#287 Sinister Sister

You know the movie When a Stranger Calls? The one about the babysitter who receives a creepy phone call, and the call is coming from inside the house? Well, it was LOOSELY, based on a true story. There have been countless stories, and probably even more film depictions of a teenage girl hired to babysit, and after the children have been put to bed, the babysitter is alone, watching a movie, doing homework, on the phone with a boyfriend, whatever.  Then the phone rings, the caller asks, something along the lines of “have you checked on the children lately”, the babysitter is scared. She locks the door, turns on the light to see if anyone is there, nothing. She eventually calls the police and once the call is traced, she's told the call is coming from inside the house. None of that happened in this story, but somehow this is the source of the urban legend of the babysitter. This is the story of Janett Christman.    Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com     Sources: https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2021/07/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-horror-trope-is-based-on-a-sady-true-story/ https://medium.com/omgfacts/the-truth-behind-the-babysitter-the-man-upstairs-urban-legend-d41d1722c9e9 https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/politics/government/2010/03/07/who-killed-janett-christman/984978007/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52836495/janett-christman/photo https://cindyparmiter.substack.com/p/a-babysitters-worst-nightmare-the https://truecrimearticles.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/the-unsolved-murder-of-janett-christman/

Claire Miller was just 14 years old when she murdered her older sister (just 19) who suffered from cerebral palsy, while she slept! Claire, was a rising TikTok star who may have suffered a mental break that led to her killing her sister, or she could have been obsessed with violence all along.    Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com   Sources: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/claire-miller-pleads-guilty-but-mentally-ill-in-sisters-stabbing-death-update/article_b7e3f45e-bea4-11ed-ae5f-ff4dc9d21719.html https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/claire-miller-sentencing-guilty-plea-homicide-helen-miller/521-51fa4e94-3892-4ab7-9764-b15faf68ae11 https://allthatsinteresting.com/claire-miller https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/lancaster/news/pa-tiktoker-who-admitted-to-killing-her-wheelchair-bound-sister-learns-her-fate-da/858650/ https://nypost.com/2022/07/01/pennsylvania-girl-claire-miller-wouldve-killed-sooner-if-it-meant-mcdonalds-breakfast/

A man wakes up from being brain dead while having his organs harvested. Denmark has a unique way of controlling their pet population, and a man who looks like an overly tattooed Henry Rollins, is upset because porn facial recognition thinks he's wearing a mask. Oh and the most French crime ever, and a story that hits a little too close to home.    Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com

As many of us know, Lizzie Borden was an American woman acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892. But nearly 50 years earlier there was another Ax murder, even more horrendous that took place in the Appalachian Mountains. Overton County Tennessee, to be exact, was the scene of a horrific crime in September 1846.This is the true story of Patsey Troxdale.   Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com

Jason Sweeney was a 16 year old from the Fishtown area of Philadelphia Pennsylvania who was brutally setup and murdered by his “girlfriend”, Justina Morely, and his friends, Edward Batzig, Dominec Coia, and Nicholas Coia. *Warning violence against children and violent children”   Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com   Intro Song: Fishtown by True Crime Guys (soon to be released on spotify) Lyrics: Verse 1 He was on his way to meet her He didn’t know what to say He wasn’t gonna mess this up He just got paid She was on her way to meet him She knew  just    what to say This wasn’t her first rodeo And he just got paid.   Chorus: With Friends like these Its like placing bets Welcome to Fishtown Don’t get caught in the nets With friends like these You don’t get what you see There’s sharks in Fishtown  They just look like teen(s)(agers)   Verse 2: They stalked him in the shadows It had to be today Just before the drugs wear off Their conscience fades away And everything that’s left Is sure to find a way To make this feeling last Just one more day   Sources: Show - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Coming of Rage" (S4E10) Graphic Novel - Kevin Colden's wrote Fishtown, a 2008 graphic novel which was nominated for an Eisner Award, this dude writes graphic novels in a comic styling to tell you about crime cases DocuSeries - Lifetime series called Killer Kids, "Foul Ball and Framed" detailed the murder, including actual footage from the crime scene, in the second segment of the episode called "Framed" from 2012 DocuSeries - Murder Among Friends, '"Friend Fatale,"  from 2016 News Article - Chicago Tribune News Article - TulsaWorld Video - Court Hearings & Trials 

DeOrr Kunz Jr. was a two year old child who went missing on July 10th in 2015, in a National Park in Idaho. Ten years later and this case is still unsolved and when you see the scarce evidence and the insanely different retellings by all those involved, its clear to see why. Was this an accident? A homicide? A kidnapping? A FREAKING ANIMAL ATTACK??!!......WE DON'T KNOW!    Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com   Sources: Documentary - Investigation Discovery Now S1E6 DeOrr Kunz  Documentary - Without a Trace: the DeOrr Kunz Mystery Documentary - Horror at the Campground Documentary - Where is Baby DeOrr Documentary - Missing 411 Documentary - Little Man Lost: Gone Without a Trace Private investigator Philip Klein shares his theory on what happened to missing toddler DeOrr Kunz

Nintendo explains that two of its most famous characters aren't what they seem, Charles Cheese is arrested while at his own establishment, one of the most heartbreaking deaths we've covered, and a Florida woman who attacked another person over a dead chicken. TrueCrimeGuys.com  Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com

Cory Lovelace was found dead in her bed on Valentine’s Day, so naturally the local rumor mill started peddling the idea that her husband, Curtis, had killed her. The only problem is this case is full of plot holes that no one wanted/or cared enough to find the answers to. At least until 8 years later when a new detective decides to take another look at the case, but was Curtis still being wrongly accused?  Curtis Lovelace, was eventually charged with the murder of his wife, Cory, and his first trial was labeled a mistrial. Curtis got another trial, and this time things were different… But what really happened?    Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com   Sources: https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/curtis-lovelace-wins-45m-lawsuit-against-adams-county-quincy-police  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cory-lovelace-curtis-lovelace-case-did-illinois-mother-die-from-alcohol-abuse-or-was-she-murdered/ https://investigatinginnocence.org/curt-lovelace https://www.nprillinois.org/legal/2017-03-28/curtis-lovelace-life-after-a-not-guilty-verdict#stream/0

Lauren Giddings was a bright, outgoing law student focused on making a life for herself, we just wish that life never included Stephen McDaniel. Stephen was a peeping tom turned murderer who put the spot light on himself by doing news interviews about Lauren’s case.     Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com     Sources: News Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSK47WlZ6Ac  News Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiNMbCvc5Sk  News Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_xb_JnXGeI  Dateline NBC, S9E16, “The Watcher” https://allthatsinteresting.com/lauren-giddings https://wgxa.tv/news/local/the-girl-next-door-lauren-giddings-family-remembers-her-10-years-after-brutal-murder\ https://www.macon.com/news/local/crime/article271369827.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12695035/Law-student-torso-trash-strangled-death-college-classmate.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/stephen-mcdaniel https://www.11alive.com/article/news/truly-evil/85-17ec0d7e-0e45-4ca4-878d-5a117061b614 https://www.facebook.com/LaurenTeresaGiddings/ https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/stephen-mcdaniel-loses-another-appeal/93-bff77d64-efce-43bf-b943-f2468623debc https://wgxa.tv/news/local/stephen-mcdaniel-lauren-giddings-mercer-law-school-student-murder-dismembered-macon-bibb-county-appeal-marc-treadwell-federal-court

Lou Pearlman was convicted of running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history and potentially stealing over $300 million from banks and people alike. He also has some VERY close ties to boy bands in the 90’s including Backstreet Boys AND *NSYNC.    Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com   Sources: Documentary - The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story (free on youtube) from 2019 Documentary - American Greed in the 2009 episode "Boy Band Mogul" Documentary - 20/20 episode "The Hitman: From Pop to Prison" from December 13, 2019 Book - The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History by Tyler Gray (available on ebay, walmart website, and kindle)