Crimes and Consequences - EP127: The Ant Hill Kids

EP127: The Ant Hill Kids

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03/14/22 • 79 min

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In the late 1970s, in Quebec, Canada, a group of young people were looking to find meaning and purpose in their lives. They found that meaning and purpose after meeting a charismatic man named Roch Theriault. Roch was a devoted follower of the Seventh Day Adventist religion, and soon this group of young people decided to cut ties with all of their friends and family, and follow Rock into the wilderness of Quebec to form a new society and way of life from scratch. They soon came to believe that Roch spoke to God and everything he did was as a result of his conversations with God--even when it came to viciously punishing them, or eventually when Roch did things where members ended up dead.
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Sources:
1) "Savage Messiah" by Paul Kaihla and Ross Laver
2) Roch Theriault's Murderpedia Page
3) CVLT Nation: The Ant Hill Kids: Break Your Legs With a Sledgehammer or Go to Hell
4) The Peterborough Examiner: Behind the Crimes: Murder, mutilation, abuse part of life at Ant Hill Kids commune
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EP126: The Burnt House Farm

In 2003, Brian Waters and another man were sadistically tortured for hours in the cowshed of the Burnt House Farm in England. Brian's adult children were forced to watch as a group of men thought up inhumane ways to brutalize their father. One of them, Christopher Guest More, Jr., was a former television researcher who had worked undercover for the BBC only months earlier. Eventually, police arrested five men for the murder, but Christopher managed to evade justice for 16 years, living under an assumed name. During that time, he lived in a mansion on the island of Malta, captained a yacht for the wealthy, drove luxury cars, and even worked with the Moroccan Royal family. How did someone responsible for one of England's most savage murders get away with it for so long? Warning: this case is wickedly gruesome.
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Sources:
1) DailyMail article: "Christopher Guest More Convicted of Torture/Murder of Brian Waters"
2) Otis Matthews Appeal: "Regina vs. Matthews"
3) Sentencing Remarks of Sir Peter Openshaw: "Regina vs. Christopher Guest More, Jr."
4) Warrington Guardian Article: "Undercover TV Researcher Sentenced in Torture/Murder of Brian Waters"
5) Northwich Guardian Article: "999 call that alerted authorities to Burnt House Farm murder and tortures"
6) Youtube Video: "The Killer Who Evaded Capture For 16 Years By Switching Identity - Christopher Guest More, Jr."
7) The Sun Article: "''ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING' Torture chamber and weapons pictured after Christopher Guest More Jr jailed for murdering dad after four-hours of hell"

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EP128: The Neighbor From Hell

Lois Pearson was a very simple woman who lived alone in her Weatherford, Texas home. She spent most of her time tending to her garden and reading the bible. But in 2011, her whole life changed when her former neighbor, Jeffrey Maxwell, abducted her from her driveway. He had spent weeks plotting the kidnapping, even handcrafting torture devices and mechanisms to use on her. As police looked deeper into the background of Jeffrey they uncovered a connection between him and two other missing women. Listen to this episode to learn more about the murderous ways of Jeffrey Allan Maxwell.
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Sources:
1) Article from DMagazine: Lois Pearson Fights Back
2) The Doe Network: Martha Martinez Maxwell Missing Person's Profile
3) The Charley Project: Amelia Martinez Smith Missing Person's Profile
4) The Charley Project: Marth Martinez Maxwell Profile
5) MyLifeofCrime.com: Monsters Among Us - Jeffery Allan Maxwell