Crack House Chronicles

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the Tylenol murders which were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims had all taken Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-tylenol-murders/ https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale drop in and discuss Lavinia Fisher who was an American criminal who, according to urban legends, was the first female serial killer in the United States of America. She was married to John Fisher, and both were convicted of highway robbery—a capital offense at the time—not murder. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia_Fisher https://www.legendsofamerica.com/sc-laviniafisher/ https://murderpedia.org/female.F/f/fisher-lavinia.htm  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the disappearance of Kurt Newton. Kurt was last seen at the remote Natanis Point Campground in Chain of Ponds, Maine, six miles from the Canadian border, on September 1, 1975. He was camping with his parents, his older sister and three other families from their hometown of Manchester, Maine. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://charleyproject.org/case/kurt-ronald-newton https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/kurt-newton-disappearance/ https://www.maryhallbergmedia.com/post/missing-for-46-years-the-case-of-kurt-newton  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss Brian James Dugan who is a convicted rapist and serial killer who was active between 1983 and 1985 in Chicago's western suburbs. He was known for having informally confessed in 1985 to the 1983 abduction, rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville, Illinois, which was a highly publicized case. He was already in custody for two other rape/murders, one of an adult woman in 1984 and the other a female child in 1985. He was sentenced to life after pleading guilty to the latter two crimes. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dugan https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dugan-brian-james.htm https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-brian-dugan-serial-killer-interview-met-20141212-story.ht

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Marleen Warren. On Saturday May 26, 1990, Marlene was finishing breakfast with her son and his friends when she heard a knock on their front door. Marleen wasn’t expecting anyone but answered the door anyway. She was greeted by someone wearing a clown costume and white face paint, clutching a flower arrangement and foil balloons. She was delighted at the cheerful sight. Then, suddenly, everything changed. Moments later the clown pulled out a gun, aimed it at her face, and pulled the trigger. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/marlene-warren http://www.feloniousflorida.com/killing-clown-part-one.html http://www.feloniousflorida.com/killing-clown-part-two.html  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Gary Lee Grant, Jr.  On January 12, 1984. Atlantic City, New Jersey. Seven-year old Gary Grant Jr. leaves his home after telling his mother he is meeting someone for an appointment. Two days later, Gary’s body is discovered in a vacant lot after he has been bludgeoned to death with a pipe. Thanks to Robin Warder from The Trail Went Cold Podcast who covered this case in Episode 55 for answering a few questions. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://www.trailwentcold.com/2018/01/17/the-trail-went-cold-episode-55-gary-grant-jr/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Gary_Grant_Jr.  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the shocking murder of Candace Hiltz. Candace was a seventeen year old single mother, a junior at Brigham Young University and a newly accepted student to be at Stanford Law School. She dreamed of becoming a Supreme Court Justice. The investigation was shoddy from the beginning: The crime scene wasn’t protected and sealed, evidence was left behind and the prime suspect was Candace’s brother, James. After he was apprehended, he was charged with for breaking into a home and stealing some items, but not the murder of his sister. Over the next ten years, no new leads were developed nor evidence discovered. The Hiltz family and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a rather public exchange of contradictory statements. Candace’s autopsy showed she had been shot by two to three different weapons and at least two assailants as several shots were projected into her front and back simultaneously.  https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check

August 2, 1993, marked a horrific day for small town Savona, New York, when local teenager Eric Smith murdered a 4-year-old boy, Derrick Robie, who lived across town. Early that morning, Smith, 13, had spotted the child walking alone to a summer camp at the park. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-smith-murderer-parole-derrick-robie/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Smith_(murderer) https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/smith-eric-m.htm  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the disappearance of Brian Shaffer who went missing on the night of March 31, 2006, Shaffer went out with friends to celebrate the beginning of spring break; later he was separated from them and they assumed he had gone home. However, a security camera near the entrance to The Ugly Tuna Saloona bar recorded him briefly talking to two women just before 2 a.m., April 1, and then apparently re-entering the bar without any evidence of him leaving the area. Shaffer has not been seen or heard from since. The case has received national media attention. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brian_Shaffer https://allthatsinteresting.com/brian-shaffer https://charleyproject.org/case/brian-randa

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale deliver an extra large murder case.  Mitchell Sims and Ruby Carolyn Padgett, both from West Columbia, South Carolina, declared war on Sims’ former employer, Domino’s Pizza, where Sims had been a manager, in December 1985. Their violence spanned the entire continental United States – from South Carolina to California.   https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2019/10/ruby-carolyn-padgett-serial-killer.html https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sims-mitchell-carlton.htm  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale are joined again my Laura Riste (pronounced Rist E) and we are discussing David Clayton Warner who was last seen in Jefferson City, Tennessee on March 2, 1983. That day, he said he was going to a church function up the street from his home. He did go to the church, but did not go inside. Instead, he went to Druther's Restaurant for a hamburger, which was free because David had gotten an A on his report card. After eating, David went to a friend's home and they watched TV until 7:00 pm. David said he was going home then, to his house about 30 yards away. He has never been heard from again. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://charleyproject.org/case/david-clayton-warner https://soapboxie.com/government/Missing-David-Clayton-Warner

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale take a ride in the murder mobile and discuss William Devin Howell - The Sick Ripper who is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven women in 2003. He is of the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Devin_Howell https://jeancampbell-25104.medium.com/the-sick-ripper-of-connecticut-e86fb879bb28 https://portal.ct.gov/DCJ/Archives/Archived/William-Devin-Howell-Pleads-Guilty-to-Serial-Murders  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the disappearance of Thelma Pauline Melton (Polly) who was hiking on Deep Creek Trail in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park with two friends on September 25, 1981. She was last seen shortly after 4:00 p.m. that day, when Melton suddenly sped up her pace and walked ahead of her companions. They saw her walk over a hill on the trail and out of their view and was never seen again. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://charleyproject.org/case/thelma-pauline-melton https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/483dftn.html https://unsolvedappalachia.org/thelma-pauline-melton/  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the 1999 shooting of a young and pregnant Cherica Adams who has forever been etched into the memories of North Carolina’s residents. The investigation led to one of the most high-profile trials in the country, with a National Football League star Rae Carruth at the center of it all. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer reporter. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carruth/id1438370053 https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carruth/id1438370053  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss Patrick Tracy Burris, also know as "Big Country", was an American spree killer responsible for at least five known murders in Cherokee County, South Carolina in 2009. He had known ties to Lincoln, Gaston and Cleveland County NC. Over a span of six days, he shot and killed five people. His final known victim died of her injuries in the hospital on July 4, 2009. On July 6, 2009, police shot and killed Burris during a shootout in Dallas, North Carolina. His gun was matched by ballistics tests to the bullets used in the murders. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill. Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/burris-patrick.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Tracy_Burris https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2009/07/08/serial-killer-became

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale interview Laura Riste from www.canadiangurl77.com who has researched Trenny Lynn Gibson since 2003. Trenny Gibson accompanied 40 of her classmates from Knoxville, Tennessee on a field trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park on October 8, 1976. The students were hiking to Andrews Bald on the trip and separated into small groups when they arrived at the trails. Trenny apparently hiked with several different sections of her classmates at different paces during the day. She was last seen at approximately 3:00 p.m. near Clingman's Dome, walking on a moderately steep trail with sharp drop-offs and dense undergrowth on both sides. Extensive searches of the park continued until the end of October 1976, but Trenny has never been located. She was a sophomore at Bearden High School at the time of her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved. NOTE FROM LAURA RISTE - If anyone knew Robert Otis Gibson, Jr. 1958 - 2000 and could tell her a little bit about h

In this Part 2 episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale finish the discussion of Susan Smith who was found guilty of killing her two young sons in order to continue a relationship with a man. Susan had a troubled childhood, which was plagued with suicide attempts and traumatizing events. Her father committed suicide when she was 6 years old. She was also sexually abused by her stepfather. Her marriage, too, was a rocky affair. She separated from her husband and got back repeatedly. She soon became a mother of two children and raised them as a single mother, with her husband mostly being absent. One night in October 1994, she called up the police and said that a black man had stolen her car, with both her sons inside it. Later, investigations revealed the horrific truth that she had rolled her car into a nearby lake, drowning both her sons. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss Susan Smith who was found guilty of killing her two young sons in order to continue a relationship with a man. Susan had a troubled childhood, which was plagued with suicide attempts and traumatizing events. Her father committed suicide when she was 6 years old. She was also sexually abused by her stepfather. Her marriage, too, was a rocky affair. She separated from her husband and got back repeatedly. She soon became a mother of two children and raised them as a single mother, with her husband mostly being absent. One night in October 1994, she called up the police and said that a black man had stolen her car, with both her sons inside it. Later, investigations revealed the horrific truth that she had rolled her car into a nearby lake, drowning both her sons. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC,

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles we give the fans a special look inside the Crack House from its humble beginnings to where we are today. We also discuss past episodes and updates on cases we've covered.  Special thanks to all of our fans!  We love everyone of you!!

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donne and Dale team up the Jennie from Murder On My Street podcast to do an in depth discussion on the Asha Degree case. Asha went missing at the age of nine from Shelby, North Carolina, United States. In the early morning hours of February 14, 2000, for reasons unknown, she packed her bookbag, left her family home north of the city and began walking along nearby North Carolina Highway 18 despite heavy rain and wind. Several passing motorists saw her; when one turned around at a point 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from her home and began to approach her, she left the roadside and ran into a wooded area. In the morning, her parents discovered her absence. No one has seen her since. https://crackhousechronicles.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/chc If you use this link or Promo Code CHC, BetterHELP will give you 10% off your first months bill.