Grim Tales from the Garden State

Ep 23: James Henry Hampton

James Henry Hampton led a life of crime from a very early age. From reform school to jail cells, Hampton wreaked havoc across the midwest and pacific northwest. That was until August 1992 when he was all but encouraged to rob a woman and her fiancee in Missouri. He then proceeded to flee to Wantage, New Jersey and claim another life.

Ep 22: Howard Unruh

In 1949, Howard Unruh was a shy, quiet World War II veteran who had a serious chip on his shoulder. His insecurities, social awkwardness, and fear of being outed for his sexuality all coalesced into a violent walk down River Road in East Camden. * Business email: grimtalesgs@gmail.com [grimtalesgs@gmail.com] * Instagram: grimtalesgs [https://www.instagram.com/grimtalesgs/] Sources: * https://weirdnj.com/stories/howard-unruh/ [https://weirdnj.com/stories/howard-unruh/] * https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/story-first-mass-murder-us-history-180956927/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/story-first-mass-murder-us-history-180956927/] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Unruh [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Unruh] * https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/090749nj-shoot.html [https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/090749nj-shoot.html] * https://murderpedia.org/male.U/u/unruh-howard.htm [https://murderpedia.org/male.U/u/unruh-howard.htm] * https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/camden-marks-milestones-in-policing-reforms-crime-reduction/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%202022%2C%20there%20were%203%2C000,Capella%2C%20Camden%20County%20Commission%20director [https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/camden-marks-milestones-in-policing-reforms-crime-reduction/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%202022%2C%20there%20were%203%2C000,Capella%2C%20Camden%20County%20Commission%20director]. [https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/camden-marks-milestones-in-policing-reforms-crime-reduction/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%202022%2C%20there%20were%203%2C000,Capella%2C%20Camden%20County%20Commission%20director.] * https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/camden-camden-nj/ [https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/camden-camden-nj/] * https://everytownresearch.org/issue/mass-shootings#by-the-numbers [https://everytownresearch.org/issue/mass-shootings#by-the-numbers]

Ep 21: Kashif Parvaiz & Antoinette Stephen

Kashif Parvaiz and Antoinette Stephen were architecture students at Harvard in 2011. When their illicit affair begins, the two must devise a way to free Kashif from his wife's arms and allow him to truly be with Antoinette, but that won't be without some bloodshed.

Ep 20: Danny Burroughs

In August of 2007, Danny Burroughs disappeared from his Mays Landing home without a trace. His second wife, Loretta Burroughs, claimed that he ran off with a much younger woman to Florida, but no one could comfortably believe that story.

Ep 19: Charles Reddish

Dede Rosenthal was a teacher for disabled children, and Rebecca Wertz was a loving mother. In 1991 and 1995 across two counties in South Jersey, these two women lost their lives at the hands of Charles Reddish, a shady maintenance man who had random compulsions to kill innocents.