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Welcome back! Sorry for the unexpected break, life happens! Today, we talk about the Jack the Ripper case at a really high level. We focus more on things that might not be commonly known and things that have surprisingly been recent. Our very own Sidney was just in London and visited the Jack the Ripper Museum where she learned many new things to share with us!  Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper https://www.jack-the-ripper.org https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/european-history/jack-the-ripper https://www.science.org/content/article/does-new-genetic-analysis-finally-reveal-identity-jack-ripper https://www.casebook.org/intro.html https://whitechapeljack.com/jeff-mudgett-bloodstains-hh-holmes-book-review/ https://www.distractify.com/p/is-hh-holmes-jack-the-ripper https://thejacktherippertour.com/casebook/suspects/aaron-kosminski/ https://www.jacktherippermuseum.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

In West Virginia stands a desolate area that even in daylight, looks eerie and creepy. Overgrown amusement rides, broken down cars and school buses, and abandoned buildings are scattered across the grounds of Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, which is often labeled as one of the top ten most haunted places in the world. Join us as talk about this creepy place and cover some of our true crime updates! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik https://www.wvlakeshawnee.com/faq/visitor-stories/i/Lake_Shawnee_Amusement_Park https://the-line-up.com/lake-shawnee-amusement-park https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/lake-shawnee-wv/ https://www.facebook.com/lakeshawneeevents/ https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/lake-shawnee-amusement-park/ https://www.theconstantrambler.com/lake-shawnee-amusement-park-abandoned-haunted/#:~:text=The%20abandoned%20Lake%20Shawnee%20Amusement%20park%20has%20a,investigations%2C%20and%20during%20October%20its%20annual%20%E2%80%9CDark%20Carnival%E2%80%9D. https://www.wvlakeshawnee.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

In the town of Rhinelander, Wisconsin a cryptid was first sighted almost 150 years ago. The creature is said to have features of several animals in one and is quite a sight. The town has completely embraced this with the high school mascot now this cryptid and even a music festival named after it! Join us as we talk about this creature and its history! Sources: https://happy-the-hodag.com/pages/about-us https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodag https://explorerhinelander.com/who-discovered-the-hodag/#:~:text=In%20the%201800s%2C%20Rhinelander%20was,dragged%20logs%20from%20the%20forest. https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Hodag https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11962 http://www.rhinelanderchamber.com/the-hodag --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

The thought of serial killers tends to seem so much more relevant towards the end of the 1970s or later once that phrase was actually coined. However, serial killers have been around much longer, whether we point to famous ones like HH Holmes or Jack the Ripper. Today, we will talk about another serial killer who began their work in the late 1800s and became known as many things, including one of the first Black Widow killers. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/belle-gunness-murders-serial-killer-mystery-butcher-of-men-hells-princess https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/belle-gunness-36384.php https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-belle-gunness/amandasedlakhevener https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/belle-gunness https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-gunness https://laportecountyhistory.org/exhibits/belle-gunness/ https://www.historicmysteries.com/belle-gunness/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

In December of 2006, Steven Haataja was reported missing from his work, which was a local state college in Nebraska. He seemed to have disappeared with almost no signs of foul play. However, roughly 3 months later, his body would be found. The scene was gruesome and it didn't take long for this to become a closed case. Although Steven's family has accepted the outcome, many locals believe there was more to this story since there truly are more questions than answers. Sources: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nebraska/disturbing-event-movie-ne/amp/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/death-in-the-heartland-what-happened-to-steven-haataja https://journalnews.com.ph/the-bizarre-vanishing-and-death-of-steven-haataja/ https://unquestionablycriminal.medium.com/bizarre-death-of-a-teacher-still-remains-a-mystery-b20c3beb4a05 https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/gruesome-death-of-math-professor-puzzles-nebraska-ranching-town/ https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2022/03/the-bizarre-vanishing-and-death-of-steven-haataja/ https://www.insider.com/us-cold-cases-true-crime-2018-4?amp https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221011/dq221011a-eng.htm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

We have talked many times about cases where people disappear into thin air and how this is one of the many things that keeps both of us up at night. Today, we will discuss a case that definitely is a head scratcher with much being known prior to the disappearance but little known after. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Danielle_Imbo_and_Richard_Petrone_Jr. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/were-long-missing-couple-victims-of-a-murder-plot/ https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/the-baffling-disappearance-of-danielle-imbo-richard-petrone-bb6edfb4ebaf https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-danielle-imbo-and-richard-petrone/jim-rowley https://patch.com/new-jersey/moorestown/new-details-danielle-imbo-richard-petrone-jr-case https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-details-in-danielle-imbo-richard-petrone-jr-case/ar-AAVoYDT https://thecinemaholic.com/danielle-ottobre-imbo-and-richard-petrone-jr-missing-or-found-are-they-dead-or-alive/ https://www.bigtrial.net/2016/06/imbo-petrone-disappearance-may-be.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

In just a couple short months, at Nocona General Hospital, more than 20 patients passed away who were aged 62 and up. These deaths surged in comparison to previous months and although most were written off as old age, hospital rumors began to spread. This and a discrepancy in the inventory of a muscle relaxer onsite caused an investigation to launch. What was discovered was an unsettling fact that there was a serial killer amongst the staff. Join us as we dive into this story. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickie_Dawn_Jackson https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/angel-of-death/ https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/jackson-vickie-dawn.htm https://www.inquisitr.com/10012685/the-angel-of-death-the-nurse-who-killed-her-own-patients https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-18-na-nurse18-story.html https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/17/texas.nurse.deaths/ https://www.grunge.com/711910/the-most-infamous-serial-killer-nurses/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

In West Virginia, where coal mining was once a main source of income to entire communities, sits the remnants of one such community. The Whipple Company Store was the center of this particular coal camp and nowadays, this sole building remains, telling the history and possibly hosting many spirits who were quite familiar with this place for more than a century. Sources: http://whipplecompanystore.com/storiesfromwhipple.php https://newrivergorgecvb.com/west-virginias-coal-mining-past-the-whipple-company-store/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_Company_Store https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/whipple-company-store https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/whipple-wv/ https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/whipple_news_only.htm https://www.fayettetribune.com/news/local_news/whipple-company-store-west-virginia-s-coal-heritage-comes-alive/article_a40154c9-0257-5a5e-8667-0b9338aedbf3.html https://visitwv.com/article/hauntings/ https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2013/11/esau-scrip-and-the-shoe-room.html https://www.wvnstv.com/news/west-virginia-news/fayette-county/old-coal-mining-hub-continues-to-be-haunted-by-ghosts/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

It was New Year's Eve in the French Quarter when Josh Woodruff was there celebrating with friends. They just rang in the year 2016 and thought that year would be the best yet. Unfortunately, only roughly 3 hours later, Josh's young life would be cut short. There are unfortunately more questions than answers left when it comes to the events of that early morning but join us as well tell you what we do know and any theories on why this tragedy may have occurred.  Sources: https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_9daa5e6b-f8ec-5810-844d-a919839d160c.amp.html https://www.wdsu.com/amp/article/case-of-ivy-league-graduate-killed-in-new-orleans-5-years-ago-remains-unsolved/35104567 https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/mother-of-omaha-man-dragged-to-death-in-new-orleans-help-me-find-my-sons/article_8c9c3038-c271-11e8-a9be-43f744d272a5.amp.html https://www.boywithaball.com/stories/remembering-josh https://crimesbyholly.medium.com/unsolved-the-hit-and-run-murder-of-joshua-woodruff-8b43c6df4661 https://wgno.com/news/local/harvard-grad-killed-in-horrific-hit-and-run-in-new-orleans/ https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/new-years-eve-hit-and-run-death-remains-unsolved-four-years-later/289-312e05f1-bc58-4efc-a483-842296f6c477 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

Holidays are spent celebrating with friends, family and a variety of loved ones. Attacks during those celebrations are always extra horrific because it should be a time of reflection, peace and happiness, especially the holidays in December. Today we discuss one of those horrific attacks in New York in recent years. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsey_Hanukkah_stabbing#:~:text=On%20Saturday%20night%2C%20December%2028%2C%202019%2C%20the%20seventh,party%20was%20underway%2C%20and%20began%20stabbing%20the%20guests https://www.dkfindout.com/us/more-find-out/festivals-and-holidays/hanukkah/#! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hebrew_Israelites#Extremist_fringe https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/02/us/monsey-new-york-hanukkah-stabbings/index.html https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/monsey-hanukkah-stabbing-victim-josef-neumann-dies-three-months-after-attack/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/29/us/new-york-stabbing-rabbi-home/index.html https://news.yahoo.com/grafton-thomas-found-unfit-stand-210206780.html https://www.dkfindout.com/us/more-find-out/festivals-and-holidays/hanukkah/#! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hebrew_Israelites#Extremist_fringe https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/02/us/monsey-new-york-hanukkah-stabbings/index.html https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/monsey-hanukkah-stabbing-victim-josef-neumann-dies-three-months-after-attack/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/29/us/new-york-stabbing-rabbi-home/index.html https://news.yahoo.com/grafton-thomas-found-unfit-stand-210206780.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

December 22, 1981, 19-year-old Rhonda Hinson left her first company Christmas party and she would never make it home that evening, or ever again. Rhonda would be found in a ditch, her body near her car, which was only roughly a half of a mile from her home, with a single gunshot wound. To this day, this case remains unsolved but there are LOTS of unanswered questions, which includes Rhonda’s peculiar behavior leading up to that night and the many potential witness sightings. Sources: https://unsolved.com/gallery/rhonda-hinson/ https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/detectives-investigate-new-information-40-year-old-cold-case-burke-county-sheriff-says/FOTAXL7STZCLHBLBLTOKTE4G3I/?outputType=amp https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Rhonda_Hinson https://morganton.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/40-years-later-detectives-running-down-new-data-in-hinson-slaying/article_b8294a86-6365-11ec-880f-636c467e0de5.html http://www.burkesheriff.org/hinson.htm https://www.frontpagedetectives.com/p/nc-rhonda-hinson-murder-unsolved-case-investigation --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support

In the state of Arkansas in 1987, something horrific happened in the Simmons family home at Christmas time. I’d like to say that the Simmons family was a typical All-American family, and they may have started that way, but there were definitely issues within the walls of that home. Today, we will discuss these events that unraveled and how this tragedy became known as the worst family massacre in the history of the United States. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Gene_Simmons https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1987-12-31-0170160123-story.html https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/01/01/Arkansas-daughters-letters-reveal-unhappy-home-life/5655568011600/ https://apnews.com/article/6c5ee3b239d03ca1b0302e14795ed02c https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/12/30/Ronald-Gene-Simmons-accused-of-the-worst-family-mass/7268567838800/ https://wickedwe.com/ronald-gene-simmons/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/ronald-gene-simmons --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tacosandtekillyapodcast/support