August 18, 2019
Freeloader Series #5: Ruby Ridge
We start this one by discussing the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas. We then dive into The Oklahoma City Bombing, Waco, and Ruby Ridge.
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Episodes
August 9, 2019
#77 The Pied Piper of Tucson
Charles Howard "Smitty" Schmid, Jr., also known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson" was an American serial killer. His crimes were profiled by journalist Don Moser in his article "The Pied Piper of Tucson", featured in the March 4, 1966 issue of Life magazine and are the basis for "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", a short story by Joyce Carol Oates. In 2008, The Library of America selected Moser's article for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime.
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August 4, 2019
#76 The Last Pirate
Albert W. Hicks, also known as Elias W. Hicks, William Johnson, John Hicks, and Pirate Hicks, was a triple murderer, and one of the last people executed for piracy in the United States. Cultural historian Rich Cohen places him as the first New York City legendary gangster figure, a bridge between piracy of old and rise of a new gangster nation.
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July 22, 2019
Freeloader Series #4: Stanley “Tookie” Williams
Stanley Tookie Williams is the proclaimed co-founder of the World Famous Crips Gang in south central Los Angeles. He was convicted of killing four people, but it was his redemption story that made him a legend, not only in his community but all over the world. Whether you believed in Tookie or not, you cannot deny his impact on society. Violence, racism, faith and redemption, you can find it all in the life of Stanley Tookie Williams.
This episode originally published on September 9th, 2017
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July 22, 2019
Introducing Man in the Window
From the partnership that brought you Dirty John, comes Man in the Window. Pulitzer prize winning reporter Paige St. John investigates The Golden State Killer, and traces his path of devastation through the eyes of his victims. Binge the series now at wondery.fm/truecrimeguys
July 13, 2019
#75 Dr. Death & The Shipman Effect
Harold Frederick Shipman was an English general practitioner and one of the most prolific serial killers in history. Much of Britain's legal structure concerning health care and medicine was reviewed and modified as a result of Shipman's crimes. Heres the life and crimes of Harold Shipman, aka Dr DEATH!
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July 7, 2019
#74 The Briley Brothers
In 1979, brothers Linwood Briley, James Briley Jr., and Anthony Ray Briley went on a seven-month killing spree in their hometown of Richmond, Virginia. When they were finally caught, there were 11 people dead, although investigators believed that there were as many as 20 victims.
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The Great Gambino of serial killers. Gary Ridgeway was convicted of killing 49 women, making him the most prolific serial killer in American history. He claims to have killed more than 70. We discuss his life, his crimes, and the investigators that finally took him down (Nearly 20 years later).
This episode originally recorded and released in July of 2017.
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June 15, 2019
#73 Vlad The Impaler
Vlad III is known as Vlad Țepeș (or Vlad the Impaler) in Romanian historiography. This nickname came from his favorite method of execution, impalement...so y'all "stick" around...grab a shish kabob.
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John George Haigh commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer, was an English serial killer. He was convicted for the murders of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine. He battered or shot his victims to death and used concentrated sulphuric acid to dispose of their corpses before forging papers so he could sell the victims' possessions and collect substantial sums of money...so let's shit on him, shall we?
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