Prison City Murders Podcast

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True crime podcast coming to you from Leavenworth, Kansas, AKA ‘Prison City USA’ (outside the bars)

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Prison City Murders — Case 6 Part 1 — Evil Stepmother

Saturday, May 3rd, 1980. Miami County, Kansas. Mark and Barry, ages 17 and 14, decide to go fishing near Bull Creek in Miami County, Kansas, maybe an hour’s drive south of Kansas City. The area is deserted countryside—soon to be underwater when a Marais des Cygnes Reservoir Project is completed. After they tire of fishing, they go off to explore the nearby woods and fields. When Barry sees a fresh mound of dirt near the creek, the two teens walk over to look more closely. Ominously, the mound is...

Aug 17, 2019•45 min

Prison City Murders — Case 5 How to Ruin Your Life

6:30 pm, Thursday, June 13th, 1996. Overland Park, Kansas. A beautician at the Snip ‘N’ Clip Hair Salon finishes trimming a client’s hair. She and her customer walk to the front of the store. They see two young men approach the rear of a convertible parked outside. One of the men gets into the driver’s side of the vehicle. The other man points a gun through the open window at the man sitting in the passenger’s seat. As the passenger exits the car, a shot is fired. Reporter Tony Rizzo covered the...

Aug 10, 2019•1 hr 8 min

Prison City Murders — Case 4 Too Smart for Murder

Friday, November 14th, 2003. Near Lawrence, Kansas. Two Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies conduct a welfare check at an isolated farmhouse. They find the scene of a bloody struggle in the living room. A women’s body lies face up on the floor. She is brutally beaten and stabbed multiple times. She appears to have been dead about a day. As the deputies search the house, they find a little girl’s room filled with toys and books. The little girl cannot be found. I posted the links to the sources use...

Aug 02, 2019•50 min

Prison City Murders — Case 3 Innocence Lost

Friday, November 5th, 1999. Rural Kansas. At 4:20 PM, Camille Arfmann, 14 years old, steps off her school bus. She walks to the trailer where she lives with her older sister and her family. About 5:00 PM, a friend, Rose Meyer, stops by. She goes in the trailer and sees the teenager’s jacket and book bag inside the house. Not finding anyone home, Rose leaves. At 6:30 PM, friends stop by to take Camille to an activity at nearby Countryside Baptist Church. When there is no answer at the door, they ...

Jul 27, 2019•1 hr 15 min

Prison City Murders — Case 2 Paroled Murderers

7 people were convicted of the murders listed below. One died in prison and one is still incarcerated. The others are either on parole or have been released. June 17, 1979, Topeka, Kansas. Catherine Cummings, age 20, 6-1/2 months pregnant, is found raped and stabbed to death with a screwdriver. September 2, 1980, Pittsburg, Kansas. A man walks into the police department saying he has just shot two people. April 8, 1987, Wichita, Kansas. Zeola Wilson, age 36, 8 months pregnant, is shot to death i...

Jul 12, 2019•59 min

Prison City Murders – Case 1 Part2 – The Leavenworth Ripper

March 27, 1890, Leavenworth, Kansas. A local man places a personal ad in the Leavenworth Times, reporting his wife missing. Soon, her gruesome fate will trigger memories of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders, which shocked London just two years before. The sensational case will make headlines all over America. Most of the research material for this episode is from these three newspapers: Leavenworth Times, Leavenworth Standard (defunct), Kansas City Star Source links: https://www.newspapers.co...

Jul 10, 2019•1 hr 1 min

Prison City Murders – Case 1 Part 1 – The Leavenworth Ripper

Jul 07, 2019•47 min

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