Killer Destinations
by Kathy & Cathy
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270. THE DEMON HOUSE: Latoya Ammons - Gary, IN 2011
270. THE DEMON HOUSE: Latoya Ammons - Gary, IN 2011
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*Just like you, we’re obsessed with true crime. We’re also lifelong friends. And it’s this combination that drives our podcast. We tell true crime stories from their unexpected beginnings to their devastating ends, and dive deep into all the details you want to know about. We do intersperse the occasional humor and banter, and our listeners tell us it makes them feel like they’re hanging out with their friends. But, we never forget that we’re talking about real people and real families. Listen to a new episode every Tuesday!*
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- 270. THE DEMON HOUSE: Latoya Ammons - Gary, IN 2011 · 41 min · Season 6 Episode 270Even though it’s past Halloween, the chilling episodes continue… In November 2011, Latoya Ammons, her mother, and her three young children moved into a rental home in Gary…
- 269. THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT: Arne Cheyenne Johnson - Brookfield, CT 1981 · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 269Just in time for Halloween, today's episode is about a case that became internationally known after the alleged perpetrator's defense against murder charges was revealed. For the…
- 268. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU TRUST: Jessica Currin - Mayfield, KY 2000 · 41 min · Season 6 Episode 268Small towns are revered for their tight-knit communities, spending Friday nights cheering for local high school sports and having people you can trust and rely on. But big city…
- 267. A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING: La'Nell Barsock - Palmdale, CA 2010 · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 267When a nurse is found murdered in her home, detectives initially believe they have the killer in their sights. But when the alibi checks out, they realize the killer was right…
- 266. THE LIPSTICK KILLER: Suzanne Degnan - Chicago, IL 1946 · 51 min · Season 6 Episode 266This is a rewind back to Season 1: In 1946, Suzanne Degnan was six years old and living in Chicago with her parents and older sister Betty. The night before she was supposed to…
- 265. REWIND TO SEASON 1, EPISODE 33: Linda Collins - Pocahontas, AR 2019 · 49 min · Season 6 Episode 265Linda Collins served in the Arkansas State Senate from 2015 to 2019. After losing her re-election bid, she returned to her rural hometown of Pocahontas to be with her family and…
- 264. LOVE, LIES & BETRAYAL: Jennifer Corbin - Buford, GA 2004 · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 263Two intelligent young women in Georgia who had their whole lives ahead of them, died under mysterious circumstances that were shockingly similar. Then, an anonymous call changed…
- 263. REWIND BACK TO SEASON 1, EPISODE 17: Phillip Adams - Rock Hill, SC 2021 · 27 min · Season 6 Episode 263Former NFL player Philip Adams killed 6 people in April 2021, including two small children. Forensic evidence that was made public led some to speculate that this was a repeat of…
- 262. FATAL ATTRACTION: Cari Farver - Omaha, NE 2012 · 35 min · Season 6 Episode 262Tenacity, creativity and ingenuity are attributes of people we admire. But not everyone uses these attributes for good. Some use them for evil. Our Sponsors: * Check out…
- 261. LIFE IMITATES ART: Veronica Gedeon - Manhattan, NY 1937 · 43 min · Season 5 Episode 261On Easter Sunday 1937, New Yorkers awoke to a startling headline. In the early morning hours that same day, a triple homicide occurred at an apartment building in the Midtown…
- 260. HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: Ashley Pond & Miranda Gaddis - Oregon City, OR 2002 · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 260In early 2002, 12-year-old Ashley Pond and 13-year-old Miranda Gaddis vanished into thin air, just months apart and from the exact same school bus stop. A shroud of terror…
- 259. MURDER FOR HIRE: David Metter - Eastlake, OH 2011 · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 259In 2011, a man desperate for money was offered a job to take care of someone else's problem. Little did he know he'd soon wind up in a police interrogation room... for murder…
- 258. A MEMBER OF THE JURY Encore Episode: Timothy Atkins - Venice, CA 1985 · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 258This is an encore episode from January 2025. A husband and father lost his life in a brutal attack by gang members. The alleged attackers were arrested quickly, but it took the…
- 257. THE BRAVEST WITNESS: Madison Nygard - Norton Shores, MI 2013 · 36 min · Season 5 Episode 257Madison Nygard narrowly escaped a man who attempted to kidnap her. And it was her brave fight to survive that led detectives not only to her own attacker, but also provided…
- 256. EPISODE 52 ENCORE: Jennifer Schuett - Dickinson, TX 1990 · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 256In 1990, 8-year-old Jennifer Schuett was taken in the early morning hours from her bedroom in Dickinson, TX. She was found 12 hours later in a field barely clinging to life. Her…
- 255. THE MURDER OF REAGAN TOKES: Columbus, OH 2017 · 34 minOhio State senior Reagan Tokes was just months away from graduation. She had a generous spirit and majored in psychology so she could help others. But one night after work, she…
- 254. THE WILL TO SURVIVE: Amber Smith - Fort Collins, CO 2013 · 38 min · Season 5 Episode 254A young woman survived a violent attack by thinking of her young son and how much he needed her. She stayed strong for him. Several years later police arrested the perpetrator…
- 253. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES: Helen Golay & Olga Rutterschmidt - Los Angeles, CA 2005 · 40 min · Season 5 Episode 253Beginning in the late 1990s, two elderly women – Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt – began working with a local church and befriended vulnerable, homeless men in Hollywood to…
- 252. SELF DEFENSE... OR MURDER: Jason Corbett - Davidson County, NC 2015 · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 252After suffering the devastating loss of his wife, Irishman Jack Corbett was happy after finding love again. After a few years of living in Limerick, Ireland, Jack, his new wife…
- 251. THE GILGO BEACH SERIAL KILLER · 51 min · Season 5 Episode 251Just over three years after Rex Heuermann was arrested as the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, the legal proceedings have concluded. Although he was suspected of being…
- 250. THE MURDER OF JENNIFER CAVE: Austin, TX 2005 · 38 min · Season 5 Episode 250The future was looking bright for Jennifer Cave. After figuring out that college wasn’t what she wanted to do, she’d settled in Austin and was waiting tables. But then she got…
- 249. A LONG JOURNEY TO JUSTICE: David Camm - Georgetown, IN 2000 · 34 min · Season 5 Episode 249In 2000, David Camm came home to a horrific scene... his wife and two children had been murdered in their garage. But just a few days later, David was arrested for the crime; he…
- 248. THE MURDER OF BONNY LEE BAKLEY: Studio City, CA 2001 · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 248A once famous actor and TV star is again in the spotlight. But this time it’s for all the wrong reasons. His wife has been shot, leaving their infant daughter without a mother…
- BONUS EPISODE: Mackenzie Shirilla · 37 minMackenzie Shirilla is all over the news right now because of the Netflix movie. We did a deep dive this past August after her conviction - and we uncovered a lot of information…
- 247. THE CHILLINGWORTH MURDERS: Judge Curtis & Marjorie Chillingworth - Manalapan, FL 1955 · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 247Early one morning in June 1955, highly respected Judge Curtis Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie disappeared from their Manalapan, Florida beach house. And they were never seen…
- 246. A MOTHER'S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE: Angie Dodge - Idaho Falls, ID 1996 · 43 min · Season 5 Episode 246In June 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge had just moved into her own apartment, and she was looking forward to the future when her life was brutally ended. But when Angie’s mom…
- 245. SMALL TOWN SECRETS: Megan Nichols - Fairfield, IL 2014 · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 245A single mother’s worst nightmare came true when her only child went missing. Based on the evidence, police believed that the teenager had run away… but her mom refused to give…
- 244. THE CASE AGAINST D4vd: Celeste Rivas Hernandez - Los Angeles, CA 2025 · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 244Singer-songwriter D4vd has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, se*ual abuse and mutilation of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. We have the updated details…
- 243. A RACE AGAINST TIME: Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson - Austin, TX 2022 · 45 min · Season 5 Episode 243Anna Moriah Wilson – who went by “Mo” – was somewhat of a newcomer in mountain and gravel bike racing, but after just two years of competition she was already a standout in both…
- 242: FINDING AMY: Amy St. Laurent - Portland, ME 2001 · 1 h 6 min · Season 5 Episode 242(ICYMI - this is a throwback to Episodes 7&8) When 25-year-old Amy St. Laurent went missing from the Old Port District in Portland, Maine, police weren't lacking for suspects in…
- 241. A LITTLE STRETCH OF PARADISE?: Chris Benedetto & Janette Piro - Singer Island, FL 1998 · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 241Singer Island is a beautiful, tranquil place to live, with miles of white sand beaches. But after a popular husband and wife mysteriously vanished, residents started to wonder if…
- BONUS EPISODE - Update on the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer · 20 minAlmost three years after his arrest, alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann shocked everyone when he changed his plea - and confessed to a different murder he wasn't even charged…
- 240. THROWBACK TO EPISODE 56: Marlyne Johnson - Clark Co., WA 2002 · 46 min · Season 5 Episode 240ICYMI - In 2002, Marlyne Johnson was 58 years old and looking forward to the arrival of her first grandchild. When she missed lunch with her daughter-in-law - with whom she was…
- 239. THE MURDER OF REALTOR ASHLEY OKLAND: West Des Moines, IA 2011 · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 239The shocking March arrest of a suspect in the 15-year-old murder case of realtor Ashley Okland has made headlines across the nation. While we wait for police and prosecutors to…
- 238. A BETRAYAL OF TRUST: Eric Richins - Kamas, UT 2022 · 37 min · Season 5 Episode 238It’s a tawdry tale of secrets, deceit and infidelity that takes place behind closed doors in an upscale Utah suburb. And tragically, the end result was a death that left three…
- 237. THE CAPTURE OF ISRAEL KEYES: Samantha Koenig - Anchorage, AK 2012 · 45 min · Season 5 Episode 237In 2012, Samantha Koenig never returned home from her job at an Anchorage coffee stand. The stand was closed when her boyfriend arrived to pick her up, and she didn’t answer any…
- 236. THE DISMAL SWAMP MURDER: Kathy Bonney - Chesapeake, VA 1991 · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 236A young woman mysteriously went missing and her distraught father turned to police for help. When her naked body was found riddled with bullets on the banks of the Dismal Swamp…
- 235. AN INAPPROPRIATE OBSESSION: Joey Fischer - Brownsville, TX 1993 · 38 min · Season 5 Episode 235A high school student was murdered in cold blood. When detectives unwound the twisty trail of high school romance and revenge, it led to an unforeseen killer. And it showed the…
- 234. THE ROSE PETAL MURDER: Christina Parcell - Greer, SC 2021 · 43 min · Season 5 Episode 234In 2021, Christina Parcell was found by her fiancé lying on the floor of her South Carolina home, brutally murdered and surrounded by rose petals. The crime scene was gruesome…
- 233. THE PIKE COUNTY MASSACRE: Pike Co., OH 2016 · 40 min · Season 5 Episode 233A violent attack wiped out generations of one family in just one night. Only those too young to be witnesses were allowed to survive. But no one had any idea who was really…
- 232. JOHN DOE #135: Ronald Baker - Chatsworth, CA 1990 · 46 min · Season 5 Episode 232A young man majoring in astrophysics joined a college club that promised to explore mysticism, energy and natural forces. And when he wound up dead, everyone assumed his new…
- 231. WILL THE REAL KILLER PLEASE STAND UP: Howard Witkin - San Jose, CA 1980 · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 231(This is another replay of one of our most popular episodes from our first season. Continued prayers for Cathy’s younger brother, who remains in the ICU, would be greatly…
- 230. THE LINDBERGH BABY ABDUCTION: Charles Lindbergh, Jr. - East Amwell, NJ 1932 · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 230Almost a century ago, the kidnapping of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh’s baby son made international headlines. The boy had been taken from his second-floor nursery as he lay…
- 229. ONLY ONE SURVIVED: The Groene Family Murders - Wolf Lodge, ID 2005 · 51 min · Season 5 Episode 229(This is a replay of an episode from our first season. Usually we only have one replay a year at Christmas, but there was a medical emergency in Cathy's family this week and we…
- 228. HAS THE ZODIAC BEEN UNMASKED? · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 228Is it possible that an infamous murder victim from 1947 – the Black Dahlia – and a taunting serial killer from the late 1960s – the Zodiac – are the work of one maniacal…
- 227. A DESCENT INTO MADNESS: Philip Hughes - Contra Costa Co., CA 1979 · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 227In the 1970s, California had a disproportionately high number of serial killers compared to the rest of the nation. Today, a lot of these killers from that time are household…
- 226. PUBLIC ENEMY No. 1: Charles Ng - Wilseyville, CA 1985 · 48 min · Season 5 Episode 226Between July 1984 and April 1985, over a dozen individuals were reported missing from the region encompassing San Francisco and Sacramento in northern California. The missing…
- BONUS: THE REALITY OF FOSTER CARE - TONNETTE'S STORY · 54 minWe close out our 3-part series about the challenges facing females in the foster care system. In an episode that was dropped on May 20, 2025, we spoke with a woman who founded a…
- 225. BETRAYED: Molly Watson - Monroe Co, MO 2018 · 40 min · Season 5 Episode 225In order to spend more time with our families and friends at Christmas, this is the one time each year that we do a rebroadcast of one of our early episodes. Kathy chose the…
- 224. A KNOCK ON THE DOOR: Karla Brown - Wood River, IL 1978 · 41 min · Season 5 Episode 224In 1978, Mark Fair and Karla Brown were just starting their future together when they moved into a quaint bungalow together. They spent the weekend moving in their belongings…
