• 368: Floating Dick
    Feb 2 2026

    This week Erin tells us about Lawrence Strempel, a Houston-area teen who in the early 1970s confessed to killing two young brothers, served roughly two years in a juvenile facility, and was then released at age 18.

    Sources:

    https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1967462/m1/1/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/15fonsz/lawrence_strempel_who_was_responsible_for_the/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/1jiel39/the_mutilation_murders_of_ronald_and_kenneth/

    https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/lawrence-a-strempel-jr-birth-1958/104771588#memory-466546

    https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/lawrence-a-strempel-jr-birth-1958/104771588

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    46 minutos
  • 367: West of Chester
    Jan 25 2026

    This week Stacey tells us about Nicholas Tartaglione, a former Briarcliff Manor police officer turned drug dealer who was sentenced to life for the 2016 kidnapping and murder of four men and who briefly shared a jail cell with Jeffrey Epstein.

    Sources:

    nypost.com

    storage.courtlistener.com

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    wbznewsradio.iheart.com

    courtlistener.com

    dea.gov/press-releases

    eviemagazine.com/

    justice.gov/epstein/files/

    justice.gov/epstein/files/

    justice.gov/epstein/files/

    justice.gov/epstein/files/

    justice.gov/usao-sdny/

    yahoo.com/news/

    yahoo.com/news/

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    1 hora e 46 minutos
  • 366: Bucket of Chicken
    Jan 18 2026

    This week Erin tells us about serial killer Robert Garrow, who in 1973 abducted, raped, and murdered multiple victims in upstate New York, leading to a massive Adirondack manhunt and a landmark legal-ethics case over his attorneys keeping the locations of two victims’ bodies secret.

    Sources:

    https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/garrow-robert.htm

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garrow

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_Bodies_Case

    https://www.adirondacklife.com/2024/07/24/summer-of-garrow/

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    1 hora e 4 minutos
  • 365: ACAB
    Jan 11 2026

    This week, Stacey tells us about Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who traveled to upstate New York to meet a woman named Precious he met online, only to be kidnapped, brutally tortured for weeks, and ultimately killed by a group of seven alleged attackers.

    Sources:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sam-nordquist-killing-room-22-rcna194129

    https://glaad.org/grief-and-fond-remembrances-for-slain-transgender-man-sam-nordquist/

    https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/18844-sam-nordquist

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    59 minutos
  • 364: Not an Altima!
    Nov 3 2025

    This week Erin tells us about Dan Markel, a Florida State University law professor who was murdered in 2014 in a conspiracy involving his former in-laws and hired hitmen.

    Sources:

    Dan Markel - Wikipedia

    Donna Adelson sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating 2014 murder of ex-son-in-law, FSU professor Daniel Markel - CBS Miami

    A law professor was stalked and killed by hit men. His former mother-in-law is now on trial | CNN

    Dan Markel News Updates pg 1 of 9 | Court TV

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    53 minutos
  • 363: Lucky Thumb Drive
    Oct 24 2025

    this week Stacey tells us about the death of Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old OpenAI whistleblower found dead by suicide in his San Francisco apartment in November 2024 after publicly condemning the company’s data practices, a ruling contested by his family who remain convinced foul play was involved.

    Sources:

    https://suchir.net/fair_use.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchir_Balaji

    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/suchir-balajis-mother-new-charge-as-sam-altman-calls-openai-whistleblowers-death-suicide-9278849

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/openai-whistleblower-autopsy-report-released-20168839.php

    https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-whistleblower-suchir-balaji-autopsy-suicide-registered-gun-2025-2

    https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/suchir-balaji-openai-whistleblower-parents-lawsuit

    https://blackheritageradio.com/whistleblower-suchir-balaji-parents-claim-new-toxicology-report-proof-was-shot-dead/

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/openai-whistleblower-suchir-balajis-parents-claim-he-was-shot-twice-in-the-head-first-autopsy-missed-second-wound/articleshow/120100833.cms

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSUntLOBfyY&t=1526s


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    1 hora e 41 minutos
  • 362: Bomb Full of Vans
    Oct 15 2025

    This week Erin tells us about Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian far-right extremist who in 2011 carried out a bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp on Utøya Island, killing 77 people before being sentenced to 21 years in prison for terrorism and mass murder.


    Sources:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik

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    1 hora e 18 minutos
  • 361: The Coat Factory
    Oct 6 2025

    This week Stacey tells us about how, in October 2006, University of Vermont student Michelle Gardner-Quinn was abducted while walking home, sexually assaulted, and murdered by Brian Rooney, whose DNA linked him to the crime, resulting in his conviction and life sentence without parole.

    Sources:

    https://outside.vermont.gov/dept/vtlib/Documents/2008-470.pdf

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2006/10/15/slain-nva-student-loved-outdoors-friends-recall/22eb6086-7d33-4965-b713-b96b6ca2601c

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Michelle_Gardner-Quinn

    https://vtcynic.com/news/michelle-gardner-quinn-case-closed

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vt-cops-have-suspect-but-no-charges/

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dna-links-suspect-to-slain-vt-student/

    https://www.truecrimene.com/episodes/b7gsh9r65svsaipky6gcm8734f2gb0

    https://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2006/oct/16/friends-remember-murdered-arlington-student/

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    43 minutos