Ep. 90: True Crime Trivia: Part 4

Grab your flashlight and get ready to wander into the darkness with us . This is Wicked Wanderings . Hi , hannah , hi , courtney , I am going to challenge you to possibly the hardest trivia that I could find . I feel like I need to lift weights or something . I will be impressed if you can get like two of these , because they're quite hard .

And then I was like , maybe I'll be nice and do this a little bit differently . But I found a hundred questions , all true crime . I'll tell you if it's going to be a person , a place or you know a thing . Okay , all right . Number one who was known as the son of sam for his string of shootings in new york city during the 1970s ? I know , son of sam .

I've never heard of this one . Oh , okay , david berkowitz . Nope , the second one you might know okay , which serial killer was dubbed the killer clown due to his habit of dressing as a clown at public events . I see him in my . You know this one . I pick up a book .

Every time we go to barnes I pick up a book and you're like that yes , hold on , hold on . I have to go through the alphabet . Oh my god , and he was in american horror story , fuck me in the dms . Okay , what's the first letter ?

Jay ? And it's a three-part name . There's three names . There's one , two and the last name , john Wayne Gacy . John Wayne Gacy oh my god , smack me . You might also know this third one . So there's time to . Okay , this is harder , girl . I will say Yours were like you had more information .

So sometimes I'd be like gaslit into thinking I knew what it was and then I wouldn't which . So sometimes I'd be like gaslit into thinking I knew what it was and then I wouldn't which . Infamous serial killer , notorious for his acts akin to flesh-eating cannibals , earning the grim title the Milwaukee Cannibal shocked the nation with his gruesome crimes .

That was number two . We are on number three . I can hear Cousin Mark screaming at you from wherever he's listening from right now . Dude , really , oh yeah , we've talked about him . I mean , you can't have a true crime podcast and not talk about this guy . He's not the one that made like skin ornaments , like skin lamps and stuff , very like you think cannibal .

Who's the first person that comes in mind ? Jeffrey darmer . Yeah , oh my god , if you had gotten that one wrong , cousin mark would have been like well bam , he would have just punched you right through . But you said , come on , you think cannibalism ? I'm like , oh , jeffrey Dahmer , right , but weird . But I hear the fact . I'm like , eh , it's hard .

It's hard when you're getting the information because your brain is working the opposite way . But you're far better at this than I am . Okay , next , one true crime mystery involving a series of brutal murders in Victorian London continues to fascinate investigators and the public , leaving curiosity to crave elusive answers . Is it what I think it is ?

Ah , yes , oh , why , why is it ? In the moment I'm like I don't know what to say , but I know what I'm thinking . Cousin Mark definitely also would be yelling this one . And , mark , I want you to text me and tell me how many of these you got right , because I bet it's all of them .

So I think hh homes , because I always thought it was hh homes , but I know it's not . It's the . It's the london , victorian , london jack's barber . Yes , 100 . Yep , so weird , this one . I ? I recognize the name for the answer , but the question is really small . Which notorious crime family was led by john during the 1980s ? Let me tell you that one .

Yeah , the gambino crime family , I would . I recognize it when I saw the answer , but I was like I would have never guessed that . Nope , okay , which serial killer later identified as joseph james d'angelo , was originally known by the nickname original night stalker for crimes committed in california ? The answer is very evident .

Based off of that , because it's not his real name was originally known by the nickname Original Night Stalker for Crimes Committed in California ? The answer is very evident . Based off of that , because it's not his real name . It's what he was known by . Can you say the whole thing again ?

Which serial killer later identified as Joseph James D'Angelo was originally known by the nickname Original Night Stalker for Crimes Committed in California ? Yeah , the original night stalker . I don't think you'll know this one , but maybe you'll surprise me .

Okay , who is considered the father of modern organized crime in america and was instrumental in shaping the mafia in the 1930s ? Chaps , charles , lucky luciano . Chaps , right , I don't know , that's what it says . Wasn't his whole thing chaps ? I don't know , let's go look it up . Okay , google , chaps , right , I don't know , that's what it says .

Wasn't his whole thing chaps ? I don't know ? Let's go look it up . Okay , google . Chaps mafia , um snaps chaps . No , he was giocino gimme . No , okay , so you know of the shoes in the 30s where they would have those like those white things ? Yeah , I don't know . Okay , all right , maybe I'm wrong , that's .

I also don't know this next one either , but maybe you , oh god , which murder victim's case became known as the black dahlia murder after her body was found in los angeles in 1947 ? And I know it as the black dahlia , but I would never guess this girl's . Okay , then I probably won't either . Elizabeth short is her name . Okay , we should probably do an episode .

We should , because I know about the black dahlia . Oh , you might know this one . Oh , my god . Okay , the mockery today . Guys , I'm about to quit , she's gonna need a new co-host . Just kidding , sorry , I'm being extra , I apologize .

Which high profile case is often referred to as the trial of the century due to its extensive media coverage and the acquittal of its defendant ? Well , how recent are we talking ? Not super recent . Let me get you some more information on that , because I mean , can you read ? No , it's not that recent . Okay , I figured we are looking at like mid-90s .

Think like being a kid and people would always be like making jokes about this guy . Can you read the whole thing again ? Which high profile case

is often referred to as the trial of the century due to its extensive media coverage and the acquittal of its defendant ? Oh , oj simpson . Yeah , okay , yeah , absolutely . Who was convicted for the abduction and murder of the Lindbergh baby in 1932 ? I've never heard of it . Bruno Richard Hauptmann .

Which infamous bank robber of the Prohibition era was nicknamed Machine Gun Kelly ? Stop , do you think that's what MGK meant ? Interesting , I don't know , george . Machine Gun Kelly Kelly ? Oh , all right , if you don't get this one , we're not friends anymore .

Which American serial killer , known for his charm and intelligence , confessed to 30 homicides before his execution in 1989 ? Ted bundy ? Yeah , that's really this guy . This next guy's got the most generic name . I don't know that . I , I don't .

I can't say enough to know if I know about him or not because his name is so generic , like Ben Smith or something , something like that . Yeah , who led the People's Temple cult and orchestrated the mass murder-suicide at Johnstown in 1978 ? Oh fuck , jim Jones . Oh , jim Jones , jj , yep , jj jones , jj , yep , this one you'll know .

Okay , which notorious mobster was responsible for the saint valentine's day massacre during the prohibition era ? I see him , I see him in my head . I'm brain farting . Al capone , I'm gonna skip around and find ones that I think we've talked about .

Okay , to make this a little bit more fun , doesn't necessarily be someone we've done an episode on , but someone who we've either talked about in trivia or with Cousin Mark or as an episode Fair , who is the man linked to the murders of 13 women in Boston in the early 1960s , a case that led to his infamous nickname Boston Strangler ?

Yeah , I would have taken his regular name , or Boston Strangler . I don't think he did it . Who they're accusing , though , right ? Which ? Who they're accusing , though , right ? Which serial killer terrorized wichita kansas for decades by binding , torturing and killing his victims while taunting police with letters .

Oh , fuck me , I know cousin mark is shrieking , probably , and he's not even using the guy's nickname . I know he's shrieking his full government name , I mean , part of me just wants to facetime , colin , so you can tell you're wearing a boo-boo . He's family . Okay , let me read it to you again . When you hear this one , you're going to feel silly .

Which serial killer terrorized Wichita , kansas , for decades by binding , torturing and killing his victims while taunting police and letters ? Oh , fuck me , bt Carey . Yeah , dennis Rader , yep . Fuck me , btk ? Yeah , dennis Rader , yep . Which unsolved case involves an unidentified man who hijacked a plane in 1971 , parachuted with ransom money , and has never been caught .

Yeah , Uh-uh , db Cooper . I think we talked about him . This one's from an episode with Cousin Mark Courtney . I know how you feel now . You feel stupid , right ? It's like , ah damn , which British serial killer British remember that British Active during the 1970s and 1980s , was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper after committing brutal murders in Northern England .

You're going to remember the name . Cousin Mark did a whole episode on it . It started with a P , he did . The last name starts with a P . No , the first name , first name Yep , peter , yep , peter Sutcliffe . I'm going to give you a little break , probably with an easy one .

Which cult leader orchestrated a series of brutal murders in 1969 , including the killing of actress Sharon Tate ? You know this one . Think about a cult leader in in true crime history , the cult leader that everybody talks about . Morbid , all the stuff . He was big , bad , he was bad , bad . His name starts with a , c , the one from waco .

You can't ask me questions . I'm asking questions . You're answering questions , charles manson . Oh , okay , all right . This one is another one that was from a cousin mark episode . Okay , which serial killer

convicted for the murder of at least 49 women , though he confessed to more , was later linked via DNA to decades old crimes in Washington State ? Courtney Daryl Ridgeway , the Green River Killer . I don't like this game anymore . Okay , we'll do three more . Okay , I'm going to pick around and find ones that I think you'll know . Okay , I feel so stupid .

It's rough . I understand . Okay , cousin mark would know this one too . Damn you , cousin mark . Which american serial killer earned the nickname co-ed killer after murdering several college-age women in the 1970s ? Cousin mark talks about this guy so much that when I saw his name , I heard it in his voice . His name . I hear gary which way in my head .

Well , that's because I just said that . I know , I know , but he says gary which way ? Yeah , but he also says edmund kempa . Wait , he says it how . Edmund kempa , dude ? Oh , my god , okay . Okay . Which killer infamous for dismembering his victims and keeping body parts as trophies , committed his crimes in Milwaukee during the 1980s .

We've talked about this person today During this episode Gacy Dahmer Dahmer . Jeffrey Dahmer , dahmer Dahmer Alright , you've got this one , honeybugs . We're gonna end on this one , because I know you've got this one . Dama All right , you've got this one , honeybugs . Okay , we're going to end on this one , because I know you've got this one . Pressure , okay .

Which unsolved case involves the mysterious 2004 disappearance of a college student after a car crash , leading to widespread media attention . Laura Murray , you are right . Oh my God , winner , winner , chicken dinner . That was really hard . I'm impressed with how well you did , though , because that was really hard .

You gave me hints , though , yeah , but you gave me a whole story and I couldn't figure it out . Multiple episodes worth of it . Do you want to pick a card ? Any card ? Yes , please . All righty , got the hands warm . I don't really know why we warm the hands up , but we do that , guys . We warm the hands up . All right , pick a card , any card .

I kind of want to yank the cards away , all right ? So I have two of clubs , are you sure ? Yes , two of clubs . Marcus Roberts . On August 17 , 2017 , around 2.44 am , the victim was shot outside of Whiskey Lounge Bar on Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford . A white-colored sedan was seen leaving the scene moments after the shooting .

If you have any information about this case , please call 1-855-MASELF . And again , that is Marcus Roberts , 2 of Clubs . Which

town was he in ? New Bedford , new Bedford , again , out in that same . I mean I guess there's more population density We've talked about that a few times . Yes , but 2.44 am . I mean that's Nothing good happens after midnight . My dad always said that , not to be funny . He always said nothing good happens after midnight .

Courtney , that was hard , I'm sorry , I'm not sorry . I'm not sorry . I didn't throw any shade . I mean I think , just like those key facts , it's like it's funny because the whole time I was like I wish it wasn't so late so we could have just been like cousin Mark , I know , I think I should bookmark that and we should run it again with him .

Yes , absolutely , cousin Mark , text us in the group chat and let us know when you're available so we can try to do some serial killer trivia , because I think that you would probably ace this hundred and something question list .

Oh , yes , all of them , and we'll keep score for you so we can see exactly how many you got , and then maybe the Wanderers could take a poll and guess how many they think out of a hundred that Cousin Mark will get right . I think that'd be really cool .

I love that , and if any of the other Wanderers want to come on and do trivia with us , send us a message or text us . You can send us a DM on Facebook or on Instagram or right here through the app . Yep , I love it . Thank you , courtney . Thank you , hannah . I'm sorry that I had to like level the playing field .

I just couldn't go to sleep tonight feeling like such a loser from my own loss . Until next time , everybody bye , wanderers . Thanks for listening today . Wicked Wanderings is hosted by me , hannah , and co-hosted by me , courtney , and it's produced by Rob Fitzpatrick . Music by Sasha M .

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