A sleepy Southern California town is turned upside down with the murders of 4 boys. So much so, the town changed its name. Join us as we look into the crime that rocked this small town and meet the monster who called it home almost 100 years ago.

Looking for more information on The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders check out these books

The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders by Anthony Flacco and Jerry Clark (Sanford’s son).

or

Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott by Janes Jeffrey Paul

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Below is a  list of resources  used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) 

Wineville Chicken Coop Murder

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wineville_Chicken_Coop_murders

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/wineville-chicken-coop-murders/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wineville-chicken-coop-murders

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/california-crop-

horror-1920s-article-1.1229595

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-wineville-chicken-coop-murders/amandasedlakhevener

https://the-line-up.com/gordon-northcott-wineville-chicken-coop-murder

http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/family-affair-gordon-northcott-wineville-chicken-coop-murders

https://highschool.latimes.com/ontario-high-school/murder-flashbacks-wineville-chicken-coop-murders/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wineville-Chicken-Coop-Murders/143884638962102

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Gordon_Northcott

https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/northcott-gordon.htm

http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/570624?imagelist=1

https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2008/12/21/clark-chief-witness-in-20s-child-murders-led-exemplary-life/

http://infoczarina.blogspot.com/2008/12/wineville-chicken-coop-murders.html

https://www.cvltnation.com/grisly-perverse-crimes-gordon-stewart-northcott/

Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EiOrpgXZNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT16Sht4URI

 “During the 1920s, Boys Became the Prey of a Brutal Killer”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 6, 2019.

Johnson, Kim Jarrell (2006). Jurupa. Arcadia Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 0-7385-3082-4.

 Kurz, John (1988-12-15). “Mira Loma History, Riverside County, California: Wineville Chicken Murders”. Rubidoux Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-01-26.

 Paul, James Jeffrey, Nothing Is Strange with You, p.88

 “Jurupa Valley History: Mira Loma History”. Riverside CountyPlanning Department. 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-26

 Rasmussen, Cecilia (October 31, 2004). “During the 1920s, Boys Became the Prey of a Brutal Killer”. Los Angeles Times. Tronc. Retrieved September 13, 2008.

“Northcott Murders: James Jeffrey Paul’s Research Materials”. Riverside Public Library. Retrieved 2010-03-06.

 “Murder Farm’ Fugitive Held: Young Northcott Arrested by Canadian Police Mother Also Believed to be in Their Custody Blood Found on Suspects’ Ranch Called Human”. Los Angeles Times. 1928-09-20. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

 “Error in Extradition Papers to Delay Northcott’s Return: Officers Go On To See Suspect State Aides Discover Flaws in Legal Documents Burying Alive Charge Laid to Sanford Clark Examination Continues of “Death Farm” Clews”. Los Angeles Times. 1928-09-26. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

 “Youth’s Nerves At High Tension: Northcott Embarrassed on Debarking from Train Request for Picture Brings Defiant Refusal Prisoner Lodged in Cell That Housed Hickman”. Los Angeles Times. 1928-11-30. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

 Blair, Elizabeth (October 24, 2008). “Behind ‘Changeling,’ A Tale Too Strange For Fiction”. NPR. Washington, DC. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

 “NORTHCOTT SLEW FIVE, ‘CONFESSION’ ADMITS; California officer States Alleged Chicken Ranch Murderer Told of Killing Youths”. The New York Times. New York City: New York Times Company. December 4, 1928. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

 Webb, William (2013). ‘Til Murder Do Us Part: 15 Couples Who Killed (Volume 2). New York City: Absolute Crime Books.

Books

https://www.amazon.com/Road-Out-Hell-Sanford-Wineville/dp/1626811849/ref=asc_df_1626811849/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312174487654&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1057652621847849366&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013701&hvtargid=aud-801657747996:pla-493824548335&psc=1

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

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