Episode 72 - The Story of the Carroll County Courthouse Massacre

In this episode we tell the story of Floyd Allen and the murder of five people in the Carroll County Virginia Courthouse in March of 1912.

Carroll County Courthouse

The Allen Family of Carroll County

Floyd Allen, shot five times

Floyd Allen

Claud Allen

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/allen-floyd.htm

https://theroanoker.com/interests/history/hillsville-massacre

http://carrollvamuseum.org/museum/courthouse-tragedy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Allen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_County,_Virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin%E2%80%93Felts_Detective_Agency

Episode 71 - The Story of the Haysom Murders - Part 4

In the final episode of our four part series on the Haysom Murders we talk about Jens Soering's efforts to get his conviction overturned and explore case evidence in depth.

Sock Print

Jens Soering, free in Germany

Elizabeth Haysom

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/images/haysom-elizabeth/scenario.pdf

https://www.docdroid.net/7AmyvZ5/letter-to-governor-pdf#page=16

https://hammeltranslations.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Gutachten-Dr.-Andrew-Griffiths-29.07.2016.pdf

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-double-murder-case-that-still-haunts-me

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/09/blood-ties

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Haysom

https://archive.ph/20130201105212/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/21202.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_S%C3%B6ring

https://www.wvtf.org/law-crime/2016-08-25/additional-evidence-driving-force-behind-jens-soerings-pardon-request

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4552298/

Episode 70 - The Story of the Haysom Murders - Part 3

In this episode we talk about the Elizabeth Haysom and Jens Soering's trials for the. murder of Derek and Nancy Haysom.

Elizabeth Haysom at Trial

Jens Soering at Trial

SOURCES

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-double-murder-case-that-still-haunts-me

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/09/blood-ties

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Haysom

https://archive.ph/20130201105212/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/21202.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_S%C3%B6ring

https://www.wvtf.org/law-crime/2016-08-25/additional-evidence-driving-force-behind-jens-soerings-pardon-request

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4552298/

Episode 69 - The Story of the Haysom Murders - Part 2

In this episode we describe the crime scene and Jens Soering and Elizabeth Haysom's run from the law.

Elizabeth Haysom, Jens Soering

SOURCES

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-double-murder-case-that-still-haunts-me

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/09/blood-ties

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Haysom

https://archive.ph/20130201105212/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/21202.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_S%C3%B6ring

https://www.wvtf.org/law-crime/2016-08-25/additional-evidence-driving-force-behind-jens-soerings-pardon-request

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4552298/

Episode 68 - The Story of the Haysom Murders - Part 1

In this episode we introduce Elizabeth Haysom and Jens Soering and how they met in 1984 at the University of Virginia.

Jens Soering, Elizabeth Haysom

Nancy Haysom

Elizabeth and her father Derek Haysom

SOURCES

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-double-murder-case-that-still-haunts-me

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/09/blood-ties

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Haysom

https://archive.ph/20130201105212/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/21202.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_S%C3%B6ring

https://www.wvtf.org/law-crime/2016-08-25/additional-evidence-driving-force-behind-jens-soerings-pardon-request

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4552298/

BONUS MINISODE - The Shopping Cart Killer

In this bonus episode we do a quick run down of what we know so far about the crimes of the so-called Shopping Cart Killer who is responsible for the murders of several women in Virginia and Washington, DC.

Anthony Robinson, murder suspect

SOURCES

https://wtop.com/local/2021/12/lawyer-for-shopping-cart-killer-mum-on-possible-defense-as-future-charges-loom/

https://wtop.com/virginia/2021/11/police-2-women-found-dead-in-empty-va-lot-man-charged/

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/daughter-of-shopping-cart-killers-alleged-victim-describes-the-most-hurtful-thing/

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Missing-California-woman-possibly-a-victim-of-16720633.php

https://www.wtkr.com/investigations/news-3-investigates-speaks-to-police-about-shopping-cart-killer-investigation

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article257171652.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-police-say-shopping-cart-killer-may-tied-fifth-death-id-two-v-rcna11450

Episode 67 - The Story of The Norfolk Four - Part 2

In this second episode in a two part series we discuss the trials and wrongful convictions of four men known as the Norfolk Four who were coerecd into giving false confessions in the 1997 murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko.

Derek Williams and his wife Nichole

Joseph Dick

Eric Wilson and his wife

Derek Tice

SOURCES

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-confessions/

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/collection_18b81bd0-e4d6-11e5-9a33-cf7fc269acf8.html

http://www.norfolkfour.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Four

Episode 66 - The Story of The Norfolk Four - Part 1

In this episode we tell the story of the murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko and the miscarriage of justice that led to the wrongful imprisonment of four sailors.

Listen below or wherever you find podcasts.

Michelle Moore and Billy Bosko at their high school prom

Daniel Williams (L), Joe Dick (R)

Complex where murder took place

SOURCES

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-confessions/

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/collection_18b81bd0-e4d6-11e5-9a33-cf7fc269acf8.html

http://www.norfolkfour.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Four

Episode 65 - The Story of the UVa Baby Switch

In this episode we tell the remarkable story of two babies switched at UVa birthing center in 1995.

Kevin Chittum, Whitney Rogers, Baby Rebecca

Paula Johnson (L), with attorney and a photo of Baby Callie

SOURCES

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/virginia-teen-talks-switched-birth-mistake-changed-security-hospitals-nationwide-article-1.1516610

https://www.mamamia.com.au/switched-at-birth-story/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/car-crash-reveals-babies-switched-at-birth-might-be-no-accident-1.180102

https://www.wtvr.com/2013/11/11/switched-at-birth/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/feb99/families080898.htm

https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1998/08-06/0032_baby-switching_case__family_agree.html

https://roanoke.com/archive/two-families-10-years-later/article_2e9329f4-b716-5ad4-835e-9417541e8a8a.html#tncms-source=login

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/11/21/loose-bracelets-led-to-virginia-baby-swap/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2509373/Rebecca-Chittum-Callie-Johnson-Baby-swapped-birth-speaks-time-18-years.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Identical_Strangers

Episode 64 - The Story of the Weed Kings of Northern Virginia - Part 2

In this second of a two part series we talk about the multiple trials of Justin Wolfe in the murder of Danny Petrole in March of 2001.

Danny Petrole

SOURCES

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/justin-wolfe-sentenced-to-serve-41-years-in-prison-for-2001-murder/article_56069f46-4eb9-11e6-b89d-d3318f6e5778.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/drug-ring-slaying-case-ends-with-apology-hefty-sentence--15-years-later/2016/07/20/fe10cb3c-4ea8-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/06/23/justin-wolfe-appeal-rejected/

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/justin-michael-wolfe-confesses-role-in-2001-murder/article_93ca448c-5a84-11e6-8f37-9bff903db719.html

https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/03/01/an-innocent-man-on-death-row/

https://www.facebook.com/freejustinwolfe/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/06/23/justin-wolfe-appeal-rejected/?outputType=amp

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/01/08/supreme-court-orders-va-hear-appeal-justin-wolfe-who-pleaded-guilty-murder/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/06/23/justin-wolfe-appeal-rejected/?outputType=amp

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/11/justin-wolfe-case-his-murder-conviction-was-vacated-three-years-ago-so-why-is-he-still-in-prison.html

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/07/justin-wolfe-case-the-problem-goes-deeper-than-prosecutorial-misconduct.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/01/10/roommate-describes-big-money-drug-deals/ef371307-16af-4859-9c33-fe4f155b6fdf/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/01/25/jury-recommends-death-penalty-for-va-drug-dealer/cd3074e3-a300-4332-b576-2abb6d08d2ff/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/drug-ring-slaying-case-ends-with-apology-hefty-sentence--15-years-later/2016/07/20/fe10cb3c-4ea8-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/03/29/justin-wolfe-admits-role-in-drug-dealers-slaying-enters-guilty-plea-after-stint-on-death-row/

https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/wolfe-justin-michael.htm

Episode 63 - The Story of the Weed Kings of Northern Virginia - Part 1

In this first of a two part series we talk about the murder of Danny Petrole and the beginning of the investigation into Owen Barber, Justin Wolfe and a massive drug ring in Northern Virginia in the late 1990's.

Daniel Robert Petrole, Jr.

Justin Wolfe at Trial

Owen Barber

SOURCES

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/justin-wolfe-sentenced-to-serve-41-years-in-prison-for-2001-murder/article_56069f46-4eb9-11e6-b89d-d3318f6e5778.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/drug-ring-slaying-case-ends-with-apology-hefty-sentence--15-years-later/2016/07/20/fe10cb3c-4ea8-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/06/23/justin-wolfe-appeal-rejected/

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/justin-michael-wolfe-confesses-role-in-2001-murder/article_93ca448c-5a84-11e6-8f37-9bff903db719.html

https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/03/01/an-innocent-man-on-death-row/

https://www.facebook.com/freejustinwolfe/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/06/23/justin-wolfe-appeal-rejected/?outputType=amp

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/va-supreme-court/1412421.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/01/10/roommate-describes-big-money-drug-deals/ef371307-16af-4859-9c33-fe4f155b6fdf/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/01/25/jury-recommends-death-penalty-for-va-drug-dealer/cd3074e3-a300-4332-b576-2abb6d08d2ff/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/drug-ring-slaying-case-ends-with-apology-hefty-sentence--15-years-later/2016/07/20/fe10cb3c-4ea8-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/08/12/in-nva-drug-ring-good-kids-went-bad/765ede27-cd6e-4826-8f3b-ff49ab27fbfc/

https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/wolfe-justin-michael.htm

Episode 62 - The Story of Irene Morgan Vs. The Commonwealth of Virginia

In this episode we tell the story of Irene Morgan who refused to give up her bus seat for a white man in Virginia in 1944.

Irene Morgan

Elizabeth Jennings Graham

Rosa Parks

Claudette Colvin

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Morgan

https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/kirkaldy.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/irene-morgan-refuses/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/12/AR2007081201114_2.html

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/elizabeth-jennings-graham/

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/irene-morgan-kirkaldy-1917-2007/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browder_v._Gayle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws

Episode 61 - The Story of Joe Giarratano, The Lawyer of Death Row

In this episode we tell the story of Joe Giarratano who became a legal scholar while on death row and fought for the rights of himself and his fellow inmates.

To listen to this podcast please click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Joe Giarratano behind bars

Joe Giarratano, free man

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Giarratano

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/ex-virginia-death-row-prisoner-with-strong-claim-of-innocence-get-parole-after-38-years

https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/joseph-m-giarratano-controversial-former-death-row-inmate-granted-parole/article_2eb47e71-4a18-5122-87ad-61681185b17d.html

http://freejoeg.com/case-info/

https://www.aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights/cruel-inhuman-and-degrading-conditions/joe-giarratano-stories-solitary

https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/free-man-walking/Content?oid=8617759

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/06/13/a-long-legal-road-defers-the-death-penalty/95bb7a49-6efb-4f8f-a82e-8bff8e181f30/

https://richmond.com/news/local/crime/after-confessing-to-the-rape-and-murder-of-norfolk-girl-and-serving-decades-in-prison/article_e399d148-2840-5223-96f7-94330271ed1d.html

Episode 60 - The Story of Earl Washington Jr. - The Innocent Man

In this episode we tell the story of the wrongful conviction of Earl Washington Jr. the only man to be exonerated and released from Death Row in Virginia.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Earl Washington Jr.

Marie Deans and Earl Washington Jr.

Pam and Earl Washington at their Southside Virginia home

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Washington_Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Givens

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007506500/coronavirus-deaths-obituaries-jerry-givens.html?smid=pl-share

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/earl-washington/

https://richmond.com/news/tinsley-pleads-guilty-in-82-death/article_dead0687-8b12-5d47-98de-d0802819cd42.html

https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/20th-anniversary-of-earl-washingtons-freedom-nears-as-abolition-of-va-death-penalty-is-considered/article_6fc28f53-22f6-5f05-9cf4-667f783ebf46.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/case/cases/

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/missteps-on-road-to-injustice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_Virginia

Episode 59 - The Story of Susan Cummings and the Polo Player Murder

In this episode we tell the story of the murder of Roberto Villegas on September 7th, 1997 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Roberto Villegas

Susan Cummings

Ashland Farms

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Cummings_(heiress)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Cummings

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/polo/polo0514.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/01/14/slain-polo-players-son-sues-heiress/4ac04476-f805-4428-af51-cb956e5e3756/

https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cummings-susan.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/14/us/arms-heiress-convicted-of-killing-boyfriend.html

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/05/14/va-heiress-gets-60-days-for-killing-lover/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-14-mn-49762-story.html

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1998/3/loves-deadly-harness

Episode 58 - The Story of the Lyon Sisters

In this episode we tell the long and twisting story of the disappearance of sisters Sheila and Katherine Lyons on March 25th, 1975.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Lloyd Welch

SOURCES

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/who-killed-the-lyon-sisters-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Katherine_and_Sheila_Lyon

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/04/01/feature/the-lyon-sisters-had-vanished-40-years-earlier-but-this-cold-case-team-didnt-give-up-on-them/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/horrifying-confession-40-years-after-lyon-sisters-raped-and-burned/SF4Q4YLRMGPP6T2DKXQX5VLQEI/

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/true-crime-documentary-lyon-sisters-investigation-discovery-id

https://wtop.com/local/2017/03/the-investigation-continues-lyon-sisters/

https://newsadvance.com/news/local/documents-reveal-grisly-details-of-1975-murders-of-lyon-sisters-in-bedford-county/article_9ece6dec-2b0d-11e5-ad30-ab8c83fd1727.html

https://patch.com/maryland/wheaton-md/lies-bloody-crime-scene-killers-interview-lyon-sisters-case

https://newsadvance.com/archives/bedford-resident-chronicles-family-history-on-taylor-s-mountain/article_b53941fa-d1a9-11e4-bb6f-13275b112262.html

Episode 57 - The Story of the High's Ice Cream Murders

On this episode we tell the story of the High's Ice Murders which took place in Staunton, Virginia on April 11th, 1967.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Carolyn Hevener Perry, Connie Smootz Hevener

Sharon Diane Crawford Smith
High School Picture (L), Mugshot (R)

Twins Carrol and Connie Smootz

SOURCES

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/23/deathbed.confession/index.html#

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/us/25virginia.html

http://www.readthehook.com/83009/cover-getting-away-murder-former-cop-has-serious-questions-about-why-stauntons-most-infamous-k

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28815662

https://www.wnewsj.com/opinion/columns/16322/shots-ring-out-in-ice-cream-parlor

https://augustafreepress.com/highs-case-featured-on-investigation-discovery/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ice-cream-cold-case-1967-solved-killer-death-2009-leaves-questions-article-1.458709

http://www.readthehook.com/65780/staunton-suit-cleared-highs-murder-suspect-sues-city-200-mil

http://www.readthehook.com/83164/cover-we-just-want-truth-connie-heveners-family-wants-know-why-cop-allegedly-hid-her-killer-40

Episode 56 - The Story of Cory Voss, The Murdered Sailor

In this episode we tell the story of Naval Officer Cory Voss who was murdered on April 29th, 2007 in Newport News, Virginia.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Cory Voss

Cory and Cat Voss

Michael Draven, Cat Voss, David Runyon

SOURCES

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20081115-2008-11-15-0811140174-story.html

https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-nw-death-penalty-20210110-agbplypfsndlxptf6lgmuqz3jq-story.html

https://www.galesburg.com/article/20090828/NEWS/308289900

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/article_2b274330-9f01-529b-9486-602c245123b0.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cory-voss-killing-how-ncis-investigators-unraveled-a-navy-officers-atm-homicide/

https://2paragraphs.com/2019/05/ncis-cory-allen-voss-killer-david-runyon-only-asian-man-on-death-row/

https://www.galesburg.com/article/20090828/NEWS/308289900

Episode 55 - The Story of John and Lorena Bobbitt

In this episode we talk about Lorena Bobbitt's attack on her husband and abuser John Wayne Bobbitt in June of 1993.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Lorena and John on their Wedding Day

At Trial

Lorena’s Mary Ellen Mark photoshoot from Vanity Fair

Lorena Bobbitt

SOURCES

https://www.amazon.com/Lorena-Season-1/dp/B086HXDJV8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/lorena-bobbitt-john-bobbitt-25-years-696573/

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/06/lorena-bobbitt-john-wayne-bobbitt-25-years

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2019/02/14/lorena-bobbitt-john-bobbitt-domestic-violence-abuse-metoo-media-marital-rape/2816823002/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape_in_the_United_States#Virginia

Episode 54 - The Story of Clara Jean Schwartz, High Priestess of Chaos

In this episode we talk about the murder of Dr. Robert Schwartz who was killed in his home on December 8th, 2001.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Robert Schwartz

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/schwartz-clara.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Robert_Schwartz

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/va-court-of-appeals/1204421.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/02/11/daughter-gets-48-years-in-slaying-of-her-father/a1d3e0b1-698f-48e1-844c-a0403f7eaf73/

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Murder_of_Robert_Schwartz

Snapped - Season 9, Episode 4