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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.

The Torture of Sylvia Liken

Gertrude had a rough childhood. She grew up and ran from home fast, into the arms of a man who would beat her "just because". Her shell hardened, then after multiple failed marriages and miscarriages her mind seemed to snap. Taking in two girls at their parents bequest suddenly gave Gertrude and outlet. Sylvia took the brunt of Gertrudes' rage and torture for imagined slights. When Sylvia's body gave out, that was when it finally came down on old Gertie. 
 
Sources:
Green, Ryan. 2018. Torture Mom: A chilling true story of confinement, mutilation and murder
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22543954/gertrude_nadine-baniszewski
https://vocal.media/criminal/the-torture-mother-gertrude-baniszewski-and-the-torture-killing-of-sylvia-likens
https://www.geni.com/people/Gertrude-Baniszewski/6000000010051214828
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/24/teacher-aide-secret-past-unearthed/1654301/
 

The Gang Mom of Oregon

Mary Thompson was more than she seemed. She was touted as a staunch anti-gang activist after her teenage son, Beau, got rolled into the 74 Hoover Crips. His involvement with them left him with a record and a stint in a juvenile facility. Mary vowed to keep her son away from that life and encouraged her community to work against it. But when another teenager gives information to police that may jeopardize Beau's freedom, a mother had to step in and stop it. The consequences were deadly. 
 
Sources:
Rosen, Fred. 1998. Gang Mom
https://morungexpress.com/merciless-gang-mom-true-story-mary-thompson
https://the-line-up.com/gang-mom-mary-thompson
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jun/14/mom-behind-gang-killing-prosecutor-says-woman/
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19950618&slug=2126941
 
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The Chameleon Killer

Four bodies found in barrels lead to investigators with little more than their skeletal remains. Decades pass until a driven detective is sure a man in custody in California has a darker past than he's letting on. The investigation uncovers name changes, kidnappings, and the death of multiple women. While in prison he dies, leaving unanswered questions. Where was the mother of one of his children, where is Lisa's mother, and are there more victims that have yet to be discovered?
 
Sources:
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