True Crime BnB Beth and Bailey

Hello, Crime Family, and welcome back to Episode 94 at the True Crime BnB!
I didn't plan to, but somehow I managed to have one case in each of the two most recent US states: one in Hawaii (became a state on Aug 21, 1959) and the other in Alaska (became a state on Jan 3, 1959).
Hawaii is considered to be a paradise, and to many people, it absolutely is. But for Conrad Maesaka and Patricia Stevens, it may have started out as paradise, but it turned into a nightmare leading to their disappearances.
Through a tip from a guilty conscience, the crime was eventually solved, but that was still not the end of it. Corruption, gambling, organized crime, and a desperate official all combined to prevent Conrad and Patty from getting their justice, even after a jury conviction.
In the end we can recognize that although Conrad and Patty were flawed humans...who isn't??...they were not as flawed as pretty much every other person in this story. And they did not deserve what happened to them.
And then to Alaska, where Robert Atwood headed, at the age of 28, to take over a tiny daily newspaper in Anchorage. Over 50+ years he turned it into one of the largest Alaska dailies, in addition to a myriad of other stellar accomplishments.
But Bob never lost his energy, his leadership, his pluck, nor his love of family. And when his newspaper staff and his daughter were in danger from an irrational attacker, 79-year-old Bob sprang into action to neutralize the threat. And although it made national headlines, humble Bob didn't even put it on the front page the next day.
Thank you for being here. I'm happy to see you, come back in two weeks for Episode 95!
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Time Stamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:22 Murder and Corruption in Hawaii
0:24:43 Survivor Robert Atwood
0:34:49 Wrap-up
00:36:01 Closing
0:36:31 Outro
0:36:38 Bloopers
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Hello, Crime Family, and welcome back to Episode 93 at the True Crime BnB. This week we have a little more cussing than usual, because it comes up in quotes that really contribute to the telling of the stories.
Yes! I said STORIES. I'm harking back to the Bad Guy / Good Guy days, even in a solo episode, because if i can have an upper story to close the episode, then I will do that.
First up is the senseless murder of 24 year old Susan Schwarz, who was killed in Snohomish County, Washington in 1979. Because of witness intimidation by the perpetrator, it was 32 years before her killer was brought to justice, but in the end, we applaud the witness for speaking up. Susan was a victim of revenge because she tried to help someone else who was also a victim. And she deserves to be remembered for the good, kind, compassionate young woman she was.
I'm closing today with the upper story of Curtescine Foster Lloyd, a 51 year old woman in Edwards, Mississippi who was accosted in her bedroom by a naked man with evil intentions. But Curtescine saw her opportunity and took it. And that would-be rapist regretted the day he ever made his way into her house. Curtescine's testimony had the jury rolling with laughter, so don't miss this episode! (this is where almost all of the cussing comes in)
So thank you for stopping by, If you've missed Puss in the bloopers, she made her comeback today, so don't forget to hang around after the Outro to hear what she had to say.
See you back in two weeks, take care, and do something nice for yourself today!

Time Stamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:30 Susan Schwarz
0:17:40 Survivor Curtescine Foster Lloyd
0:26:05 Wrap-up
0:27:32 Outro
0:27:42 Bloopers
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Hey, Crime Family, thanks for bearing with me as I am dropping Episode 92 two days late. The previous week just didn't allow me to finish it for Friday, so I am doing my first-ever Sunday release so I can stay on track for every other week.
So, that business out of the way, this episode is a bit of a throwback to the old bad-guy / good-guy format that I still use in collaborations, but I'm both bad and good guy today. Today I bring you three teenagers who showed such strength, bravery, and presence of mind that they prevented the injury or death of people they cared about, or in one case, of complete strangers. Fair warning, these are hard cases to hear and definitely hard cases to narrate, so if you hear the emotion in my voice, you have no idea how many times i had to reread some of these paragraphs until I could get them out without a croak.
Canaan Bower of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was 16 years old when he prevented a kidnapping, or worse, of a family at a gas station. Canaan was a champion heavyweight wrestler, but also an exemplary leader and human being, and his story is important.
Jayden Perkins, of Chicago, Illinois, was 11 years old when he saved his pregnant mom and unborn sibling from almost certain death when his mom's distant ex burst into their home with a knife. Jayden was that child whom everyone adored, who brought light and sunshine into the day of every person he met. His story must be told, so that he will never be forgotten.
Josslyn Millan, of Midvale, Utah, was 13 years old when her world went in an instant from a safe, family environment to absolute terror in a carjacking. Her first thoughts were not for herself, but for her infant sister, and she instinctively did all of the most important things to take control of the situation and get herself and her baby sister Ivey home safely.
As per our regular format, the last story will leave you on a positive note to go out into the world feeling uplifted.
As always, I'm grateful that you have stopped by here at the True Crime BnB! Have a seat, grab a frosty beverage off the bar, and let's talk about some outstanding young people that you'll never forget!
Time Stamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:05 Canaan Bower
0:08:45 Jayden Perkins
0:18:28 Josslyn Millan
0:25:52 Wrap-up
0:27:25 Outro
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Hello, I'm glad you've chosen to pop in at the True Crime BnB for Episode 91!
This week's episode is pretty rough and covers a senseless crime against a West Alexandria, Ohio woman who, in February, 1989, was weeks away from giving birth to a son she had already named.
Joy Gayle Morningstar Stewart was one of those rare people who brightened the day of anyone lucky enough to encounter her. When she was brutally murdered for the most disgusting of reasons, her family and loved ones suffered tremendously thereafter.
And when the execution of her killer didn't go quite as intended, it set in motion a whole series of redirections that are still happening today.
Thank you for stopping by, and I hope to see you back next time for Episode 92.
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Hello, Crime Family, and welcome back to Episode 90 here at the True Crime BnB!
This week I have special guest Miss Ruby Wilde, co-hostess of the Vintage Homicide Podcast, bringing the sad and senseless murder of Grand Ol' Opry and HeeHaw regular David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife Estelle. But even if you already know what happened to Stringbean and Estelle, Miss Ruby has widened this story to a surprisingly large number of other related, but also unrelated, murders!
This case had a great impact on the greater country music scene in the 1970's.
Beth follows behind with the survival story of Sherri Boone, a brave and gutsy woman in Massachusetts. She lived through a terrible attack and when the law failed her, she made it her mission to bring attention to, and bring about revisions to, the very outdated penal code in Massachusetts.
Once you've listened, please go follow Miss Ruby Wilde along with her cohostess Miss Mei Day at Vintage Homicide Podcast at Instagram: @vintagehomicide and Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/vintagehomicide
You can find their LinkTree here: https://linktr.ee/vintagehomicidepodcast
I hope you're taking care of yourselves, and that you are being kind to others. Just because some people are murderers does NOT mean you should be one, too.

Thank you for stopping by, and I'll see you next week for Episode 91!
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Thank you for joining me to back at the True Crime BnB for Episode 89. Today I am taking you to Mexico City in 1958, and we are going to remember the murder of Harriet Ann Eckman Hicks. But there is a lot to remember about Harriet besides the way she was taken from her family.
Harriet was a woman who made her own life and lived outside the bounds of what society expected of her in the 1950's. She was a creative, an entrepreneur, and a woman ahead of her time. She built a life that she loved, and that included solo travel as she saw fit. Unfortunately, on one of her trips to Mexico City, Mexico, she came into contact with a predator who used Mexico City as his hunting grounds and attacked or killed numerous other women.
When you see furniture or decorations that are woven from pandanus leaves, you can thank Harriet for being one of the very first who popularized the style; when you see themed Christmas trees, she was one of the first to do that, too.
Harriet Ann Eckman Hicks was an extraordinary person, a woman who didn't sit and wait for permission to make her life what she wanted it to be. And Harriet deserves to be remembered.
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