True Crime Campfire

For at least the past 200 years or so, there’s been a lot of debate about women and the role we’re supposed to play in society. Historically, we’ve been expected to be the nurturers, the caregivers—the gentler sex, as we used to be called. We cook the food, we nurse the sick, we mind the children. Some of us are perfectly content in that role. But all throughout history, there have also been women who’ve chafed against these expectations. Some of them rebelled in a healthy, heroic way—fighting for women’s right to vote, to manage our own money, to pursue careers. And some have rebelled in a darker, more toxic way, using the very tools of stereotypical womanhood—food and drink—to commit the deadliest crimes. Today we’ll tell you about two of those women. Case 1: Tillie Klimek. Case 2: The Marquise de Brinvilliers. Join Katie and Whitney, plus the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, Sinisterhood, and Scared to Death, on the very first CRIMEWAVE true crime cruise! Get your fan code now--tickets are on sale now: CrimeWaveatSea.com/CAMPFIRE Sources: Lady Killers by Tori Telfer Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite-dAubray-marquise-de-Brinvilliers Bounjour Paris: https://bonjourparis.com/history/mystery-and-murder-in-paris-the-infamous-madame-de-brinvilliers/ PBS: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/unforgivable-blackness/mann-act-full-text [https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/unforgivable-blackness/mann-act-full-text] Medium, Heather Monroe: https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-strange-murders-of-tillie-klimek-effa70912b5b [https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-strange-murders-of-tillie-klimek-effa70912b5b] Follow us, campers! Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire [https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire] https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/ [https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/] Facebook: True Crime Campfire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en] Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

For people of faith, a minister is supposed to be a figure of trust, a rock to support you in times of trouble. Not everyone who holds that position meets those ideals, though. This week’s story is about a man whose minister’s robes and carefully practiced smiles hid a heart burning with violence and dark desires, someone who would betray every trust given to him and leave pain—not salvation—in his wake. Join us for our latest "Sinister Minister" episode.  Join Katie and Whitney, plus the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, Sinisterhood, and Scared to Death, on the very first CRIMEWAVE true crime cruise! Get your fan code now--tickets are on sale now: CrimeWaveatSea.com/CAMPFIRE Sources: Investigation Discovery's True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, S4E1, “Sins of the Father"  CBS's 48 Hours, S26E17, “Death at the Parsonage”  NBC's Dateline, S21E21, “Fallen”  Pocono Record: https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/crime/2013/01/12/suicide-dominates-schirmer-trial-testimony/49162405007/ [https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/crime/2013/01/12/suicide-dominates-schirmer-trial-testimony/49162405007/] https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/crime/2013/01/16/two-wives-one-cause-death/49158909007/ [https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/crime/2013/01/16/two-wives-one-cause-death/49158909007/] ID News: https://www.ldnews.com/story/archives/2015/12/16/schirmer-gets-20-40-years-murder-bethany/77424050/ [https://www.ldnews.com/story/archives/2015/12/16/schirmer-gets-20-40-years-murder-bethany/77424050/] Follow us, campers! Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire [https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire] https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/ [https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/] Facebook: True Crime Campfire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en] Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

In this week’s episode, we are going to be looking at “Bullshido,” a catch-all term for martial arts practices that are either fake, delusional, or just plain useless. This is the land of no-touch knockouts, touches of death, and mystical masters who can’t manage their own lives. We’ll be asking the question—should you learn self-defense from summon who struggles with basic reality? Spoiler, the answer is no, no you shouldn’t.  This is a fun one, y'all. Nobody dies, and everybody is an absolute goober.  Sources: Interesting Stuff From Around the World YouTube channel (videos on Ashida Kim, George Dillman and Steven Seagal, plus much more): https://youtube.com/@interestingstufffromaround8014?si=E9-UiKKcTZQ4ng-J https://ashidakim.com/ [https://ashidakim.com/] The Dance of the Deadly Hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xw5wjwVkFc&t=36s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xw5wjwVkFc&t=36s] Ninja “levitation” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3QF3t58Rk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3QF3t58Rk] Ninja curtains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCaZmajZ_g4&t=258s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCaZmajZ_g4&t=258s] Kim catches a bullet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PJZjwWwFc4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PJZjwWwFc4] Kim dodges bullets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc1sN7eeyvM&t=78s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc1sN7eeyvM&t=78s] https://www.dillman.com/ [https://www.dillman.com/] George Dillman on tongues and toes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIL5nD2PQ0Y&t=326s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIL5nD2PQ0Y&t=326s] George’s chi bullet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYez2RKQn8c&t=748s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYez2RKQn8c&t=748s] George mostly resurrects a pet https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w7hgVWbPxG8 [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w7hgVWbPxG8] Seagal’s Lightning Bolt ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IId64OJdCKM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IId64OJdCKM] Seagal running weird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwwXE-T4HPI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwwXE-T4HPI] Seagal’s very real Russian aikido demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmEx8Moy7ro [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmEx8Moy7ro] Seagal essential oils https://members.tripod.com/life_scents/oldfiles/seagal.html [https://members.tripod.com/life_scents/oldfiles/seagal.html]   Join Katie and Whitney, plus the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, Sinisterhood, and Scared to Death, on the very first CRIMEWAVE true crime cruise! Pay up front or set up a payment plan. Get your fan code now--tickets go on sale February 7: CrimeWaveatSea.com/CAMPFIRE  Follow us, campers! Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire [https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire] https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/ [https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/] Facebook: True Crime Campfire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en] Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Art is a mysterious thing. It’s hard to pin down why one thing moves us and another does not. Similarly, it can be hard to identify that special spark, that unique creativity that an artist can have that lifts their work into something magical. If you don’t have that, all the technical skill and carefully won knowledge in the world won’t get you to that special place. Unless, of course, you just steal it from someone else. This is “Faking It: Art’s Greatest Forger.” This is a fun one, y'all. Opulent settings. Drama even a fan of telenovelas might find over the top. International intrigue...and salmon throwing? Sources: Fake! by Clifford Irving New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/08/obituaries/fernand-legros-dealer-in-art.html [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/08/obituaries/fernand-legros-dealer-in-art.html] Join Katie and Whitney, plus the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, Sinisterhood, and Scared to Death, on the very first CRIMEWAVE true crime cruise! Get your fan code now--tickets on sale now, and payment plans are available: CrimeWaveatSea.com/CAMPFIRE Follow us, campers! Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire [https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire] https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/ [https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/] Facebook: True Crime Campfire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en] Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

We’ve covered some real nasty pieces of work on our show over the years. Dive into true crime for any length of time, and you’re bound to come across plenty of people you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley. Or a lit one, even. But even among the rogue’s gallery of devil’s rejects out there, there are some in a league of their own. People so devoid of morals and human empathy that they should really just be shoved in some dank little spider-infested oubliette somewhere and forgotten about, just to protect the rest of us. Today, we’re gonna tell you about two of them. Case 1: Hell's Belle - The Crimes of Melissa Patterson Case 2: Making a Killing - The Story of Mark Barton, the Day Trader Killer Join Katie and Whitney, plus the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, Sinisterhood, and Scared to Death, on the very first CRIMEWAVE true crime cruise! Get your fan code now--tickets go on sale February 7: CrimeWaveatSea.com/CAMPFIRE Sources: Appeals court filings, Patterson v State: https://casetext.com/case/patterson-v-state-2099 Investigation Discovery's "Diabolical," episode "The Rich Get Richer" Oxygen's "Snapped," episode "Melissa Patterson" Martin Knell's Obituary KRGV: https://www.krgv.com/videos/murder-victim-s-only-son-speaks-out-following-conviction/ My RGV: https://myrgv.com/local-news/2023/09/23/five-years-later-monica-melissa-patterson-still-claims-innocence-despite-the-evidence/ Time magazine: https://time.com/archive/6736072/a-portrait-of-the-killer/ [https://time.com/archive/6736072/a-portrait-of-the-killer/] New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/31/us/shootings-in-atlanta-the-overview-killer-confessed-in-a-letter-spiked-with-rage.html [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/31/us/shootings-in-atlanta-the-overview-killer-confessed-in-a-letter-spiked-with-rage.html] Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/07/31/killer-wrote-of-fear-hopelessness/af33786a-de37-45cd-9d5f-1098379892dd/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/07/31/killer-wrote-of-fear-hopelessness/af33786a-de37-45cd-9d5f-1098379892dd/] South Coast Today: https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/1999/07/31/atlanta-shooter-had-been-disgruntled/50508538007/ [https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/1999/07/31/atlanta-shooter-had-been-disgruntled/50508538007/] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].