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164: Madam Tilly Devine

Tilly Devine grew up in poverty and took to the oldest profession in the world to survive. However, based on sexist laws of the time, she discovers a loophole in the law that allows her to build a brothel empire with the help of razor gangs for protection.  We won't lie, we don't hate everything about Tilly....crimes aside of course.
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Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
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Tilly Devine | The Dictionary of Sydney
Kay Saunders. Notorious Australian Women. Sydney: Harper Collins, 2011.
Tilley Devine – Sydney Crime Museum
Tilly Devine, Australia's Notorious Female Crime Boss (allthatsinteresting.com)
https://www.sydneycrimemuseum.com/crime-stories/tilley-devine/
State Records NSW. Tilly Devine & the Razor Gang Wars, 1927-31. http://gallery.records.nsw.gov.au/index.php/galleries/people-of-interest/tilly-devine-the-razor-gang-wars-1927-31/.
Matilda Mary “Tilly Devine” Twiss Parsons (1900-1970) - Find a Grave Memorial
Tilly Devine - Wikipedia

163: The Case of Lauren Kavanaugh Part Two

The conclusion to the Lauren Kavanaugh case.
At birth Lauren was adopted to parents who cherished and loved her, at 20 months old due to a legal technicality, Lauren was ordered back to her birth mother Barbara Calhoun. Now she sits in a closet at 8 years old, malnourished and battered with nothing to keep her company but a small light cascading in from under the closet door. Take a listen to how Lauren survives in the darkness.
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Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
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Lauren Kavanaugh: The 'Girl In The Closet' And Her Life Of Abuse (allthatsinteresting.com)
The Girl in the Closet - Lauren Kavanaugh • Morbidology
'My life hasn't ever been normal': The story of 'Girl in the Closet' Lauren Kavanaugh, in brief (dallasnews.com)
Abuse Survivor 'Girl in the Closet' Charged with Child Sex Assault (people.com)
01farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)
02farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)
03farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)
04farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)
05farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)

162: Surviving All: The Case of Lauren Kavanaugh

At birth Lauren was adopted to parents who cherished and loved her, at 20 months old due to a legal technicality, Lauren was ordered back to her birth mother Barbara Calhoun. Now she sits in a closet at 8 years old, malnourished and battered with nothing to keep her company but a small light cascading in from under the closet door. Take a listen to how Lauren survives in the darkness.
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Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
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Lauren Kavanaugh: The 'Girl In The Closet' And Her Life Of Abuse (allthatsinteresting.com)
The Girl in the Closet - Lauren Kavanaugh • Morbidology
'My life hasn't ever been normal': The story of 'Girl in the Closet' Lauren Kavanaugh, in brief (dallasnews.com)
Abuse Survivor 'Girl in the Closet' Charged with Child Sex Assault (people.com)
01farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)
02farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)
03farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)
04farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)
05farwell2014.pdf (pulitzer.org)

161: Episode 161: Update on Episode 160!

AHHHH I stumbled upon more info and a solid case update just while looking for photos to post for you guys!!! I just had to get an update out as soon as I learned the info. Enjoy! 
nacho vidal - Olive Press News Spain (theolivepress.es)
Olive Press Spain News - Andalucia, Gibraltar, Mallorca & Costa Blanca (theolivepress.es)

160: Episode 160: The Venom of a Toad

Ignacio Jordà González is better known under his screen name in the adult entertainment industry as Nacho Vidal. Vidal has led many people though a spiritual walk to their souls with the help of the dehydrated scales of the Colorado river toad (also known as other names). There is a venom on the scales that is known to have hallucinogenic properties and can be deadly. It was during a ritual that Nacho is alleged to have been the leader of, when Jose Abad tragically died due to adverse reactions from the venom. The 11 month investigation into the fashion photographers death leads them to the home of Nacho Vidal and this was not his first encounters with the law either.
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Porn Star Nacho Vidal Arrested After Fatal Toad Ceremony | Crime News (oxygen.com)
Nacho Vidal - Wikipedia 
Nacho Vidal, from 'toad drug' guru to accused of murder - Teller Report
Spanish porn star held by police after man dies at his house from inhaling poisonous toad fumes (telegraph.co.uk)
Spanish Porn Star Charged With Manslaughter in Connection With Toad Venom Ritual – Rolling Stone
Alleged "Emperor" money-laundering kingpin imprisoned without bail
IMDB. "Nacho Vidal IMDB page"

159: Carl Grossman aka Gross Carl

Carl Grossman was dubbed the Berlin Butcher in 1920 after several bones and human remains were found in a small reservoir it took almost two years before the mystery was finally solved leading investigators right to Carls apartment while he was in the middle of his dismembering acts.
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell 
Carl Großmann - Wikipedia
Berlin Butcher - The True Crime Database
Karl Grossman: The Butcher of Berlin | by DeLani R. Bartlette | Lessons from History | Medium
Top 10 Bizarre Historical Crimes You Haven’t Heard Of - Listverse
Defective Sex Toys Are Being Recycled Into Fashionable Shoes | HuffPost Weird News

158: The Murder of Nancy Chadwick

Margarette "Bill" Allen was born a female, but never felt like a woman. He changed his name to Bill, and although it was only 1935 told people that he had a sex change operation after only a day or so in the hospital. Life was not easy for Bill, and the stress of society norms, depression and what he described as "funny moods" eventually bring him to the point of snapping one day on his 68 year old neighbor Nancy Chadwick who insisted on coming into Bills home because she was all too curious about the "little woman who dressed in men's clothing."
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Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell 
Margaret “Bill” Allen (1906-1949) - Find a Grave Memorial
ExecutedToday.com » nancy chadwick
Margaret Allen | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Seal Bursts Into Home Through Pet Flap, Temporarily Ousts Family Cat | HuffPost Weird News

157: The Gustafson Family Murders

 Daniel LaPlante had an affinity for breaking and entering just to mess with the homeowners' heads by sometimes not even taking anything...just moving things around...which escaltes to terrorizing the family of Brian Andrews for several months. Then as with most cases his antics escalate as he becomes more and more dissatisfied with simply thieving and messing with people when he becomes a brutal murderer. 
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell 
The Strange Case of Daniel LaPlante – Real Night Horror Story
True Crime All The Time - Daniel LaPlante 
Police Capture Youth Accused of Killing Three
National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Murderers - Daniel LaPlante
Judge: ‘I could pull the switch’
Triple Murderer Daniel LaPlante Must Wait 15 More Years Before Chance At Parole
Convicted triple-murderer Daniel LaPlante apologizes in bid for reduced sentence
Family of murdered woman, children say man never showed remorse
Convicted Murderer Sues State Department For Not Allowing Wiccan Rituals
Andrew R. Gustafson Obituary 
Man convicted of killing woman, kids asks for prison release

156: The Tragic Mystery of Joshua Maddux

Joshua Maddux was only 18 years old living in Colorado with his family when he went for a walk in the woods and never returned. There were no traces of Joshua aside from some tips called into the local police regarding a man who claimed to have had something to do with Josh's disappearance. 7 years later a local cabin owner was demolishing his dilapidated cabin when he made a grim discovery stuck inside the chimney of the cabin. The mummified remains of Joshua Maddux...and the details surrounding evidence the police found are even more bizarre than the location that Joshua was found. 
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell 
The strange death of Josh Maddux, the Boy in the Chimney — StrangeOutdoors.com
Obituary for Joshua Vernon Maddux | Mountain Memorial Funeral Home (mountainmemorialfh.com)
Joshua Maddux Case - Info wanted! : UnresolvedMysteries (reddit.com)
Teen’s Body Found In Chimney. Joshua Maddux had been missing for 7… | by Cat Leigh | True Crime by Cat Leigh | Medium
Strange death: Joshua Maddux was found dead in a chimney | Mysteriesrunsolved
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/fb-5874605/HOW-BODIES-NATURALLY-MUMMIFIED.html

155: The Survival of Stephen Smith Part Two

The conclusion of the life of Stephen Smith who has a survival story so tragic it will have you questioning if it is fiction or not. Stephen wants all people to know that he survived a life of severe physical abuse knowing only life in a cellar until he was 13, then survive the unimaginable abuse in mental hospitals and boys homes at the hands of doctors, monks and priests. If he can do it, he hopes others can too.
Amazon.com: The Boy in the Cellar eBook : Smith, Stephen: Books
Aston Hall survivor: 'If I can survive and change my life, anyone can' - BBC News
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Music By: Jonas Bjornstand