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.

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

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.

Please click below or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Episode 9 - The Story of the First Missing Girl

This is the first of a two part series. Please listen to episode 10 for the conclusion of this story.

This episode tells the story of 19 year-old Samantha Clarke who went missing September 13th, 2010 from her home in Orange County, Virginia.

If you have any information on her disappearance please contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Office at (540) 672–1200 or Orange Police Department at (540) 672–1491.

To listen please click below or subscribe and listen wherever you get podcasts.

Samantha Clarke

Barbara Tinder holding son and a picture of Samantha

Randy Smith and the attorney that represented him in the GPS tracker case

SOURCES

http://www.readthehook.com/108360/living-shadow-samantha-clarkes-family-mourns-suspect-claims-police-harassment

https://medium.com/@ashleyhorsfall/the-disappearance-of-samantha-ann-clarke-a18459bcf08c

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/samantha-clarke-still-missing-eight-years-after-vanishing-family-home-n905346

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

Episode 8 - The Story of the Caldwell Fields Murders

On this episode we tell the story of the unsolved murders of Virginia Tech students Heidi Childs and David Metzler at Caldwell Fields on August 26th, 2009.

THIS CASE IS UNSOLVED. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE WEBSITE. YOU CAN SEND YOUR TIP ANONYMOUSLY.
VSPUNSOLVED.COM

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

David Metzler

Heidi Childs

Heidi and David

David and Heidi

SOURCES

https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Understanding-David-and-Heidi-Parents-share-memories-as-police-put-new-focus-on-murder-investigation-557917151.html

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/fbi-looking-for-info-on-murdered-virginia-tech-students-david-metzler-heidi-childs

https://www.nbc12.com/2019/08/21/task-force-schedules-meeting-murder-virginia-tech-students/

https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/120840

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

Episode 7 - The Story of the Lacrosse Player and the Murderer

This week we tell the story of UVa student and lacrosse player Yeardley Love who was murdered by George Huguely on May 3rd, 2010.

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO DONATE TO THE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION
PLEASE CLICK HERE

Yeardley Love

Yeardley Love

Yeardley Love with her mother Sharon Love, Her sister Lexie Love, and her dog Bandit

George Huguely the day he was arrested

George Huguely

George Huguely on his way to court

Memorial at the UVa Amphitheater for Yeardley Love where she would have received her diploma two weeks after she was murdered.

SOURCES

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

https://web.archive.org/web/20170504185354/https://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/05/11/virginia-lacrosse

https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2019/07/yeardley-love-killer-uva-lacrosse-george-huguely-cries-interrogation-video/

https://www.today.com/video/george-huguely-s-mother-breaks-her-silence-about-murder-of-yeardley-love-862280259903

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yeardley-loves-mother-sister-katie-couric_n_1901459

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/huguely-george.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/george-huguely-and-yeardley-love-had-volatile-relationship-say-lawyers-and-witnesses/2012/02/09/gIQAf0nb1Q_blog.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/prosecutors-george-huguely-e-mail-to-yeardley-love-said-i-should-have-killed-you/2012/02/02/gIQApUU7yQ_story.html

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

Episode 6 - The Story of the Doctor and the Burglar

In this episode we tell you the story of Dr. Michael Halberstam and the man who killed him in 1980, Bernard Welch.

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

Bernard Welch

Bernard Welch

“Norm” and Linda Hamilton’s Great Falls, Virginia home.

Map of the evening Bernard Welch murdered Michael Halberstam

Dr. Michael J. Halberstam

SOURCES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/12/07/prison-escapee-charged-with-slaying-of-dr-halberstam/1dec9e33-9b59-4f48-a612-fec1e998ce38/

https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2018/11/28/running-down-ghost-burglar

https://people.com/archive/a-suburban-d-c-family-man-turns-out-to-be-a-suspected-killer-and-robbery-baron-vol-15-no-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Halberstam

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/08/08/bernard-welch-recaptured-in-pennsylvania-town/7ea75642-2b5e-4a86-aed0-a4c089a85e0e/

Episode 5 - The Story of The Martinsville Seven

This week we tell you the story of seven black men quickly tried, convicted, and executed after the rape of a white woman in Martinsville, Virginia in 1949.

To listen please click below or subscribe and listen wherever you get podcasts.

Protest Letters at the Virginia Governor’s Office

Newspaper Photo of the Accused Men

Protest Flyer

Booker T. Millner

Francis Grayson

Frank Hairston, Jr.

James Hairston

Joe Henry Hampton

John Taylor

Howard Hairston

SOURCES

https://www.richmond.com/news/a-year-of-history-martinsville-seven-executions-remain-a-raw/article_546b5f93-8461-58ce-a2d1-5f0e10c21af1.html

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

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/martinsville-seven-1949-1951/

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

Episode 4 - The Story of Murder at the Lake

Today we tell you the story of the murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward by Vester Flanagan at Smith Mountain Lake on August 26th, 2015.

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

Adam Ward and Alison Parker

Alison Parker

Adam Ward

Alison Parker and Chris Hurst

Alison and Andy Parker

Vester Flanagan

Please consider a donation to the For Alison Foundation which provides support to young people wishing to explore the cultural and performing arts.

http://www.foralison.org/

SOURCES

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/08/reporter-and-photographer-killed-on-live-tv.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/two-roanoke-journalists-killed-on-live-television-by-angry-former-colleague/2015/08/26/8e534e0e-4c0c-11e5-902f-39e9219e574b_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/virginia-earns-bragging-rights--as-the-best-state-for-illegal-gun-trafficking/2017/03/10/eeb210da-0508-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html

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

https://www.visitsmithmountainlake.com/sml-history/

https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/roanoke/alison-parkers-father-releases-book-in-her-honor

https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/alison-parker-adam-ward-wdbj-profile/index.html

Episode 3 - The Story of Murder on Skyline Drive

Today we tell the story of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans who were murdered on Skyline Drive in 1996 in Shenandoah National Park.

Please like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen at the link below.

Julianne “Julie” Williams

Laura “Lollie” Winans

Julie Williams and Lollie Winans

SOURCES

https://barryyeoman.com/1996/11/murder-on-the-mountain/

https://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/features/murder-woods-shenandoah-national-park/

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

https://medium.com/@ashleyhorsfall/the-murders-of-julianne-williams-lollie-winans-6b040eb502a2

Episode 2 - The Story of Shadrack Minkins and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

On today's episode we tell the story of Shadrack Minkins, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and what it means to be a human being in America.

Boston Slave Catcher Notice, 1851

1849 Virginia Sale Listing for Shadrack Minkins

Lewis Hayden

Daniel Webster

President Millard Filmore

SOURCES

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Fugitive_Slave_Laws#start_entry

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Minkins_Shadrach_d_1875#start_entry

http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0064

RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY or “How to be a Better White Person”

https://slavedwellingproject.org/

http://www.notyourmommashistory.com/

https://www.monticello.org/visit/tickets-tours/hemings-family-tour/

https://www.zinnedproject.org/

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/

https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741

https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/

Episode 1 - The Story of the Freshman and the Liar

Today we tell you the story of Old Dominion University freshman Sarah Wisnosky who was murdered by Derek Barnabie in the Fall of 1993 in Norfolk, Virginia.

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/barnabei.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/09/15/high-profile-case-ends-in-va-execution/9ad3510e-2de3-425d-acde-9c9cdee0798a/?utm_term=.be98a1231933

http://www.barnabei.info/main.htm

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5951712/

Trailer - Vile Virginia

We are hard at work hammering and nailing and cutting and crimping so we can bring you this brand new podcast where we’ll discuss the dark, the dirty, the criminal, and the just plain weird stories of our beloved home, Virginia. Please take a listen to our trailer and click Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!