American Murder Stories

Lorraine Purdon

A weekly true crime podcast that focuses exclusively on crimes committed in North, Central and South America. In this podcast I will cover well known and the not so well known cases, focusing on American murder cases and serial killers. read less
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Episodes

S1 Ep 4: Richard Chase
11-05-2022
S1 Ep 4: Richard Chase
In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Richard Chase - The Vampire of Sacramento. Between December of 1977 and January 1978, 6 people were brutally murdered. Ambrose Griffin, 51, 22 year old Teresa Wallin who was 3 months pregnant, 38 year old Evelyn Miroth and her son 6 year old Jason, her 22 month old nephew David and her friend 51 year old Daniel Meredith. If there are any cases you want me to cover from North, Central or south America, please email americanmurderstoriespodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/richard-trenton-chase/ https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11279433 https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1201/p775.html https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2021/08/13/revisiting-the-vampire-of-sacramento/  https://www.thehealthboard.com/what-is-renfields-syndrome.htm Sky True Crime: World's Worst Serial Killers - Richard Chase Serial Killers: True Stories of the World’s Worst Murderers - Al Cimino p139-148 The Vampire of Sacramento: The True Story of Richard Chase The Blood-Thirsty Cannibal by Genoveva Ortiz & True Crime Seven  Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI By Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman - Chapter 1  A Thirst for Blood: The True Story of California's Vampire Killer by Ray Biondi and Walt Hecox Music By - Darren Curtis Get All My Free Music: ⁠www.darrencurtismusic.com⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ10tnwBrQg⁠ Copyright Darren Curtis Music 2019
S1 Ep 1: Larry Eyler
04-05-2022
S1 Ep 1: Larry Eyler
In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Larry Eyler, also known as The Highway Killer! Larry Eyler would become one of the most prolific serial killers of the 80s, murdering multiple men, over multiple states. If there are any cases you want me to cover from North, Central or south America, please email americanmurderstoriespodcast@gmail.com Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/eyler-larry.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150209235230/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/eyler/kills_1.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-10-01-8603130284-story.html https://archive.org/details/crimesof20thcent0000unse/page/296/mode/2up?q=Larry+Eyler https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1989/65371-7.html https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/the-return-of-larry-eyler/ http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Eyler,%20Larry%20_fall,%202007_.pdf https://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2921478.html  https://archive.org/details/notorious9200ston/page/446/mode/2up?q=Larry+Eyler https://indianainfamy.com/type/quote/ Freed to Kill: The True Story of Serial Murderer Larry Eyler by Gera-Lind Kolarik , Wayne Klatt Sky Crime - Mark of a Serial killer S3, Ep 6 The Interstate Killer Media, Process, and the Social Construction of Crime: Studies in News making - edited by Gregg Barak Music By - Darren Curtis Get All My Free Music: ⁠www.darrencurtismusic.com⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ10tnwBrQg⁠ Copyright Darren Curtis Music 2019