We've got a classic for you this week - Lizzie Borden. In 1892 Lizzie found her father and stepmother brutally axed to death seemingly while she was outside looking for her fishing gear, or while she was eating pears in the barn, or maybe doing something else entirely. The circumstances surrounding this case remain unclear due to Lizzie's ever changing accounts of that day. Thus shifting suspicion upon herself, leading to her arrest. Was Lizzie really the one responsible for this heinous crime?

Sources:

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

https://lizzie-borden.com/

Crime Junkie Podcast - INFAMOUS: Lizzie Borden. Oct. 29, 2018

https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/borden-lizzie.htm

https://anacondaleader.com/content/strange-story-bridget-sullivan

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lizzie-Borden-American-murder-suspect

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260914-the-unsolved-mystery-of-lizzie-borden-and-the-grisly-fall-river-axe-murders

Morbid Podcast - Lizzie Borden Part 1. Oct. 20, 2019.

Morbid Podcast - Lizzie Borden Part 2. Oct. 26, 2019.

https://lizziebordenencyclopedia.com/lizzie-borden-charity-work/

Buckle up for our first serial killer case - The Weepy Voiced Killer. AKA Paul Michael Stephani. AKA the weirdest serial killer ever. During the 1980s in Minnesota, Paul Michael Stephani was targeting women in the city. The strangest part of his pathology - he would call 911 after each attack reporting that he had stabbed someone...but he would be performatively crying in a very high pitched weepy voice. Join us to hear the 911 recordings and learn how he got caught.

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

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/stephani-paul.htm

Morbid Podcast - The Weepy Voiced Killer (Jan. 9, 2021).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KR-MUkowfw (A&E - Weepy-Voiced Killer Confesses to More Crimes)

Deathbed Confessions Podcast - The Weepy Voiced Killer: Paul Michael Stephani (March 29, 2023).

https://www.oxygen.com/unknown-serial-killers-of-america/crime-news/unknown-serial-killers-weepy-voiced-paul-stephani

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Michael_Stephani

https://www.kttc.com/2021/11/08/notorious-weepy-voiced-killer/

Kate and Kayla are going down the rabbit hole of the Delphi Murders. February 2017 in Delphi, Indiana, two best friends, Abby Williams (13 years old) and Libby German (14 years old), had the day off school and wanted to go for a walk on the forest trails. When they failed to show up at the entrance when Libby's father came to pick them up and they weren't answering their phones, the families started to get worried. They were quickly reported missing, and unfortunately, their bodies were found along the creek the next day. Once the investigation into their deaths got underway, the world learned just how smart these girls were -- they suspected danger before anything happened. Tune in to learn how Abby and Libby helped solve their own murders.

SOURCES:

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

Who is the Delphi Killer? ABC News, IMPACT x Nightline, 2024.

https://abcnews.com/US/wife-convicted-delphi-murderer-breaks-silence-husbands-monster/story?id=124072144

https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/teens-libby-german-abby-williams-killed-in-delphi-murders

Down the Hill: The Delphi Murders. HBO Max, 2021.

Crime Junkie Podcast: WANTED: Killer on the High Bridge. Feb. 11, 2018.

Crime Junkie Podcast: UPDATE: Killer on the High Bridge. April 22, 2019.

Crime Junkie Podcast: CAPTURED: Killer on the High Bridge. Oct. 31, 2022.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/14/us/video/delphi-murders-new-video-digvid

Down the Hill Podcast. Ep 1-11.

https://www.aetv.com/articles/richard-allen-delphi-murders

Law & Crime Network - Youtube