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The Halloween Murder of Doreen Erbert

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0600

On Halloween of 1984, the life of 31 year old Doreen Erbert came to a tragic end.

The Murder of Ten Year Old Donald Scotty Baker

Fri, 29 May 2026 11:15:00 -0600

Ten year old Scotty Baker was checked out of school the day before Thanksgiving by someone he thought was his cousin. Once he got into her car, he realized that she wasn't, but by that time, it was too late.

The Murder of Five Year Old Myretta June Jones

Fri, 22 May 2026 08:30:00 -0600

When five year old Myretta Jones didn't return from the grocery store, her grandmother called her mother Lorene. Deputies and neighbors searched that night and came upon a gruesome discovery. Reminiscent of the 1956 movie, The Bad Seed, this case takes us way back to 1947 and the story of a young girl, Joyce Nichols, and her grizzly acts.

Music:

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Stock footage provided by Patramansky Oleg via Videvo.net

Sources: https://pastebin.com/CHTQLB9h

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The Senseless Murders of Faith and Liberty Battaglia

Sat, 16 May 2026 14:45:00 -0600

On May 2nd, 2001, Mary Jean Pearle dropped her two daughters, Faith 9, and Liberty 6, off for their weekly visit with their father, even though they didn’t want to go, Wednesday was his visitation night as stated in their divorce decree. Their father, John Battaglia, was a man who had a long list of domestic abuse charges on his record and probably some jail time was looming over him, several days following this visit.

Sources:

No Daddy Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge by Irene Pence https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B009L82WRG&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_C1097Z555RCYX1J3B5SM&tag=crimeatoriu0e-20

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/02/02/john-battaglia-taunts-ex-wife-before-being-executed-for-killing-their-girls-while-she-listened-in-horror/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-execution/texas-executes-man-for-murdering-daughters-in-killings-wife-heard-on-phone-idUSKBN1FL4TL

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201997185/john-david-battaglia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68499998/mary-faith-battaglia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68500063/liberty-mae-battaglia

https://web.archive.org/web/20180704034551/

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/dallas-man-who-killed-daughters-set-to-die-thursday

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/battaglia-john-david.htm

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/father-executed-for-killing-daughters-while-mother-listened/news-story/0fd8e8503cff2dc989ac766e03008a77

https://www.newsweek.com/killer-john-battaglia-asked-am-i-dead-and-taunted-ex-wife-during-execution-797942

https://www.familyplace.org/resource/survivor-stories/inside_tfp/2020/04/07/program-highlight-faith-liberty's-place

https://www.familyplace.org/home JDVDBattaglia.us.com

Music by the brilliant, CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA

Calm Melancholic Expressive Piano by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8303-calm-melancholic-expressive-piano License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Lucid Nightmare by Tim Kulig Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Murder of Gwen Vivian Miller

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:00 -0600

Gwen Vivian Miller didn’t show up for work on Leap Day, February 29th, 1968. Gwen was 60 years old, had no children, and ran the pharmacy at Bennett–Clarkson Memorial hospital, now known as Regional West in Rapid City, South Dakota. Despite her independence, though, Gwen was in declining health and had a history of medical complications due to her diabetes. So, when she didn’t show up for work, two co-workers, thinking she may have gone into insulin shock, went to her house at 3901 Hall Street. Inside, they found Gwen dead in her bed and it appeared to them that she had died in her sleep.

Sources:

Bush, Kent. “DNA, genealogy identify 1968 Rapid City rapist, murderer | Crime & Courts | rapidcityjournal.com.” Rapid City Journal, 17 June 2019, https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/dna-genealogy-identify-1968-rapid-city-rapist-murderer/article_9f0e53af-4efd-5a54-8494-f17f84a5b3b8.html. Accessed 18 April 2022. “Find A Grave.” Eugene Caroll Field, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47208255/eugene-carroll-field. “Investigators crack cold case murder of South Dakota woman.” KRQE, 18 June 2019, https://www.krqe.com/news/national/investigators-crack-cold-case-murder-of-south-dakota-woman/. Accessed 19 April 2022. “Rapid City police solve 51-year-old cold case with help of genealogy.” Argus Leader, 17 June 2019, https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2019/06/17/rapid-city-police-solve-51-year-old-cold-case-help-genealogy-gwen-miller/1481518001/. Accessed 18 April 2022. “RCPD Cold Case Unit solves 1968 Gwen Miller homicide | Rapid City South Dakota.” City of Rapid City, 17 June 2019, https://www.rcgov.org/news/rcpd-cold-case-unit-solves-1968-gwen-miller-homicide-6661.html?fbclid=IwAR24ofpkwho0GtcD7eaRo73kLfuiP2VNSFLP96wAnRoOKcdHqnvuswjoPhI. Accessed 18 April 2022. “RCPD Press Conference.” FB Watch, 17 06 2019, https://fb.watch/cuzs3TE_0o/. “Sheriff’s Officers Continue Investigation of Gwen Miller Slaying 11 Months Ago.” Rapid City Journal, 23 01 1969, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100046590/sheriffs-officers-continue-investigatio/. “Technology helps solve cold cases.” Rapid City Journal, 02 08 2008, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100042476/technology-helps-solve-cold-cases/. “Unsolved Strangulation Murder Happened Two Years Ago.” Rapid City Journal, 28 02 1970, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100039947/unsolved-strangulation-murder-happened-t/.

Music: CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav... Kevin MaCleod "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Press conference link: https://fb.watch/dUWE3l1Oox/

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The Murder of Gordon Church

Tue, 12 May 2026 12:20:00 -0600

A chance meeting at a convenience store in 1988 turned into a terrifying and deadly night for Gordon and a case full of twists and turns that is ongoing to this day.

The details of this crime are graphic, discretion is advised.

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Music:

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Sources:

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Tue, 12 May 2026 09:10:00 -0600

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