It is the end of Elizabeth's spying...or not. She's afraid for her life; she isn't afraid for her life. She is a communist. She's not a Communist. I'm not sure even Elizabeth knows. Contact the podcast on Instagram or Twitter (aka X): https://www.instagram.com/dispecta/ https://twitter.com/dispecta Patreon and Paypal: https://www.patreon.com/user?u…

Through crazy women calling her out into the night and 'Comrades' with bad code names, Elizabeth Bentley is looking to help the Communist Movement. Elizabeth Bentley is looking to be a spy. Somehow this plain New England woman works her way to the top of a significant Soviet spy racket with a high muckety-muck lover and expense account that no comm…

In 1948, the Second World War was definitely over, but the Cold War was revving up for the long haul. The Fascist threat in Germany had been conquered. Now, everyone was scared of Communists, and to prove their fear was reality, a woman of good New England stock had come forward as the leader of an American grown ring of Communist spies. Her name w…

The Kray Twins are all grown up and they haven't gotten any nicer. They leave bodies in their wake and even their own men are considering getting rid of them. That 'rest' can't come too soon. Contact the podcast on Instagram or Twitter (aka X): https://www.instagram.com/dispecta/ https://twitter.com/dispecta Patreon and Paypal: https://www.patreon.…

In 1969, Londoners received a hard earned rest from the criminal activities run by one family from Bethnal Green: the Krays. It was the youngest members of the family who held the most power in their gang known as The Firm; and by the time this 'rest' was granted, just THINKING about the Twins, Ronald and Reggie, was enough to send shivers of fear …

Casey Hammer is essentially cut off from her family upon her grandfather's death, and she is left to deal with the aftermath by herself. Her brother, Michael, is given control of the family pocketbook and he acts like a vengeful, spoiled brat. It is in this environment that Armie Hammer is raised, so it is no wonder that multiple accusations of abu…

Casey Hammer survived her birthright, left to her by her grandfather, her father, and her brother. She took 55 years to take a stand against the abuse in her family. How is it that some people can channel their experiences to fuel compassion and advocacy, while others use them to become worse monsters than their examples? Contact the podcast on Ins…

January of 2021, Armie Hammer's texts are anonymously leaked to social media. Yet another 'Hollywood' man shown to be a disrespector of women and generally POS behind the scenes. But this was just the tip of the iceberg that traces back to at least Armie's great-great grandfather. How do we humans become compassionate when our role models only show…

The science that Helena Greenwood had championed in the 1980s, was not bring used to track her killer. But the person arrested for the crime, Paul Frediani, says that there's no way it could be his DNA. He was never there. Who killed Helena? Was there a coverup? Or is Frediani delusional? Contact the podcast on Instagram or Twitter (aka X): https:/…

Helena Greenwood was born in England, but found her home in California. In 1984, she was assaulted in her home, but before she could testify at the trial of the accused, Helena was murdered. David Paul Frediani was connected to sexual assaults in the area and his fingerprints were found at the scene of Helena's rape. Is he the culprit? or is he bei…

This is the end of their tale, but their music lives on. An arrest has been made for Tupac's murder, but I don't know if we wil ever see justice. Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (aka X): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484 https://www.instagram.com/dispecta/ https://twitter.com/dispecta #TrueCrime #HipHop #Rap #2Pac #Notor…

Life has gotten complicated for the Rap Kings and their friendship has a serious rift. There is a game being played here, but who is the puppetmaster and who is the puppet? Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (aka X): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484 https://www.instagram.com/dispecta/ https://twitter.com/dispecta…

These men quickly become Kings of Hip Hop. But all is not roses in their kingdoms. Tupac is getting pulled in multiple directions and Big is just trying to make good on the promises to his crew, his moms and his daughter. But things are roiling under the surface. They won't be kings for long. Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (a…

Tupac and Big try to land a record deal while their home life is making other plans. responsibilities are pulling on them from many different directions. They are both incredibly gifted, and both of the future MCs would feel the power of drugs threatening to trap them: Tupac in the way of his mother and Big as a dealer. Contact the podcast on Patre…

Tupac and Biggie grew up in very different environments, but both boys aimed to become bigger than they were. Tupac was given a heavy weight of responsibility from his activist mother, but Tupac was also hugely creative and he hated being poor. Big was a bit spoiled by his jamaican born mother, but the neighborhood he lived in showed him how hard l…

By the end of the 1980s Rap had REALLY begun to take off in a way no one expected: especially not the music industry. With the success of groups like Run DMC and the Beastie Boys and artists like LL Cool J, boys from all over the country started dreaming of being rappers when they grew up. Two of these boys would become the greatest Rappers of thei…

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The evidence is in and there is no way near enough to convict Darlie Routier of the murders of her boys, Damon and Devon. Not beyond a reasonable doubt. Certainly not to end her life. So how did she end up on Death Row? This episode looks at the circumstantial and character evidence the prosecution used to land a conviction. Contact the podcast on …

The end of the 'hard' evidence against Darlie Routier. Does the prosecution have enough to convict her for Capital Murder? Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (aka X): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484 https://www.instagram.com/dispecta/ https://twitter.com/dispectaBy dispecta

The Routier Case continues (finally) with a discussion of the evidence against 26 year old Darlie Routier. The State of Texas deemed the evidence enough to convict her for the murder. Let's see if their conviction holds up to scrutiny. Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (It IS still Twitter): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=950194…

Episode three in the investigation of the Routier murders and we begin a closer look at the evidence against Damon and Devon's mother, Darlie. Are we finding all the reasons that point to her guilt? Can we still see that evidence when the police may not be proceeding with the best investigation? Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter…

Episode two and the complications just keep getting worse. This episode looks deeper into the problems with the 911 call and sets things up to look at the evidence against Darlie. Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (It IS still Twitter): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484 https://www.instagram.com/dispecta/ https://twitter.c…

Normally referred to as 'Darlie Routier', this case has been covered ad nauseum. In the wee hours of June the 6th, 1996, in Rowlett, Texas, someone stabbed Devon and Damon Routier to death, and left their mother, Darlie, bleeding from a slash to her neck and screaming for help from a 911 operator. Darlie sits on Death Row, convicted of the crime; a…

So much has been left out of the story of Danny Hansford. He died. Jim Williams killed him. The Trials become a circus and Savannah gets the limelight. No wonder Danny's ghost is unhappy how he ended up. Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (It IS still Twitter): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484 https://www.instagram.com/dis…

Danny is dead. Jim is under arrest. Trials ensue. Danny's mother sues Jim. And Jim turns to Hoodoo to fix the results of his trial. Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (It will never be 'X'): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484 https://www.instagram.com/dispecta/ https://twitter.com/dispecta…

It is the end for Danny Hansford, but the beginning of the iconization of Jim Williams/Danny Hansford and the adulation of Savannah. Contact the podcast on Patreon, Instagram, or Twitter (Is that 'X'? WTF is that name?): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484 https://www.instagram.com/dispecta/ https://twitter.com/dispecta…

In the 1990s, a book and a movie put the death of Danny Hansford on the Cultural Icon Map. But neither medium actually told us very much about Danny and gave only a bit more information about his killer, Jim Williams. This is the first NPC episode concerning the life of two men who will be forever attached to the title "Midnight in the Garden of Go…

The Case of the Mad Bomber had many themes that were at a crossroads in the 1950s. Yet, today, it is almost unknown. What is the culpability of a person in a court of law? What good is psychiatry? Which tools should be in the arsenal of the police? What happened to George Metesky? This, third and final episode will tell you. Contact the podcast on …

1956. The investigators get serious about catching the Mad Bomber. They've gone to a criminal psychiatrist. They've started a dialog with him through the news paper. They are looking through MOUNTAINS of paperwork. He will be caught...but, then what? If he's mentally unstable, shouldn't he be given some sort of health care? Thus begins a look into …

In the 1950s, New York was introduced to pipe bombs by a bomber who signed his letters 'FP'. He targeted restrooms, movie theaters, and phone booths; among other commonly trafficked places. What made this person attack seemingly innocent parts of the City and how would they catch him? Contact the podcast on Patreon or Instagram (because Elon Musk h…

It took 27 years to find Jacob Wetterling. It turned out, it was a guy investigators suspected from almost the very beginning. No one is perfect, but why this man slipped through the investigative net needs to be looked at; because this man ended up having almost 27 years to victimize other boys. Contact the podcast on Patreon or Instagram (because…

In 1989, Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped from a farm town in Central Minnesota. His case became a catalyst for change in Child Protection and Sex Crimes law. Jacob's face became an icon for Missing Children. But, Jacob's abduction may have been preventable; not only that, but it calls into question the methodology and role of law enforcement in the …

Things change quickly in 1930s China. Everyone and no one is a suspect in the murder of Pamela Werner. Edward Werner goes off on his own 'journey' and China goes to war. If you like the show, give it a review and visit the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484By dispecta

1937 and Pamela Werner is dead and two modern authors are battling over who is telling the correct narrative. See who the suspects are and start deciding whether you think it is real, or a bad version of a hard boiled novel. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=95019484By dispecta

January, 1937 in Peking China. A foreign woman's body is found in the Badlands. She is partially clothed and her body has been mutilated. The woman is soon identified as 19 year old Pamela Werner: last seen leaving the skating rink in the Legation District at 7:00 in the evening. Pamela was due home at 7:30 for dinner, but she did not make it. Ther…

12-year-old Sally Horner had been a kidnap victim of pedofile, Frank La Salle, for almost two years (1950) when her neighbor convinces her to call her family and the police. Sally's story is tragic. It also exposes the ugliness in our society, today: if not just in the past. Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=95019484…

In 1948, 10-year-old Sally Horner is dared to steal a notebook by the school mean girls. This dare puts Sally right in the path of a pedophile who takes her on a cross-country trip in an attempt to hide their true relationship. The ease in which convicted rapist, Frank La Salle, is able to take her from her family may make your brain boil. If anyth…

In 1963, Barry Keenan was a man down on his luck, but he has a plan to get things rolling again. He's going to kidnap the child of a star and get enough ransom to put him back in the black.By dispecta

It has taken a lifetime for crime fighters to catch-up to the Udens, but the net closes around them both; and even though the two 'lovebirds' seem devoted to one another, Gerald eventually takes an unexpected turn--OK, maybe not THAT unexpected.By dispecta

Virginia and her sons, Richard and Reagan, are still missing, and the investigation finally becomes an actual investigation. All suspicion falls on Alice and Gerald, but where is the evidence? Unless investigators find something concrete, the Udens will remain free.By dispecta

When Alice and Gerald met, it was love at first sight. But old lovers and spouses seem to disappear around the Udens. Do these 3 time losers in the marriage game really have that bad of luck? or did the couple make them vanish?By dispecta

The final episode in the saga that should have been about Colette, Kimberly and Kristen--you know, the murdered MacDonald females--but ended up about Jeff Macdonald's belief that he is always right...like...always....Even if he changes his story.By dispecta

Nine years after his family is murdered, Jeffrey MacDonald is tried in a court of law. Will he convince a jury that he is no guilty?By dispecta

Years have passed since the murders of Colette, Kristen and Kimberly MacDonald and the case against Jeff MacDonald is finally being heard by a grand jury. Will the 23 jurors vote to indict? or will Jeff walk free from prosecution for his alleged crimes?By dispecta

Jeffrey MacDonald faces justice, or does he? Colette's father, Freddy Kassab, will not let the matter rest until the killer of his daughter and grand-daughters is caught and convicted.By dispecta

The investigation into the MacDonald murders is amping up and Army CID think they have enough evidence against Jeff to hold and Article 32 hearing. But who has the worst tale to tell, Jeffrey MacDonald and his 'believe it, or not' tale of four hippies; or the CID investigators who compromised the crime scene from the word 'Go'.…

Colette MacDonald was murdered in February of 1970, along with her two little girls. Her husband, Jeffrey MacDonald, somehow made it through with comparatively few wounds. This episode looks at the history of these two people in order to lay the basis of a reason for the murders.By dispecta

Fort Bragg, NC in the wee hours of the morning, February 17, 1970. A call comes in to emergency services for help. Some people had been stabbed. Those 'people' turned out to be a pregnant mother and her to little girls. The attack on their lives was brutal, and there was preliminary evidence to suggest Manson type killings had reached North Carolin…

Qandeel pushes someone too far. Was her death really an honor killing, or a conspiracy of men who had their egos hurt?By dispecta

Conservative Muslims in Pakistan have had a hard time keeping women modest and submissive since the internet took off. Even a woman in a burka can have a smart phone under her robes. In 1990, a girl was born who refused to live, not just in economic poverty, but also in a poverty of respect for who she was as a person. Her refusal to stop causing p…