96. Jake Bird: Tacoma, Washington Murders of Bertha and Beverly Kludt

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12/27/21 • 22 min

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Jake Bird worked on railroads and took the train everywhere he went. In Tacoma, Washington, Jake was sneaking around the streets and came across an axe in the backyard of Bertha Kludt’s home. What was supposed to be a so-called “easy” robbery turned into major bloodshed...
Later, Jake put a hex on anyone who had a hand in his trial and were not on his side. A handful of those people died within a year or so.
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SOURCES:
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-bird-5/?PHONE_NUMBER_GROUP=P
http://tacomawanews.com/tacoma-news-stories-by-tami-jackson/haunted-tacoma-news/jake-bird-tacoma-ax-and-hex-murderer.html
http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/jake_bird_hex/
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https://www.ranker.com/list/jake-bird-hex-facts/jessika-gilbert
https://www.historylink.org/File/7973
https://www.historylink.org/File/7971
https://siouxcityjournal.com/jake-bird/image_f7158bd1-06da-52b6-86be-0c26cb8abc3b.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bird-jake.htm
http://www.southsoundtalk.com/2016/03/31/jake-bird-tacoma/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Bird
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95. Karla Faye Tucker and Danny Garrett: The Pickaxe Murders of Jerry Dean and Deborah Thornton

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Karla Faye quit school as a little girl and went on the road with her mom. They were rock and roll band groupies and sex workers. After her mother passed away due to abusing drugs, she started to live life on the wild side with bikers and party heavily in her early 20s. Her friend Shawn, estranged wife to a biker named Jerry Dean, introduced Karla to Danny Garrett. They spent days doing hardcore drugs and alcohol. They went to burglarize Jerry Dean but Karla’s anger over a past situation, plus being drugged up, took over her and the robbery quickly turned into a double homicide.
This episode contains audio from various videos found on YouTube.
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SOURCES:
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/tucker437.htm
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1054982/chilling-true-story-of-female-killer-who-reached-orgasm-as-she-butchered-her-victims-with-a-pickaxe/
https://www.mysanantonio.com/video/article/1998-Woman-executed-for-grisly-Houston-murders-6803822.php
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/karla.html
http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/03/tucker/
https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/tucker-karla.htm
https://allthatsinteresting.com/karla-faye-tucker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Faye_Tucker
https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/21/larry.king.tucker/
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pickax-slayer-put-death-smile-prayer-leth-article-1.798969
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/frompost/dec98/woman9.htm
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-02-04-9802040061-story.html
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97. Sunshine Wood: MMIWG from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Sunshine April Hilda Wood was last seen at the St. Regis Hotel, holding the door for two young men right before midnight on the 20th of February, 2004. There have been no reported sightings of her since. Someone has to know something about her disappearance.
If you have information regarding Sunshine Wood, please contact any of the following:
Winnipeg Police Service: Missing Persons Unit at (204) 986-6250; [email protected]
Reference Case#: 040039437
Project DEVOTE: 1-204-984-6396; 1 888-673-3316
Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or online at https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/tips
*Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping*
Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at:
[email protected]
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SOURCES:
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/sunshine-april-hilda-wood
http://www.justicefornativewomen.com/2016/02/sunshine-wood-missing-from-manitoba.html
https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Sunny_Wood
https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2012020073&id=1&lang=en
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/j9j19k/sunshine_april_hilda_wood_disappeared_age_16/
https://missingkids.ca/en/missing-children-database/73
http://myriverside.sd43.bc.ca/shyaanm2019/2021/04/04/indigenous-podcast-sunshine-woods/
https://safertomorrow.weebly.com/sunshine-wood.html
https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/local-news/ten-years-on-still-missing-gods-river-teens-dwayne-ross-and-sunshine-wood-4275138
https://www.indianz.com/News/2005/006624.asp
https://www.indianz.com/News/2004/005798.asp
http://www.turtleisland.org/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=2480
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