Episode 30: USA - The Springford Murders (Part 2)
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08/15/22
•62m
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In December, 2004, Brent Springford Jr. admitted himself into the Poudre Valley hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, for a psychiatric evaluation. Brent told hospital staff that he was having visions of blood and violence, and he thought he might have murdered his parents. The police intervened, and Brent told investigators that just 2 weeks prior, on Thanksgiving Day, he went to his parent’s home in Montgomery, Alabama, and laid in wait. His parents Winston “Brent” Sr. and Charlotte Springford finally arrived home that evening, and Brent brutally attacked and murdered them. His parents had been worrying about Brent’s declining mental health, but no one suspected he was capable of committing such an atrocious act, especially towards people as loving and doting as his own parents.
In part 2 of this 2-part series, we tell you about Brent’s life following the murder (his actions and movements in the days and weeks after), his subsequent arrest, his “trial”, and some suspicious circumstances involving someone we talked about heavily in part 1...
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Episode 30: USA - The Springford Murders (Part 1)
August 8, 2022
•72m
In December, 2004, Brent Springford Jr. admitted himself into the Poudre Valley hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado for a psychiatric evaluation. Brent told hospital staff that he was having visions of blood and violence, and he thought he might have murdered his parents. The police intervened, and Brent told investigators that just 2 weeks prior, on Thanksgiving Day, he went to his parent’s home in Montgomery, Alabama and laid in wait. His parents, Winston “Brent” Sr. and Charlotte Springford, finally arrived home that evening, and Brent brutally attacked and murdered them. His parents had been worrying about Brent’s declining mental health, but no one suspected he was capable of committing such an atrocious act, especially towards people as loving and doting as his own parents.
In part 1 of this 2 part series, we discuss the victims, Winston “Brent” Sr. and Charlotte Springford, and the perpetrator - their son, Brent Jr. Springford. We focus on Brent Jr.'s life leading up to the crime because it's a really important part of this case. To understand the crime, we have to understand Brent Jr. - specifically who he was influenced by and what he was going through.
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Episode 31: Australia - The Murder of Betty Shanks
August 22, 2022
•106m
It’s September 19, 1952, and Betty Shanks' father is waiting up for her to arrive home from her evening classes. The Shanks family lives on Montpelier Street in the safe and peaceful suburb of Grange in Brisbane, Queensland. Betty was routine and punctual and should have arrived home around 10 pm at the latest, so by 1:30 am when she still wasn't home, her father grew concerned and reported her missing to the authorities.
Just 4 hours later, at 5:30 am, Alex Stewart, who was one of the neighbours and an off-duty police officer, went outside his home to grab his newspaper when he saw the violently beaten body of a woman on his neighbour’s property line on the corner of Carberry Street and Thomas Street.
The body was that of 22-year-old Betty Shanks, who had last been seen at 9:32 pm the night before when she got off a tram (streetcar) at Days Road Terminus in Grange after attending her night classes in the city. The foul play that she met on her short walk home to Montpelier Street has led to one of the oldest and most notorious unsolved murder cases in Queensland, Australia...
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