BIG, BIG NEWS AHEAD!!!! We are SO excited to announce that The SEQUEL, yes, the 2nd book of The Dr. Wren Muller Series will be released on September 17th, 2024! To Pre-order go to https://zandoprojects.com/books/the-butcher-game/ PLUS! If you preorder the book, get an autographed poster while supplies last by visiting thebutchergame.com.
On June 5, 1945, forty-three-year-old Josephine Ross was found stabbed to death in her Chicago apartment. Nothing had been stolen from Ross’ apartment and it appeared as though there were ritualistic aspects to the murder, but with little evidence and no suspects, the case hit a dead end almost as soon as it started. Ross’ murder came to detectives’ minds six months later, when another Chicago woman, Frances Brown, was found murdered in her apartment. This time an ominous message was scrawled on the wall in red lipstick: “For heavens sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself.”
The brutal nature of the two murders, and the implication that the killer would strike again, terrified the women of Chicago, and that fear was stoked by the city’s five major newspapers, who were in a daily battle for readers’ attention. The story reached a fever pitch just one month later when six-year-old Suzanne Degnan was abducted from her bedroom by someone who’d entered through an open window. Despite the presence of a ransom note demanding $20,000, investigators discovered Degnan’s dismembered body in the sewer a short time later.
Thank you to the incredible Dave white of Bring Me the Axe & 99 Cent Rental Podcast for research!
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Episode 565: Fred & Rose West (Part 2)
Episode 564: Fred & Rose West (Part 1)
Episode 563: A Deeper Look at the Crimes of Joran van der Sloot With Christopher Cassel
Episode 562: The Murder of Natalee Holloway
Episode 561: “Jolly Jane” Toppan: Angel of Mercy (Part 2)
Episode 560: “Jolly Jane” Toppan: Angel of Mercy (Part 1)
Episode 559: The Murder of Timothy Coggins
Episode 558: Listener Tales 85
Episode 557: The Glove Guy (With Jordan Bonaparte from The Night Time Podcast)
Episode 556: The Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders
Episode 555: Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (Part 3)
Episode 554: Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (Part 2)
Episode 553: Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (Part 1)
Episode 552: Marie Robards
Episode 551: Happy Land Social Club Arson
Episode 550: Listener Tales 84
Episode 549: The Lipstick Killer (Part 2)
Episode 547: Lizzie Borden and other Dark Nursery Rhymes (with Special Guests Sabrina & Corinne from Two Girls One Ghost)
Episode 546: Matthew Wales and the Society Murders
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