They'll Kill Ya in P.A.

Ed Gingerich was the first Amish man to be convicted of homicide. The victim was his wife Katie. She had been brutally murdered in her kitchen by her husband who had stopped taking his medication. Edward was a paranoid schizophrenic who suffered from hallucinations and delusions. Ultimately guilt, sadness, illness, and karma would bring Edward to lie beside his wife in the Amish cemetery for the rest of forever. Join us this week.

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Capitalizing on rampant racism throughout the USA, it was once acceptable to use living, human, black babies as bait for alligators. Today’s tales are simply appalling, shameful for our entire species, and distinctly Floridian. Join us this week.

In 1985 the Philadelphia police bombed a row house containing 13 members of the MOVE organization (including 6 children under the age of 13) after unloading 10,000 rounds of ammunition upon their complex. The MOVE movement was like part Black Panther part 6o's Hippie. The fire from the bomb destroyed the whole neighborhood and incinerated 65 homes leaving hundreds of black families homeless. This isn't the first time the police in Philadelphia burnt down places of Black expression. Join us this week.

The world’s first world-champion athlete of any kind, Major Taylor led a short and extraordinary life punctuated with racism. Winning over white athletes and competing in white-only sports won him both adulation and ire.

8 minutes 46 seconds of silence to remember George Floyd. We stand with the Black Community. Black Lives Matter

Known as the Killer Stripper Kelly O'Donnell lived her life on the edge. Her addiction to drugs and alcohol would lead her to do anything to satisfy her needs. ANYTHING. She also uses a pencil box in a surprising way. Join us this week.

Convicted of murdering at least 5 children, Christine Falling, known as the “Babysitter Killer”, was a victim of circumstance who made others suffer for her own challenges in life. Join us for this grizzly Florida tale.

A TWO STORY EPISODE! First we discuss the mysterious story of the Babes in the Woods from 1934 PA, then we go back even further to discuss the Lost Children of The Alleghenies. Unfortunately there aren't as many witches in the stories as I'd hoped for but never the less, there are dead people. Join us this week.

When you love someone you'd do anything for them. Brandy Stevens loved Jade Olmstead and trusted her when she shouldn't have. Little did she know Jade and her new girlfriend Ashley were planning to murder her. Join us this week

Danny Rolling is another killer that I remember vividly from my childhood in Florida. Even moreso than Ted Bundy, Rolling sent parts of Florida into full public crisis after the brutally murdered and posed bodies of some University of Florida students are found. Join us today for the killer who inspired the movie Scream.

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A few months after her execution, today’s killer was cast into the world spotlight by an Oscar-winning film about her. Portrayed on screen by one of the most beautiful actresses alive, Aileen Wuornos’ life was anything but glamorous. Join us today for a little more detail on America’s first female serial killer and one of Florida’s most-famous criminals ever.

In 2018 Rachel DelTondo was gunned down in her mothers drive way in Aliquippa PA on Mothers Day. 2 years later and we still have no answers to who her killer or killers were. Was it her ex-fiance, was it a former student she was found with late one night, or was it the police attempting to hide their tracks? Join us this week.

Serial killing seems to be one of Florida’s more-renowned leisure activities. Of the many high-profile serial killers who’ve preyed on Floridians, none ever has been more prolific than the weirdly-unknown Samuel Little. The FBI confirmed that he has murdered more people than any other known serial killer in US history

Murdering people for witchcraft seems like a far distant history lesson attached to pilgrams and puritans and the like. But less than 100 years ago Nelson Rehmeyer was murdered near York PA for being a well respected Powwower and healer. Join us this week to learn wtf powwow is!

Many consider Florida the birthplace of manned spaceflight. For over 70 years, the world has used Cape Canaveral to achieve some of our most incredible feats of cooperation and intelligence, but not without a price. Hundreds of thousands of people have given their lives to spaceflight, but a few paid the ultimate price. Join today us for a tale of one of the grizzliest and most famous space tragedies.

Mary Jane Fonder was a troubled woman looking for a place to belong in the world. Nothing would stop her from belonging to her church community at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, even if it meant she had to kill for it. Join us this week

Nearly 40 years ago, two young boys walked in to their mother’s bedroom to see her brutally raped and murdered. The case was unsolved for that entire time until NEW DNA technology put the perpetrator behind bars and revealed that the killer was closer than anyone expected.

All Ann Hoover wanted was to enjoy her newly remodeled home in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh PA. That's all her neighbors wanted too, except for Roy Kirk. Disagreements between Roy and the neighborhood would eventually simmer up to legal battles and end up boiling over, leaving 2 people dead. Join us this week.

St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest city in the United States. In the five centuries since Juan Ponce de Leon landed in northeast Florida, there have been countless weird happenings, deaths, and hauntings. Or so they say. Join us this week!

In 1925 a body was found in a creepy, murky, slimy swamp, just like from Goosebumps. By 1939 numerous bodies were discovered in the infamous Murder Swamp located outside of Taylor P.A.. To this day the murders are unsolved and the victims are all unknown. Who was this serial killer and what was their real body count?! Join us this week.

Several friends of TKYP have suggested that we talk about alligator attacks on a Marcusode. Just as Moose are the leading cause of death in Alaska, Alligators do claim slightly more Floridian lives than bath salts or even NASCAR. Gators are weird, ancient animals that rarely attack humans, but we discuss a few of those freak attacks.

On October 27 2018, Robert Gregory Bowers committed the largest act of violence against the Jewish Community in the history of the United States. 11 people would lose their lives that day at The Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, a Pittsburgh neighborhood. Join us this week.

In its 135-year history, Rollins College, in Winter Park, Florida, has been the alma mater of many rich and famous people. Luminaries such as Andrew Carnegie, Fred Rogers, and Chris Kirkpatrick give the school its glow. And in that long history, there has never been a murder... or has there? Join us for an unsolved lakeside death amongst the Spanish moss.

Yinzer native Andrea Curry Demus wanted to be a mother more than anything else. She was going to get a baby no matter what. Would she buy one, kidnap one, or even kill someone for one? And all for a child who would most likely grow up to resent you anyway, because that's just parenthood I think? Join us this week.

Shebly Svensen tore apart his wife's adoptive family for seemingly no reason. After confessing to those crimes, he still had one more shocking truth to divulge. As a confusing and fairly-recent crime, there's little information about some of the details, but we bravely fill them in with absolutely whatever the hell we want. Speculate with us.

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For over a year, The Dade Massacre dominated headlines throughout the US (until the attack on the Alamo). It was the bloodiest assault by the Native Americans on the US Army after Custer's Last Stand. Victims of an ongoing genocide, the Seminole Indians claimed a decisive victory and near-total loss for the US Army, igniting the second Seminole Indian War. Join us for some gruesome Florida history.

What's more unsatisfying than an unsolved murder? A series of 9 unsolved murders of course. The Frankford Slasher brutally murdered up to 9 women in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia P.A. One man was charged for a single murder and while sitting in jail awaiting his sentence the Frankford Slasher strikes for a final time. Is the killer still out there? Join us this week.

An inimitable crime from the southern tip of our strangest state. One balmy May day in Miami, Rudy Eugene left home and never returned. Thirty years prior, Ronald Poppo did the same. Neither expected their lives would intersect in one of the most famous and bizarre crimes ever.

in 2017, 19 year old Tim Piazza was pledging Beta Theta Pi at Penn State University in State College PA. Unfortunately Tim didn't know the price of brotherhood would be his life. Join us this week.

With vast amounts of land, millions of people, and its own government, Disney World has all of the life and death problems of a large city. In this episode, we'll explore a few weird ways people have died there. There might already be 999 happy haunts at Disney, but there's always room for one more...

Lobster Boy Grady Stiles was more than just a carnival side show act, he was also a murderer. Finally karma came back around, and it brought some melted butter. Join us this week!

Mark Dean Schwab had been out of prison for only a month when he saw Junny Rios-Martinez in a Central Florida newspaper and decided to make him and his family his prey.

The 90's produced more than just the Olsen Twins and tiny butterfly barrettes. Harvey Miguel Robinson would be discovered as the youngest serial killer in Pennsylvania history after attacking 5 women and killing 3 in the summers of 92 and 93. Join us this week!

Not even the Boy Scouts are safe in P.A. This week we review the unsolved 1970 murder of 11 year old Boy Scout Terry Bowers.

During the week of Halloween, 1948, a thick, yellow smog hung over the town of Donora, Pennsylvania. By the time it cleared, dozens of people would be dead and more would follow.

Episodes of our podcast, "They'll Kill Ya in P.A."

Episodes of our podcast, "They'll Kill Ya in P.A."