Cam and Bird are back to examine the death of Molly Young, the Carbondale Police Department and Jackson County's inability to hold person-of-interest Ritchie Minton accountable, and how new developments may give the Young family long-awaited justice.
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min
This week, Cam and Bird cover the tragic, unexplained 2012 death of Molly Young, a woman from Carbondale, Illinois found shot to death in the home of her on-and-off again boyfriend, Richard "Ritchie" Minton. Police promptly ruled out foul play; however, Molly's death presented far too many questions than answers, with many believing that Minton knows a lot more than he is letting on. In the first of two parts, we examine the timeline leading up to Molly Young's untimely death and Ritchie Minton'...
Jan 12, 2021•59 min
In part 2, Bird and Cam tackle the fall of Rod Blagojevich, convicted in 2011 after a levy of corruption charges. Hear how the disgraced politician found a savior in President Donald Trump, leading to Blagojevich's release from federal prison in early 2020.
Dec 17, 2020•43 min
This week, Bird and Cam discusses the story of Rod Blagojevich, who rose from obscurity to become the governor of Illinois, only to fumble the bag, being President Barack Obama's vacant United States Senate seat, in epic proportions!
Dec 17, 2020•38 min
On August 22nd 2016, Deborah Dewey, a native of Spring Valley, Illinois, disappeared without a trace. Three weeks later, she would be found dead, the victim of a gruesome murder, before being senselessly buried under 13 inches of manure. A prompt investigation ensued, leading down the path of her brother-in-law, Clifford Anderson. What caused Clifford to commit such a heinous crime?
Sep 04, 2020•45 min
In light of recent events involving systematic brutality faced by POC concerning law enforcement, this week's episode covers former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. Burge supervised the mental and physical torture of over a hundred of criminal suspects, resulting in a plethora of wrongful convictions between the 1970's and 1990's. We look back at how the misdeeds of Burge and his officers contributed to a prevailing aura of distrust within minority communities towards the Chicago Police Depar...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 48
This week, we’re talking about the tragic story of Robert “Yummy” Sandifer, an 11-year-old who, after committing a gang-initiated murder in 1994, sparked a manhunt unlike anything the city of Chicago had seen before or since.
Apr 29, 2020•43 min
October, 1994: Eric Morse, a five-year-old, is thrown 14 stories off a high rise building in the Ida B. Wells Homes. The assailants? An 11-year-old juvenile offender and his 10-year-old friend. But why? We look back on this harrowing story that angered not just a city, but a nation, filled with the after effects of urban decay, the plight of inner-city youth violence and the ever-apparent gray spots within the criminal justice system
Apr 05, 2020•1 hr 1 min
This week, we discuss the 1976 murder of 16-year-old Pamela Maurer, who was found strangled alongside a lonely road in Lisle, Illinois. The case remained cold for 44 years, until forensic ingenuity and a genealogy website help cracked an unsolved mystery.
Mar 25, 2020•48 min
On September 9th, 2017, surveillance video captured 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins wandering unto a little corner in the kitchen of the Crown Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. She was never seen alive again. Her death spawned a social media outcry, that there was more to the story of Kenneka's final moments than met the eye. So we ask, was this a case of foul play? Or a tragic accident?
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 7 min
The first episode of 2020 deep dives in the story of Paula Sims, an Alton, Illinois woman who, in a span of three years, murdered her two newborn daughters in the late 1980's. What caused this mother to snuff out the life she recently brought into the world?
Jan 17, 2020•52 min
Michael Knorr of Squared Circle Squares and Bird talks more about Snuka, alongside the eerie similarities of Chris Benoit and the overarching theme of safety in wrestling
Nov 28, 2019•24 min
This week's Thanksgiving episode touches on Jimmy Snuka, one of the most revered professional wrestlers in the 1980's, famous for his high-flying ability that won him numerous championships, fistful of dollars and adoring fans around the world. However, Snuka was the center of a mystery surrounding the suspicious death of his girlfriend, Nancy Argentino. Did Snuka murder Nancy? Did Snuka's boss, WWE owner Vince McMahon, cover it up?
Nov 28, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Bird and Cam dive in recent updates concerning three cases covered in prior episodes: will Robert Utter's suspected killer be psychologically fit to stand trial? Michael Kazecki, the Joliet high school teacher accused of beating his wife to death, enjoying 15 months paid administrative leave while being free on bail with no trial in sight; and after nearly 60 years in prison, the man convicted of the 1960 Starved Rock murders granted parole last week. Like, Share, Comment!!
Nov 24, 2019•39 min
The second part in the life and crimes of infamous serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer(1960-1994), responsible for the murders of 17 men from 1978-1991. We take a deep dive to figure out what part of the human nature drives to unprecedented amounts of inhumanity.
Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Jeffrey Dahmer Pt.1 by Alex Camp
Sep 11, 2019•54 min
O.J. Simpson Pt.2 by Alex Camp
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 23 min
O.J Simpson by Alex Camp
Jun 17, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Jayme Closs by Alex Camp
Jun 06, 2019•52 min
On Feburary 28th, 1963, Alderman Benjamin Lewis of the 24th Ward Chicago City Council was killed in his office. 56 years later, the case remains unsolved. Who killed the alderman? Was it angry clients who were stifled out of insurance claims? Was it a jilted wife, or numerous lovers tired of Lewis’ womanizing? Was it the police in an effort to intimidate other black leaders of the 24th ward who dare think different? Or maybe was it Stanley Kuczynski, the criminal who probably knew too much, and ...
Jun 03, 2019•52 min
Cheshire Murders by Alex Camp
May 27, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Browns Chicken Massacre Pt.2 by Alex Camp
May 13, 2019•42 min
Brown's Chicken Massacre by Alex Camp
May 07, 2019•48 min
James Byrd Part. 2/ The Death Penalty in Illinois by Alex Camp
May 04, 2019•52 min
James Byrd by Alex Camp
Apr 30, 2019•50 min
Eliot Rodger by Alex Camp
Apr 07, 2019•1 hr 19 min
Lizzie Borden by Alex Camp
Mar 29, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Richard Speck Pt. 2 by Alex Camp
Mar 19, 2019•1 hr
Richard Speck by Alex Camp
Mar 16, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Is There a Serial Killer in Chicago? by Alex Camp
Mar 06, 2019•1 hr 8 min