Manic Manor: A True Crime Podcast

Episode 49 - The Missing O'Brien Brothers

For 27 years, the disappearance of three young boys from their home in Newfoundland has perplexed not just Canada, but the world who has come to learn of their case.
Adam, Trevor, and Mitchell O'Brien were set to visit their father, Gary O'Brien during a custody agreement, but never made it back home. To this day, we don't know where they are, or what happened to them. Will we ever?
 
Sources -
Shawn Morrissey - Dark Side of Seoul - Check out their channel! https://www.darksideofseoul.com/podcast/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/xv8xz0/obrien_brothers_abducted_from_newfoundland_canada/
https://web.archive.org/web/20170205182027/http://www.rnc.gov.nl.ca/media/Missing/index.html
https://globalnews.ca/news/3220144/20-years-later-diana-saunders-still-searches-for-her-3-missing-sons/
https://www.forthelost.org/family/obrien.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20170205181240/http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/2016/11/9/20-years-on-diana-boland-hopes-to-be-re-4682492.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/missing-boys-still-alive-mother-believes-1.1078761
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-police-trying-to-refresh-o-brien-lead-1.174920
#missing
#newfoundland
#truecrime
#torbay

Episode 48 - Wichita Massacre

Two brothers go on a massive crime spree that leaves a devastating path. Why would they do it and who are the innocent people that had to suffer because of them?
 
sources -
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/classics/carr_brothers/index.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20150627150943/http://cjonline.com/stories/110502/kan_carrbros.shtml#.VY68unbP1qY
https://www.kmuw.org/crime-and-courts/2016-08-10/family-members-of-carr-brothers-victims-want-to-oust-kansas-supreme-court-justices
https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/court-affirms-death-sentences-for-carr-brothers/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTFM-23neU4&ab_channel=EXPLOREWITHUS
 
#wichitamassacre
#truecrime
#podcast
#crime
#wichita
 

Episode 47 - Unit 731

Quite possibly the most darkest secret that Japan has as a nation. World War II is known to us for how gruesome it was and the major impact it had on the world. We know well of Nazi Germany and the horrid acts committed against the Jewish people as well as the Gypsies and other groups deemed less than, but not many people have spoken about Imperial Japan and the absolutely grotesque acts committed on not just Korea, China, and all of Asia as well as its effect on the Western World. 
This is the horrific story of Unit 731. 
Sources - 
 
https://todayinhistory.blog/2018/09/02/september-2-1945-unit-731/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/unit-731
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/mukden-incident#:~:text=On%20September%2018%2C%201931%2C%20an,to%20retaliate%20and%20invade%20Manchuria.
https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/unit-731/
https://medium.com/leadership-counts/pardoning-devils-the-american-cover-up-of-imperial-japanese-unit-731-504f966cf08d#:~:text=Although%20responsible%20for%20some%20of,by%20the%20United%20States%20government.
 

Episode 46- The Christian-Newsom Murders

We have a case directly from my hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. January 2007 shook Tennessee to its core with the gruesome murder of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom.
 
Sources -
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2017/08/24/archives-horror-christian-newsom-killings-focus-what-happened-chipman-street/597805001/
https://www.oxygen.com/injustice-with-nancy-grace/crime-news/channon-christian-chris-newsom-murdered-in-knoxville
https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Timeline-of-the-Channon-Christian-Christopher-Newsom-murders--513420461.html
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2017/01/06/time-no-cure-pain-torture-slayings-channon-christian-and-christopher-newsom/96196018/
https://tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/davidsonl.opn_.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210420030411/https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/boyd-trial/boyd-trial-day-1-a-burned-body-by-the-tracks-a-final-glimpse-of-the-victims-before-the-murders/51-e6dc07b3-4f6d-4de1-b184-bf00613ed7b9
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/23/baumgartner-disgraced-ex-judge-dead-70/1059954001/
Youtube – “Documentary: The Murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom” – Knoxville News Sentinel

Episode 45 - The Club Cinq-Sept (5-7) Fire

A night that was supposed to be a dream come true for many young people in 1970 turned into an inferno nightmare. Something as simple as making sure all the proper safety protocols were in order was overlooked, leading to one of the worst nightclub fires in history.
Requested by youtube user: reneauvray3440
Sources -
https://alchetron.com/Club-Cinq-Sept-fire#club-cinq-sept-fire-70de7083-ab52-4184-90a3-68d902d169f-resize-750.jpeg
https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-10-Worst-Nightclub-Fires-in-History
https://www.alamy.com/dramatic-fire-at-the-57-nightclub-makes-146-victims-saint-laurent-du-pont-isere-france-1970-image398083592.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/1/newsid_2537000/2537937.stm
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/02/archives/142-are-killed-by-fire-in-locked-dance-hall-in-france-20-survive.html
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/pire-c-est-bruit-du-silence-50-ans-apres-tragedie-du-57-souvenir-chagrin-sont-toujours-intacts-1889626.html
Youtube – “France’s Worst Discotheque Fire – The Horror of The Club 5-7 Disaster” – The Raven’s Eye

Episode 44 - Helios Airways Flight 522 | The Ghost Plane

August 2005 saw one of the worst Greek Aviation accidents to date. Helios Flight 522 departed towards Athens but would never make its destination all from one small, yet fatal mistake.
 
Source -
https://simpleflying.com/helios-airways-flight-522/
https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-11/Helios737_AccidentReport.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/19/in-2005-helios-flight-522-crashed-into-a-greek-hillside-was-it-because-one-man-forgot-to-flip-a-switch
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025024/http://famagusta-gazette.com/helios-crash-background-information-p237-69.htm
https://greekherald.com.au/culture/ghost-flight-121-lives-lost-2005-helios-airways-crash/
Youtube – “Helios Flight 522: How a Single Switch Killed 121 Passengers” – Real Horror

Episode 43 - Lacey Fletcher

Lacey Fletcher was a 36 year old woman who had been living with her parents when a horrific 911 call was made. Police arrived to find a scene unlike any other. Lacey had been fused to her couch in her own urine and feces while her parents claimed to have "loved her to a fault".
 
We're discussing what we know so far about her case. Currently, her parents' trial is set for March 20, 2024 where they can face up to 40 years in prison for her death. 
 
sources-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13066981/coroner-lacey-fletcher-dead-couch.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/19cehq9/lacey_fletcher_starving_girl_melted_into_couch/
https://www.the-sun.com/news/8364707/update-lacey-fletcher-death-rotting-remains-couch-neglect/
https://nypost.com/2024/02/10/news/coroner-never-saw-homicide-like-lacey-fletcher-woman-found-melted-to-couch/

Episode 42 - The Human Chopshop

Horror beyond your biggest nightmares. In 2014, the Biological Resource Center in Phoenix, Arizona was raided by the FBI after allegations that its owner, Stephen Gore, was selling bodies for profit and defrauding the next of kin of the victims. 
Sources -
https://www.mainlinehealth.org/blog/whole-body-donation#:~:text=After%20your%20body%20has%20been,it%20helped%20advance%20medical%20science.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-business/
https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/fbi-shines-light-on-now-shut-down-human-chop-shop-in-phoenix
https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/dr-gore-and-the-human-remains-racket-8a5a7a00f6b1
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/n0rcaa/arizona_human_chop_shop/
https://nypost.com/2019/07/25/fbi-finds-bodies-sewn-together-like-frankenstein-in-human-chop-shop/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwhPYMYXWkI&ab_channel=ABC15Arizona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViwWNIdUPwo&ab_channel=ABC15Arizona
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-business/
https://www.wrbl.com/news/national/58-million-verdict-reached-in-human-chop-shop-case/

Episode 41 - The Itaewon Murder

A case that rocked Itaewon, giving in further to negative stereotypes of foreigners. We witnessed first hand the public demand for justice help put a runaway suspect behind bars...but was it truly justice? Was it police incompetence or their pride? 
 
sources - 
https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/037/0000009394?sid=102
https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%9D%B4%ED%83%9C%EC%9B%90%20%EC%82%B4%EC%9D%B8%20%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4
https://slownews-kr.translate.goog/52768?_x_tr_sl=ko&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
https://m.khan.co.kr/national/national-general/article/201504051022311#c2b
https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/728505.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYP2v8yd1WY
http://usacrime.or.kr/doku/doku.php?id=%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%B0%EB%B2%94%EC%A3%84:%EC%A3%BC%EC%9A%94%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%B0%EB%B2%94%EC%A3%84:%EC%9D%B4%ED%83%9C%EC%9B%90%EC%82%B4%EC%9D%B8%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4&ckattempt=1

Episode 40 - Korean Legends

Everyone loves a good legend, especially if it includes ghosts and things that go bump in the night! Here are some spooky legends from South Korea to keep you warm during this winter season~
 
Sources -
https://ginabearsblog.com/scary-korean-horror-stories-and-legends/
https://www.korea.net/Events/Overseas/view?articleId=18358
https://moonmausoleum.com/the-jayuro-road-ghost/
https://snackfever.com/blogs/magazine/beware-you-re-in-for-a-scare-korean-urban-legends-that-ll-give-you-goosebumps
https://www.creatrip.com/en/blog/10743