Over The Fence - True Crime Podcast Molly & Cody

Kendrick Johnson attended his first three periods of high school in Valdosta, GA on January 10, 2013. However, he would not make it through that day alive, yet he never left the grounds of his high school. He was found almost 24 hours later, in one of the gyms. His body was upside down in a rolled up wrestling mat that was standing up vertically. After a decade of investigation, 2 exhumations, 3 autopsies and the case being closed and then reopened again, Kendrick's cause of death has still been ruled accidental. Kendrick's family continues to fight for the truth and for someone to be held responsible for the death of their son because the circumstances around his death are far too suspicious and the investigation has had way too many inconsistencies to be ignored.

A young man went to school and was not safe, period. He went to school and died. This is never ok under any circumstances, accident or no accident.

Join us as we discuss the tragic death of a young man taken from this earth way too soon and please watch the documentary that Molly references - Finding Kendrick Johnson by Jason Pollock.

Other References:
Papa Doug's Album!

https://augustwolf.hearnow.com/?fbclid=IwAR3CB5aJIgREQcxzZP8LPFZ9rEWKqWkR82t1dojcrmC8cnJS6epaGXHR6HU

On September 6, 1949, in just 12 minutes, 13 lives were lost to a mass shooter on River Road in Camden, NJ. Unlike today, mass shootings were not a regular event that was normalized on the news. In a post World War II era, automatic guns were relatively new and held mostly for military use, not often seen in public. However, on this day, the mundane activities of a Tuesday morning were interrupted by gun fire as a World War II veteran walked down the street that he lived on and fired upon his own neighbors' homes and businesses.

This case has been coined as America's first mass shooting, and the shooter, as the first "lone wolf"
type shooter.

These terms may be common today, but this type of event was unprecendented at the time. However it will go to show that more than 70 years later, our country has not made much progress in our prevention of these types of such occurrences and the devastation that it brings to not only the victims, but families of the victims, the survivors and the communities at large.

References & Resources:
Murder in the Neighborhood by Ellen Green

https://www.northjersey.com/picture-gallery/news/new-jersey/2019/08/28/photos-howard-unruh-shoots-16-sept-6-1949-camden/2065185001/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/story-first-mass-murder-us-history-180956927/

This episode is more conversational than our usual case episodes. We will provide an update on the Alexis Gabe case, which is local to Northern California. We also discuss the currently unsolved murders of the University of Idaho students, Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20. Join us in a current true crime conversation... Over The Fence.

Whether it is truth, lore, urban legend or just straight up spooky that you want, we got it here at our Darkcast Network Halloween Sleepover. Grab some snacks, your favorite beverage and lean in close as we take this journey to the dark side with several podcasts from the Darkcast Network. We hope you enjoy!

Info on each featured podcast included below:
https://darkcastnetwork.wixsite.com/indie

-OctoberPod (Available on Youtube) or as OctoberPodAM (Podcast Platforms)
-Beyond The Rainbow Podcast - True Crimes of the LGBT
-MurderMurder News
-Horrifying History
-Cause of Death - 100 Seconds To Midnight
-California True Crime
-Hands Off My Podcast
-And Then They Were Gone
-Nopeville
-The Crime Diner
-Sinister Story Hour
-Autumn's Oddities
-Misty Mysteries
-Freaky AF
-ODFM - One D%!&# From Murder
-Weird True Crime
-Rogue Darkness

Part 2 will take a look into the happenings on the Gunness Farm after the suspicious death of Belle's second husband Peter. Belle then successfully hired farm hands to help on her farm through a newspaper ad. Unfortunately for Belle, these hired farmhands keep suspiciously up and leaving without notice. Instead of help wanted ads, she turned to matrimonial ads for a more permanent fix. However dozens of ad respondents made plans to head to La Porte, Indiana to meet a wealthy widow and are never seen or heard from again. It is not until 1908, when a fire burns the Gunness familly farm home down to just remaining brick walls that Belle's secrets are unearthed.

References & Resources:

Hell's Princess by Harold Schechter
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/belle-gunness/
https://youtu.be/UDPaWql4S9Q
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/belle-gunness
https://laportecountyhistory.org/exhibits/belle-gunness/

Belle Gunness immigrated to the United States in the late 1800's from Norway with big dreams of marrying well and raising a family of her own. However, when life didn't go exactly as planned, she tried to find a way to success on her own... by any means necessary. In Part 1 of this 2 Part Episode on Belle Gunness we hear of her early days in the United States and the tragic and very suspicious deaths of her first two husbands. If you think Part 1 is wild, just wait until the 2nd half of Belle's life...

References & Resources:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/belle-gunness/
https://youtu.be/UDPaWql4S9Q
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/belle-gunness
https://laportecountyhistory.org/exhibits/belle-gunness/
Hell's Princess by Harold Schechter