Episode 39: Rwanda: The Murder of Dian Fossey

This week's trip to Bulgaria gives us a sad disappearance that is still unsolved. Lars Mittank was on vacation with friends when he started acted strange. Was he experiencing a psychotic break or were people actually trying to kill him?Sources:https://darktales.blog/2021/05/11/the-disappearance-of-lars-mittank/https://allthatsinteresting.com/lars-mittankhttps://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-mystery-of-the-most-famous-missing-person-on-youtube-2https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474525/https://berlinspectator.com/2020/07/19/germany-new-hope-in-the-lost-son-case/Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

This week we're going to Germany. We are talking about serial killer Peter Kurten. Trigger warning for all the things, Peter was absolute garbage who hurt, animals, his own family, and children. At least he was caught and punished for his crimes.Sources:https://www.biography.com/crime/peter-kurten#arrest-and-trialhttps://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-kurten-the-vampire-of-dusseldorfhttp://www.executedtoday.com/2012/07/02/1931-peter-kurten-the-vampire-of-dusseldorf/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83922216Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

This week we're off to Cuba. We're taking a look at the life & death of Alberto Yarini. Alberto had every advantage growing up and yet he decided to commit crimes and take advantage of others to make it in the world. The sad part is,  his exploits worked and he was loved by most of the country. In fact, had his life not been cut short, he may have been elected president.Sources:https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1480&context=etdhttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/52414/pdfOld NY Times articles that I accessed through the school library and so can’t link here.Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

Arthur Duperrault simply wanted to take his family of five on a sailing adventure of a lifetime. Unfortunately, they got much more than they bargained for in the skipper, Julian Harvey. Julian was a piece of garbage posing as a human but the joke was on him because 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault survived despite his best efforts.Sources:Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean by Richard Logan and Tere Duperrault Fassbenderhttps://www.rd.com/article/orphaned-on-the-ocean-the-unbelievable-story-of-terry-jo-duperrault/https://www.dailynews.com/2010/05/26/john-bogert-the-tale-of-the-bluebelle-still-captivates-decades-later/https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,938800,00.htmlDon't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

I'm back and hoping you're still here for our trek to Rwanda. This week we are going to talk about the murder of Dian Fossey. Dian went to Africa to study and save gorillas. While she definitely succeeded in her mission to help the gorillas; it ultimately led to her murder.Sources:https://www.vanityfair.com/style/1986/09/fatal-obsession-198609 https://gorillafund.org/who-we-are/dian-fossey/dian-fossey-bio/https://web.archive.org/web/20191201153104/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/15/books/some-primates-weren-t-to-be-trusted.htmlhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/primatologist-dian-fossey-found-murdered-in-rwandahttps://web.archive.org/web/20091205143418/http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/fossey.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200105191834/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140116-dian-fossey-google-doodle-national-geographic-gorillas-birthday/https://web.archive.org/web/20191021101424/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jul/28/andrewosbornhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/international-court-acqui_b_360379https://ippl.org/newsletter/1980s/041_1986-12_Special-Report-His-Name-Was-Digit.pdfDon't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

The Flannan Islands are a mysterious set of islands off the northwest coast of Scotland. In 1900, 3 light keepers simply disappeared without a trace. What happened to them? Was is weather, the evil spirits of the island,  or cold-blooded murder? Theories have abounded for years but we may never fully know what happened on that island.Sources:https://www.nlb.org.uk/lighthouses/flannan-islands/https://www.historyhit.com/the-flannan-isle-mystery-when-three-lighthouse-keepers-vanished-overnight/https://www.nlb.org.uk/history/flannan-isles/https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-was-the-flannan-isle-mystery-and-what-happened-to-the-missing-eilean-mor-lighthouse-keepers/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9078503/The-enduring-mystery-missing-Victorian-lighthouse-keepers.htmlhttps://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/tag/James+Ducat+eilean+morDon't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

In 2002 Hemanta and Anjali Shrestha lived in a rented apartment with their 4-year-old daughter. Two teenagers, Manraj Gurung and Pramesh Chauhan, barged in one morning and killed the innocent couple. Despite leaving evidence and a witness behind, it took over a decade to see justice in this case. Despite the killers being in jail, there are still unanswered questions and there is at least one other guilty person out there who has escaped justice.Sources:https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2015/03/15/ranibari-murder-case-2-accused-held-after-12-yrs https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/ranibari-murder-case-culprits-sentenced-life-imprisonmenthttps://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/ranibari-murder-convicts-gets-life-in-prison-after-14-yrs/https://himalsanchar.com/the-contract-killer-of-ranibari-massacre-became-the-watchman-of-bhadra-prison/https://nepaliheadlines.com/convicts-brutal-ranibari-murder-case-slapped-life-sentence/https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2017/07/15/the-murders-at-ranibariDon't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

This week we're off to Denmark. This case is a doozy. It starts as a straightforward robbery and double murder until it wasn't. Was the perpetrator actually a man who wasn't even in town at the time of the crime?  Was the killer a liar or a horribly abused man. Many theories exist but unfortunately we may never know what really happened between 2 men in their prison cell (that sounded way more porn-y than it was meant to).Sources:Book: Secret, Don’t Tell: The Encyclopedia of Hypnotism by Carla Emeryhttps://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1204&context=lfhttps://www.bt.dk/nyheder/hypnotiseret-til-drabhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-truth-serum/Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

This week we are going to the southern African country of Namibia to look at the B1 Butcher. This animal killed at least 5 women, leaving various pieces of them all along the B1 highway. While this case is technically unsolved, we probably have a good idea who did it.Sources:https://neweralive.na/posts/yet-another-gruesome-findhttps://neweralive.na/posts/catch-this-mad-manhttps://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=34812&page=archive-readhttps://neweralive.na/posts/khomas-butchers-victim-knownhttps://neweralive.na/posts/family-begins-digging-gravehttps://neweralive.na/posts/police-probe-suspects-links-to-b1-butcher-killingshttps://neweralive.na/posts/another-grisly-murderhttps://neweralive.na/posts/more-body-parts-discoveredhttps://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=39856&page=archive-readhttps://neweralive.na/posts/sa-crack-team-totackle-b1-butcher-2https://neweralive.na/posts/b1-butcher-victim-is-alivehttps://www.namibian.com.na/31250/archive-read/German-rape-suspect-fights-for-bail-and-against-charges https://www.namibian.com.na/40811/archive-read/B-1-Butcher-DNA-evidence-in-spotlightDon't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]

This week we're going to Asia and learning about how a small insult at a party resulted in 2 people's deaths. As if the killings weren't bad enough, the attempted cover up afterward is somehow worse.Sources:https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/guilty-as-charged-michael-mccrea-killed-a-woman-and-a-man-he-called-hishttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20030208-1.2.5.1?ST=1&AT=filter&K=michael%20mccrea&KA=michael%20mccrea&DF=01%2F01%2F2002&DT=31%2F12%2F2006&Display=0&AO=true&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=&QT=michael,mccrea&oref=articlehttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20020308-2.2.4.8?ST=1&AT=filter&K=orchard%20towers%20bodies&KA=orchard%20towers%20bodies&DF=01%2F01%2F2002&DT=31%2F12%2F2006&Display=0&AO=true&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=&QT=orchard,towers,bodies&oref=articlehttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20020307-2.2.5.1?ST=1&AT=filter&K=orchard%20towers%20bodies&KA=orchard%20towers%20bodies&DF=01%2F01%2F2002&DT=31%2F12%2F2006&Display=0&AO=true&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=&QT=orchard,towers,bodies&oref=articlehttps://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/high-life-prime-suspect-2458835 https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2003/05/15/accomplice-in-double-murder-case-withdraws-her-appeal https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Portals/0/Docs/Judgments/%5b2006%5d%20SGHC%20119.pdfDon't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcastsFacebook: Have Murder, Will Travel PodcastInstagram: havemurderwilltravelEmail: [email protected]