- 118 • The Dead Man
Dark Topic Cold.
May 10th 1973. A masked man brandishing a pistol and a rifle, enters the CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) in downtown Kenora, Ontario. A dead man’s switch that looks more like a duck whistle, is clenched between his teeth. The switch is connected to a bag slung over his shoulder which he claims to contain a bomb. Everybody better behave, or be blown to smithereens.
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Sources:
The Kenora Bank Robbery W5
https://youtu.be/1ine4OHheOA?si=v04MnM4TMop4_Ayw
The Devils Gap by Joe Ralko
Explosion
https://youtu.be/ROI6JxN19eo?si=bECrxdFtQ7ysqEEU
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John Norman Collins. The Ted Bundy Prototype.
Sources:
Sheriff Harvey Interview
The Michigan Murderer
Detroit Free Press
Midwest Crime Files
The Ypsilanti Ripper: The Victims of John Norman Collins
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This ep starts off a little odd for DT. I had a loss in my family that I shouldn't speak publicly about yet so I cut it. Also, this is a previously released on Patreon, but unreleased public ep of DT. Thanks for understanding. Although, this is confusing no doubt.
July 12th 2013. A Friday afternoon in the quaint village of Richfield Wisconsin. A young woman attempting to walk her dog through a nature park is accosted by a would be rapist who jumps out from behind a van in the secluded spots parking area. Daniel Bartelt - a bad actor - would run away to regroup. And get it right in a repeat performance.
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Emanuel Kemp Jr. Texas Death Row Inmate, and his crazy story.
Sources:
Faces of Death Row
Faces of Death Row | The Texas Tribune
Fort Worth Star Telegram
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article219481385.html
Murderpedia
Emanuel Kemp | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Newspapers.com
Apr 24, 1988, page 18 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com
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Dr. Melissa Ketunuti had a rodent problem. Jason Smith, a local Philly exterminator, turned out to be an expensive solution.
Thanks to our old Philly friend Shore on research.
ABC news source of interest.
https://youtu.be/Elz--ou8l3w?si=f2DTX92uG3eG0PDC
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David Shearing crept through the darkness of the old prison camp, to the fire-lit campsite of two grandparents, two parents, and two children. When the father of the girls that Shearing had come to see, got up to meet the approaching shadow - two hands gripping a .22 pump action rifle made this family camping trip all about one.
Sources:
The Seventh Shadow by RCMP Sgt. Michael Eastham and Ian McLeod
Vancouver Sun
B.C. man who murdered a family of six reveals chilling details in parole hearing | Vancouver Sun
Crime Beat TV
https://youtu.be/fZkNSn41Hww?si=QsPYEVOupEBqJR_x
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Nineteen year old Brian Cohee JR, went for a cruise late one Saturday night in February of 2021. He wore coveralls, three pairs of gloves, and had a Michael Myers mask and large kitchen knife at the ready. When he found what seemed to be the perfect victim in sixty nine year old Warren Barnes - a homeless man well known in Grand Junction, Colorado - Cohee struck without mercy. The rest is a mess. Some of which his mother would discover in her strange son’s closet.
Sources:
The Colorado Sun
A sculpture will pay tribute to the murdered reading man of Grand Junction
Explore With Us
https://youtu.be/pvrp87VXtD4?si=c5MVaAovlkzzDrXU
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Alex J. Mengel was a poacher of human beings. This widely unknown killer has a terrifying, yet barely mapped out history despite an actual map being found tucked into the dash of his ghostmobile.
Sources:
Unearthing a Serial Killer (Book)
UNEARTHING A SERIAL KILLER: Paul, David, McMurray, Kevin F.: 9781519348821: Amazon.com: Books
Unearthing a Serial Killer (Podcast)
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/unearthing-a-serial-killer/id1583990190
Arrest of Mengel
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From Dark Topic Plus - with purpose.
This episode is about domestic violence. It is pretty heavy, and I said i'd not release it. But I am because I was told it might help. Thank you!
Sources:
911 Call (6:30)
Articles Michigan Live
Son, 10, testifies John Kovach said he 'did her family a favor' by shooting his wife - mlive.com
Nancy Kovach, victim in Comstock slaying, remembered as great mother, 'smiley, happy' - mlive.com
John Kovach to spend at least 20 years in prison for murdering his wife, Nancy Kovach - mlive.com
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In the early eighties David Alan Gore along with his cousin Fred Waterfield, stalked and terrorized Vero Beach - AKA Zero Beach, Florida. Thanks to letters written by Gore in prison, we know more than we’d like to know about just how brutal the serial killer life can be. Listener beware.
Sources:
Music - Tyler Jakes - Tylerjakes.com
Book - The Serial Killer Whisperer by Pete Earley
Book - The Killing Cousins by Jack Rosewood
Crime Stories - https://youtu.be/N_qj6fYxlrg?si=uBvfpmmnFQuyswoB
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Larry Gene Bell was a suspected serial killer who only became known as a result of calling in his crimes - to one victims family.
Sources:
Book - When A Killer Calls. By John Douglas and Mark Olshaker.
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/when-a-killer-calls-a/9780062979797-item.html
Trial Records
BELL v. EVATT (1995) | FindLaw
Forensic Files S7E42
https://youtu.be/nZ33ptQ7wyA?si=oIFKmuHK2jmxLmRo
FBI Files S2E3 Cat and Mouse
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The intended episode was too dicey for a public release. Head over to www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives, including that episode DT + 17 ~ Nothing Happened.
Two special releases from the growing Patreon and Apple + archive.
1 ~ Out to Lunch
A little ditty bout Brad and Diane
Sources:
Forensic Files - News at 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgq-SDPTog&t=42s&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime
The Lineup
https://the-line-up.com/the-murder-of-newscaster-diane-newton-king
2 ~ The Creep
This is the unfortunate crime story of a Creep named Justin Thurber.
Sources:
STATE v. THURBER (2018) | FindLaw
Discovery + Extreme Forensics S2 E3 Deadly Obsession
Kansas Reflector
Supreme Court allows pursuit of DNA testing by convicted Cowley County murderer - Kansas Reflector
It’s Crime O’Clock somewhere
The Murder of Jodi Sanderholm — It's Crime O Clock Somewhere
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David Edwin Mason. Executed in the notorious “Coughing Box”. Here’s why.
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Sources:
California Executed Inmates
Executed Inmate Summary - David Edwin Mason - Capital Punishment
LA Times Archive 1993
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-22-mn-26483-story.html
People v. Mason
PEOPLE v. MASON (1991) | FindLaw
The Executioners Tale
Former San Quentin executioner reveals how he killed prisoners with no training | Daily Mail Online
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Jack wakes up to a tequila sunrise and the inspiration to recount heroic tales.
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A strange kind of Xmas special for DT listeners.
These eps are a fly on the wall of a seedy bar experience. Tales from the Bottom Down is a DT Exclusive on Patreon and Apple +. I think it's worth the risk sharing this one. Enjoy or not. You can find more of the notorious Deadbug at www.youtube.com/@DEADBUGsays
With this episode we will give a rare trigger warning for those who are on the line with what they consider truly offensive. Instead of editing things out, TFBD is about shooting from the hip, press record and go, then puking it out warts and all. We accept that people do have different tolerance levels and this ep certainly turns things to eleven and there are some very brutal elements to this episode, please keep that in mind before pressing play.
1)The Peculiar Case Of Randall Hopley
Randell is kinda like a super hero, looking out for your children, except he don't wear a cape and you don't want him climbing through your window but if you see an empty diaper package on your floor, it's too late, he's already been and gone!
2). The Lawson Family Massacre
Christmas 1929 meant a lot of things to a lot of people, the Great Depression had hit America hard leaving the dollar bill worthless and left a lot of people with nothing under their Christmas tree's but lint. To many in the town of Germanton North Carolina the Lawson family were to be admired, they even had enough scratch to have their family portrait taken, a privilege reserved for the affluent, but little did anyone know, that this would be the last time they would be seen alive and the portrait a horrible reminder of the day the reaper got greedy!
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In the early eighties a killer stalked Southern Florida neighborhoods, peering in windows at night, searching for the perfect victim behind glass and under lights. Duane Eugene Owen.
Sources:
The Coastal Star
When 'The Monster' came over the bridge - News - The Coastal Star
Appeal Docs
http://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/68550/68550ans.pdf
WPTV News
https://youtu.be/mTL5KK91yds?si=ImuP5ppFjBKN-sAi
WPTV
Who is Duane Owen? Public defender says he's mentally ill
The Palm Beach Post
Florida execution: Duane Owen executed after murder of Karen Slattery
Your Worst Nightmare
S4 E2 - He’s Out There
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The Long Man, Sir Douglas Mawson, and his improbable survival story through a widely uncharted territory in the early 20th century. Antarctica. A mysterious, unruly, frozen goatee on the chin of the planet. An area we dared not comb through until the face of the earth was sufficiently covered.
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Sources:
Timeline: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000631b.htm
Mawson Synopsis: http://www.douglasmawson.com.au/synopsis.html
SY Aurora full crew list/Mawson's book: https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/antarctic_whos_who_aurora_mawson.php
Museum info on Mawson expedition: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/historic-expeditions/heading-south/
Antarctic clothing notes: https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/science/clothing_in_antarctica_2.php
Mawson expedition details: Just Have One More Try – The Amazing Story of Douglas Mawson's 300-Mile Antarctic Trek (todayifoundout.com)
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The Butter Knife Murders. Texarkana 1981. The truth is out.
Sources:
True Crime Texarkana
https://open.spotify.com/show/0hLrPd5dYINHBFZHIdp60J?si=WXxa1HDfT_W0JiWrV22FUw
Medium - Cindy Parmiter
Justice for Karen and Gordon Alexander Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064785949341&mibextid=LQQJ4d
Law & Crime
KTAL News
News Conference
https://youtu.be/gqFoTyN7-mo?si=lXe_loGPPyTVz9LT
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That’s what they called it. Cheri’s Ghost House. And whether the little girl haunted it or not… the idea that her spirit could be tortured within was enough for her elderly parents to buy the place in 2020.. and demolish it.
Mentioned Video Rip (Balloon at 39 mins) ~ https://youtu.be/kcYtCoRDJFI?si=rnZySTS_CRcRbFKq
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Warning ~ BRUTAL is BRUTAL. If you think you might be offended.. you will be. This is a Halloween Special. Recorded long ago. For more of Kent, check out True Crime Kent pod wherever you listen. For Deadbug, search DEADBUG Says, on Youtube,
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