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Gold Digger Killer

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Gold Digger Killer

Multimillionaire, Steven Beard fell for the younger, attractive waitress who worked at his country club.   Soon he and Celeste were married. When Steve calls 911 and is discovered in his bedroom shot in the stomach, suspicion falls on Celeste’s friend, Tracey.  Months later Tracey implicates Celeste.

We will be going over the movie made about this case and then the true story behind it.

The movie is Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer. It’s a 2021 Lifetime Movie, Starring Julie Bentz, Eli Gabay and Roan Curtis.  It can be found on Lifetime and is available to rent on Amazon Prime.

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Sources for this episode:

Man is fatally shot while sleeping, at the request of his wife – Horror History .net

Betrayed By Her Own Children – CBS News

Twins, Lesbian Lover Unravel Texas Murder – ABC News (go.com)

Celeste Beard – Wikipedia

Celeste Beard | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

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At Close Range

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At Close Range  is an incredibly good movie.  It’s from 1986 and I found it on Amazon Prime, as well as Tubi which is a free streaming service and it looks like it is available on Showtime as well, although I currently don’t have that one.

It has a star studded cast including:

Sean Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn, Christopher Walken, Crispin Glover and Kiefer Sutherland.

It is an excellent movie all on it’s own. One of the reviews I read said “I recommend this movie to anyone and everyone.”

This is one of the few old true crime movies that I hadn’t seen, and hadn’t heard about the case before watching.  I’m not kidding when I say that there were at least two parts that had me absolutely speechless.  Like jaw dropping.

I was so blown away by this movie that I decided to move it up in the recording schedule.

The movie starts out with the words:  Based on a True Story.

And I’m going to tell you….this movie follows so close to the real story…it’s one of the closest to the real stories I’ve ever seen.  So, I’ll tell you about the movie which is just about the whole real story, and then at the end I’ll tell you about the bits that were included just for the movie, and I’ll go over what really happened in those instances.

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Sources for this episode:

Bruce Johnston (criminal) – Wikipedia

The Kiddie Gang: The True Crime Story Behind the Film ‘At Close Range’ (didyouknowfacts.com)

Bruce Johnston Sr., 63; Notorious Killer Dies in Prison – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

James Foley’s “At Close Range” and the Real Story of the Johnston Gang (treepony.com)  This is an excellent review of the movie.

Com. v. Johnston, 42 A.3d 1120 – CourtListener.com

Latest appeal denied for Norman and David Johnston | News | delcotimes.com

‘Tired’ Escapee Gives Up The Fight – The Washington Post

Escape revives a town’s bad memories (post-gazette.com)

The Actual Truth Behind Devil’s Road in Chadds Ford, PA (wjbr.com)

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Executioner’s Song

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Welcome back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.

Just a quick reminder that new episodes are out on the 15th and 30th of each month, with occasional bonus episodes, so be sure to hit subscribe so you don’t miss one.

This continues our series of Based on a True Story movies and the true crime cases behind them.  Let me tell you that doing the research for these movies for my podcast has become a little Rabbit Hole of it’s own.  While I was researching for this episode I found another movie, on this case, that I had never heard of.  Turned out to be really good and well worth the time, and worth featuring.  I have found many other movies while researching the cases, so I have a long list to cover….and to use as bonus movie names for you.

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Sources for this episode:

The movie Texas Killing Fields found on TubiTV

The movies The Executioner’s Song found on Amazon Prime and Shot in the Heart found on You tube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Executioner’s_Song_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilmore_(criminal)

Gary Gilmore: Facing the Firing Squad | Full Documentary | Biography – Bing video

Execution by firing squad – Wikipedia

Gary Gilmore (criminal) – Wikipedia

 

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Rabbit Hole Two: More Movies

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Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.  We have two new true crime cases today that movies were made about, continuing with our Based on a True Story theme. Each episode stands on it’s own, so you don’t have to be caught up on episodes in the series or anything like that.  Each episode will have movies that were based on a true story, and we will go over the movie and the real story behind it.  This is Rabbit Hole 2. The two movies today are:  Out of The Darkness and Hunt For The I-5 Killer.

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Sources:

Randall Woodfield | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Randall Woodfield, the I-5 killer, former Green Bay Packer | Longform – SI.com  Sports Illustrated article by BY L. JON WERTHEIM

Randall Woodfield – The I-5 Killer | Crime Scene Database (crimescenedb.com)

David Berkowitz – Wikipedia

David Berkowitz – Crimes, Letters & Facts – Biography

Inside the Son of Sam Case – Biography

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Brutal Obsession: Based on a True Story series

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Brutal Obsession:  Based on a True Story series

Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast

On this episode we are continuing on with the Based on a True Story series where I am covering a movie that is based on a true crime story and we’ll go over the movie as well as what really happened.  Also, stay tuned at the end of each episode as I will be giving some bonus movie names.  These are names of true crime movies that I’m not going to cover in this series but you can go and look up and watch on one of the streaming platforms.

The movie for this episode is: Stalking Laura and it is really well done.  It’s one of those that have stuck with me, and really makes you think.

 

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Bonus Movies:

  • A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story. (1992 Amazon Prime) Starring: Virginia Madsen and Chris Sarandon.
  • Murder on the Cape:  Christa Worthington Case. (Bonus Movie) (2017)  Based on the Christa Worthington case.

 

 

Sources:

Richard Farley – He Stalked Her Relentlessly Then He Opened Fire (wickedwe.com)

 

Profile of Richard Wade Farley, Mass Murderer (thoughtco.com)

 

Wikipedia

Richard Farley | Criminal Minds Wiki | Fandom

 

Montaldo, Charles. “Profile of Richard Wade Farley, Mass Murderer.” ThoughtCo, Feb. 16, 2021, thoughtco.com/mass-murderer-richard-wade-farley-973100.

Death Penalty Appeal Denied in Tech Company Killings – NBC Bay Area

SUDDEN DEATH IN SUNNYVALE – The Washington Post

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-18-mn-43514-story.html

Unwanted Suitor’s Fixation on Woman Led to Carnage – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

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Based On A True Story

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Based on a True Story: This is the first episode in a series of episodes to feature cases that also have movies based on them.  Our own Based on a True Story series.  Some movies are much more obscure than others but with a little searching you can find them on your streaming services or possibly on youtube.  For each episode: I will tell you all about what happened for real in the case and give you the name of a movie that it is based on it.  Also, stay tuned at end of each episode as I will give you some bonus movie names that you can look up and watch, and of course, are based on true crime stories.

The True Crime Movie that was based on this first case is:  And Never Let Her Go (2001 movie) Starring: Mark Harmon, Kathryn Morris, Paul Michael Glaser and Steven Eckhold. The movie is Based on the Ann Rule book of the same name.  I found the movie on TubiTV at the time of research for this recording.

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Sources:

Movie:  AND NEVER LET HER GO(2001)

BOOK:  AND NEVER LET HER GO BY ANN RULE

Anne Marie Fahey: Person, pictures and information – Fold3.com

Notorious convicted killer Thomas Capano found dead in Delaware prison cell – WHYY

 

Bonus Movies:

1) THE HILLSIDE STRANGLERS (1989) Based on the true story of serial killers Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono and the investigation and capture. Starring: Richard Crenna, Billy Zane, and Dennis Farina.

2) WHEN LOVE KILLS: THE SEDCUTION OF JOHN HEARN (1993) When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (1993)

3) Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990)

 

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More Unsolved Does

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Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast

Today’s episode is dedicated to Unsolved Jane Doe murder cases.  These victims have not yet been identified and their murders not yet solved.  For each one covered here I will post pictures of their sketches and any items recovered with them if they are available.  I’ll post them on our social media.  For Twitter it is under @AvenueCrime and for Instagram it is under Cherry Avenue True Crime.  I’ll put the info in the show notes.

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Links:

Santa Ana detectives reopen 1988 cold case to identify ‘Jane Doe,’ find killer – ABC7 Los Angeles    

Doe Network: International Center For Missing and Unidentified Persons

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Different Degrees of Murder

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All New Ad-Free Episode!  Three cases, Three Different sets of murders.  One from 1900, one from 1926, and one from 1978-1993.  Marty Bergen, George Jefferson Hassell, and Robert Spangler.

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Marty Bergen – Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org)    Written by Brian McKenna

Marty Bergen (baseball) Wikipedia

Marty Bergen, Profile (razzball.com)  The Tragedy at Snowball Farm by Paulie Allnuts

George J. Hassell – Parmer County, Texas (genealogytrails.com)

The Case of George J. Hassell — Criminally Intrigued

Wikipedia

https://thisismonsters.com/robert-spangler/

Robert Spangler murdered five members of his own family: Devil Among Us investigates (monstersandcritics.com)

 

 

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Unearthed Bones

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A Heavy Equipment Operator was working on the property of an old yellow house that had been falling into disrepair.  It had been empty for quite a while and he was starting the steps of demolishing the old farm house, when up comes a ragged black trash bag with bones and fabric in it.

Police were called of course.

It was eventually determined to be the bones of a human being.

 

 

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Murders So Heinous and the Vigilante Justice Afterwards

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Vigilante Justice.

There are cases of murder and assaults that are so horrendous that they can make us understand why people would want to exact their own justice. The cases we are talking about today are crimes just that bad. In each case the people who knew the victims or lived near them were outraged and horrified by the crimes.

The murder of May Hawes and her mother and little sister.

The kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart

The murders of the Haven family

The murder of the Copple Parents with seven children at home

And the well founded outrage that was felt after each heinous act

 

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Talent Torn: Phil Hartman

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May 28th,1998 a 911 call comes in that will shatter fans of the great comedian and actor, Phil Hartman.

 

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Deadly Dysfunctional

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Two people trying to make a go of it again, but there is a lot going on.  They have blended family part-time, and this as well as a mixture of increasing drug use and rage, combines to create an ending that just shouldn’t have happened.  It didn’t have to happen.  But it did.

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Raymond Richmond / Robert Nichols

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Two main features this week:

Raymond Robert Richmond shot and killed his cousin Robert Stasiak in 1977.  It was ruled a suicide at the time of the death.  Nearly 40 years later the crime is solved and Raymond Richmond is arrested.

Also, the mysterious case of a War Hero, Robert Nichols, who took the identity of a young boy who died in 1945.  Robert Nichols was found dead, having committed suicide.  He was found under the name of Joseph Chandler III. The story of how they solved the case of his real identity and the questions of why?  Why did he leave his family and why did he hide his identity?

As always, there are some historical newspaper clippings at the end about cousins shooting cousins.

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