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The True Crime Librarian
by Ashlee O'Rourke
My name is Ashlee and I am the True Crime Librarian, welcome to my channel were I will talk about all things true crime. For me sifting through the media, court docs, podcast, documentaries, and docu-series that I find let’s me dive deeper into these cases and this is where you will find some of most shocking parts. Stick with me as we tackle the cases one at a time. Follow me on Facebook & Instagram @thetruecrimelibrarianSubscribe to my YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/thetruecrimelibrarianor visit https://www.thetruecrimelibrarian.com
Episodes
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Best Selling Murderer: The Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker Case Ep 3
Their plan to murder Honorah Rieper was top priority as the date for Juliet's departure from New Zealand was nearing, neither one thought that it would take more than one blow but when the pathologist was done examining Nora it would take the girls 45 blows to take the life of Pauline's murder…
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Best Selling Murderer: The Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker Case Ep 2
Juliet and Pauline's friendship only grows from their first meeting into something that caused concern... according to the Hulme's it's all Pauline's fault. Now Pauline is left to fend for herself without her best friend and discovers boys and then she sets out to gain control of her life and the...
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Best Selling Murderer: The Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker Case Ep 1
When you are in school you develop a few things; you most likely have a top 3 for your future career and friends- but for Juliet and Pauline their friendship would exceed your typical high school BFFs, no these two wanted to be inseparable and they didn't care who they had to take down in order…
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Behind Closed Doors: The Turpin Family Ep 4
Louise's face on the footage from the body cam of the officers who made entrance into the Turpin home told the world all we needed to know... they were caught. 17-year-old Jordan Turpin would make a decision, one that she had been planning for more than 2 years... Despite being able to verbally...
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Behind Closed Doors: The Turpin Family Ep 3
David and Louise's control is so powerful it allowed David to accompany Louise through her mid-life crisis in search of what life was really like when you take part in activities you've always known as sins. 10 out of 12 children were left to fend for themselves for more than 4 years until the...
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Behind Closed Doors: The Turpin Family Ep 2
Louise dreamed of having a large family and with the birth of 8 children she is well on her way but what she didn't account for is taking care of them and being an actual mother. Instead with each child David and Louise would design rule after rule to keep their life secret and their children out...
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Behind Closed Doors: The Turpin Family Ep 1
Those who lived on Muir Woods Road in Perris California could have never guessed what was going on behind the closed door of the house sitting at 160 Muir Woods. 13 children were rescued from that home; 7 of which were legally adults. The 1-year-old was the only one to not appear malnourished or...
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Miss American Serial Killer: Aileen Wuornos Ep 4
Lee's becoming even more confident in her killing spree, seeing and taking whatever she wants and adding even more names to her growing victim count, claiming 3 more men's lives before police put together the clues she has been leaving all over Central Florida. Join me as we close out this…
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Miss American Serial Killer: Aileen Wuornos Ep 3
Aileen was now a killer, her first victim Richard Mallory dead from multiple gunshot wounds, and now she has found a better way at robbing these men... kill them first- she claims self-defense in each and every victim's case but not all were out to rape and beat her. PTSD can make the mind see…
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Miss American Serial Killer: Aileen Wuornos Ep 2
Aileen and Ty meeting created tsunamis in their life together, they both loved each other (Lee would later say like sisters, however, Ty had been introduced as Lee's Wife on more than one occasion) but never the less these two were virtually inseparable from June of 1986 into 1991 when Lee would…
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Miss American Serial Killer: Aileen Wuornos Ep 1
A girl born into a world that didn't want her, showing her from a young age just what she meant to the people around her... nothing. Equipped with a lack of trust, a lack of capability to bond with anyone but herself, and the notion that everyone she crosses paths with is out to get in her in one...
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Without a Trace... the Jennifer Kesse Disappearance Ep 3
Tonight we close out TTCL's coverage of the Jennifer Kesse Disappearance with some theories... some are far-fetched, others make complete and total sense but with very little evidence to go on all are plausible in a case like this. Was it an office romance that lead to Jennifer vanishing into…
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Without a Trace... the Jennifer Kesse Disappearance Ep 2
Looking into the sudden disappearance of Jennifer Kesse you are presented with 50 leads, like a fork in the road, you have to choose one to go down and look at what makes sense and what seems completely out of the question based on the short timeline and what her parents have taught us about…
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Without a Trace... the Jennifer Kesse Disappearance
Jennifer Joyce Kesse was just 24 years old when she vanished without a trace. Her family immediately took action with the hopes to find their loved one. 16 years later her face is still seen on missing person flyers around Orlando, her name is still spoken on investigative television shows and...
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Maybe, Possibly, Definitely... the Case of Robert Durst Ep 3
Karma is making its way back around and the only name on its list... Robert Alan Durst and the whole world is watching as the eccentric millionaire inserts himself into the production of HBO's documentary about his life and presumed crimes, and mistakes were made... mistakes that have a high…
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Maybe, Possibly, Definitely... the Case of Robert Durst Ep 2
Susan Berman was true to her friend all the way to the end. Robert feared facing the justice system in connection with Kathie's disappearance and he is doing whatever it takes to maintain his freedom and he'll take out anyone that gets in his way... Be sure to head over to Patreon where you can...
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Maybe, Possibly, Definitely... the Case of Robert Durst Ep 1
Robert Durst passed away January 10, 2022 days shy of the 40th anniversary of his wife going missing... foul play was suspected, and if anyone had opportunity and cause it would be none other than Robert Durst. But without a body or murder weapon, we can only speculate what happened that night of...
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Cleansed by the Water- The Hunt for the Green River Killer ep 6
The terror that rocked King County Washington is starting to fizzle out, and those investigating the GRK aren't any closer to solving their crimes... but a search warrant provides evidence that will blow this entire case wide open. Once Gary Ridgway is arrested yet again for soliciting for sex he...
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Cleansed by the Water- The Hunt for the Green River Killer ep 5
When the most unlikely person surfaces to help the Green River Task Force in their drive to stop the man creating terror in the King County area of Washington State, investigators have more than curiosity plaguing them with this offer for aide. There could be something here to learn and with the...
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Cleansed by the Water- the Hunt for the Green River Killer ep 4
27 possible victims at this juncture in 1983, they weren't even halfway through the year and their killer was adding notches to his bedpost faster than they were finding the bodies of the missing. No matter where investigators focused their eyes Gary was 2 steps ahead... Gary was developing a...
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Cleansed by the Water- The Hunt for the Green River Killer ep 3
The women are disappearing at an alarming rate from the Strip in King County Washington, Detectives are watching the waters and the sex workers in hopes to catch their guy. But when one many inadvertently put himself in the cross hairs of the Task Force, he provides a diversion for Gary Ridgway…
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Cleansed by the Water- The Hunt for the Green River Killer ep 2
As Gary Ridgway continues to cluster kill more and more women from the Strip are being reported missing and then popping up dead... but what investigators thought they knew suddenly changed when their killer began dumping girls in locations away from the river that all law enforcement eyes were...
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Cleansed by the Water- The Hunt for the Green River Killer ep 1
We dive into the murky waters of the Green River and pull out its darkest secrets. Gary Ridgway was seemingly normal to those who knew him, he had quirks but they were easily overlooked... Sex Workers lining Pac HiWay were out to make the money they needed to make ends meet but now with multiple…
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: The Lisa Marie Montgomery Case ep 3
Tonight we close out the case of Lisa Marie Montgomery and the exhaustive 24-hour manhunt that exploded from the brutal murder of Bobbie Jo. Investigators race against the clock to find Victoria Jo and bring her back home safely. Everyone questioned Lisa Marie and her tall tales of being pregnant...
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: The Lisa Marie Montgomery Case ep 2
Bobbie Jo was welcomed into this world with a loving mother who would do anything to protect and care for her young daughter. Bobbie Jo grew into a woman knowledgeable in the world of breeding rat terriers, a person many in the tight-knit community of dog breeders that others looked up to. She…
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: the Lisa Marie Montgomery Case ep 1
It feels GREAT to be back! Tonight we are tackling another Captial Punishment case the difference is this is at the federal level. Fetal abduction and Federal Death row are two of the rarest things in the True Crime World, Lisa Marie Montgomery is the anomaly, she was sentenced to death by the...
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At the Hands of Their Father: The John Battaglia Jr Case ep 3
John wasted five years of his life on a get rich quick scheme, and when that failed so did his marriage... yet again by his own hand. This time he wasn't going to be the one on the losing end of things like he had been with Michelle, this time Mary Jean would pay for embarrassing John, she would...
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At the Hands of Their Father: The John Battaglia Jr Case ep 2
Michelle has fought hard and it's almost time to cut John out of her life, but John is like aggressive cancer. He keeps popping back up each time she thinks he's gone for good. It will take her moving a state away and the good looks of Mary Jean Pearle to finally silence John. But John needs to...
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At the Hands of Their Father: The John Battaglia Jr Case ep 1
What happens when the man you marry, the man that father's your children does the unthinkable? Michelle Ward Ghetti couldn't imagine the monster that lay in the pit of darkness within her new husband John. He had shown her a glimpse at who he would become and she wanted no part of that but when…
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Above All Else: The Gypsy Rose Story ep 2
The grip of her mother has reached its maximum hold, Gypsy Rose is sick of living this way with no options on the horizon of it changing. Instead, she plans the perfect Fairy Tale Love Story; the one where the villain is defeated and the Princess is whisked away by Prince Charming. But what…
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Above All Else: The Gypsy Rose Story ep 1
When do a mother’s intentions begin to raise flags of ill will? How far can abuse by Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy go before someone steps in and advocates for the victim? Dee Dee Blanchard was damn near perfect at manipulating people into doing not only what she wanted but what she felt she was...
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Treated Like Trash ep 3
We've reached the end of the current timeline in the mysterious death of Amanda Wienckowski; this is a war that is far from over. Join me as we close out TTCL's coverage of Amanda Wienckowski- as the case continues to develop Gavin Fish will keep updating those who want to follow the story over…
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Treated Like Trash ep 2
Amanda Wienckowski died at the hands of a man who only cared about the things he wanted- tonight we are going to take a listen as I dig into the discrepancies of the Medical Examiner's reports. That of Dr. Dianne Vertes is short and never really showing conclusively that the manner of death was...
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Treated Like Trash ep 1
Amanda Wienckowski, a name not overly popular in the True Crime world but her case is capable of making big waves. Amanda was 20 years old when she walked into a house on the East Side of Buffalo, New York never to be seen or heard from again. A man she knew for much of her life left her there...
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When the Smoke Clears Ep 3
Arrest are finally made nearly 19 years later- but the amount of dead ends that this case sees is far more than any legend out there. We see false confession turned possible break through in an unsolved case where the couple were killed in the same manner as Danny and Kathy Freeman. The infamous...
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When the Smoke Clears Ep 2
Ashley and Lauria still missing while Lorene and Jay Bible fight to find them. But as the smoke settles it seems the only way to find out what happened was to follow the trail of drugs. Rural Northeast Oklahoma seems to be something out of a movie; drugs are either being processed or the...
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When the Smoke Clears
The tiny town of Welch Oklahoma is established on Cherokee land, and it's the second largest city within it's county- the population is 631. In the shadows of Welch is the fire that completely destroyed the Freeman's home and unleashed one hell of a crime. It's been 21 years and there are no more...
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The Devil is in the Photograph... ep 3
Jodi Arias is on the brink of destruction- she is inserting herself into the investigation from the get go. She has to know where the Mesa PD is standing once she hears that Travis has been found. She is a person who likes to be one step ahead but living hours away she is finding it difficult to...
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The Devil is in the Photograph... ep 2
The voice of Mimi Hall rings through the line to the dispatcher- its obvious whatever is happening at 11428 East Queensborough Ave is not good and the person they found is not alive. Travis and Jodi had a rocky relationship from start to finish- everyone around him could see Jodi’s potential and…
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The Devil is in the Photograph... ep 1
Jodi Arias’s smiling mugshot was shown on the television around the world. The girl next door who brutally murdered her ex-boyfriend and her story as to why keeps on changing. Jodi’s life before Travis helped mold her into the insecurities that she displayed throughout her dating life- she feared...
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Dark Shadows ep 3
***WARNING THIS EPISODE IS EXTREMLY LONG, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AS WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE END OF THIS CASE!*** The trials of Jessie Misskelley Jr and Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin continued to rock the media outlets from the moment Fogleman got up to start opening arguments. The three boys…
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Dark Shadows Ep 2
The investigation into the murders of Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore is taking a turn- the statement early on from Investigator Gitchell regarding occult activity and Satanism is only going to grow bigger with the reports of a juvenile probation officer Jerry Driver....
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Dark Shadows Ep 1
On May 5, 1993 three 8 year old boys were out playing; riding through the streets together, off to the club house in Robin Hood Hill. Neither the boys or their parents knew that they would never be seen again. Just one day later their bodies would be found and the small quite community of West...
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The Librarian After Dark- Q&A
After some self doubt and a small pitty party I came to realize that I was not going to have the first episode in a new case no matter how hard I tried this week. INSTEAD I asked you all to submit questions and compiled them into something a little different than you are used to, join me in this...
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Back to Where It All Began ep 2
Faryion Wardrip's life continues to spiral and he is helpless to stop it. In an attempt to escape all the horrible things he did to women he didn't even know in Wichita Falls he heads south to Ft. Worth Texas, life has to be easier in the big city. Instead his path of destruction follows him and…
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Back to Where it All Began
Wichita Falls Texas now a slightly bigger dot on the map in North Texas, as with any growing city there is a mark in it's history that those that call it home wishes they could forget. From 1984 until 1986 there was path of destruction that at first threatened the young women of the medical...
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30 Years of Terror- BTK Ep 5
BTK had seemingly fallen off the face of the earth- no one had heard from him since Anna Williams had narrowly escaped the grip of the Boogy man- and then nothing. Radio silence. Until an anniversary piece indicates that not only is he not feared anymore but that no one even knows who he is. BTK…
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30 Years of Terror- BTK Ep 4
BTK's body count is coming to an end and he hasn't even realized it, his last two victims are rushed jobs- someone is always calling or coming by. His timing is off but the drive for gratification is in overdrive, he cannot do another 6 years without relief. Wichita Kansas PD and the Park City PD...
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30 Years of Terror- BTK Ep 3
The reign of terror in Wichita Kansas is far from over, Wichita PD is scrambling trying to crack the decade old case and just when they think they've got a handle on his M.O. he goes and changes it. Dennis is finally ready to hunt after Nancy Fox and the victim he has his eye on is far from what...
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30 Years of Terror- BTK Ep 2
The murder of Kathy Bright left something to be desired in Dennis Rader, but when life demands his full attention his hunt for the perfect sexual release is put to the back burner for nearly 4 years. In March of 1977 a young Officer is called to the home of a young mother who is found not moving…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
My name is Ashlee and I am the True Crime Librarian, welcome to my channel were I will talk about all things true crime. For me sifting through the media, court docs, podcast, documentaries, and docu-series that I find let’s me dive deeper into these cases and this is where you will find some of most shocking parts. Stick with me as we tackle the cases one at a time. Follow me on Facebook & Instagram @thetruecrimelibrarianSubscribe to my YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/thetruecrimelibrarianor visit https://www.thetruecrimelibrarian.com
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