Mini-Cast Lost Girls Update: Let the Games Begin, Spota & McParland

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09/27/21 • 18 min

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In the Lost Girls trilogy, we learned how the Suffolk County police department on Long Island struggled to investigation the Long Island serial killer case, falling victim to internal scandal and administrative hijinks by the top echelon of law enforcement. Arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of the former police chief, district attorney and anti-corruption bureau chief (seriously, I KNOW) in 2016 and 2019 followed. However, former DA Thomas Spot and former bureau chief Christopher McParland were not sentenced—until three years later in August 2021, a three-year delay! GET the UPDATE on these ONGOING cases as Jill fills you in on the latest, that makes your blood boil!

Sourcing for this story is found on Jill’s blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com

Sourcing for this story is found on Jill’s blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com

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Episode 29 Trace Evidence 2nd Cast Monsters are a Trial

Part 3: The trial of serial killer Roger Reece Kibbe begins, with trace evidence on trial as well and much riding on the testimony of a shaky key witness. Karma comes around for the Roger Kibbe, as Jill updates the Kibbe case, leading to several other homicide investigations. And as in done in 2ndCast, Jill pulls the threads alluded to in the story, that of the poisoned beauty queen and others murdered by serial killer, David Allen Rundle, that spilled into the I-5 investigation. Brace yourself, monsters abound in this episode!

Source material, wine and appetizer suggestions can be found on the Murder Shelf Book Club blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, August 2021.

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Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

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Episode 30: The Potato Masher Murder, by Gary Sosniecki, Pt 1, A Dinner of Embers

Part 1: September 25, 1906, Mishawaka, Indiana, brought a shocking truth; horrified family and neighbors learned that 30-year-old Cecilia Ludwig had been murdered by her husband, Albin Ludwig, and in the most gruesome manner. Who was Cecilia? What drove Albin? How had the marriage deteriorated? Who played a role? Would the prosecution find evidence enough to convict him with early 20th century technology? Join Jill in this deep dive on a family tragedy, hushed up for a century. Written by author, Gary Sosniecki, the great-grandson of victim, Cecilia Henderson Hornburg Ludwig.

This episode explores domestic violence and issues of suicide and may not be suitable for everyone.

Resources, snack and drink information, and source material for The Potato Masher Murder, death at the hands of a jealous husband trilogy is available at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Dec 2021.

~FOR SOME BIZARRE UNKNOWN REASON, EP 32 is located between Episodes 87 and 88. No idea! LOL! ~

ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!

Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!

Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.