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Bloody Murder - A True Crime Podcast

Tara Sariban and Barney Black

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Nominated for 4 Australian Podcast Awards, including 2019 Best Independent True Crime. Barney Black and Tara Sariban discuss the dark details of lesser know true crime stories from Australia and around the world. As avid listeners of true crime podcasts they aim to add to the conversation by talking about murders that haven't been done to death on other shows. Their humour comes from some rather unusual places but never at the expense of the victims or their families. Hosted on Acast. See ac ...
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In this special crossover episode of Bloody Murder and True Crime Island, we discuss Serial Killer Rattlesnake James. Half assed conman and serial killer Robert S. James gained infamy when he tried to murder his fifth wife Mary by putting her leg into a box of rattlesnakes. When she failed to die in a timely enough fashion, he drowned her in the ba…
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In honour of International Women's Day - March 8th 2021. Mayor of Bell Gardens California, Daniel Crespo Snr abused his wife Lyvette for 28 years. He also threatened those he worked with in the council and had a secretary fired for not sleeping with him. On September 30th, 2014, while beating Lyvette, he turned his violent rage toward their teenage…
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In 1984, Richard Farley met new co-worker Laura Black at the Sunnyvale, California office of their employer ESL. He was instantly attracted to Laura and asked her out on numerous occasions but she politely refused his advances. Unwilling to take no for an answer, Farley proceeded to stalk Laura relentlessly. After four years of Farley's constant ha…
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This is the conclusion of our two part special on Angel of Death - Dulcie Markham. If you haven't listened to part one, and you want any of this to make sense, we recommend you listen to it first. Murder adjacent Dulcie Markham was the darling of the Australian underworld, known as Pretty Dulcie and Dainty Dulcie, she also became known in the media…
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Dulcie Markham was known in the media as The Angel of Death, The Black Widow and Pretty Dulcie. She was a key figure of the Australian underworld across multiple cities, from the 1920’s right through to the 1950’s, According to one crime reporter, she 'saw more violence and death than any other woman in Australia's history'. Whereas Dulcie never mu…
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Inspired by reading Hitler's Mein Kampf and feeling that he himself had the soul of an artist, white supremacist Jonathan Haynes launched a campaign of murderous attacks against those he believed were the purveyors of fake Aryan beauty. TCNT: Libby Spicer tells us about the Youtube show, That Chapter. Aussie As: Barney informs us of the shit towns …
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Jessie Hickman a.k.a. The Lady Bushranger and The Wild Woman of Wollemi led an extraordinary but short life. Given away to the circus at the age of eight, she became a rough rider champion, only to be washed up at the age of 17. Turning to a life of crime, she became the menace of the bush. Wearing men trousers, stealing cattle and evading coppers.…
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After 34 year old beauty therapist and mother of two, Novy Chardon went missing from her Gold Coast home in February 2013, her husband John wasn't even slightly concerned. He made sexual advances to her friends who came looking for her and didn't bother reporting his fifth wife's disappearance to the police. The day she vanished, Novy's divorce law…
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You could say the crap apple doesn't fall too far from the crap tree. In the case of Matthew Milat this couldn't be more true. Nephew of Backpacker Murderer, Ivan Milat, Matthew’s crimes were also brutal and disgusting. On November 20, 2010, Matthew lured David Auchterlonie to the Belanglo State Forest on his 17th birthday with the promise of beers…
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When Las Vegas real estate magnate Ron Rudin went missing in 1994, his wife Margaret didn’t seem too concerned. He’d been gone four days before she reported Ron missing, and she did so only after Ron's coworkers had already informed the police. Margaret soon became the prime suspect when her husband's charred remains were discovered at a nearby Lak…
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This is Part Two of That Bastard Bruce Burrell, if you haven't listened to part one and you want any of this to make sense, we suggest you push stop and go back and listen to episode 171. In part one we covered the 1995 mysterious disappearance of 74-year-old widow Dottie Davis. Two years later, mother of three, Kerry Whelan was kidnapped in Parram…
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74-year-old widow Dottie Davis disappeared from the beautiful seaside suburb of Maroubra, in Sydney in 1995. She was never seen again and the case soon went cold. Two years later, mother of three Kerry Whelan was kidnapped in Parramatta and a one million dollar ransom was demanded for her safe return. It would take police nearly a decade to find th…
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This is Part Two of Beefcake and Bullets – The Chippendales Murder, if you haven't listened to part one and you want any of this to make sense, we suggest you push stop and go back and listen to episode 168. Steve Banerjee had gone from rags to riches by creating the male erotic dance troupe the Chippendales, but he didn’t do it alone. Emmy award w…
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Steve Banerjee, creator of the world famous male stripper troupe, The Chippendales, would do anything to protect his brand. And what a brand it was; at their peak the Chippendales were raking in millions of dollars a year. Controlling and consumed by greed, Steve had everything he could dream of thanks to his thrusting empire of man meat, but it wa…
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Jade and Dionne Lacey were bored rich kids who lived a thugish life. Jade thought he was gonna be a superstar rapper. They both carried guns, sold drugs around the Gold Coast and enjoyed a spot of biffo. One day their love of violence went too far and ended in a brutal murder. TCNT: Nicole tells us about the book is 'Why Does He Do That?: Inside th…
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Jack and Sandra Jessee had been married for 14 years when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 1998. Unbeknown to him, it wasn't just the cancer that was out to get Jack Jessee. TCNT: Tracey Stewart tells us about the crime fiction book, Lockdown by Laurie R. King. Aussie As: A truck driver who had recently come out of a coma gets incredibly lucky…
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Novice Psychopath, Daniel Kelsall looked harmless, but this skinny 20-year-old with curly ginger hair was anything but. Inside this nerdish, owlish looking young man seethed a mass of cold anger and his blackened heart beat with the desire to commit evil deeds. Daniel told mental health professionals about his thoughts of killing random strangers, …
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Due to Covid Lockdown 2, Electric Boogaloo, we're sorry to say we will be unable to continue releasing weekly episodes of Bloody Murder. Instead we will be releasing episodes fortnightly until our circumstances change. Our next wide-release episode will be out Monday August the 3rd. . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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When Audrey Marie Hilley was arrested for murder and attempted murder in Alabama in 1979, everyone figured the story was pretty much over, but it had only just begun. This is a mysterious case of fake kidnappings, prison escapes, false identities, secret injections, doubtful doctors and closet fires. TCNT: Pixie Wolfe tells us about Youtuber: Baile…
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William “Jackey Jackey” Westwood was an english born Bushranger and serial escapologist who was transported to Australia at the age of 16 for stealing a fancy coat. He promptly escaped and roamed the countryside, tipping his hat at ladies and looking flash in haute couture whilst relieving folks of their valuables. In his four year career he was ca…
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In 1978 in the small town of Jerilderie in country New South Wales, Mick Lewis and his wife Sue were found dead, with their two small children left to starve in their isolated homestead. Was this another tragic case of domestic violence taken to it's deadly conclusion? Or was there an even more sinister force at play here? After weeks of painstakin…
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Cesar Barone was an American serial killer and sexual sadist who was prison pals with his murder idol Ted Bundy. Apparently Ted gave him some red-hot some tips that helped him become a serial killer. Cesar didn't conform to the rules of criminal profiling, murdering both elderly and young women. He used different methods, sometimes strangling or su…
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Cesar Barone was an American serial killer and sexual sadist whose preferred victims were elderly women. Not one to limit himself, he'd also rape and murder younger women, when the mood struck him. Like most serial killers, he led a double life and those close to him had no idea what he was getting up to. He also had the dubious honour of being pri…
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Michelle Burgess had a history of cheating on her husband, but a sordid affair she started in the year 2000 took it to another level. Her husband’s boss Kevin Matthews fell hard for the saucy strumpet and they soon began to plan the murders of their spouses. Looking for a contract killer at her children’s primary school seemed like the easy part, b…
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When the president of the Queensland Cat Protection Society, Kathleen Marshall, was murdered in a frenzied stabbing attack in 1998, everyone thought her arch rival and nemesis Virginia Houston was responsible. But this proved to be a more complicated investigation, involving the two warring factions of the Cat Protection Society, who would stop at …
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If you thought Part One was outrageous, you ain't seen nothing yet! The Children of Thunder were a cult of former Mormons who committed five horrendous murders in the year 2000. Their leader, Taylor Helzer, had convinced his followers that he had the gift of revelation and truly spoke the word of God. His plan for an organisation called “Transform …
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The Children of Thunder were a cult of former Mormons who committed five murders in the year 2000. They believed these brutal killings would bring harmony to the world and begin Christ's millennial reign of peace. Their leader, Taylor Helzer, convinced his followers he had the gift of revelation and truly spoke the word of God. And according to him…
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When Multi Millionaire Peter Shellard met Shirley Withers it was love at first sight, then it was sexy bondage, then embezzment and bank fraud, then it was murder most foul bound with dog leads, ropes and an electrical cord with the added sparkle of an anal suppostory. The bizzarre murder of wealthly ecentric Peter Shellard is a sideshow of carniva…
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In 1996 in Melbourne, a 13 year old boy became one of the youngest people in Australia to be found guilty of murder. We can't use his real name, as the courts have suppressed his details and sealed his records, so we're going to call him Sam West. From an early age, Sam's life seemed to be destined to be one of poverty, criminality and misery. But …
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This is Part 2 of The Cape Cod Serial Killer… if you haven’t listened to part one and you want anything we’re saying to make sense, go back and listen to Episode 149 before listening to this one. Patricia Walsh and Mary Anne Wysocki went to Cape Cod for a weekend away on January 24th, 1969 and were never seen alive again. After searching for weeks …
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Patricia Walsh and Mary Anne Wysocki went to Cape Cod for a weekend away on January 24th, 1969. When they didn’t return home afterwards, their friends and family were very concerned. The police initially thought the girls had just taken off travelling on an adventure, as many young people were doing at the time. The police had also failed to invest…
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Matthew Brady and Mark Jeffries were bushranger highwaymen in the wilds of Tasmania in the 1820s. Although they were both escaped convicts on the lam and being hunted by constabulary, they had little in common. Matthew Brady was considered chivalrous, a man who used violence only in self-defence. Dubbed the Gentleman Bushranger, due his fine manner…
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This is Part 2 of Blood Oath: The Van Krevel Evil… if you haven’t listened to part one and you want anything we’re saying to make sense, go back and listen to Episode 146 before listening to this one. One week before his trial for the murders of David O'Hearn and Frank Arkell, Mark Van Krevel levels accusations of sexual abuse against his father Ja…
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In June 1998, the residents of the seaside city of Wollongong were shocked and horrified by the decapitation murder of local shop keeper, David O'Hearn. Two weeks later, another brutal mutilation murder was committed, that of former lord mayor and alleged paedophile, Frank Arkell. Rumours of Satanism, the occult, gay hate murder squads and paedophi…
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Previously a patron episode, now unlocked! Teenagers Rachel Wade and Sarah Ludemann hated each others guts. They were both in what they thought was a relationship with a guy named Josh Camacho, who encouraged them to fight over over him. Their feud started on social media then escalated to threatening phone calls and culminated in a violent confron…
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Well Shit in bucket, what’s going on in the world? Hi Everyone, this is Barney Black from Bloody Murder. Unfortunately there will not be a regular new episode this week. My co-host Tara Sariban has been sick in bed for a week with a nasty cold and has lost her voice...or rather I wish she had. She sounds like a phlegm filled croaking witch from the…
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Considered one of very few female African-American serial killers, Josephine Virginia Gray's husbands and boyfriends had a nasty habit of being murdered after making her the beneficiary of their life insurance policies. Those around her believed Josephine's claims that she was a voodoo queen and practitioner of black magic. Intimidated by her power…
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Darryl Lewis was a small time crook who did a big time crime. This brought him to the attention of the Finks Motorcycle Club. The then president of the Beenleigh Chapter, Stephen Cranney was a man who would not tolerate the thieving of his beloved Harley Davidson motorbike. In November 1996, eighteen very hairy and very pissed off bikers descended …
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When 41-year-old mother of three, Peggy Carr got struck down with a mystery illness in October 1988, doctors didn't know what to make of it. After test results showed Peggy had been poisoned, suspicion naturally fell on her new husband Pye. But this case would prove to be far more complicated. The real perpetrator would only be brought to justice a…
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In late November, 1989, Karen Randell's friends were worried about her. Her alcoholic and drug addled ex boyfriend Paul Snabel was stalking her and wouldn’t leave her alone. He had already bashed her and given her a black eye. Karen was afraid. One night over drinks Karen, together with her sister Donna and friends Irene Maslin and Rhona Heany devi…
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Young mother of two, Lynsey Quy went missing from the town of Southport, England in 1998. It was 53 days before a social worker reported her disappearance to the police. Her husband Mitchell claimed Lynsey had deserted him and their kids on Christmas Day. He ran to every media outlet in the vicinity to throw himself a public pity party and denigrat…
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Mad Dog Morgan was one of Australia’s most feared bushrangers. Resentful, bitter and bent on revenge after being wrongly convicted, Morgan terrorised the Australian countryside and was known for his erratic, violent and rambunctious behaviour. His tendency toward impulsive cruelty and unpredictable mood swings earned him his title ‘Mad Dog’. Morgan…
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The Just Sweats Life Insurance Murder. Dodgy Just Sweats business owners John Hawkins and Melvin Hanson had been cashing in on insurance scams since the early 1980's. After running their company into the ground with reckless spending, they came up with the scam to end all scams. They decided to take out over a million dollars in life insurance on M…
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The Unnoticed Murders of the Wycherley's and The Black Prince of Lygon Street... In October 2012, a woman called the Nottinghamshire police in England, to report that William and Patricia Wycherley had been killed 14 years earlier and she knew where their bodies were buried. If she was telling the truth, why had nobody reported the couple missing? …
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The Nicotine Murder of Linda Curry and The True Story of Batman and Robyn... At 11pm, on the night of June 9th, 1994, Paul Curry called 911 and reported his wife Linda was unconscious and not breathing. When the paramedics arrived, they were unable to revive her. Linda Curry's cause of death was massive acute nicotine poisoning, but how did non-smo…
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The Objectifier and The Short Life of Edward Jockey Smith... Sean Vincent Gillis was a serial killer who lived with his unsuspecting long-term girlfriend in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He used cable ties to incapacitate his victims, who ranged in age, race and socio-economic stature. This flew in the face of FBI profiling theories at the time, and allo…
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The Sandman Panel Van Murders with True Crime Island... On July 5th, 2012, Cindy Masonwell and her husband Scott Maitland flew from Mt Isa to Cairns, in far north Queensland, to pick up their HJ Holden Sandman Panel Van. The couple loved their sweet ride and entrusted a mechanic named Brandon Peter Macgowen to restore it at a local workshop. They w…
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The Welsh Dragon and The Cunning Fox... Australian locksmith Paul Parsons was hoping for forever-afters when he married his second wife Donna, a wrestler from the UK who went by the stage name “The Welsh Dragon.” Unfortunately for Paul, Donna tired of their union and decided he was worth more to her dead than alive. So she hired an amatuer hitman w…
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Sex Lies and Parachutes and Sad Ray Denning... Belgium native Els Van Doren was an experienced skydiver with over 2,300 jumps behind her. In November 2006, Els went skydiving with other members of the the Zwartberg Parachute Club, including her friends Els Clottemans and Marcel Somers. After leaping from a Cessna at 13,000 feet, Els was horrified t…
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Killer Con Woman Brenda Nicholas and Melbourne Mick Sayers... Brenda Nicholas was a con artist and thief who preyed on elderly people. She often pretended to be a tarot reader named “Lady Monica,” who gained their trust before taking them for all they were worth. In 2011, she and her ragtag gang of petty criminals stabbed 70-year-old Navy veteran a…
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