Prison City Murders Podcast

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Prison City Murders – Case 23 – Ghost from the Past
Listeners, I checked the audio on all the platforms I could think of. So... I think everything is ok now. Sorry about that. (I guess I'll have to dock my pay:)) Thanks for your patience. - 9:15 pm, November 15, 2013. Valley Center, Kansas. -
Prison City Murders – Case 23 – Ghost from the Past
9:15 pm, November 15, 2013. Valley Center, Kansas. - A 911 call comes into Sedgewick County Emergency Communications from the quiet Wichita, Kansas, suburb of Valley Center. The caller is the 16-year-old son of Melissa and Roger Bluml.
Prison City Murders – Case 22 – Weaponized Rattlesnakes
Around Midnight, Saturday, June 29th, 1974. Rural Gray County, Western, Kansas. - Gray County Sheriff Marvin Kramer, nicknamed “Squirt,” is out on patrol when he hears a call for the Ensign, Kansas, volunteer fire department to respond to a fire at th...
Prison City Murders – Case 21 – Fatal Attraction Kansas-Style
8:45 am, June 22nd, 1900. Merchant Street, El Dorado, Kansas. - Report from the Butler County Democrat newspaper: - Mrs. Emma Spangler and Mrs. Betty Mobberly … hear screams from the home of Olin and Clara Castle.
Prison City Murders – Case 20 – Stupid Meets Explosives
9:30 am, Saturday, September 20st, 1980. Olathe, Kansas. - A huge blast at 901 Van Mar Drive tears through the home of Robert Post, 51, and his wife Norma Jean Post, 47. A neighbor runs outside to find a body blown into his back yard and body parts li...
Prison City Murders – Case 19 Part 2 – Bridge Too Far
DATELINE: Monday, September 30th, 1929. Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri. - Police statement of Mrs. Mayme Hofman: - Before I knew what was happening I heard the shot … and I jumped out the door and ran upstairs.
Prison City Murders – Case 19 – Part 1 – Bridge Too Far
DATELINE: Monday, September 30th, 1929. Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri. - Police statement of Mrs. Mayme Hofman: - Before I knew what was happening I heard the shot … and I jumped out the door and ran upstairs.
Prison City Murders – Case 18 – The Soldier and the French Maid
Tuesday morning, July 20th, 1909. The Quarters of Capt Charles Murphy, Grant Avenue, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. - Mrs. Murphy recounts the fateful events of that morning: “Minnie and I were standing just inside the door. Lieut.
Prison City Murders – Case 17 – Taken in the Night
About 2 o’clock in the morning, Thursday, July 8, 1965. Kansas City, Missouri. - Dorothy Reynolds, who manages the Great Plains Motor Hotel off US Highway 71 near the airport in Kansas City, Missouri, responds to the night buzzer in the lobby.
Prison City Murders – Case 16 – Inner Darkness
April 20th, 2004. Jackson County Courthouse, Kansas City, Missouri. - Lorenzo J. Gilyard, Jr., is charged with 12 counts of first-degree murder in the strangling deaths of 12 Kansas City women. The dates of the killings range from 1977 through 1993.