American True Crime Jane Doe

The quiet upstate New York city of Watertown was shaken by the sudden disappearance of ten-year-old Jack Blake. The police considered the boy a runaway, a common occurrence in Watertown. But the boy’s mother suspected a local fisherman named Art, who showed an unusual interest in her son, of foul play. Who is Art? And what was he doing in Watertown?
 
Research
Books
Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims, by Jack Olsen
Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer: The Grisly True Crime Account of the Rochester Prostitute Murders, by J. Norris
 
Articles and Internet Sources
French, J. H. Gazeteer of the State of New York. Ira J. Friedman, 1860.
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, New York), 07 Jun 1972, Wed. Newspapers.com
Daily News (New York, New York), 12 May 1972, Fri, Page 7. Newspapers.com
The Oneonta Star (Oneonta, New York), 11 May 1972, Thu, Page 1. Newspapers.com
 
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Inrolude – Epic Darkness by – mariokhol6

Watertown New York is still reeling from the disappearance of seven-year-old Jack Blake. Four months after the Blake tragedy, Karen Ann Hill goes missing while visiting Watertown with her family. The police suspect Arthur Shawcross immediately….
 
 
Show notes
 
Research
 
Books
Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims, by Jack Olsen
 
Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer: The Grisly True Crime Account of the Rochester Prostitute Murders, by J. Norris
 
Articles and Internet Sources
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) 18 Oct 1972, Wednesday
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) 21 Nov 1972, Tuesday
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)18 Oct 1972, Wednesday
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)04 Sep 1972, Monday
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York) 23 Jun 1987, Tuesday
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York) 23 Jun 1987, Tuesday
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) 20 Jun 1987, Saturday
 
 
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Background music –
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Cancion Triste by enrique27naveda
Outro – Clip 04 intro by sscheidl
Inrolude – Epic Darkness by – mariokhol6
 
Art by dimpledollme

Arthur Shawcross has settled into his new life in Rochester, NY. Living under the radar of police scrutiny he is able to act out his viscous impulses on the unsuspecting subculture of sex-workers in his area. Using a fake name, he eludes police attention...while investigators are hunting for their suspect, Art wreaks havoc on the city’s most vulnerable women. 
 
Show notes
 
Research 
 
Books 
Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims, by Jack Olsen
 
Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer: The Grisly True Crime Account of the Rochester Prostitute Murders, by J. Norris 
 
Articles and Internet Sources 
 
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 15 Oct 1989, Sun, Page 28
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, New York), 19 Nov 1989, Sun, Page 7
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 21 Nov 1989, Tue, Page 1
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) 24 Nov 1989, Fri, Page 1
The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, New York), 25 Nov 1989, Sat, Page 2
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 25 Nov 1989, Sat, Page 1
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 02 Dec 1989, Sat, Page 9
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 03 Dec 1989, Sun, Page 2
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 07 Dec 1989, Thu, Page 1
Daily News (New York, New York), 10 Dec 1989, Sun, Page 42




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00 officina zanchi synt bells by officina27
Cancion Triste by enrique27naveda
Outro – Clip 04 intro by sscheidl
Interlude – Epic Darkness by – mariokhol6 
 
Art by dimpledollme

After months of terrorizing Rochester New York, the serial killer known as the Genesee River Killer is finally caught, after a horrific holiday murder spree. The man, Arthur Shawcross, is the last person police expected to be the killer.
 
Show notes
 
Research 
 
Books 
Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims, by Jack Olsen
 
Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer: The Grisly True Crime Account of the Rochester Prostitute Murders, by J. Norris 
 
Articles and Internet Sources 
 
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 03 Dec 1989, Sun, Page 4
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), 10 Dec 1989, Sun, Page 6
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 13 Dec 1989, Wed, Page 11
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 20 Dec 1989, Wed, Page 4
Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 04 Jan 1990, Thu, Page 14
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 05 Jan 1990, Fri, Page 2
The Journal News (White Plains, New York), 05 Jan 1990, Fri, Page 3
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 06 Jan 1990, Sat, Page 2
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 06 Jan 1990, Sat, Page 3
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 07 Jan 1990, Sun, Page 1 & 6
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 08 Jan 1990, Mon, Page 4
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 08 Jun 1990, Fri, Page 7




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Background music – 
Oceumene Sleeps by Kai Engel 
00 officina zanchi synt bells by officina27
Cancion Triste by enrique27naveda
Outro – Clip 04 intro by sscheidl
Interlude – Epic Darkness by – mariokhol6 
 
Art by dimpledollme

Arthur Shawcross is finally behind bars; the people of Rochester want to know who has been terrorizing them for months and what compelled him to kill so many innocent women. 
 
Show notes
 
Research 
 
Books 
Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims, by Jack Olsen
 
Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer: The Grisly True Crime Account of the Rochester Prostitute Murders, by J. Norris 
 
American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years 1950-2000, By Peter Vronsky
 
Articles and Internet Sources
 
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York), 14 Dec 1990, Fri, Page 7
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 24 Jul 1991, Wed, Page 1 & 12
Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 29 Aug 1992, Sat, Page 3
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 02 Aug 1992, Sun, Page 8
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 29 Dec 1994, Thu, Page 15
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 16 Jul 1997, Wed, Page 1
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 21 Jul 1997, Mon, Page 11
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York), 21 Sep 1999, Tue, Page 6
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 02 Jul 2000, Sun, Page 15
Daily News (New York, New York), 03 Apr 2001, Tue, Page 5
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 04 Apr 2001, Wed, Page 8
Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 04 Apr 2001, Wed, Page 14
The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, New York), 04 Apr 2001, Wed, Page 1
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 12 Nov 2008, Wed, Page 4
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 12 Nov 2008, Wed, Page 33
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York), 12 Nov 2008, Wed, Page 1
New York Daily News (New York, New York), 26, December, 2017 
After Horror, an Act of Kindness, By Craig Fox, Watertown Daily Times, November 27, 2013 Updated May 29, 2019
 
192 A.D.2d 1128 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993) 596 N.Y.S.2d 622

The List family was active in the small town of Westfield, New Jersey. A suburb of New York, where some of Wall-streets biggest players lived to get away from it all. 
 
The List’s lived in the largest home, in one of the nicest areas of town. 
 
After an extended trip to North Carolina, the lights in the windows started burning out, and the grass was over grown, leaving the house looking abandoned. 
 
Neighbors began to wonder if the List’s were ever going to return from their impromptu trip. There was even talk that something sinister had happened… 



Show notes
 
Research 
 
Books 
 
Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders, by Joe Sharky 
 
Articles and Internet Sources
 
Newsday (Suffolk Edition) (Melville, New York), 13 Dec 1971, Mon, Page 11, 14
Daily News (New York, New York), 30 Dec 1971, Thu, Page 2, 12
The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, New York), 04 Jan 1972, Tue, Page 25
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 29 Jun 1972, Thu, Page 15
Daily News (New York, New York), 31 Aug 1972, Thu, Page 63
Daily News (New York, New York), 10 Nov 1976, Wed, Page 25
Daily News (New York, New York), 04 Mar 1979, Sun, Page 12
Daily News (New York, New York), 09 Dec 1980, Tue, Page 22
Daily News (New York, New York), 04 Dec 1983, Sun, Page 13
The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, New York), 21 Dec 1986, Sun, Page 40
Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 11 Jun 1989, Sun, Page 7
New Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 11 Jun 1989, Sun, Page 7
Daily News (New York, New York), 11 Jul 1989, Tue, Page 21
Newsday (Suffolk Edition) (Melville, New York),16 Aug 1989, Wed, Page 4, 5, 6,7, 17
Newsday (New York, New York), 05 Apr 1990, Thu, Page 7, 34
Daily News (New York, New York), 10 Apr 1990, Tue, Page 7
Daily News (New York, New York), 02 May 1990, Wed, Page 7
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, New York), 02 May 1990, Wed, Page 7
1971 Family Killer Breaks Silence, By, ABC News, January 6, 2006
Daily News (New York, New York), 20 Apr 2008, Sun, Page 48
Daily News (New York, New York), 25 Mar 2008, Tue, Page 16
 
Music Courtesy of Pixbay 
Intro - Airy Bells, by mariokhol 
Background music – 
Oceumene Sleeps by Kai Engel 
00 officina zanchi synt bells by officina27
Cancion Triste by enrique27naveda
Outro – Clip 04 intro by sscheidl
Inrolude – Epic Darkness by – mariokhol6 
 
Art by dimpledollme