What...How...Why Did They Do That?

Susan Smith: Nine Days of Hell

Episode 2 covering Susan Smith traces the trajectory of her lies as police and officials in Union, South Carolina attempt to solve the disappearance and alleged carjacking of Michael and Alexander Smith. From the time the boys went missing on October 25, 1994 until a confession is obtained on November 3, 1994, join us while we pick through the events the shook a small town, and the nation, as everyone searched for 3 year old Michael and 14 month old Alexander.

Susan Smith: Setting the Scene for a Tragic Crime

Susan Smith was a 23 year old young woman when her family was thrust into the spotlight when she alleged her two young boys, Michael and Alex, were kidnapped during a carjacking in October 1994. However, her life in Union, South Carolina leading up to this fateful night was anything but idyllic. Learn her origin story in the first of multiple episodes focusing on Susan Smith.

Mary Beth Tinning: Tragic Figure or Serial Child Killer

Just in time for Mother's Day...This episode covers some truly suspicious and outrageous incidents in the life of Mary Beth Tinning. Together with her husband, Joe, the couple lived a roller coaster life that ultimately saw the deaths of all nine of their children - slowly, over years, where no child ever made it past the age of five. The only thing more heart wrenching than what happened to the children is where Mary Beth is now... Sources: https://www.dailygazette.com/news/marybeth-tinning-parole/article_91fe23f2-9920-11ee-bda8-5f3e064fb8c1.html https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/tinning-marybeth.htm https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/women/marybeth_tinning/index.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/women/marybeth_tinning/9.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/03/01/over-years-couple-buried-9-children/f2c444b0-93bb-483a-8fd8-d4d5aa46a4ae/ The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

What...How...Why Did They Do That?

Stephanie had a wonderful idea: We would each pick a crime/criminal who committed an act that was less-than-super-intelligent, aimed to shock and entertain each other, as these are blind case reveals! Discussing incidents from the 800's and the 2000's, we hope you will enjoy these crimes that left us stunned and astounded. Trigger Warning: mature language, as always, battery, assault, desecration of a corpse, graphic descriptions. However, if you're looking for one of our more tame episodes, this is it. Sources: www.Britannica.com, newadvent.org, daily.jstor.org, www.catholic.org, YouTube "Pope Formosus", True Nightmares "No Way to Die" S1E6, DOI.org "The Murderer as Writer, Storyteller and Protagonist: The Case of Krystian Bala"

Rochester's Big Bad: Arthur Shawcross Conclusion

TW: This is a true crime podcast and as such discusses horrible crimes in detail to include child abuse, child murders, sexual assault and murder. In July 1987, Arthur Shawcross and his girlfriend, Rose, were secretly integrated into Rochester, NY's community so as to not alarm anyone that there was a child killer from Watertown, NY in their midst. Obviously everything went fine and there were no more dead bodies connected to Arthur J. Shawcross. JUST KIDDING - what followed was a horrible bloodbath that got worst with time, as police are blocked from seeing any of Shawcross' criminal past, and they inadvertantly share critical information with the serial killer. This is the conclusion and the end of the life and crimes of Arthur Shawcross, the Genesee River Killer. Sources: "Interview with a Serial Killer" (YouTube), "Killer Whale" (YouTube) https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/arthur-shawcross https://allthatsinteresting.com/arthur-shawcross https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27665929 https://www.thoughtco.com/profile-of-serial-killer-arthur-shawcross-973145 https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/shawcross-arthur.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/nyregion/12shawcross.html