EPISODE · Jul 28, 2021 · 55 MIN
The Tampa Bay Murders // 131
from Going West: True Crime · host Dark West Productions
In the late spring of 1989, a woman and her two daughters left their farm in Ohio for a girls trip down in Florida that was supposed to be filled with laughter and adventure. But when 3 bodies turned up in the Tampa Bay a couple weeks after they left, their family feared for the worst. Investigators fought hard to figure out what had happened to this poor family, and who the monster behind it was. And eventually, they received an important tip about a suspicious neighbor… This is the story of Joan, Michelle, and Christie Rogers. Also known as the Tampa Bay Murders and the Rogers Family Murders.PATREON BONUS EPISODESpatreon.com/goingwestpodcastCASE SOURCEShttps://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Joan,_Michelle,_and_Christe_Rogershttps://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-2-haunted/https://www.tampabay.com/narratives/2019/06/05/from-2011-theres-never-going-to-be-justice-hal-rogers-watches-his-familys-killer-meet-his-fate/https://www.newspapers.com/image/322478418http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/chandler1275.htmhttps://forensictales.com/the-rogers-family-murders/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1993-09-26-9309221029-story.htmlhttps://www.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2020/11/27/oba-chandler-rogers-familyhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14143204/michelle-lee-rogershttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14143195/joan-mae-rogershttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14143213/christe-eugenia-rogers Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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In the late spring of 1989, a woman and her two daughters left their farm in Ohio for a girls trip down in Florida that was supposed to be filled with laughter and adventure. But when 3 bodies turned up in the Tampa Bay a couple weeks after they left, their family feared for the worst. Investigators fought hard to figure out what had happened to this poor family, and who the monster behind it was. And eventually, they received an important tip about a suspicious neighbor… This is the story of Joan, Michelle, and Christie Rogers. Also known as the Tampa Bay Murders and the Rogers Family Murders. PATREON BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Joan,_Michelle,_and_Christe_Rogers https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-2-haunted/ https://www.tampabay.com/narratives/2019/06/05/from-2011-theres-never-going-to-be-justice-hal-rogers-watches-his-familys-killer-meet-his-fate/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/322478418 http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/chandler1275.htm https://forensictales.com/the-rogers-family-murders/ https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1993-09-26-9309221029-story.html https://www.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2020/11/27/oba-chandler-rogers-family https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14143204/michelle-lee-rogers https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14143195/joan-mae-rogers https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14143213/christe-eugenia-rogers
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