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Sinister Crimes and Cocktails: A True Crime Podcast

Kori and Courtney

Do you love everything true crime and cocktails? Then this is the show for you. Listen every week, as Sinister Crimes and Cocktails takes a deep dive into true crime stories from around world exploring sinister minds, their menacing crimes and the mistakes left behind all while enjoying a cocktail masterminded by us for each episode... Believe us you will need it!

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Episode 139: A Sinister Cannibalistic Sexual Fantasy...

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2024/12/30

Send us a textOn April 12, 2006, Oklahoma man Kevin Ray Underwood, lured his 10-year-old neighbor Jamie Rose Bolin to his Purcell apartment where he killed and then sexually assaulted the little girl as part of a sinister cannibalistic sexual fantasy, though he did not end up eating her. Just a few days later, Jamie Rose Bolin’s body was discovered inside a large plastic container in the closet of Underwood. So, was Kevin Ray Underwood just a sinister mind or one that was deeply mentally dist...

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Episode 138: Christmas Bonus- A Christmas Squirrelly...

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2024/12/25

Send us a textEven with all the festive cheer that the Holidays bring, we all know that they can be a very stressful time of year. Gathering with family and friends can bring out the best in us as well as the worst in us. With emotions running high during the holiday season, it’s no wonder that so many crimes occur during this time of year. Certainly, that was the case of South Carolina woman Helen Ann Williams, who stabbed her husband with a ceramic squirrel in the early morning hours of Chr...

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Episode 137: A Texas Size Serial Killer

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2024/12/23

Send us a textIn September of 2021, in a small suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, Jason Thornburg murdered, dismembered and burned the bodies of three people — and admitted to eating part of the remains of one victim. The killings that took place over the course of seven days in a hotel room, were committed because Thornburg believed his victims “needed to be sacrificed for religious reasons.” So, what leads one down the path to commit human sacrifices?References:Timeline, criminal history: What we...

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Episode 136: The Cannibal Penis Eater

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2024/12/16

Send us a textIn 2001, 39-year-old cannibal Armin Meiwes, a German computer tech known as the “Rotenburg Cannibal”, found a ‘willing’ victim online. 43-year-old Bernd Brandes agreed to be dismembered and eaten for Armin’s sexual pleasure. Armin then stored the leftovers of Brandes in his freezer and for the next 10 months dinned upon them. So, what makes one want to dine upon human flesh and what makes one want to be dined upon?References:Top 10 Horrific True Crime Cases You Should Never Web ...

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Episode 135: The Nursing Student Killer

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2024/12/10

Send us a textRichard Speck was one of the most sinister mass murderers in American history. In a single evening on July 13, 1966, Richard unleashed his terror on the city of Chicago by breaking into a building that functioned as dormitory for nursing students and tragically slayed eight women which captured the attention of the entire nation. So, how did Richard Speck become a cold-blooded killer?References:Richard Speck | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersThe First Mass Murderer: Ri...

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Episode 134: A Tortuous Caretaker

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2024/12/02

Send us a textIn Indiana in 1965, 16-year-old Sylvia Likens, and her fifteen-year-old sister Jenny were sent to the home of family friend, Gertrude Baniszewski, while their parents were traveling for work. However, Sylvia would not leave the house alive. Gertrude and her own children tortured Sylvia to death and even managed to involve an entire neighborhood of kids to help her commit the brutal murder. So, what caused Gertrude Baniszewski to enlist the help of children to torture and kill Sy...

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Episode 133: Thanksgiving Day Bonus- A Cannibal Mom

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2024/11/28

Send us a textIn July of 2009, San Antonio, Texas mother Otty Sanchez, used a knife and two swords to decapitate her one-month-old son, then chewed off three of his toes and ate parts of his brain and nose. Otty told police that she did not mean to kill her only child, but the devil had made her do it. So, does Otty Sanchez have a sinister mind made for killing or is she a woman that is mentally unwell and did not receive the treatment that she needed?References:Gone Baby Gone - The Texas Obs...

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Episode 132: A Sex Trafficking Ring Cult

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2024/11/25

Send us a textThe story of the NXIVM cult founded in 1998 by Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman has remained in the media ever since details of Raniere’s abusive sex ring emerged. The cult operating as a wellness organization which provided seminars about human potential development, served as a front organization for criminal activity by Raniere and his close associates. Members of the organization which included major Hollywood celebrities, were involved in the trafficking of women at Raniere'...

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Episode 131: Heaven's Gate Mass Suicide

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2024/11/18

Send us a textFollowing an anonymous tip in 1997, police entered a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, an exclusive suburb of San Diego, California, and discover 39 victims of a mass suicide. Members of the cult known as “Heaven’s Gate” including their leader Marshall Herff Applewhite, left video diaries explaining their reasons for the mass suicide: Applewhite had convinced them in order to reach heaven, they must abandon their human forms and board an alien spacecraft that would trail behind the co...

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Episode 130: The Waco Siege

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2024/11/11

Send us a textDavid Koresh was an American Cult leader who was the head of the religious movement, Branch of Davidians. Koresh believed that he was the “final prophet” sent to bring the word of God to his followers by whatever means necessary, even if it meant pitting his followers against the US government in what would be the biggest gunfire on American soil since the Civil War. David Koresh’s central role in the 51-day siege occurring in Waco, Texas left four ATF agents dead as well as 82 ...

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Episode 129: A Kool-Aid Massacre

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2024/11/04

Send us a textJim Jones was an American cult leader who proclaimed to be the messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San Fransico based evangelist group. He promised his followers a utopia living in the Jungles of South America by way of an agricultural commune in Guyana known as Jonestown. Jones ultimately led his followers into a mass suicide on November 18, 1978, which left more than 900 dead and came to be known as the Jonestown Massacre. So, why did Jim Jones lead his flock to their untimely de...

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Episode 128: Halloween Special- A True American...

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2024/10/31

Send us a textEdward Gein also known as “The Butcher of Plainfield” or “The Plainfield Goul”, was an American murderer, suspected serial killer and body snatcher. He admitted to the murders of two women, Mary Hogan in 1954 and Bernice Worden in 1957, but was believed to be connected to several unsolved cases. Following Bernice Worden’s disappearance, police investigated Gein’s home and made a gruesome discovery. Inside his home police found he was keeping human organs inside of jars and had f...

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Episode 127: A Voodoo Serial Killer

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2024/10/28

Send us a textIn 2007 actors Rider Strong and Sean Astin starred in Borerland, a film that centered around three friends who headed down to Mexico to celebrate their college graduation. Once in Mexico the group of friends stumble upon a cult that practices human sacrifices. The thriller is loosely based on American born cult leader and serial killer Adolfo Constanzo, who moved to Mexico City as an adult and began recruiting his lovers as his disciples to help him commit human sacrifices. ...

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Episode 126: The Gainesville Ripper

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2024/10/21

Send us a textIn 1996 the teen slasher film Scream hit the big screen and would later become a mega franchise. But did you know that the highly popular movie was inspired by actual events? Screenwriter Kevin Williamson was inspired to write the movie script about a knife-wielding killer after he had watched a documentary about the Gainesville Murders, in which Danny Rolling a.k.a. the Gainesville Ripper, murdered five University of Florida students over the course of four days. The victims ha...

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Episode 125: The Keddie Cabin Murders

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2024/10/14

Send us a textHollywood has been terrifying audiences for decades with horror and thriller films ranging from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds to the 2013 paranormal movie The Conjuring. But what’s even more frightening than these Hollywood movies is that a variety of real-life crimes and events were the actual inspiration for many filmmakers and screenwriters of this genre. One such film was Bryan Bertino’s 2008 film The Strangers, which starred Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler, that recounted a sto...

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Episode 124: The Darlington Cannibal Killer

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2024/10/07

Send us a textIn 1999, Englishman David Harker, known in the media as the “cannibal killer”, was convicted of brutally murdering, dismembering and eating Julie Paterson in his flat located in Darlington County, Durham, England about 70 miles north of Leeds. Julie, who was murdered in April of 1998, had just met David a few weeks prior. So, why would David kill a woman he just met?References:Why Darlington cannibal killer remains behind bars eight years after possible release revealed - Teessi...

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Episode 123: A Jailor and a Felon

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2024/09/30

Send us a textIn June of 2024, Mississippi jailer Ronnie Hunt was arrested and charged with helping inmate Joshua Zimmerman escape. Zimmerman, who fled to Chicago after his escape, was being held on attempted murder and robbery charges. So, what would cause a jailer to help a dangerous criminal escape and was there more than just one player in helping to facilitate it?References:Joshua Zimmerman: Mississippi inmate escaped, apparently found work at a Chicago restaurant and then barricaded him...

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Episode 123: A Sinister Teen

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2024/09/23

Send us a text17- year-old Florida teen, Collin Griffith, was arrested on Sunday September 8, 2024, for fatally stabbing his mother, 39-year-old Catherine Griffith to death. 19 months prior to killing his mother, Collin was accused of killing his father in Oklahoma, however, the charges were dropped. So, why did Collin Griffith stab his mother to death, and should he have been prosecuted from his father’s death?References:Mom's haunting selfies before being murdered by son - a year after he k...

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Episode 122: A Lover's Stew

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2024/09/17

Send us a textAustralian woman Katherin Knight was convicted of stabbing to death her partner John Charles Thomas Price in February of 2000. Not only did she murder Price, but he also skinned him, and then cooked his head with other parts of his body in a stew with the intention of feeding him to his own children. So, what was the catalyst to cause Katherine to cook her lover in a homemade stew and was she mentally unwell or just a sinister mind?References:The Twisted Story of Katherine Knigh...

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Episode 121: The Human Dracula Serial Killer

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2024/09/10

Send us a textOne of Japan’s most disturbing and sinister killers was a man named Tsutomu Miyazaki, who earned the nickname "Human Dracula" because he was born with deformed fingers and hands, like that that of the fictional character. Between 1988 and 1989 Miyazaki terrorized the city of Tokyo by committing horrific crimes against four young girls which included kidnapping, assault, murder, mutilation, necrophile and cannibalism becoming known as "The Little Girl Murders." Miyazaki als...

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