Amanda Howard is a true crime author, criminologist, and known as 'The Serial Killer Whisperer'. She brings true insights into the cases she profiles in each episode with a different take to those you might have heard before.
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In part 2 we listen to two sides of the story as Gypsy's boyfriend Nick gets to speak Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The body of Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard was found murdered in her Missouri home on June 14, 2015. She had been stabbed to death and had died several days before she was found. Police had gone to the home, following several strange facebook posts on Dee Dee’s facebook page. Police, not finding Gypsy Rose, Dee Dee’s mentally and physically handicapped daughter, they feared that she may have been kidnapped. The day after the discovery of Dee Dee’s body, Gypsy Rose was found, in the company of her...
This is a 911 call which will never leave you. It starts out as a routine call which quickly escalates. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We look at more emergency calls ranging from Kiesha Weippeart, William Tyrrell, Travis the Chimp, Zodiac & Paul Stephani Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on Monsters who murder we continue our examination of the murders of eight year old Merah, seven year old Elias, six year old Nahtahn, two year old Gabriel and one year old Abigail Elaine at the hands of their father, Timothy Jones. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week on we examine the murders of eight year old Merah, seven year old Elias, six year old Nahtahn, two year old Gabriel and one year old Abigail Elaine at the hands of their father, Timothy Jones. Jones, from South Carolina, was a devout Christian used religious instruction as a reason to systematically beat his children with the final fatal consequences. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Darlie Routier currently sits on the death row in Texas for the murder of one of her sons, five year old Damon. Also killed the same night was her six year old son Devon, however she has not yet been tried for his death. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The arrest came spectacularly and almost out of the blue, almost 20 years after the disappearances and murders of three women in Claremont, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Bradley Robert Edwards was arrested on December 22, 2016 and charged with two of the murders. That of Jane Rimmer and Keira Glennon. On September 24, 2020, almost four years after his arrest, Edwards was found guilty of the murders of Jane and Keira as well as other assault and related charges. He was found not guilty of...
After watching the ITV drama DES, Robert & Amanda share their thoughts on the accuracy of the miniseries and the characterisation of the title character, as portrayed by David Tennant . Then, a replay of our original profile of Nilsen from Season 4 to refresh your memory. Dennis Nilsen was a Scotsman living in Britain who murdered 15 men over a four year period. The low ranking civil servant kept his victims’ bodies for days, often sleeping next to them, before finally disposing of them when...
In our darkest moments it can be comforting to know that calling emergency services can render assistance quickly, there are hundreds of published calls of young children calling when their parents have fainted, there have been babies born on the sides of roads, but here, we will look at those devastating calls and how they were managed. We are looking at a variety of different crimes and disappearances to show how a dispatcher can make or break a case, and how they manage the person on the othe...
This is part 5 on our profile into Jodi Arias. If you haven’t listened to the previous 4 installments we highly recommend you do. For our final episode we now pick up where we left off last week, Arias is being questioned by Detective Flores and we are now at a crucial moment Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The police interrogation of Jodi Arias continues, but this time they make a breakthrough. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is the second police interview with Jodi Arias , who murdered her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander on June 4, 2008. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The enthralling police interview continues... Thirty year old Travis Alexander was murdered by his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias on June 4, 2008,. After spending several hours together in Travis’ home having sex and taking photos Travis headed to the shower. Arias followed him and took several photos before she attacked. Travis died from 27 stab wounds and a gun shot to the head. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
On June 4, 2008, thirty year old Travis Alexander was murdered by his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias. They had spent part of the day together, they had sex and took photos of each other. Once they were finished, Travis headed to the shower where Arias took several more photos before she attacked. Travis was stabbed at least 27 times with a knife that severed his carotid (artery, his jugular vein and his throat. He also sustained numerous defense injuries to his hands as he tried to fight off Arias. As...
This week on Monsters Who Murder we examine the various media interviews conducted with Richard Ramirez following his capture. Ramirez was known as the Night Stalker, but he is not to be confused with the recently caught killer, Joseph D’Angelo known as the Original night stalker (among other monikers). Ramirez raped, tortured and murdered at least 14 victims over a 16 month period between April 1984 and August 1985. His youngest victim, was also his first. 9 year old Mei Leung was raped, beaten...
This week we’re doing something very different. The maxim says, blood is thicker than water, but does this still ring true when you find out that a family member is a killer? How does someone reconcile the thoughts that the person they love is a cold-blooded murderer? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
WARNING: This episode discusses race and hate crimes in the US. With the current climate in the US, if you feel this episode may be a trigger for you, we suggest you skip to the next episode. On June 17, 2015 twenty-one year old Dylann Roof walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina where a bible reading class was being held and shortly afterwards opened fire. In the attack, Roof killed nine people and injured a tenth. He fled the scene, but many recognised the ...
Brian David Mitchell is a religious fanatic who abducted fourteen year old Elizabeth Smart from her home in Salt Lake City and kept her a sexual slave for 9 months before she was rescued on March 12, 2003. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Israel Keyes is an American serial killer, rapist, arsonist, burglar and bank robber. He was captured in 2012 over the murder of Samantha Koening. In part 1 we listened as police investigators started their interrogation of Keyes over several days in what can only be described as a game of cat and mouse as Keyes refused to make it an easy win for detectives. We now pick on on June 7, 2012 as Keyes is brought in for another interrogation. Again they go through the same information and his Miranda...
In a crime spree from 1996 until his capture in 2012, Israel Keyes murdered at least three people. He also raped and tortured many more. His confession is one of the most interesting and complete we have ever examined. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Colin Ireland was responsible for the murders of five men and was dubbed by the British press as the Gay Slayer, as he targeted homosexual men. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week our psychological profile is of Gerard Schaefer, a self-confessed serial killer who claims to have murdered up to thirty women, though he was only sent to prison for the 1972 murders of two teenagers - Susan Place, aged 17 and Georgia Jessup, aged 16. Both of them had been tortured before being murdered and buried at Hutchinson Island, Florida. At the times of the murders, Schaefer was a Floridian Deputy Sheriff and was previously a police officer. Support this show http://supporter.ac...
Doctor Harold “Fred” Shipman is suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers of the modern age, with numbers in the hundreds. As an angel of death, the patients who put his trust in him also met their end at his hand. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week, our psychological profile is on the confessions of John Norman Collins, the killer responsible for the “Michigan Murders”. Collins had murdered several young women and girls between 1967 and 1969. The victims were all kidnapped, beaten, raped and assaulted before being murdered and mutilated. He was sent to prison for one murder, but is believed to be responsible for a further six murders. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-killer-confessions . Hos...
All of the victims of Beverley Allitt had been in her care in the pediatric ward of the Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital. She was acquitted of charges relating to a further 2 children but was sentenced to 13 concurrent terms of life imprisonment on the charges of which she had been found guilty. In our news section; Suspect in New Zealand mosque shootings unexpectedly pleads guilty to 51 murder charges Serial killer Rose West has been inundated with Mother’s Day cards sent to her by fans. ...
This week we profile a serial killer with one of the highest IQs. Ted Kaczynski is the killer known more commonly as the Unabomber. He murdered three people and injured another 23 by conducting a nationwide bombing campaign, sent via packages which were sometimes hand delivered by Kaczynski himself. In our news section we do something a bit different this week by examining the misconceptions on what criminals look like and we answer a very detailed question from a listener Support this show http...
This week we’re looking at a case that caused wide spread panic throughout Washington DC throughout October 2002. People were being shot dead at random in what become known as The DC Sniper or Beltway Sniper case. In our news section: - Houston serial killer, Lucky Ward, sentenced to death for strangling 4 people - Our psychological profile makes news this week too! - Mystery Photos Found at Accused Serial Killer’s Home Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/monsters-who-murder-serial-kill...
This week, we head to the UK for the case known as the Grindr killer. Stephen Port was given a whole life order sentence, what some countries call “never to be released” for the murders of at least four men across 2014-2015. In our news section; - Rapist-Murderer Roy Norris, One Of Notorious ‘Tool Box Killers’ Duo, Dies In Prison - A homeless man has been convicted of two strangling deaths after waiting 10 years for his trial to commence. - An innocent man has been released from jail after the p...
This week we return to our psychological profile of Todd Kohlhepp, who was convicted of murdering seven people in South Carolina between 2003 and 2016. In our last episode we examined the police interview with Kohlhepp where the focus was on his spree killing inside Superbike Motorsports where he took the lives of four people. In this episode we’ll look at how he transitioned into a serial killer. in our news section; - Accused Metro Detroit serial killer shoots himself in the head during confro...
