There’s Danger Here

Genene Jones

Genene Jones always thought she was better than others. When she became an LVN she administered ordered however she saw fit, assuming she knew what was best. In a PICU she was present for more than half of the deaths that occurred in just over a year. After being released from the hospital, her reign of terror simply went on to the children who entered her clinic. While only convicted for a few of the murders and injuries, she is expected of killing up to sixty. 
 
Sources:
Smith, Jack. Killer Nurse. Life of serial killer Genene Ann Jones
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/17/texas-killer-nurse-genene-jones-guilty-infant-death/4499258002/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/genene-jones
https://www.propublica.org/article/genene-jones-i-really-did-kill-those-babies
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/genene-jones-angel-of-death-nurse-has-final-conviction-for-baby-killings-upheld-by-texas
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/genene-jones/
https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/how-san-antonio-baby-killing-nurse-finally-got-justice/

Erick Jordan-Conversations with an inmate

Erick started in Texas. After a stint in juvi, he absconded up to Seattle to be with his dad. Bringing his girlfriend, who was pregnant with their first son at the time. He waited out the law until his record was expunged and he was free to move around again. The streets were familiar and he ran them under his fathers protection. Still he didn't manage to stay away from the law. Multiple run-ins and short sentences plagued his life, culminating in a second degree murder charge. But don't take my word for it, these are his words. 
Sources:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/wa-supreme-court/1666881.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/2014/85410-6.html
https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2021/06/30/twelve-people-charged-in-two-indictments-following-investigation-of-drug-trafficking-ring/
 

Fred and Rose West

Fred West was a happy child, but after a motorcycle accident in his teens, became a different person. His true terrifying nature didn't come to fruition until his life partner Rose came into the picture. A child of abuse and mental health issues Rose had the propensity for torture. Her sexual appetite barely satiated with Fred. Together the pair prowled for the vulnerable, when challenged they killed their own. Finally stopped after decades and a dozen murders. Fred refused to give the truth, opting to end his life and take his secrets to the grave. Rose will live out the rest of her days behind iron. 
Sources:
Green, Ryan. 2016. Fred & Rose West. Britain’s most infamous couple killers
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story
Smith, Jack. The Wicked West of Cromwell Street. The lives of serial killers Fred and Rose West
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-10/fred-rose-west-victims-anniversary/103453858
https://time.com/7285264/fred-and-rose-west-true-story-netflix/
https://people.com/what-did-fred-and-rose-west-do-11739109
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/14/fred-and-rose-west-a-british-horror-story-review-netflix
https://www.biography.com/crime/a64771660/rose-west

The Eastern State Penitentiary

In 1821 the world Penitentiary comes in. A place for those who have committed crimes to be and seek reflection and penance. The original spoke and wheel design housed indoor plumbing from its inception. The addition of other buildings changing its landscape, design, and overall workings. Like other prisons, overcrowding plagued the system quickly. Drugs were introduced and idle hands led to disdain and riots. Still the location was active for over 141 years before its decay and decline were too much and the door were shut. That was until it was decided preservation was necessary and the door opened again, this time not as punishment but for entertainment. 
 
Sources:
Dolan, Frances. 2007. Images of America. Eastern State Penitentiary
Kahan, Paul. 2008. Eastern State Penitentiary. A History
https://www.easternstate.org/research/history-eastern-state/timeline
https://www.easternstate.org/unlockinghistory
https://worldadventurists.com/eastern-state-penitentiary-philadelphia/#:~:text=During%20the%20operation%20of%20Eastern,Adventures%20and%20Most%20Haunted%20Live.

MMIW-Stories from the Navajo Nation

This month is a multiple case month. Women, predominantly from the Navajo Nation go missing or are murdered. Many of the cases remain unsolved to this day. The last case is just as heartbreaking, Jamie Yazzie is killed by her then boyfriend following an argument, found just seven miles from the house she was living. But it takes years before she is found and news to the family is either delayed or delivered by the media instead of law enforcement. Their own lawyer can't get any updates either, frustrating everyone involved, but they persevered and justice is eventually served. 
 
Sources:
 
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/another-teen-missing-from-same-group-home-where-indigenous-arizona-teen-emily-pike-lived-before-her-murder-mesa-police-say/75-2b565658-9cad-4c0f-a190-592a6d296d40
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3861732327747-arizona-grapples-with-ongoing-crisis-as-search-for-missing-indigenous-teen-continues-in-wake-of-apache-girl-s-murder
https://hoodline.com/2025/03/arizona-grapples-with-ongoing-crisis-as-search-for-missing-indigenous-teen-continues-in-wake-of-apache-girl-s-murder/?utm=newsbreak
https://arizonanews.org/another-arizona-group-home-teen-vanishes-for-over-a-year-authorities-alerted/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/w00bmu/mmiw_three_stories_of_three_missing_indigenous/
https://charleyproject.org/case/christine-lester
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christine-lester-remains-found-1987-identified-navajo-woman-explicit-letter-sent-to-her/
https://www.azfamily.com/2023/05/03/dna-identifies-missing-navajo-nation-woman-homicide-victim-found-california/
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/christine-lesters-body-returns-home-with-somber-escort/
https://www.koat.com/article/buried-navajo-nation-woman-identified-after-35-years/43798993
https://apnews.com/article/navajo-mmiw-missing-california-flagstaff-identify-34b2b727a26fe31e8548975a43000ddb
https://www.justicefornativepeople.com/2018/10/mary-begay-missing-from-arizona-since.html
https://missingpersons.news/mary-margaret-begay/
https://uncovered.com/cases/mary-begay
https://azdailysun.com/blogs/criminal-justice-beat/cold-case-close-up----missing-person-file-mary-margaret-begay-1957/article_aa7bb154-abcf-11e3-aca7-0019bb2963f4.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/278011060/mary_margaret-begay
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/anthonette-christine-cayedito
https://unsolved.com/gallery/anthonette-cayedito/
https://www.crimewrite.com/missing-murdered-and-indigenous-peoples/2008154_what-happened-to-anthonette-cayedito
https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/anthonette-cayedito/25515/
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/local/missing-in-new-mexico-anthonette-cayedito-still-missing-from-gallup-after-37-years/article_b390d728-c45a-5c42-8996-61e3b85f727b.html
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/jamie-yazzie-boyfriend-navajo-woman-sentenced
 
https://www.grunge.com/725224/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-anthonette-cayedito-explained/
https://truecrimemusings.com/2024/05/25/anthonette-christine-cayedito-35-years-of-the-unsolved-disappearance/
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/31-years-ago-anthonette-cayedito-disappeared-n743951
https://ictnews.org/news/family-of-navajo-woman-gets-justice-in-mmiw-case/
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/jamie-yazzie-boyfriend-navajo-woman-sentenced
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/yazzie-family-finally-experiences-justice-served/
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/jamie-yazzie-boyfriend-navajo-woman-sentenced
https://people.com/boyfriend-convicted-in-navajo-woman-murder-8348304
https://www.12news.com/article/news/regional/native-america/fbi-seeking-information-in-death-of-indigenous-woman-who-vanished-in-2019/75-c00976d7-7732-49c1-b8c7-ae0f090b9cf8
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/tre-james-guilty-in-navajo-woman-jamie-yazzies-2019-killing
https://azmirror.com/2024/09/24/justice-for-murdered-navajo-woman-will-not-heal-but-serves-to-ease-the-pain-for-her-family/
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/08/18/family-murdered-navajo-woman-want-killer-face-justice/10346332002/

Andrea Yates

Andrea Yates was a woman who suffered from mental illness throughout her adult life. Her religious mentor exacerbating her condition through his preaching. She married and the couple had five children together, but as the numbers increased, her mental health diminished. Committing several self-harm events, speaking of hearing voices and wanting to hurt her children but trying to end her own life instead. In the end, all the interventions aren't enough to save her five children. She is unattended for 60 minutes and in that time, ends the life of all of her children before calling for help. 
 
Sources:
Crimes of the Century: Season 1, Episode 3. Andrea Yates
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/andrea-yates
https://people.com/andrea-yates-lawyer-flowers-children-grave-exclusive-11691942
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/faculty_scholarship/104/
https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/andrea-yates-a-cry-in-the-dark/all
https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/11/court.archive.yates8/index.html
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1174&context=clevstlrev
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-voices-prosecutor-now-says-killings-by-andrea-yates-were-preventable
https://culteducation.com/group/1234-michael-woroniecki/22286-a-mysterious-preacher-and-the-childrens-killer.html
https://apologeticsindex.org/news2/an020124-08.html
https://facts.net/fitness-and-wellbeing/health-science/40-facts-about-tardive-psychosis/
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/antipsychotics/side-effects/#TardivePsychosis
 

The Oklahoma City Bombing

On April 19th, 1995, two years after Waco. A truck bomb was set off next to the Alfred P. Murrah building. The act of domestic terrorism claimed 168 lives, while injuring 800. The response was swift, and with a little bit of luck, the main individual, who drove the truck to its location, was placed in jail on unrelated charges within hours of the bomb detonating. The two men were charged quickly, along with a man who had knowledge of the impending attack and failed to notify anybody. 
 
Sources:
Oklahoma City Bombing:American Terror
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th
Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2003/05/08/witness-recalls-renting-truck-to-murrah-building-bomber/62044944007/
https://www.deseret.com/1997/5/10/19311225/shop-owner-recalls-renting-ryder-truck-to-mcveigh/
https://memorialmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/okcnm-evidence-what-story-does-it-tell.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/event/Ruby-Ridge
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/covenant-the-sword-and-the-arm-of-the-lord-4031/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Covenant-the-Sword-and-the-Arm-of-the-Lord
https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/terrorism2ed/chpt/covenant-sword-the-arm-the-lord
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/waco-siege
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/waco/topten.html
https://peterlance.com/wordpress/?p=218
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Terry-Nichols
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-city-bombing-anniversary-explainer-2c2193704384ac2c154b0b90610ade69
https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2016/09/15NIcholsFinal.pdf https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/122497okla-bomb-rdp.html 
https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/terry-nichols 
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/132/931/2457126/ https://www.famous-trials.com/oklacity
 

The History Of Oregon State Penitentiary

The Oregon State Penitentiary, OSP, started construction in the late 1800's. It has grown into the concrete monster that it is today. Starting on the outskirts of the town, Salem grew around it. The penitentiary was known for it's violence, overcrowding, and corruption for decades. It is the center of a high profile, yet little known hit on an employee within the Oregon Department of Corrections, who meant to shed light on the corruption. Welcome to the only maximum security prison in the state of Oregon. 
 
Sources:
Goeres-Gardner, D and Ritter, J. 2014. Oregon State Penitentiary
Prisoner no 6435. Reprint 2025. Sensational Prison Escaped from the Oregon State Penitentiary
Woodcock, M; Zuckerman, E. 2015. No Truth Barred. A collection of work by nine writers at the Oregon State Penitentiary
Murder in Order. Who killed Michael Francke?
https://katu.com/news/local/oregon-settles-wrongful-murder-conviction-frank-gables-for-nearly-2-million
http://koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-doj-acknowledges-frank-gable-is-innocent/

MMIW- Emily Pike

Emily Pike was just 14 years old when she was murdered. 
Her childhood looked bright, she was a happy child, then one event and her life was never the same. After being moved into a group home, she was isolated from family. Her mental health declined and she attempted suicide on multiple occasions. After absconding from her group home, multiple times, the lack of urgency seemed apparent. Unfortunately, the last time she ran off, the most unfortunate happened.  Leaving a community to grieve. 
 
Sources:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/arizona/2025/04/17/arizona-tribes-struggle-with-foster-care-try-to-prevent-another-tragedy/82417203007/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-emily-pike-teen-found-dismembered-arizona-spurs-calls-regulation-rcna197982
https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-emily-pike
https://www.yahoo.com/news/led-emily-pikes-placement-foster-051619930.html
https://hoodline.com/2025/04/tragic-chain-of-unresolved-assaults-linked-to-14-year-old-emily-pike-s-murder-in-phoenix-family-decries-systemic-failures/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/what-happened-to-emily-pike-case-of-murdered-teen-remains-unsolved/ar-AA1D8KEO?ocid=BingNewsSerp
https://tvshowstars.com/san-carlos-apache-tribe-member-emily-pike-passes-away-leaving-behind-her-parents-steff-and-jensen-pike/
https://www.crimeonline.com/2025/04/28/emily-pike-family-of-indigenous-arizona-girl-found-murdered-dismembered-files-lawsuit-against-group-home/
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2025/04/17/emily-pike-case-slain-native-girl-arizona/83108473007/
https://tvshowstars.com/san-carlos-apache-tribe-member-emily-pike-passes-away-leaving-behind-her-parents-steff-and-jensen-pike/

MMIW: The Women of Saskatoon

In 1992, John Martin Crawford targeted indigenous women who were in sex work. He brutalized them and then killed them, dumping them around the same location. But years prior, 19-year-old John had done the same to another woman. Pleading to manslaughter instead of murder. He was able to rejoin society and continue his merciless actions against women. 
He killed Shelley Napope, Eva Taysup, and Calinda Waterhen before being brought to justice. Their names rarely brought up in the news. During trial they were almost forgotten, a fact not lost on the judge. 
Sources: 
Goulding, W. 2001. Just Another Indian. A serial killer and Canada’s indifference
https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/saskatchewan-serial-killer-john-martin-crawford-dies-at-regional-psychiatric-centre
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/saskatoon-serial-killer-john-martin-133847128.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHgikpC-nHx3-4TnlNGq5AatiZVlLBEb29ppUNBINRklFQ1EWXI5OXUvLO_oxEzWdJx8uUEFoeXYLSIzjzFgdqYGtW8JuF74MpxL0WDqsj9Cp3cNKi2lI2ON097X-3Ta4tr05vmRF_NgB2Y9s8aflJYjt4blWzzVcXcl4igjMmuq
https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Crawford,%20John%20Martin%20_fall,%202007_.pdf
https://iportal.usask.ca/record/1784
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/serial-killer-exploited-racism-1.5845777
https://www.amnesty.org/es/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/amr200032004en.pdf