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Ordinary people who do unthinkable things...The Minds of Madness is a True Crime Podcast that examines the most disturbing criminal minds and the impact violent crimes have on survivors of homicide.
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Episode 136 - Plenty Of Catfish

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08/14/22 • 50 min

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A Scottish mother and daughter uncovered a horrifying conspiracy within the pharmaceutical industry A drug company literally being paid to kill the participants in a clinical stem cell trial and the government was in on the cover-up. But because of an ironclad confidentiality clause, participants and their families couldn’t tell ANYONE ANYTHING without facing a 20-year prison sentence.
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Special Thanks:
Dr. Meghan Sacks
Dr. Amy Shlosberg
https://womenandcrimepodcast.com
Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:
Scottish Daily Mail #1
Scottish Daily Mail #2
Herald Scotland #1
Herald Scotland #2
Herald Scotland #3
Herald Scotland #4
Herald Scotland #5
Herald Scotland #6
Herald Scotland #7
Daily Record UK #1
Daily Record UK #2
Daily Record UK #3
Express UK
The Times
RawNewsNow Court Sentencing Remarks Video
Glasgow Times #1
Glasgow Times #2
Daily Mail
BBC
The Sunday Post
The Scottish Sun
Irish Mirror
Paisley Daily Express #1
Paisley Daily Express #2
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08/14/22 • 50 min

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Episode 121 - Part 2/2 - Alive But Still Not Free

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01/24/22 • 54 min

After Nicole Addimando fatally shot her partner in what she claimed was self-defense, she was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. At her trial the details surrounding her history of abuse were excluded, essentially removing the context for what happened the night of the shooting from the jury.
As much as this case examines the darker side of the judicial system it also highlights human strength and the immense power of friendship, love, and compassion - the unstoppable force behind a group of women who have fought fiercely to bring not only Nikki’s truth to light but the injustice all criminalized survivors of intimate partner violence face.
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HOW TO HELP NIKKI
1. SIGN THE PETITION Click Here
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2. CONTRIBUTE TO FAMILY TRUST Click Here
Your donation will go directly to the Addimando Family Trust, which supports the current and future needs of Nikki and her children, now 9 and nearly 7.
To find out more go to:
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For Support:
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
https://www.thehotline.org

Music Credit:
“You were the safety” by JOLENE
Produced by Aaron Krause
Mastered by Wil Reeves
Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:
https://gen.medium.com/nikki-had-proof-shed-been-abused-but-was-it-enough-for-self-defense-bd9f196396eb
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/domesticviolencesentence.pdf
https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2020/2020-ny-slip-op-20048.html
https://westandwithnikki.com/
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/2021/11/on-september-28-2017-nikki-addimando-fatally-shot-her-boyfriend-christopher-grover-there-is-significant-evidence-that-chri.html
https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/04/04/addimando-trial-no-evidence-abuse-forensic-psychologist-says/3362640002
https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/04/04/addimando-trial-no-evidence-abuse-forensic-psychologist-says/3362640002/
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1550&context=ulj
https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article35.php
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01/24/22 • 54 min

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Episode 125 - Gorgeous Grey-Haired Widower

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03/13/22 • 38 min

In June 2011, UK author Helen Bailey began writing a blog after the death of her husband as a way to deal with her grief and to provide comfort and a voice to the bereaved.
She openly chronicled her journey following her loss - the ins and outs, the highs and lows, and eventually revealed that things were, indeed, getting better for her - she’d met someone: a man she called “The Gorgeous Grey-Haired Widower.”
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How to connect:
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Editing:
Justin Hellstrom
Sources:
Death of an Author - Hilary Nettleton
When Bad Things Happen in Good Bikinis - Helen Bailey
Diane Stewart Obituary
Daily Mail #1
Daily Mail #2
Daily Mail #3
Daily Mail #4
Daily Mail #5
Daily Mail #6
Plainsmenpost #1
Plainsmenpost #2
BBC
Helen Bailey Wiki
Crown Sentencing Remarks
Diane 911 Call
ITV
What The Killer Did Next Documentary
Trial Testimony Twitter Thread
Cambridge News
Murdered by My Fiance Documentary
Helen Missing Persons Phone Call
Evening Standard
The Times
Express
The Sun
Huffington Post
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03/13/22 • 38 min

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Episode 93 - Cari Farver

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01/04/21 • 48 min

In 2012, David Kroupa was working as a mechanic and enjoying life as a bachelor when his life was suddenly turned upside down after a few visits to a dating website.
David had no idea he’d become the deadly obsession of a woman with predatory focus unwilling to let anything stand in her way.
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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/
Research & Writing:
Ashton Morrow

Script Editing:
Rose Keefe

Special Thanks:
Samii Taylor

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu0uc1KZTNs
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2020/12/01/lansing-podcaster-discuss-nebraska-murder-abcs-20-20/6475263002/
http://charleyproject.org/case/cari-lea-farver
https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/cari-farver/
https://omaha.com/news/crime/prosecution-defendant-confessed-to-killing-in-emails-she-sent-while-posing-as-another-woman/article_eaccc905-8843-5ffe-80f0-1729ae4c6640.html
https://omaha.com/news/crime/harassing-messages-from-person-claiming-to-be-missing-woman-kept-coming-for-years-man-testifies/article_fa772a86-05c9-5f3c-998d-832ee64c416c.html
https://newsfortomorrow.com/index.php/2019/08/04/how-investigators-used-technology-to-solve-the-mysterious-disappearance-murder-of-a-macedonia-woman-crime/
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/woman-jailed-for-murdering-love-rival-and-assuming-victims-identity-in-four-year-stalking-campaign/news-story/f4e8bda4f0deda4c76cbc8da50ae7636
https://kearneyhub.com/news/state/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-in-bizarre-case-of-woman-who-posed-as-romantic-rival-after/article_ce39913e-e4fe-11e8-b0ec-5f51cd7e3668.html
https://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20201127_050000_Dateline
https://www.sodeadpodcast.com/podcasts/ep52?fbclid=IwAR0FFnkoO-WKlHRky-6yr5HgPKu59-L7EEccmO5wFsKjStegyDqgTa92qQo
https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/closing-arguments-delivered-in-shanna-golyar-trial
https://abcnews.go.com/US/horrific-stalking-case-jealous-lovers-cover-murder/story?id=74431142
https://omaha.com/news/crime/prosecution-defendant-confessed-to-killing-in-emails-she-sen...
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01/04/21 • 48 min

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Episode 19 – The Las Vegas Shooting

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03/08/18 • 46 min

On October 1, 2017, a man named Stephen Paddock began to open fire on a crowd of people attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas. He fired over 1100 rounds from his his Mandalay Bay hotel room, killing 58 people, and injuring another 546. It was a night that not only devastated the city of Las Vegas, it was a horrific act of violence that made headlines around the world.
How to support:
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Music Credits:
David Hilowitz - Dark Science Sarin - Ocean Burn
Kai Engel - Better Way
The Pangolins - Beneath Dark Clouds
Sarin - Darker Lakes III Glacial
Kevin McLeod - Road to Hell
Sergey Cheremisinov – Fog
Blue Dot Sessions - La Costilla
Blue Dot Sessions – Invernen
Sergey Cheremisinov - Night Snowfall
All music is used under an Attribution License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Jon Foreman - The Cure for Pain jonforeman.com
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/
Research & Writing - Laura Urquart
Special Guest:
Douglas MacGregor
https://www.facebook.com/DouglasMacGregorandAssociates @macgregor_assoc
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/us/marilou-danley-stephen-paddock.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/03/new-details-emerge-about-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-and-girlfriend-marilou-danley/
https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/us/las-vegas-stephen-paddock-deposition/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/20/las-vegas-shooting-police-report-gunman-motive-mystery-stephen-paddock
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03/08/18 • 46 min

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Episode 128 - The Black Widow

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04/24/22 • 40 min

The courtyard of an elementary school is probably the last place on earth you'd expect someone to attempt hiring a hitman. Not for a mom in Southern Australia in 2001.
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How to connect:
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Special Thanks:
Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D
Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:
Dead By Friday, Derek Pedley (2012)
Contract Killers: Who Killed Carolyn Matthews?
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Daily Mail
NZ Herald
True Crime Library
The Adelaide Advertiser
The Adelaide Advertiser #2
ABC.net.au
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04/24/22 • 40 min

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Episode 83 - Sophie Lionnet

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08/16/20 • 34 min

Sophie Lionnet had dreamed of becoming a nanny and was excited when an opportunity presented itself working for a glamorous and upscale family living in England. However, the innocent young girl couldn’t see the ominous horror creeping just beneath the surface. In fact, no one could.
How to support:
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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/
Research & Writing:
Ashton Morrow

Special Thanks:
Hayley Lopez

Featured Podcast:
History That Doesn't Suck historythatdoesntsuck.com
Sources:
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-05-24/nanny-verdict-sophie-lionnet-ripe-for-exploitation-by-abusive-employers-court-told/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE_ixZ8_-AE&t=382s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4UqSuKgdgA&t=110s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE_ixZ8_-AE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5PTgzYs_XI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_0mCQm8Is
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/24/couple-found-guilty-killing-french-nanny-obsession-ex-boyzone/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/french-au-pair-murder-sophie-lionnet-london-home-southfields-burned-body-garden-family-tensions-a7965706.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6388137/boyzone-mark-walton-haunted-murder-nanny-sophie-lionnet-ex-sabrina-kouider/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/26/london-couple-who-murdered-nanny-get-life-sentences
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-44613725
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/25/a-london-couples-shared-psychosis-led-to-the-torture-and-death-of-french-au-pair/
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08/16/20 • 34 min

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Episode 78 - The Whitaker Family

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06/08/20 • 50 min

December 2003 was a special time for Kent and Tricia Whitaker. Their sons had returned home from University for the holidays, and they were happy to have the whole family back together again. Little did the Whitakers know it would be the last fond memory the family of 4 would share.
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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/
Research & Writing:
Christine Penhale
https://thetruecrimefiles.com/
Special Thanks:
Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D

Featured Podcast:
Bloody Murder - http://bloodymurderpodcast.com/
Sources:
“Works of Justice: An Interview With Writing for Justice Fellow Thomas Bartlett Whitaker.” Pen America, April 19, 2019.
https://pen.org/works-of-justice-thomas-bartlett-whitaker-interview/
“Texas Man Targeted by a Hitman Fights for the Life of the Person Who Ordered the Murder – His Son.” 48 Hours, January 5, 2019.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bart-whitaker-sugar-land-texas-murders-father-fights-to-save-son-from-execution/
“Writing for Justice Fellowship 2018-2019.” Pen America, 2018/2019.
https://pen.org/writing-justice-2018-2019/
"Meet the father who forgave his son for murdering his family."
https://www.mamamia.com.au/bart-whitaker-inside-story/
“Clemency Rare for Death Row Convicts in Texas.” ABC 13 Eyewitness News, February 22, 2018.
http://abc13.com/politics/clemency-rare-for-death-row-convicts-in-texas/3114938
“Crime Watch - Murder in the Family ('I Wanted Them Dead').” 2020, 2018.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ft0ik
“Gov. Commutes Death Sentence for Man Convicted of Masterminding Murder of Mother, Brother.” CBC News, February 22, 2018.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bart-whitaker-execution-reprieve-greg-abbott/
“Governor Abbott Commutes Death Sentence Of Thomas Bartlett Whitaker.” Office of the Texas Governor, February 22, 2018.
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-commutes-death-sentence-of-thomas-bartlett-whitaker
“Request for Commutation of Death Sentence to a Lesser Penalty.” Document Cloud, January 10, 2018.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4346607/Whitaker-Clemency.pdf
“Man Condemned in Family Murder Plot Loses High Court Appeal.” U.S. News, October 10, 2017.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-10-10/man-condemned-for-family-murder-plot-loses-high-court-appeal
“Bart Whitaker on the Stand.” YouTube: IamWhoWeR Mulhall, June 19, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejDLuUFvJLc
“Thomas Bartlett Whitaker, Petitioner – Appellant v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent – A Appellee.” ...
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06/08/20 • 50 min

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Episode 85 - Melinda Pleskovic

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09/13/20 • 36 min

As an adult, Melinda Pleskovic still proudly considered her birthplace, Strongsville, Ohio home, which is why once she got married, she felt it was the perfect place to raise a family. But in the midst of some of her happiest moments living in Strongsville, she would unknowingly invite someone into her home, who would ultimately betray her entire family in the most gruesome way.
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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/
Research & Writing:
Ashton Morrow

Featured Podcast:
The Swediana Project - The Jennings 8 - https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-swediana-project

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btW7lWhpaBU
https://popculture.com/trending/news/jeffrey-scullin-murder-mother-in-law-ohio/
https://www.cleveland19.com/2018/10/29/sentencing-set-man-convicted-killing-strongsville-teacher/
https://konniemoments.com/2017/11/01/ohio-man-jeffrey-scullin-accused-of-shooting-stabbing-future-mother-in-law-in-her-home-melinda-pleskovic-was-buried-same-day-killer-should-have-wed-her-daughter/
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/what-to-know-ahead-of-accused-strongsville-killer-jeffrey-scullins-murder-trial/95-604931850
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGc5ZmqxsI
https://apnews.com/90d1b10b2e7548949f295fb9ead26685
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJg1ao4gDqM
https://www.thepostnewspapers.com/strongsville/local_news/man-who-killed-strongsville-teacher-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/article_219dd4ab-10e5-5286-ab1e-eb7cfd973b6d.html
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2018/10/manipulative-strongsville-man-gets-life-in-prison-for-brutal-killing-of-fiancees-mother-popular-teacher.html
https://www.news-herald.com/news/ohio/strongsville-teacher-stabbing-suspect-linked-by-knife-documents-say/article_c1e3be4e-df35-5774-9849-838477e3c7fc.html
https://www.thepostnewspapers.com/brunswick/local_news/daughters-fiance-arrested-in-teachers-murder/article_0b0330cf-06f0-5f4f-8804-cb05c9345077.html
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/friends-say-jeffrey-scullin-is-a-big-hearted-guy-not-a-murderer/487830797
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09/13/20 • 36 min

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Episode 137 - The Brass Ring

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08/27/22 • 64 min

In 1989, Collier Landry was 11 years old, living with his parents in Mansfield, Ohio.
His father was a highly respected physician, his mother Noreen Boyle was a full-time caregiver, raising and doting on her son and his adopted sister Elizabeth.
From the outside looking in, the Boyles seemed like the perfect family. But everything wasn’t as it seemed.
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Special Thanks:
Collier Landry
https://www.collierlandry.com

Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Sources:
A Murder in Mansfield (Documentary by Collier Landry)
Jack’s Habeus Corpus writ
Jack appeal 2020
Timeline
Forensic files
My True Crime Story
News-Journal (June 29)
News Journal (June 30)
News Journal (June 26)
News Journal (June 09)
News Journal (June 03)
News Journal (Feb 04)
News Journal (June 15)
Akron Beacon Journal (1995)
2000 appeal
1994 appeal
Forensic Files Now
Forensic Files Now - Moving Past Murder
News Journal (25 Years Later)
News Journal (1983)
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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories currently has 226 episodes available.

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