The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt the Green River Killer by Robert Keppel

In this episode we discuss The Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway. He haunted the Sea-Tac Highway hunting for prostitutes and hitchhikers from 1982 until he was finally caught in 2001. Robert Keppel offers valuable insight as the lead detective on the Ted Bundy murders and we learn just how easy it is for one serial killer to recognize the other.

Elizabeth Kendall and her daughter Molly spent 6 years of their lives with Ted Bundy. They were gaslight, emotionally manipulated, sexually abused, and it wasn’t until a sketch of Ted’s face appeared in a newspaper that Elizabeth paused and thought… “Is Ted a killer?” Join us in this episode as we talk about Elizabeth Kendall’s book: The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy. A heartbreaking testament that you never really know who someone truly is.

Find us:

website: www.thecrimelounge.com

instagram: @thecrimelounge

discord: The Crime Lounge (link to join on our website!)

The Night Stalker: The Disturbing Life and Chilling Crimes of Richard Ramirez By Phillip Carlo
In the mid 1980’s, Los Angeles County was haunted by a monster who made his way into people’s homes because the devil told him to.
Richard Ramirez raped, murdered, and assaulted several people and his name is still correlated with sadism and occult torture.
In this episode we discuss his early life and what might have lead to his future crimes and a couple of the women who found themselves in love with Ramirez, knowing full well he was guilty of his crimes.

Find us:

website: www.thecrimelounge.com

instagram: @thecrimelounge

discord: The Crime Lounge (link to join on our website!)

Too Pretty to Live: The Catfishing Murders of East Tennessee by Dennis Brooks
A young woman manipulates her father and boyfriend into committing two gruesome murders after the delusions and paranoia of her mother lead her to believe that a small town community is out to get her.

Sources:

https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/post-conviction-hearing-reveals-more-details-of-2012-johnson-county-slayings/article_1186f522-e424-11eb-a349-a7b9b3b3b5ca.html#:~:text=The%20Johnson%20County%20family%20and,a%2025%2Dyear%20prison%20sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m40-nbJzKLE&ab_channel=KennethMcDonough

A lone serial killer or just a convenient dumping ground for multiple killers? Lost Girls by Robert Kolker dives into the lives of the GIlgo Beach 4 and one girl who became the catalyst to finding them all.

We did not use any additional sources for this episode, we focused solely on the book itself.

Production made possible by:

Host: Jacquelyn R.

Writer: Jacquelyn R.

Research: Jacquelyn R.

Co-Host: Katherine L.

Associate Researcher: Katherine L.

Executive Producer: David R.

Audio Engineer: David R.

Producer: David R.

Before you listen!

Hey guys, Jac here, I just wanted to apologize in advance for the amount of "ums" in the episode. It's a habit I'm working on breaking and I hope it doesn't ruin this episode for you. 

In this episode we read A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming by Kerri Rawson.

Kerri Rawson, the daughter of the infamous BTK Killer, tells us what it was like to live with a man that turned out to be a serial killer. She draws parallels between events in her life and how she discovered Dennis Rader’s act of loving husband and father was just a facade that eventually slipped. In this episode we do a chapter by chapter breakdown of the story and find out, along with Kerri, that not everyone is who they claim to be.

Links to Sources:

https://www.kansas.com/news/special-reports/btk/article1003746.html

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/portrait-of-psychopath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWdu7yNX5K8&ab_channel=TrueCrimeMagazine

Production made possible by:

Host: Jacquelyn R.

Writer: Jacquelyn R.

Research: Jacquelyn R.

Co-Host: Katherine L.

Associate Researcher: Katherine L.

Executive Producer: David R.

Audio Engineer: David R.

Producer: David R.

The Crime Lounge

In this episode we read Behind The Staircase by Michael Peterson. We’ve all seen the famous documentary, but what else is there?

Michael Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife, Kathleen, in 2001 and has maintained his innocence to this day. In this episode we do a recap of his book, Behind the Staircase, discuss alternative theories, and try to bring a new outlook to the case.

Links to the Sources:
https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/the-staircase-netflix-owl-theory-explained.html
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a20955077/the-staircase-netflix-michael-peterson-murder-trial-true-story/
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/a-travel-guide-to-rutherford-falls
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Staircase-Murder-Theories-44948699
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheStaircase/comments/iz31ko/intruder_theory/
https://vanceholmes.com/court/trial_mp_time.html
https://malkecrimenotes.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/michael-petersons-911-call/#:~:text=On%20December%209%2C%202001%2C%20Peterson,Durham%209%2D1%2D1.

Link to the email that Ann Christensen (Michael Peterson’s sister) sent to a journalist:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060205042751/http://www.justicemag.com/daily/item/1186.html

Links to the medical reports:
https://wwwcache.wral.com/asset/news/local/2008/08/19/3400859/1219199590-20080819151549211.pdf - Kathleen Peterson
https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/peterson-michael-autopsy-2.htm - Elizabeth Ratliff

Join our Discord!

Production made possible by:

Host: Jacquelyn R.

Writer: Jacquelyn R.

Research: Jacquelyn R.

Co-Host: Katherine L.

Associate Researcher: Katherine L.

Executive Producer: David R.

Audio Engineer: David R.

Producer: David R.