6 episodes
American Murder Stories Lorraine Purdon
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- Krimhistorier fra virkeligheten
A weekly true crime podcast that focuses exclusively on crimes committed in North, Central and South America. In this podcast I will cover well known and the not so well known cases, focusing on American murder cases and serial killers.
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S1 Ep 6: Pedro Rodrigues Filho
In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Pedro Rodrigues Filho - The killer of killers.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho has been dubbed the real life Dexter. Like that of Dexter, Filho would target men who were criminals. Filho is now a free man.
If there are any cases you want me to cover from North, Central or south America, please email
americanmurderstoriespodcast@gmail.com
For updates please follow:
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Sources:
Psycho.com: serial killers on the internet: True stories of psychopaths who became online sensations (Dark Webs True Crime) by Eileen Ormsby
Serial Killers Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers from A to Z
By RJ Parker
https://www.grunge.com/236497/the-truth-about-the-real-life-dexter-killer/
https://forensicyard.com/pedro-rodrigues-filho-brazilian-serial-killer-who-killed-murderers/
https://sites.google.com/site/pedrorodriguezfilho/victims
https://cvltnation.com/serial-killer-vs-criminals-the-real-life-dexter-murderer-pedro-rodrigues-filho/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmCdGzGnU6s&t=11s
Music By - Darren Curtis
Get All My Free Music: www.darrencurtismusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ10tnwBrQg
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S1 Ep 5: Arthur Shawcross
In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Arthur Shawcross - The Genesee River Killer.
Shawcross murdered 13 people, 2 of whom were children. His murderous ways would start in 1972 and end 1990 when he was finally arrested.
If there are any cases you want me to cover from North, Central or south America, please email americanmurderstoriespodcast@gmail.com
Sources
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/arthur-shawcross
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/shawcross-arthur.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x41_AgL2lec
Book – Interview with Serial Killers by Christopher Berry-Dee
Interview with a Serial Killer - Netflix
Music By - Darren Curtis
Get All My Free Music: www.darrencurtismusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ10tnwBrQg
Copyright Darren Curtis Music 2019 -
S1 Ep 4: Richard Chase
In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Richard Chase - The Vampire of Sacramento.
Between December of 1977 and January 1978, 6 people were brutally murdered. Ambrose Griffin, 51, 22 year old Teresa Wallin who was 3 months pregnant, 38 year old Evelyn Miroth and her son 6 year old Jason, her 22 month old nephew David and her friend 51 year old Daniel Meredith.
If there are any cases you want me to cover from North, Central or south America, please email americanmurderstoriespodcast@gmail.com
Sources:
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/richard-trenton-chase/
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11279433
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1201/p775.html
https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2021/08/13/revisiting-the-vampire-of-sacramento/
https://www.thehealthboard.com/what-is-renfields-syndrome.htm
Sky True Crime: World's Worst Serial Killers - Richard Chase
Serial Killers: True Stories of the World’s Worst Murderers - Al Cimino p139-148
The Vampire of Sacramento: The True Story of Richard Chase The Blood-Thirsty Cannibal by Genoveva Ortiz & True Crime Seven
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
By Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman - Chapter 1
A Thirst for Blood: The True Story of California's Vampire Killer by Ray Biondi and Walt Hecox
Music By - Darren Curtis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ10tnwBrQg
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S1 Ep 3: Louis D. Hastings
In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Louis D. Hastings - The McCarthy Massacre.
On the 1st of March, 1983 the small town of McCarthy, Alaska would never be the same again. Out of it’s 22 residents, 6 would be brutally murdered. Maxine Edwards, Harley King, Les and Flo Hegland, and Tim and Amy Nash, they would all meet their fate at the hands of neighbour, Louis D Hastings.
If there are any cases you want me to cover from North, Central or south America, please email americanmurderstoriespodcast@gmail.com
For updates please follow:
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Sources:
Frozen Terror - Ice Cold Killers- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfCVeB226kM
https://www.travelalaska.com/Destinations/Communities/Kennicott-McCarthy.aspx
https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hastings-louis.htm
https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/kennecott-mines-national-historic-landmark.htm
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/03/Survivor-describes-random-shootings-that-killed-six/9561415515600/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trans-Alaska-Pipeline
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/let-these-photos-take-you-alaskas-abandoned-mining-towns-180975933/
https://casetext.com/case/hastings-v-state-55
Music By - Darren Curtis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ10tnwBrQg
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S1 Ep 2: Pedro Lopez
In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Pedro Lopez - The Monster of the Andes
Between 1969 and 1980 Pedro Lopez would terrorise the young girls of Columbia, Peru and Ecuador. It is said that he raped and murdered up to 450 girls. In 1998 he was released from prison and to this day no-one knows where he is.
If there are any cases you want me to cover from North, Central or south America, please email americanmurderstoriespodcast@gmail.com
Sources:
Serial Killer Timelines: Illustrated Accounts of the World's Most Gruesome Murders - By Chris McNab
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/pedro-alonso-lopez
https://www.alittlebithuman.com/the-horrifying-story-of-pedro-lopez-south-americas-missing-serial-killer/
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lopez-pedro.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RVW0QN1f8
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Inside+the+mind+of+serial+killer+Pedro+Alonzo%3B+Monster+of+Andes...-a070240981
Music By - Darren Curtis
Get All My Free Music: www.darrencurtismusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ10tnwBrQg
Copyright Darren Curtis Music 2019 -
S1 Ep 1: Larry Eyler
In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Larry Eyler, also known as The Highway Killer!
Larry Eyler would become one of the most prolific serial killers of the 80s, murdering multiple men, over multiple states.
If there are any cases you want me to cover from North, Central or south America, please email americanmurderstoriespodcast@gmail.com
Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/eyler-larry.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20150209235230/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/eyler/kills_1.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-10-01-8603130284-story.html
https://archive.org/details/crimesof20thcent0000unse/page/296/mode/2up?q=Larry+Eyler
https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1989/65371-7.html
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/the-return-of-larry-eyler/
http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Eyler,%20Larry%20_fall,%202007_.pdf
https://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2921478.html
https://archive.org/details/notorious9200ston/page/446/mode/2up?q=Larry+Eyler
https://indianainfamy.com/type/quote/
Freed to Kill: The True Story of Serial Murderer Larry Eyler by Gera-Lind Kolarik , Wayne Klatt
Sky Crime - Mark of a Serial killer S3, Ep 6 The Interstate Killer
Media, Process, and the Social Construction of Crime: Studies in News making - edited by Gregg Barak
Music By - Darren Curtis
Get All My Free Music: www.darrencurtismusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ10tnwBrQg
Copyright Darren Curtis Music 2019