A true crime podcast with in an depth analysis of crime. If you are little obsessive with needing to know every detail about a crime you are at the right place. I’m not just reading Wikipedia here folks. If you don’t blindly believe everything that the police says, then sit down and listen because you just found a friend. Together we will talk about horrific murders with a focus on both the victims of crime and the victims of the state, the wrongfully accused.
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In this episode I talk about the trial and conviction of the second defendant to be tried for the Austin Yogurt Shop murders, Michael Scott and the subsequent successful appeals of Michael Scott and Rob Springsteen. Sources include: Beverly Lowry, Who Killed These Girls? Corey Mitchell, Murdered Innocents…
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Years after the murders 4 young men were arrested and 2 eventually would go to trial and be convicted. In this episode I discuss the first trial which would result in Rob Springsteen's conviction and death sentence. Sources include: Corey Mitchell, Murdered Innocents Beverly Lowry, Who Killed These Girls?…
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The 4 suspects, Rob Springsteen, Mike Scott, Maurice Pierce, and Forrest Welborn are all arrested. And in this episode I cover pre-trial motions, battles over the evidence, and the state's attempt to find some evidence against the accused other than those confusing confessions. Sources include: Beverly Lowry, Who Killed these Girls? Corey Mitchell,…
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The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders and Why Innocent People Confess: The Reid Interrogation Method and the Wrongful Conviction of Darrel Parker
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I have been talking about the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders. Four teenage girls were raped and murdered in closed frozen yogurt shop in Austin, Texas in 1991. After 8 years of investigation the police focus on 4 young men that were teenagers at the time of the murders. And even though all 4 men are completely innocent 2 of the men confessed to a crime…
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Eight years after 4 teenage girls are found murdered in a burning Austin, Texas yogurt shop the police have focused their cold case invetsigation on 4 suspects that had been removed from the active suspect list almost immediately after they came under suspicion in the weeks after the murders. With no evidence that implicates any of these suspects, …
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About 8 years after the murders of 4 teenagers in an Austin, Texas yogurt shop the police focus on 4 young men that where teenagers at the time of the murders. What put these guys on the police's radar? One young man had been found in the local mall with a gun a gun in his waistband 8 days after the murders. The teens had been inactivated as suspec…
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5 years after 4 teenagers are murdered at closing time at a yogurt shop on Austin, Texas the case is given a new lead investigator Paul Johnson. Johnson is assigned with going back into the files and seeing if there are any old leads that should be followed up on. He focuses on Maurice Pierce a teenager who was stopped at the mall near the yogurt s…
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While closing up a small yogurt shop 4 teenage girls were murdered in an Austin, Texas on December 6th, 1991. Just 8 days after the murders Maurice Pierce was caught by an off-duty police officer flashing a .22 at the local mall. The police were immediately suspicious. The mall was close to the yogurt shop and the girls had all been shot by a .22 c…
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The evening of December 8th, 1991, started off innocently enough 2 teenage girls were working the closing shift at the local yogurt shop in Austin, Texas on a Friday night. Also in the shop with the 2 older girls that were working that night were the younger sister of one of the workers and her even younger friend. The younger girls were just hangi…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 13...The End for Now
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Speculation alert! In this we episode explore theories about how the murders unfolded that night, Christmas Eve 1975. Was it a family annihilation, a robbery gone wrong, or a planned hit on Tommy Zeigler that was interrupted by his wife and in-laws resulting in their murders and the wrongful conviction of Tommy Zeigler. It's all guesses people and …
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 12
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In 1976 Tommy Zeigler was convicted of a quadruple murder and sent to death row, but he has always maintained his innocence. Decades after his conviction Tommy gets a new supporter, Lynn Marie-Carty, a private investigator who comes up with a new potential suspect. In this episode we talk about Tommy's post conviction fight for DNA testing, new the…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 11
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Tommy Zeigler was convicted of a quadruple murder in 1976, after fighting for years Tommy finally gets DNA testing in 2002. The results support Tommy's account of the night. In this episode we talk about DNA results and an potential alternate suspect that Tommy's private investigator, Lynn-Marie Carty uncovers decades after the murders.…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 10
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In this episode we focus on jury deliberations, the jury's verdict, and the shocking decision of the judge to overturn the jury's sentence. I also begin to address Tommy Zeigler's appeals and evidence that has been uncovered after his conviction. Also I re-posted Episode 9 with audio that can actually be listed to. I honestly don't know how that ep…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders: Episode 9
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This is a re-posted episode. I didn't realize that the audio had been possessed by a demon, so here is a cleaned up recording, so, no you don't need to call in a exorcist for me. In this episode we continue to explore Tommy's trial while focusing on the evidence presented by the defense. Tommy takes the stand to declare his innocence, and the prose…
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Indiana’s Own Ted Bundy: The Known and Unknown Crimes of Steven Judy
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Steven Judy murdered a young mother and her 3 small children after tricking her into thinking that her car tire was loose and offering to help. While pretending to be a Good Samaritan he got the family into his truck and then raped the mother and murdered her and her 3 children. He was executed within 2 years of his final crime, but before he was e…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 8
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Tommy Zeigler is on trial for a quadruple homicide. In this episode we finish discussing the prosecutions side of the trial and address several of the main witnesses that testify against Tommy. Main sources for this episode include: The Fatal Flaw, by Phillip Finch https://www.tommyzeiglerisinnocent.com/ a website maintained by Tommy Zeigler's inve…
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Tommy Zeigler And the Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 7
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Tommy Zeigler has been on death row for over 40 years for murdering his wife, in-laws, and a friend. In this episode I talk about the trial and tactics used by the prosecution to convict a man who very likely may be innocent. Recently Tommy was finally allowed to have advanced DNA testing conducted on the evidence. So soon we will have some answers…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Furniture Store Murders Episode 6
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In this episode about the conviction of Tommy Zeigler I talk about pretrial motions as the state rushes Tommy to trial. The defense makes numerous requests for a continuance, all of which are denied. The trial begins before the defense has finished their forensic testing, which will have fatal results for the defense. Our main source for this episo…
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Tommy Zeigler and The Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 5
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We are continuing our examination of the Florida Furniture Store Murders. In this episode we cover the forensic test results and introduce the state's expert witness, Herb MacDonell, the father of the now largely discredited science of blood spatter analysis. Source for tis episode: Phillip Finch, "Fatal Flaw: A True Story of Malice and Murder in a…
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The Transatlantic Love Triangle of Death: The Murder of Maria Domenech
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Maria Domenech was a 28 year old former beauty queen who lived in New York with her mother, Virginia. Maria began dating an older gentleman and when she found out he was married she quickly tossed him aside only for her mother to catch him on the rebound. Weeks after the break-up Maria would be found murdered in Ireland and her mother Virginia woul…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 4
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This is part 4 of a series on the unjust conviction of Tommy Zeigler. Four people are murdered on Christmas Eve 1974. A husband of one of the victims, Tommy, quickly becomes the polices only suspect. This episode details the preliminary hearing, grand jury testimony, and possible motives for the murders. Tommy has been on death row in Florida for o…
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In July of 1974 the nude body of a woman is found in the dunes of Provincetown, Massachusetts. She was beaten to death and her hands were missing. She was known simply as the Lady of the Dunes for over 40 years, until October 31st, 2022 when she was identified as Ruth Marie Terry. With her identity finally known now the police are looking to find h…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders Episode 3
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On Christmas Eve 1975 four bodies are found inside the Zeigler Furniture Store. Also inside is the store's owner, Tommy Zeigler, he is shot in the abdomen but he survives. Tommy would be the police's only suspect. Two witnesses come forward in the hours after the murder to implicate Tommy in the crime, and in this episode we detail the account of t…
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Amber McLaughlin Convicted Murderer of Beverly Guenther is Set to be the First Transgender Person Executed in the United States
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The state of Missouri is set to execute Amber McLaughlin for the rape and murder of her ex-girlfriend, Beverly Guenther. While Amber is undeniably guilty her case is getting attention because unless she is granted clemency Amber will be the first transgender person executed in America. But the issue is not about Amber's gender, it's about the the a…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Furniture Store Murders Episode 2
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Is the execution of the innocent just an unavoidable by-product of the criminal justice system? On Christmas Eve 1975 4 people are found murdered in an Orlando, Florida furniture store. The police quickly focus on the store owner, who was shot but survived. Is Tommy Zeigler guilty of a quadruple murder or a man unjustly condemned to death? This epi…
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Tommy Zeigler and the Florida Furniture Store Murders: Episode 1
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Tommy Zeigler was convicted of murdering 4 people in 1976 and given a death sentence. He still sits on death row 46 years later. In Florida, where they actually execute people. Why is Tommy still alive? Because he is most likely innocent. For this first episode my source was mainly the book by Phillip Finch, The Fatal Flaw. Please read it. The valu…
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Update: The Boy in the Box has a Name Joseph Augustus Zarelli
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My first episode focused on The Boy in the Box, but America's Unknown Child is no longer unknown he has a name and its Joseph Augustus Zarelli. On December 8th 2022 Philadelphia police held a press conference to announce his name, and now its time to find his killer.By hollyjeanbowman
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In 1957 the naked, lifeless body of a little boy was found stuffed inside a cardboard box in a thicket alongside a road in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Despite the best efforts of local law enforcement the boy's identity was never uncovered. He is buried in a grave marked with a headstone that reads "America's Unknown Child." For 65 years the boy ha…
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