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Corn Coal & Corpses is a podcast that came about due to our love and fascination for true crime, mysteries, and the supernatural. After spending a long time listening to other large podcasts. We realized that after living in and around the Southern Illinois Region, we wanted to share and discuss a lot of the creepy history, famous (and not so famous) cases, and all around weird things that have been located in this region. Using our combined years in public safety, as well as family members who worked in law enforcement in this region. We wanted to do the absolute most accurate and in depth research on each subject we discuss. Yet allowing ALL of our listeners and followers to come up with each of their own conclusions. Most of the topics that are discussed will be of a serious nature, but we provide our listeners a bit of a twisted dark humor and light hearten fun in telling of these stories (no one wants to listen to boring, mono-toned, and dry discussions). So we try to inform listeners these events and accounts with a different style.So if you enjoy this podcast look us up on our social media accounts, as well as if you have any suggestions for an upcoming episode. Send us an email with your suggestion.
Welcome back to the next episode of the Sidnee Stephens series. Sidnee was a beautiful and quirky soul. Only at the age of 15 she was struggling to figure out life like any other teenager. But just as she believed she was starting to understand and figure out a form of balance in her life. She was taken in the middle of the night and her wonderful life was cut short. The family desperately wanting answers after the investigation leads to arrests of group of local teens. Instead of answers they are only left with more questions when things go from bad to worse. Even after the convictions her mother desperately seeks for answers. Years later she is contacted by a supposed Author with a national foundation, promising those answers. Left with no where else to turn, her mother agrees to assist this author in finding justice and telling her daughters story. The supposed author has a national tv/docu series come in and film and produce a show about this story. Its not until the episode airs is the mother and the girls family blind sided by all the lies, deceit, and misappropriate story that is told and shown to millions of people. Now with the assistance of this podcast we are able to bring you the entire story from the beginning, through out her life and during the tragic end and after of this wonderful teen and who she really was.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coalcorncorpses)What happens when you wake up and your teenage child has just vanished. You turn to family and friends, hoping for a simple explanation. Phone call after phone call your simple explanation now gives way to fear. As minutes now become hours you turn to authorities for help. Yet receive very little. A persons past is now defining their future. You turn to your community and it’s the same response. Those hours now are turning into days.
After almost a week, you’re informed that your most horrific nightmare is now reality. They have found your daughter, but instead of being safe and on her way home. She is in the cold, dark, bottom of a local muddy creak. She’s not there by accident and that becomes obvious by the blocks and straps that keep her bound in the cold darkness.
Believing in truth and justice will always find the way. A story begins to unravel that you wouldn’t have believed had it been in a movie. Arrests are made, convictions are given and you are told that justice has been done. Time begins to go by and as it does, even more tragedy follows. When you feel you’ve hit your breaking point, a person comes into your life telling you they know and will answer all your questions. They are also going to help you finally heal through all your pain. They tell you the truth needs to come out, and that a famous tv show can help do that. Seeking those answers, you agree.
It’s not until the night the show airs do you find out those that were there to help you, to save you, to heal you. Instead destroyed you. You find out they had NO intention of helping YOU. They were there for their own financial and popularity gains. You never get the answers you so desperately needed, your dreams on closure are gone like your daughter.
Most of all, her life, her story, her legend is tainted and is turned into a lie. This is the story we are going to bring you now…….
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Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coalcorncorpses)Southern Illinois is famously known for a lot of things. One thing most people don't think or even realize is actual number of serial killers who have either grew up, lived, or committed their gruesome crimes right here in the heart of "Little Egypt". We are going to tell you about one of those killers who was thankfully caught before his terror on this region would have continued. Unfortunately three young women would lose their lives to this monster before he was caught and brought to justice. John Paul Phillips was just that, a monster. After committing these three brutal sexual assaults and murders, his arrogance is what brought him to his demise. If you've never heard of this predator or these cases, join us for another crazy true crime story straight out of this area.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coalcorncorpses)We tried and tried to condense this down into one episode, but there was just too much detail we wanted to share with you all in this finale of this story. So we told you the crazy story and beginning or Richard Nitz and his story. We told you all about Rita Brookmyer - Nitz and her insane story of how she got here. Now comes the bomb shell shocker of this story that will leave you shaking your head and wondering what, why, how did that...... As this episode begins the story of an absolutely unbelievable and tragic end for everyone. So listen along as we tell you this story.
This is part 2 of the Finale for the Nitz story and of the Spillway Murder. If you were in disbelief from the last episode, this will drop bombshell after bombshell that will make you serious think what really happened and why? Did they convict the right people for this crime or was there serious injustice done to two people. We dont tell you what to think, we leave that up to you, but we will bring you all the facts so you can make that decision yourself, right here on Coal Corn and Corpses.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coalcorncorpses)We are back with part 2 of this 3 part series on the Spillway Murder - The case of Richard and Rita Nitz (Brookmyer). If Richards story wasn't crazy enough, now you get to hear the crazy story of Rita, from how she grew up, all the way till she meets Richard. To say this was a match made in hell is truly an understatement. We hope you enjoy part 2 and we will have part 3 dropping soon to conclude this adventure.
The Rita Nitz Story: Life Without Parole - Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Rita-Nitz-Story-Without-Criminology/dp/0809326655
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On April 9th of 1988 a gruesome discovery is made south of Crab Orchard Lake, on a small country road in Union County. A car is found flipped over and appears to have been torched. When looked upon further, the truck opens up and out rolls a headless body of a man. Later investigation will discover that body is Michael Miley of Murphysboro Illinois. A 23 y/o local who had been reported missing just a few days earlier. The investigation quickly turns to one suspect, a convicted felon well known by police - Richard Nitz. Police soon discover that not only is the suspect the killer, the homicide was committed with the help of his wife Rita Nitz.
What is as crazy and insane as the crime, the investigation, and the trial and appeals. Will be the story of who these two, their youth, their long and bizarre history of crime and life in general, and how they both ended up here in Southern Illinois. This story is so mind blowing and insane, we couldn't keep it all in one episode. So follow along with us on this truly bizarre and actually hilarious story on two of the worlds dumbest criminals who ever lived......
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Resources and Source Information -
Court Case Information
www.judici.com/courts/cases/case_information.jsp?court=IL100025J&ocl=IL100025J,1988CF162,IL100025JL1988CF162D2
Women Behind Bars (2008) Rita Nitz & Chanel Boyd; Season 1 Episode 12; retrieved at: Women Behind Bars - Season 1, Episode 12 - Rita and Chanel - Full Episode - YouTube
News Articles
Newspapers.com
The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois)
The Argus (Moline, Illinois)
The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois)
Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri)
Richard Nitz - IDOC Inmate Information
https://www2.illinois.gov/idoc/Offender/Pages/InmateSearch.aspx
Rita Brookmyer - IDOC Inmate Information
https://www2.illinois.gov/idoc/Offender/Pages/InmateSearch.aspx
In 1988 the city of Mt. Vernon was already trying to get back to a feeling of normalcy after already experiencing the unthinkable Tommy Odle murders of his entire family, the completely unimaginable and brutal rape and murder of 10 year old Amy Shultz. Only to be followed up by the absolute horrific and gruesome murders of the Dardeen Family in Ina. A year had pasted and just as the city of Mt. Vernon and the residents of Jefferson county believed that a possible return to a sense of normal was on the horizon. The dream was shattered within less than a year. On morning of May 6th of 1988, a local life long resident Jeff Reynolds had just gotten off work at a local factory. He and a friend had decided to spend that early spring morning fishing. Before departing on Jeff and his friends fishing trip, they decide to stop by Jeff's house to change some clothes. Upon arrival Jeff noticed that his new bride was still home and hadn't left for her college classes yet. As he made his way to go inside, he finds the rear door kicked in, with the bolt and door frame broken. Alarmed Jeff yells for his wife but there is no answer. As he enters him home he is met by the most unthinkable sight, a sight that is the basis of most peoples nightmares. Laying on the bed is the bloody and mutilated body of his wife, Jana. 22 year old Jana Reynolds had been severally raped, beaten, as well as cut and stabbed multiple times. An investigation follows but leads slowly dry up and its not until 13 years later that a set of new detectives look into the case and review the evidence that puts them on the track of this evil monster. With the assistance of another victim who had suffered a brutal attack and survived and new technology did they find this monster and place in where he belonged. So listen along with us as we tell you this story and all its twist and turns.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coalcorncorpses)So in this episode we are sharing some of our listener tales and crazy things that happened to them. We apologize so much as we ran into some technical issues that prevented us from getting this up on Halloween. Even though its a day late in getting up, we REALLY hope you guys enjoy this episode as much as we did making it. Please don't forget to leave us a rating on whatever platform your listening to and check us out on our facebook page. Till next time.....
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coalcorncorpses)In January of 1992, a weird 911 phone call comes into Herrin Illinois Police Dept. The caller advises there has been a rape and murder and where it happened at as well as where the body was located. Upon the police arrival they find a middle aged woman, by the name of Kathy Woodhouse. Shes been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted. An investigation takes off trying to find the monster who committed this evil crime. The investigation will lead police to look at several different people before receiving a tip that lands this to one man, Paul Taylor. What happens next as well as how did they piece this puzzle together? Well we have it all here on this episode.
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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
Follow Scamanda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
