Crack House Chronicles

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale interview Ret. Sgt. Mark Davis from the Cleveland County Sheriffs Dept. Mark gives a first person perspective on the Asha Degree case. He was the first to recieve the call and one of the first ones on the scene.  https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale are releasing a Patreon episode, Brown's Chicken Massacre.   The Brown's Chicken Massacre was a mass murder that occurred on January 8, 1993, in Palatine, Illinois, when two robbers shot and killed seven employees at a Brown's Chicken fast-food restaurant. The case remained unsolved for nearly nine years, until one of the assailants was implicated by his girlfriend in 2002. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%27s_Chicken_massacre#See_also https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/browns-chicken-massacre-25-years-anniversary/ https://abc7chicago.com/browns-chicken-massacre-murders-cold-case-solved-dna-test/12676035/  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale go back to the early 1900s and discuss a North Carolina case.  On Christmas day, 1929 Charlie Lawson, a rural North Carolina tobacco farmer brutally murdered six of his children, his wife and then killed himself. The horrific crime made the front page of the New York Times. It inspired a hit record and would conjure up rumor and speculation for generations to come. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Lawson_family https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/rcxhts/on_december_25th_1929_charlie_lawson_brutally/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/14lujum/why_did_charlie_lawson_murder_his_family_on/  

Dale recites 'Twas The Night Before Christmas MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale are discussing The Yuba County Five. On February 24, 1978, five men from the Yuba County, California-area vanished in the wilderness of Northern California. They had set out on what should’ve been a quick road trip to watch their favorite basketball team in a neighboring town. But all five friends wound up missing or dead. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://dyatlovpass.com/yuba-county-five https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/The-Yuba-County-5-Terror-on-the-Mountain https://www.historicmysteries.com/yuba-county-five/  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale are happy to have on the show David Bryant, Certified Forensic Polygraph Examiner. David answers a lot of our questions about the polygraph and clears up some of the myths and misconceptions.  He can be contacted through his website link. https://tampapolygraph.com/   https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale take a dive in to the mysterious disappearance of Bryce Laspisa. Bryce went missing in the early morning hours of Aug. 30, 2013 at Castaic Lake as he was driving home to Orange County from Sierra College near Sacramento, where he was a student. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/crime/bryce-laspisa-still-missing-one-decade-after-unexplained-disappearance-480422 https://allthatsinteresting.com/bryce-laspisa https://charleyproject.org/case/bryce-david-laspisa  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale are releasing a Patreon episode on Robert E. Harrill, born February 2, 1893 in Shelby, NC, was also known as the Fort Fisher Hermit. He became a hermit in 1955, at the age of 62, having hitchhiked to Fort Fisher on the North Carolina coast. He passed away under mysterious circumstances on June 4, 1972. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harrill  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale dive in and discuss Indiana's most prolific serial killer, Herb  Baumeister. After a string of disappearances of gay men in the  Indianapolis area throughout the early 90s, the police investigation  eventually leads to an apparently mild-mannered family man and  successful business owner - with bodies buried all over his sprawling estate. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/herbert-richard-baumeister-973121 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Baumeister https://www.cbsnews.com/news/remains-1996-allen-livingston-victim-suspected-serial-killer-herbert-baumeister-indiana/    

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss Bryan Patrick Miller, also known as The Zombie Hunter.  Miller was convicted of the murders of two young women, killed months apart while riding their bikes along a canal in Phoenix, Arizona. The murders went unsolved for more than two decades and would become known as the Phoenix canal murders. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zombie-hunter-bryan-patrick-miller-phoenix-unique-murder-defense-48-hours/ https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/07/judge-to-sentence-bryan-miller-to-death-or-life-in-prison-for-canal-killings/70279247007/ https://www.maricopacountyattorney.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=998  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles we are very happy to have Tanya Hart, older sister of Officer Davina Buff Jones who was found shot to death on exclusive Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Tanya gives us a firsthand account surrounding the mysterious death of her younger sister. Local DA Rex Gore ruled it a suicide but the evidence said otherwise. Who killed her and why did they go so far to cover it up? https://crackhousechronicles.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles_ https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss Ronald Clark O'Bryan nicknamed The Candy Man and The Man Who Killed Halloween. He was convicted of killing his eight-year-old son Timothy on Halloween 1974 with a potassium cyanide-laced Pixy Stix that was ostensibly collected during a trick or treat outing. O'Bryan poisoned his son in order to claim life insurance money to ease his own financial troubles, as he was $100,000 in debt. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O%27Bryan https://texasarchive.org/2017_03761 https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/10/15/poison-pixy-stix-ronald-obryan-was-the-man-who-killed-halloween/  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss Grady Stiles, Jr. who was an American freak show performer and murderer. His deformity was the genetic condition ectrodactyly, in which the fingers and toes are fused together to form claw-like extremities. Because of this, Stiles performed under the stage name "Lobster Boy". https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grady_Stiles https://allthatsinteresting.com/lobster-boy https://sometimes-interesting.com/story-of-grady-stiles/ https://www.buggedspace.com/the-killer-lobster-boy-grady-stiles-jr/  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale welcome retired Gaston Police Chief David James to the show. David has an extensive law enforcement background and has studied the Asha Degree case. He is giving us a Law Enforcement perspective of the case. This is totally different from what we and other podcasters have done before on Asha's case. Hopefully this will shed some light on how Asha's case was handled and what and is being done. Be sure to go check out Ep. 3 and 99 we did on the Asha Degree case. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles_ https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the brutal murder of Karen Lynn Styles. Karen was murdered while going for a run on the Hard Times trail in the Bent Creek area of the Pisgah National Forest on October 31, 1994. Her killer was captured,tried and sentenced after much controversy, https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://wpde.com/news/local/court-upholds-death-sentence-for-murder-rape-of-buncombe-county-woman-richard-allen-jackson-karen-styles-pisgah-national-forest-bent-creek-federal-land-crime-of-violence https://truecrimediva.com/the-1994-murder-of-karen-styles/ https://finishedpages.com/true-crime-wednesday-the-murder-of-karen-styles/    

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the disappearance of Jamie Fraley.  In the early hours of April 8, 2008, Jamie, of Gastonia, North Carolina, told a friend over the phone that she was going to the hospital for the third time in the last 24 hours due to a stomach flu. When asked who was taking her there, Fraley said it was another friend and declined to further identify that person. She has not been seen since; her cellphone was found a few days later but provided no useful information as to her whereabouts. Anyone who might have information about Jamie’s whereabouts is asked to call the Gaston County Police Department in North Carolina at 704-866-3320 or Crime Stoppers at 704-861-8000. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Jamie_Fraley#Background https://

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale are pleased to interview Claire Kruck, sister of Alex Kruck who went missing around July 20, 2020. He does not own a vehicle and would be traveling by foot, bus, or getting a ride from someone. Alex had been staying at a residence in the 1900 block of West Finn Place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Alex is described as a white male, 6' tall, weighing 175 lbs., with brown curly hair and brown eyes. If you have any information on Alexanders whereabouts, please contact the Milwaukee police at 414-935-7401. And if you would like more information about Alex’s story, please visit the Find Alex Kruck Facebook page. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles_ https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://uncovered.com/cases/alexander-kruck-milwaukee-wi https://www.catchmykiller.com/episode-157-alex-kruck/ https://charleyproject.org/cas

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the unsolved murder of Molly Anne Bish. Molly was a sixteen-year-old girl from rural Massachusetts, who disappeared while working as a lifeguard in her hometown of Warren. Her remains were found three years later in neighboring Hampden County after what became the largest search in the state's history. Several suspects have been publicly identified, but the case remains officially unresolved. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles_ https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Molly_Bish https://allthatsinteresting.com/molly-bish https://www.mollybishfoundation.com/ https://www.masslive.com/worcester/2021/12/molly-bish-murder-case-dna-testing-could-be-the-closure-about-kidnapping-killing-21-years-ago-sister-says.html https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/molly-bish/id1469338

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the strange murder of Judy Smith. In April of 1997, fifty year old Judy Smith attended a conference with her husband, Jeffrey, in Philadelphia. While the conference was work for Jeffrey, Judy planned to do some sightseeing during the day and then spend evenings with her husband. Unfortunately, Judy would mysteriously vanish. Her remains were found 5 months later in the Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles_ https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/The-Bizarre-Murder-of-Judy-Smith-Found-Dead-600-Miles-Away https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Judy_Smith https://unsolved.com/gallery/judy-smith/  

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss 74-year-old Violet Ripken who was abducted from her garage by an armed gunman on the morning of July 24th, 2012. 74-year-old She would spend the next 23 hours bound and blindfolded in the backseat of her own car, as her mysterious abductor drove around the Baltimore, MD. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles_ https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://unresolved.me/the-abduction-of-violet-ripken https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1272324-cal-ripkens-mother-found-safe-after-abduction https://deadspin.com/whatever-happened-to-the-ripken-kidnapping-case-1681106095