Compact Murder

Ed Gein's name became synonymous with horror after police entered his isolated Wisconsin farmhouse in November 1957. What they discovered exposed two murders, years of grave robbing and a secret collection of human remains. This episode follows Gein from his controlling and isolated childhood to the deaths of his family, the murder of Mary Hogan and the disappearance of Bernice Worden. We examine the investigation, his psychiatric confinement and the mythology that later transformed a double murderer and body snatcher into one of true crime's most distorted figures. Visit our website: Compact Murder Find us on our social media sites: Facebook Instagram Pinterest Youtube #EdGein #CompactMurders #TrueCrime #CrimeHistory #Plainfield #WisconsinHistory #MurderCase #HistoricalCrime

On a remote chicken ranch in 1920s California, Gordon Stewart Northcott imprisoned and murdered young boys while terrorising his teenage nephew into silence. When Sanford Clark finally revealed what had happened, investigators uncovered shallow graves, bloodstained evidence and a case involving missing children, contradictory confessions and one of the most notorious police failures in Los Angeles history. This is the disturbing story of the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders. Visit our website: Compact Murder Find us on our social media sites: Facebook Instagram Pinterest Youtube #CompactMurders #TrueCrime #WinevilleMurders #GordonNorthcott #WalterCollins #HistoricalCrime #CrimeHistory #UnsolvedMysteries

In the spring of 1946, a masked attacker began targeting couples on the isolated roads surrounding Texarkana, a city divided by the Texas-Arkansas state line. Over ten terrifying weeks, five people were killed and three others wounded. Despite an enormous investigation and the emergence of a leading suspect, the person known as the Phantom Killer was never brought to justice. Discover the facts behind the Texarkana Moonlight Murders in this episode of Compact Murders. Visit our website: Compact Murder Find us on our social media sites: Facebook Instagram Pinterest Youtube #TexarkanaMoonlightMurders #PhantomKiller #UnsolvedMurders #TrueCrime #ColdCase #CompactMurders

Archibald Hall appeared to be the perfect gentleman: polished, discreet and trusted inside the homes of Britain's wealthy elite. Behind the identity of Roy Fontaine, however, was a career thief whose fear of exposure led to five murders across England and Scotland. In this episode of Compact Murder, we follow Hall's transformation from accomplished conman to the notorious "Monster Butler", examining the deaths of David Wright, Walter and Dorothy Scott-Elliot, Mary Coggle and Hall's own half-brother Donald. We also trace the chance discovery of a body in a car boot, the investigation that uncovered the other victims and the trials that ensured Hall would never be released. Visit our website: Compact Murder Find us on our social media sites: Facebook Instagram Pinterest Youtube #CompactMurder #TheMonsterButler #ArchibaldHall #RoyFontaine #TrueCrime #BritishCrime #CrimeHistory #SerialKiller

Between 1976 and 1977, an unknown gunman stalked New York City, attacking young women and couples with a .44-calibre revolver. Calling himself the Son of Sam, he taunted police through disturbing letters while an increasingly frightened city waited for his next attack. This episode follows David Berkowitz from his troubled upbringing and descent into violence to the shootings that killed six people, the vast police investigation and the parking ticket that finally led detectives to his door. Visit our website: Compact Murder Find us on our social media sites: Facebook Instagram Pinterest Youtube #SonOfSam #DavidBerkowitz #CompactMurder #TrueCrime #SerialKiller #CrimeHistory