In this special crossover episode of Bloody Murder and True Crime Island, we discuss Serial Killer Rattlesnake James. Half assed conman and serial killer Robert S. James gained infamy when he tried to murder his fifth wife Mary by putting her leg into a box of rattlesnakes. When she failed to die in a timely enough fashion, he drowned her in the bathtub and tried to cash in her life insurance policy. Insurance investigators discovered his third wife Winona had also died by drowning shortly after...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 186
In honour of International Women's Day - March 8th 2021. Mayor of Bell Gardens California, Daniel Crespo Snr abused his wife Lyvette for 28 years. He also threatened those he worked with in the council and had a secretary fired for not sleeping with him. On September 30th, 2014, while beating Lyvette, he turned his violent rage toward their teenage son when he tried to intervene. Crespo punched his son in the face so hard he fell down the stairs. What happened next was an unusual ending to a hor...
Mar 08, 2021•59 min•Season 5Ep. 185
In 1984, Richard Farley met new co-worker Laura Black at the Sunnyvale, California office of their employer ESL. He was instantly attracted to Laura and asked her out on numerous occasions but she politely refused his advances. Unwilling to take no for an answer, Farley proceeded to stalk Laura relentlessly. After four years of Farley's constant harassment, Laura saw no option but to take out a temporary restraining order against him. A court date was set for February 17th, 1988 to make the orde...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 183
This is the conclusion of our two part special on Angel of Death - Dulcie Markham. If you haven't listened to part one, and you want any of this to make sense, we recommend you listen to it first. Murder adjacent Dulcie Markham was the darling of the Australian underworld, known as Pretty Dulcie and Dainty Dulcie, she also became known in the media as The Angel of Death and The Black Widow. As the years went by Dulcie lost more of her boyfriends and husbands to shootings and stabbings. Dulcie de...
Feb 08, 2021•58 min•Season 5Ep. 182
Dulcie Markham was known in the media as The Angel of Death, The Black Widow and Pretty Dulcie. She was a key figure of the Australian underworld across multiple cities, from the 1920’s right through to the 1950’s, According to one crime reporter, she 'saw more violence and death than any other woman in Australia's history'. Whereas Dulcie never murdered anyone and was not a murder victim, she was definately murder adjacent, losing no less than 5 lovers and 2 husbands to gang violence. This is p...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 5Ep. 180
Inspired by reading Hitler's Mein Kampf and feeling that he himself had the soul of an artist, white supremacist Jonathan Haynes launched a campaign of murderous attacks against those he believed were the purveyors of fake Aryan beauty. TCNT: Libby Spicer tells us about the Youtube show, That Chapter . Aussie As: Barney informs us of the shit towns of Australia. For our sources, see our website www.bloodymurderpodcast.com. Become a Bloody Murder Patron (for as little as $1 per month, which you c...
Jan 11, 2021•49 min•Season 5Ep. 179
Jessie Hickman a.k.a. The Lady Bushranger and The Wild Woman of Wollemi led an extraordinary but short life. Given away to the circus at the age of eight, she became a rough rider champion, only to be washed up at the age of 17. Turning to a life of crime, she became the menace of the bush. Wearing men trousers, stealing cattle and evading coppers. Quick with her fists and her boots, Jessie ensured any man that would take her on had met his match. TCNT: Keely Johnston tells us about the Podcast,...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 178
After 34 year old beauty therapist and mother of two, Novy Chardon went missing from her Gold Coast home in February 2013, her husband John wasn't even slightly concerned. He made sexual advances to her friends who came looking for her and didn't bother reporting his fifth wife's disappearance to the police. The day she vanished, Novy's divorce lawyer had sent John an email saying she wanted half his assets in the settlement. Interestingly enough, this is almost exactly what had happened before ...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 177
You could say the crap apple doesn't fall too far from the crap tree. In the case of Matthew Milat this couldn't be more true. Nephew of Backpacker Murderer, Ivan Milat, Matthew’s crimes were also brutal and disgusting. On November 20, 2010, Matthew lured David Auchterlonie to the Belanglo State Forest on his 17th birthday with the promise of beers and weed. There, with the help of friend Cohen Klein, they tortured, tormented and murdered David with a double-sided battle axe in the same forest w...
Nov 23, 2020•53 min•Season 4Ep. 175
When Las Vegas real estate magnate Ron Rudin went missing in 1994, his wife Margaret didn’t seem too concerned. He’d been gone four days before she reported Ron missing, and she did so only after Ron's coworkers had already informed the police. Margaret soon became the prime suspect when her husband's charred remains were discovered at a nearby Lake. When the law closed in on the softly spoken grandmother, she skipped town. On the lam, Margaret Rudin deployed a plethora of disguises and fake ide...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 174
This is Part Two of That Bastard Bruce Burrell , if you haven't listened to part one and you want any of this to make sense, we suggest you push stop and go back and listen to episode 171. In part one we covered the 1995 mysterious disappearance of 74-year-old widow Dottie Davis. Two years later, mother of three, Kerry Whelan was kidnapped in Parramatta and a one million dollar US ransom was demanded for her safe return. Dottie and Kerry both had close ties to slick con man Bruce Burrell. This e...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 172
74-year-old widow Dottie Davis disappeared from the beautiful seaside suburb of Maroubra, in Sydney in 1995. She was never seen again and the case soon went cold. Two years later, mother of three Kerry Whelan was kidnapped in Parramatta and a one million dollar ransom was demanded for her safe return. It would take police nearly a decade to find the perpetrator of these seemingly unrelated cases and bring the bastard to justice. TCNT: Stephanie tells us about the Netflix documentary Prosecuting ...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 171
This is Part Two of Beefcake and Bullets – The Chippendales Murder , if you haven't listened to part one and you want any of this to make sense, we suggest you push stop and go back and listen to episode 168. Steve Banerjee had gone from rags to riches by creating the male erotic dance troupe the Chippendales, but he didn’t do it alone. Emmy award winning television producer and Broadway choreographer, Nick De Noia gave the Chippendales routines the glitz and glamor that made them world famous. ...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 169
Steve Banerjee, creator of the world famous male stripper troupe, The Chippendales, would do anything to protect his brand. And what a brand it was; at their peak the Chippendales were raking in millions of dollars a year. Controlling and consumed by greed, Steve had everything he could dream of thanks to his thrusting empire of man meat, but it was never enough. In the end he resorted to arson, extortion and murder to retain his power. Welcome to part one of our two part special on The Chippend...
Sep 14, 2020•53 min•Season 4Ep. 168
Jade and Dionne Lacey were bored rich kids who lived a thugish life. Jade thought he was gonna be a superstar rapper. They both carried guns, sold drugs around the Gold Coast and enjoyed a spot of biffo. One day their love of violence went too far and ended in a brutal murder. TCNT: Nicole tells us about the book is 'Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men' by Lundy Bancroft. Aussie As: A bloody legend saves his wife from a great white shark attack. For our sources, s...
Aug 31, 2020•52 min•Season 4Ep. 167
Jack and Sandra Jessee had been married for 14 years when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 1998. Unbeknown to him, it wasn't just the cancer that was out to get Jack Jessee. TCNT: Tracey Stewart tells us about the crime fiction book, Lockdown by Laurie R. King. Aussie As: A truck driver who had recently come out of a coma gets incredibly lucky. For our sources, see our website www.bloodymurderpodcast.com. Become a Bloody Murder Patron (for as little as $1 per month, which you can cancel at ...
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 166
Novice Psychopath, Daniel Kelsall looked harmless, but this skinny 20-year-old with curly ginger hair was anything but. Inside this nerdish, owlish looking young man seethed a mass of cold anger and his blackened heart beat with the desire to commit evil deeds. Daniel told mental health professionals about his thoughts of killing random strangers, but they didn’t take him seriously, letting him slip through the cracks of an already overloaded system. One night after finishing a shift at a restau...
Aug 03, 2020•57 min•Season 4Ep. 165
Due to Covid Lockdown 2, Electric Boogaloo, we're sorry to say we will be unable to continue releasing weekly episodes of Bloody Murder. Instead we will be releasing episodes fortnightly until our circumstances change. Our next wide-release episode will be out Monday August the 3rd. . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 27, 2020•58 sec
When Audrey Marie Hilley was arrested for murder and attempted murder in Alabama in 1979, everyone figured the story was pretty much over, but it had only just begun. This is a mysterious case of fake kidnappings, prison escapes, false identities, secret injections, doubtful doctors and closet fires. TCNT: Pixie Wolfe tells us about Youtuber: Bailey Sarian. Aussie As: Brutus the crocodile expresses his distain for chainsaws. For our sources, see our website www.bloodymurderpodcast.com. Become a ...
Jul 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 163
William “Jackey Jackey” Westwood was an english born Bushranger and serial escapologist who was transported to Australia at the age of 16 for stealing a fancy coat. He promptly escaped and roamed the countryside, tipping his hat at ladies and looking flash in haute couture whilst relieving folks of their valuables. In his four year career he was captured dozens of times, but more slippery than a banana peel dipped in custard, he always managed to escape. That was until the cooking pot rebellion ...
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 162
In 1978 in the small town of Jerilderie in country New South Wales, Mick Lewis and his wife Sue were found dead, with their two small children left to starve in their isolated homestead. Was this another tragic case of domestic violence taken to it's deadly conclusion? Or was there an even more sinister force at play here? After weeks of painstaking and meticulous detective work, a bevvy of red herrings, some funky 1970's forensic work and a massive search for a rare rifle, the stranger, and bal...
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 161
Cesar Barone was an American serial killer and sexual sadist who was prison pals with his murder idol Ted Bundy. Apparently Ted gave him some red-hot some tips that helped him become a serial killer. Cesar didn't conform to the rules of criminal profiling, murdering both elderly and young women. He used different methods, sometimes strangling or suffocating his victims and sometimes shooting them at point blank range. He also killed alone and with a partner. TCNT: Fiona Griffin tells us about th...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 160
Cesar Barone was an American serial killer and sexual sadist whose preferred victims were elderly women. Not one to limit himself, he'd also rape and murder younger women, when the mood struck him. Like most serial killers, he led a double life and those close to him had no idea what he was getting up to. He also had the dubious honour of being prison pals with Ted Bundy. TCNT: Leah Heinrich tells us about the Netflix Doco: Jeffery Epstein - Filthy Rich. Aussie As: A Northern Territory man calls...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 159
Michelle Burgess had a history of cheating on her husband, but a sordid affair she started in the year 2000 took it to another level. Her husband’s boss Kevin Matthews fell hard for the saucy strumpet and they soon began to plan the murders of their spouses. Looking for a contract killer at her children’s primary school seemed like the easy part, but could they get away with murder when news of their affair had gotten so public? And was their junkie amatuer hitman Dave Key up for the job? TCNT: ...
Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 158
When the president of the Queensland Cat Protection Society, Kathleen Marshall, was murdered in a frenzied stabbing attack in 1998, everyone thought her arch rival and nemesis Virginia Houston was responsible. But this proved to be a more complicated investigation, involving the two warring factions of the Cat Protection Society, who would stop at nothing to seize power. Forensic Science would eventually reveal the stranger than fiction truth of Australia’s answer to Tiger King. TCNT: Tracey Ste...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 157
If you thought Part One was outrageous, you ain't seen nothing yet! The Children of Thunder were a cult of former Mormons who committed five horrendous murders in the year 2000. Their leader, Taylor Helzer, had convinced his followers that he had the gift of revelation and truly spoke the word of God. His plan for an organisation called “Transform America” was supposed to bring harmony to the world and ring in Christ's millennial reign of peace. So obviously murder, kidnapping, sex trafficking, ...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 156
The Children of Thunder were a cult of former Mormons who committed five murders in the year 2000. They believed these brutal killings would bring harmony to the world and begin Christ's millennial reign of peace. Their leader, Taylor Helzer, convinced his followers he had the gift of revelation and truly spoke the word of God. And according to him, God was super into drugs, sex trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, murder and dismemberment. TCNT: Indigo Wolf tells us about the band "The Gits". Au...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 154
When Multi Millionaire Peter Shellard met Shirley Withers it was love at first sight, then it was sexy bondage, then embezzment and bank fraud, then it was murder most foul bound with dog leads, ropes and an electrical cord with the added sparkle of an anal suppostory. The bizzarre murder of wealthly ecentric Peter Shellard is a sideshow of carnivaleque characters, a plethora of possible enemies, phone taps and a hitman, eventually revealing a sad trail of greed, hubris and vengeance. TCNT: Drak...
May 11, 2020•52 min•Season 4Ep. 153
In 1996 in Melbourne, a 13 year old boy became one of the youngest people in Australia to be found guilty of murder. We can't use his real name, as the courts have suppressed his details and sealed his records, so we're going to call him Sam West. From an early age, Sam's life seemed to be destined to be one of poverty, criminality and misery. But could Sam make his own fate and escape where he had come from to a better future? In a series of bad associations and even worse decisions, teenage Sa...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 152
This is Part 2 of The Cape Cod Serial Killer… if you haven’t listened to part one and you want anything we’re saying to make sense, go back and listen to Episode 149 before listening to this one. Patricia Walsh and Mary Anne Wysocki went to Cape Cod for a weekend away on January 24th, 1969 and were never seen alive again. After searching for weeks near the remote cemetery in Truro, police uncovered the dissected and disassembled bodies of four missing young women. All the murdered young women we...
Apr 27, 2020•52 min•Season 4Ep. 150
