Curiosity Killed Nightcat

The Santa Claus we know and love today was based off the real-life catholic Saint Nicholas. But some of his most famous miracles get left out of the story of Christmas. You're about to find out why. From pickled zombie babies to Civil War propaganda, we're diving deep into the history of Santa Claus. Stick around after that for some holiday-themed murders from the Saturday Morning Serial Vault.|| SOURCES || https://www.coca-colacompany.com/au/news/definitive-history-of-santa-claus |https://www.sttammanylibrary.org/blogs/post/the-legend-of-santa-claus-part-1-the-origin-and-history-of-a-christmas-legend/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas |https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-cartoonist-created-modern-image-santa-claus-union-propaganda-180971074/

In October 1985, an 18-year-old woman was found shot and stabbed to death on a Salt Lake City street. Her murder has remained unsolved for over 35 years. Why? At best, the SLC Police Department wildly mishandled the case and neglected to follow up on even the most simple leads. At worst, they were actively covering it up to aid the city in its bid for the Winter Olympic Games. Let's dive into the cold case of Christine Gallegos. Make sure to stick around after the episode for an awesome chat with private investigator Jason Jensen. || SOURCES || The Justice Files series by Marcos Ortiz on ABC 4.https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/the-justice-files-the-document-that-unveils-an-alleged-killer-pt-2/https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/the-justice-files-after-36-years-police-actively-investigating-cold-case-murder-pt-3/Jason Jensen - Jensen Investigations | Utah Cold Case Coalition | Interview October 12th, 2019https://mix1051utah.com/life/sms-cold-case-christine-gallegos/SLC PD Christine Listing http://www.slcpd.com/1985/05/15/christine-gallegos/Three Murders, One Gun by Sydnee Gonzalez; BYU Universe Narratives June 12th, 2020https://universe.byu.edu/narratives/three-murders-one-gun/Murderpedia.org https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r1/rhoades-paul.htmDeseret Newshttps://www.deseret.com/1994/1/24/19088421/task-force-won-t-probe-s-l-killingsOTHER:http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/rhoades1277.htmhttp://www.fdsidaho.org/clemency/rhoades/full_story.html

All this true crime I've been consuming for this podcast has presented quite the problem in my life: I've started to hate men more than ever. They're monsters. And since I'm also on the hunt for a husband, I needed to do something about it. So this week, we'll be featuring our first serial murderess! Blanche Taylor Moore Poisoned 2 of her husbands and tried for a 3rd before she was caught. This is her story.SOURCES | Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers (via Murderpida: https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/moore-blanche-taylor.htm) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Taylor_Moore | http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Moore,%20Blanche%20Taylor%20_2012_.pdf

There has been so much going on in True Crime news! So let's get into two of the biggest cases of the week: 22-year-old Gabby Petito was last seen in Salt Lake City and is believed to have last been in Grand Teton, Wyoming. Her boyfriend drove their camper van all the way back to Florida, but Gabby wasn't with him. Then we'll talk about Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer who hired a drug dealer to kill him just weeks after his wife and son were shot to death. ......... Check out our LinkTree for discount crime tour tickets and to follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/jacksonwhitt ...........||SOURCES|| GABBY PETITO: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/gabby-petito-updates-missing | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/16/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-police-bodycam-footage-missing-woman/8371246002/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PStpXFEfIs&ab_channel=NomadicStatik | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgnE460ebvgB1I30gwuLkw | https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/fox-13-confirms-salt-lake-city-hotel-where-missing-woman-gabby-petito-was-last-seen | POLICE TWEET: https://twitter.com/NPPDPoliceChief/status/1438242034775732236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1438242034775732236%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teenvogue.com%2Fstory%2Fgabby-petito-updates-missing || ALEX MURDAUGH: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/16/alex-murdaugh-surrender-south-carolina-police-what-know/8360349002/ | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/15/alex-murdaugh-south-carolina-attorney-housekeeper-gloria-satterfield-case/8357461002/ | https://nypost.com/2021/09/15/what-we-know-about-the-murdaugh-family/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V8RV6WibY&ab_channel=CNN |

The Clark family was a respectable east coast clan with advanced degrees and enviable careers. Nobody could guess what was going on behind closed doors. Was it the abuse they suffered at the hands of their parents that drove not one BUT TWO of their sons to commit multiple acts of murder and cannibalism? Based heavily on the book "Born Evil" by Adrian Havill, Nightcat tells you the tale of the Cross Dressing Cannibal from Cape Cod Hadden Clark. ||SOURCES|| 'Born Evil' by Adrian Havill (2001 - St. Martin's True Crime Library) | https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/clark-hadden.htm | https://torontosun.com/2016/12/03/brothers-in-barbarity | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadden_Clark

Deep in the ancient, native lands of the Americas, semi-human creatures have stricken fear into people's hearts for generations. Skinwalkers may start as human, but what they do to gain their powers turns them into something evil and otherworldly. Let's talk about the ancient Navajo creation myth and how the magic that created the world also created one of the most violent predators in the land. Plus, Nightcat will share the story of the time his uncle claims to have come face to fae with one. | SOURCES | http://www.auburn.edu/allynbaconanthology/documents/Creation%20or%20Age%20of%20Beginning%20(Dine).pdf | https://www.wearenavajo.org/we-are-navajo/urgeforsex | https://jimkristofic.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/dine-bahane.pdf | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_World_(mythology) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Din%C3%A9_Bahane%CA%BC | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1968&context=gradreports | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/navajo-beliefs-on-snakes-lead-tribal-zoo-to-abandon-exhibit/article_3feb1715-7ecc-521b-8e25-6ccaae18e88e.htmL | https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/50931/1/skinwalkers-the-creepy-creatures-terrifying-tiktok

If your child went missing, would you think your spouse had something to do with it? Do you think that the person you love could be capable of harming their own step-daughter? That's the story of what happened to Lori McLeod who was married to serial killer Scott Kimball. Scott was convicted of murdering Lori's daughter Kaysi. But she wasn't his only victim. Story originally heard on "Evil Lives Here" S5E3 on the ID Channel. Available on Discovery+| SOURCES | https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/evil-lives-here/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lee_Kimball | https://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-lynn-marcum | https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=2881 | https://www.dailycamera.com/2010/03/30/nederland-sex-offender-ted-peyton-exposed-by-concerned-mothers/ | https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4990697&page=1 |

Herb was an all-American family man. 3 kids, a doting wife, successful business.... from the outside looking in, nobody would have guessed that the skeletal remains of 11gay men he murdered were strewn around his backyard. Herb is also believed to have been the I-70 strangler from the 80's in which the bodies of 12 men and boys were found strangled and discarded between Ohio and Indiana.| SOURCES | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/westfield/2019/05/17/fox-hollow-farm-murders-where-bodies-were-buried-now-sale/3667251002/ | https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/baumeister-herbert.htm | https://medium.com/crimebeat/herb-baumeister-and-fox-hollow-farm-8d4f49bb3031 | https://inmagazine.ca/2021/03/queer-crime-the-double-life-of-herb-baumeister/ |https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-70_Strangler

Larry had a rough life. He was born to a 15-year-old mom addicted to crack and eventually adopted by an abusive family. Despite all of this, he remained courageous and confident in himself. He came out as gay at 10-years-old and began wearing make-up to school in his early teens. Sadly, when he asked a boy to be his Valentine, queerphobia took over. Larry was shot in the back of the head by his crush in computer class.

This is a special episode of Curiosity Killed Nightcat, dropping early for everyone (not just the patrons). Today marks the 5th anniversary of the shooting and hostage situation at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. A total of 50 people were killed including the gunman. Then we're going to talk about how the U.S. government bans queer men from blood donations (because discrimination is still very much alive and well).

As we celebrate pride month, let us never forget this: The first pride was a protest led by drag queens of color against police brutality. This is the story of The Stonewall Inn Uprising, the start of the queer revolution. This is a previously recorded episode from June 2020 when the show was called Saturday Morning Serial. TIME ARTICLE: https://time.com/5604865/stonewall-riot-uprising-rebellion/

Since 1976, only 3 prisoners have been executed by a firing squad. All three of them were put to death in Utah. This is one of their stories. Ronnie Lee Gardner was born into an abusive house and lived a childhood so horrible, it might be hard to believe. This unfit childhood set him on a path of crime and, eventually, murder.

After 6 years of marriage and trying to have a baby, Mark and Donnah Winger finally got the news that there was a baby ready for them to adopt. It was the perfect fairy tale marriage. That is, until Donnah and 3-month-old Bailey have a terrifying encounter with an airport shuttle driver. Days later, Mark found the shuttle driver in their house, beating Donnah to death with a hammer.... or so he says. What really happened to Donnah Winger that night? Let's talk about it!

In September 1991, Rick Worthington broke into the Women's Center of Alta View Hospital in Sandy, UT with guns and a plan to blow up the entire building. He was furious that a doctor sterilized his wife even though she requested it. During the ensuing 18-hour hostage situation, he held nurses, newborns, and patients (including a laboring mom) inside the hospital with a pile of dynamite.

In 2007, shoppers at Salt Lake City's Trolley Square Mall were suddenly under attack by a lone gunman. Sulejman Talovic purchased two firearms from a pawn shop and, for reasons still unknown to this day, killed 5 people before getting shot by police. This is the story of the Trolley Square shooting.

White Supremacist/Neo-Nazi/Proud Skinhead Curtis Allgier was sent by the Utah State Prison to get an MRI done at the University Hospital. What prison staff didn't know at the time, was that Curtis would use this doctor's visit as a chance escape, killing a corrections officer in the process. Even though his face is COVERED in hate symbol tattoos, race wasn't the motivating factor in this murder. Check out his tattoos on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_AllgierFind the links to everything including the Patreon, Nightcat Radio, the Nightcat Prize Club, and so much more on the Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/jacksonwhitt

John Williams was a beloved restaurant owner and a pillar of the LGBT community in Utah. His murder was a tragedy felt around Salt Lake City. Even worse? He was killed by his husband, a man he had been in love with for over 25 years.What drove Craig to wait for John to fall asleep before setting their mansion on fire? Let's talk all about it on Curiosity Killed Nightcat.Find the links to everything including the Patreon, Nightcat Radio, the Nightcat Prize Club, and so much more on the Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/jacksonwhitt​

After getting hired by Horizon Mental Health to work at the Geriatric Psych Unit at Davis Hospital, Dr. Weitzel's patients began dying at an alarming rate. What the hospital didn't seem to know at the time, is that this doctor had a troubled past and it looks like it followed him to the new job. 5 patients under his care died within a month before he skipped town for Texas.Find the links to everything including the Patreon, Nightcat Radio, the Nightcat True Crime Walking Tour, and so much more on the Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/Jacksonwhitt​

Sergei Babarin walked into the genealogical/family research library housed at Temple Square by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But it wasn’t an interest in ancestry that day that brought the Soviet ex-pat to the library.He approached a woman at the front desk, pulled out a .22 caliber handgun, and shot her point-blank in the head.What drove this man to kill 2 people and injure others in the heart of Temple Square? Let's talk about it on Curiosity Killed Nightcat.Keep up with everything Nightcat's up to: https://linktr.ee/jacksonwhitt