Criminal Mischief

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The favored son. A privileged life... a trail of destruction. This week on The Murder Chronicles see how excess and nepotism led to a total lack of accountability and, ultimately, murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week Carolyn tells the tragic story of fifteen-year-old Sarah Starling, a one-time co-conspirator in a murder-for-hire plot who wound up becoming a murder victim herself. It's a tale of growing up too fast, absentee parenting, and trusting the wrong partner... all leading to horrifying results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A dark night, a deserted back road... a strange looking man attacks a mother and her three young children, shooting them all and leaving them for dead. Or did he? This is the incredible story of Diane Downs and what really happened that night in Oregon more than forty years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Beloved local girl Mandy is home from college for the Thanksgiving break, tragically she goes missing when out for a jog. Day later her body is found. It would take more than twenty years but thanks to the incredible dedication of local detectives, and the sleuthing of a civilian, her killer was ultimately brought to justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Seventy five years after the most famous unsolved murder in US history, Carolyn revisits the case of the Black Dahlia. A searing look into the corruption-plagued LAPD, a re-examination of the evidence, and bone chilling account of the murder itself will eave you wondering... what happened to Elizabeth Short? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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What happens when a catfish gets catfished? This is the tragic tale of a man in the ferocious grasp of a mid-life crisis and the teenage girl he thinks will be his redemption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The I-5 Killer terrorized the pacific coast states of Washington, Oregon and California in the early 1980's. What began as a disturbed narcissist with a criminal compulsion to expose himself to young women intensified as his lifelong dreams of NFL stardom faded and died. The monster he would soon become should have been apparent to law enforcement... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In 1985 a two year old girl was found abandoned in a K-Mart in rural Washington state. What she told police would lead to the body of her murdered mother, her father missing and a decades long cold case. Will DNA evidence finally shed light on why the little girls Mommy was found "in the trees..."? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In the thrilling conclusion we learn the shocking details of the eyewitness testimony that put an innocent man behind bars, the lengths a wife will go to to protect her family, and the power of modern technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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When Melinda Elkins Dawson learned that her mother had been brutally murdered she never could've believed that it would send down a dark and twisting path... to clear her husband's name. In a story filled with twists and turns, heartache and redemption, Carolyn takes you on a journey that old test one woman to her limits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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How can you spot a potential serial killer? Are there warning signs? According to experts the answer is yes, and one of three branches of the so-called "Dark Triad" concerns the willful and malicious killing of animals. Cat lovers beware... this episode may not be for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Lady Monica... a Seattle-area fortune teller or a cold blooded murderer? Join Carolyn as she investigates the murder of an American war hero who, though a twisted series of events, found himself at the mercy of a vicious crime ring bent led by a mysterious woman who seemed to have an other-worldly control over her disciples... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A married couple decides to spice things up by joining a community of swingers, little did they know they were inviting more than just new lovers into their lives... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The thrilling conclusion to Carolyn's recounting of the Nightstalker crime spree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Richard Ramirez prowled the metropolitan areas of greater Los Angeles and San Francisco for five terrifying months in 1985... in this riveting two-part episode Carolyn delivers never-before-heard interviews with the detective who broke the case as well as a forensic investigation of the killers troubled upbringing that contributed to the monster he would grow up to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In 1983 the Chinatown section of Seattle saw what was, up to that point, the worst mass slaying in U.S. history. It's a tale of vice and violence, desperation and depravity... and the aftermath is still felt in the tight knit community that was shattered by one night of senseless murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Sadistic torture of children, the offer of refuge to unsuspecting people down on their luck, and, when the prospect of being discovered became a possibility... murder. Michelle Knotek, also known as Crazy Shelly, ran a farmhouse of terror for more than decade. Find out what became of her victims, and what became of her... on this week's episode of The Murder Chronicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A paranoid, end-of-the-world prepper? Or just a madman who wanted his family out of the way so he could live off the grid without any responsibilities? Either way, a double murder in a Seattle suburb led to a SWAT standoff with a man named Peter Keller high in the unforgiving wilderness of the Pacific Northwest... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ripped form the headlines, Carolyn focuses on the latest developments in the case involving the murder of four college student at the University of Idaho: including interviews with investigators, statements from family members and the most concise timeline to date of what actually happened that November night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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More than two decades after the brutal murders of two women in different states one seasoned detective refused to give up. Advances in DNA technology combined with the most basic tool of police work - a sketch of a possible suspect - led to an arrest, confession and ultimately... justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chance encounter in the lobby of a Times Square motel lead to four decades of investigative research into the methods and madness of a brutal serial killer. Meet Dr. Peter Vronsky, the man who looked the Times Square Torso Killer in the eye in the immediate aftermath of the murders that spawned his sordid moniker and would, forty years later, be granted access to the monster himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For almost twenty years the identity of a young woman who was murdered and dumped in the backwoods of Kentucky remained a mystery. No justice for the victim and no answers for the family. It took the work of a "citizen sleuth" to crack the case. Finally, "Tent Girl" can go by her real name... but will the killer face justice? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Click Here to Listen to DXSW: https://apple.co/3U1kNCg Cavalry Audio is proud to present Death X Southwest, a new weekly true crime podcast that explores grisly murder stories unique to the American Southwest. Join sisters & hosts, Margot & Jenna, as they use a blend non-fiction narrative storytelling and conversational commentary to immerse listeners in a different deadly crime each week, exploring murders that range from the utterly bizarre to the downright bone-chilling while unpacking the lives and minds of both the murderers and their victims. DXSW is smart, suspenseful, and just the right amount of sarcastic. Available NOW: https://apple.co/3U1kNCg Listen to ad-free episodes & get EXCLUSIVE bonus content by subscribing to Cavalry+ on the Apple Podcasts App. Links to all socials & additional resources: https://linktr.ee/deathxsouthwest ADDITIONAL Bonus Content: patreon.com/deathxsouthwest Follow DXSW | @deathxsouthwest: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deathxsouthwest/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deathxsouthwest Twitter: https://twitter.com/deathxsouthwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086743807947 DXSW is a Cavalry Audio Production. Hosted by Jenna Jarrold and Margot Carmichael Produced by Margot Carmichael Associate Produced by Jenna Jarrold Executive Produced by Dana Brunetti & Keegan Rosenberger Audio Editing & Sound Design by Revision Sound Music by Soundstripe And a special thanks to Edward R Murrow for letting us borrow his famous sign-off phrase, Good Night & Good Luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After more than one hundred years the terrible tale of Billy Ghoul still strikes fear into the hearts of sailors up and down the Pacific Coast. Fraught with the back room politics, union busting gangs and good ole' fashioned greed this weeks episode captures a time from the American past that reminds why we study history... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You know the name Amanda Knox... however, behind all the sensationalized, international news coverage there was a victim who was brutally murdered. This is the story of Meredith Kercher and how first impressions are, indeed, lasting impressions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An exclusive, lakeside community is rocked by the brutal double murder of an elderly couple. The police could find no motive for their murder and, more than eight years since the slayings, they still have no leads. We're all left to wonder... what happened to the Dermond's? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Christmas Eve gathering turns into a massacre that spans three generations of one family. The only thing more disturbing that the crime... is who committed it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A single mother and her young daughter brutally murdered. The prime suspect was the little girl's father... but were they looking at the right person? Nearly forty years later the only thing missing is... justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carolyn ventures out of the Pacific Northwest to investigate the brutal slayings of the Miyazawa Family in Japan... a case so shocking that the sheer number of investigators assigned will make you think we're lying to you. And that's just the beginning of the curious, confounding and unexplainable events that make for this incredible international tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices