Nightmare Somewhere - True Crime Podcast: Recent Episodes

Gabriella Amherst

A natural look at true crime cases - often those that have been of political or legal significance.

Thanks for checking out the podcast. I am brand new to podcasting so I welcome any (constructive šŸ¤”) criticism. You can contact me on nightmaresomewhere@mail.com

The episodes do contain disturbing content and coarse language

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April 2005 - Nine young Australians were arrested attempting to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin out of Bali. Indonesian authorities were working on a tip from the Australian Federal Police who had informed their Indonesian counterparts in the hope that it would lead to the identification of the drug syndicate distribution network and other players higher up in the chain. It didn’t. What it did do was ensure that these nine offenders would be trialled and sentenced in a country where the penalties for drug trafficking are more harshly imposed than those for murder. ***Welcome to episode 9 - the following are a list of links used in researching for this episode: https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/bahasa/englishedition/141384-executions-death-penalty-process

https://www.smh.com.au/world/long-days-journey-into-a-nightmare-20050423-gdl6or.html

https://www.smh.com.au/world/surprise-at-alleged-bali-nine-leader-20050506-gdl9mt.html

https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/88468-fast-facts-mary-jane-fiesta-veloso

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/28/mary-jane-veloso-indonesia-execution-reprieve

https://www.smh.com.au/world/indonesia-steps-up-killing-of-death-row-prisoners-20130517-2jrzb.html

https://mashable.com/2015/04/28/indonesia-bali-nine-australians/

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/moment-bali-nine-families-found-out/news-story/5253d32f689ae330f1b3ecbc1574cb8d?utm_source=google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=dsa_books_mag&gclid=CjwKCAiAg9rxBRADEiwAxKDTuk0SphkLmbd8J1trb-7C8Il1hFyD3_0Ll7VXNgQrHoZj7DkiR3-hYRoCJW4QAvD_BwE

https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/left-behind-to-rot-bali-five-to-die-in-jail/news-story/d66e41262452556d292cf8b708325630

https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/last-hours-on-death-island-bali-nines-final-moments-before-firing-squad/news-story/51f777e9ea09efa27024fa35cc6753d0

https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/last-hours-on-death-island-bali-nines-final-moment/3406922/

https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/how-lies-arrogance-and-cockiness-earned-bali-9-kin/3401989/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-12/bali-nine-timeline-andrew-chan-myuran-sukumaran/6085190

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/05/bali-m11.html?view=print

https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/bali-nine-widespread-scorn-after-firing-squad-exec/2622242/

https://thewest.com.au/news/bali/bali-9-the-woman-the-firing-squad-left-behind-ng-b88823062z

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1884 - far off the coast of the Cape of Good Hope discussion began between a group of men as to which one of them should be sacrificed so that the other three may have a chance of survival. They had already spent over two weeks out at sea on a deteriorating lifeboat; their paltry rations long gone and they were drifting out in the ocean half way between Africa and South America. Welcome to the historic case of Dudley & Stephens. Whoot! I’ve done a little bit of editing on this episode - although you’d probably never guess it. Thanks guys. List of references: https://cyber.harvard.edu/eon/ei/elabs/majesty/stephens.html

https://la.utexas.edu/users/jmciver/357L/QueenvDS.PDF

https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3522&context=uclrev

https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/criminal-law/criminal-law-keyed-to-kadish/the-justification-of-punishment/regina-v-dudley-and-stephens/

https://www.lawteacher.net/cases/r-v-dudley-and-stephens.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens

https://canestrinilex.com/en/readings/lifeboat-case-is-murder-allowed-by-necessity-queen-vs-dudley-and-stephens/

https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=crosskey_lectures.

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In the mid 1800’s - Australia: the justice system did not show much mercy for women who were convicted of violent crime. As the court saw it: they had betrayed their feminine role. It was a treachery of sorts and for that they sacrificed any clemency. Welcome to the story of Elizabeth Woolcock - a woman who was given no mercy in life or death.

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Thank you so much for your patience while I tackle some editing. It turns out that editing is not nearly as cumbersome as I had it pegged as. 1978 Illinois: The ā€˜Freedom Club’ wages a 17 year terror campaign - sending mail bombs indiscriminately targeting whoever associated with tech development or damage to the environment. The Unabomber’s 35,000 word manifesto would suggest he had a fair bit to say; yet he waited 15 years to mention any of it. References: https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-07-02-9507020164-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm

https://dark-mountain.net/ted-kaczynski-and-why-he-matters/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/06/harvard-and-the-making-of-the-unabomber/378239/

https://www.history.com/topics/crime/unabomber-ted-kaczynski

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-kaczynski

http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/472/html

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/the-unabomber-ted-kaczynski-new-generation-of-acolytes.html

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2008/april/unabomber_042408

http://tech.mit.edu/V115/N45/gmani.45o.html

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/22/545122205/fbi-profiler-says-linguistic-work-was-pivotal-in-capture-of-unabomber

http://www.singularitysymposium.com/ted-kaczynski.html

https://www.history.com/news/how-ruby-ridge-and-waco-led-to-the-oklahoma-city-bombing

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24185934/ns/msnbc-msnbc_tv_commentary/t/remembering-waco-okla-city-bombing/#.Xmyuqi8_Xmo

https://www.newcountry1031.com/april-19-24th-anniversary-of-waco-and-oklahoma-city-bombing/

https://lithub.com/from-the-unabomber-to-the-incels-angry-young-men-on-campus/

https://www.michigandaily.com/content/he-came-ted-kaczynski-he-left-unabomber

https://stmuhistorymedia.org/the-unabomber-ted-kaczynski/

https://whosarat.websitetoolbox.com/post/unibomber-ted-kaczynski-profile-552830

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rspXAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT101&lpg=PT101&dq=unabomber+hiatus+explained&source=bl&ots=lH-dJzpj9C&sig=ACfU3U2x6NIFRhprq6H1ObMfARhDRiVeXg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKorPDsZnoAhVy6nMBHZftAns4ChDoATAAegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=unabomber%20hiatus%20explained&f=false

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Hi welcome - this is Nightmare Somewhere. In this episode I’m sharing two cases that occured in the Perth suburb of Carlisle. The first one is the 1931 murder-suicide of the Davies family and the second is the 2018 murder of Fahima Yusuf who was killed by her husband and buried in their backyard. The crimes did just occur streets apart and involve fathers in their 30’s who had planned and carried out an action that they thought might solve their hardships. I reckon that is where the similarities end hey. I’d really like to hear what you think of how they compare with one another. My email address is nightmaresomewhere@mail.com

The following contains distressing content including the deaths of children. It may also contain coarse language. Please be aware it isn’t intended for all listeners. Links to references used for this episode:

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/a-crime-that-shocked-the-state-remembering-the-davies-family-deaths-of-1931-ng-b88851721z

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58685918

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32361868

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58684495.

https://insidestory.org.au/10-june-1931/

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/great-depression

https://vceausthistory.weebly.com/life-during-the-great-depression.html

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16759944

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/evil-husband-who-choked-wife-18766003

https://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-dad-planned-murder-of-wife-buried-in-yard-for-some-weeks/news-story/3f40f65e469c72c8657a3b717dbe1131

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/113042489/australian-man-murdered-wife-hoped-to-marry-sisterinlaw

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-27/accountant-bashed-wife-to-death-buried-in-backyard-sentenced/11152110

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-08/ahmed-seedat-killed-wife-fahima-yusuf-buried-her-carlisle-house/11090562

https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/carlisle-accountant-ahmed-seedat-jailed-for-23-years-over-wifes-murder-ng-b881212211z

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/court-justice/carlisle-accountant-ahmed-seedat-jailed-for-murdering-burying-wife-ng-b881212235z

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2012 in Mountain City, Tennessee: Billy Payne and fiancƩ Billie-Jean Hayworth were both killed in a senseless double murder. They were victims of local woman: Jenelle Potter who had coerced those around her to carry out the tragic murders.

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Ever wondered what happened when Anatomy surgeons ran out of cadavers in the early 1800’s? Neither have I - but here is the answer anyway.

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This is one of my Nightmares: Nap Size. Just a 10 minute episode on an incredible case of fraud, identity theft and murder. References/ links: https://historydaily.org/rolex-murder

https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/walker-albert-johnson.htm

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/ds-phil-sincock-talks-the-albert-walker-case

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/rolex-murder-international-web-lies-3365190

https://www.rdasia.com/podcasts/crime/case-rolex-murder

https://www.truthorfiction.com/did-rolexs-meticulous-sales-records-solve-a-murder/

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Vienna, Austria - 2011: dismembered bodies of Holger Holz and Manfred Hinterberger are unearthed in the basement of an ice creamery. These are the crimes of Estibaliz Carranza. This was one aggravating episode to research and the discrepancy between English language news articles and German language articles is offensive to information. āœŒšŸ¼ hope you enjoy it haha

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1920 - Massachusetts: two Italian immigrants were charged with armed robbery and payroll murder, but they were put on trial for their radical political beliefs and dodging the draft. They were both sent to the electric chair. * thanks for taking an interest in a case of real significance. I urge you to read some of the following, they’re links that were particularly helpful during the research: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1927/03/the-case-of-sacco-and-vanzetti/306625/

https://time.com/4895701/sacco-vanzetti-90th-anniversary/.

https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/sacvan.html

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/sacco-vanzetti-palmer-raids-anarchism-repression

https://famous-trials.com/saccovanzetti/770-chronology

https://theconversation.com/massachusetts-executed-two-italian-immigrants-90-years-ago-why-the-global-fallout-still-matters-82416

https://libcom.org/history/1916-1927-the-execution-of-sacco-and-vanzetti

https://speakola.com/ideas/sacco-vanzetti-execution-courtroom-1927

https://www.thoughtco.com/sacco-vanzetti-4148194?print

https://apnews.com/a17cec743c734563bf91933ccd29c6ab/90-years-on,-legacy-of-Sacco-and-Vanzetti-executions-lingers

https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/massachusetts-executes-sacco-and-vanzetti.html

https://solidarity-us.org/atc/190/p5062/

https://www.ushistory.org/us/47a.asp

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In January, 2017 a 26 year old violent offender was due to face court on 23 different charges. Instead, he had stabbed his brother, kidnapped his girlfriend and was driving a stolen maroon Commodore erratically through downtown Melbourne. He describes himself as someone with a big heart. He also admits that he went into the city that day to, ā€˜Run people over’. *link to send me a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gabrielle523/message References and links for episode: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-18/bourke-st-attack-james-gargasoulas-inquest-police-audio/11711894

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-19/bourke-street-driver-james-gargasoulas-nearly-handed-himself-in/11716892

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/gargasoulas-found-guilty-of-murdering-six-in-2017-bourke-st-rampage-20181113-p50fp1.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/hours-before-massacre-gargasoulas-laughed-as-police-drew-their-guns-20191205-p53h97.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/bourke-st-inquest-hears-tearful-cop-apologise-to-victims-families-20191212-p53jct.html

https://www.queanbeyanagechronicle.com.au/story/6517547/special-unit-failed-to-attend-gargasoulas/?cs=9397

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/22/james-gargasoulas-jailed-for-life-over-bourke-street-massacre

https://www.smh.com.au/topic/bourke-street-killings-hn3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2017_Melbourne_car_attack

https://www.triplem.com.au/story/james-gargasoulas-handed-six-life-sentences-for-bourke-st-rampage-129178

https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a190222uhd/bourke-street-killer-james-gargasoulas-sentenced-to-six-life-sentences-20190222?&utm_medium=paid-search&utm_source=10daily&utm_campaign=digital:na&utm_term=google&utm_content=dsa&gclid=Cj0KCQiAyp7yBRCwARIsABfQsnQLzEzMcz_hJ3JuMN35Hbuzh2Km7JBE1NaayvpdeskjyCJIS-6_ew4aAiJLEALw_wcB. https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/volunteering/bail-justice-position-description

YouTube Clips: https://youtu.be/1eDkdimGntQ

https://youtu.be/CLmGM9tcuNc

https://youtu.be/VkdomRLEOv8

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United States police officers take an Oath to defend their Constitution - but their more colloquial vow is to Serve and Protect. That is precisely what former cop Jerry Cassaday believed he was doing when he shot and killed Bruce Miller. But Cassaday wasn’t upholding this vow - he had killed an innocent man. He was acting on the coercion and manipulation of his lover and Bruce’s wife: Sharee Miller. Three months later Cassaday would turn the gun on himself.

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Jasper, Texas - 1998. Moments before James Byrd Jr. accepted a lift home he had been sitting on his parents porch bouncing his granddaughter on his knee. Soon, the world would come to know him as the victim of an unspeakable hate crime. * Hundreds of articles have been written on this case and many of the more minor details differ between these resources. I have done my best to only include information that is corroborated. The Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing: http://www.thebyrdfoundation.org/event-news/4594297384

Links and References for episode:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-14-mn-59975-story.html

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/james-byrd-jr

https://newsone.com/2019388/james-byrd-jr-murdered/

https://www.newsweek.com/james-byrd-jr-lynching-texas-death-row-execution-1394474

https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Family-of-James-Byrd-Jr-gathers-on-20th-12976250.php

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/jasper/

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/timeline-of-events-since-death-of-james-byrd-jr

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/jasper/trial021699.htm

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-01-26-9901260220-story.html

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/james-byrd-jr-john-william-king-and-the-history-of-american-lynching/

https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Jasper-awaits-execution-of-James-Byrd-slayer-13783843.php

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/texas-executes-white-racist-for-dragging-a-black-man-to-his-death-20190425-p51h6f.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/us/james-byrd-jr-john-william-king.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/23/james-byrd-jr-hate-crime-texas-execution-huntstville/3553297002/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-william-king-execution-texas-man-executed-today-dragging-james-byrd-jr-to-death-hate-crime-2019-04-24/

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/02/03/20-years-later-justice-for-the-lynching-of-james-byrd-jr-might-finally-be-complete/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/25/james-byrd-jr-killer-john-william-king-executed-texas-hate-crime/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48040916

https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr

Dennis Rodman’s Autobiography https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ciJrCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=did+rodman+pay+for+james+byrd+jr+funeral&source=bl&ots=QZGcDEd4i_&sig=ACfU3U0YtqU4I6Q5SwzED4RhQfMMthNXFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicnefNg-znAhWx_XMBHWwMAwcQ6AEwEXoECA0QAQ#v=onepage&q=did%20rodman%20pay%20for%20james%20byrd%20jr%20funeral&f=false

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The early 1960’s marked a dramatic change in how the people of Perth saw their personal safety. Although, they did not yet know that a serial killer had been at work since 1959 - no one did - not even investigators.