Siblings in Crime

Con Turned Fatal - Lo-Letha Toland-Hall

An 81-year-old farmer.  A phone call about a loved one in danger.  And a woman in a black Acura looking for the package.  What happens next leaves two families shattered—and one question that still doesn’t have a clear answer. This is the devastating case of William Brock and Lo-Letha Toland-Hall. Thank you for supporting the show!  Sources * Court TV / Vinnie Politan Investigates — broadcast transcript + case coverage * Springfield News-Sun — pretrial filings, scam sequence detail, sentencing coverage * CNN — Lo-Letha Hall profile, Mario Hall interviews, verdict and sentencing reports * WKBN — William Brock trial testimony coverage * WDTN — trial day three, verdict report * WHIO / News Center 7 — indictment, jury selection, sentencing * Dayton 24/7 Now (WKEF/ABC6) — arrest, arraignment, dashcam release * WOSU Public Media — post-indictment case summary * CBS News — verdict and deliberation time * AP / Springfield News-Sun wire — indictment and charge details * 10TV Columbus — case coverage * Clark County Sheriff's Office — incident report, press releases * Clark County Prosecutor Daniel Driscoll — public statements * Uber — public statement re: banned account * FBI — confirmed awareness of case (no further comment per DOJ policy)

MOORHOUSE KILLING SPREE

In the fall of 1986, five women disappeared from Perth, Australia within just five weeks. With no clear connection between them, police struggled to understand what was happening—until a 17-year-old girl escaped from captivity and led investigators straight to a suburban home hiding unimaginable crimes.  This is the story of Mary Neilson, Susannah Candy, Noelene Patterson Parr, Denise Keren Brown and Kate Moir. Sources * Wikipedia — "David and Catherine Birnie" * The West Australian — "Survivor wants Birnie forgotten" * ABC News Australia — "Serial killer refused parole" * Yahoo News Australia — "'Monster' serial killer could get parole" * Yahoo News Australia — "How a young girl and rookie cop caught serial killers David and Catherine Birnie" * The Line-Up — "Moorhouse Murders: The Killers May Have Inspired 'Hounds…'"

Where Is Lars Mittank?

After a week-long vacation, Lars Mittank should have boarded a flight home to Germany. Instead, he ran. What followed was a decade-long mystery filled with paranoia, unanswered questions, and four competing theories, none of which fully explain what happened. This is the missing persons case of Lars Mittank. Sources Wikipedia — Disappearance of Lars Mittank Crime & Investigation — The Disappearance of Lars Mittank: Overview & Analysis People — All About Lars Mittank’s Mysterious Disappearance All That’s Interesting — The Disappearance of Lars Mittank And The Haunting Case Mirror — Chilling Mystery of the ‘Most Famous Missing Person’ AOL — Lars Mittank Was Last Seen Sprinting Toward a ForestDark Tales — The Disappearance of Lars Mittank True Crime Society — Lars Mittank Case Overview Reddit — Lars Mittank Disappearance Discussion (compiled timeline)

The Killer That Never Left - Hinterkaifeck Murders

Before the Hinterkaifeck murders, the family noticed warning signs they couldn’t explain: footsteps overhead, a newspaper no one ordered, and tracks in the snow that led to the house but never away. What followed was a crime so unsettling it still has investigators, historians, and true crime fans asking the same question over 100 years later: who or what was inside that farmhouse? This is the case of Andreas Gruber, Cäzilia Gruber, Viktoria Gabriel, Cäzilia, Josef and Maria Baumgartner.  Sources *  Wikipedia — Hinterkaifeck Murders *  onoff.gr — Hinterkaifeck Farm: 6 Dead and the Killer Lived There *  The True Crime Database — Hinterkaifeck Murders *  Mental Floss — The Chilling Story of the Hinterkaifeck Killings *  Headcount Coffee — The Unsolved Hinterkaifeck Murders *  Headcount Coffee — Hinterkaifeck Footprint Analysis *  StrangeCo Blog — The Hinterkaifeck Mystery *  Kim Parr (Medium) — Horror at Hinterkaifeck, Part II *  Jack Rosewood — The Hinterkaifeck Murders *  10 Minute Murder — Six Murders, No Answers

The Town Bully - Ken McElroy

For years, the small town of Skidmore, Missouri lived under the shadow of one man. Accused of dozens of crimes and known for intimidation tactics that kept witnesses silent, he seemed untouchable. But in the summer of 1981, everything changed. What happened next would leave investigators stunned, a community silent, and a case that remains unsolved to this day. This is the case of Ken McElroy Sources  * In Broad Daylight by Harry N. MacLean * Wikipedia (Ken McElroy case, cross-referenced)  * A&E — case feature  * Fox2Now — reporting  * Crime Library * Mental Floss * Morbidology * Patch * U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (grand jury documentation)  * All That’s Interesting * Northwest Missouri News * Weird History (limited, corroborated details)