Today’s episode is a mini about the first and last Black woman to be executed in New York State in the 20th century. Helen was executed for a murder that she did not commit.
Helen Ray Fowler
Category: True Crime
Celebrate!
It’s our birthdays
Leoma on 3/16 and Bubba on 3/18
Antifreeze Murders
Stacey Castor is a woman who killed for money and had no problem sacrificing her very own child to keep her secrets and remain free. She believed that she could get away with murder all while fooling the world
Sources
Wikipedia
ABCnews
ABCgo
Youtube
Killer Mother
New York State has an issue. Mothers that kill. Today I am going to talk about a few of those mothers.
Sources:
Wikipedia
Murderpedia
CBS
ABC7
The Murder of Michael Forbes
An older man looking for love in all the right places. A younger woman open to try. A whirlwind relationship leads to a beautiful Caribbean destination wedding and a picturesque waterfront home to start life as a family.
Kelly Forbes |Murderpedia
The Assassination of James E Davis
A rising star of the New York political scene was taken far too soon. His potential was limitless. He helped all he could and made great gains in positive changes for his community and built a foundation to help make positive changes for those like him and others around the world. What he could have done will never be known…
James E. Davis Stop Violence Foundation started by Mr. Davis before his death. At that time the name of the foundation was “Love Yourself Stop the Violence” . Mr. Davis’ goal was to stop violence in urban America. His brother Geoffrey A. Davis would continue that mission after renaming the foundation James E. Davis Stop Violence Foundation . Click the above link to learn more about the foundation
Leroy Keith *Audio Fixed*
Murder on Parole
It’s February which is Black History Month. We discuss Leroy Keith a black man who was sentenced to death three times in two different states. He had a defense attorney who was able to not only get him three trials for the same crime on appeals and finaly got him paroled. Listen to the story of murder on parole.
Click to read the Leroy Keith Wiki
The Last Execution
New York State has a vast history in Capital Punishment. As it turns out all forms used for execution are extremely brutal. This week we talk about several types of execution forms used in New York through out the years. The crime that led to the last execution in New York and you’ll hear a rather graphic description of what happens during electrocution in the electric chair.
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The Poughkeepsie Killer
This is the story of nine women who went missing and were murdered in Poughkeepsie New York and how their killer was allowed to harm so many for so long.
My husband Duane , (everyone calls him Bubba) has joined the podcast. He is a retired LEO who loves true crime as much as I do. Today we discuss Kendall Francios the Poughkeepsie Killer. This is part 1 of 2 AND redo of Episode 1. Enjoy and Thanks for listening. Please listen to the end for some episode corrections and information about a few missing people who deserve justice!
Wikipedia Kendall Francois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall_Francois
Murderpedia Kendall François https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/francois-kendall.htm
New York’s Stupid Criminals
a few of them anyway….
https://nypost.com/2009/09/10/couple-busted-with-stolen-painting/
Man shoots himself and his friend…. my gun is mine and I can keep it… https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2020/03/syracuse-man-charged-after-accidentally-shooting-victim-in-stomach-police-say.html
Make sure you take it all..
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2010/08/robber_makes_crucial_error_in.html
The Crime Couple 