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Looks That KillJEFFREY AND SUSAN WRIGHTIn 2003, Susan Wright was charged with the murder of her husband, Jeffrey Wright, whose body was discovered in the couple’s backyard with 193 stab wounds. Susan claimed self defense. The details of this one will have you wondering what the truth really is. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jones with Auralation Music for all of his help with audio engineering.
2025-07-0836 minLooks That KillTANYA KACHOn the morning of February 10, 1996, Jerry and JoAnn awoke to find Tanya gone. Although Jerry initially thought it was another instance of his daughter running away, he grew nervous after a few days and officially filed her as a missing person on February 14, Valentine’s Day. But Thomas had come up with a plan to get Tanya to leave her home for good. This is the story of Tanya Kach.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, qu...
2025-06-3025 minLooks That KillNOAH PRESGROVEOn the morning of September 4, 2023, Noah's body was discovered on the side of Highway 81 in rural Jefferson County, Oklahoma. A passing trucker reported finding him lying in a fetal position, wearing mismatched shoes, and suffering from severe injuries. Initially, law enforcement suspected a hit-and-run accident, but as details emerged, the case became increasingly suspicious.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jones with Auralation Music for all of...
2025-02-241h 08Looks That KillRUTH FINLEY / THE POETRuth Finley was 47 years old when she began receiving strange calls and letters from someone who threatened and stalked her. Later on she was also abducted by this person stalking her who earned the nickname “the poet” for the strange rhymes and poems in the letters Ruth received. Ruth’s story is a crazy one. Buckle up. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Pau...
2025-02-171h 00Looks That KillDANIEL LAPLANTEAs a young teenager, Daniel LaPlante did a lot of horrible things… he broke into homes, stalked a young girl, secretly lived in the same home with a family he terrorized, and committed horrific murders.In today’s episode, we talk about Daniel LaPlante’s disturbing case and also address some urban legends surrounding this case as well. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jone...
2025-02-0337 minLooks That KillLENA CHAPIN AND GARY MCCOLLOUGHLena Chapin, Gary's step-daughter, confessed to her previous step-father, and current uncle, that her mother had murdered Gary. Not long after that, Lena herself went missing and was never heard from again. This was all too convenient for the mother, Sandy. Am I right? Listen to this episode to learn more.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jones with Auralation Music for all of his help with audio en...
2025-01-2146 minLooks That KillCARLINA WHITE/JIM TWINSToday’s episode is a 2 for 1! A two-fer! The first case is about Carlina White. Carlina was kidnapped at birth and did not find out until she became pregnant with her own baby and needed a copy of her birth certificate. The second case is about the Jim Twins. Two brothers who were separated at birth and found each other almost 40 years later. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, t...
2024-04-2234 minLooks That KillCARI FARVERCari Farver was a 37-year-old woman from Iowa who had a quick fling with Dave Kroupa of Omaha, Nebraska in October 2012 — and two weeks later, she vanished, never to be seen again. The complex craziness that actually took place in this case never ceases to amaze me.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jones with Auralation Music for all of his help with audio engineering....
2024-04-0734 minLooks That KillJOHN LISTOn November 9th, 1971 the List family was found brutally murdered in their New Jersey mansion. All that was left behind by the murderer was a disturbing letter. Police noticed that the family photos had been altered. John List, the husband and father, had been cut out from all family photos. He was also nowhere to be found in the home. John wouldn’t be discovered until almost 20 years later. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it...
2024-03-2539 minLooks That KillCOURTNEY HOLDENAt the time of her disappearance, Courtney Holden was living in a home with her son, her adoptive mother, Judy, and her adoptive brother, Joshua. Many knew about the abuse Courtney was experiencing, but Courtney never received the help she so desperately needed.Judy and Joshua were known to refer to Courtney as “Cindy” – short for “Cinderella” – in reference to the amount of household chores they made her do. A neighbor recalls seeing her leave the house, carrying a large duffel bag. Judy had chased after her, telling her to come back, to which Courtney had responded...
2024-03-1133 minLooks That KillSHEILA DAVALLOOOn a Saturday afternoon in 2003, Sheila Davalloo attempted to murder her husband Paul Christos while they were playing a game. Sheila came up with this game and made it seem like she wanted to rekindle a lost spark in her marriage. However, Sheila had something more sinister planned. After Paul’s attack, police started looking into Sheila’s life. They uncovered a web of lies that Sheila had created and her attack on her husband wasn’t the first crime she had ever committed. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to...
2024-03-0432 minLooks That KillDOLLY OESTERREICHThis is the story of a Milwaukee love affair between Dolly Oesterreich, the wife of a wealthy apron manufacturer, and her teenage lover that she secretly moved into the attic of the home she shared with her husband. This began a decade-long deception that ended in the murder of Fred Oesterreich.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jones with Auralation Music for all of his help wi...
2024-02-1835 minLooks That KillTOMMY LYNN SELLSOn New Year’s Eve 1999, Kaylene “Katy” Harris and her friend Krystal Surles were brutally attacked. Krystal rushed to get help, but unfortunately Katy lost her life. Krystal later woke in the hospital determined to get justice for her and Katy. She remembered exactly what their attacker looked like and was ready to tell police everything she could remember. The man responsible for this horrific crime is the serial killer, Tommy Lynn Sells. Tommy is one of the world’s most evil men, who had been getting away with murders for 20 years. His horrific crimes came to a stop...
2024-02-1240 minLooks That KillDAVID CARTERThis episode is about a man that was murdered, dismembered, and discarded along a highway in Ohio. The prime suspect, his girlfriend at the time, left town shortly after being released from police custody and hasn’t been seen since. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jones with Auralation Music for all of his help with audio engineering.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rev...
2024-02-0423 minLooks That KillNANNIE DOSSNannie Doss had dreamt of romance almost her entire life. She would do anything to have the life she wanted. Getting rid of everything that wasn't working out for her… including killing four of her husbands. Nannies murders didn’t stop with her husbands. She went on to murder eleven people total. When she was eventually caught, Nannie giggled while speaking of the horrific things she did. She became known as “The Giggling Granny”. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running...
2024-01-1535 minLooks That KillSAVANNA GREYWINDOn an afternoon in August of 2017, a very pregnant Savanna Greywind, then just 22-years-old, was asked by a neighbor named Brooke Crews to come upstairs and help her with a sewing project. Savanna agreed and went to try on a dress at the apartment shared by Brooke Crews and her boyfriend, William Hoehn. This was the last time anyone saw Savanna alive.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to...
2024-01-0244 minLooks That KillDAN AND DONNA ARNOLDIn July 1984, Dan Arnold was found brutally murdered in the parking lot of Immanuel Baptist Church in Clinton, North Carolina. Where Dan worked as the minister of music. His death shocked the small town of Clinton. Dans murder wouldn’t be solved until four years later. Dan and his wife Donna were involved in a complicated secret life, with a man named Carl Stuffel. In this episode, we talk about how Dan and Donna became tangled in a web of lies and deceit that eventually led to the tragic murder of Dan Arnold. Shoutout to C...
2023-12-2548 minLooks That KillELISABETH FRITZLThe Fritzl case drew a lot of attention beginning in 2008, when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl told police in the town of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father, Josef Fritzl. Fritzl had assaulted, sexually abused, and raped his daughter repeatedly during her imprisonment inside a concealed area in the cellar of the family home. The abuse resulted in the birth of seven children: three of them remained in captivity with their mother; one died shortly after birth and was cremated by Fritzl; and the other three were brought up by F...
2023-12-1246 minLooks That KillANNA BACHMEIERAnna Bachmeier was a sweet, spunky little girl who everyone in town knew. She had a tough upbringing, being raised by a single mother who struggled to provide a stable life for Anna. One morning when Anna was walking around her neighborhood, she was abducted and murdered. Anna’s life was robbed from her by an evil man named Klaus Grabowski. Anna’s mother was heartbroken, enraged and decided to take matters into her own hands. In this episode we discuss Anna and her mothers lives and how Marianne Bachmeier became known as the “Revenge Mother”. ...
2023-10-3144 minLooks That KillROBERT ACKERMANNRobert Ackermann, also known as the Vienna cannibal, was a 19 businessman and doctor impersonator with a morbid curiosity about the inner workings of the human body who, after several hospitalizations for untreated schizoaffective psychosis, murdered his roommate, ate him, and then tried to blame it on mice. Yes, mice. Other criminals fear Ackermann enough to choose prison over the possibility of being eaten alive by Ackermann at Austria's Goellersdorf, a high-security mental hospital for the criminally insane. In my opinion, Robert should have his way with some of these criminals and serve justice on a silver...
2023-10-2337 minLooks That KillEDMUND KEMPER IIIEdmund Kemper III, is an evil man. Ed is a serial killer who killed multiple college girls, his own mother, his mothers best friend and his grandparents. He’s 6’9, and has a near genius level IQ. Ed gave multiple interviews while in prison which played a part in the Netflix series Mindhunter. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jones with Auralation Music for all of his help...
2023-10-021h 16Looks That KillARMIN MEIWESToday’s true crime case is about a German cannibal that found a willing victim that wanted to be slaughtered and eaten. He dismembered the entire body of his victim so that he could store the parts in his freezer, which he proceeded to eat over the following 10 months. The entire process was recorded on videotape by the pair and would later be used as evidence in the case against Armin Meiwes. The unprecedented case proved problematic for German lawyers who discovered that cannibalism was not illegal in Germany and still isn’t.Shou...
2023-09-181h 02Looks That KillGYPSY ROSE BLANCHARDThe case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her abusive mother, Dee Dee. Their story is very strange and sad. For her entire life, Gypsy received medical treatment for conditions she did not have. Dee Dee claimed her daughter had muscular dystrophy, leukemia, seizures, learning disabilities and more. None of this is true. Dee Dee was the true sick one. She suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, which is a is a mental illness and a form of child abuse. The caretaker of a child, most often a mother, either makes up fake symptoms or causes real symptoms t...
2023-09-0451 minLooks That KillSUMMER WELLSFive-year-old, Summer Moon-Utah Wells was reported missing the evening of Tuesday, June 15, 2021 when she disappeared from her home on Ben Hill Road in Rogersville, Tennessee. When she disappeared, she was 3 feet tall, weighed 40 lbs, had really short blonde hair, and had blue eyes. Her parents said she loved to play princess but was very much a tomboy who always kept her brothers in line. She played with them all the time, and was really close with her brother closest in age, Waylon. Summer was one of four children living in the home. Her mother described Summer as “the...
2023-08-211h 12Looks That KillROBERT HANSENRobert Hansen appeared to be a normal man, trusted by many people in his community. He owned a small bakery, had a wife and children, and was known as a good friend. Until one day, when a distressed woman came forward and told police she had been kidnapped by someone who she described looking like Robert Hansen. Police would soon find out that Robert had been killing women for over 10 years and would hunt his victims like prey in a remote area in the Alaskan wilderness, that is only accessible by boat or plane. I...
2023-08-0627 minLooks That KillNATALEE HOLLOWAYIn May of 2005, Natalee Holloway, who was 18 at the time, went on a graduation trip to Aruba with about 120 of her classmates. She and her friends would hang out on the beach during the day and would party at local bars at night. Natalee met Joran van der Sloot and brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe at a bar on the last night of her trip. She left with them in the early hours of May 30th, and that was the last time she was seen alive. The group of new graduates returned to the United States, however Holloway's...
2023-07-2345 minLooks That KillCOLLEEN STANColleen Stan wanted to surprise one of her friends for her birthday, she decided to hitchhike to her destination but her sweet surprise soon turned into a nightmare. Colleen’s freedom was taken from her by the person who picked her up. She was held captive by an evil man, with the help of his wife. Colleen couldn’t escape until 7 years later. This is her survival story. A lot of the research for this case was found in the book “The Perfect Victim” by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton. Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for...
2023-06-191h 15Looks That KillCAYLEE ANTHONYThis is the tragic story of Caylee Marie Anthony, an innocent, two year old girl who died in the care of her monster of a birth giver, Casey Anthony. Casey never reported her daughter missing and told lie, after lie, after lie in order to cover her azz, and she somehow managed to get away with it. Caylee deserves justice.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jo...
2023-06-131h 24Looks That KillAILEEN WUORNOSAileen Wuornos had a traumatic childhood. Years of abuse and neglect left her to fend for herself for most of her life, and eventually she earned a living through sex work in Florida. Aileen spiraled down a very dark path after she picked up a man who allegedly tried to kill her. She killed the man in what she claimed was self defense. Aileen snapped and then went on to murder 6 innocent men. In this episode we discuss her early life, unstable relationships, and what may have led her to this life of violence and murder. The book ‘Lethal In...
2023-04-2042 minLooks That KillLORI AND CHAD DAYBELL PART 2Remember all of the madness from Part 1? Well, don't worry. I'll give you a brief recap. In this episode, you'll learn more about information that has come out about this case since the investigation started. You can expect to learn more about Alex Cox's violent past and unusual relationship with his sister, red flags leading up to and surrounding the murders, someone that thinks she was almost a victim, and what the family has to say about the case. Advice for those hoping to remain alive - drop cloths from Walmart and "massages" don't equal a romantic e...
2023-04-1941 minLooks That KillJOSÉ AND KITTY MENDÉNDEZTwo brothers, Lyle and Eric Menendez, seemed to have it all growing up in a mansion in Beverly Hills, attending Ivy League schools, driving nice cars, playing sports, and enjoying anything money could buy. That seemingly perfect life was shattered when the brothers entered the den of their Beverly Hills home and murdered their own parents on the evening of August 20th, 1989. We discuss their early childhood and why they may have felt led to commit these murders which they say was because of the years of alleged abuse from their own father. The book 'The Menendez Murders' by...
2023-04-1848 minLooks That KillLORI AND CHAD DAYBELL - PART 1Tylee Ashlyn Ryan and Joshua Jaxon (also know as "J. J." Vallow) were siblings from Chandler, Arizona, who went missing in September 2019 and whose remains were found buried in shallow graves on June 9, 2020 in Rexburg, Idaho, in their stepfather, Chad Daybell's, backyard. Unfortunately, Tylee and J.J. weren't the only victims. Lori and Chad believed that the world would end and it was their responsibility to rid the world of "zombies" or "unclean spirits". Buckle up. You're in for a wild ride. This case will be covered in two parts.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 f...
2023-04-1736 minLooks That KillCHARLIE BRANDTHow well do you really know someone? Charlie Brandt's wife and friends thought they knew who he was. People around him thought he was a devoted husband and a good friend. Then, one morning in 2004, Michelle Jones stopped answering her phone calls, and a worried friend went to check on her and found Charlie dead in Michelle's garage. Police arrived on the scene and what they found was horrifying. A murder-suicide at the hands of Charlie, killing his wife and niece, and then himself. Police would soon discover after interviewing Charlie sister that he had terrible secrets from his ch...
2023-04-1656 minLooks That KillMIKE WILLIAMSThe murder of Mike Williams was the first case that Leah and I ever discussed. This is truly a case that I'll never forget. In this episode, Leah and I discuss how the two most important people in Mike's life ultimately chose to murder him in order to cash in on a hefty insurance policy and be together. What's scarier is the fact that they almost got away with it. The story is filled with betrayal after betrayal. Mike deserved so much better.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help...
2023-04-151h 00Looks That KillMEET YOUR HOSTSGet to know your hosts, Hayley and Leah. During this quick, meet your hosts episode, we share a little about us, the podcast, and how we got started. We are taking the no BS approach to podcasting. From here on out, you can expect for us to dive right into the case each of us are covering. Welcome to Looks That Kill.Shoutout to Colton Carnley with CX3 for everything he has done to help us get this podcast up and running. We, quite literally, couldn’t do it without him. Also, thank you to Paul Jo...
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