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Pacific Stars and Stripes Newspaper:

Dateline: Camp Zama, Japan. November 22nd, 1953.

Susan Rothschild, 9, daughter of Col and Mrs. Jacquard H. Rothschild, Chicago, Armed Forces Far East chemical officer, was found unconscious in an empty drainage moat near here yesterday and was pronounced dead on arrival at the 8169th Army Hospital a few minutes later.

The child was found by her father in an earthen moat, about two or three feet deep but empty, behind the Sagamihara fire station at 6:10 p.m. and was rushed to the hospital.

Investigation into the cause of death is being made at the Tokyo Army Hospital where the body was taken for autopsy.

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/

https://www.stripes.com

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/may/25/german_pows_buried_prison

https://www.startribune.com

https://www.sfexaminer.comhttps://daughterofliberty.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/02/index.html

http://720mpreunion.org/history/time_line/1953/1953_tl.html

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-final-service-6411529

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/419/256.html

https://www.britannica.com/science/artificial-respiration

https://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org

https://www.chicagotribune.com

https://www.wikipedia.org

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, October 1964, book review by Matthew Meselson of Tomorrow’s Weapons, Chemical and Biological, author Jacquard Hirschorn Rothschild

Listeners, I get my sound effects from envatomarket https://audiojungle.net/

Theme music by me.

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Early morning, February 28^th, 1982. Olathe, Kansas.

Young Johnson County, Kansas, Assistant District Attorney Paul Morrison is called by police to a duplex at 1000 West Sheridan in Olathe, Kansas. The bedroom is a bloody crime scene. David Harmon, a 25-year-old banker, lies brutally bludgeoned to death in his bed. Years later Morrison vividly recalls the shocking sight of the body: “You couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman, 10 years old or 80.”

Sources

A Cold-Blooded Business author Marek Fuchs

https://www.kansascity.com/

https://www.tampabay.com

https://www.democratandchronicle.com

https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/police-catch-woman-and-her-young-paramour-20-years-after-they-beat-husband-to

https://www.newspapers.com

https://www.genealogybank.com

https://kansascity.newsbank.com/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-who-murdered-husband-in-kansas-freed-after-9-years/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-knock-on-the-door/

https://the-line-up.com/mark-mangelsdorf-the-man-who-killed-his-best-friend-and-got-away-with-it-for-24-years

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/ 

https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/LegalCenter/story?id=732881&page=1#.UEr9lI1lT0M

https://people.com/archive/conspiracy-to-kill-vol-65-no-9/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13559768/david-j_-harmon

https://www.Wikipedia.org

Thank you so much for listening and until next time, please don’t murder anybody. I don’t think you can listen to podcasts behind bars.

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Noon, Monday, May 6, 2013. Ottawa, Kansas.

None of his family or friends talk with Andrew Stout, age 30, for several days. Three of his friends decide to stop by his rural Kansas home to check on him. One of them peers into the detached garage near the house, recoils, and says “Is that teeth?” They have discovered a human body partly covered with a tarp. The smell of death hangs heavy over the property. Just after noon that day, they call 911.

Sources

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article319903/In-disbelief-friends-describe-quadruple-murder-suspect-Kyle-Flack-as-judgmental-but-loyal.html

https://legaldictionary.net/hearsay-evidence/

http://www.franklincoks.org/index.aspx?NID=701

http://www.ottawaherald.com/article/20160317/NEWS/303179841

https://www.cjonline.com/http://www.ottawaherald.com/

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article319903/In-disbelief-friends-describe-quadruple-murder-suspect-Kyle-Flack-as-judgmental-but-loyal.html

https://web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb/offenderListAction.do?docId=1246922

https://kaufmanatlaw.com/legal-news/can-states-curtail-insanity-defense-supreme-court-to-decide/

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://newspaperarchive.com

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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February 5, 1979. Kansas City, Missouri.

The marriage of Wanda Conkling and William Cadwalader is abusive: he beats her–she leaves him–he apologizes–they make up—he beats her… and on and on …  In early 1979, they are in one of the “let’s make up” phases. They plan a short vacation. They pack their bags and get ready to head out for the airport. Tragically, they open their front door to a murderer.

Sources:

This episode is based on a series of newspaper articles from the Kansas City Star (October 2018) called “A Man on Fire.” It’s a very good job of investigative reporting. It’s in 6 parts and they’re well worth looking at. I did some of my own digging, but much of the information is from these articles. The photos and videos that accompany the articles are very good, too. The reporters are Ian Cummings, Glenn E Rice, and Tony Rizzo. I recognize Tony Rizzo’s name—he’s kind of an ace crime reporter. The link is below.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article216751240.html

https://www.kcur.org/post/5-little-known-historic-mob-locations-kansas-city#stream/0

https://www.drphil.com/advice/sexual-predator-warning-signs/

https://fox4kc.com/2016/08/06/woman-found-dead-in-northland-apartment-fire-leading-to-homicide-investigation/

https://www.kansascity.com/

https://kansascity.newsbank.com

https://newspaperarchive.com/us/kansas/olathe/olathe-daily-news

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

https://www.stltoday.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJIkXuK7js

https://ganglandwire.com

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Saturday Morning, June 17th, 1933. Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri.

Notorious bank robber Frank Nash, on the run after escaping from Leavenworth Federal Prison, is nabbed in Hot Springs, Arkansas, by two FBI agents and the McAlester, Oklahoma, police chief. After arriving at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, the four disembark from the train to make the dangerous journey by car up to Leavenworth, Kansas. Two more FBI agents and two Kansas City, Missouri, police officers, form a phalanx around the prisoner. Armed with two shotguns and pistols, they march through the station to the parking lot. As they watchfully load up the car, two men with machine guns and shout for everyone to put their hands up. A 30-second hell breaks loose. When the gun smoke settles, 5 men are dead.

Sources

The main source for this episode is The Union Station Massacre: The Original Sin of John Edgar Hoover’s FBI, by Jeffrey Unger. This is an excellent book for those who want to know more about this case, or who just want a good read.

https://www.amazon.com/Union-Station-Massacre-Original-Hoovers/dp/1933466081

https://www.kansascity.com/

https://kansascity.newsbank.com

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

https://www.fbi.gov/

https://www.babyfacenelsonjournal.com/verne-miller.html

http://www.odmp.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_massacre

https://www.stltoday.com/

https://oklahoman.com/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073225/   (The Kansas City Massacre 1975 ABC TV)

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Saturday Morning, June 17th, 1933. Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri.

Notorious bank robber Frank Nash, on the run after escaping from Leavenworth Federal Prison, is nabbed in Hot Springs, Arkansas, by two FBI agents and the McAlester, Oklahoma, police chief. After arriving at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, the four disembark from the train to make the dangerous journey by car up to Leavenworth, Kansas. Two more FBI agents and two Kansas City, Missouri, police officers, form a phalanx around the prisoner. Armed with two shotguns and pistols, they march through the station to the parking lot. As they watchfully load up the car, two men with machine guns and shout for everyone to put their hands up. A 30-second hell breaks loose. When the gun smoke settles, 5 men are dead.

Sources

The main source for this episode is The Union Station Massacre: The Original Sin of John Edgar Hoover’s FBI, by Jeffrey Unger. This is an excellent book for those who want to know more about this case, or who just want a good read.

https://www.amazon.com/Union-Station-Massacre-Original-Hoovers/dp/1933466081

https://www.kansascity.com/

https://kansascity.newsbank.com

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

https://www.fbi.gov/

https://www.babyfacenelsonjournal.com/verne-miller.html

http://www.odmp.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_massacre

https://www.stltoday.com/

https://oklahoman.com/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073225/   (The Kansas City Massacre 1975 ABC TV)

I’d appreciate it if you would subscribe to Prison City Murders and write a review.  Even critical feedback is appreciated. You can email me at prisoncitymurders@gmail.com or comment on the cases below.

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Late Friday night, the day after Thanksgiving, November 28th, 1958.

Wolcott, Kansas.

18-year-old University of Kansas sophomore, Lowell Lee Andrews, calls the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office. He reports that there has been a burglary at his family’s farmhouse near the tiny Wolcott neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. In the house, he has found his mother, father, and sister–all dead.

I’d appreciate it if you would subscribe to Prison City Murders and write a review. Even critical feedback is appreciated. You can email me at prisoncitymurders@gmail.com or comment on the cases below.

Thank you so much for listening and until next time, please don’t murder anybody. I don’t think you can listen to podcasts behind bars.

Sources used for this episode are listed below:

2010 retrospective for New York Daily News by David J. Krajicek.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nicest-boy-wolcott-polite-lowell-lee-andrews-proved-cold-kansas-killer-article-1.198046

https://www2.ljworld.com/

https://www.doc.ks.gov/

https://www.kansascity.com/

https://kansascity.newsbank.com

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/

https://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/gsrstillviable.html

https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/the-m-naghten-rule.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Menninger-family

https://www.atchisonglobenow.com/

https://themercury.com/

https://www2.ljworld.com/

https://oklahoman.com/

https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/

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Saturday, May 3rd, 1980. Miami County, Kansas.

Mark and Barry, ages 17 and 14, decide to go fishing near Bull Creek in Miami County, Kansas, maybe an hour’s drive south of Kansas City. The area is deserted countryside—soon to be underwater when a Marais des Cygnes Reservoir Project is completed. After they tire of fishing, they go off to explore the nearby woods and fields. When Barry sees a fresh mound of dirt near the creek, the two teens walk over to look more closely. Ominously, the mound is 10 inches high, 6 feet long, and 4 feet wide. When they spot a piece of denim and a red shirt sticking out from the dirt, they poke gingerly at the cloth. They recoil at terrible smell and cry out “It’s a body.” Poking some more, they see what looks like it might be a knee. That’s finally enough for our young adventurers. Barry yells “We better go tell my mom” as they race away from the scene.

I posted the links to the sources used for this episode below. These sources were especially important:

• Reporter Andy Hoffman’s book Family Affairs was invaluable. His website is https://www.andyhoffmanbooks.com
• Area newspaper provide excellent coverage of the case, particularly the Kansas City Star, Olathe Daily News, and the Columbia Missourian.

I’d appreciate it if you would subscribe to Prison City Murders and write a review. Even critical feedback is appreciated. Recently I set up an email for the podcase prisoncitymurders@gmail.com or you can comment on the cases on this website. 

Thank you so much for listening and until next time, please don’t murder anybody. I don’t think you can listen to podcasts behind bars.

Sources:

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Moore_(politician)

https://andyhoffmanbooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/update-on-my-book-family-affairs-twenty.html

https://www.doc.ks.gov/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/05/07/A-jury-Friday-convicted-Sueanne-Hobson-of-first-degree-murder/3279389592000/

https://www.kansascity.com/

https://kansascity.newsbank.com

https://newspaperarchive.com/us/kansas/olathe/olathe-daily-news

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/

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Saturday, May 3rd, 1980. Miami County, Kansas.

Mark and Barry, ages 17 and 14, decide to go fishing near Bull Creek in Miami County, Kansas, maybe an hour’s drive south of Kansas City. The area is deserted countryside—soon to be underwater when a Marais des Cygnes Reservoir Project is completed. After they tire of fishing, they go off to explore the nearby woods and fields. When Barry sees a fresh mound of dirt near the creek, the two teens walk over to look more closely. Ominously, the mound is 10 inches high, 6 feet long, and 4 feet wide. When they spot a piece of denim and a red shirt sticking out from the dirt, they poke gingerly at the cloth. They recoil at terrible smell and cry out “It’s a body.” Poking some more, they see what looks like it might be a knee. That’s finally enough for our young adventurers. Barry yells “We better go tell my mom” as they race away from the scene.

I posted the links to the sources used for this episode below. These sources were especially important:

• Reporter Andy Hoffman’s book Family Affairs was invaluable. His website is https://www.andyhoffmanbooks.com
• Area newspaper provide excellent coverage of the case, particularly the Kansas City Star, Olathe Daily News, and the Columbia Missourian.

I’d appreciate it if you would subscribe to Prison City Murders and write a review. Even critical feedback is appreciated. Recently I set up an email for the podcase prisoncitymurders@gmail.com or you can comment on the cases on this website. 

Thank you so much for listening and until next time, please don’t murder anybody. I don’t think you can listen to podcasts behind bars.

Sources:

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Moore_(politician)

https://andyhoffmanbooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/update-on-my-book-family-affairs-twenty.html

https://www.doc.ks.gov/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/05/07/A-jury-Friday-convicted-Sueanne-Hobson-of-first-degree-murder/3279389592000/

https://www.kansascity.com/

https://kansascity.newsbank.com

https://newspaperarchive.com/us/kansas/olathe/olathe-daily-news

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/

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6:30 pm, Thursday, June 13th, 1996.  Overland Park, Kansas.

A beautician at the Snip ‘N’ Clip Hair Salon finishes trimming a client’s hair. She and her customer walk to the front of the store. They see two young men approach the rear of a convertible parked outside. One of the men gets into the driver’s side of the vehicle. The other man points a gun through the open window at the man sitting in the passenger’s seat. As the passenger exits the car, a shot is fired.

Reporter Tony Rizzo covered the carjacking story and the trial for the Kansas City Star. The Star also did excellent coverage on the escape. There is information online about the interviews with Toby. Just google ‘Escape Lansing Toby Dog’ and you’ll find them. A very good interview was conducted by Lauren Fox at http://www.KansasCity.com.

I’d appreciate it if you would subscribe to Prison City Murders and write a review. Even critical feedback is appreciated. Recently I set up an email for the podcase prisoncitymurders@gmail.com or you can comment on the cases here. If you think I was too hard on ‘poor’ Toby, let me know, because I would still like to sentence her to be in a room with the  formidable Nancy Grace for a while. For now, I’m just hoping she gets some real therapy someday.

Main Sources:

http://www.kscourts.org/cases-and-opinions/opinions/supct/1999/19990416/79051.htm

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article216044285.html

https://www.kmbc.com/article/toby-young-talks-about-escape-prison-life/3649543

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/exclusive-kansas-jail-worker-talks-helping-man-escape-article-1.2265651

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-fmcc-criminallaw/

https://www.safeharborprisondogs.com

https://tobydorr.com

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://newspaperarchive.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

https://www.genealogybank.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/