Episode 29 - The Story of Joe Savino

In this episode we talk about Joe Savino's murder of Thomas McWaters in 1988 and the death penalty advocacy of Marie Deans.

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

Joe Savino on Death Row

Marie Deans

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s1/savino-joseph-john.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/07/18/va-executes-man-who-killed-lover/e7b6e03f-c4b5-487a-b4ae-d613b6d8a674/

https://books.google.com/books?id=H5cvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=joseph+john+savino+murderer&source=bl&ots=vXcDWQoZQL&sig=ACfU3U045lguup5-XpuSnpt1OGwLFp5Otg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje95im6eXnAhWLdd8KHQTFDLc4ChDoATACegQICRAB#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1990/891235-1.html

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1339594.html

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

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

Episode 28 - The Story of Nat Turner's Rebellion

In this episode we tell the story of the 1831 rebellion led by Nat Turner to free himself and other enslaved people in Southampton, Virginia.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

Nat Turner

Artist’s Rendering of Nat Turner’s Capture

The Thomas Gray Pamphlet “Confessions of Nat Turner”

State Historical Marker

SOURCES

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1861/08/nat-turners-insurrection/308736/

https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/nat-turners-rebellion

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

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner

https://docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/turner.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p1518.html

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/did-african-american-slaves-rebel/

https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/shaping_the_constitution/doc/slavemap

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_Census

https://www.evblog.virginiahumanities.org/2017/08/slavery-by-the-numbers-redux/

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_Slavery_Debate_of_1831-1832_The#start_entry

http://www.virginiaplaces.org/population/pop1860numbers.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-abolishes-the-african-slave-trade

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

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Free_Blacks_During_the_Civil_War

Episode 27 - The Story of Wallace Thrasher, The Drug Pilot of Fancy Gap

In this episode we tell the story of Wallace Thrasher who flew planes loaded with drugs into the mountains of Virginia until a plane crash killed a man and he himself disappeared. Did he die in his own plane crash or did he fake his death and escape to freedom? Listen to the episode and decide for yourself.

To listen click the link below or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Wallace Thrasher

Newspaper Coverage of the Fancy Gap Crash

Reports of Wallace Thrasher’s Death in Belize

Fancy Gap Plane Crash

Wanted - Wallace Thrasher

SOURCES

https://openjurist.org/820/f2d/1220/united-states-v-j-king

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Wallace_Thrasher

https://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/likely-dead-pilot-wallace-thrasher-won-t-be-prosecuted-on/article_371f15ac-89c1-5f1f-bbad-7b08eff75a44.html

https://apnews.com/37bd91ffea67486589176c99d70c28df

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/162976

https://unsolved.com/gallery/wallace-thrasher/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/05/04/drug-suspects-wife-pleads-guilty/86210072-131c-45ea-8ef4-45742cf22ac2/

https://www.swvatoday.com/bland_county/news/article_08e94d9a-4b67-11e5-8bfb-b7631d40fe6b.html

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/WDBJ-7/script_archives/00/1000/102900/102900.m.htm

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/12/02/crash-probe-spotlights-rise-in-smuggling/40a23f5f-2d93-46f8-91e6-31253b16a4c8/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/05/20/va-drug-probe-brings-2nd-conviction/cda91e87-401b-49e0-b797-9f1b09010ab6/

https://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/wallace-thrasher-federal-authorities-at-odds-of-drug-pilot-s/article_ab28010f-c0ba-5bff-b341-211fef9b9bf4.html

http://appalachianmagazine.com/2018/01/09/virginias-fancy-gap-mountain-notorious-route-for-truckers-fog-danger-no-brakes/

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

Episode 26 - The Story of The Sugar Daddy Killer

In this episode we tell the story of Larry Bill Elliott who murdered Dana Thrall and Robert Finch on January 2nd, 2001.

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

Larry Bill Elliott

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e1/elliot-larry-bill.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/07/19/murder-suspect-was-jealous-woman-testifies/260a8ac7-7357-425d-93d7-484cbe4a8968/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/va-supreme-court/1138683.html

https://www.bpusanova.com/our-children-remembered

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/05/22/twice-convicted-va-killer-wants-to-tell-his-side-of-story/9916f0f5-19ca-4ac4-97c8-b1976e2909eb/

Episode 25 - The Story of Killer Earl Conrad Bramblett

In this episode we talk about Earl Bramblett and his 1993 murder of the Hodges Family in Vinton, Virginia and his suspected participation in the disappearance of Tammy Akers and Angela Rogers in 1977.

To listen click below or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Angela Rogers (left) and Tammy Akers (right)

Blaine, Teresa, Winter, and Anah Hodges

Earl Conrad Bramblett

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/bramblett-earl.htm

http://charleyproject.org/case/tammy-lynn-akers

https://whereaboutsstillunknown.wordpress.com/2017/08/30/tammy-akers-angela-rader/

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/va-angela-rader-14-tammy-akers-14-roanoke-7-february-1977.34074/

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

https://www.wsls.com/news/2015/05/05/family-members-ask-for-help-in-roanoke-citys-cold-case/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/apr/9/20030409-090624-2374r/

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1996/rt9608/960801/08010066.htm

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1994/rt9410/941016/10170083.htm

https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/murder-case-still-mystery-to-writer/article_eef0fe7c-9bda-5ae8-bb4d-2400e3c554b1.html

Episode 24 - The Story of Melvin David Rees AKA "The Sex Beast"

In this episode we tell the story of serial killer Melvin David Rees and his murders of Margaret Harold and the Jackson Family.

To listen click below or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Margaret Harold

The Jackson Family

Newspaper Coverage of Trial Evidence

Melvin David Rees and Unidentified Woman

Melvin David Rees

Melvin David Rees

SOURCES

https://www.fredericksburg.com/death-of-innocence-jackson-family-murders-shock-area/article_60bc439d-1213-5bf1-8a11-fa5af3db43d5.html

https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rees-melvin.htm

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

https://bmtitus.weebly.com/

https://real-life-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Melvin_Rees

http://thetruecrimedatabase.com/case_file/melvin-rees

https://bmtitus.weebly.com/margaret-harold-murder.html

Episode 23 - The Story of Serial Killer Richard Marc Evonitz

In this episode we tell the story of serial killer Marc Evonitz and the girls he abducted and murdered: Sofia Silva, and Kristin and Kati Lisk.

TO DONATE TO THE SOFIA SILVA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND PLEASE CLICK HERE

To listen please click the link below or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Kara Robinson, Sheriff’s Deputy

Sofia Silva

Kati and Kristin Lisk

Richard Marc Evonitz

SOURCES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/08/14/slain-girls-cases-closed/d3a1d1ac-76dc-447d-ba08-5c4c5f269172/

https://apnews.com/0a2cd85c1d3258f1af723ef944a8e956

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

https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20020706/News/605231070/SH

https://www.fredericksburg.com/local/keeping-a-dark-side-under-lock-and-key/article_ca6d7704-8643-501f-917a-56a9d6d0d76b.html

https://www.fredericksburg.com/local/end-came-with-love-fear-horror/article_24624905-2159-5c21-9d3b-27f78b33e8c7.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/06/17/charges-dropped-in-96-slaying-of-virginia-girl/a11bed11-475a-4a9b-a106-cc40cb903e01/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/serial-killer-meets-match-15-year-old-article-1.2384136

https://www.fredericksburg.com/local/the-making-of-a-murderer/article_3a2cbf42-0568-5789-a396-e1fc60dcbb9c.html

https://www.fredericksburg.com/local/discovering-deadly-secrets/article_22361671-de71-577e-aec2-3e43939e6311.html

http://www.readthehook.com/92455/news-heros-reward-surviving-teen-gets-150000-nabbing-evonitz

http://www.readthehook.com/95583/news-evonitz-revealed-serial-killer-story-reveals-tale-terrors

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125152

https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/crime/fbi-uses-sofia-silva-s-slaying-to-launch-series-on/article_db3534f7-a261-50f9-bbbd-4afdf22ae322.html

https://www.wistv.com/story/841310/7-2-2002-va-residents-look-for-slaying-clues/

https://books.google.com/books/about/Into_the_Water.html?id=hyawmAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description

Episode 22 - The Story of Alicia Reynolds and the Route 29 Stalker

In this episode we cover the Route 29 Stalker and the 1996 abduction and murder of Alicia Reynolds.

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

Alicia Reynolds

Alicia Reynolds

Missing Poster

29 Stalker Detail Map

Darrell David Rice

SOURCES

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Alicia_Showalter_Reynolds

https://unsolved.com/gallery/alicia-showalter/

http://www.readthehook.com/81209/news-unwanted-neighbor-island-reels-rices-arrival

http://www.readthehook.com/93612/news-rice-trial-hiker-can-testify-park-murders

http://www.readthehook.com/85806/cover-murder-park-rice-release-revives-memories

http://www.readthehook.com/85777/cover-cold-case-alicia-showalter-reynolds-fall-and-rise-darrell-rice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_persons_cases_along_U.S._Route_29_in_Virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_persons_cases_along_U.S._Route_29_in_Virginia#Anne_Carolyn_McDaniel

https://medium.com/@ashleyhorsfall/the-disappearance-murder-of-alicia-showalter-reynolds-a914809bdfa5

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/police-still-hunting-rt-29-stalker-after-21-years/418785268

https://wina.com/news/064460-state-police-have-not-forgotten-the-alicia-reynolds-case/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/04/14/troubled-man-was-mending-family-says/2a621869-1999-4d40-8c28-f34fd7055bb8/

https://durangoherald.com/articles/47562

http://www.readthehook.com/category/tags/darrell-rice

https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/stalker-case-still-open-years-later/article_1b29de33-43ef-539a-9645-557fea6a92e1.html

https://fredericksburg.today/2019/03/06/state-police-still-pursuing-culpeper-homicide-of-alicia-showalter-reynolds/

https://www.roanoke.com/archive/rice-some-victims-misidentified-him/article_fe9b5b27-1107-5457-8063-f637043422a2.html

https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/evidence-in-stalker-to-get-new-look/article_3cb08dbf-54b1-5fcd-b086-5356ee95ed60.html

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

https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/crime_courts/after-years-shenandoah-national-park-double-murder-still-unsolved-but/article_c161cfe5-156e-50e7-8b76-0761f186ae79.html

Episode 21 - The Story of Gina Renee Hall

In this episode we tell the story of Gina Hall who was murdered by Stephen Epperly on June 28th, 1980.

To listen to this episode click below or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Gina Renee Hall

Gina Renee Hall

Stephen Epperly 1972

Stephen Epperly 2018

Bill King

The House at Claytor Lake

SOURCES

https://www.underthetrestle.com/

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

https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/search-continues-for-remains-of-woman-missing-for-nearly-four-decades/

https://wtop.com/virginia/2018/12/how-va-prosecutors-got-2-high-profile-murder-convictions-despite-lack-of-human-remains/

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

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

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

Episode 20 - The Story of the Two Marions

In this episode we talk about the murders of Marion Marshall and Marion Newman in Springfield, VA in 2006 and how new DNA techniques may help find their killer.

THIS CASE IS UNSOLVED IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONTACT:

• Call 703-246-7800, option 8

• Submit an anonymous tip through Fairfax Crime Solvers.

• Text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES (274637).

If your anonymous tip leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

To listen to this episode please click below or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Composite Sketch Derived from Suspect DNA

Marion Newman’s Missing Ring

SOURCES

https://patch.com/virginia/lorton/still-no-leads-in-springfield-marion-murders

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2019/12/fairfax-county-police-hope-new-sketches-will-help-crack-2-cold-cases-from-2006/?fbclid=IwAR0qlVq-vPSu-5-dnTYj8jdIYXe39bUe9IAB8fj3QMDxvWhBSS1PlnGI2RY

http://www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org/

https://patch.com/virginia/lorton/still-no-leads-in-springfield-marion-murders

https://fcpdnews.wordpress.com/2019/12/04/detectives-seek-assistance-solving-2006-cold-case-murders-of-two-women/

https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/crime_courts/police-use-dna-to-create-composite-of-man-in-virginia/article_5745b874-1779-11ea-b82d-0b900e3b1b14.html

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

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

Episode 19 - The Story of the Stolen Girl

On this episode we talk about the disappearance of Katie Worsky in 1982 and other crimes Glenn Barker got away with.

To listen click below or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Katie Worsky

House where Katie Worsky was taken from

Cynthia and Heather Johnson

Cynthia Johnson’s House

Glenn Barker

SOURCES

https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/no-one-has-anything-to-fear-about-me/Content?oid=1376823

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/barker-glenn-photos.htm

https://www.c-ville.com/law-enforcement-worsky-family-react-convicted-killer-glenn-barkers-death/

http://www.readthehook.com/86065/cover-glenn-barker-serial-killer-or-convenient-scapegoat

http://www.readthehook.com/86035/cover-little-girl-lost-remembering-katie-worsky-after-25-years

Episode 18 - The Story of the Jamestown Colony Starving Time

On this Thanksgiving week episode we take a field trip to the earliest days of the Jamestown Colony where starving settlers resorted to cannibalism for survival.

To listen to this episode please click below or listen wherever you get podcasts.

Facial reconstruction of 14 year old cannibal victim

Cannibal victim’s skull showing butchering marks

Jamestown Colony graves

Artist reconstruction of Jamestown Colony

Archaeological excavation and reconstruction at Jamestown Colony

Jamestown Crosses

SOURCES

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jamestown-settlers-were-cannibals-and-more-reasons-the-colony-was-hell?ref=scroll

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/starving-settlers-in-jamestown-colony-resorted-to-cannibalism-46000815/

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

https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/jamestown

https://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/the-starving-time/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/starving-time

https://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)

Episode 17 - The Story of Syco Sam

In this episode we tell the story of the murders of Debra Kelley, Mark Niederbrock, Emma Niederbrock, and Melanie Wells in Farmville, Virginia in September of 2009 by Sam McCroskey.

To listen please click below or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Debra Kelley

Mark Niederbrock

Emma Niederbrock

Melanie Wells

Sam McCroskey

SOURCES

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-virginia-killings-092609-2009sep26-story.html

https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mccroskey-richard.htm

https://www.nbc12.com/story/13182458/quadruple-murder-suspect-due-in-court/

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

https://www.richmond.com/from-the-archives/years-ago-horrorcore-rapper-killed-his-girlfriend-and-her-farmville/article_157588fa-150c-545f-9aeb-413f96ba4966.html#anchor_item_1

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/horrorcore-killer-syko-sam-mccroskey-pleads-guilty-to-quadruple-slaying/

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Gruesome-Details-Revealed-in-Virigina-Killings-60278252.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/syko-sams-alleged-victims-remembered-suspect-was-horrorcore-rapper/

https://people.com/archive/real-life-horror-vol-72-no-17/

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

Episode 16 - The Story of the Murdered Family

On this episode we talk about the murder/abduction of the Short family from their home in Henry County, Virginia in 2002.

This is an unsolved crime. If you have any information about what happened to the ShortS please contact the FBI Tip Line at
1-800-225-5324.

To listen please click the link below or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Mary, Jennifer, and Michael Short

Jennifer and Michael Short

Jennifer Short

Unidentified Male Suspect

Truck seen outside Short family home before murder/abduction

Bridge named for Jennifer Short near where her remains were found

SOURCES

https://myfox8.com/2019/08/16/rockingham-county-family-recalls-finding-9-year-olds-remains-who-killed-jennifer-short-episode-3/

https://truenoirstories.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/the-short-family-murders/

https://www2.fbi.gov/wanted/seekinfo/short_j2.htm

https://myfox8.com/2012/08/12/short-family-murders-still-unsolved-after-ten-years/

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-08-15-murder-abduction_x.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081302431_2.html

http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=4414.5;wap2

https://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/mystery-of-who-killed-the-shorts-remains-unsolved-year-after/article_3b8582e5-a76c-59ca-b84a-74af81dd9eec.html

https://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/old-photos-bring-new-tips-in-probe/article_9031d47d-0fb9-55b2-a748-9dd2d261c151.html

https://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/focus-shifts-on-short-case/article_53446710-4556-11e5-8dd2-c38b33b63d69.html

https://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/old-photos-bring-new-tips-in-probe/article_9031d47d-0fb9-55b2-a748-9dd2d261c151.html

https://truecrimedaily.com/2015/10/13/unsolved-the-murders-of-mary-short-jennifer-short-and-michael-short/

https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/investigators-release-new-plea-for-help-in-short-family-murders/

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

Episode 15 - The Story of the Alexandria Knocker

In this episode we tell the story of serial killer Charles Severance.

Please click the link below to listen or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

Nancy Dunning

Ronald Kirby

Ruthanne Lodato

Composite Sketch

Charles Severance

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/severance-charles.htm

https://alexandrialivingmagazine.com/news/bryan-porter-pens-book-on-charles-severance-murders-in-alexa/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/alexandria-police-still-trying-to-solve-slaying-of-nancy-dunning-sheriffs-wife/2013/12/04/eda977a0-5cfa-11e3-be07-006c776266ed_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19082-2004Jun5.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/virginia-serial-killer-charles-severance-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/2016/01/20/0ba176c6-bfb0-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html

https://wjla.com/news/local/prosecutors-charles-severance-killed-3-to-get-revenge-on-citys-elite

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/serial-killer-alexandria-cops-link-unsolved-murders-article-1.1713807

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/in-case-of-alleged-alexandria-serial-killer-prosecutors-must-piece-together-a-puzzle/2015/10/04/c2642fce-66ce-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/transportation-planner-ron-kirbys-inquiring-mind-sense-of-fairness-remembered/2013/11/17/b093cd74-4f9a-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/at-funeral-teacher-ruthanne-giamittorio-lodato-is-recalled-as-generous-loving/2014/02/15/ea5c04f6-9679-11e3-9616-d367fa6ea99b_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/police-looking-into-whether-man-arrested-in-wva-may-be-tied-to-alexandria-killings/2014/03/14/5cc56a6e-ab8d-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia#Demographics

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Ronald-Kirbys-Widow-Speaks-Out-After-Murder-231969321.html

Episode 14 - The Story of the Sisters in Black

In this Halloween Week episode we tell the story of the mysterious Sisters in Black whose lives were marked by bizarre ritual and criminality and who are said to still haunt a Christiansburg, Virginia middle school today.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Montgomery Female College

Newspaper Article about Ocey Snead’s Murder

Ocey Snead

Fletcher Snead

Montgomery Female College



SOURCES

https://www.facebook.com/728207220657671/posts/the-black-sisters-murder-madness-southern-styleexcerpted-from-appalachian-lore-s/1136804826464573/

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

https://montgomerymuseum.org/the-black-sisters

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/lifestyle/ghosts-of-past-still-frighten-new-river-valley/article_0b71ec43-ff02-5af4-a83e-8016c081891a.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/sisters-black-murder-ocey-snead-1909-article-1.432667

http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/fit-to-print/2016/06/03/more-dreadful-than-the-most-gruesome-of-tales-newspaper-coverage-of-the-east-orange-bathtub-mystery/

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

Episode 13 - The Story of Sage Smith

In this episode we talk about the disappearance of Sage Smith from Charlottesville, Virginia on November 20th, 2012.

This is an active investigation. If you know anything about Sage Smith’s or Erik McFadden’s disappearance, please contact Detective Wright at 434-970-3381. You can also call in an anonymous tip to Crimestoppers at 434-977-4000.

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Sage Smith

Erik McFadden

Miss Cookie, Sage’s Grandmother

Lee Park Dedication

SOURCES

https://splinternews.com/i-am-a-girl-now-sage-smith-wrote-then-she-went-missin-1797178002

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vinegarhill/sets

https://www.c-ville.com/one-year-after-dashad-sage-smiths-disappearance-search-continues-for-two-men/

https://www.c-ville.com/details-sage-smith-disappearance-come-light/

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/virginia-police-ask-public-s-help-locating-erik-mcfadden-person-n1023261

https://www.nbc29.com/story/40716269/charlottesville-police-discuss-sage-smith-investigation

https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/city/mcfadden-sought-in-sage-smith-homicide-declared-missing/article_7522a062-93dc-5e1e-8ea8-e8d56e0a31ae.html

https://wtvr.com/2019/06/27/erik-mcfadden-missing/

https://www.c-ville.com/wheres-mcfadden-emotional-plea-from-family-of-missing-teen/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar_Hill_(Charlottesville,_Virginia)

https://timeline.com/charlottesville-vinegar-hill-demolished-ba27b6ea69e1

Episode 12 - The Story of the Principal's Wife

In this episode we tell the story of the murder of Jocelyn Earnest on December 19th, 2007 in Forest, Virginia.

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Jocelyn Earnest

Jocelyn Earnest

Wesley Earnest Mugshot

Wesley Earnest at Trial

Smith Mountain Lake House on Fire

SOURCES

http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2011/12/murdering-jocelyn-earnest.html

https://www.penguin.com/ajax/books/excerpt/9781101638538

https://www.roanoke.com/archive/wesley-earnest-found-guilty-of-murdering-wife-in-retrial/article_5b5811f9-0490-5487-b2ab-0d08f334d36a.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-or-suicide-how-did-jocelyn-earnest-die/

Episode 11 - The Story of the Stolen Brothers

In this episode we tell the story of the Muse Brothers who were kidnapped and sold into a life of slavery in the circus freak shows.

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The Muse Brothers

George and Willie Muse with Circus Promoter Al G. Barnes

Promotional Poster

Willie and George Muse with their parents

Willie Muse

SOURCES

https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/10/16/truevine-albino-african-american-brothers-circus-performers/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/15/american-freakshow-the-extraordinary-tale-of-ruevines-use-brothers

https://www.npr.org/2016/10/17/498219517/truevine-the-story-of-2-black-albino-brothers-forced-to-work-for-the-circus

https://time.com/4533124/truevine-beth-macy-interview/

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

Episode 10 - The Story of the Last Missing Girl

This episode is part two of a two part series. Please listen to episode 9 first.

In this episode we tell the story of Alexis Murphy who disappeared on August 3rd, 2013 in Lovingston, Virginia.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT OUR YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS FROM PREDATORY DANGER PLEASE VISIT HELP SAVE THE NEXT GIRL AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR IMPORTANT WORK.

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Alexis Murphy

Alexis Murphy

Randy Taylor

SOURCES

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

https://medium.com/@ashleyhorsfall/the-abduction-murder-of-alexis-tiara-murphy-66a69b601c57

https://www.nbc29.com/category/268932/in-depth-alexis-murphy-investigation

http://www.readthehook.com/110023/taylors-encounters-aquaintances-recall-abduction-suspect

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