Stranger Danger: A True Crime Podcast

If you normally listen to true crime, odds are you have already heard this case. But not quite how Brii covers it, She does a fantastic job of laying out the details in this infamous case. The case of Paul Bernado and Karla Homolka, undoubtedly Canada's most notorious serial killing duo.  

 

16 year old Susana Morales was on her way back home from visiting a friend that lived a 9 minute walk away when she was last seen or heard from. 

The alleged perpetrator of this crime turned out to be someone that was supposed to be helping protect and serve the community. 

Becki Lynne Dillard was a devoted wife and mother,  on her way to a party but never made it. Instead she was found dead on the side of the road. 

The list of suspects took surprising turns. 

Debra Dillard  

Justin Dillard 

 

YingYing Zhang went to the University of Illinois to further her education.  She missed a bus connection and was running late to an appointment, she accepted a ride from a stranger and was never seen again.  

Surveillance video found showed that YingYing got into a black Saturn Astra. 

Brendt Christensen's owned 1 of the 18 Saturn Astras registered in the county so suspects were narrowed down quickly. 

His wife wore a wire to prove that her husband had to involvement but what he revealed was shocking. 

TW: D.V.

Emma Walker was a high school junior and looking forward to pursuing her dreams of becoming a nurse when it was all abruptly ended by her ex boyfriend Riley Gaul. 

Two friends knew that they couldn't sit idly while detectives investigated Emmas passing and assisted the investigation by wearing a wire to confront who they thought was the killer. 

35-year-old Angelique "Angel" Goyena, and her mother, 74-year-old Vonda Goyena, were found dead in their home in Norfolk, Virginia on June 2007.  

David Wayne Hoshaw Jr. first claimed to be at Boy Scout camp with his boys while the murders occurred. Only after some letters were received by police and further investigation was He eventually charged with the murders of his fiance and soon to be mother in law. 

John Bunting spearheaded a "neighborhood" watch with a sinister mission. 

No one was safe from this group, not even family members. 

This huge case was also known as "The Bodies in the barrels case" or "Snowtown Murders" 

Bunting and his group claimed the lives of 11 victims. 

James Ruppert decided he had had enough of a life in his brothers shadow and on Easter Sunday 1975 took it out on his family. 

This case still holds the record for being the largest mass shooting in a private residence. 

On March 23rd 2020, Gretchen Anthony's friends and family started receiving text messages from her phone letting them know that she had Covid and would be at the hospital until further notice. Unfortunately, this was a text that many received from their loved ones around this time. Luckily her friends and family noticed that something was off and raised the alarm.  

Gretchen's soon to be ex husband David Anthony had a lot of explaining to do when the Jupiter, Fl police department caught up with him to ask him questions of the strange disappearance. 

Daniel Thompson showed signs of having unhealthy boundaries in relationships, especially with exes.  After the relationships ended, He would continue trying to pursue the women he had loved. One of those encounters turned fatal.