Trauma on Tap

Join us as we discuss the infamous kidnapping case of six year old Adam Walsh. This is the first episode in our new series on the "missing children panic" of the 1980's.
 
Sources:
Wikipedia - Adam Walsh
Wikipedia - Ottis Toole
Wikipedia - Missing Children Panic
missingkids.org
history.com
WRBL News

As part of our MMIW series, today we discuss the tragic case of 11 year old Ashlynne Mike of Navajo Nation. 
 
Sources:
 
The Delay
Implementation of the Ashlynne Mike AMBER ALERT in Indian Country Act of 2018
DOJ Office of Justice Program The Legacy of Ashlynne Mike
Navajo Nation Girl Assaulted, Killed After Man Kidnapped Her While She Was Playing  
Missing girl Ashlynne Mike found dead on Navajo Nation after brother flees kidnapper
Guidelines for Issuing AMBER Alerts 
Arrest made in murder; community gathers for vigil
Begaye charged with kidnapping, murder
Kidnapping, murder suspect waives prelim
Begaye pleads not guilty in girl’s murder
Begaye pleads guilty to brutal murder of Ashlynne Mike
Murderer of Ashlynne Mike sentenced to life in prison
‘She is here in spirit’, Kirtland Central gives parents honorary diploma for late Ashlynne Mike
Father of slain 11-year-old Navajo girl sues tribe
A 20th Birthday Wish for Ashlynne Mike — from Her Mother
New Amber Alert law for tribal lands honors slain Navajo girl
A year after girl killed, Navajo Nation to get alert system
Emergency Medical Services in American Indian Reservations and Communities: Results of a National Survey

On October 17, 2003 a young couple left for a night of camping and stargazing to celebrate their one year anniversary and never made it home. Join us as we dive into the details of this tragic case.
Yavapai Silent Witness is offering up to a $10,000 cash reward for information that leads to an arrest in this case. You can call 1-800-932-3232 or submit a tip at yavapaisw.com. All tips are anonymous.
 
Sources:
The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic
ABC 15
NBC News 12

The epidemic of missing & murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) in the United States is a severe and urgent crisis that has gone largely ignored for centuries. While Indigenous women and girls make up just 2% of the U.S. population, they make up 20% of all missing person’s cases nationwide.
This episode provides a brief summary of the history of MMIW and the legacy of colonization, racial discrimination, and jurisdiction issues between federal, state, and tribal governments. We also cover the lack of national data collection on MMIW cases which makes it difficult to grasp the full scale of the epidemic. 
 
Sources:
“Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples,” Andrea Smith
The Guardian
nativehope.org
Bono, Martha, "Historicizing Sexual Violence Against Native American Women: Colonization, Intracommunal Shifts, and Creative Forms of Discourse" (2019).
Murder in Big Horn Documentary 
niwrc.org/policy-center/mmiwr
niwrc.org/policy-center/fvpsa
niwrc.org/policy-center/safe-housing
bia.gov
ncai.org
sovereign-bodies.org/mmiw-database
time.com
wcsap.orgs

In today's episode we discuss the brutal murder of Lauren Giddings. In June 2011, Lauren suddenly stopped responding to texts and phone calls. After being reported missing, police find an empty apartment and an ominous email on Lauren's laptop. But in the end, it would be a news interview that leads them to her killer. 
 
 
Sources:
News Interview
Wikipedia
Yahoo Article
The Telegraph
13 WMAZ Article
WGXA Article
 

In today's episode we discuss the disappearance of the Beaumont children. In 1966, three siblings were playing on an Australian beach when they disappeared without a trace. Its been almost 60 years since the Beaumont children disappeared but police haven't given up hope. 
 
Sources:
“Three missing children feared taken”  The Sydney Morning Herald Jan 28, 1966
“Surfie lead in search for children” The Sydney Morning Herald Jan 29, 1966
“Murder grave on beach” The Sydney Morning Herald Jan 31, 1966
“Lost Children: 1050 reward” The Age, Melbourne Jan 31, 1966
“I have missing children: Caller” The Age, Melbourne, Feb 10, 1966
“Parents Hope” The Age, Melbourne, Feb 22, 1966
abc.net.au
“The unsolved mystery of the missing Beaumont children with a $1m reward that still stands” By Clive Hammond 
Express.co.uk
abc.net.au
abc.net.au
abc.net.au
“Our worst child killer” by John Silvester
theage.com.au
 

In today's episode we discuss the infamous case of Lizzie Borden. Did she really give her father 41 whacks?
 
Sources:
Newspapers.com - The Boston Globe
Newspapers.com - The Fall River Globe 
Murderpedia
Wikipedia - Lizzie Borden 
 

In today's episode, we discuss the history of Ted Patrick, also known as the "father of deprogramming" and his organization CAN (the Cult Awareness Network).
 
 
Sources:
Deprogrammed Documentary, 2015Two Women Tell How Cult Hater Held Them (Denver UPI)He Deprograms Youths To Save Them (DENVER AP)Rescuer Acquitted of Imprisonment by Ellen FleyserThe Jesus Communes- Saviors Or Slave Makers by Rodney AngoveAre There Cult-Like Aspects to Life in the Military? By: E. A. Sea May 24, 2024Responding to Authoritarian Cults and Extreme Exploitations: A NewFramework to Evaluate Undue Influence by: Steven Hassan, PhD,Thomas G.Gutheil, MD,Mansi J. Shah, MAJohn E. LeMoult, Deprogramming Members of Religious Sects , 46 FordhamL. Rev. 599 (1978). Available at:https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol46/iss4/1Cult Case Captive Freed by Judge, Parents Cleared by Fritz HuysmanAnti Cult Group Dismembered As Former Foes Buy Its Assets By Laurie GoodsteinSuit Shutters Anti Cult Group by Laurie GoodsteinSex Involved In Mind Control Suit by Marc KauffmanBrooksville Woman Among Seven Charged by Debbie Weber

In this episode we discuss the life and crimes of serial killer Tony Costa, also known as the Cape Cod Vampire. 
 
Sources: 
https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/costa-antone-charles.htm
 
https://time.com/archive/6633914/crime-graves-in-the-dunes/
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Costa
 
Hell Town: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod by Casey Sherman 

On the inaugural episode of Trauma on Tap we discuss the 1993 case of Lorena Bobbitt. With some bonus banter in the beginning. 
 
 
Sources: "You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It."By Amy Chozick for the NYT.Lorena (TV Mini Series 2019)Amazon Original Mini Series"John Wayne Bobbitt faces new battery charges"https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-09-22-bobbitt-battery_x.htm"How Lorena Bobbitt’s Place in the Conversation About DomesticViolence Has Evolved"By Olivia B. Waxman for TIME