Panic: Queer True Crime, a podcast, and youtube channel featuring stories about the life and death of queer folks. To watch any of the true-crime episodes join me at Panic on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw A little bit about Panic. I created this true-crime channel to focus on the life and death of queer folk. I called the channel Panic because, for much more of the recorded history of LGBTQ+ people, there’s always been a panic. The primary focus of the cha ...
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Peter Coshan Lisa Stone Curtis Marsh Gaurav Gopalan Matthew Mickens-Murrey Ukea Davis and Stephanie Thomas Vanity Williams Several of the cases in this episode involve unsolved cases. In the next episode, I will delve into the reasons why this might be the case. Two of these cases involve the murder of black trans women, the highest rate of murder …
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Intimate Partner Violence, Strangers, Lovers, and a Helping Hand
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Anna Flores Pauly Likens Alex Rodda Liara Tsai Bruce Becker Curtis Marsh Kevin Clewer Charles Gibson Brad Nelson Winters Here is a collection of murders some of them due to intimate partner violence and some hate crimes. The thing they have in common is the loss and heartache of family and friends. While might surprise some that young men, mostly, …
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In 1998, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia became the location of two of the most violent murders Australia has ever seen. In 1998, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia became the location of two of the most violent murders Australia has ever seen. 19-year-old, Mark Valera's pent-up rage led him down the path of murder, leaving destruction i…
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Six stories of possible greed, intimate partner violence, murderous internalized homophobia, and your garden variety homophobia. Toslimy Bang and Terence Brown Blaze Bernstein Kelly Moriarty and Doris “Pat” Carter Michael Causer John Paul Kelso John Walter Lay John Edwards To watch any of these stories you can find them on the Queer True Crime YouT…
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In this episode four stories of murder, homophobia, and mental health in crisis. Isaac Herrera Jordan Taylor Terrance Brown Reginald Folks To watch any of these stories you can find them on the Queer True Crime YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw For Help National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)…
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Happy Pride and welcome to season four of Panic. This is the second season of Panic and the fourth for the podcast as a whole. In the second season, I want to continue to explore the themes of the podcast and YouTube channel, and how homophobia in all of its permutations plays itself out in the lives of queer folks and the people who love them. I'l…
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A Dublin Bashing, The Death of a Teen, Five Murders in Five Months in Boston
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Gary Gleeson Alex Rodda Raymond Kindred John McGrail Leonard Riendeau Charles Kimball John Fuoroli Brandi Mells, Shanta Myers, Jeremiah, and Shaniese Myers To watch any of these stories you can find them on the Queer True Crime YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw For Help National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-80…
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Intimate Partners, Stranger Danger, and The Betrayal of a Friend
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George Webber In this episode, A closeted man's search to fulfill his fetish leads him to hire a 16-year-old from a Craigslist ad. Charlie Howard Two gay men are attacked by a group of teens ending in murder. Carlos Collins A former police officer's inability to let go ends in murder. James Sheehan Suffering from stage 4 cancer, an elderly man lean…
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On September 7, 1982, the Gainesville, Florida Labor Day Weekend was disrupted when University of Florida's Professor Howard Appledorf's neighbors spotted his condo had been broken into. Inside police found a highly staged scene and the professor asphyxiated on his sofa, as the three young suspects fled they left behind a frenzy of fears about cult…
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Podcast Notes: Akira Ross Allan Lanteigne/Demitry Papasotiriou Summit Kumar Raymond Scotter Shawndell McCloud Dr. Louis Chen, Eric Cooper, and Cooper Chen Warning this case involves the death of a child. Starts at 3:20. To watch any of these episodes you can find them at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw This episode has a c…
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Being Queer Doesn't Kill, Homophobia Does 05
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Here are seven cases of stalking, and homophobia in the United States and Sweden, a case of a stepfather's homophobic rage, and an unresolved case of a body in a fish tank. These shorts are taken from the Panic YouTube channel. If you’d like to see any of these shorts please join me at the Panic channel using the link below. Brittany Cosby and Crys…
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Robert Bennett Jr. was a smart guy from a wealthy family he was also a violent sadist who liked to inflict pain on unwitting strangers. Though this is not a murder case it illustrates what happens when you mix a homophobic cultural attitude filtered down to law enforcement mixes with the influence of a predator from a wealthy family who'd go to any…
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Cunanan: The Murders of Jeffrey Trail And David Madson
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Note: I've only just realized that the audio for the previous upload of this episode was icky and is only a few minutes long. Here is the episode in its entirety. I have also wanted to delve into the lives of Jeffrey Trail and David Madson and Andrew Cunanan's relationship with them both. In part, because as tragic as Gianni Versace's murder was, n…
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Peeble LaDime Doe Wendy Thorpe Gordon Church Luke Davies and Jesse Baird Ranjith Kankanamalage Zach Kennedy August Provost Seven cases of intimate partner violence and hate crime murders. The case of Peeble LaDime Doe, a transgender woman who was murdered by her former lover. This is the first case in the nation to use federal protections to prosec…
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Being Queer Doesn't Kill, Homophobia Does 04
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This week a mixture of intimate partner violence, madness, and homophobia. If you'd like to watch any of these stories join me at the Panic Queer True Crime Channel on YouTube. Jake Marandino Harley Walker Annie Meyer Brian Campbell Jun Lin Crystal Parker Naasire Johnson Filippo Gangitano Sylvia Lugo Howard Efland If you or anyone you know is the v…
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Eight Stories of Love, Deception, and Murder
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Eight stories of intimate partner abuse, theft, murder, and a historical case that has never been solved. To watch any of these stories you can find them at: https://www.youtube.com/@panicqueertruecrime Gary Ruby Ronald Shumway Heather Diebert Dr. Gary Jenkins Timothy Smith The Slasher Brian Williamson Casey Taylor If you or anyone you know is the …
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The story of Jimmy Zappalorti's life and death is the story of the times in which he lived. The love of a family, and community, and the search for self-acceptance and a small amount of joy. Jimmy Zappalorti died twice. Once while stationed in Danang, Vietnam, and some twenty years later on Staten Island where he grew up when two hate-filled young …
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Being Queer Doesn't Kill, Homophobia Does 03
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Eight stories of love, friendship, homophobic hate, and murder. Annamarie Rintila Brian Bergeron Daniel Clancy Harry Major Jorge Diaz Johnston Steven Nelson Allen Leroy Anderson Devon HooverBy Panic
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Being Queer Doesn't Kill, Homophobia Does 02
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In this episode stories of queer folks targeted and murdered for the crime of being gay. If you'd like to watch any of these episodes join me at the Panic: Queer True Crime Channel https://www.youtube.com/@panicqueertruecrime Bernardo Pantaleon Benjamin Anderson A'Nee Robertson Gerry Edwards and Chris Bevan David Morley David Iwo Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee L…
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This is the last of the thirty cases Australian investigators reopened to explore whether or not the victims were the victims of gay hate crimes. You can find the other cases here or on the Panic YouTube channels. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw I have listed the cases that have the least amount of evidence pointing to a ha…
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This episode continues to collect and share the unsolved, and a few solved murders of gay men who were bashed along the cliffs and beaches of Bondi Beach in Australia between the 1970s and 1990s. Investigators have begun a serious effort to solve as many of these cases as possible. Part of their dedication is an acknowledgment of the neglect on the…
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Australian Bashing Murders and Two Cases of Intimate partner Violence
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Here is a group of shorts from the Panic Queer True Crime channel. If you’d like to watch any of these episodes join me at the Youtube Panic channel. Australian Gay Bashing Murders Gilles Mattaini John Hughes Stephen Dempsey William Rooney Intimate Partner Violence Anthony Morley Matthew Leveson The link to watch any of these episodes: https://www.…
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Being Gay Doesn't Kill Folks, but Homophobia Does Part One
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Here is a group of shorts from the Panic Queer True Crime channel. If you’d like to watch any of these episodes join me at the Youtube Panic channel. Mohammed Altaher Steven Cozzi Crispin Dye AC/DC's Former Manager Heuermann, Gilgo Beach Serial Killer (The only male victim Jody Dobrowski Colin Ireland Intimate partner violence in queer relationship…
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Deon Brown told his mother he was returning to Nashville after performing in a drag show in Memphis. When she got home from work Brown was sleeping, later he told her he'd be visiting a friend. The next day she would get the news that her son was dead. On November 14, 2016 police responding to a call of a body in the parking lot of Nashville's West…
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To watch this episode: https://youtu.be/BeZm9dh4sKo Adrian Murphy was a successful Irish dancer who had traveled the world performing and teaching. In 2019, he moved to London for a position at the Royal Academy of Dance when he was murdered in a scheme to rob rich gay men. What followed was a race by the police to stop a pair of Scapolomine-wieldi…
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Nine Cases of Women and Men Murdered by Hate
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From the 1970s to 2021 here are nine cases of women and men who were murdered driven by hate, greed, and hate. Michelle Abdill, Roxanne Ellis, and Robert Acremant, A Ball of Hate Murder in the Shenandoahs, Julianne Marie Williams and Laura Winan Who Killed Kylen Schulte And Crystal Turner? Fong Hiu Tung and Lau Kai Hei Dr. Duncan: Drowned by the Po…
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Richard Rogers was respected in his job by patients and colleagues he often blended into the background by the patrons at the bars he frequented. He was also a serial murderer. Strictly speaking, Rogers is not a serial killer. He was convicted of killing two men, suspected of killing two others. He also killed another man almost 20 years before the…
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A few words about this moment we're in and pride. I hope you had a good one. Hugs and Love and Hugs!By RR
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Eight Cases of Same Sex Intimate Partner Murder
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Intimate Partner violence in the LGBTQ+ community is understudied and under-reported with lesbian couples the least studied of all. These are starting to improve and resources are available. This episode features eight cases of intimate partner murder. Resources are available if you or anyone you know is in an intimate partner violent relationship.…
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I've just made a group of shorts for the Panic True Crime channel and I thought I'd put them together and present them to you here. Serial killers of LGBTQ+ folks are the rarest of the rare and often highlight the societal temperature towards queer folk. For example in the murders committed by Michael Lupo in the UK in the 1980s evidence was not te…
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John "Champ" Snavely and the Murder of Samuel Del Brocco
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John Snavely and Samuel Del Brocco seemed to come from different worlds. One a stripper, model, and gay-for-pay adult star. The other a businessman with powerful GOP connections. A 2010 chance meeting in a Fort Lauderdale strip club would link them forever. A loved man with a double life, a gay-for-pay porn star, a brutal murder, and a possible rus…
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Floridians Kevin Powell and Stephen Adams had been together for 29 years, when they failed to show up for a family Christmas in Ohio they would be discovered murdered in their home. Peter Avsenew was troubled most of his life he had a troubled upbringing including physical and sexual abuse, but it was the sudden death of his sister that seemed to g…
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Wicked and cruel are the words that come to mind for what Ed Buck did when he invited mostly young black men to his apartment in West Hollywood. Buck would entice these men into a meth-fueled session that sometimes lasted for days. On two separate occasions, these sessions ended in death. When a third surviving man agreed to cooperate with police t…
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Catfished: The Murder of Clifford Lambert
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AAll Palm Springs, Ca. Clifford Lambert wanted love, all Danny Garcia and Kaushal Niroula wanted was Mr. Lambert’s wealth, all of it. In 2008, years of scams, lies, and greed would finally end in murder. In some ways, this con was your standard con involving an older man and a younger man, but that is where anything standard ends. Mr. Lambert becam…
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The Murdaughs and the Killing of Stephen Smith
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In the early morning of July 8, 2015, Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old nursing student living in Hampton County, South Carolina, was found dead in the middle of a dark country road. His death would be the first in a long line of heartaches and tragedies connected to Alex Murdaugh and his family. Was Stephen Smith's killing intentional, was he the victi…
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One of the reasons I wanted to make this video focused on lesbian intimate partner murder is that the attention to intimate partner violence amongst LGBTQ folks is so underreported even academic research is only now being consistently collected. One of the most poorly covered groups is women in lesbian intimate partner murders. These are three stor…
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What happens when you mix love and sex and the fear of exposure? It can sometimes result in murder. In this episode three cases of love turned to murder. On February 17th 2022, the twenty year olds Philadelphians, Naasire Johnson and Kylen Pratt’s secret relationship would end in murder. The brutality of the crime would leave loved ones bereft and …
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This one of those cases that's a punctuation point for the use of the gay panic defense in law. The poor victim was sidelined as the defense did all they could to, if not justify the murder, contextualize it, which now and then seemed like a mission impossible. My heart goes out to Hajna. The 1962 acid murder of 25-year-old Hajna de Kaplany by her …
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In the 1920s through the 1960s indecent proposals, indecent advances, and honor slayings were all buzzwords used to explain one man's rationale for killing another. The handsome singer Louis Kenneth Neu murdered two men for their clothes, their cars, their cash, and his honor. When 35-year-old Lawrence Shead didn't arrive for work his Patterson, Ne…
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Killer Friends: The Murder of James Sheahan
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San Francisco resident 75-year-old James Sheahan had terminal cancer but that wouldn't be his cause of death. It would be his friendship with a man whose greed and desperate need to be with the love of his life that would cost Mr. Sheahan dearly. To report elder abuse or find services for older adults and their families, visit The Eldercare Locator…
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In 1988, 55-year-old, Yale-educated Dr. Richard Boggs and business partners 46-year-old, Melvin Eugene Hanson, and 25-year-old John Hawkins joined together in an insurance scam that would net them a million dollars. The only problem was, in order to get the money someone would have to die. The victim of the scheme, 36-year-old Ellis Greene was in t…
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Thank you for joining me for, Intimate Partner Murders. Intimate partner and domestic violence have many of the same root causes as they do elsewhere. Here are three stories of same-sex intimate partner murder. 39-year-old, Dr. Louis Chen, his decade-long partner 29-year-old, Eric Cooper, and their adorable 2 1/2-year child moved into a gleaming Se…
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For decades murders of gay men were happening on the cliffs of Bondi Beaches. Between 1970 and 2010 gay men were hunted, brutally attacked, and in some cases thrown to their deaths from the cliffs of cruising spots above the beautiful beaches of Sydney, Australia. Many of these murders remain unsolved. John Russell was a barmen in Bondi he’d spent …
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I choose these three cases for the things they have in common. All of them are unsolved or unresolved. None of the three cases are terribly well known and I wanted to share them with you. Howard Efland was a nurse who lived his life in the closet until he was murdered in a seedy downtown Los Angeles hotel. No one knew the murder of three men shot e…
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Murder and financial crimes are rare but they do happen and when these crimes are coupled with the desire for love and intimacy they can be doubly complicated to escape. In this episode we’ll take a look at three men who were killed for their money. Jake Merendino thought he found a young handsome man who he could shower with gifts and affection. H…
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For me one of the worst types of murder are those commmitted by a family member. In this episode six people, actually seven, murdered by the family. One of the reasons I wanted to compile this list was to illustrate that homophobic hate crimes can happen anywhere from the leafy green suburbs of Los Angeles county to a small town in Iran. A note: I …
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Between 2010 and 2017 Bruce McArthur killed eight men in the city of Toronto. Despite the imploring of families and friends, despite two separate task forces looking into the missing men, it would take investigators nearly a decade to track a serial killer who had been arrested and detained for assaults and banned from Toronto’s Gay Village. Using …
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Stephen Port: Serial Killing in Plain Sight
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The serial killer Stephen Port was able to murder 4 men in plain sight leaving all of his victims within feet of his Barking, East London home. After Port’s trial and sentencing, several inquests were convened to look at why the police failed so spectacularly to identify and stop Stephen Port before he became a serial killer. Over the next two epis…
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Stalking is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Victimconnect.org Thomas Whitney came out late in life and when he met Lawrence Wong he thought his life had finally begun. Instead, a relentless campaign of obsession would culminate in an act of violent brutality. Whitney and Wong were…
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Iris SantosThe murders of transgender women of color are alarmingly high once again this year. Frequently, transgender murders go unsolved. Here are eight transwomen of color who's murders remain unsolved. Courtney Eshay Key, Tyianna Alexander, Bianca “Muffin” Bankz, Keeva Scatter, Iris Santos, Nedra Sequence Morris, Duval Princess, Kitty Moore wer…
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