The Kill File

Brittni Spears

Your favorite true crime podcast! Join me as we uncover secrets, investigate evidence and dive into the chilling details of some of the most fascinating cases. New episodes every Monday! For a link to the new bonus content click here for The Hidden Files! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-kill-file/subscribe

  1. 5 days ago

    The murder of Dr. Amie Harwick

    This week we delve into a case of a wonderful human being stolen from this world too early in a tragedy that never should have happened.... Trigger Warnings: Domestic abuse, violence, stalking andmurder Soucres: Devoe, Matthew. 2025, Feb 15. Justice for Amie Harwick. J.Tygard. 48 hours. Originally aired 2024, Feb 10th.  https://www.cbsnews.com/video/justice-for-amie-harwick-1/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h 2024, Jan 22. Celebrity Sexpert (S1Ep1). Death by Fame.A. Mark, P. Lott. Ample Entertainment. 2024. First Responder Describe Amie Harwick’s Injuries. CourtTV.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMbYNrKHiaM https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amie-harwick-murder-brings-renewed-demands-for-stronger-stalking-domestic-violence-laws/ https://www.aetv.com/articles/hollywood-sex-family-therapist-amie-harwick-murdered-jilted-ex https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/48-hours/releases/?view=109216-the-roommate-of-hollywood-family-therapist-amie-harwick-shares-details-for-the-first-time-about-how-he-tried-to-save-her-the-night-she-was-murdered https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amie-harwick-drew-carey-gareth-pursehouse-violent-death-evidence/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/07/amie-harwick-murder-convicted https://themurderdiariespodcast.com/episodes/murdered-amie-harwick https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/us/gareth-pursehouse-guilty-amie-harwick-killing https://abc7ny.com/post/well-known-sex-therapist-murdered-ex-boyfriend-arrested/5938962/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amie-harwick-suspicious-death-timeline/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhNSWGKi90I https://www.huffandlakjer.com/obituaries/amie-harwick https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/amie-harwick-gareth-pursehouse-hollywood-sex-therapist-death-957882/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amie-harwick-drew-carey-gareth-pursehouse-violent-death-evidence/ https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/02/17/who-is-gareth-pursehouse/ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-29/man-convicted-of-killing-noted-family-therapist-amie-harwick https://www.nydailynews.com/2020/02/18/exclusive-drew-careys-former-finace-amie-harwick-said-years-before-ex-gareth-pursehouse-allegedly-killed-her-that-he-choked-and-punched-her/

    The murder of Dr. Amie Harwick

  2. 3 Aug

    The Beast of Birkenshaw

    This week we cover one of Scotland's most brutal serial killers that is still talked about to this day.... Trigger Warnings- Murder, brutality Sources: Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers. LAK Publishing. Banijay Crime. 2025, March 12. Glasgow’s Serial KillerUnmasked. Once Upon a True Crime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAR_9xu63lc Nicol, A.M. (2016). Manuel Portrait of a Serial Killer.Black and White Publishing. Digitized retrieval by Internet Archive 2022.https://archive.org/details/manuelportaitof0000amni https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/manuel-peter.htm https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Manuel,%20Peter.pdf https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/secret-files-might-have-saved-peter-manuel-from-gallows-5jwprxmmv3b https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/who-was-peter-manuel-the-real-story-of-in-plain-sights-notorious-serial-killer/ https://www.wgbh.org/tv-shows/drama/2019-02-07/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-peter-manuel-scotlands-most-notorious-serial-killer https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypm4418deo https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/once-upon-a-true-crime/peter-manuel-the-beast-of-birkenshaw-glasgow-s-worst-serial-killer https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/05/13/scottish-serial-killer-raped-women-left-trail-of-bodies-after-1955-rejection/ MacLeod, H. & McLeod, M. (2009) Peter Manuel SerialKiller. First Published by Mainstream Publishing Company. https://archive.org/details/petermanuelseria0000macl/page/70/mode/2up?q=Anne+Kneilands https://www.newspapers.com/image/80284019/?match=3&terms=Anne%20Knielands https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/05/13/scottish-serial-killer-raped-women-left-trail-of-bodies-after-1955-rejection/ https://www.policemuseum.org.uk/crime-casebook/interesting-cases/the-manuel-murders-1956-58/ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/who-was-peter-manuel-the-real-story-of-in-plain-sights-notorious-serial-killer/ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Social-Class-and-the-Secondary-School-in-1930s-Stocks/6d66ce281e0823808f88a7edb13891e537868aed https://www.newspapers.com/image/599485886/?article=77abe04e-68ee-4a75-b6ec-12bab7a8c898&terms=peter%20manuel https://www.peterheadprison.com/plan-your-day/history/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2331584/who-was-peter-manuel/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-14/the-manuel-massacres https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/leader/9152823.-sydney-dunn-slew/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7892265.stm http://www.jackripper.co.uk/The-Beast-of-Birkenshaw-Peter-Manuel.php https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/in-plain-sight-how-peter-manuel-became-scotlands-worst-serial-killer_uk_5847fbaae4b0bba967c1bc09

    The Beast of Birkenshaw

  3. 27 Jul

    The woman who bore a knife...

    This week we delve into one of the most infamous women serial killers from the U.K., Joanne Dennehy.... Trigger Warnings: Murder, Brutality Sources:   https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-25978279 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-25825565 https://www.aetv.com/articles/why-there-are-fewer-female-serial-killers-than-males-in-the-united-states https://tutoring.hsa.net/blogs/students-published-works/male-vs-female-serial-killers?srsltid=AfmBOorzaJWJEBGl1wQOHqyx934Va99PjNggp00mTSM0Fzhx1YFj8r_H https://serialkillersinfo.com/serial-killer-statistics/serial-killers-by-gender-worldwide/ https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/the-queen-v-dennehy-sentencing-remarks-28022014.pdf Jackson, Neil. (2026) The Peterborough Ripper: TheShocking True Story of Joanne Dennehy. Independent Publishing. https://www.amazon.com/music/player/audiobooks/B0GV7SBKCL?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=dm_ics_us_dps_dw_ae_t1&pf_rd_p=e4a94859-6ded-4c92-9e57-f801242d864a&pf_rd_r=J9KZT2BSCACXSK2328MZ Chambers, Craig. 2023 [Manhunt: Joanne Dennehy] C. Chambers,Manhunt. Amazon Prime. https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/joanne-dennehy https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a69643627/joanne-dennehy-now/ https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dennehy-joanna.htm https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-26159909 Deadly True Crime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWc-srA_y4 https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/shadow-boxing/201402/born-to-be-vile https://www.itv.com/news/2014-02-12/father-of-mass-murderers-kids-she-deserves-an-eye-for-an-eye https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/joanna-dennehy-and-peterborough-ditch-murders https://nypost.com/2019/01/10/family-warns-there-will-be-blood-if-serial-killer-marries-lesbian-lover-in-jail/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-26389479

    The woman who bore a knife...

  4. 20 Jul

    The Hello Kitty Murder

    This week we delve into Hong Kong's most gruesome murders, the hello kitty murder. Trigger Warnings: Brutality, dismemberment, Murder Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/asia/hong-kong-murders-dismemberment-intl-hnk https://abcnews.com/International/story?id=81992&page=1 https://people.com/hell-kitty-murder-hong-kong-11831537 https://medium.com/@nikyoung/the-hello-kitty-murder-28c994a9af52 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/hello-kitty-murder-hong-kongs-most-devastating-crime P., Dr Psycho. (unknown date) True Crime Case:Hong Kong Tru Crime- Fan Man-Yee’s The Infamous Hello Kitty Murder Nightmare. (unknownpublisher). E-book. (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=JsyUEQAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA6&hl=en https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/12/09/hello-kitty-murder-case-horrifies-hong-kong/bafa4ff1-bbf6-4d28-b0cc-2eea9bef43d0/ Chi-Shun, Feng. (2012) Hong Kong noir: fifteen true talesfrom the dark side of the city. Hong Kong: Blacksmith Books. https://archive.org/search.php?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Alcp%3Ahongkongnoirfift0000feng%3Alcpdf%3Ace1e97db-c3d9-45e9-a3e3-9ea0e72c1c7c%22 https://web.archive.org/web/20230101145332/https://vlex.hk/vid/hksar-v-chan-man-845286061 https://allthatsinteresting.com/hello-kitty-murder-case https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1295983/small-miracles-how-hundreds-babies-left-squalid-orphanage-found https://lightsonpod.medium.com/hello-kitty-murders-f5bf00d3e681 https://books.openedition.org/irasec/329 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/12/09/hello-kitty-murder-case-horrifies-hong-kong/bafa4ff1-bbf6-4d28-b0cc-2eea9bef43d0/ https://medium.com/@inky.rose.bud/the-most-messed-up-crimes-from-around-the-world-97d89709eea4 https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3358821/self-exiled-chinese-billionaire-guo-wengui-jailed-30-years-us-fraud-conviction?module=perpetual_scroll_1_AI&pgtype=article

    The Hello Kitty Murder

  5. 13 Jul

    The Bluebeard Murderer

    This week we delve into the ol' timey story of serial bigamist and murderer The Bluebeard Murderer. Trigger Warnings: Murder, talks of suicide Sources: https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/johann-hoch-the-lady-killer/ Jack Rosewood, & Lo, R. (n.d.). The big book ofserial killers volume 2: Another 150 serial killer files of the world’s WorstMurderers (Vol. 2). LAK Publishing. https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hoch-johann.htm https://www.newspapers.com/image/1085145573/?match=1&terms=Johann%20Otto%20Hoch https://www.americanheritage.com/lady-killer https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19050202.2.54.19&srpos=15&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-Johann++Hoch------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOVt9GRzEI https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Johann_Otto_Hoch https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2023/04/john-schmidt-aka-johann-otto-hoch-thought-to-have-killed-over-50.html https://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Johann%20Otto%20HOCH.php https://historyhub.info/nineteenth-century-middle-class-american-women-marriage-relationships-and-the-struggle-for-identity-in-a-patriarchal-society/

    The Bluebeard Murderer

  6. 6 Jul

    James Marlow & Cynthia Coffman

    This week we cover the Folsom Wolf and his wicked wife..... James Marlow and Cynthia Coffman. Sources: Lasseter, D. (1995) Property of Folsom Wolf. WindsorPublishing Corp. Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book ofSerial Killers, and encyclopedia of serial killers. LAK Publishing Hornberger, F. (2002) Mistresses of Mayhem the book ofwomen criminals. Alpha Books. Wicked Attraction, “The Folsom Wolf” S2E3. (2009) AmazonPrime https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/coffman-cynthia.htm https://www.newspapers.com/image/490029026/?match=1&terms=%22James%20Marlow%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/66136502/?match=3&terms=%22Cynthia%20Lynn%20Coffman%22 https://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-sexy-serial-killer-cynthia-coffman-smarter-than-beau https://grokipedia.com/page/Cynthia_Coffman_(murderer) https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-30/a-murdering-couple-is-sentenced-to-death https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18821508/corinna_dell-novis https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-coffman-marlow-33452 https://deathpenalty.org/ca_factsheet/

    James Marlow & Cynthia Coffman

  7. 29 Jun

    Joachim Kroll

    This week for our 100th episode we cover a particularly heinous and depraved man from Germany. Sources: Worlds Most Evil Killers S1Ep16, Joachim Georg Kroll,Peacock (2017) Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers (p. 432). LAK Publishing. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-rise-to-power https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1933-1938/death-of-german-president-von-hindenburg https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/paul-von-hindenburg https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-did-adolf-hitler-happen https://allthatsinteresting.com/joachim-kroll https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Joachim_Kroll https://medium.com/activated-thinker/inside-the-twisted-mind-of-the-ruhr-cannibal-2587c83e97ef The Ruhr Cannibal: The Horrifying True Story of Joachim Kroll mayrefer to a digital independent release:Author, A. A. (2025). The Ruhr Cannibal: The Horrifying True Story ofJoachim Kroll [Kindle edition]. Amazon Digital Services. [1, 2, 3] Newton, M. (1990). Hunting humans: An encyclopedia ofmodern serial killers. Loompanics Unlimited. [1, 2] https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hitler-youth-2 https://www.horrorgalore.com/true-story/joachim-kroll-cannibal-serial-killer-germany https://dingeengoete.blogspot.com/2012/02/bait-and-switch-cannibal-crimes-of.html https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/joachim_kroll/ https://prezi.com/p/9fiqfgp25jdp/joachim-krolls-victims/

    Joachim Kroll

  8. 22 Jun

    Jack Unterweger

    This week we discuss the serial killer known as the Vienna Woods Killer from Austria. Sources: https://www.biography.com/crime/jack-unterweger Jack Rosewood, & Lo, R. (n.d.). The big book ofserial killers volume 2: Another 150 serial killer files of the world’s WorstMurderers (Vol. 2). LAK Publishing. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/10/features.weekend https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/murderer-s-final-freedom-the-bizarre-life-of-jack-unterweger-poet-and-killer-of-prostitutes-ends-at-his-own-hand-1417861.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/Jack-Folge-4-Kindheit-unter-Qualen,audio1104780.html http://centraleuropeaneconomicandsocialhistory.com/lifestyle-of-the-long-1950s1947-1965-in-vienna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Austrian_presidential_election Leake, John. Pisarz, który nienawidził kobiet: podwójneżycie seryjnego mordercy. Social, Publishing Institute, Krakow, (2011) https://www.newspapers.com/image/334529905/?match=1&terms=Jack%20Unterweger https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-best-selling-author-who-strangled-women-with-their-underwear-b7e7526ad7c1 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/taxonomy/term/302 https://botstiberbiaas.org/austrian-jack-the-ripper-unterweger/ https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/jack-unterweger-poet-of-death#The%20Crimes https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_artist_within_the_murderer_the_strange_case_of_jack_unterweger/ https://crimelibrary.org/criminal_mind/profiling/profiling_2/ https://www.bmi.gv.at/magazinfiles/2024/03_04/30_true_crime.pdf https://austria-forum.org/af/AustriaWiki/Jack_Unterweger https://www.biography.com/crime/jack-unterweger https://theskeletonkeychronicles.com/2019/10/15/jack-unterweger-the-silver-tounged-devil/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/704609660332475/posts/854739068652866/

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Your favorite true crime podcast! Join me as we uncover secrets, investigate evidence and dive into the chilling details of some of the most fascinating cases. New episodes every Monday! For a link to the new bonus content click here for The Hidden Files! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-kill-file/subscribe

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  • Creator
    Brittni Spears
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    107
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Brittni Spears
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    The Kill File

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