January 23, 2017

EP. 162 — 9 Creepy Real Murders (With ‘My Favorite Murder’)

Remember when you made fun of that kid in grade school for wetting the bed? You probably shouldn’t have done that. I would apologize, change your name or leave the country. The reason is, psychologists suggest something called the Macdonald triangle, that there are three main characteristics of people who grow up to become killers: arson, cruelty to animals and bed-wetting. If you’ve got two or more, (in Jeff Foxworthy’s voice) chances are you might be a serial killer.

So, for another round of creepy solved and unsolved murders, we’ve invited back to the podcast America’s foremost experts on the subject, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark from ‘My Favorite Murder’. They join Jack O’Brien and Daniel O’Brien to talk about Daniel’s two hometown serial killers with a strange connection, two district attorneys who suffered mysterious ends, the unsolved murder of three girl scouts, and the murderer who buried his “kill kits” in the woods.

Footnotes :

My Favorite Murder: https://goo.gl/gpaZN8

Article: Cracked: The 5 Most Terrifying Serial Killers You’ve Never Heard Of: https://goo.gl/wh6B2U

Murderpedia: Richard Biegenwald, “The Thrill Killer “: https://goo.gl/2yq6l2

Murderpedia: Robert Zarinsky: https://goo.gl/sM521t

Documentary: Netflix: ” Amanda Knox ” : https://goo.gl/y4LTOa

Article: New York Times: For Letterman Stalker, Mental Illness Was Family Curse and Scarring Legacy: https://goo.gl/tw4GQ6

Article: Washington Post: A Decade Later, Prosecutor Luna’s Death Still a Mystery: https://goo.gl/ydFmNI

Article: CNN: What Happened to Ray Gricar?: https://goo.gl/Jd3Qqy

Book: Gloyd McCoy: Tent Number Eight: https://goo.gl/wKUgTZ

Murderpedia: Israel Keyes: https://goo.gl/3t6NPG

Documentary: HBO: There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane: https://goo.gl/2rjXqJ

Article: ABC News: Murder of Jasmine Fiore by Ryan Jenkins: https://goo.gl/rc0YyT

Article: Today Costa Rica: Costa Rica Re-Opens Serial Killer Case): https://goo.gl/iD2b0U

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