Podcast appearances and mentions of David J Krajicek

Brandi really outdid herself this week by covering the most horrifying crime… ever??? James Urban Ruppert had a rough life. As he grew into adulthood, his struggles continued. He couldn't hold a job. He couldn't maintain relationships. He had paranoid delusions. That all came to a head on Easter Sunday of 1975, when his entire extended family celebrated the holiday at his mother's house. Also, please cue the Golden Girls theme song for Brandi. She told our only case this week so that Kristin could spend time with her grandma. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “The 1975 Easter massacre: Uncle Jimmy Ruppert kills his family” by David J. Krajicek, New York Daily News “CRIME HUNTER: Easter Sunday massacre of Ohio family stunned U.S.” by Brad Hunter, Toronto Sun “James Ruppert” murderpedia.org “Easter Sunday Massacre” wikipedia.org “Mother, Brother Among James Ruppert's Victims” by John R. Clark, The Cincinnati Enquirer “Grandmother Still Haunted By Memory” by Janet C. Wetzel, The Cincinnati Enquirer “Parole Hearing Not Due Til 95” by John R. Clark, The Cincinnati Enquirer “Officials Share Bitter Memories Of Ritter Case” by John R. Clark, The Cincinnati Enquirer “Ruppert Chronology” The Cincinnati Enquirer “Living in a murder house: Hamilton mom copes with her home's dark past” by Maxim Alter, WCPO 9 News YOU'RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We'd offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you'll get 30+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90's style chat room!  

From the outside, it looked like Barbara Daly Baekeland had it all--a good looking husband, a stunning child, socialite-status, beauty, riches--but beneath it all was something much more sinister. Join us this week as Kevin and Amy dive into the dumpster to tell you this strange tale of the Daly/Baekeland family "curses."Our sources for this episode:“He will kill you: Shrink warned mother of Baekeland plastics heir” by David J. Krajicek (New York Daily News)“The Fall of the House of Baekeland” by Christopher Schemering (Washington Post)“How a society beauty was finally murdered by the gay son she had  seduced” by David Leafe (Daily Mail UK)“Death of a Socialite: The Barbara Baekeland Case” by Richard BevanBarbara Daly Baekeland Biography 

Hey, buds. Get ready because tonight we are talking about the bizarre case of the ouija board murder. Seeing as our presidential race has now been limited to a bunch of old, white men, most of whom are only equipped to destroy, it seems fitting to discuss a dangerous white man who ruined the lives of Native women in upstate New York.  We also take a moment to discuss the devastating death of Dr. Amie Harwick, who was attacked by her ex-boyfriend. Sign this petition to try to help change domestic violence laws so this doesn't happen again. If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. For anonymous, confidential help, 24/7, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY). Come hang with us! Instagram: @highcrimepod Facebook: High Crime Pod Twitter: @highcrimepod Website: www.highcrimepod.com Email: info@highcrimepod.com  Sources: ‘The Scandal of the Century’ - The Murder of Clothilde Marchand // Forest Lawn // The Ouija board murder: Tricking tribal healer Nancy Bowen to kill // David J. Krajicek // Daily News //  Fear and loathing and sex and death, Buffalo-style // Elizabeth Licata // Buffalo Spree Magazine //  Justice 4 Amie - Domestic Violence Laws Updated // Change.org //

This week’s episode topic was left up to the Creepy Caffeine Community and after a landslide vote, it was decided that Whitney and Dani would be discussing the creepy cult, Heaven’s Gate.   You can help support us by grabbing some Creepy Caffeine merchandise at https://creepycaffeinemerch.com/   Story Links:   http://www.heavensgate.com/   A Look at the Heaven’s Gate Mass Suicide on it’s 20th Anniversary by David J. Krajicek: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/heaven-gate-mass-suicide-20-years-article-1.3008847   Art Bell, Heaven’s Gate, and Journalistic Integrity by Thomas Genoni Jr: https://skepticalinquirer.org/1997/07/art-bell-heavens-gate-and-journalistic-integrity/   If you’re interested in sharing your creepy stories, email us at creepycaffeine@gmail.com   For more about us and links to all of our social media, visit our podcast page at http://creepycaffeine.podbean.com/   Check out our Goodreads account to see what books we’re reading: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/104922822-creepy-caffeine.   To reach us by snail mail: Creepy Caffeine PO Box 12665 Oklahoma City, OK 73157  

In Kansas in 1958, an 18-year-old kills both of his parents and his only sibling. Was it a case of greed, mental illness, or was Andrews just a "bad seed"?   #parricide #InColdBlood #TheBrothersKaramazov #deathrow #familyannihilators  Resources:  "Lowell Lee Andrews Was 'The Nicest Boy' in Wolcott by Beth Elias for Ranker.com  "Nicest boy in Wolcott" by David J. Krajicek for NYDailyNews.com, Feb. 21, 2010 "State vs. Andrews", Appeal Record, State of Kansas, Dec. 10, 1960. Retrieved on Justia.com.  In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Modern Library, Reprint Edition, 2013.  Sponsor:  Native Deodorant - www.nativedeodorant.com - Use promo code ONCE for 20% off your first purchase. Music Credits: Original theme music by http://AaronGoldberg.Bandcamp.com Music from https://filmmusic.io - "March of the Mind" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Other music:  https://freesound.org/s/321070/  ,  https://freesound.org/s/243435/   Licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.  

Extra! Extra! Read Listen all about it! Kayla and Helayne cover the wildly stupid, poorly planned murder of Roaring Twenties Motorboating Magazine editor Albert Snyder by Ruth Snyder and her lover, corset designer Judd Gray. What a story!  As usual - if you have a moment to leave us a five-star review, it really helps us out! We love you and your support.  Instagram: @highcrimepod Facebook: High Crime Pod Twitter: @highcrimepod Website: www.highcrimepod.com Email: info@highcrimepod.com Sources: Ruthless Ruth // David J. Krajicek // New York Daily News The 1927 Murder That Became a Media Circus — And a Famous Movie // Becky Little // History The Chilling Story Behind The Housewife Murderer Sent To The Electric Chair // Genevieve Carlton // Ranker The Shocking Story Behind This Photo Of Ruth Snyder’s Execution // Katie Serena // All That’s Interesting 

Barbara Daly Baekeland was a New York socialite, model, and heiress.  She had many friends, beauty, and a personality like a force of nature, so why would someone want her dead? Sources – The Fall of the House of Baekeland. Sept. 15, 1985 - by Christopher Schemering, The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1985/09/15/the-fall-of-the-house-of-baekeland/41da760f-dba9-4ac8-bf81-c2469642d657/?noredirect=on  Barbara Baekeland: The Incestuous Socialite Who Was Murdered by Her Son. Feb 9, 2018 By Laura Kelley, Rebel Circus, https://www.rebelcircus.com/blog/barbara-baekeland-wealthy-glamorous-socialite-incestuous-murdered/  He will kill you: Shrink warned mother of Baekeland plastics heir. Jul 15, 2012 By DAVID J. KRAJICEK, New York Daily News. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/kill-shrink-warned-mother-baekeland-plastics-heir-article-1.1114966  Bakelite – Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite  Kennedy, F. Sterilization and eugenics. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 1937;34:519-520. Kennedy, F. The problem of social control of the congenital defective: education, sterilization, euthanasia. Am J Psychiatry 1942;99:13-16. Savage Grace: The True Story of Fatal Relations in a Rich and Famous American Family, book by Natalie Robins & Steven M. L. Aronson, © 1985 Fatal Seduction: How a society millionairess seduced her own son to “cure” him of being gay…and paid with her life. June 27, 2008 by David Leafe for The Daily Mail, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1030028/Fatal-Seduction-How-society-millionairess-seduced-son-cure-gay--paid-life.html  Fatal Seduction: How a society millionairess seduced her own son to “cure” him of being gay…and paid with her life. June 30, 2008 by David Leafe for The Daily Mail, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1030330/How-society-beauty-finally-murdered-gay-son-tried-cure-homosexuality.html  Murderpedia - Antony Baekeland: https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/baekeland-anthony.htm  Wikipedia – Barbara Daly Baekeland: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Daly_Baekeland 

Late Friday night, the day after Thanksgiving, November 28th, 1958. Wolcott, Kansas. 18-year-old University of Kansas sophomore, Lowell Lee Andrews, calls the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office. He reports that there has been a burglary at his family’s farmhouse near the tiny Wolcott neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. In the house, he has found his mother, father, and sister--all dead. I’d appreciate it if you would subscribe to Prison City Murders and write a review. Even critical feedback is appreciated. You can email me at prisoncitymurders@gmail.com or comment on the cases below. Thank you so much for listening and until next time, please don’t murder anybody. I don’t think you can listen to podcasts behind bars. Sources used for this episode are listed below: 2010 retrospective for New York Daily News by David J. Krajicek. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nicest-boy-wolcott-polite-lowell-lee-andrews-proved-cold-kansas-killer-article-1.198046 https://www2.ljworld.com/ https://www.doc.ks.gov/ https://www.kansascity.com/ https://kansascity.newsbank.com https://www.newspapers.com/ https://www.ancestry.com/ https://www.genealogybank.com/ https://www.findagrave.com/ https://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/gsrstillviable.html https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/the-m-naghten-rule.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Menninger-family https://www.atchisonglobenow.com/ https://themercury.com/ https://www2.ljworld.com/ https://oklahoman.com/ https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/

In May 1920, wealthy womanizer Joseph Elwell was found shot to death alone in his locked house in upper Manhattan. The police identified hundreds of people who might have wanted Elwell dead, but they couldn't quite pin the crime on any of them. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll review the sensational murder that the Chicago Tribune called "one of the toughest mysteries of all times." We'll also learn a new use for scuba gear and puzzle over a sympathetic vandal. Intro: The Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants played a three-way baseball game in 1944. Avon, Colorado, has a bridge called Bob. Sources for our feature on Joseph Elwell: Jonathan Goodman, The Slaying of Joseph Bowne Elwell, 1987. Joseph Bowne Elwell, Bridge, Its Principles and Rules of Play, 1903 "J.B. Elwell, Whist Expert and Race Horse Owner, Slain," New York Times, June 12, 1920, 1. "Seek Young Woman in Elwell Mystery," New York Times, June 13, 1920, 14. "Scour City Garages for Elwell Clue," New York Times, June 14, 1920, 1. "'Woman in Black' at the Ritz Enters Elwell Mystery," New York Times, June 16, 1920, 1. "Two Men and Women Hunted in New Trail for Slayer of Elwell," New York Tribune, June 16, 1920, 1. "Housekeeper Admits Shielding Woman by Hiding Garments in Elwell Home," New York Times, June 17, 1920, 1. "Mrs. Elwell Bares Divorce Project," New York Times, June 17, 1920, 1. "Swann Baffled at Every Turn in Elwell Mystery," New York Times, June 19, 1920, 1. "'Mystery Girl in Elwell Case Is Found," Washington Times, June 19, 1920, 1. "Elwell, Discarding Palm Beach Woman, Revealed Threats," New York Times, June 20, 1920, 1. "Elwell, the Man of Many Masks," New York Times, June 20, 1920, 12. "Elwell Traced to Home at 2:30 on Day of Murder," New York Times, June 21, 1920, 1. "'Unwritten Law' Avenger Sought in Elwell Case," New York Times, June 22, 1920, 1. "Think Assassin Hid for Hours in Elwell Home," New York Times, June 23, 1920, 1. "Admits Breakfasting With Von Schlegell," New York Times, June 23, 1920, 3. "Officials Baffled by Contradictions Over Elwell Calls," New York Times, June 24, 1920, 1. "Housekeeper Gives New Elwell Facts," New York Times, June 25, 1920, 1. "Pendleton, Amazed Awaiting Inquiry in Elwell Case," New York Times, June 28, 1920, 1. "'Bootlegger' Clue in Elwell Case Bared by Check," New York Times, June 29, 1920, 1. "Elwell Rum Ring Bared by Shevlin," New York Times, July 2, 1920, 14. "Viola Kraus Again on Elwell Grill," New York Times, July 3, 1920, 14. "The People and Their Daily Troubles," Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1920: II2. "Says Witness Lied in Elwell Inquiry," New York Times, July 7, 1920, 11. "Whisky Is Seized in Elwell Mystery," New York Times, July 10, 1920, 10. "New Elwell Clue Found by Police," New York Times, July 11, 1920, 16. "'Beatrice,' New Witness Sought in Elwell Case," New York Tribune, July 11, 1920, 6. "Says He Murdered Elwell," New York Times, July 14, 1920, 17. "Quiz Figueroa Again in Elwell Mystery," New York Times, July 17, 1920, 14. "Chauffeur Quizzed in Elwell Mystery," New York Times, July 20, 1920, 8. "Elwell Evidence Put Up to Whitman," New York Times, April 2, 1921, 11. "Confesses Murder of Elwell and Says Woman Paid for It," New York Times, April 7, 1921, 1. "Admits Elwell Murder," Los Angeles Times, April 7, 1921, I1. "Confessed Elwell Slayer Identifies Woman Employer," New York Times, April 8, 1921, 1. "Confessed Slayer of Elwell Is Sane, Alienist Declares," New York Times, April 9, 1921, 1. "Harris Admits His Elwell Murder Tale Was All a Lie," New York Times, April 11, 1921, 1. "Elwell and Keenan Slayers Are Known," Fort Wayne [Ind.] Sentinel, Oct. 17, 1923, 1. "Elwell's Slayer Known to Police," New York Times, Oct. 21, 1923, E4. "Fifth Anniversary of the Elwell Murder Finds It Listed as the Perfect Mystery," New York Times, June 12, 1925, 21. "Elwell Cut Off," New York Times, April 12, 1927, 19. "Murder of Elwell Recalled in Suicide," New York Times, Oct. 15, 1927, 21. "Joseph Elwell Murder in 1920 Still Mystery," Chicago Tribune, Feb. 21, 1955. David J. Krajicek, "Who Would Want to Kill Joe Elwell?" New York Daily News, Feb. 13, 2011. Douglas J. Lanska, "Optograms and Criminology: Science, News Reporting, and Fanciful Novels," in Anne Stiles et al., Literature, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Historical and Literary Connections, 2013. Kirk Curnutt, "The Gatsby Murder Case," in Alfred Bendixen and Olivia Carr Edenfield, eds., The Centrality of Crime Fiction in American Literary Culture, 2017. Listener mail: Paul Rubin, "Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He's Charged with Arson," Phoenix New Times, Aug. 27, 2009. Michael Walsh, "Autopsy Shows Michael Marin, Arizona Man Who Was Former Wall Street Trader, Killed Self With Cyanide After Hearing Guilty Verdict," New York Daily News, July 27, 2012. "Michael Marin Update: Canister Labeled 'Cyanide' Found in Arsonist's Vehicle, Investigators Say," CBS News/Associated Press, July 12, 2012. Ed Lavandera, "Ex-Banker's Courtroom Death an Apparent Suicide," CNN, July 11, 2012. At the guilty verduct, Marin put his hands to his mouth, apparently swallowed something, and collapsed in court: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWO_O4ScAsg Alex Papadimoulis, "Suzanne the 1000th Malone," The Daily WTF, Jan. 15, 2008. Oxford Dictionaries, "What Are the Plurals of 'Octopus', 'Hippopotamus', 'Syllabus'?" "Octopus," "Ask the Editor," Merriam-Webster. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Oliver Bayley. Here are some corroborating links (warning -- these spoil the puzzle). 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