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In the early morning hours of July 22, 1987 a mother and daughter were found in a car wreckage. An first responders worked to save the women's lives they quickly realized the crash had been no accident... Sponsors: Detective Perspective Podcast Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/image/175480928/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock https://www.newspapers.com/image/403006838/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock https://www.newspapers.com/image/176359550/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock https://www.newspapers.com/image/334357576/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock https://www.newspapers.com/image/67978002/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock A Checklist for Murder by Anthony Flacco
All the triggers warnings with this one, y'all! We're back from our much needed vacation and we have a California based survivor story for you. In 1926 in a town formally known as Wineville (now called Mira Loma), a horrible monster named Stewart had a chicken ranch built and forced his young nephew, Sanford, to help him in this endeavor. Sanford was forced to endure torture, physical and mental abuse, and rape from 1926 to 1928. Sanford thankfully is able to escape his nightmare in the end and Uncle Stewart also gets what is coming to him. In addition to the below sources, I referenced a book called The Road Out of Hell by Anthony Flacco with Jerry Clark for use in this episode. I highly recommend check it out for more info about this case. Our mocktail creator highlight this week is Ripple Mocktails! Check them out over on there IG page @ripple_mocktails. Sources https://newspaperarchive.com/corona-courier-dec-07-1928-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/bakersfield-californian-nov-30-1928-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/corona-daily-independent-sep-19-1928-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/helena-independent-sep-21-1928-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/bakersfield-californian-dec-31-1928-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/corona-courier-sep-21-1928-p-3/ https://newspaperarchive.com/butte-montana-standard-feb-05-1929-p-21/ https://newspaperarchive.com/wichita-daily-times-nov-30-1928-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/butte-montana-standard-jan-15-1929-p-9/ https://newspaperarchive.com/cumberland-sunday-times-sep-16-1928-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/corona-daily-independent-dec-04-1928-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune-dec-04-1928-p-52/ https://newspaperarchive.com/bakersfield-californian-dec-31-1928-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/cumberland-sunday-times-sep-16-1928-p-1/
A sleepy Southern California town is turned upside down with the murders of 4 boys. So much so, the town changed its name. Join us as we look into the crime that rocked this small town and meet the monster who called it home almost 100 years ago. Looking for more information on The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders check out these books The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders by Anthony Flacco and Jerry Clark (Sanford's son). or Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott by Janes Jeffrey Paul None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to the story told. At times when reporting facts regarding a true crime, (and photos) multiple sources use the same wording. Every effort is made to avoid any copyright infringements and no single work was intentionally plagiarized when reporting the facts of the crimes. Below is a list of resources used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) Wineville Chicken Coop Murder Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wineville_Chicken_Coop_murders https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/wineville-chicken-coop-murders/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/wineville-chicken-coop-murders https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/california-crop- horror-1920s-article-1.1229595 https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-wineville-chicken-coop-murders/amandasedlakhevener https://the-line-up.com/gordon-northcott-wineville-chicken-coop-murder http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/family-affair-gordon-northcott-wineville-chicken-coop-murders https://highschool.latimes.com/ontario-high-school/murder-flashbacks-wineville-chicken-coop-murders/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wineville-Chicken-Coop-Murders/143884638962102 https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Gordon_Northcott https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/northcott-gordon.htm http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/570624?imagelist=1 https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2008/12/21/clark-chief-witness-in-20s-child-murders-led-exemplary-life/ http://infoczarina.blogspot.com/2008/12/wineville-chicken-coop-murders.html https://www.cvltnation.com/grisly-perverse-crimes-gordon-stewart-northcott/ Documentaries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EiOrpgXZNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT16Sht4URI "During the 1920s, Boys Became the Prey of a Brutal Killer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 6, 2019. Johnson, Kim Jarrell (2006). Jurupa. Arcadia Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 0-7385-3082-4. Kurz, John (1988-12-15). "Mira Loma History, Riverside County, California: Wineville Chicken Murders". Rubidoux Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-01-26. Paul, James Jeffrey, Nothing Is Strange with You, p.88 "Jurupa Valley History: Mira Loma History". Riverside CountyPlanning Department. 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-26 Rasmussen, Cecilia (October 31, 2004). "During the 1920s, Boys Became the Prey of a Brutal Killer". Los Angeles Times. Tronc. Retrieved September 13, 2008. "Northcott Murders: James Jeffrey Paul's Research Materials". Riverside Public Library. Retrieved 2010-03-06. "Murder Farm' Fugitive Held: Young Northcott Arrested by Canadian Police Mother Also Believed to be in Their Custody Blood Found on Suspects' Ranch Called Human". Los Angeles Times. 1928-09-20. Retrieved 2010-04-24. "Error in Extradition Papers to Delay Northcott's Return: Officers Go On To See Suspect State Aides Discover Flaws in Legal Documents Burying Alive Charge Laid to Sanford Clark Examination Continues of "Death Farm" Clews". Los Angeles Times. 1928-09-26. Retrieved 2010-04-24. "Youth's Nerves At High Tension: Northcott Embarrassed on Debarking from Train Request for Picture Brings Defiant Refusal Prisoner Lodged in Cell That Housed Hickman". Los Angeles Times. 1928-11-30. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
This episode is Part 2 in my 2 part series about the Wineville Chicken Coop murders. I highly suggest listening to part one if you haven’t already, before proceeding with this episode. I also want to let you know, that in pretty much all of the resources out there on this subject, one of Stewart’s victims is frequently and primarily referred to as “the Mexican boy” or the “Headless Mexican”. As I wrote part two of this story, it started to bother me because it felt very impersonal and almost cold to refer to a victim in this manner. So, in this episode, he’ll be referred to as John Doe instead. For an inside look at the Wineville Chicken Coop murders, check out and follow my instagram at capablepodcast. I’ve posted pictures of the farm, the victims, items the cops found in their investigation and other people involved in this story. Resources used for this episode: The Road Out of Hell by Anthony Flacco, Nothing is Strange With You by James Jeffrey Paul, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Whittier Daily News
In between 1926 and 1928, a series of abductions and murders of young boys occurred in Riverside County, California in a town called Wineville. The killer was a sadistic psychopath, whose own mother enabled his behavior. She was so devoted to him, that she took part in one of the murders and tried to help cover up the others. This killer would eventually be taken down by his own niece, a woman whose brother had spent years suffering from the abuse inflicted upon him by their uncle and very own grandmother. Resources used for this episode: The Road Out of Hell by Anthony Flacco, Nothing is Strange With You by James Jeffrey Paul, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Whittier Daily News
The harrowing and heart-wrenching memoir of humanitarian aid worker Jessica Buchanan's kidnapping by Somali land pirates, her three months in captivity, her rescue by the Navy SEALs, and her husband's extraordinary efforts to help bring her home. In 2006, 27-year-old Jessica Buchanan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, with a teaching degree and long-held dreams of helping to educate African children. By 2009, she had met and married the man of her dreams, a native Swede named Erik Landemalm, who worked to coordinate humanitarian aid with local authorities in Africa. With dreams of starting a family, they moved from Nairobi to Somalia, and their future couldn't have seemed brighter.... But on October 25, 2011, Jessica and a male colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint and held for ransom by an organized band of Somali land pirates. For the next three months, Jessica was terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters. She was held outdoors in filthy conditions and kept on a starvation diet while her health steadily deteriorated. Negotiations for ransom dragged on, and as the ordeal stretched into its third month, the captors grew increasingly impatient. Every terrifying moment Jessica spent suffering in captivity was matched by that of her adoring husband working behind the scenes to deal with her captors. Finally, on January 25, 2012, President Barack Obama ordered a rescue operation by a team of 24 Navy SEALs. The team killed all nine kidnappers, with no harm to the hostages, who were quickly airlifted out on a military rescue helicopter. In riveting detail, Impossible Odds details Jessica and Erik's mutual journey during those torturous months. Together they relate the events prior to the kidnapping, the drama of Jessica's fight to stay alive, and Erik's efforts to bolster and support the hunt for her while he acted as liaison between their two families, the FBI, professional hostage negotiators, and the United States government. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support
From award-winning author Anthony Flacco comes a powerful tale of a picture-perfect betrayal that plunged his family into a fatal nightmare -- and those are the WORST KIND! Robert Peernock appeared to have the ideal life; working as a pyrotechnics engineer and computer expert and coming home to his wife and daughter, he projected the American dream. Even when he and his wife separated, it seemed amicable, just a small bump for the well-to-do family. But there was madness in his house: in private, Peernock was violent, subtly manipulative, and bordering on psychotic. But the horrifying details of his home life would only come to light after Peernock finally lost all control. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/burl-barer/support
A sleepy Southern California town is turned upside down with the murders of 4 boys. So much so, the town changed its name. Join us as we look into the crime that rocked this small town and meet the monster who called it home almost 100 years ago. Looking for more information on The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders check out these books The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders by Anthony Flacco and Jerry Clark (Sanford's son). or Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott by Janes Jeffrey Paul More info that wasn't mentioned in the episode.... Pictures of the murder farm in 1928 (top, obvi :) and then sometime in the 90's-2009 (bottom) the picture on bottom was taken before 2009. Like I did mention, many people visit the Wineville Murder Farm, especially during Halloween season, its harder to imagine now, what it once looked like, but, as recently as 10 years ago the house pretty much looked the same. Many of the surrounding neighbors report of hearing the sounds of boys running around and at times, in the still of the night they still hear their sobs. None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to the story told. At times when reporting facts regarding a true crime, (and photos) multiple sources use the same wording. Every effort is made to avoid any copyright infringements and no single work was intentionally plagiarized when reporting the facts of the crimes. Below is a list of resources used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) Wineville Chicken Coop Murder Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wineville_Chicken_Coop_murders https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/wineville-chicken-coop-murders/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/wineville-chicken-coop-murders https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/california-crop-horror-1920s-article-1.1229595 https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-wineville-chicken-coop-murders/amandasedlakhevener https://the-line-up.com/gordon-northcott-wineville-chicken-coop-murder http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/family-affair-gordon-northcott-wineville-chicken-coop-murders https://highschool.latimes.com/ontario-high-school/murder-flashbacks-wineville-chicken-coop-murders/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wineville-Chicken-Coop-Murders/143884638962102 https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Gordon_Northcott https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/northcott-gordon.htm http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/570624?imagelist=1 https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2008/12/21/clark-chief-witness-in-20s-child-murders-led-exemplary-life/ http://infoczarina.blogspot.com/2008/12/wineville-chicken-coop-murders.html https://www.cvltnation.com/grisly-perverse-crimes-gordon-stewart-northcott/ Documentaries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EiOrpgXZNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT16Sht4URI "During the 1920s, Boys Became the Prey of a Brutal Killer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 6, 2019. Johnson, Kim Jarrell (2006). Jurupa. Arcadia Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 0-7385-3082-4. Kurz, John (1988-12-15). "Mira Loma History, Riverside County, California: Wineville Chicken Murders". Rubidoux Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-01-26. Paul, James Jeffrey, Nothing Is Strange with You, p.88 "Jurupa Valley History: Mira Loma History". Riverside CountyPlanning Department. 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-26 Rasmussen, Cecilia (October 31, 2004). "During the 1920s, Boys Became the Prey of a Brutal Killer". Los Angeles Times. Tronc.
In the late 1920s, an estimated 20 boys or more are abducted, tortured and murdered at a chicken ranch in Wineville, California. My guest is Anthony Flacco, author of The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders. He tells the both tragic and inspiring story of Sanford Clark, the nephew of sadistic serial killer Gordon Stewart Northcott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From 1926 to 1928, Gordon Stewart Northcott committed at least 20 murders on a chicken ranch outside of Los Angeles. His thirteen- year-old nephew, Sanford Clark, was the sole surviving victim of the killing spree. Forced to take part in the murders, Sanford carried tremendous guilt all his life. Yet despite his youth and the trauma, he helped gain some justice for the dead and their families by testify- ing at Northcott's trial-which led to his conviction and execution. It was a shocking story, but perhaps the most shocking part of all is the extraordinarily ordinary life Clark went on to live as a decorated WWII vet, a devoted husband of 55 years, a loving father, and a productive citizen.Using never-before-heard information from Sanford's son Jerry Clark-Flacco tells the real story behind the case that captivated the nation. In dramatizing one of the darkest cases in American crime, Flacco constructs a riveting psychological drama about how Sanford was able to detoxify himself from the evil he'd encountered, offering the ultimately redemptive story of one man's remarkable ability to survive a nightmare and emerge intact. ROAD OUT OF HELL-Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders-Anthony Flacco
Robert Peernock appeared to have the ideal life; working as a pyrotechnics engineer and computer expert and coming home to his wife and daughter, Peernock projected the American dream. Even when he and his wife separated, it seemed amicable, just a small bump for the well-to-do family. But there was madness in his house: in private, Peernock was violent, subtly manipulative, and bordering on psychotic. But the horrifying details of his home life would only come to light after Peernock finally lost all control.Peernock had come home, brutally beat both his wife and daughter, force fed them alcohol, and deliberately sent them to their death behind the wheel, staging it to look like a drunk driving accident. He didn't foresee that his daughter would survive, and even with years of abuse, her attempted murder, and horrendous injuries, he never anticipated that she would speak so powerfully against him.Throughout his trial, Peernock claimed a massive government conspiracy against him. He hired and fired lawyers multiple times, deadlocking juries and spinning a web of lies. NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Anthony Flacco (IMPOSSIBLE ODDS, THE ROAD OUT OF HELL) chronicles the sensational trial and all the terror that preceded it, looking deep into the mind of a deranged killer whose American dream was a waking nightmare for those trapped within it.Once a successful whistleblower, Peernock denied his involvement in the murder, claiming a conspiracy against him on all levels. Confounding the justice system, hiring and firing lawyers, representing himself, saying everyone was against him. After numerous tense trials, Peernock was finally sentenced to life in prison, though those close to him still live in fear. A CHECKLIST FOR MURDER: The True Story of Robert John Peernock-Anthony Flaccohttp://www.amazon.com/A-Checklist-Murder-Anthony-Flacco/dp/0440217903
Ever wonder what it's really like to be kidnapped by Somali Pirates? Today's guest, bestselling author, Anthony Flacco, returns to Dr. Carole's Couch with another page-turner, entitled Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six. Mr. Flacco wrote this book with Jessica Buchanan and her husband, Erik Landemalm. Just released, it's already made the New York Times Bestseller List!
Today's guest is award-winning true crime author Anthony Flacco. His new book, The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders, is the untold story behind the movie Changeling. Thirteen-year-old Sanford Clark was tortured psychologically and sexually by his uncle, to enlist him in serial killings of young boys. Sanford's son, Jerry Clark, has now revealed the dark secrets his father told him, so that Anthony could recount this story of evil and redemption.