Freefall: The Crimes of Emile Cilliers

Freefall: The Crimes of Emile Cilliers

In his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde tells the story of a handsome young man who makes a deal with the Devil—his soul, in exchange for eternal youth and beauty. But there is a portrait of Dorian in the attic of his house, and as he moves through the years with his handsome face not aging, the portrait ages—and it also begins to show the poison seeping through him as he lives his life in soulless, selfish pursuit of hedonistic pleasures. He drives a young woman to suicide and doesn’t feel bad about it. He becomes more and more of a toxic force in the lives of the people around him. And when his friend finally calls him out on it, Dorian murders him. He couldn’t bear the fact that his best friend could see him for what he really was—the true, monstrous face behind the handsome façade. It’s a hell of a metaphor, and it’s what we’ve said so many times on our show about narcissists: that they want to indulge themselves at the expense of everybody else, but would rather die than be exposed for it. Today’s story is about a real-life Dorian Gray, a man who used his charm and charisma to lure in a talented, intelligent woman, only to throw her life into chaos and leave broken wreckage behind. Join us live at Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp in Equinunk, PA, September 10-13th! Visit ⁠badmagicproductions.com [badmagicproductions.com]⁠ for more info and to buy tickets. Tickets are on sale now for CrimeWave 2.0! Visit crimewaveatsea.com/CAMPFIRE [crimewaveatsea.com/CAMPFIRE%20]to get your discount code for $100 off your cabin and a private meet-and-greet with us! The cruise is Feb. 8-12, 2027. Sources: I Survived: A True Story, Victoria Cilliers ITV, "The Parachute Murder Plot with Fiona Bruce" NPR: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/16/620531854/former-british-army-sergeant-sentenced-after-parachute-murder-attempt-of-wife [https://www.npr.org/2018/06/16/620531854/former-british-army-sergeant-sentenced-after-parachute-murder-attempt-of-wife] https://www.aetv.com/articles/victoria-cilliers-skydive-murder-plot [https://www.aetv.com/articles/victoria-cilliers-skydive-murder-plot] The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/24/shocking-betrayal-the-soldier-the-lover-and-the-sabotaged-parachute-emile-cilliers [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/24/shocking-betrayal-the-soldier-the-lover-and-the-sabotaged-parachute-emile-cilliers] Winchester Crown Court, Judge's Sentencing Remarks: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/r-v-cilliers-mr-justice-sweeney-sentencing-remarks-winchester-crown-court-15-june-2018.pdf [https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/r-v-cilliers-mr-justice-sweeney-sentencing-remarks-winchester-crown-court-15-june-2018.pdf] 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] Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Secret Life: The Murder of Stefanie Rabinowitz

It’s almost impossible to know someone perfectly. Everyone has their private thoughts and hidden moments from their past, and this is usually no problem at all, it’s all just inconsequential things. Usually, but not always. Because some people don’t just have little harmless secrets, they have whole separate lives that the people close to them know nothing about. And the tension between those two lives can have deadly consequences. Join us live at Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp in Equinunk, PA, September 10-13th! Visit ⁠badmagicproductions.com⁠ [badmagicproductions.com] for more info and to buy tickets.   Tickets are on sale now for CrimeWave 2.0! Visit crimewaveatsea.com/CAMPFIRE [crimewaveatsea.com/CAMPFIRE] to get your discount code for $100 off your cabin and a private meet-and-greet with us! The cruise is Feb. 8-12, 2027. Sources: Ken Englade, Everybody’s Best Friend Forensic Files, S10E27, “Summer Obsession” https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/05/25/the-double-life-of-craig-rabinowitz-devoted-husband-murder-suspect/de019f6c-5687-434a-9f5f-e96c18f195fb/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/05/25/the-double-life-of-craig-rabinowitz-devoted-husband-murder-suspect/de019f6c-5687-434a-9f5f-e96c18f195fb/] 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] Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Creep: Serial Killer Wayne Nance Pt 2

When we left you at the end of part 1, Wayne Nance had begun his career as a serial killer with the murder of Donna Pounds. As much as he tried to blend into normal society—joining the Navy, working as a bouncer at a busy Western-themed bar—he could never completely hide the strangeness…and darkness brewing inside. Not everyone who saw it up close lived to tell about it, but as we’ll see in this episode, there were two who did. Join us for part 2 of this terrifying story. Join us live at Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp in Equinunk, PA, September 10-13th! Visit ⁠badmagicproductions.com⁠ [badmagicproductions.com] for more info and to buy tickets.   Tickets are on sale now for CrimeWave 2.0! Visit crimewaveatsea.com/CAMPFIRE [crimewaveatsea.com/CAMPFIRE%20]to get your discount code for $100 off your cabin and a private meet-and-greet with us! The cruise is Feb. 8-12, 2027. Sources: John Coston, To Kill and Kill Again https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/05/1980s-montana-shooting-victim-identified-through-dna/ [https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/05/1980s-montana-shooting-victim-identified-through-dna/] https://www.montanarightnow.com/missoula/sheriff-ids-remains-found-36-years-ago-near-crystal-creek/article_f42f8a76-b1aa-11eb-8aa2-bbf7674e53d1.html [https://www.montanarightnow.com/missoula/sheriff-ids-remains-found-36-years-ago-near-crystal-creek/article_f42f8a76-b1aa-11eb-8aa2-bbf7674e53d1.html] 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] Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Creep: Serial Killer Wayne Nance Pt 1

In the 1970s in Missoula, Montana, there was a brief epidemic of unsolved violent murders that shocked the small city down to its roots. A dark rumor spread quickly—the deaths must be the work of some sinister Satanic cult, secret rituals performed in the service of demonic powers. This was not the case. The murders were unconnected, the motives behind them having nothing to do with the big bad devil… except for one, in which the killer proudly declared his occult allegiance to anyone who asked. But that was just a cover for overpowering violent fantasies that this weak, strange man would never try too hard to resist. After this first murder, he’d kill again and again. Join us live at Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp in Equinunk, PA, September 10-13th! Visit ⁠badmagicproductions.com⁠ [badmagicproductions.com] for more info and to buy tickets.   Tickets are on sale now for CrimeWave 2.0! Visit crimewaveatsea.com/CAMPFIRE to get your discount code for $100 off your cabin and a private meet-and-greet with us! The cruise is Feb. 8-12, 2027. Sources: John Coston, To Kill and Kill Again https://archive.is/Yxz4J#selection-4661.90-4661.114 [https://archive.is/Yxz4J#selection-4661.90-4661.114] https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/cold-case-research-yields-id-of-1984-murder-victim/article_a01dbe0d-5c2d-5181-9927-460950a1ddd1.html [https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/cold-case-research-yields-id-of-1984-murder-victim/article_a01dbe0d-5c2d-5181-9927-460950a1ddd1.html] https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults/richard-william-davis [https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults/richard-william-davis] 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] Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Gray Man: The Crimes of Russell Williams, Pt 2

Our homes are supposed to be where we’re the safest. It’s where we’re our most vulnerable. Last week, we told you about someone who would use that vulnerability to his advantage. This week, as the story continues, his monstrous intentions will focus on two women and destroy their families' senses of safety forever. Join us for part 2 (the final part) of the story of Russell Williams. Sources: Appleby, Timothy. A New Kind of Monster: The Secret Life and Shocking True Crimes of an Officer . . . and a Murderer The Fifth Estate, episode Above Suspicion https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/03/09/women-belong-in-the-kitchen-burger-kings-international-womens-day-tweet-goes-up-in-flames/ [https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/03/09/women-belong-in-the-kitchen-burger-kings-international-womens-day-tweet-goes-up-in-flames/] https://globalnews.ca/news/7411289/jessica-lloyd-russell-williams-sentenced-10-years/ [https://globalnews.ca/news/7411289/jessica-lloyd-russell-williams-sentenced-10-years/] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-11801857 [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-11801857] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/williams-military-uniform-burned-1.924008 [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/williams-military-uniform-burned-1.924008] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/col-russell-williams-timeline-1.913312 [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/col-russell-williams-timeline-1.913312] 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] Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com [https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]