There’s Danger Here

La Saponificatrice Di Correggio

Leonarda's bad luck started with birth. The result of an egregious act, Leonarda came into the world through blood and pain. She was beaten for existing by her mother. After finding a man who was kind and loved her, her mother scorned the relationship. Placing a curse on Leonarda, one that she took seriously. At time went on, the curse followed her where she went. When she finally bore a son, he was the apply of her eye. She didn't let him any freedoms as he grew, he felt the weight of her fear until early adulthood. Then when WWII broke out, he saw his own chance at freedom and joined the military. Leonarda for her part focused on how to keep him alive. A life for a life, that was right for her. Only the spells didn't work the first few attempts, until it was three lives for a life. When the police came knocking, it was for her son. She couldn't have that, confessing to all her crimes, once again keeping him safe. 
 
Sources:
Green, Ryan. 2019. The Curse: A shocking true story of superstition, human sacrifice, and cannibalism
artoftheroot.com
https://medium.com/@rocknrollgeek1975/mother-dearest-the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli-the-soap-maker-of-correggio-bc58c0567410
https://www.grunge.com/423095/details-you-didnt-know-about-serial-killer-leonarda-cianciulli/
https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htm
https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli
https://theserialsisters.wixsite.com/home/post/episode-23-the-soap-maker-of-correggio-leonarda-cianciulli
https://husheduphistory.com/post/699235095917264896/keep-him-safe-the-awful-exchange-of-leonarda

Snowtown

John Bunting lived in Australia. After a rough experience in childhood, he grew up with rage in his heart. Then he met a neo-Nazi that would instill ideology into him that would remain, even into adulthood. At first finding homosexual men to rob and beat, John later moved on to more depravity. When he moved into a derelict neighborhood, he accrued a following of sorts. After the first murder, the men complied and participated as John desired. But soon he was killing to close to home and his associations were his undoing. Not before he and an a subordinate dined on human meat.
 
Sources: 
Green, Ryan. 2021. No Place for the Weak: A True story of deviance, torture, and social cleansing.
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bunting-john-justin.htm\
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Q4k2gItTM
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/10/snowtown-murders-bodies-in-barrels-bank-residents-attention
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-30/snowtown-bodies-in-the-barrels-murders-life-sentence/103382696
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13021147/Snowtown-Mark-Haydon-bodies-barrels-released.html
https://www.megabooks.cz/en/p/9490287/john-bunting-serial-killer
https://www.ranker.com/list/snowtown-murders-facts/laura-allan
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/snowtown-accomplice-mark-haydon-has-control-measures-imposed/103849004

The Truro Murders

For seven weeks, two men trolled the streets of Adelaide Australia. In a dom/sub relationship, Chris got everything he wanted. He wanted to control everything, especially young women. After finding what he wanted, James drove them all out into secluded areas. When Chris was done, James even helped cover up the bodies. But Chris' recklessness and anger was his own undoing. Years later as the bodies were recovered, a woman led police back to James. James was steadfast for a moment, before spilling everything. even working with police to collect the girls still waiting where he had left them. 
 
Sources:
Sources: Green, R. 2017. The Truro Murders. The sex killing spree through the eyes of an accomplice
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/truro-murders-the-untold-story/image-gallery/63e5da5df2b414a7fa15d9337fb576dc?page=1
https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/worrell-christopher.htm#google_vignette
https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/worrell/index_1.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-truro-murders/37292273/?locale=en-US
https://www.aic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/tandi025.pdf
 
I am aware I likely got some names incorrect. Even with phonetic spelling, names are hard ya'll. Give me that grace. Thank you for listening.

Robert Hansen the Alaskan Serial killer

Robert Hansen grew up under the strict thumb of his father. The son of a baker, he grew to love the craft once on his own. As a young child he suffered from a stutter, severe acne, and isolation from his peers due to his home responsibilities. His father pushed him into hunting, finally finding pride in the man he was becoming. After a short stint in the military, Robert married, twice. The second marriage brought family, growth, and an expansion to Alaska. But Alaska proved to be dangerous for the women that inhabited it once he arrived. He didn't just murder women, he set them loose in the wild, then hunted them until their end.
 
Sources:
Green, R. 2024 The Hunt. The true story of Alaska's most notorious serial killer, Robert Hansen
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Hansen
https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-hansen
https://dps.alaska.gov/AST/PIO/PressReleases/Victim-of-Serial-Killer-Robert-Hansen-Identified-3

The Death of Kent Leppink

Kent Leppink moved to Alaska, becoming a successful boat tender on the Togiak. He was engaged and his father had just made a short trip to town to discuss wedding plans. But after finding a suspicious note on the kitchen counter things unravel. The fiance never showed for the short trip. Soon after his body was found in the woods with three large bullet holes punched into him. It took a decade for the case to go to trial, the outcome left open ended.
 
Sources:
Rosen, F. 2009. Deadly Angel: The Bizarre true story of Alaska’s Killer Stripper 
https://murderpedia.org/female.L/l/linehan-mechele.htm
https://www.adn.com/we-alaskans/article/tawdry-tale-alaska-stripper-mechele-linehan-and-murder/2016/01/24/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-presents-love-and-death-in-alaska-leppink-murder/
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4088
https://people.com/crime/mechele-linehan-alaskan-temptress-kent-leppink-murder-case/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michele-linehan-former-exotic-dancer-who-lured-one-lover-to-kill-another-wants-new-trial/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27424380
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/troopers-say-they-mishandled-case-killing-prison/2010/05/18/

Robert Maudsley

Robert Maudsley suffered in his childhood at the hands of his parents. After being taken away, he lived as a foster child never seeing his siblings who believed him to be dead. On his own he struggled with drug use, often using sex work as a means of paying for drugs. But when a John shows him photographs of underage children, he turns to murder. Even after prosecution he continues killing, sex offenders are his only target. Three additional deaths later and the crown determined him to be too unsafe to be around others. Since then he has been in isolation, for decades underground where he shall remain until he dies. 
 
Sources:
Warren, Alan R. 2020. Hannibal the Cannibal: the True Story of Robert Maudsley
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/britains-most-dangerous-killer-die-30548870
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13167733/Robert-Maudsleys-brother-reveals-notorious-Hannibal-Cannibal-serial-killer-NEVER-remorse-men-killed-life-really-like-locked-bulletproof-glass-dungeon.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/apr/27/ukcrime
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13100603/I-guarded-Britains-notorious-prisoners-WRONG-Hannibal-Cannibal-Robert-Maudsley-locked-glass-dungeon.html
https://www.the-sun.com/news/10643590/brother-hannibal-killer-robert-maudsley/
https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/maudsley-robert.htm
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/10/cannibals-brother-says-killer-sibling-will-never-show-remorse-horrific-crimes-20436207/
 
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Alcohol, Soot, and tattoo gun-Prison Edition

Tutorials on the how to's in prison. Focusing on making pruno, spud juice, prison hooch, or whatever given name for poorly produced prison alcohol. One of the favorite past times of many a person incarcerated. Followed closely by another passion the how to's of making soot for the ink of tattoos as well as a tattoo gun itself. Enjoy the down and dirty prison style methods of some of our favorite past times.
 
Source: Sickboy

The Mathis Family Murders

On September 8th 1981, three members of the Mathis family are murdered and one is injured. John calls into law enforcement seeking help. Instead he finds himself as the only suspect in the murder of his wife and children. The only problem, prosecuting without actual evidence. After a short trial, John is acquitted but the murder has yet to be solved.
 
Sources:
 
Hamiel, Noel. 2022. South Dakota’s Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland
⁠https://www.keloland.com/cold-cases/mathis-family-murders-40-years-later-no-other-suspects/⁠
⁠https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/surviving-mathis-child-says-father-is-innocent-of-murders⁠
⁠https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/09/Survivor-of-multiple-slaying-making-sense-sheriff-says/8257368856000/⁠
⁠https://rapidcityjournal.com/twenty-years-later-mathis-case-still-unsolved/article_299e6074-bda0-5dc0-aa19-1eb0ab8f0728.html⁠

The Death of Mother Nora

Happy belated Mothers Day. This case discusses the love affair of two teenage girls at the end of WWII. When one of them is set to leave New Zealand a plan is concocted to get rid of the only person who might stand in the way of them remaining together. Paulines mother Nora realized that her daughter and Juliet were living in a world of fantasy together. When the pair finally relent and wish to spend one last day together, Nora tags along. This proves to be a deadly mistake.
 
 
Sources: 
Graham, P. 2011. Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century
⁠https://people.com/books/crime-writer-anne-perry-dead-at-84/⁠
⁠https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171046614/remembering-historical-crime-novelist-anne-perry⁠
⁠https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171046614/remembering-historical-crime-novelist-anne-perry⁠
⁠https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/aug/28/archive-1954-accused-girls-sane⁠
 

Welcome to the Polunsky Unit

The unit is a maximum security penitentiary that is touted to house the worst of the worst offenders. Included those on death row in Texas. Considered to have some of the worst conditions and as such rated as one of the worst prisons in the US. Welcome to Death row-The Polunsky Unit.
 
As told from the letters of a currently housed inmate.