EP 78 SPECIAL EPISODE: "Why do we LOVE True Crime?" (Gen & Kait chat with Breakfast Serial)

the year? 1996.the place? the Grand Canyon. the people? a troop of boyscouts and their group leaders.the probems? a record-breaking heat wave, no water, rattlesnakes, scorpions, loose rocks and sheer cliffs, to name a few.the odds? really, really not good. in this special Patreon preview episode, Gen & Kait take a deep dive into a harrowing story of survival, bravery, and friendship from the show "I Shouldn't Be Alive" S2 Ep7: A Walk Through HellLights Out Campers. ....SOURCES:"I Shouldn't Be Alive" Season 2 Episode 7 (available to stream on Amazon Prime)"BOYS RUSHED FOR WATER IN TRY TO SAVE SCOUT" By Deseret News, Jason Swensen and Matthew S. Bennett, staff writers. Published: June 8, 1996, 12:00 a.m. MDThttps://www.ksl.com/article/50009139/officer-was-justified-in-shooting-man-who-tried-to-run-him-over-da-ruleshttps://www.slcdocs.com/civreview/PCF/S2020-0001.pdfhttps://wvpd.com/mark-coons-dds/

On the Monday morning of April 18th, 2016, a handful of bleary-eyed fitness students filed into the Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian TX just before 5am—expecting to find their trainer Missy Bevers and her array of workout equipment ready to whip them into shape. But instead, they encountered a scene that could have been straight out of an episode of Law & Order. 45 year old Missy Bevers was lying unresponsive on the floor in a pool of blood. Terrible wounds covered her chest and head and shattered glass was scattered all around her. No one else was in sight. And just like that, the perceived bubble of safety over the sleepy town of Midlothian was destroyed forever. It’s been nearly a decade since that morning, and police and armchair detectives alike have torn their hair out looking for the one piece of evidence that would finally lead them to a killer. There’s been a slew of theories, red herrings, internet gossip & bone-chilling surveillance footage—and don’t worry, we’ll be getting into it all today. This is a case that Kaitlyn and I both spiraled on long before we ever had our own true crime podcast—and if you’re not familiar with this case—sorry, you’re definitely about to spiral too. This is Episode 79: The Unsolved Murder of Terri Leann “Missy” Bevers. Lights Out Campers. CREEKSIDE CHURCH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO:SOURCES: Fort Worth Star Telegram “Police Investigate Death of Woman at Midlothian Church” by Ryan Osborne Apr 19th 2016https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9934gkhgqr6128c6nhadd/BWH-1996-assault-article-page-1.jpg?rlkey=3lhay9wxzl55x33hpvpvzs0zo&e=1&dl=0https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/as-police-investigation-heats-up-friends-remember-slain-fitness-instructor/190273/https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/3-years-later-hunt-for-missy-bevers-killer-continues/252008/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3602607/Police-search-vehicle-murder-Terri-Missy-Bevers.htmlhttps://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/police-release-new-information-in-midlothian-murder-investigation/2013025/

This week, we had a fascinating (and slightly unhinged) YouTube Live convo as the guests of Josh, the host of YouTube channel Breakfast Serial. Josh blends riveting true crime stories with sharp wit and a satirical lens to create a unique genre of true crime comedy--and we can't get enough! You can listen to the full audio of our convo here or if video is your thing, pop over to this link to watch the LIVE: youtube.com/watch?v=y81As1jqiRU Be Sure to Check Out:Breakfast Serial Merch: http://www.breakfastserial.storeBreakfast Serial Insta: @breakfastserialkiller

WELCOME to the first installment of "The Camp Bulletin". We wanted to give you guys a sneak peek of our exclusive weekly installment that will be dropping every Thursday morning on Patreon at 9am (starting 2/20) , JUST for our $3 and up monthly Patrons. The Camp Bulletin is an ad-free WHOLE ASS EXTRA EPISODE a week...where Gen and Kait go rogue talking about anything and everything that's been grabbing their attention in the world of true crime, the paranormal--and just plain weird. This week, we dive into the bizarre and un-asked for nudity on the Grammy's red carpet, a horrifying case of nursing home abuse uncovered...and trash humans who exploit their children for clicks. We'll meet ya over there! Lights Out Campers.

This is PART II of our two-parter on the Dyatlov Pass Incident, so if you’re just tuning in; do yourself a favor and listen to Part I first. We’re going to jump right back in where we left off–which was March of 1959. 9 young hikers never made it home from a carefully planned backpacking trip deep in the heart of Russia’s Ural Mountains…under increasingly odd circumstances. Searchers had located four of their bodies several hundred yards away from their abandoned tent—without shoes or coats–but 5 hikers were still missing, and every day that passed made the search feel bleaker. Once more into the heart of frozen mountains and Soviet Russian conspiracies we go. Lights Out Campers.SOURCES:book: "Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident" by Donnie Eichar

The year: 1959....the place: frozen Siberian mountainswhen 22 year old university student Zinaida Kolmogoriva, (who went by Zina), sat scribbling away in her diary while snow flurries zipped against the window of her train car. Eight of her very best friends in the world (and a friendly newcomer named Sasha) sat bundled up around her, and everyone was buzzing with excitement. They were all part of the most accomplished hiking club at Sverdlovsk’s Ural Polytechnic Institute in Russia, and they had spent months carefully preparing to take on their biggest adventure yet. A hike…..covering one. hundred. and. eighty . six. miles. of rugged, sparsely habited terrain deep in the heart of the Ural Mountains…. in the dead of winter. As in—they were expected to encounter negative 25 degrees Fahrenheit dead. You campers can already guess how we’d feel about such a trip based on the title of this podcast—but for this close-knit group of adventurers, it meant that if they successfully completed this hike–they would be awarded the highest hiking certification in Russia as “Masters of Sport”. And this group was well on their way–everyone was very experienced in mountaineering and their group leader, 23 year old Igor Dyatlov, had meticulously prepared them for anything the mountains might throw their way. Or so he thought. Because what took place 10 days into the group’s hike was so horrific, and so…bizarre…that nearly 70 years later— “stumped” is still the best word even the most studied experts have when trying to determine what the hell happened in that frozen wilderness. Oh, there are theories—and don’t you worry, we’ll be getting into all of them today. But to truly believe any of them, you might have to admit that sometimes there are things in this world we just can’t rationally explain.Back in the train car in 1959, Zina smiled at her friends hugging their massive trail backpacks and singing songs together to pass the time, and she wrote in her diary: “I wonder what awaits us in this hike?” This is Episode 75: PART 1 of The 1959 Dyatlov Pass Disaster.Lights Out Campers.SOURCES:book: "Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident" by Donnie Eichar

Lies.....lies.....and more lies.This is PART II of our coverage of The Submarine Case: The Murder of Swedish Journalist Kim Wall. Make sure you go back and listen to Part 1 first, Episode 73—if you’re joining us for the first time. If you’ve already listened to it, you should have a pretty strong picture by now of Peter Madsen—the eccentric inventor who managed to break the sound barrier with a homemade rocket, and enjoyed loaning his submarines out to the porn film industry for reasons only the dark lord must know. Gen: praise Satan When we left you in Part I, things had gone south hard with Peter’s business partner at Copenhagen Suborbitals, so he’d taken up shop nextdoor—literally—and had taken a small group of young interns under his wing who were eager to be a part of Rocket Madsen’s dreams of submarines and space travel. He also had a secret obsession with actual snuff films of women being beheaded and tortured—but as of this point in our story, no one knew that yet.Lights Out Campers.SOURCES:Netflix DOC "Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case", directed by Emma Sullivanhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40911387https://archive.ph/20141119103447/http://adastra.systems/#selection-141.0-141.76https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/peter-madsen-guilty-verdict-leaves-lingering-questions-and-painhttps://theweek.com/92441/peter-madsen-trial-kim-wall-submarine-murderhttps://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/07/copenhagen-killing-peter-madsen-kim-wall-murder-submarinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Madsenhttps://www.avisen.dk/forfatter-peter-madsen-fandt-sin-far-doed-og-vendte_467524.aspxhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/world/europe/peter-madsen-kim-wall-convicted.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/column-journalist-kim-walls-wit-shone-through-her-work-and-lifehttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/07/556345889/swedish-journalist-kim-wall-s-severed-head-found-in-copenhagen-bay

Back in 2016, the world was stunned when an award-winning 30 year old journalist named Kim Wall boarded a submarine built by celebrity-status Danish inventor Peter Madsen, for an evening dive in the waters Copenhagen and an in-depth interview. Kim Wall would never be seen alive again, and the eventual breaking news of her death would send shock waves all over the world. How could a true sadistic psychopath have been hiding in plain sight for years? Who was the real Peter Madsen beneath the disarming boyish-charm of a groundbreaking rocket science inventor? And most importantly.... who was Kim Wall--because she was so much more than a victim. Over the next couple weeks, we're going to do our best to break down this story in a way that scratches our true crime itch to dive into deep into the pathology of a perpetrator but, most importantly, keeps Kim Wall and her ongoing legacy as a fearless journalist and beloved daughter and friend in the center. YAY FOR TWO- PARTAS ;)SOURCES:Netflix DOC "Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case", directed by Emma Sullivanhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40911387https://archive.ph/20141119103447/http://adastra.systems/#selection-141.0-141.76https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/peter-madsen-guilty-verdict-leaves-lingering-questions-and-painhttps://theweek.com/92441/peter-madsen-trial-kim-wall-submarine-murderhttps://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/07/copenhagen-killing-peter-madsen-kim-wall-murder-submarinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Madsenhttps://www.avisen.dk/forfatter-peter-madsen-fandt-sin-far-doed-og-vendte_467524.aspxhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/world/europe/peter-madsen-kim-wall-convicted.html

In today’s episode, we’re exploring some chilling true crime cases that unfolded during the holiday season,with some true stories from our friends on good ol’ Reddit. Full of mysterious disappearances and grim realities, these stories remind us that not everything is merry and bright during the holidays.So grab your spiked cocoa, sit back, and get ready for a series of eerie tales that prove the holiday season can sometimes be the most dangerous time of year. Lights out campers.Sources:Nikole Bettersonreddit Joyce Marilyn Meyer Summersreddit link washington post article link r/UnresolvedMysteriesTaraCalicosBikePodcast Host - Across State LinesOn Christmas Day, 2007, Aaron Taylor was set on fire and burned alive outside of a Subway restaurant, in Phoenix, Arizona. Three local teens were known to torture and harass him, and seen flicking matches on his beard that night. Who are the three men that murdered Aaron Taylor?

THE FINAL INSTALLMENT IS HERE.SOURCES:"Buried Alive:18 Years in the Missouri Penitentiary" by James B.Johnson & Chas E. Hoffmanhttps://www.missouripentours.com/history/timeline/https://www.visitjeffersoncity.com/blog/post/the-tough-guys-stories-from-within-the-missouri-state-penitentiary/https://hauntedus.com/missouri/missouri-state-penitentiary-haunted/