a a hit with a new murder victim in Palm Beach, Florida. The two departments team up to work together on capturing this killer. Finally this case was solved through genetic genealogy.For sources and pictures from this episode visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com 

Marc O'Leary. This story is unbelievable. Poor police work and gaslighting a victim led to this man raping more women. They could have caught him after his first victim, but instead two detectives convinced a young girl to say she made the whole thing up. It's so upsetting to think he could have been stopped. For sources, pictures and transcripts visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

Roseann Quinn. According to the newspapers by day she led a quiet and respectable life, but by night she was prowling the bars looking for men. Later a best-selling novel and blockbuster movie explores the aftermath of the sexual revolution of the 1970s and the story of one woman's murder.For pictures and sources please visit www.thearchivistpodcast.com

The Good Hart Murders. There's a broken window. It looks like the window was shot with a gun. And that smell. It's so bad. There's a note on the door. The family is gone, but they should be back by now. No one answered the knocking. Going in to check things out revealed a horror scene. The entire family was murdered. How long had they waited to be discovered? Who would do this? Why? Why the whole family?For sources and pictures visit thearchivistpodcast.com

Delimar Vera.  What would you do if you were told your baby died, but you just knew she was kidnapped? How would you get anyone to listen or help you? This is the story of one woman who never gave up hope that her baby daughter was out there and she would find her.  For pictures, links and sources please visit: http://thearchivistpodcast.com/

Alfred Dreyfus. In this true crime world we hear terms like “Miranda rights” or “Amber Alert” or a “Dreyfus case”. These names come from true life situations and as we invoke their names, we should hear their stories. Here is the story of Alfred Dreyfus, who endured anti-Semitism and a wrongful conviction. He was later exonerated, but not before his whole life was destroyed. Sources:American Bar Association “How Courts Work” November 28, 2021. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/law_related_education_network/how_courts_work/appeals/#:~:text=Appeals%20in%20either%20civil%20or,judge's%20interpretation%20of%20the%20law.&text=The%20party%20appealing%20is%20called%20the%20appellant%2C%20or%20sometimes%20the%20petitioner.The National Registry of Exonerations. Michigan State University College of Law. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/Exonerations-in-the-United-States-Map.aspxThe High Court. 33 Startling Wrongful Conviction Statistics (2021 Update). By Andriana Moskovska. 10/21/2021. https://thehighcourt.co/wrongful-convictions-statistics/CNN. After 25 years of wrongful imprisonment, 2 Georgia men set free after newly uncovered evidence exonerates them of murder charges. By Emma Tucker, 12/11/2022 https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/us/georgia-men-exonerated-wrongful-imprisonment/index.htmlWikipedia. Alfred Dreyfus.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_DreyfusThe New Yorker. Trial of the Century: Revisiting the Dreyfus Affair. By Adam Gopnik. 9/21/2009. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/28/trial-of-the-centuryHolocaust Encyclopedia. Alfred Dreyfus and the “Dreyfus Affair”. March 31, 2017. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/alfred-dreyfus-and-the-dreyfus-affair 

The Irish Vanishing Triangle. 6 more victims and the Gardi still haven't made a connection that the disappearances of up to 12 women are possibly connected. By the time the task force is created it is much too late. Sources and pictures can be found at www.thearchivistpodcast.com

The Irish Vanishing Triangle. In the 1990's women in the eastern corner of Ireland started vanishing without a trace. What was happening? Is this just a bunch of women taken from their family and friends by random happenstance, or was there a serial killer operated. The Garda made many mistakes, and only very late in the cycle created a task force, but it was too little too late for 12 women. www.thearchivistpodcast.comSources:Timeline: https://www.irelandsvanishingtriangle.com/annie-mccarrickIreland's Vanishing Triangle. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland%27s_Vanishing_TriangleIreland's missing persons in the “Vanishing Triangle”. By Kathleen Donohoe September 10, 2018. https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/irelands-vanishing-triangle-missingMystery of Ireland's Vanishing Triangle women: Author reveals how culture of secrecy, victim blaming and shame around sex means no justice for Eight women murdered in the 90s whose bodies were never found. By Monica Greep. May 17, 2021. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9488823/The-Vanishing-Triangle-author-disappearance-eight-missing-women-90s-Ireland.htmlImelda Plea “Continues to fall on deaf ears” by Darren Skelton. January 3, 2022. https://waterford-news.ie/2022/01/03/imelda-plea-continues-to-fall-on-deaf-ears/#:~:text=ON%20January%203%2C%201994%2C%20Imelda,years%20old%20at%20the%20time.

America's coldest case. Seven men were brutally gunned down in a garage near the north side of Chicago. The murders resulted from the gangland wars during prohibition. The Irish North Side gang run by Bugs Moran versus the Italian South Side gang lead by America's most notorious gangster Al Capone. The murderers have never been caught, but there are plenty of theories as to who may have committed this horrible crime. www.thearchivistpodcast.comSources:https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition#:~:text=The%20Prohibition%20Era%20began%20in,Prohibition%20was%20difficult%20to%20enforce.The St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Al Capone (Excerpt from Get Capone) By Jonathan Eig. April 30, 2010. https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/may-2010/get-capone-st-valentines-day-massacre-jonathan-eig/Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine%27s_Day_MassacreSt. Valentine's Day Massacre. History.com February 4, 2021 https://www.history.com/topics/crime/saint-valentines-day-massacreInside the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, History's Bloodiest Mob Hit. By Katie Serena. February 2, 2022. https://allthatsinteresting.com/st-valentines-day-massacreProhibition. History.com https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition#:~:text=The%20Prohibition%20Era%20began%20in,Prohibition%20was%20difficult%20to%20enforce.Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_StatesInflation calculator

Terry Sutter. It's 1973 and it's labor day weekend. A 15-year-old boy is walking into the woods with a six pack of beer under one arm. He is never seen alive again. His murdered body is found the next day, but police are never able to find his killer. In the years following his murder, his grave is vandalized multiple times, until his family gives up and leaves it unmarked. Who killed Terry Sutter?  http://thearchivistpodcast.com/Sources:Terry Sutter https://dailyunsolvedmysteries.tumblr.com/post/661306057101099008/terry-sutter-terry-sutter-was-looking-forward-toAlready Gone podcast https://www.bullhorn.fm/alreadygone/posts/QB6XSyo-the-murder-of-terry-sutterThe Murder of Terry Sutter. Count Every Mystery. January 25, 2018. https://counteverymystery.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-murder-of-terry-sutter.htmlSecret Witness reward in death explained. Record-Eagle, Traverse City, MI https://www.newspapers.com/image/55722152/?terms=Terry%20Sutter&match=2Mystery on the Bluffs. 9and10 News Site Staff. March 3, 2010. https://www.9and10news.com/2010/03/03/special-report-mystery-on-the-bluffs/ 

Adrienne Shelly. There are many examples of family members who refuse to believe their loved one committed suicide. And these cases often have lots of elements or clues that act as a veil that make it hard to know for sure if the person actually intended to take their own life, or if they were murdered. We always want to believe that we are in tune with our loved one and think that they would come to us if they were having a problem that made them feel that unaliving themselves is the answer. In many of these cases it leaves the family and friends searching for answers for years.  This case is different. This is the case of a woman found hanging in an apparent suicide, but her husband refused to give up, or let the cops walk away thinking she meant to kill herself. He pushed and pushed and finally it came to light that this was in fact not a suicide. For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.comSources for this episode: ·       The Mysterious Killing of Indie Actress Adrienne Shelly: How a suicice turned into a murder by Eva Guimil for El Pais online. https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-02-22/the-mysterious-killing-of-indie-actress-adrienne-shelly-how-a-suicide-turned-into-a-murder.html·       Adrienne Shelly's widower confronts her killer in new doc by Jane Ridley for New York Post. https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/adrienne-shellys-widower-confronts-her-killer-in-new-film/·       ‘She's more than just a murder victim': the life and death of film-maker Adrienne Shelly by Adrian Horton for The Guardian. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/01/adrienne-shelly-waitress-hbo-documentary·       How she died ‘clear' by Rocco Parascandola for Newsday (New York, New York) November 8, 2006·       Wikipedia

Danielle Delpercio. Do you ever just need to hear about how someone survived against all odds? Someone who made a decision deep in their core, that they were going to find a way out of a scary situation. They weren't going to go down without a fight. Danielle Delpercio tried to do a nice thing. She thought she was offering a helping hand to a young boy in need. Unfortunately, this young boy had other plans. But he didn't know Danielle was a fighter, and she wasn't going down without a fight. For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.comSources for this episode: After Fight for life, a long road ahead Written by Isaac Bailey for the Sun-News (Myrtle Beach South Carolina) June 27, 2010 iSurvived Season 6 episode 7:  Danielle, Amy, MarkJuvenile Life without Parole: An overview. By Josh Rovner May 24, 2021, https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/juvenile-life-without-parole/Trial begins for Conway carjacking, shooting suspect by Holly Morgan for WPDE news. January 3, 2012.Teen pleads guilty to shooting woman in head during carjacking, WMBF News January 3, 2012., Horry County Public records searchSouth Carolina Department of Corrections Inmate SearchWikipedia – Conway, South Carolina.

The Dayton Strangler. For 10 years the growing city of Dayton was terrorized by one man. Police didn't know how to look for a serial attacker, rapists, killer, and monster. Even the newly devised plan to track offenders with cards wasn't good enough. The only way he could be stopped was through the strength of one of his victims. For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.comSources for this episode: The book Cold Serial by Brian ForschnerArticles from the time period that appeared in the Dayton News Journal and Dayton Daily News.

The Dayton Strangler. After Jack the Ripper and H. H. Holmes made it clear that there were killers who would continue to kill until they were caught police in cities around the world began to tracking the details of crimes and physical descriptions of murderers. It would be many many years before men like John Douglas would pioneer criminal profiling. Before that would happen police could only rely on a card catalog to track similar motives and clues. Here is the story of one killer, who nearly got away. For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.comSources:my research into this case came from articles in the Journal News and Dayton Daily News from the time period, also an excellent book called Cold Serial by Brian Forschner. 

The Archivist season 2 is coming soon! Summer is over, kids are in school, and the Archivist has new episodes coming. 

Gillian Kennedy. You decide to buy a house for your family, and you go on the hunt for the perfect house, and you find it! You go through all the paperwork and red tape and complete the purchase. You move in and meet your neighbors. You are confident this is going to be great. They are kind, and funny, and friendly and they have kids the same ages as yours. SCORE!! But then…then the nightmare begins and by the end of it, someone is dead. Sources for this episode:  Episode 1 Season 5 of Fear Thy Neighbor called Desperate Houseknives.“Pegram woman faces capital murder charge” by Michelle E. Shaw (The Tennessean, May 27, 2004)“Pegram widow angry that suspect let out of jail” By Michelle E. Shaw (The Tennessean, June 21, 2004) For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Dannemora NY.  Part 2 of the Clinton Correctional Facility escape. A systemic culture of permissiveness lead to two convicted murderers cutting holes in their cells and forging a route through the underbelly of a seeming fortress of a prison. The first escape in over 100 years leads to the downfall of over 20 employees and the revelation that the prison was not operating within the state corrections department guidelines. Sources for this episode: “He was trouble early on” by Eric Duvall, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) June 11, 2015"Dannemora Stands by its prison after escape” by Michael Hill, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) June 9, 2015“Did inmates have inside help with breakout?” by Michael Hill and Michael Virtanen, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) June 9, 2015Investigation of the June 5, 2015 Escape of Inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt from Clinton Correctional Facility. June 2016 Catherine Leahy Scott Inspector General.Escaped NY Murderers Were on ‘Honor Block' for Well-Behaved Inmates, Source Says by Emily Shapiro, ABC News, June 9, 2015“Inmates escape from Dannemora prison by cutting through cell walls” by Felicia krieg and Lois Clermont Press-Republican June 6, 2015For Escape by Glen Blain, New York Daily News, June 13, 2015Escapee Killed by Doug Stanglin and Michael Winter, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) June 27, 2015In Malone, scene unfolds unlike anything by Philip Tortora, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) June 27, 2015Wikipedia For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Dannemora, NY.  A murderer is on the loose in your neighborhood. Most of us never want to hear those words. When two inmates at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY escaped from the prison it was a very real nightmare for the residents of the village surrounding the prison. But, what if the prison actually neglected safety precautions that allowed these prisoners to successfully escape?Sources for this episode: “He was trouble early on” by Eric Duvall, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) June 11, 2015“Dannemora Stands by its prison after escape” by Michael Hill, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) June 9, 2015“Did inmates have inside help with breakout?” by Michael Hill and Michael Virtanen, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) June 9, 2015Investigation of the June 5, 2015 Escape of Inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt from Clinton Correctional Facility. June 2016 Catherine Leahy Scott Inspector General.Escaped NY Murderers Were on ‘Honor Block' for Well-Behaved Inmates, Source Says by Emily Shapiro, ABC News, June 9, 2015“Inmates escape from Dannemora prison by cutting through cell walls” by Felicia krieg and Lois Clermont Press-Republican June 6, 2015Wikipedia for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Melanie Road.  A beautiful, funny, smart, sweet, energetic girl is murdered after a night out with friends. She had her whole life ahead of her and it was stolen in one night. The police set out on a 31 years long journey to find her killer. One investigator who was only a few years younger than Melanie, spends most of her career hunting this killer. Sources for this episode:  https://www.the-sun.com/news/2154405/melanie-road-christopher-hampton-murder-catching-killer/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-36245888https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-05-09/read-full-victim-impact-statements-from-melanie-roads-familyhttps://medium.com/crimebeat/the-death-of-melanie-road-35bc43b05c38https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3582441/Did-Christopher-Hampton-kill-woman-12-years-day-Melanie-Road.html For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Genene Jones.  Angel of death. Angel no, death yes. She chose the most helpless of victims. Children and infants that could not tell her secrets. She wanted the attention caring for the helpless babies in the Pediatric ICU, and she craved the chance to look like the most caring and grieving nurse, but like any true psychopath, it was all just a play.Sources for this episode: “Ohio Doctor is Acquitted of Killing Patients with Fentanyl” By Alyssa Lukpat and Michael Levenson April, 20, 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/us/william-husel-ohio-doctor-murder-trial.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/us/william-husel-ohio-doctor-murder-trial.htmlGenene Jones: Baby Killer by Katherine RamslandThe Death Shift by Peter Elkind, August 1983 https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/the-death-shift-2/Convicted nurse's former boss continues her Kerrville practice by Kristin Gazlay The Galveston Daily News, February 26, 1984Genene Jones paints portrait of confidence by Ken Herman Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 26, 1984Infant death probe broadens by Michael Pearson San Angelo Standard Times, March 3, 1983Judge relocates child killing trial by Michael Pearson San Angelo Standard Times August 4, 1983 For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Grace Marks.  At the center of this terrible murder is a young and beautiful Irish immigrant named Grace. Did she have such power to influence a young man to brutally kill two people. Or was she so afraid of this young man that she felt she had no choice but to help him hide the bodies and then make off with valuables stolen from their employer? Where is the truth in this story? Take a trip back in time to see what the true story that inspired a novel and Netflix story really is. Sources for this episode: Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush by Susanna Moodie, which was the source material for Margaret Atwood's book, Alias Grace.https://www.willowandthatch.com/is-alias-grace-true-story/#:~:text=Alias%20Grace%20is%20based%20on,housekeeper%20and%20lover%2C%20Nancy%20Montgomery.Wikipediahttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/grace-marksSag Harbor Corrector, August 12, 1843Trial Transcripts: Marks, Grace and Walton, George, “The trials of James McDermott and Grace Marks report,” Enlightenmens, accessed April 18, 2022,http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/912. for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Chris Coleman. What is a family annihilator? What makes them commit such a heinous act? We can talk about the psychological aspects or obvious mental illness that could cause a person to murder their own family, but in the end, especially in this case, it's probably just a person who doesn't want to face the consequences of betraying family and murder is what they think is their only way out.  Sources for this episode:  “Characteristics of family killers revealed: The male dominated crime most common in August” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815084404.htmhttps://www.themidwestcrimefiles.com/post/the-ultimate-betrayal-the-coleman-family-murdershttps://casetext.com/case/people-v-coleman-960“Coleman triple murders chronology” The Belleville News-Democrat May 21, 2009https://second.wiki/wiki/chris_coleman_prisionerohttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/millionaire-father-plotted-death-family-5029992https://truecrimedaily.com/2018/04/26/head-of-security-for-religious-figure-convicted-of-murdering-wife-two-sons/ for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

William Craig Miller. A cold-blooded killer crept through a house in Mesa, Arizona and viciously murdered 5 family members. Why? To exact revenge for assisting police in another criminal investigation. Police and family members had little doubt to who would take such a severe and heinous action. For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com Sources for this episode: the show The Killer Beside Me episode Fatal Fraudhttps://thecinemaholic.com/tammy-lovell-and-steven-duffy-murders/https://www.puroclean.com/https://en.memesrandom.com/tammy-lovell-and-steven-duffy/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2021/05/06/arizona-court-lets-stand-william-craig-millers-death-sentences-5-mesa-murders-2006/4962924001/https://thecinemaholic.com/tammy-lovell-and-steven-duffy-murders/Arrest Made in 5 Mesa Slayings (Tucson Citizen, 3/4/2006)https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/the-complicated-psychology-of-revenge

Robert Eric Wone. More questions than answers. Robert Wone was murdered in a house occupied with friends and people he knew, yet despite neighbors hearing screams, 911 call and fast acting police and EMS, Robert's killer has still not been identified. This is a very mysterious murder.  for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com Sources for this episode:  The obituary page of The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA) Friday August 4, 2006 Filmdaily.co “Why is Robert Wone's murder case unsolved” by Mark McKeeUnresolved.meWashingtonian.com “Robert Wone: Life, Death, and Love” by Harry Jaffe (April 20, 2010)Wikipedia.com 

Eric Rudolph.  On July 27, 1996, the world sat shocked to its core as a crudely made pipe bomb exploded in the middle of the crowded Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta Georgia. 2 people were killed and over 100 people were injured. A bomb exploding in a park is terrorizing enough, but the timing of this bomb, One week into the 96 Summer Olympic games seemed to violate the Olympic spirit. It would take the FBI nearly 7 years to capture the Olympic bomber, and before his capture 3 more bombs would take the lives of 2 more people and injuring many others. for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.comSources for this episode:  FBI.govBomb sears nation's soul by Andrew Martin and Karen Brandon (Chicago Tribune, July 28, 1996)‘Hero' guard a suspect (News Journal, Mansfield OH July 31, 1996)Olympic bombing suspect becoming more optimistic by Mitchell Lansberg (The Anniston Star, Anniston Alabama, August 2, 1996)Olympic bombing probe plods along. By Pierre Thomas and William Booth (Washington Post. September 22, 1996)Cautious search for clues begins by Scott Marshall and Kathy Scruggs (The Atlanta Constitution, January 17, 1997)3 incidents' connection strengthens by Ron Martz and Kathy Scruggs (The Atlanta Constitution, July 27, 1997)Getting clued in on clinic bombing by Jenny Cromie (The Anniston Star, Anniston Alabama, January 31, 1998)Olympic park bombing suspect arrested. (Associated press article, May 31, 2003)WikipediaADL.org

Cynthia Pfeil. A body is found on the side of a dirt road. Her face is so disfigured and mutilated it's nearly impossible to identify her. Only her red ballet slippers lead police to her identity and her killer. Sources for this episode:  The book Deadly Reasons by Edward D. Radin The Daily Advocate (Greenville, OH) 9/21/53The Marion Star (Marion, OH) 9/23/53The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) 12/2/1963For details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Susan Smith. What does it take to make a woman murder her own children? Was she really trying to take her own life and decided her children couldn't live without her? Was this an act of pure evil, or a sad and lonely woman crying out for help?Warning – this case involves the death of children, if this is a sensitive issue for you, please skip this one. Sources for this episode: The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina, October 27, 1994 “Search Goes On” The State (Columbia, South Carolina, October 29, 1994 “Searchers find only frustration”The State (Columbia, South Carolina, October 29, 1994 “Couple's troubles didn't hurt their love for sons, friends say”Allthatsinteresting.com “The Disturbing Story of Susan Smith”The State (Columbia, South Carolina, November 4, 1994) “It's just incomprehensible”Encyclopedia.com “the Trial of Susan Smith” for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Clementine Barnabet. SERIAL KILLER?Is she, or isn't she? We're going to talk about a series of murders that took place in Louisiana in the early 1910's. And spoiler alert, a person confessed to the crimes, but there is much speculation that she did not do what she claimed she did. Sources for this episode:  LOUISIANA DIGITAL LIBRARY.COM for official trial transcripts ACADIANAHISTORICAL.ORG MENTALFLOSS.COMNumerous articles from 1911 and 1912 inThe Crowley Post-Signal    THE times Democrat The Weekly Advocate The Semi-Weekly Times Democrat  Wikipedia.com   for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Harry Powers or is it Cornelius O. Pierson? What is the male version of a Black Widow killer? For several years in the late 1920's and 30's women in the Midwest fell prey to a man who lured them with promises of marriage. One woman and her children did not survive his evil plot. Sadly another woman was caught in his trap before he was caught.   Sources for this episode:  Murderpedia.comReading Times “The Face of a 1931 Bluebeard” from September 3, 1931 Graphbooks.comAppalachianhistory.comWikipedia.com  for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a Mexican-American singer who made significant contributions to music and fashion which made her one of the most celebrated entertainers of the late 20th century and earned her the nickname "The Queen of Tejano." Sources for this episode: Corpus Christi TimesBiography.comRollingStone.comWikipedia.com for details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com 

Melissa Weeks (Shepard, Stewart, Friedrich) is called the Internet Black Widow, She is a Canadian murderer and habitual offender. Weeks was convicted of manslaughter in the death of one of her husbands and was convicted of poisoning another. Sources for this episode: Owlcation.comMurderpedia.comTheGuardian.comWikipedia.com sfor details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com 

Amy Lynn Bradley went missing during a cruise her family took to celebrate her graduation from college in March, 1998. At the age of 23 Amy disappeared from the cruise ship while en route to Curacao. Her whereabouts remain unknown as of this day. Sources for this episode: FBI.gov > wanted > kidnap > amy-lynn-bradleyAllthatsinteresting.com > amy-lynn-bradleyRanker.comWikipedia.com for facts about cruise ships and Hurricane Thomasfor details, show notes, and pictures please visit Thearchivistpodcast.com