Stephen Griffiths, a Criminal Justice Student in England, murdered at least three women between June 22nd, 2009, and May 21st, 2010. He lured the three women, who were all sex workers, back to his apartment before proceeding to murder, butcher and eat parts of their body, and then dumping the remaining parts in the River Aire in Shipley. At what point he turned from a student of slaughter to a practitioner is unclear, and he became known as the "Crossbow Cannibal." Support the show Thanks for li...
Jul 28, 2023•28 min
CRIMINAL CURRENTS: It has been almost 40 years since the murder of four-year-old little Gregory in the town of Lépanges-sur-Vologne in Eastern France. The parents, daunted with anonymous letters and calls filled with threats after his birth, made them fear for everyone's safety. The killer, that they would come to know as the Crow, had been keeping a watchful eye over their brand new home. He knew where their schedule, where they ate, family nick names, and even dark family history. And on Octob...
Jul 26, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 28
This episode is about a young adventurous couple and two brothers, just kids when they witnessed their father (who was once suspected being the Golden State Killer) commit murder, and a sister who never stopped thinking about her brother. In July 1978, two bodies were found floating off the coast of Guatemala. They proved to be a young couple from the U.K., Christopher Farmer and Peta Frampton. They had been beaten, tortured, and killed, their bodies weighted down with heavy engine parts and thr...
Jul 21, 2023•49 min
Don't mind my crying, but for some reason a burial at sea just got to me. In July 2016, 17 year old Mike Mansholt, from Germany, was found dead at the bottom of the Dingli Cliffs in Malta. He fell 95 feet and yet he had no broken bones. When Mike’s body arrived back in Germany, it was missing almost all it’s organs. The cause of death? Unclear. Was it an accident? Was he murdered? What happened to Mike? Become a subscriber: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1719111/subscribe Leave us a voice message: h...
Jul 19, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 27
On December 18th, 1994, Alison Botha lived in what was known as the "friendly city" of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. After a fun day at the beach with friends, she was approached by a man who picked up an accomplice and the pair began to have their way with her. She was abducted, raped, stabbed, and disemboweled but lived to put them behind bars and tell her story. She went on to become a professional speaker and an advocate for rape victims. Unfortunately, last week her attackers were released....
Jul 14, 2023•44 min
It was supposed to be a pleasant camping trip. Four teenagers set out on a couples getaway intending on roughing it in a single tent. But by the next morning, three would be dead, the fourth brutally injured and a prime suspect in what became known as the Lake Bodom Murders, Finland’s most famous unsolved murder. The sole survivor of the incident would live to tell the horrifying story hundreds of times. But was he the victim or a monster in disguise? Thanks for listening! Support the show Thank...
Jul 12, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Hello and welcome to our first Judgy After Dark Episode. We're so glad you're here.Today we're talking about the incredible story of 11 year old Terry Jo Duperrault who was not only the sole survivor of her family's murder, but she spent four days alone on a tiny raft in the middle of the ocean until she was rescued. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
Jul 07, 2023•39 min
Welcome to our first episode of our Criminal Currents Summer series. Today we're talking about the disappearance of Colleen Wood. When Colleen Wood moved from Dayton, Ohio, to Boca Raton, Florida, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream. Then Colleen met a former race car driver and Wall Street investor named John Paul, Sr. After a whirlwind romance, they decided to go on a sailing trip around the world. Colleen sold all her assets and soon after vanished without a trace. She’s never been see...
Jul 05, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 25
The murder of the Ormesher Sisters took place in Ormskirk, England in 1956. The sassy five foot elderly duo ran a well known candy store in town called Polly's. The women were brutally murdered. An 11-year old witness, a bloody fingerprint, and even an anonymous phone call to the press naming the killer was not enough to solve this mystery. Thanks for listening! Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook....
Jun 28, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 24
On January 10, 2004, Sara Svensson shot two people from the small Pentecostal congregation in Knutby, Sweden, on direct orders via text messages from God. The victims? The pastor’s wife and the husband of his mistress. Find out how brainwashing and manipulation turned young Sara into a murderer. Get your MERCH here https://belleame-creations.square.site/shop/judgy-crime-girls/2?page=1&limit=60&sort_by=name&sort_order=asc Sources: https://www.fecris.org/uncategorized/lofgren/ https://...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Carl Tanzler, also known as Count Carl von Cosel, was a German-born radiology technician who became famous for his bizarre and disturbing obsession with a young woman named Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos. In 1931, de Hoyos, who was suffering from tuberculosis, became Tanzler's patient at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida. Tanzler became convinced that de Hoyos was his true love and believed that he could cure her using his unconventional methods, which included various experimental t...
Jun 15, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 22
New Brunswick, NJ, 1922. Edward Wheeler Hall, a Reverend, and Eleanor Mills, a member of his church choir, are found dead under a crabapple tree on a secluded road, also known as Lovers Lane. Both Edward and Eleanor were married to other people. Because of the brutality of how Eleanor was killed led police to believe that a woman was involved who had a lot of hatred for Eleanor. Despite multiple arrests and a sensational murder trial, no one has ever been convicted of the Hall-Mills murders. Bot...
May 24, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 21
The Keddie murders are an unsolved quadruple homicide that happened on April 11, 1981, in Keddie, California. Sue Sharp, her daughter Tina, her son John, and John's friend Dana were viciously all fell victims to this attack. The murders took place in house No. 28 of the Keddie Resort. Their bodies were found by Sue's 14-year-old daughter, Sheila, who had been sleeping at a friend's house. Sue's two younger sons, Rick and Greg, as well as their friend Justin Smartt, were also in the house but wer...
May 20, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 20
We are not back in the studio yet, so we hope you'll enjoy this throwback episode. When Nancy Newman didn’t show up for work on March 15, 1987, her coworker became worried and called Nancy’s sister, Cheryl Chapman and asked if she could check on Nancy. Cheryl and her husband immediately drove over to Nancy’s apartment that she shared with her husband and 2 young daughters. When they arrived and no one answered the door, they used the spare key to enter. What they found was so gruesome and horrif...
May 10, 2023•46 min•Season 4Ep. 19
A stranger was found living in James and Brittany Campbell's home that wanted to "play doctor" on them, and it took MONTHS for them to realize it. Not only was this stranger watching them, he was compiling a Manifesto now known as The Omnivore Trials in their attic. Sources: https://medium.com/@lionessrue/the-husband-believed-his-wife-was-paranoid-then-they-realized-the-family-was-under-an-experiment-c22f12e10842 https://the-line-up.com/phrogging-nightmare Support the show Thanks for listening! ...
May 03, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 18
It was suppose to be a trip of a lifetime for German National Simone Strobel. Backpacking through Australia for a year with her longtime boyfriend Tobias Suckfuell was a dream for the 25 yr old Kindergarten teacher. Together with 2 other friends, also from Germany, they traveled all over the country, but only three of them would return back to Germany. Simone was found dead. What happened? Get your MERCH here: https://belleame-creations.square.site/shop/judgy-crime-girls/2?page=1&limit=60&am...
Apr 26, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 17
A sketch artist and a grieving mother set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became. The town of Holland, MI was not surprised when 14-year old Aundria Bowman went missing. Things were rough at home and rumors had spread quickly that she most likely had run away again. But two unlikely sleuths were out to prove otherwise... Trigger Warning: This episode does contain explicit content involving children, sexual assault, etc. Sources: https://www.hollandsenti...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Today's episode is bonkers, y'all!!! Sheila Davalloo married her second husband, Paul Christos, in 2000, one year before beginning her affair with Nelson Sessler. Sheila apparently wanted Paul out of the picture in order to continue her relationship with Nelson. On March 23, 2003, Sheila convinced Paul to play a game with her that required him to be blindfolded and handcuffed to a chair. Their marriage had hit a slump and she said she wanted to rekindle their romance. Sheila told Paul she would ...
Apr 12, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 15
This Easter, join Shane Waters on a whimsical adventure featuring 13 podcasters, including us, the Judgy Crime Girls, as they share true stories of con artists and fake deaths. Delve into the magical world of the Enchanted Easterlands, where you’ll encounter peculiar characters and captivating true crime tales. Discover the history and origins of Easter, and experience a journey like no other. It’s an extra special, two part, more than two-hour, Easter event. Podcasts are listed here in order of...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This Easter, join Shane Waters on a whimsical adventure featuring 13 podcasters, including us, the Judgy Crime Girls, as they share true stories of con artists and fake deaths. Delve into the magical world of the Enchanted Easterlands, where you’ll encounter peculiar characters and captivating true crime tales. Discover the history and origins of Easter, and experience a journey like no other. It’s an extra special, two part, more than two-hour, Easter event. Podcasts are listed here in order of...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 9 min
It's a Throwback Wednesday! Let's revisit "The Family" from Season 3! One of the few cults led by a female was known as “The Family” founded by Anne Hamilton-Byrne in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. "The Family" combined Christian, Hindu, and New Age ideas with the use of psychedelic drugs and the belief that doomsday was near. Anne and her followers raised children they felt would be leaders in the next world. She acquired 28 children, about half of them stolen from psychiatric hospitals and rais...
Mar 29, 2023•41 min
The cruise ferry “Viking Sally” has more dark history than some empires. In 1994, the cruise liner M/S Estonia sank, taking hundreds of lives with it to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. What most people don’t know is that seven years before it’s sinking, the same ship (then known as Viking Sally) was the scene of the unsolved murder of Klaus Schlekle and attempted murder of Bettina Taxis who were on an overnight ferry trip from Sweden to Finland. Grab tickets to our LIVE Show here: https://thebellm...
Mar 22, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 13
For Years a Boy Hung a Picture on His Wall Not Realizing it was of his Mother's Killer On September 3, 1981, Linda Slaten lived with her sons, 15-year-old Jeff and 12-year-old Tim in Lakeland FL. On that day, Tim went to football practice before heading to a party next door. By the next morning, Linda would be dead. It would take 41 years to name the killer that haunted the boys for years...and it was the person they least suspected. Sources: https://coldcaseteam.wordpress.com/unsolved-murders/l...
Mar 15, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Here's your Judgy Shorty: Have you been hearing that ice cream shops are now open? Us too! Except this shop in particular is thankfully closed. This cold-blooded Austrian murderess had more than just ice cream in her freezer and is now housed in an all-male insane asylum, much too dangerous to be housed among females. Thanks for Listening! #justchillinwiththegirls #JCG Source: https://medium.com/@thewickedtruth/the-ice-cream-killer-a5b76afe61ff Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on...
Mar 10, 2023•9 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Hey everyone, it's a Judgy Shorty, a short episode, but with all the sass! Tuba Sezer killed three people between April and May 2016 in Düsseldorf and Giessen, Germany . Tuba had money problems and killed out of greed and desperation. She was already under suspicion for the murder of 79 year old Erich "Riconelly" Noll, when she killed 86 year old Jole G. and her daughter, 53 year old Sylvia F. Thank you for listening! Get tickets to the LIVE Show here: https://thebellmansion.com/shop/ols/product...
Mar 08, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 10
It's our 100th episode, ya'll!!! Today's case is near and dear to Claudia's heart and "what got her into true crime" and obsessed with unsolved cases. A series of 7 girls disappeared without a trace from her hometown of Bremerhaven, Germany and surrounding towns between 1977-1986 after going to or coming from the Discotheque. To this day the disappearances of Anja Beggers, Anke Schreckenbach, Christina Bohle, Anja Kielmann, Jutta Schneefuss, Andrea Martens and Irene Warnke remain unsolved. I als...
Mar 01, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In 1977 Chuck Morgan was was happily married, had 2 beautiful daughters, and was the president of his own escrow agency in AZ. But his perfect life would come to an end in one of the most bizarre and unusual unsolved cases we have ever heard of. From undercover agents to secret messages, you won't want to miss any details. Thanks for listening! Come to our LIVE Show! Grab your tickets here: https://thebellmansion.com/shop/ols/products/judgy-girls-live-podcast Sources: https://paradoxicaladventur...
Feb 22, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Imagine your father dies and you have to clean out the house, including a garage that he rented and you find several body parts in two blue plastic barrels. But your dad couldn't have done this, because he was a great father and he was always so helpful to everyone around him....this happened to the daughter of Manfred Seel, who was a suspected serial killer in Germany. He is believed to have committed five to nine murders in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area between 1971 and 2004. Grab tickets to o...
Feb 15, 2023•44 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Today it has been 19 years since Maura Murray disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 near New Hampshire. She was a 21-year-old nursing student completing her junior year at the University of Massachusetts Amherst at the time of her disappearanceֹ. This case is so bizarre! Thanks for listening! Join us on April 1st for our LIVE show! https://thebellmansion.com/shop/ols/products/judgy-girls-live-podcast Sources: https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-uns...
Feb 08, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Listeners discretion is advised! Please know that much of the information about this case is disturbing. Child murder, dismemberment and potential cannibalism show up in telling Tristan's story. On March 26th, 1998, 13 year-old Tristan Brübach went to school (in the Höchst district of Frankfurt). It was the day before Easter break and he had tried to get out of going to school, telling his father he needed to see a doctor, because his back hurt, but his father sent him to school anyway. He would...
Feb 01, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 5
