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Small Town Murder

Two comedians look at a small town, what makes it tick, and a murder that took place there. In depth research, horrible tragedy, and the hosts' comedic spin on the whole thing. New episodes every Thursday!!

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Romeo And Juliet

William Shakespeare

Mentioned 4 months ago

Worse Than Murder - Starkville, Mississippi

The book was mentioned in the context of what a 13-year-old might have learned in school, suggesting a level of expected literary knowledge compared to the severity of the charges they were facing.

I barely fucking read Romeo and Juliet last year in school. I don't know any of that. I just still don't understand it.

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The Stranger She Loved

Shanna Hogan

Mentioned 1 year ago

#531 - Dr Serial Killer - Pleasant Grove, Utah

The book provided a very detailed account of Martin McNeil's life and crimes. The audiobook version was noted to be quite long, suggesting a deep dive into the case.

And I'll give you the title of the book later. So it doesn't give away the whole story here.

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Shadow on the Mountain

Margi Preus

Mentioned 1 year ago

#527 - Killing The Princess - Aspen, Colorado

The podcasters cited this book as their source material for the Aspen murder case, detailing the events surrounding the death of Nancy Pfister and the subsequent investigation and trial of those involved.

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100 Things to Do in the Nebraska Sandhills Before You Die

Alan J. Bartels

Mentioned 1 year ago

#519 - Show Me Your Belly - Ord, Nebraska

Alan Bartels presented this book at the 150th anniversary of Fort Hartsuff in Ord, Nebraska. The presentation was part of a schedule of events celebrating the fort's history.

100 things to do in the sand hills before you die

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Homicide

David Simon

Mentioned 1 year ago

#518 - Conspiracy Of Fools - Keithville, Louisiana

The podcasters briefly referenced a book by David Simon, "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets", while discussing the detectives' behavior during the investigation.

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Blind Eye

James B. Stewart

Mentioned 1 year ago

#517 - Slaughter At Bloody Ranch - Hondo, New Mexico

It was described as a thinly fictionalized version of this case. The book covers the details of the case, including the autopsies.

I found um there there's a book by the way in 2022 that was written uh called Blind Eye by martha burns and it's they call a thinly fictionalized version of the story i don't like that writing when you shot three people in the fucking eye yeah it's yeah blind eye exactly because everybody turned a blind eye to the abuse but she um it's it's it's it's the case i mean jesus they might have changed a name or two but i mean he just she describes the autopsies like they exactly like they happen so i mean nothing fictional about there i did find cody yeah um yeah he's going under his real name um appears to live in texas at this point he was working in the tire industry for a long time all different tire shops now it looks like he got back into ranch work uh here uh he did go to college as well central mexico new mexico community college and um yep well the one even has listed as where he was jail was in there on it so i was like oh that's got to be him so um yeah there he is there's cody he's out there and um i don't know this is one of those cases where you go fuck what do you do discuss discuss it amongst yourselves because those are the facts i don't know how to judge it because there's so many different emotions coming into it i don't know if his dad forced him to sleep with that woman but if he did that's fucked up too uh that's sick the poor i feel bad for if that happened the only person i feel bad for is that daughter that's it just the daughter yeah me too i feel terrible for her jake seems to be robbed too and he's very sweet about it but yeah that poor guy man yeah i think he he realized it was collateral damage i think and it's just really sad though so if you enjoyed that story or at least how we told it because there's no way to enjoy a story of beatings molestation and murders but you can enjoy how we told it and if you do like that give us five stars on rap you're listening on just say something nice it doesn't matter what you want to say tell us what 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crime and sports one small town murder and you get access to it all or you can have one cup of coffee come on what do you want here so do that what are you gonna do so follow us do all of that and patreon this week what we have for crime and sports which you have access to the duke lacrosse scandal yeah there's strippers there's allegations and there's a lot of lions so we'll talk all about that then for small town murders we're going to talk about the whole idaho coburger disaster this fucking guy i don't like this guy and i want to talk about him basically i want to call him a schmuck even though it hasn't been it hasn't been done yet you can't be you can't have that much dna and act that pompous about it i'm sorry that's crazy that's fucking crazy yeah so we'll talk all about that shut up and give me murder.com and you get a shout out those happen right fucking now give me the list of the names of the people who would never ever ever force us to have sex with our stepmothers hit me with them right now this week executive producers are cindy ryan happy birthday by the way skyla powell happy birthday holy shit the two years hope they're great days gary howard and dave weasel dave weasel and gary too has been listening a long time but dave weasel is a uh a comedian he's been listening to us for a very long time also he's a wonderful person i've known him from twitter for eight years ago or so he's terrific thank you dave fucking hey there's a salute uh other producers this week are crystal bobsene kelly from oh oh uh hello kelly from the it guys wife oh all right trying to figure out why i wrote that like that that's a hmm i don't know maybe i'm trying to figure out why i want yeah why why did you do that register that everybody not not trying to figure out why they wrote this i'm figuring out why i wrote this like this just make sure you registered that please i think the it guy's wife is jealous and kelly and wants her to leave him alone i don't know maybe she's coming over the house all the time really making wild accusations kelly work for other producers continuing our janice hill scarlet horror beast the third poly T sarah oh it's keen uh jacklyn rose scott big build up very easy i get suspense scottish mcmuffin uh dylan langley on your dark star clay with no last name michael with no last name amanda stewart uh jacob wise tim bland tammy with no last name greg with no last name shadow thomas rebecca kuhnlay cunely uh cunel anna walter walter rank holy shit melissa fees mckenzie malloy uh britney messer derrick lemons almost called him lamont jess dixon maria cc uh sarah ervin william cammer i think joseph g heather b soul like this like the son jim spanish soul sol yeah heather be the from the real world first season i don't think that i don't think that maybe from the boogie i hope not bdp in the fucking house audreanna justice craig craig g uh jen thomas frankie g samantha danino frank grill ashley rose jennifer loya brett brian kush flower child bmx good flower there big smoker big bike rider that's brian i like it i know a lot of things about brian right now good dude yeah he's doing good stuff corny latheam the hey elliot podcast matt with no last name eric sautel lisa hambley annaleigh olson roxanne hinds diana with no last name ml t chrissey with no last name colt cochran the mexicution what is he mexican and kills or does he kill that evidently that is a fantastic name nate sheehan gary jenkins jesse wright sarah cunningham julie d brent howard kathy gonzal goneser uh derek long sherry green amy brooks yasinia marie dump truck all right that's very nice sylvan somebody with a giant round ass uh sylvan deball i think megan murphy just meg murphy uh christy busby oh that would just remind me of busby from australia yeah mark holy shit sherry stanton just sorry not to distract from you christy you're wonderful take anything away from you you're the real hero this week mark busby didn't do shit remember mark busby what a guy he did nothing for us this week you did jesse rimland that's a great land uh megan with no last name cindy with no last name lindsey hood ginger gal alexandria weltalca uh candice pachow reina m uh rihanna maybe uh tiffany herbert nebby knows randy with no last name laurel manion nate brooks scott fineout uh emma emma downing clover with no last name elf with no last name jason hart michelle carmen uh john solomon loyal turkey peter newell newell uh angela jones mother motherfucker jones all right motherfucker sheila van nort emily uh westrick sarah hill jess herring uh reidle reedy re what is that what is that it is why did i write this how did i write this who would do that mark would know last name saraya henry katherine lanino leet lieno uh david holloway angel giovanni andy gilbert mike davis cortney harris victoria barra fernandez barra uh cortney vasquez rj rj callens jr uh dustin brown hip young johnny oh tommy tommy guns hip young tommy guns he may be a boxer we don't know uh brian dubec probably not katey carly carly murkert margaret uh salah salah nayazi salah nayazi uh jalen robertson chavarro with no last name chance mcdaniel hey chance how are you bud uh ray dog jenny uh holche uh christy denler lusco lusco melanie simone diane from spokane carrie turner oh that that rhymes it does that's very cool yeah move to a city that rhymes with your name wissman from i'm jimmy from kisimi nice to meet you that's what you gotta be much better yeah it's gonna be the first name i guess right yeah where the fuck am i carrie turner hayley fisher susan rebout uh melanie de santos alex richmond terra rodriguez joe fenton billy colley matt and jesse schlichten yep the uh d goobelman uh woody woodman zee woodman z what is that that's a road somewhere right uh yeah it wasn't a place somewhere it's a town it's a city yeah i think you're right uh jen holders jen stacy henry nelly noble tracy pettit uh jen fred cameron grip jimmy with no last name melissa with no last name shelly with no last name mason gordon uh libby alder alderfer uh christina and then christina brits i got a feeling that's one person two different patrons thank you well thank you thank you otherwise thank both of you uh jason the no hooker killing trucker james he kills no hookers that's good he kills everybody but hookers christopher sharp you gotta have standards and you know not even standards you gotta have uh just you gotta have an appetite okay otherwise you're not worth it know your appetites that's all georgia uh silent storm kyler with no last name leah works delgado and all of our patrons obviously you guys are the best thank you thank you so much everybody we cannot thank you enough for all that you do for us for all that you continue to do for us tell your friends spread the word keep hanging out with us you want to follow us on social media shut up and give me murder dot com has the drop down menu and until next week everybody it's been our pleasure bye 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Death Traps

Belton Cooper

Mentioned 1 year ago

#511 - A Deadly Love - Rutledge, Georgia

The book "Death Trap" by M. William Phillips was referenced as a source for information about the case, particularly providing details about the town of Rutledge, Georgia.

The town is located approximately halfway between Atlanta and Augusta. They call it a blip on a GPS screen. It's a forgotten place, essentially there to serve its people.

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Happily Never After

Lynn Painter

Mentioned 2 years ago

#504 - Cold Blooded Obsession - Maricopa, Arizona

The podcast mentions that the woman in question, Nancy, was a romance mystery writer and that there are murders in all of her books.

She was a romance mystery writer who happens to be married to a chef.

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Chaos

Tom O’Neill

Mentioned 2 years ago

#500 - Episode 500!! Slaughter At The Shack - Citronelle, Alabama

The podcast host was checking out this true crime audiobook, called "Chaos" by Tom O'Neill.

I'll tell you one that I am checking out, the true crime one. It's very interesting. It's called Chaos by Tom O'Neill.

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Wild Game

Adrienne Brodeur

Mentioned 2 years ago

#499 - Hermit Horrors - Denio, Nevada

A fictionalized account of the events of this episode was written by Frank Burgeon in a book called Wild Game, published in 1995.

A guy named Frank Burgeon or Bergan wrote a book called Wild Game in 1995 and it's a quote fictionalized account of this exact,

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None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

Mentioned 2 years ago

#497 - The Serial Killing Nerd - Bridgeport, Pennsylvania

It was strongly recommended for being a shocking psychological thriller.

If you're in the mood for a shocking psychological thriller, check out None of This is True by Lisa Jewel.

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No Regrets

Allen Hunt

Mentioned 2 years ago

#495 - Turning A Husband Into Flowers - Lopez Island, Washington

The podcast mentioned Ann Rule's book, "No Regrets and Other True Crime Cases", which contains a variety of true crime stories, including the story of Ruth Neslund, the subject of the podcast episode.

This was Ann Rule's book is called No Regrets and Other True Crime Cases. It's got a bunch of different stories in it. It was also an A&E city confidential.

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Jim Adcock PhD

Homicide

Guidelines for Conducting Homicide Investigations, by Detectives, for Detectives

It was mentioned as a great book that discussed the importance of knowing the 'where' and 'what' of a crime, rather than focusing solely on the 'why'.

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The great book I've talked about several times, the David Simon Homicide book, right? The Homicide Detectives. They said, like, I don't give a shit why somebody could...

— Episode: #13 - Murder Bubbling Under The Surface...

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Episode: #13 - Murder Bubbling Under The Surface in Old Orc...

It was mentioned as a great book that discussed the importance of knowing the 'where' and 'what' of a crime, rather than focusing solely on the 'why'.

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The great book I've talked about several times, the David Simon Homicide book, right? The Homicide Detectives. They said, like, I don't give a shit why somebody could give me the where and the what. I don't care.

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Shelley Winters

Shelley

Also known as Shirley

It was mentioned as a book written by Shelley Winters in 1980, causing some confusion with the podcast's subject, Shirley Winters, who was also active in the 1980s.

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So Also Known as Shirley, she wrote in 1980 as this woman was killing children in New York.

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Episode: #8 - A Trail Of Ashes & Bodies in Otisco, New York

It was mentioned as a book written by Shelley Winters in 1980, causing some confusion with the podcast's subject, Shirley Winters, who was also active in the 1980s.

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So Also Known as Shirley, she wrote in 1980 as this woman was killing children in New York.

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Shanna Hogan

The Stranger She Loved

A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder

The book provided a very detailed account of Martin McNeil's life and crimes. The audiobook version was noted to be quite long, suggesting a deep dive into the case.

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And I'll give you the title of the book later. So it doesn't give away the whole story here.

— Episode: #531 - Dr Serial Killer - Pleasant Grove...

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Episode: #531 - Dr Serial Killer - Pleasant Grove, Utah

The book provided a very detailed account of Martin McNeil's life and crimes. The audiobook version was noted to be quite long, suggesting a deep dive into the case.

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And I'll give you the title of the book later. So it doesn't give away the whole story here.

And I'll give you the title of the book here. It's called The Stranger She Loved and it's very detailed by Shanna Hogan.

The audio book's like 11 and a half hours long so it's a it's got a lot of detail it's very interesting if you want to find out more about Martin a lot of it's in there.

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Josh Selig

The Small Potatoes Go Camping

It was described as very funny and dark, with humorous subject matter. The podcast host strongly recommended it.

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Also, yeah, you should buy those T-shirts, by the way.

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It was described as very funny and dark, with humorous subject matter. The podcast host strongly recommended it.

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Also, yeah, you should buy those T-shirts, by the way.

Also, by Sarah's book, it's very goddamn funny. I'm telling you that I'm not say if I husband or not, if it sucked, I'd be like, you're on a book. But it's actually fucking hilarious.

It really is. So by it's called Small Potatoes. Sarah Hunt, get it on Amazon. You'll enjoy it. Trust me.

Her sense of humor is is dark and funny. And it's about just funny shit.

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George Kayer

Victimly Insane

The Frank Jarvis Atwood Interview

This book is a full-length interview with a wrongfully convicted man, Frank Jarvis Atwood, who was on death row for 30 years. The author, George K., conducted the interview.

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Thank you for checking me out here on amazon. I posted a sneak peek chapter one of my next book Victimly Insane, the Frank Jarvis Atwood interview. I'm both excited and nervous to wri...

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This book is a full-length interview with a wrongfully convicted man, Frank Jarvis Atwood, who was on death row for 30 years. The author, George K., conducted the interview.

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Thank you for checking me out here on amazon. I posted a sneak peek chapter one of my next book Victimly Insane, the Frank Jarvis Atwood interview. I'm both excited and nervous to write a book outside of my genre of resource guides for prisoners and their families. You know, lists. Victimly Insane is a book length interview with a wrongfully convicted man who was still on death row after 30 years. Amazingly, Frank Atwood answered all my questions. None of that politician sidestep here. I found Frank to be honest, sincere, reformed, and a sharper mind than mine at 62 years.

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Alan J. Bartels

100 Things to Do in the Nebraska Sandhills Before You Die

Alan Bartels presented this book at the 150th anniversary of Fort Hartsuff in Ord, Nebraska. The presentation was part of a schedule of events celebrating the fort's history.

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100 things to do in the sand hills before you die

— Episode: #519 - Show Me Your Belly - Ord, Nebrask...

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Episode: #519 - Show Me Your Belly - Ord, Nebraska

Alan Bartels presented this book at the 150th anniversary of Fort Hartsuff in Ord, Nebraska. The presentation was part of a schedule of events celebrating the fort's history.

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100 things to do in the sand hills before you die

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