Mack Ray Edwards: The Child Killer of Southern California

Mack Ray Edwards: The Child Killer of Southern California

This is the tale of the many child disappearances and murders in Los Angeles county starting in the early 50’s and continuing until 1970. It is believed that one person is responsible for tearing these children away from their loved ones.

The Halloween Murder of Doreen Erbert

On Halloween of 1984, the life of 31 year old Doreen Erbert came to a tragic end. Music: CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823 [https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823]

The Murder of Ten Year Old Donald Scotty Baker

Ten year old Scotty Baker was checked out of school the day before Thanksgiving by someone he thought was his cousin. Once he got into her car, he realized that she wasn't, but by that time, it was too late. Music: CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823 [ https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823]

The Murder of Five Year Old Myretta June Jones

When five year old Myretta Jones didn't return from the grocery store, her grandmother called her mother Lorene. Deputies and neighbors searched that night and came upon a gruesome discovery. Reminiscent of the 1956 movie, The Bad Seed, this case takes us way back to 1947 and the story of a young girl, Joyce Nichols, and her grizzly acts. Music: CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823 Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/featured/ Stock footage provided by Patramansky Oleg via Videvo.net Sources: https://pastebin.com/CHTQLB9h Extra recognition goes out to http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/ and http://asclosetocrime.blogspot.com/ both blogs were a big help with the research in this case. Donations are appreciated, if you would like to help support the show, use the link below and buy me a coffee: http://Ko-fi.com/crimeatorium All of Crimeatorium's links: https://linktr.ee/Crimeatorium If you have a case suggestion, a comment about a case or a business inquiry, leave a voicemail message. If you would like me to get back to you, please leave your contact information. https://www.speakpipe.com/Crimeatorium

The Senseless Murders of Faith and Liberty Battaglia

On May 2nd, 2001, Mary Jean Pearle dropped her two daughters, Faith 9, and Liberty 6, off for their weekly visit with their father, even though they didn’t want to go, Wednesday was his visitation night as stated in their divorce decree. Their father, John Battaglia, was a man who had a long list of domestic abuse charges on his record and probably some jail time was looming over him, several days following this visit. Sources: No Daddy Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge by Irene Pence https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B009L82WRG&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_C1097Z555RCYX1J3B5SM&tag=crimeatoriu0e-20 https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/02/02/john-battaglia-taunts-ex-wife-before-being-executed-for-killing-their-girls-while-she-listened-in-horror/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-execution/texas-executes-man-for-murdering-daughters-in-killings-wife-heard-on-phone-idUSKBN1FL4TL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201997185/john-david-battaglia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68499998/mary-faith-battaglia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68500063/liberty-mae-battaglia https://web.archive.org/web/20180704034551/ http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/dallas-man-who-killed-daughters-set-to-die-thursday https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/battaglia-john-david.htm https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/father-executed-for-killing-daughters-while-mother-listened/news-story/0fd8e8503cff2dc989ac766e03008a77 https://www.newsweek.com/killer-john-battaglia-asked-am-i-dead-and-taunted-ex-wife-during-execution-797942 https://www.familyplace.org/resource/survivor-stories/inside_tfp/2020/04/07/program-highlight-faith-liberty's-place https://www.familyplace.org/home JDVDBattaglia.us.com Music: CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823 [https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823] Calm Melancholic Expressive Piano by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8303-calm-melancholic-expressive-piano License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license