Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast

Two murders. Two sisters. One mind.
Journey with me back to the 1930s to examine one of the most grotesque and brutal double slayings in the history of France. This is not for the faint-hearted, because true crime just got even bloodier.
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Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap
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Credits:
Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash
French song at the beginning: Jess
Sources:
Budanovic, Nikola, “The Papin Sisters and the murder case that still haunts France after more than 80 years,”, 2017, TheVintageNews, https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/12/the-papin-sisters-and-the-murder-case-that-still-haunts-france-after-more-than-80-years/
Silent Twins: Without My Shadow, YouTube Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98WtP1qC61s
Strange Matters podcast, 2019, https://www.strangematterspodcast.com/the-papin-sisters/

The American frontier could be a perilous place, but most stout-hearted travellers were expecting nothing worse than tumbleweed, rattlesnakes and boredom on their long ride. When people started to go missing in the Osage area, suspicion fell on a family who were not all that they seemed. A local legend says red corn grows on the prairie to this day as the very land is saturated with the blood of their innocent victims, so join me as we investigate one of the greatest puzzles of the Old West.
Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:
Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap
Email: [email protected]
Credits:
Research, writing, original Benders Song, narration and audio arrangement by Prash
Character Voices: Natasha and Ben
Sources:
Cappello, Nile; “The Bloody Benders: America’s First Family of Serial Killers”, August 2019
https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/
Geary, Rick; “A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium II”, 2015, NBM Publishing Inc, New York
Kansas Historical Society; “The Bender Knife”, December 2006, Kansapedia
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106
Martin, Michelle M; “Dinner with Death: Kate Bender, Murder and Mayhem on the Kansas Prairie”, August 2019
https://nursingclio.org/2019/08/15/dinner-with-death-kate-bender-murder-and-mayhem-on-the-kansas-prairie/
Rivenes, Erik; “The Bloody Benders”, June 2016, Most Notorious Podcast
“The Bloody Benders, America’s First Serial Killer Family”, January 2018
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53672/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killers

Last time, in the first part of this double episode, I told the story of the disguise-wearing, letter-writing serial killer operating in California’s Bay Area in 1968 and 69, who christened himself Zodiac. His choice of victim changed, as did his MO, so how do you catch a killer whose only motive is achieving infamy and mocking the police? Join me for Part 2, where we’ll analyse the killer’s behaviour and review some of the popular suspects and theories, and we’ll hear from Zodiac expert Michael Butterfield. It’s a case that’s now over 50 years old, so will the killer ever be named?
Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:
Website: www.prashganendran.com
Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap
Email: [email protected]
Credits:
Special thanks to Zodiac writer and consultant Michael Butterfield http://zodiackillerfacts.com/ who kindly took time out of his busy schedule to contribute to the making of this episode. Please check out his podcast Zodiac A To Z https://zodiacatoz.podbean.com/
Starring the amazing voice acting talents of Ben (The Zodiac, Brian Hartnell and police officer), Mariah (Nancy Slover, Kirsty Martire and disclaimer), Steven (Mike Mageau) and Alan Smith (Rick Marshall, Richard Gaikowski)
Sources:
Arntfield, Michael, May 2018, “The preferred jobs of serial killers and psychopaths”, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/the-preferred-jobs-of-serial-killers-and-psychopaths-96173
Bauer, Craig P, 2018, “The Zodiac Ciphers: What We Know”, History.com https://www.history.com/news/the-zodiac-ciphers-what-we-know
Butterfield, Michael,Zodiac Killer Facts website http://www.zodiackillerfacts.com/case.htm
Calhoun, Bob, 2018, “Yesterday’s Crimes: The Zodiac Killer’s First Known Victims Died 50 Years Ago”, SF Weekly, https://www.sfweekly.com/news/yesterdays-crimes-news/yesterdays-crimes-the-zodiac-killers-first-known-victim-died-50-years-ago/
Gaikowski/Zodiac Connection/Timeline, TapaTalk forum, https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/zodiackillerfr/gaikowski-zodiac-connection-timeline-t2742.html
Graysmith, Robert, 2007, “Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Elusive Serial Killer”, Titan Books
Grinell, Richard, Zodiac Ciphers website https://www.zodiacciphers.com/
Heidelberg, April 2018, “Can estimates from forensic handwriting experts be trusted in court?”, Springer, https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/research-news/all-english-research-news/can-estimates-from-forensic-handwriting-experts-be-trusted-in-court-/15635428
Martire, K, Growns, B & Navarro, D, April 2018, “What do the experts know? Calibration, precision and the wisdom of crowds among forensic handwriting experts,” Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25, 2346-2355
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-018-1448-3
Officer Down Memorial Page for Eric A Zelms, https://www.odmp.org/officer/14665-officer-eric-a-zelms
Schillemat, Brandon, 2012, “Has the code of the Zodiac Killer been cracked?”, Neighbor News, Patch, https://patch.com/california/fostercity/has-the-code-of-the-zodiac-killer-been-cracked
“Understanding the Birthday Paradox”, BetterExplained.com
https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/
Voigt, Tom, Zodiac Killer website http://www.zodiackiller.com/index2.html
Voigt, Tom, YouTube Channel, “Handwriting Expert Sherwood Morrill discusses The Zodiac Killer”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPtxcvRQko
Was Donald Gene Harden the Zodiac Killer Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/pg/Was-Donald-Gene-Harden-the-Zodiac-Killer-189393988058502/posts/
Wayback Machine Web Archive, Coroner’s Report of Paul Lee Stine,
https://web.archive.org/web/20070327182656/http://www.thezodiacmansonconnection.com/autop_stine_1.html
Wayback Machine Web Archive, New Realities Video, Richard Gaikowski’s website
https://web.archive.org/web/20010411015131/http:/www.slip.net/~richgaik/index.html
Zodiac film, 2007 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/
Zodiac Killer Fandom page, “Ross Sullivan”, https://zodiackiller.fandom.com/wiki/Ross_Sullivan
ZodiacKillerIdentified YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Zeppelin196818/videos
ZodiacKillerVideos YouTube channel, “Lake Herman Road – The Funeral of David Faraday”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwPMg8XfOck
Zodiac Killer Wiki https://zodiackiller.fandom.com/wiki/Zodiac_Killer_Wiki
Zodiologists.com, 2009, “The Riverside Desktop Poem,”
http://www.zodiologists.com/riverside_desktop_poem_introduction.html

Most murderers try to hide their crimes. But this one wrote a book about it. Join me on a journey to Poland as we learn about the strange case of the failed intellectual, businessman and novelist who brutally killed his ex-wife’s lover in a jealous rage. He thought he was smarter than the police. But he was wrong.
Recommended Podcast: Morbidology, check out https://morbidology.com/morbidology-podcast/
Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:
Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap
Email: [email protected]
Credits:
Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash
Voice Acting by “Strange Voice” and Aria. Disclaimer read by Mariah.
Sources
Casefile Podcast, “Case 36 – Amok”, https://casefilepodcast.com/case-36-amok/
CrimeTimeTV, “The Novel Killer”, 2014, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQXgx0JXec4
“Krystian Bala”, Murderpedia, https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bala-krystian.htm
“Krystian Bala”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystian_Bala
Purvis, Andrew, 2007, “Polish Murder Stranger Than Fiction”, Time, http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659460,00.html
Struzinska, Katarzyna, 2020, “The Murderer as Writer, Storyteller and Protagonist: The Case of Krystian Bala”, International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11196-020-09685-x#Sec6

Murder mystery novels would have you believe that crimes only happen in dark, dreary places in the dead of night, but today we’re examining the tragic killing of a young girl in broad daylight on a sunny August afternoon in 1867. How did this happen in such a small, quiet town?
Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:
Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap
Email: [email protected]
Sources:
Bondeson, Jan; “Victorian Murders”, 2017, Amberley Publishing
Hoskins, John; Southern Daily Echo, “Brutal Slaying of Sweet Fanny Adams”, 7th February 2008
Journal of the Hampshire Genealogical Society, Volume XII, No. 4, February 1986
Mukerji, Jenny: “Who was Sweet Fanny Adams?” Hampshire Genealogical Society website
https://www.hgs-familyhistory.com