13 O’Clock Episode 520: The I-70 Killer

6 Aug 20267 Aug 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

For 29 terrifying days in the spring of 1992, an unidentified gunman traveled through Indiana, Kansas, and Missouri, targeting employees inside small retail stores near major interstate highways. Armed with a distinctive .22-caliber pistol, the man known as the I-70 Killer murdered six people—Robin Fuldauer, Patricia Magers, Patricia Smith, Michael “Mick” McCown, Nancy Kitzmiller, and Sarah Blessing—while stealing only small amounts of money. Witnesses described a thin, reddish-haired man with heavy or drooping eyelids, but despite composite sketches, ballistics evidence, possible links to later crimes in Texas and Indiana, and a renewed multiagency investigation, his identity remains unknown. More than three decades later, the I-70 Killer case remains one of America’s most disturbing unsolved serial-murder mysteries.

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13 O’Clock Episode 519: The Uvalde School Shooting

30 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, claimed the lives of 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers. Official investigations by the Texas House and the U.S. Department of Justice later documented major failures in the law enforcement response, including breakdowns in leadership, command structure, and adherence to active-shooter protocols that left victims trapped for over an hour. The Victims: Irma Linda Garcia, Eva Mireles, Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo, Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, Makenna Lee Elrod, Jose Manuel Flores Jr., Eliahna Amyah Garcia, Uziyah Sergio Garcia, Amerie Jo Garza, Xavier James Lopez, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Tess Marie Mata, Maranda Gail Mathis, Alithia Haven Ramirez, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, Layla Marie Salazar, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Eliahna Cruz Torres, Rojelio Fernandez Torres.

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13 O’Clock Episode 518: Dave Pelzer – A Child Called “It”

23 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Dave Pelzer is an American author and motivational speaker best known for his 1995 memoir A Child Called “It,” which chronicles the severe childhood abuse he says he endured before being rescued by child welfare authorities at the age of twelve. The memoir became an international bestseller, bringing widespread attention to the realities of child abuse and the long-term effects of trauma. Following his rescue, Pelzer spent time in foster care, served in the U.S. Air Force, and later built a career as an author and public speaker focused on resilience, perseverance, and personal growth. While A Child Called “It” has inspired millions of readers and has been widely used by educators and child welfare professionals, it has also been the subject of controversy, with some family members disputing aspects of Pelzer’s account. Despite these debates, the book remains one of the most influential memoirs on childhood trauma, encouraging greater awareness of child abuse, the importance of early intervention, and the possibility of recovery after profound adversity.

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13 O’Clock Episode 517: Joanna Dennehy – The Peterborough Ditch Murders

16 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Joanna Dennehy is one of the UK’s most notorious female serial killers, responsible for the 2013 Peterborough Ditch Murders in Cambridgeshire, England. Over the course of just ten days, Dennehy fatally stabbed three men—Lukasz Slaboszewski, John Chapman, and Kevin Lee—before dumping their bodies in roadside ditches around Peterborough. After fleeing the area with an accomplice, she traveled to Hereford, where she randomly stabbed two more men who survived their injuries. During the investigation, it emerged that Dennehy had spoken about killing for excitement and described murder as becoming “moreish,” shocking both investigators and the public. She pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, and in February 2014 she received a whole-life order, ensuring she will never be released from prison. The case remains one of Britain’s most disturbing modern serial murder investigations because of the apparent lack of conventional motive, Dennehy’s chilling lack of remorse, and the calculated disposal of her victims’ bodies.

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13 O’Clock Episode 516: Wade Wilson – The Cape Coral Strangler (aka The Deadpool Killer)

9 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Wade Wilson, often referred to in the media as the “Deadpool Killer” because he shares a name with the fictional Marvel character, was convicted of the October 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape Coral, Florida. Prosecutors presented evidence that Wilson killed Melton after meeting her in a bar, then later murdered Ruiz after a chance encounter, abandoning her body in a field. Investigators used DNA evidence, cellphone records, surveillance footage, witness testimony, and forensic analysis to build their case. In 2024, a Florida jury found Wilson guilty of multiple charges and unanimously recommended the death penalty. The court subsequently sentenced him to death for both murders, while his case entered the lengthy appellate process that accompanies all capital convictions in Florida.

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13 O’Clock Episode 515: The Stockholm Porn Murders

2 Jul 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

The Stockholm Porn Murders (Swedish: Porrmorden) refer to a series of three unsolved knife murders that occurred in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989, all targeting men who worked at porn video shops. The victims were Rajandran “Chris” Chinakaruppan (35, murdered March 22 outside his home after closing a sex shop in Tensta), Francisc Kiraly (stabbed inside the XXX Rated store while customers were present), and Mats Engström (stabbed while closing Lunda Video late at night in December). The attacks were brutal, with no signs of robbery or sexual assault, and the lack of a clear motive—possibly linked to anti-porn sentiment—left the case unsolved despite the fear it spread across the city.

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13 O’Clock Episode 514: Trucker Serial Killer Wayne Adam Ford

25 Jun 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Wayne Adam Ford (born December 3, 1961), a former U.S. Marine and long-haul truck driver from California, murdered at least four young women between October 1997 and October 1998. He targeted vulnerable victims—often hitchhikers or sex workers around age 25—raping and killing them by strangulation or stabbing before dismembering three of the bodies and scattering parts along highways, creeks, aqueducts, and remote areas across multiple counties. His confirmed victims were Kerry Ann Cummings (identified in 2023 via genetic genealogy after 25+ years as the “Torso Girl” found in Humboldt County’s Ryan Slough), Tina Renee Gibbs, Lanette Deyon White, and Patricia Anne Tamez (whose severed breast Ford carried as evidence). Suffering from prior traumatic brain injuries, borderline personality disorder, and deep resentment from a custody battle with his ex-wife, Ford dramatically turned himself in on November 3, 1998, at the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office alongside his brother, confessing out of remorse and fear of killing again or orphaning his young son. Convicted in 2006 on four counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances, he received a death sentence and remains on death row at San Quentin. His rare self-surrender and the 2023 victim identification highlight themes of mobile serial offenders, mental health impacts, and advances in forensic genealogy.

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13 O’Clock Episode 513: Satanist Killer Pazuzu Algarad

18 Jun 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Pazuzu Algarad, born John Alexander Lawson on August 12, 1978, in San Francisco, was a self-proclaimed Satanist whose descent into severe mental illness and substance abuse turned a quiet suburban home at 2749 Knob Hill Drive in Clemmons, North Carolina, into a notorious “house of horrors.” Legally changing his name in 2002 to invoke the Mesopotamian demon from The Exorcist, Algarad embraced extreme body modifications—including filed teeth and homemade facial tattoos—while living in squalor amid occult symbols, drugs, and rumors of rituals. He was linked to the 2009 murders of Joshua Fredrick Wetzler and Tommy Dean Welch, whose skeletal remains were discovered buried in the backyard in 2014, along with an accessory role in the 2010 shooting death of Joseph Emmrick Chandler. Arrested alongside accomplices Amber Burch and Krystal Matlock, Algarad died by suicide in prison in October 2015 before standing trial for the murders. His case highlights failures in mental health intervention, probation oversight, and community response, captivating true crime audiences through documentaries like Vice’s The Devil You Know.

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13 O’Clock Episode 511: Killer Mother Theresa Knorr

4 Jun 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Theresa Jimmie Francine Knorr (née Cross, born March 14, 1946) is an American woman convicted of the torture and murder of two of her six children in the 1980s. A deeply abusive and controlling mother, she subjected her family to years of extreme physical and psychological torment in their Sacramento, California home. Her crimes included shooting and burning her daughter Suesan Knorr to death (after removing a bullet from her back without medical help), and starving and dehydrating her daughter Sheila Sanders to death in a locked broom closet. She enlisted her sons to help dispose of the bodies in remote areas near Lake Tahoe and Truckee. Knorr was arrested in 1993 after one of her surviving children came forward; she was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. She remains incarcerated at the California Institution for Women.

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13 O’Clock Episode 510: The Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart – The Scream Killers

28 May 202628 May 2026 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Cassie Jo Stoddart was a 16-year-old high school junior from Pocatello, Idaho, who was brutally murdered on September 22, 2006, while house- and pet-sitting for her aunt and uncle. Two of her classmates and acquaintances, 16-year-old Brian Lee Draper and Torey Michael Adamcik, planned the attack as a “thrill kill” inspired by the Scream horror movie franchise. They visited her earlier that evening along with her boyfriend Matt Beckham, then returned later wearing dark clothing and masks, stabbing her approximately 30 times (with two different knives) after Beckham had left. The killers recorded themselves on video discussing their plans and the murder afterward, expressing excitement about becoming famous serial killers. Stoddart’s body was discovered the next day by her 13-year-old cousin. Both perpetrators were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in separate trials, receiving fixed life sentences without parole.

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