The Kill File

Brittni Spears
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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 RSSVERIFY

  1. 1d ago

    The exorcisms of Michael Taylor & Joan Vollmer

    This week we cover TWO true crime exorcism cases. Sources ( not full list) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LCXiYT-YHw https://www.newspapers.com/image/182261972/?article=6600b70f-6c09-41c9-a457-53b550a12225&terms=Christine%20Taylor&search-id=ac03da36-a50a-4a13-aaeb-dab58fa2cb39&search-rank=2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/157983553/?article=28490d5b-aebe-42f4-a050-62f6296b602d&terms=Christine%20Taylor&search-id=ac03da36-a50a-4a13-aaeb-dab58fa2cb39&search-rank=3 https://peoplepill.com/people/michael-taylor-11 https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/401927/dread-the-unsolved-takes-on-the-exorcism-of-michael-taylor/ https://www.premierchristianity.com/features/demonising-deliverance-is-there-still-a-place-for-exorcism-in-the-church/14133.article https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19750531&id=9QgOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VnkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5842,5747894 https://web.archive.org/web/20160911015901/http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/1974-exorcist-killer-back-before-court-1-931236 https://www.grunge.com/228121/the-truth-behind-the-exorcism-of-michael-taylor/ https://www.unexplainedpodcast.com/episode-6-demons-in-suburbia https://allthatsinteresting.com/demonic-possession/5 https://www.thetruecrimeenthusiast.co.uk/the-ossett-exorcist-murder “Exorcism Man “Feared Full Moon”.” The Times, Apr. 22, 1975, pp. https://www.newspapers.com/image/975732010/?match=1&terms=Exorcism%20Man&search-id=d86e8259-6f44-404e-86eb-697e1e4598b2&search-rank=2

    The exorcisms of Michael Taylor & Joan Vollmer

  2. Sep 14

    The Sunday Morning Slasher PART 2

    This week we wrap up the Carl Watts case with the second part of the story. Trigger warnings: crimes committed against children, murder, brutality, femicide Sources: https://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Coral%20Eugene%20WATTS.php https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25951547/rebecca_greer-huff https://www.newspapers.com/image/14274071/?article=b556913f-c9a8-4836-a722-6221ba4016af&terms=Edith%20Ledet&search-id=633056e5-a018-4cab-aa52-31875f619b2b&search-rank=2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/778969073/?article=9d003e79-11e3-44b6-a1c2-768de60e0028&terms=Edith%20Ledet&search-id=633056e5-a018-4cab-aa52-31875f619b2b&search-rank=3 https://txtruecrimeblog.com/blog-archive/carl-coral-eugene-watts https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/23/obituaries/margaret-fossi-rites-today.html#:~:text=A%20funeral%20service%20will%20be,the%20trunk%20for%20her%20car. https://www.fox26houston.com/news/coral-watts-serial-killer-victim-semander-mother-dies https://www.facebook.com/andy.kahan.9/posts/today-is-harriett-semander-day-21-years-ago-on-march-1st-2005-houston-mayor-bill/10242233623957556/ https://people.com/coral-watts-serial-killer-elena-semander-murder-7552475 https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/emily-laqua-disappeared-at-age-14-while-on-her-2086295.php https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-deal-with-the-devil-05-08-2005/ https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/11/us/texan-is-believed-to-to-have-slain-22.html https://www.foxnews.com/story/fast-facts-some-of-watts-confessed-murders https://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Coral%20Eugene%20WATTS.php

    The Sunday Morning Slasher PART 2

  3. Sep 7

    The Sunday Mornin Slasher

    This week we cover a lesser known serial killer who ran rampant throughout the 70's and early 80's with dozens of cases still unsolved and unknown.

    The Sunday Mornin Slasher

  4. Aug 31

    The I-5 Bandit

    This week we delve into a professional athlete turned serial killer when we discuss the I-5 bandit.     Trigger Warnings: Sexual assault, sexual assault of a minor,rape, brutality, murder and murder of a minor Sources: 2020 May 30. Killer Athlete (S2E8). Mark of a SerialKiller. Oxygen Network. Peacock. Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers (Vol. 1) LAK Publishing. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/serial_killer_randy_woodfields.html   https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/americas-deadliest-serial-killers/9/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160927223010/http://www.charlespresspub.com/woodfield.html https://web.archive.org/web/20181118141225/https://www.si.com/longform/true-crime/i-5-killer-green-bay-packers-randall-woodfield/index.html https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Randall_Woodfield#CITEREFLamovskyRosettiDeMarco2007 https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/woodfield-randall.htm https://vocal.media/criminal/drafted-and-deadly https://www.oxygen.com/mark-of-a-killer/crime-news/i-5-killer-randall-woodfield-green-bay-packer-serial-killer https://medium.com/crimebeat/one-of-the-deadliest-serial-killers-in-u-s-history-was-an-nfl-draft-c554de47a6c5 https://lifesabloodymess.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-5.html#:~:text=On%20a%20chilly%20Sunday%20evening,5%2C%20to%20clean%20the%20office. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14876430.R_C_Johansen/blog https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/serial_killer_randy_woodfields.html https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2012/05/portland_detectives_definitely.html https://cdn.bookey.app/files/pdf/book/en/the-i-5-killer.pdf https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/03/23/two-killers-leave-a-trail-of-bodies-along-interstate-5-in-california-in-the-1980s/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170126111715/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/341440-215721-i-5-killer-played-for-psu-before-taking-dark-turn a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190048/http:/www.radiotimes.com/film/qqsgq/

    The I-5 Bandit

  5. Aug 24

    The Cape Cod Vampire

    This week we cover a lesser told story of the Cape Cod serial killer, a Mr. Tony Costa.   Trigger Warnings Murder, Necrophilia, Dismemberment,Mutilation, Brutality Sources: Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers (Vol. 1) LAK Publishing. Sherman, C. (2022) Hell Town the Untold Story of a SerialKiller on Cape Cod. Sourcebooks. https://read.amazon.com/?asin=B0B353XP4K&ref_=dbs_t_r_khbodl https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/entertainment/2022/05/31/tony-costa-cape-cod-serial-murders-casey-sherman-helltown-kurt-vonnegut-norman-mailer-provincetown/9942373002/ https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/casey-shermans-new-crime-thriller-revisits-cape-cod-serial-killer/ https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/american-revolution Crime up Close. Horrific Acts of Dismemberment. Born toKill? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RndkP65jOi4 https://www.aetv.com/articles/tony-costa-cape-cod-killer https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/costa-antone-charles.htm https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Costa,%20Antone%20-%20spring,%202006.pdf https://nypost.com/article/serial-killer-tony-costa-was-my-babysitter/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/tony-costa https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/1swkfz6/tony_costa_the_cape_cod_vampire/ https://darkdowneast.com/patriciamaryanne/ https://provincetownindependent.org/tag/tony-costa/ https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/360/360mass177.html https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/casey-shermans-new-crime-thriller-revisits-cape-cod-serial-killer/ https://www.grunge.com/1004154/this-may-have-been-the-cape-cod-vampires-motive-to-kill/ https://darkdowneast.com/thebabysitter/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Ev2WeY6BM https://www.aetv.com/articles/tony-costa-cape-cod-killer https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158718249/sydney_lee-monzon https://alchetron.com/Tony-Costa

    The Cape Cod Vampire

  6. Aug 17

    Uruguayan Flight 571

    This week we delve into the case of the rugby team who's plane crashed into the Andes Mountains and the unspeakable things they had to do to survive in the elements. Trigger Warnings: Cannibalism Sources: https://eh.net/encyclopedia/an-overview-of-the-economic-history-of-uruguay-since-the-1870s/#:~:text=Inequality%20diminished%20in%20many%20respects,dictatorship%20(1973%2D85).  Modern Mummies:The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century, ChristineQuigley https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMSSCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA225&pg=PA225#v=onepage&q&f=false Alive The story of the Andes Survivors, Piers PaulRead, Unthinkable but True A World Bestseller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planch%C3%B3n-Peteroa#:~:text=Learn%20more,Volc%C3%A1n%20Peteroa%20and%20Volc%C3%A1n%20Azufre. https://theconversation.com/the-science-of-starvation-this-is-what-happens-to-your-body-when-its-deprived-of-food-262355 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/gangrene#:~:text=Gangrene%20is%20a%20dangerous%20and%20potentially%20deadly,gangrene**%20*%20**Gas%20gangrene**%20*%20**Fournier's%20gangrene**

    Uruguayan Flight 571

  7. Aug 10

    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/stor

    The murder of Dr. Amie Harwick

  8. Aug 3

    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-t

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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 RSSVERIFY

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  • Creator
    Brittni Spears
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    112
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Brittni Spears
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    The Kill File

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