Shockingly Wicked: A True Crime Podcast

When a group of students from a rural college in Guerrero, Mexico, attempted to find transportation to a protest, their arrival in nearby Iguala was not received well. Confronted by police, students and civilians were fired upon, killing 6 and injuring 25. Most egregious of all, 43 students were forcibly disappeared with hardly a trace in what is likely a case of state-sanctioned violence and collusion between the police and a local cartel. Join us today as Briana goes through the twists and turns of this unsolved case.

Sources we used for this episode:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayotzinapa_Rural_Teachers%27_College
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Iguala_mass_kidnapping
• https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/10/this-is-what-happened-to-the-43-missing-students-from-ayotzinapa/
• https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/former-ayotzinapa-suspect-says-feds-offered-4mn/
• https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/independent-group-of-experts-to-continue-investigating-ayotzinapa/
• https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pegasus-project/grieving-parents-of-murdered-mexican-students-on-list-of-suspected-targets-of-military-grade-israeli-spyware
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/9/27/ayotzinapa-43-four-years-on-renewed-hope-for-finding-truth
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/main-suspect-case-mexico-s-missing-43-students-absolved-attorneys-n1049631
• https://www.runningforayotzinapa43.com/
• https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-finally-know-how-43-ayotzinapa-students-on-a-bus-vanished-into-thin-air
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57498250
• https://www.wola.org/analysis/ayotzinapa-seventh-anniversary/
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/americas/mexico-missing-students-six-years-later-intl/index.html
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexican-president-confirms-witness-implicated-soldiers-kidnapping-43-college-students-n1255298
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/dna-identifies-second-mexican-student-43-disappeared-ayotzinapa
• https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/9/26/case-of-43-ayotzinapa-missing-students-unresolved-five-years-on
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/world/americas/Ayotzinapa-mexico-students-anniversary.html
• https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/04/ayotzinapa-anniversary-amlo-mexico-impunity-security-forced-disappearance-justice/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/parents-of-missing-mexico-students-want-answers-6-years-on/2020/09/24/b7c5ec06-febd-11ea-b0e4-350e4e60cc91_story.html
• https://www.animalpolitico.com/2020/11/...

On June 28th, 1980, 18-year-old Gina Renee Hall went on a night out and was never seen again. The last person to see her alive was Stephen Epperly, a 28-year-old former football player from Virginia Tech. Evidence of foul play emerged in the days following her disappearance, but no body was ever found. In an unprecedented move, Commonwealth Attorney Everett Shockley charged Epperly with first-degree murder. Join Briana and Brittany as they walk you through the details of the case that led to a landmark decision for the state of Virginia.

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Sources we used for this episode:

• “Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial” by Ron Peterson Jr.
• https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1982/810626-1.html
• https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/epperly-stephen.htm
• https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/05/17/the-only-way-he-should-ever-leave-prison-is-in-a-pine-box-offical-pleads-to-keep-stephen-epperly-incarcerated/
• https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/gina-hall-murder-case-pulaski-co-prosecutor-opposes-parole-for-epperly/article_dcd72a6c-a153-11eb-90e4-bb107af9416c.html
• https://www.facebook.com/2182181272046951/posts/on-this-day-in-1978-stephen-epperly-graduated-from-virginia-tech-he-had-been-cha/2277188295879581/
• https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1991/rt9103/910301/03010437.htm
• https://www.wdbj7.com/2020/07/13/40-years-later-some-of-gina-halls-remains-found-in-pulaski-county/

In the third episode of Shockingly Wicked, we're bringing the cases closer to home. On August 3rd, 2013, 17-year-old Alexis Murphy disappeared without a trace. Briana leads us through the details of this disturbing case that happened in a nearby town in central Virginia.

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Sources we used for this episode:

• https://www.facebook.com/Findalexismurphy/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Alexis_Murphy
• http://helpsavethenextgirl.com/advocacy/alexis-murphy/
• https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/02/10/alexis-murphy-remains-missing-as-her-convicted-killer-appeals-for-deal/?fbclid=IwAR0J4t6xq7VdOsvUZJI7AMYnYdVFO6-t96lr9q6dyQH3nQ4Hne5lHG-XmwY
• https://popculturecrime.medium.com/the-abduction-murder-of-alexis-tiara-murphy-66a69b601c57
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160303055116/http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/day-2-alexis-murphys-mother-testifies-in-randy-taylor-trial/25773594
• http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/state/tests-find-no-dna-link-between-jesse-matthew-and-alexis/article_d68cf996-a5a8-11e4-9ade-0bfaac181d6f.html
• https://newsadvance.com/news/local/randy-taylor-gets-two-life-terms-in-alexis-murphy-murder/article_0f70c472-12a1-11e4-8573-0017a43b2370.html
• https://wset.com/news/local/killer-leads-investigators-to-alexis-murphys-body-despite-no-deal-for-shorter-sentence
• https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Story-of-teen-is-helping-to-save-the-next-girl-428593503.html?fbclid=IwAR21pKsZLFSVMfGwiqE5KAezQrKjJOkJYt1HE-EL30-5GGdXJehjltJ5uSg
• https://richmond.com/news/virginia/article_0ce64b0c-d21c-11e3-b129-0017a43b2370.html
• https://newsadvance.com/nelson_county_times/news/five-years-after-alexis-murphys-disappearance-community-and-family-remember-her-life/article_600de820-2191-5840-9fb1-b72cfd54dcaf.html
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alexis-murphy-missing_n_3750520
• https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/alexis-murphy-body-slain-teen-found-7-years-after-disappearance-6-years-after-killer-convicted/UTMOWX6BBBA45GOBGUO27V4PZ4/
• https://newsadvance.com/news/local/alexis-murphy-case-randy-taylors-appeal-denied/article_c084c6ae-f7df-11e4-8aa0-e79e258a76cf.html#tracking-source=article-related-bottom

In the Spring of 2005, 18-year-old Natalee Holloway was on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in the Caribbean. Early on the morning of May 30th, 2005, Natalee vanished without a trace. Her remains have never been found. Join Briana and Brittany as they explore a case filled with twists, turns, and unexpected roadblocks.

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Sources we used for this episode:

• https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/natalee-ann-holloway
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Natalee_Holloway
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080424074524/http://www.courttv.com/news/2005/0606/aruba_ap.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080423140126/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186017,00.html
• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/01/natalee200601
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160323092744/http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/2689196.html
• https://www.eonline.com/news/1273898/the-whole-natalee-holloway-story-may-never-be-known-inside-a-journey-of-frustration-and-acceptance
• https://www.biography.com/news/natalle-holloway-murder-timeline
• https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/natalee-holloway-resource-center/
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-natalee-holloway-tv-series-lawsuit-20180207-story.html#nt=outfit&nt=feed-flex-feature
• https://abcnews.go.com/International/natalee-holloways-mother-15-year-journey-find-happened/story?id=67135633
  

Welcome back to the second (and hopefully last) part of the H. H. Holmes saga. This week, Briana and Brittany discuss the rest of the victims and talk more in depth about his downfall and the psychology around America's First Serial Killer.

A big thank you to this week's sponsor:

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Sources we used for this episode:

• "The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America" by Erik Larson
• "Holmes: A serial killer in his own words" by Herman Mudgett, H. H. Holmes, and Matt Lake
• https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/
• https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/h-h-holmes-29982.php
• http://hhholmes.blogs.plymouth.edu/category/early-life/
• https://sites.google.com/site/thelifeofhhholmes/background-information
• https://www.ranker.com/list/hh-holmes-origin-story/hannah-gilham
• http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/locating-h-h-holmes-murder-castle-fort-worth-tx/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
• https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/married-to-murderer-h-w-mudgett/
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145229694/lucy-theodate-moss
• https://www.thecriminalcode.com/index.php/2016/06/10/h-h-holmes-profile/
• https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/dlc/batch_dlc_havanese_ver01/data/sn83045462/00280655041/1896012201/0266.pdf
• https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/dlc/batch_dlc_havanese_ver01/data/sn83045462/00280655028/1895110401/0642.pdf
• https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/khi/batch_khi_jennison_ver01/data/sn82014635/00280760523/1895073101/0192.pdf
• https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/dlc/batch_dlc_kaiser_ver01/data/sn83030214/00175038942/1896050801/0142.pdf
• https://vtdigger.org/2015/11/01/bygone-vermont-19th-century-serial-killer-hid-in-burlington/
• https://windycityghosts.com/the-story-of-h-h-holmes-part-1-the-devil-in-me/
• https://www.vamonde.com/posts/siegel,-cooper--co/334
• https://www.biography.com/news/hh-holmes-victims
• https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/american-ripper-dna-reveals-identity-of-body-found-in-hh-holmes-grave/23038/
• https://mysteriouschicago.com/new-master-list-of-hh-holmes-victims/