Ever wanted to know if pigs will consume human flesh? Find out this week as we delve into the horrific story of butcher and serial killer Willie Pickton!

This week we will discuss the Chess Board killer from Russia AKA the Bitsevsky Maniac.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0FTbeKGPjM

https://www.gq.com/story/alexander-pichushkin-serial-killer-russia

https://prezi.com/p/zu0z5hzuhwsj/alexander-pichushkin/

https://www.quora.com/What-was-life-like-in-Moscow-during-the-70s

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6171742/

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/11-serial-killers-who-suffered-early-life-head-trauma

https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3600441&page=1

https://www.biography.com/crime/alexander-pichushkin

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10108113/Moment-chessboard-killer-lured-Russian-police-confessing-murder-61-people.html

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Alexander_Pichushkin#:~:text=8%20References-,Background,murderous%20urges%20were%20not%20satisfied.

Rosewood, J., & Lo, R. (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers, andencyclopedia of serial killers (p. 432). LAK Publishing.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ghxv?from=rss

Interview With A Russian Serial Killer, By Yasha Levine - TheExile, March 13th 2008 (Murderpedia.com)

https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/pichushkin-alexander.htm

https://www.the-sun.com/news/13947433/notorious-chessboard-serial-killer-confess/

https://serialkillercalendar.com/PEOPLE-WHO-HAVE-SURVIVED-VICIOUS-SERIAL-KILLERS.php

https://iz.ru/en/node/1866145

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6926680.stm

https://web.archive.org/web/20090123094408/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661084,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

This week we delve into Atlanta's alleged first serial killer, who had a very specific type...

Sources:

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053728/1911-07-01/ed-1/seq-10/

https://www.oxygen.com/the-real-murders-of-atlanta/crime-news/the-atlanta-ripper-serial-killer-terrorized-city-in-1900s

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/01/17/atlvault-atlanta-ripper-terrorizes-city-100-years-ago/

https://loriajohnston.medium.com/the-unsolved-atlanta-ripper-case-2e9e73c67ef1

https://perspectivesofchange.hms.harvard.edu/node/96

https://virginiahistory.org/learn/civil-rights-movement-virginia/world-jim-crow

https://www.newspapers.com/image/20667303/?match=1&terms=%22atlanta%20ripper%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/80688312/?match=1&terms=%22atlanta%20ripper%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/890587308/?match=1&terms=%22atlanta%20ripper%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/503682761/?match=1&terms=%22atlanta%20ripper%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/392830959/?match=1&terms=%22atlanta%20ripper%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1048491339/?match=1&terms=%22atlanta%20ripper%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/79091539/?match=1&terms=%22atlanta%20ripper%22

https://creativeloafing.com/content-185128-cover-story-atlanta-s-jack-the-ripper

https://www.newspapers.com/image/26780152/?match=1&terms=charlie%20owens%2C%20atlanta%2C%20ripper

This week we will explore the serial killer dubbed the I-95 killer.

Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/AETV/videos/i-95-serial-killer-coldly-details-his-murder-spree-the-killer-speaks/3751136315102698/

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn95003657/1994-08-17/ed-1/seq-6/

https://apnews.com/general-news-5b7cf706cb08462ebdb07d0a86cf89ba

Jack Rosewood, & Lo, R. (n.d.). The big book ofserial killers volume 2: Another 150 serial killer files of the world’s WorstMurderers (Vol. 2). LAK Publishing.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25135-black-lung-disease

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/gary_bowles/2.html

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/inhalant-abuse/huffing-paint

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/trepanning#:~:text=Trepanning%20is%20defined%20as%20the,ancient%20practices%20and%20modern%20neurosurgery.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/rosemary-kennedy

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15629160#:~:text=In%201949%2C%20Egas%20Moniz%20won%20the%20Nobel,the%20first%20wave%20of%20effective%20psychiatric%20drugs.

https://soar.kennesaw.edu/bitstream/handle/11360/4084/gkj_sovo_sovo-vol07no41.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&utm_content=buffer4051d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/state/2019/08/17/serial-killer-of-gay-men-set-for-thursday-execution/4441152007/

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/23/gary-ray-bowles-florida-executes-jacksonville-serial-killer-who-preyed-on-gay-men/4394993007/

https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/08/20/serial-killer-gary-ray-bowles-murdered-six-gay-men-1994-executed/

This week we will explore the cult known as The Children of Thunder and how it came about.

Sources:

https://medium.com/digital-global-traveler/sacramento-california-californias-forgotten-city-5f64caabc5c0

True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, S2E10: “Children ofThunder”, Amazon Prime

People Magazine Investigates, S3E11:“Children ofThunder”, HBO MAX

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/justin-helzer-commits-suicide-on-san-quentins-death-row/2051212/

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/martinez-details-of-bizarre-plot-to-kill-in-2746680.php

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/body-parts-identified-disparate-tragedies-3303352.php

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-nude-model-five-bodies-and-the-mormon-assassination-plot-attempt-732255.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2024/s132256.html

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/08/16/lds-church-launches/

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/7ztuf5/does_anyone_have_feedback_about_impact_training/

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2004/12/14/ex-wife-wants-helzer-spared/

https://www.facebook.com/AETV/videos/dawn-godman-and-the-murders-in-marin-city-confidential/1875258882846167/

https://www.aetv.com/videos/dawn-godman-and-the-murders-in-marin

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/helzer-brothers.htm

Children of Thunder: The Helzer Brothers (Julia ScheeresTruTv.com)

https://www.beretta.com/en-us/product/m9-FA0057#:~:text=The%20M9%20offers%20a%20variety,for%20sport%20or%20self%2Dprotection.

https://moviedelic.com/glenn-justin-helzer/

This week we delve into a messed up family, of the highest order. The Briley brothers, who reign terror in the 70's.

Sources:

Jack Rosewood, & Lo, R. (n.d.). The big book ofserial killers volume 2: Another 150 serial killer files of the world’s WorstMurderers (Vol. 2). LAK Publishing.

“Born to Kill” S5.E11 The Briley Brothers (NeilEdwards)(Amazon)

https://medium.com/tftunderworld/the-bloody-briley-brothers-three-siblings-who-terrorized-richmond-virginia-in-the-1970s-37d34167ed7b

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskOldPeople/comments/14niaik/what_was_life_actually_like_in_the_70s/

https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/newsworthy/historical-decades/1970s

https://www.history.com/articles/feminism-four-waves

https://www.boomermagazine.com/transition-and-turmoil-of-the-1970s/#:~:text=White%20flight%20was%20at%20high,African%20American%20Virginia%20state%20senator.

https://www.cherrysfuneralhomeandchapels.com/obituaries/Edward-Jerome-Briley?obId=19090681

https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1980/800904-1.html

https://richmond.com/article_e19bd987-94e0-5dad-a26b-9ea3445eb837.html

https://prodeathpenalty.com/case/murder-brothers-briley-gang

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=969143595419789&id=100069724715679&set=a.478835387783948

This week we will delve into an unsolved murder that was recently solved this year and the wake of bodies left from this monster.

Sources:

The Yogurt Shop Murders, Margret Brown, Documentary, 2025(HBO) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35676401/?ref_=ttfc_ov_bk

Mitchell, C. (2005). Murdered innocents. KensingtonPub.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/3zbqtb/what_was_old_austin_like/

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/death_penalty_representation/publications/success-stories/success-stories-archive/robert-springsteen-and-michael-scott/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/yogurt-shop-murders-suspect-was-possible-serial-killer-now-linked-case-rcna234441

https://abcnews.go.com/US/haunting-yogurt-shop-quadruple-killings-solved-3-decades/story?id=126035260#:~:text=Barbara%20Ayres%2DWilson%2C%20mom%20of,this%20case%20was%20the%20truth.%22

https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2025/08/04/the-horrific-true-story-behind-hbos-the-yogurt-shop-murders/

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-6/

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/significant-breakthrough-made-1991-i-cant-believe-its-yogurt-murders#:~:text=On%20December%2023%2C%202010%2C%20Maurice,Wilson%20shot%20and%20killed%20Pierce.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/national-integrated-ballistic-information-network-nibin

https://6abc.com/post/what-know-robert-eugene-brashers-new-suspect-identified-texas-infamous-yogurt-shop-killings/17894500/

https://people.com/why-are-the-yogurt-shop-murders-unsolved-11785825

https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/article/55533/dna-links-texas-yogurt-shop-murders-to-memphis

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2018/10/05/police-chief-violent-serial-rapist-murderer-killed-greenville-woman-1990/