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Halloween 2021 Special

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This is the Halloween Special: 2021 

We are going to go over a bunch of Scary Movies that were either inspired by or based on true stories.  I’ll give a brief synopsis of the movie in case you want to watch them this Halloween season, and then I’ll give you the details of the true story that inspired each one.

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Sources for this episode:

Nosferatu – Wikipedia

Nosferatu: Origins of the Vampire-Death Wish Coffee Company

The True Story Behind Nosferatu (grunge.com)

Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror and Shadow of the Vampire (nosferatumovie.com)

Jack the Ripper – Wikipedia

IMDB.com

Jack the Ripper – History, Victims, Letters, Suspects. (jack-the-ripper.org)

Two Barmaids, Five Alligators, and the Butcher of Elmendorf – Texas Monthly

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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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The Pardon

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Today’s episode is the story of Toni Jo Henry who had a horrible childhood, fought drug addiction, found true love and then was involved in a murder.  I am covering the movie made about her case and the True Story that the movie was based on.

The Pardon is a 2013 movie.  Starring:  Jaime King, Jason Lewis, John Hawkes and M.C. Gainey

The true story of Toni Jo Henry, a woman tried for the crime of murder in 1942 in the state of Louisiana.

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The sources for today’s episode:

Toni Jo Henry (1916-1942) – Find A Grave Memorial

Claude David “Cowboy” Henry (1913-1945) – Find A Grave Memorial

Toni Jo Henry (capitalpunishmentuk.org)

 

A Courthouse Ghost: Toni Jo Henry (anomalien.com)

tonijo (rowdiva.com)

Toni Jo Henry (en-academic.com)

 

Toni Jo Henry – Wikipedia

 

The Pardon – Wikipedia

The Pardon Movie

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Trial By Fire

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Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.  Just a quick reminder that new episodes come out on the 15th and the 30th of each month, with occasional bonus episodes thrown out there in between so please hit subscribe so you don’t miss anything.

I’ll be the first to admit that when I hear that a parent or parents escaped a burning house unharmed and all of the kids die, I’m a little suspicious.  And when you start watching this movie, that is how you feel. 

But there are questions….

And the more you learn, the more you question……

The movie and the case for this episode is:  Trial By Fire  (2018-2019) movie that I found available for streaming on  (Prime Video) and  (Hulu).  It stars Jack O’Connel, Laura Dern and Emily Meade.

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was sentenced to death in Texas for killing his three children even after scientific evidence and expert testimony bolstered his claims of innocence

We will cover the movie, the story of what really happened, and the controversy.

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New Yorker article:

Trial by Fire | The New Yorker

Sources for this episode:

Cameron Todd Willingham’s Ex-Wife Stacy Kuykendall Says Texas Shouldn’t Pardon Him [EXCLUSIVE] | HuffPost

Cameron Todd Willingham – Wikipedia

Cameron Todd Willingham: Wrongfully Convicted and Executed in Texas – Innocence Project

Murder of his three young children by Cameron Todd Willingham examined on Evil Lives Here (monstersandcritics.com)

5 Things To Know About The Cameron Todd Willingham Case | Crime History | Investigation Discovery

Stacy Kuykendall Now: Where is Cameron Todd Willingham’s Ex-Wife Today? Update (thecinemaholic.com)

Where Is Stacey Willingham From Trial By Fire In 2019? (refinery29.com)

Where Is Trial By Fire Playwright Elizabeth Gilbert Now (refinery29.com)

Disturbing Evidence That Texas Executed An Innocent Man, Cameron Todd Willingham (ranker.com)

A dad was executed for deaths of his 3 girls. Now a letter casts more doubt. – The Washington Post

Jury Clears the Prosecutor Who Sent Cameron Todd Willingham to Death Row | The Marshall Project

Willingham v. State :: 1995 :: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions :: Texas Case Law :: Texas Law :: US Law :: Justia

Interviews – Elizabeth Gilbert | Death By Fire | FRONTLINE | PBS

Posthumous pardon denied for Case of Texas man Cameron Todd Willingham, executed for arson that killed his kids, puts spotlight on “pardons after death” – CBS News

10 Executed Prisoners That Were Later Found to Be Innocent (unbelievable-facts.com)

Trial by Fire | The New Yorker

Trial by Fire: True story of innocent dad executed for killing his three children – Mirror Online

Myths and Facts about the Willingham Case – Innocence Project

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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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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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Helter Skelter Special Part 1

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This was a truly horrific murder spree.  Sometimes I think the humanity of the victims is really lost in all the Charles Manson craziness.  Humans are always looking to belong, looking for their “people”, looking for people like themselves, craving a connection of some kind.  Manson played into this at one of the easiest times in history to pull it off. He didn’t even know what type of world he was walking out into when he was released from prison in the 1967.  But he was good at adapting quickly, after years of having to survive abusive care from relatives and then people in the reform schools and boys homes he lived in and on into prison.  He came out with his pimp knowledge and his Dale Carnegies’ How to Make Friends and Influence People education along with his gift of being able to turn into (or seem like) what people wanted.  He didn’t change into what he wanted until they were well well ensnared.

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Cold Cases Close

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Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast
On this episode I have 3 Cold Cases that were solved in an unusual way.

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