This week Amanda and Lauren discuss Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist who perpetrated the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Sources:

• FBI History: “Oklahoma City Bombing”
• British Medical Journal: “The Execution of Timothy McVeigh: Must See TV?” by Stuart WG Derbyshire
• CNN: “Terror on Trial: Who was Timothy McVeigh?” by Court TV
• PBS: “Factual Chronology” by Amber McLaughlin, Bob Wyatt, and Stephen Jones
• The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum: “Trials of the Perpetrators”
• The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum: “Legislation”
• Famous Trials: “The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Trial of Timothy McVeigh: A Chronology”
• CNN: “What does the term ‘incel’ mean?” by AJ Willingham
• Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin
• PBS: American Experience: Oklahoma City
• Two Minutes Past Nine podcast
• Wikipedia

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and the road to the Waco siege.

Sources:

• The New Yorker: “The Children of Waco” by Peter J. Boyer
• NPR: “30 Years after the siege, ‘Waco’ examines what led to the catastrophe” by Dave Davies
• Vox: “The Waco tragedy, explained” by Tara Isabella Burton
• Texas Monthly: “The Enemy Within” by Gary Cartwright
• People: “What Was the Waco Siege? Revisiting the 51-Day Standoff and Fire that Killed Nearly 80 Cult Members” by Emily Blackwood
• ATF website: “Remembering Waco”
• Department of Justice: “Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas
• Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America’s Modern Militias by Kevin Cook
• Netflix documentary series: Waco: American Apocalypse
• Wikipedia

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss Ruby Ridge. The 11 day siege between Randy Weaver, his family, and federal agents in the Idaho mountains.

Sources:

• Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter
• American Experience on PBS: “Ruby Ridge”
• Standoff: What Happened at Ruby Ridge? By Slate Podcasts
• Wikipedia

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss the horrible crimes commited by the Monster of the Andes.

Sources:

• Crime Library: Pedro Lopez: The Monster of the Andes by David Lohr
• Biography.com: Pedro Alonso Lopez
• Medium: “The Monster of the Andes”: Pedro Alonso López Murdered Hundreds of Children in South America and Then Disappeared by Tim Reynolds
• Wikipedia

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss the murder of David Blakely at the hands of Ruth Ellis.

Sources:

• The Standard: Ruth Ellis: the tragic story of the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK by Vicky Jessop
• Penn Church: David Blakely 1929-1955 [Obituary]
• 100 Most Infamous Criminals by Jo Durden Smith
• Wikipedia

This week, Lauren and Amanda discuss an infamous - and officially unsolved - murder case. They’re talking about Michael Skakel and the murder of Martha Moxley.

Sources:

• CBS News: “Michael Skakel, Kennedy cousin whose conviction in killing of Martha Moxley was overturned, sues investigator and town” by AP News
• CBS News: “Martha Moxley murder: Case timeline” by Morgan Canty
• CNN: “Moxley Case: Who is Michael Skakel?” by Court TV
• CNN: “Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel sues lead investigator and Connecticut town years after his murder conviction was overturned” by Zenebou Sylla and Sabrina Souza
• AP News: “Mother who fought for justice in daughter’s murder case involving Kennedy cousin has died” by Susan Haigh
• Politico: “Kennedy cousin whose murder conviction was overturned sues former cop, town” by Associated Press
• NBC News: “Dorthy Moxley, whose daughter Martha Moxley was killed in 1975 murder case, dies at 92” by Erik Ortiz
• The Independent: “A teenager was bludgeoned to death the night before Halloween in 1975. A Kennedy cousin was arrested - and then exonerated” by Andrea Cavallier

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss the disappearance of a whole family.

Sources:

• People: Inside the Terrifying Case of an Ivy League Grad Who Had It All, But Killed His Family and Became Fugitive by Christine Pelisek
• People: Her Father Murdered Family and Has Been a Fugitive for Decades: Here's What She'd Say If They Came Face to Face by Christine Pelisek
• People Magazine Investigates: My Father Was a Mass Murderer
• Wikipedia

This week Lauren and Amanda discuss an infamous heist planned out by masterminds.

Sources:

• Super Heists Season 1 Episode 3: A Van Full of Dollars
• Blog Prep Scholar: The True Story of David Ghannt and the Loomis Fargo Heist posted by Hayley Milliman
• All That’s Interesting: Inside David Ghantt’s Infamous Loomis Fargo Heist In October 1997 by Wyatt Redd
• The Washington Post: Wild Spree Was Big Tip-Off -- Big-Spending Bank Robbers Buy Ticket To Prison by Sue Anne Pressley
• The Telegraph: Loomis Fargo defendants owe as much as they stole in 1997
• Wikipedia
• Let’s Go To Court: A Stalker & a Deeply Stupid Heist