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Crime and Compulsion Podcast

Crime and Compulsion Podcast

Ben & Karen

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Crime & Compulsion is a Serial Killer/True Crime podcast started by husband and wife team Ben & Karen. Join them bi-weekly as they delve into the minds and heinous acts of serial killers and other true crimes, locally and world-wide. If you have a passion for true crime, this is the podcast for you.
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Episode 30: The Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel - Part 2
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08/25/21 • 85 min

Join us as we discuss the disappearance (and possible murder) of 17 year old Brittanee Drexel. She was last see on April 25th, 2009 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Brittanee's mother told her she couldn't go, so Brittanee said she was spending the weekend with friends in Rochester, New York. Within days of her arrival, Brittanee had vanished into thin air.
Sources:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11137427/#:~:text=Persistent%20hyperplastic%20primary%20vitreous%20(PHPV,unilaterally%20without%20associated%20systemic%20findings
https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/brittanee-drexel/
https://kiwireport.com/shocking-details-emerge-abducted-teens-whereabouts/
https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/12883955/bond-set-at-70000-for-attempted-abduction-suspect/
https://13wham.com/news/top-stories/fbi-brittanee-drexel-held-against-her-will-killed-in-south-carolina
https://www.postandcourier.com/georgetown/crime/fbi-confirms-leads-in-brittanee-drexel-case-led-them-to-georgetown-county/article_638bf90a-84c5-5ec5-ab20-8f08f42f2783.html
https://www.postandcourier.com/archives/police-reconsider-ties-between-brittanee-drexel-case-crimes-targeting-other-women/article_0b77604c-ae6a-550b-b905-1640fb47b928.html
https://www.postandcourier.com/archives/police-reconsider-ties-between-brittanee-drexel-case-crimes-targeting-other-women/article_0b77604c-ae6a-550b-b905-1640fb47b928.html
https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/crime/article229581499.html
https://abcnews4.com/news/local/timothy-taylors-mom-stop-associating-him-with-missing-teen-brittanee-drexel
https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2018/03/02/timothy-dashaun-taylor-needs-your-help/
https://13wham.com/news/local/exclusive-pi-who-investigated-brittanee-drexels-disappearance-revisits-the-case
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Episode 33: Rod Ferrell – The Wendorf Family Murders - Part 2
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09/19/21 • 42 min

Rod Ferrell was the misunderstood leader of a vampire clan in Murray, Kentucky. Heather Wendorf was yet another misunderstood teenager living in Florida who befriended Rod. When she began complaining about her family, Rod decided to rescue her and leave Murray behind, once and for all. But somewhere along the way, the plan to start over in New Orleans changed to murder.
Sources
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/02/18/witness-cult-head-molested-as-a-boy/
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-02-06-9702051380-story.html
https://www.oxygen.com/deadly-cults/how-rod-ferrell-vampire-clan-went-from-teen-blood-rituals-to-killing-parents
https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20191201/mother-of-vampire-cult-killer-ive-changed?fbclid=IwAR2-vRGEWn94IWKoSrO0YpBTHjqACSxRwN1L7-4CSnMR7yr2bfG9BZzDxFQ
https://www.tourmurray.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray,_Kentucky
https://books.google.com/books?id=PQJlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=where+did+dana+cooper+live+rod+ferrell&source=bl&ots=V7-Cxk7ymn&sig=ACfU3U1sJIdXlaihMt604s7ILDougr7UoQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihqOvD5PDyAhXOSjABHYLHD8cQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=where%20did%20dana%20cooper%20live%20rod%20ferrell&f=false
https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20191023/florida-vampire-cult-leader-to-be-examined-by-psychologist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Ferrell
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2006-12-17-wendorf17-story.html
https://www.angelfire.com/oh/yodaspage4/confession.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989822872/supreme-court-rejects-restrictions-on-life-without-parole-for-juveniles
Ana Luisa Link: https://shop.analuisa.com/crime
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Episode 39: Dr. Linda Hazzard & The Starvation Heights Murders - Part 4
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11/09/21 • 26 min

In 1911 English sisters Claire and Dora Williamson began consulting a Seattle fasting specialist named "Dr." Linda Burfield Hazzard. The sisters found themselves caught in a web of manipulation and lies. Join us as as we discuss the Starvation Heights sanitarium, and the woman who many consider Washington's first female serial killer.
Sources:
https://badgut.org/information-centre/a-z-digestive-topics/enemas/
https://www.historylink.org/File/7955
https://forgottenminnesota.com/forgotten-minnesota/2018/07/starvation-doctor-quack-healer-serial-killer
Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Reverie True Crime Takeover: The Doodler: Serial Killer Sketch Artist
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08/31/21 • 24 min

This is about the mysterious serial killer, only known as The Doodler or The Black Doodler and the victims. His victims were mainly found at Ocean Beach in California. Most of his victims were men from out of town that he would meet at gay nightclubs and bars. He would flirt with them and sketch their picture on a cocktail napkin. Afterwards, they’d leave the bar or nightclub. The men that had been sketched had the expectations of sex. However, that is not what the Doodler had in mind at all.
There were three survivors that are known of but since they didn’t want to reveal they were gay by testifying on the stand, there were never charges pressed on the suspect the police highly believed was the serial killer.
Website: https://ReverieTrueCrime.wixsite.com/podcast
Brand new merch: https://reverie-true-crime-podcast.creator-spring.com
Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/ReverieTrueCrime
Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/ReverieTrueCrime
Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/ReverieCrimePod
Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/ReverieTrueCrime
Tumblr: https://reverietruecrime.tumblr.com
Contact: [email protected]
SOURCES:
www.newspapers.com
https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/1974/06/24/jae-stevens_san-francisco-california-usa_1fbe8eb1
https://www.wattpad.com/564119197-true-crime-the-black-doodler
https://www.horrorgalore.com/true-story/doodler-gays-serial-killer
https://questersite.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/doodled-to-death-the-victims/
https://globaltimesng.com/2021/04/04/shocking-story-of-the-doodler-a-serial-killer-who-drew-victims-on-cocktail-napkins-before-murdering-them/
https://www.tori.ng/news/166891/shocking-story-of-the-doodler-a-serial-killer-who.html
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/doodler-age-progression-photo-sfpd-13594549.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodler
https://www.theawl.com/2014/12/the-untold-story-of-the-doodler-murders/
https://vimeo.com/315741602
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/the-doodler-serial-killer-cold-case-unsolved-13014008.php
https://abcnews.go.com/US/details-released-unsolved-doodler-serial-killer-case-1970s/story?id=60882384
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9393079/Killer-Doodler-drew-pictures-victims-murdering-alive.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/02/07/police-relaunch-search-doodler-serial-killer-who-sketched-his-victims-first/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112513652/gerald-earl-cavanaugh
https://beckyisasleep.wordpress.com/2020/12/28/serial-killer-th...
Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Episode 29: The Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel - Part 1
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08/18/21 • 63 min

Join us as we discuss the disappearance (and possible murder) of 17 year old Brittanee Drexel. She was last see on April 25th, 2009 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Brittanee's mother told her she couldn't go, so Brittanee said she was spending the weekend with friends in Rochester, New York. Within days of her arrival, Brittanee had vanished into thin air.
Sources:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11137427/#:~:text=Persistent%20hyperplastic%20primary%20vitreous%20(PHPV,unilaterally%20without%20associated%20systemic%20findings
https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/brittanee-drexel/
https://kiwireport.com/shocking-details-emerge-abducted-teens-whereabouts/
https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/12883955/bond-set-at-70000-for-attempted-abduction-suspect/
https://13wham.com/news/top-stories/fbi-brittanee-drexel-held-against-her-will-killed-in-south-carolina
https://www.postandcourier.com/georgetown/crime/fbi-confirms-leads-in-brittanee-drexel-case-led-them-to-georgetown-county/article_638bf90a-84c5-5ec5-ab20-8f08f42f2783.html
https://www.postandcourier.com/archives/police-reconsider-ties-between-brittanee-drexel-case-crimes-targeting-other-women/article_0b77604c-ae6a-550b-b905-1640fb47b928.html
https://www.postandcourier.com/archives/police-reconsider-ties-between-brittanee-drexel-case-crimes-targeting-other-women/article_0b77604c-ae6a-550b-b905-1640fb47b928.html
https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/crime/article229581499.html
https://abcnews4.com/news/local/timothy-taylors-mom-stop-associating-him-with-missing-teen-brittanee-drexel
https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2018/03/02/timothy-dashaun-taylor-needs-your-help/
https://13wham.com/news/local/exclusive-pi-who-investigated-brittanee-drexels-disappearance-revisits-the-case
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Episode 27: The Murder of Lauren Giddings - Part 1
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08/02/21 • 59 min

27-year-old Lauren Giddings had her entire life ahead of her and all that was standing between her and her lifelong dream of a career in law was the Georgia Bar Exam. Phone calls and text messages went unanswered for several days, and Lauren’s friends and family began to worry. Law enforcement believes Lauren’s killer was a serial killer in the making, and he came close to getting away with her murder. Join us as we discuss Lauren’s case and how an unimportant trash collection screw up would end up being the beginning of the end for Lauren’s killer.
Promo: Ratchet Book Club
Sources:
https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/lauren-giddings
https://wgxa.tv/news/local/the-girl-next-door-lauren-giddings-family-remembers-her-10-years-after-brutal-murder
https://www.biography.com/media-figure/nancy-grace
https://www.macon.com/news/special-reports/lauren-giddings-murder/article28612954.html
https://www.macon.com/news/special-reports/lauren-giddings-murder/article30133392.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_xb_JnXGeI
https://abovethelaw.com/2014/04/you-are-the-devil-law-grad-pleads-guilty-to-dismembering-classmate/
https://abovethelaw.com/2012/04/a-creepy-new-claim-about-stephen-mcdaniel-in-lauren-giddings-murder-case/?rf=1
https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/giddings-killer-questions-former-attorney-in-hearing-for-potential-new-trial/93-585079729
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/laurel/ph-ho-cf-ll-mcdaniel-sentencing-20140421-story.html
https://www.kslaw.com/
Make a gift to the Lauren Teresa Giddings Scholarship Fund at https://give.agnesscott.edu/ltg
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Episode 32: Rod Ferrell – The Wendorf Family Murders - Part 1
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09/13/21 • 61 min

Rod Ferrell was the misunderstood leader of a vampire clan in Murray, Kentucky. Heather Wendorf was yet another misunderstood teenager living in Florida who befriended Rod. When she began complaining about her family, Rod decided to rescue her and leave Murray behind, once and for all. But somewhere along the way, the plan to start over in New Orleans changed to murder.
Sources
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/02/18/witness-cult-head-molested-as-a-boy/
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-02-06-9702051380-story.html
https://www.oxygen.com/deadly-cults/how-rod-ferrell-vampire-clan-went-from-teen-blood-rituals-to-killing-parents
https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20191201/mother-of-vampire-cult-killer-ive-changed?fbclid=IwAR2-vRGEWn94IWKoSrO0YpBTHjqACSxRwN1L7-4CSnMR7yr2bfG9BZzDxFQ
https://www.tourmurray.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray,_Kentucky
https://books.google.com/books?id=PQJlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=where+did+dana+cooper+live+rod+ferrell&source=bl&ots=V7-Cxk7ymn&sig=ACfU3U1sJIdXlaihMt604s7ILDougr7UoQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihqOvD5PDyAhXOSjABHYLHD8cQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=where%20did%20dana%20cooper%20live%20rod%20ferrell&f=false
https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20191023/florida-vampire-cult-leader-to-be-examined-by-psychologist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Ferrell
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2006-12-17-wendorf17-story.html
https://www.angelfire.com/oh/yodaspage4/confession.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989822872/supreme-court-rejects-restrictions-on-life-without-parole-for-juveniles
Ana Luisa Link: https://shop.analuisa.com/crime
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Episode 37: The Disappearance of Daniel Robinson - Part 2
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10/20/21 • 45 min

Missing persons website for Daniel Robinson: https://pleasehelpfinddaniel.com/
South Carolina native Daniel Robinson was last seen leaving a job site in Buckeye, Arizona near Sun Valley Parkway and Cactus Road on June 23, 2021 around 9:15 am and reported missing later that day. Daniel's father has spent months in Arizona, organizing searches - against a police department that simply isn't taking the disappearance seriously.
Sources:
A special thank you to Daniel Robinson II.
https://pleasehelpfinddaniel.com/
https://conandaily.com/2021/09/22/daniel-robinson-biography-13-things-about-geologist-from-columbia-south-carolina/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/daniel-robinson-missing-geologist-latest-b1925786.html
https://www.insider.com/daniel-robinson-missing-timeline-arizona-2021-9
https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/missing-24-year-old-was-rebuffed-by-woman-shortly-before-his-disappearance/
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/families-missing-black-people/index.html
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - Episode 34: Dr. Linda Hazzard & The Starvation Heights Murders - Part 1
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09/27/21 • 74 min

In 1911 English sisters Claire and Dora Williamson began consulting a Seattle fasting specialist named "Dr." Linda Burfield Hazzard. The sisters found themselves caught in a web of manipulation and lies. Join us as as we discuss the Starvation Heights sanitarium, and the woman who many consider Washington's first female serial killer.
Sources:
https://badgut.org/information-centre/a-z-digestive-topics/enemas/
https://www.historylink.org/File/7955
https://forgottenminnesota.com/forgotten-minnesota/2018/07/starvation-doctor-quack-healer-serial-killer
Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen
Ana Luisa Link: https://shop.analuisa.com/crime
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast - The Jury Room Takeover: Richard Ramirez- The Night Stalker
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04/26/21 • 85 min

The Jury Room Links:
https://linktr.ee/juryroompodcast
Forms: General case suggestion Missing Person Episode Feedback Q & A Form Promo's Shinythingspodcast https://twitter.com/shinythingspod1 Happy Horror Time https://twitter.com/HappyHorrorTime Wine Dine and Storytime Podcast https://twitter.com/WDStoryTime The Insanely Dangerous Retro Podshow https://twitter.com/TIDRPodshow ----more---- Guest Life Paranormal with V https://anchor.fm/vanessa-noriega https://twitter.com/VLifeParanormal ----more---- Sources
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/los-angeles-mobattacks-night-stalker
https://www.distractify.com/p/richard-ramirez-childhood
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crimescene/richard-ramirez-aka-the-night-stalker-was-the-reallifemonster-who-worshipped-satan-and-mercilessly-slaughtered-peoplein-their-beds/news-story/52620c83a5b5ea013c9163b6e0ae024e
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/was-a-bad-childhood-to-blamefor-night-stalker-richard-ramirez-becoming-a-serial-killer
https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/ramirez-richard.htm
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/this-day-in-crime/28june/the-night-stalker-rapes-and-kills-first-victim-jennievincow-79
https://books.google.com/books?id=7A9sA72EmUYC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&%20dq=jennie+vincow&source=bl&ots=BTMNu_Cw6emsig=ACfU3U1gqdPuBlATQp%203FHSY90syN6S82Xg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjj_uai9avuAhWVJTQIHWqMCYA%20Q6AEwFnoECBYQAg#v=onepage&q=jennie%20vincow&f=false
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3495688/Night-Stalkers-9-year-old-victim-raped-stabbed-strangled-sacrificialslaying.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/13/the-night-stalker-the-hunt-for-a-serial-killer-review-netflix-richard-ramirez
https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a35048990/richard-ramirezwife-doreen-lioy/
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Crime and Compulsion Podcast currently has 57 episodes available.

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