EP93: Disciples of Destruction

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07/19/21 • 42 min

When Kimberly Cates went to bed the evening of September 4, 2009, she had no idea that she would be startled awake later that night and attacked in her bed with her 11-year-old daughter next to her. Kimberly was murdered during a random home invasion by members of the Disciples of Destruction, a “brotherhood” of some high school friends that decided they would raise some hell and terrorize the residents of the little rural town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. Listen to this week’s episode to find out more about this little town’s most heinous murder.
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Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/spader-steven.htm
Steven Spader’s Murderpedia page
https://www.bostonherald.com/2009/10/11/haunting-pasts-led-four-to-violence/
“Haunting past leads four to violence” by Jessica Fargen for The Boston Herald
https://www.courts.state.nh.us/caseinfo/pdf/mtvernon/gribble/2010/feb/Gribble-Indictment-Conspiracy-to-Commit-Murder.pdf
Christopher Gribble’s Indictment by the State of New Hampshire
https://www.courts.state.nh.us/caseinfo/pdf/mtvernon/spader/2010/feb/Spader-Indictment-Attempted-Murder.pdf
Steven Spader’s Indictment by the State of New Hampshire
https://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/local-news/2013/07/31/new-documents-about-murderer-steven-spader-8217s-sentencing-show-a-family-struggling-to-control-a-teenager-8217s-actions/
“New documents about murderer Steven Spader’s sentence show a family struggling to control a teenager’s actions” by Staff for The Telegraph
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna39895053
“Witness: NH man wanted to kill, eat victims” by Lynne Tuohy for NBC News
https://www.necn.com/news/local/_necn__school_apologizes_for_including_students_charged_with_murder_in_yearbook_necn/61994/
“School Apologizes for Including Students Charged with Murder in Yearbook” by Alysha Palumbo for NECN
https://www.wmur.com/article/parole-granted-for-man-convicted-in-connection-with-mont-vernon-killing/8615648
“Parole granted for man convicted in connection with Mont Vernon killing” by Andy Hershberger for WMUR9
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/04/04/nh-home-invasion-accomplices-face-decades-in-prison/
“NH Home Invasion Accomplices Sentences to Decades in Prison” by Lynn Tuohy for Associated Press for WBZ CBS Boston

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EP92: A Dance with Demons

Leslie Allen Williams is a serial killer responsible for the murders of four teenage girls in Michigan in the 90s. Two of his victims were sisters,16-year-old Michelle and 14-year-old Melissa Urbin. The teens were kidnapped while walking together along a country road near their home one afternoon. After raping and murdering the sisters, Leslie buried them in a single, shallow grave in a nearby cemetery. Later, Leslie attacked 35-year-old Carla Walters after she rebuked his grossly inappropriate sexual advances while she was placing flowers on her mother's grave. Witnesses at the cemetery watch as Leslie dragged Carla off to the side, beat and raped her. Their quick thinking saved Carla's life, but by then Leslie Williams had already raped and murdered not only the Urbin sisters but 18-year-old Kami Villanueva and 15-year-old Cyndi Jones. Listen to this episode to learn about Leslie's decades-long sexual predation of teenage girls and his inner dance with demons.
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Sources: Court Records of Leslie Allen Williams

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EP94: Inside the Hollow Tree

In November of 2010, police entered the Ohio home Tina Herrmann shared with her boyfriend Greg and her two children, 13-year-old Sarah and 11-year-old Kody. All of the residents of the house were missing, in addition to Tina's best friend, Stephanie Sprang. Evidence inside the home indicated a brutal slaughter had taken place there; however, neither of the missing people nor their bodies could be found. Shoeprints from 13-year-old Sarah were found leading to a car missing in the garage. If Sarah made it out alive, she was now in the clutches of a monster who had a 24-hour head start on them. Listen to this week's episode to learn the bizarre and heartbreaking case of "Inside The Hollow Tree."
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Sources:
1) "The Girl in the Leaves" by Robert Scott, Sarah Maynard, and Larry Maynard
2) Court Records
3) Dispatch.com - "What was in the home and mind of the killer Matthew Hoffman?"