Podcast appearances and mentions of albert tirrell

Killers come in many shapes and sizes with a wide arranges of deaths and monstrous acts. But few are usually the first of their kind. Join Mike and Nick as they talk about America's first sleep walking killer, did he do it on purpose or was it out of his control? Did he do it out of jealousy, revenge? Or was there some one else who was the true killer?

Who is Fernando, you ask? You'll just have to listen and find out! This week, Mary tells the chilling story of The Watcher, and Rocky gives us a history of people who commit crimes while sleepwalking. Follow us on Instagram @tell.me.something.creepy Email your own creepy stories to tellmesomethingcreepy@gmail.com Sources: https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/the-haunting-of-657-boulevard-in-westfield-new-jersey.html https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14852808/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/us/the-watcher-house-stalker-trnd/index.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleepwalking/symptoms-causes/syc-20353506#:~:text=Sleepwalking%20%E2%80%94%20also%20known%20as%20somnambulism,serious%20problems%20or%20require%20treatment. https://aasm.org/adult-sleepwalking-is-serious-condition-that-impacts-health-related-quality-of-life/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/sy0x6q/hello_sleepwalkers_of_reddit_tell_us_what_is_your/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2jpqrx/sleepwalkers_of_reddit_whats_your_most/ https://www.amazon.com/The-Power-of-Habit-Charles-Duhigg-audiobook/dp/B007EJSMC8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1EJMROSPL807B&keywords=the+power+of+habit&qid=1645808500&sprefix=the+power+of+habit%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1 https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/05/08/7-criminal-cases-that-invoked-the-sleepwalking-defense https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/the-minds-of-sleepwalking-killers/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-11998813 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/20/brian-thomas-dream-strangler-tragedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Tirrell https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/16/science/when-can-killers-claim-sleepwalking-as-a-legal-defense.html https://historycollection.com/12-sleepwalking-killers-history-will-make-want-lock-doors-night/9/ https://priceonomics.com/what-happens-if-you-commit-a-murder-while/

Murder + Horrific = Murderific.This episode was sponsored by Best Fiends. Please enjoy this Patreon release during our season break. You can content like this as a beloved Patreon Patron! Thank you to all who support our show. This Patreon episode covers a couple of cases of homicidal sleepwalking, also known as sleepwalking murder. Brian Thomas, from South Wales, suffered from sleepwalking since childhood, and confessed to strangling his wife, Christine, in 2008. Albert Tirrell was the first to successfully use sleepwalking as a courtroom defense when he killed his mistress in 1846 in Boston, Massachusetts. Executive Producers: Mike T. and Beth Ann L.Contact Us:murderificpodcast@gmail.comCall 1-207-200-8813 to leave a voice message for us which we may play on the air!Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/murderificpodcast?/Buy Me a Coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/murderificSources:https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/the-minds-of-sleepwalking-killers/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/dec/05/sleep-disorder-brian-thomashttps://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/verify/verify-should-you-wake-a-sleepwalker/291-547173666https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-case-of-the-sleepwalking-killer-77584095/https://allthatsinteresting.com/sleepwalkers-who-killhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-11998813https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14292-sleepwalking

On this episode, Brian teaches Emma about parasomnia and how terrifying it really is. Sleep is scary. Want to get in touch with us? For work related inquires and suggestions for the show: murdermirthmonsters@gmail.com Twitter: @MirthAndMurder Sources for this episode: https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-paralysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicidal_sleepwalking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Tirrell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatism_(law) https://www.healthline.com/health/parasomnia#causes

Does coming from wealth mean you can get away with murder?  Listen and find out as we dig all the way into the mid 1800's for this week's crime. . Roasted Coffee Co - https://www.roastedcoffeeqc.com/ . THANK YOU Keuning Arts for the awesome new logo! . Keuning Arts: https://www.facebook.com/keuningarts/ . Sources: . “Murder and Mayhem in Boston: Historic Crimes in the Hub” written by Christopher Daley and Catherine Reusch Daley . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Tirrell . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Choate . https://www.nextphaselegal.com/2016/09/06/is-adultery-in-massachusetts-really-a-crime/?fbclid=IwAR0NGwg-AHeyvjFZJP8aaEeTRlYVXpB8JYVDODiGL4uLPEQXRzGZC_wg3kk . https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-case-of-the-sleepwalking-killer-77584095/?fbclid=IwAR2V8UTiDnWJNtOHW1KYs0cVxgNVWBOqWRpzHtgv32MPB4V8yvlnzQL9wYM

For this very special Halloween Straight-Up Strange Crossover episode, I am joined by Jaden of Straight-Up Enigmas and Meranda of All Things Dreams!  Together we cover a topic intersecting our three shows, I tell a fictional story, Jaden shares a true-crime analysis, and Meranda covers the sleep side - all about Homicidal Sleepwalkers.   For all of our shows and more, please check up straightupstrange.com References used during this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicidal_sleepwalking#Parks_case https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/day-in-day-out/201212/sleepwalking-killers-and-what-they-tell-us-about-sleep  https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/sleepwalking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Tirrell  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zr2UrwfB8https://www.sleepassociation.org/sleep-disorders/more-sleep-disorders/sleep-walking/ https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/sleepwalking https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/17/sleepwalking_n_6847100.htmlhttps://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/facts-about-sleepwalking

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about how a New York couple couple claims they saw an unidentified humanoid. The man, who sent an anonymous report, said he and his fiancee were driving near Queensbury, New York when they spotted the strange figure last Sunday at about 12:15 a.m. Then, on July 15, 1942, six P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft and two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers encountered a blizzard while supporting the Allied war effort in the British Isles. The aircraft were forced to conduct an emergency landing on the glaciers of Greenland, and though all the crew members were rescued nine days later, the aircraft were left behind. Over the decades, the ever-shifting ice sheets of Greenland buried the aircraft, known as the Lost Squadron, under between 250 and 300 feet of ice. Fifty years later, in 1992, one of the P-38s was extracted from the ice and restored to flying condition: the infamous Glacier Girl. Then, a person claims that while he was laying in bed with his wife one night, he actually disappeared into another dimension. After the break Cam brings up some interesting cases of people who murdered another person while sleep walking. American history is littered with cases of sleepwalking killers – usually men who wake in the night and kill their wife or lover. The best-known historical case is that of Albert Tirrell, who, in 1845, killed his lover, Maria Bickford. They had been having an affair, and after being repeatedly caught by his wife’s family, he decided to kill Bickford and set fire to the building they were sleeping in – apparently to conceal the evidence of his crime. Unfortunately, the landlord was awoken by Bickford’s screams, and Tirrell was eventually caught and tried. He was acquitted of arson and murder, but found guilty of adultery. His defense was murder while sleep walking. This story and more on this episode of Expanded Perspectives! Show Notes: New York Couple Encounters Humanoid on Road WWII P-38 Discovered Under 300 Feet of Ice in Greenland I Went Missing From My Bed Sponsors: Hims ZipRecruiter Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided by Pretty Lights. Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com. Songs Used: Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin At Last I Am Free So Much In The Dark Almost Familiar

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about how a New York couple couple claims they saw an unidentified humanoid. The man, who sent an anonymous report, said he and his fiancee were driving near Queensbury, New York when they spotted the strange figure last Sunday at about 12:15 a.m. Then, on July 15, 1942, six P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft and two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers encountered a blizzard while supporting the Allied war effort in the British Isles. The aircraft were forced to conduct an emergency landing on the glaciers of Greenland, and though all the crew members were rescued nine days later, the aircraft were left behind. Over the decades, the ever-shifting ice sheets of Greenland buried the aircraft, known as the Lost Squadron, under between 250 and 300 feet of ice. Fifty years later, in 1992, one of the P-38s was extracted from the ice and restored to flying condition: the infamous Glacier Girl. Then, a person claims that while he was laying in bed with his wife one night, he actually disappeared into another dimension. After the break Cam brings up some interesting cases of people who murdered another person while sleep walking. American history is littered with cases of sleepwalking killers – usually men who wake in the night and kill their wife or lover. The best-known historical case is that of Albert Tirrell, who, in 1845, killed his lover, Maria Bickford. They had been having an affair, and after being repeatedly caught by his wife’s family, he decided to kill Bickford and set fire to the building they were sleeping in – apparently to conceal the evidence of his crime. Unfortunately, the landlord was awoken by Bickford’s screams, and Tirrell was eventually caught and tried. He was acquitted of arson and murder, but found guilty of adultery. His defense was murder while sleep walking. This story and more on this episode of Expanded Perspectives! Show Notes: New York Couple Encounters Humanoid on Road WWII P-38 Discovered Under 300 Feet of Ice in Greenland I Went Missing From My Bed Sponsors: Hims ZipRecruiter Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided by Pretty Lights. Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com. Songs Used: Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin At Last I Am Free So Much In The Dark Almost Familiar

Three cases are outlined where a person commits murder and then blames the crime on sleepwalking.  First up, Albert Tirrell murders his mistress in 1846 claiming he was in a trance-like state at the time. Kenneth Parks travels 23 km to commit a murder - all while asleep, he claimed. Finally, another man tries to use the sleepwalking defense after killing his wife in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997. Several resources were used in the research for this episode including:  Karen Abbott, Smithsonian.com, "The Case of the Sleepwalking Killer," April 30, 2012.  Paul Rubin, NewTimes.com, "A Killer Sleep Disorder," Nov 19, 1998.  True Crime Truant, "Scott Falater: Sleepwalking Killer Gets a Wakeup Call," July 20, 2017.  Berit Brogaard and Kristian Marlow, Psychology Today, "Sleep Driving and Sleep Killing: The Kenneth Parks Case," Dec 13, 2012.   

When young Albert Tirrell killed his lover Maria Bickford on Beacon Hill, it sparked a scandal that rocked Victorian Boston in the 1840s.  It was a tale of seduction, murder, and the unlikeliest of defenses.  In the end, he would be found not guilty, in the first successful use of sleepwalking as a defense against murder. We apologize for Nikki's head cold, some rough cuts that resulted from editing out her sniffles, and the couple of sniffles that made it into the final cut. Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/043