The Hate Crimes of Alexander Giannakakis
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09/27/22 • 49 min
Christine opens up the episode with a new segment. Each week, we will be briefly reporting on a recent missing child case, as we all feel that it is important to spread awareness for cases that may not be getting the recognition they deserve.
During the main segment this week, Kate tackles a couple of different hate crimes relating to the arsons of several Jewish-affiliated buildings. She also goes over some very interesting aspects of how hate crimes are charged and categorized. If someone commits a hate crime, is it also a hate crime if a person covers for them?
Rachael (who is Jewish) leads an important discussion on acts of anti-semitism that she and others have faced.
Sources:
1) https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/massachusetts-man-indicted-obstructing-investigation-fires-jewish-affiliated-institutions2) https://www.masslive.com/boston/2022/02/alexander-giannakakis-arrested-in-sweden-accused-of-misleading-authorities-in-massachusetts-investigating-2019-fires-set-at-jewish-institutions.html3) https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/bja/162304.pdf4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime#United_States5) https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crime-statistics
Christine opens up the episode with a new segment. Each week, we will be briefly reporting on a recent missing child case, as we all feel that it is important to spread awareness for cases that may not be getting the recognition they deserve.
During the main segment this week, Kate tackles a couple of different hate crimes relating to the arsons of several Jewish-affiliated buildings. She also goes over some very interesting aspects of how hate crimes are charged and categorized. If someone commits a hate crime, is it also a hate crime if a person covers for them?
Rachael (who is Jewish) leads an important discussion on acts of anti-semitism that she and others have faced.
Sources:
1) https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/massachusetts-man-indicted-obstructing-investigation-fires-jewish-affiliated-institutions2) https://www.masslive.com/boston/2022/02/alexander-giannakakis-arrested-in-sweden-accused-of-misleading-authorities-in-massachusetts-investigating-2019-fires-set-at-jewish-institutions.html3) https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/bja/162304.pdf4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime#United_States5) https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crime-statistics
Previous Episode
Marise Ann Chiverella: 57-Year-Old Cold Case SOLVED
Marise was only 9 years old when she was brutally murdered in Hazleton, Pennsylvania in 1964. Despite being found the same day that she disappeared, Marise's murder was unsolved for FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS. Just this year, in 2022, her killer was found through DNA testing. This is the fourth oldest cold case to be solved using genetic genealogy in the United States and the oldest in the state of Pennsylvania.
Sources:
1) https://www.timesleader.com/news/1539205/who-was-james-paul-forte-suspected-killer-left-few-clues
2) https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/this-is-marises-story-family-investigators-share-emotions-as-hazleton-cold-case-is-solved/523-77ac08cf-0923-43d1-9ab3-a35d3b3bd98a
3) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-monday-edition-1.6350961/how-a-genealogist-helped-solve-the-murder-of-a-girl-from-nearly-60-years-ago-1.6350962
4) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/1964-murder-of-marise-ann-chiverella-solved-pennsylvania-authorities-say
5) https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/us/hazleton-pennsylvania-cold-case-solved-trnd/index.html
6) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/14/marise-chiverella-cold-case-pennsylvania/
7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazleton,_Pennsylvania
8) https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/picture-gallery/opinion/2022/02/24/two-towns-two-murders/6837615001/
9) https://genwhypod.com/blogs/the-generation-why-podcast-blog/killer-of-1964-child-murderer-identified-the-marise-chiverella-case
10) https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/woman-recalls-forte-he-wouldnt-leave-it-marise-chiverella-hazleton-cold-case/523-169b9f9a-58f7-4076-9cf9-d431aacc7c1a
Next Episode
The Peculiar Death of Colonel Philip Shue
54-year old Colonel Philip Shue left to go to work on the morning of April 16, 2003. He left an hour earlier than usual, at 5:30AM, in order to get a jumpstart on some paperwork. He made his wife, Tracy, coffee, kissed her, and said “I love you”. The next report of Shue is from two witnesses who saw him driving his vehicle on the highway, going around 60mph. After swerving from one lane to another, his car eventually hit a tree. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they noticed several oddities about this particular accident. First, Shue's shirt is ripped from his chest to his navel. Shue’s nipples were cut off. There was an almost 6-inch slash on his chest, and he was missing part of his finger. Shue also had duct tape around both of his arms and ankles.
The case was determined to be a suicide.
Listen to this week's episode in order to find out why, for many people, this case is still unsolved.
Sources:
1) https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/BCME_autopsy.pdf
2) https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/first_warning_note.pdf
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0itSpglLimo
4) https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/psychological_autopsy.pdf
5)https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?ID=155997&cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person
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