The Railroad Killer – Part 1 | The Making of a Monster

He moved through the country along the railroad tracks, leaving behind a trail of violence, unanswered questions, and lives forever changed. Known as the Railroad Killer, Angel Reséndiz would become one of the most notorious serial killers in American true crime history. But how did he get there?

In Part 1, we go back to the beginning.

We explore Angel’s birth, childhood, and early life, tracing the experiences and circumstances that shaped the man he would become. As we follow his path into adulthood, a disturbing pattern begins to emerge—one marked by criminal behavior, repeated encounters with law enforcement, and a growing trail of violence.

But despite his run-ins with authorities, Angel continued moving from place to place, often using the railroad system to travel across borders and evade detection. With his identity, movements, and crimes becoming increasingly difficult to track, a terrifying question begins to take shape: How many warning signs were missed before his violence reached a devastating turning point?

Then comes the case that brings this first chapter to its darkest moment: the brutal attack on Christopher Maier and Holly Dunn.

What began as an ordinary day would end in unimaginable tragedy, leaving a family shattered and a community searching for answers. As we uncover the events surrounding their attack and the murder of Christopher Maier, we reach a chilling turning point in the story of the man who would become known as the Railroad Killer.

This is the beginning of a case that exposes not only the devastating consequences of one man's violence, but also the frightening reality of how a killer can slip through undetected for far too long.

And this is only Part 1.

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Lizzie Borden: The Real Story Behind Netflix’s Monster

Lizzie Borden has been one of America’s most infamous murder suspects for more than 130 years. On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally murdered inside their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Their daughter Lizzie was eventually arrested, tried, and acquitted — but the questions surrounding that shocking case have never truly disappeared.

Now, with Netflix bringing the Lizzie Borden story back into the spotlight with Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, Pure Malice takes a fresh look at the real events behind one of history’s most notorious murder cases.

What actually happened inside the Borden house that morning? Where was Lizzie when her father and stepmother were killed? Why did her answers change? What did the household servants see and hear? And what did witnesses like Bridget Sullivan, John Morse, Alice Russell, and Dr. Seabury Bowen tell investigators?

In this episode, we go beyond the familiar “40 whacks” story and dig into the details that can get lost in the legend — the inquest, the investigation, Lizzie’s conflicting accounts, the physical evidence, the circumstances surrounding the murders, and the testimony that would eventually become part of the prosecution’s case.

We’ll also take a closer look at the world Lizzie lived in: Victorian mourning customs, Fall River society, the Borden family home, and the strange circumstances surrounding the days leading up to and immediately following the murders.

More than a century later, the question remains:

Did we ever really know what happened inside the Borden house?

The legend of Lizzie Borden has been told countless times. This time, we're going back to the evidence, the testimony, and the historical record — and taking a fresh look at a classic case.

This is the real story behind Lizzie Borden, Part 1.

Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story has brought this infamous case back into the spotlight—but the real courtroom story is even more dramatic.

In Part 2 of Lizzie Borden: The Real Story Behind Netflix’s Monster, Pure Malice follows Lizzie from her arrest and indictment through her sensational trial, shocking acquittal, and the life she lived afterward.

By the time Lizzie entered the courtroom in New Bedford, the public had already formed strong opinions about her guilt or innocence. But what would the prosecution actually be able to prove?

What did Lizzie’s statements reveal? How did Alice Russell’s testimony about the burned dress become such a damaging piece of evidence? What did the medical experts say about the wounds, the suspected hatchet, and the absence of blood evidence connecting Lizzie to the murders?

We’ll examine the prosecution’s case, the defense strategy, the testimony of key witnesses, and the dramatic physical evidence presented to the jury—including the moment Andrew Borden’s skull was brought into the courtroom and used to demonstrate the size of the weapon that may have caused his fatal wounds.

We’ll also take a closer look at the all-male jury that ultimately decided Lizzie’s fate, the public reaction inside the courtroom, and the moment the foreman delivered the words, “Not guilty.”

But Lizzie’s acquittal did not end the story. It only changed the questions.

After the trial, Lizzie and Emma left the murder house behind and moved into Maplecroft, a grand mansion in Fall River’s wealthy Hill neighborhood. There, Lizzie attempted to build the high-society life she had always wanted—hosting lavish parties, surrounding herself with theater people, traveling, supporting charitable causes, and creating a new identity for herself.

But public suspicion followed her everywhere.

We’ll explore the strange post-trial rumors, Lizzie’s controversial friendship with actress Nance O’Neil, the devastating estrangement between Lizzie and Emma, the later theories about Lizzie’s sexuality, and the harassment she endured from neighbors, church members, and children who turned the murders into a playground rhyme.

More than a century later, Lizzie Borden remains legally acquitted—but permanently trapped inside the court of public opinion.

Did the prosecution fail to prove that Lizzie was guilty? Did the jury believe she was innocent? Or did they simply decide that the evidence was not strong enough to send her to prison for life?

The legend of Lizzie Borden has been told countless times. In Part 2, we’re going beyond the verdict and into the courtroom shadows, the unanswered questions, and the life Lizzie lived after the world decided it already knew the truth.

This is the real story behind Lizzie Borden, Part 2.

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The 1990 murder of Marlene Warren, known as the Killer Clown Murder, remains one of Florida’s most bizarre and haunting true crime cases. When a clown carrying flowers and balloons appeared at the Warren’s Wellington, Florida doorstep, no one could have imagined the horror waiting behind the painted smile.

Marlene opened the door expecting a surprise. Instead, she was confronted by a killer who would disappear behind a costume and leave behind a mystery that would span over decades.

In this episode of Pure Malice, we take a closer look at the murder of Marlene Warren, the strange clues surrounding the crime, the people closest to her, and the investigation that took decades to solve....

But this case is about more than a terrifying disguise.

There were secrets hiding beneath the surface.... A trail of evidence eventually brought this infamous Florida cold case back into the spotlight.

The Killer Clown Murder is one of those true crime cases where the closer you look, the stranger it becomes.

🎙️ Listen to Pure Malice as we uncover the chilling story of Marlene Warren and the Killer Clown Murder.

Elmer McCurdy wanted to be remembered as an outlaw, but his afterlife became far stranger than anything he did while he was alive.

In the early 1900s, McCurdy tried to make a name for himself as a train robber and outlaw. But his criminal career was chaotic, unsuccessful, and short-lived. After a botched robbery and a fatal shootout, his story should have ended with his death.

Instead, it became one of the most bizarre cases in true crime history.

In this episode of Pure Malice, we dive into the strange and unsettling story of Elmer McCurdy, the failed outlaw whose body was embalmed, displayed, exploited, sold, stolen, and passed from owner to owner for decades.

What started as a corpse in an undertaker’s possession became a sideshow attraction, a carnival display, a movie prop, and eventually the figure known as The Outlaw Mummy.

We walk through McCurdy’s failed crimes, his final shootout, the shocking journey of his remains, the strange contents found with him, and how a man who failed at becoming an outlaw legend became something much darker after death.

How did Elmer McCurdy’s body go unburied for so long? Who profited from his remains? And how did a failed criminal become one of the most disturbing figures in American true crime history?

This is the story of Elmer McCurdy, the outlaw who became a spectacle long after death.

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The Rae Carruth case did not end with the shooting of Cherica Adams.

In Part 2 of Pure Malice: Athletes Gone Dark, we continue the story of former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth and the crime that shocked the sports world.

After Cherica Adams was shot while pregnant with Carruth’s child, the case moved from a violent attack to a desperate fight for survival, a criminal investigation, and one of the most haunting 911 calls in true crime history. Cherica’s strength in those final moments would help investigators understand what happened and who was involved.

In this episode, we walk through the aftermath of the shooting, the investigation, the people connected to the crime, the legal case against Rae Carruth, and the devastating impact left behind on Cherica’s family and her son, Chancellor Lee Adams.

What began as the story of a rising NFL player became something far darker: a case about control, betrayal, accountability, and the cost of protecting a future at someone else’s expense.

How did investigators piece together the conspiracy? What role did Carruth’s associates play? And how did Cherica Adams’ final words help expose the truth?

This is Part 2 of the Rae Carruth case, from Pure Malice: Athletes Gone Dark.

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Pure Malice: Athletes Gone Dark begins with the case of Rae Carruth, a rising NFL star whose story became one of the most disturbing crimes in sports history.

In 1997, Rae Carruth was drafted by the Carolina Panthers as a talented wide receiver with a future most athletes only dream about. On the surface, he had the spotlight, the career, the money, and the promise of something bigger.

But behind the fame and the football field, another story was beginning to unfold.

In Part 1 of Pure Malice: Athletes Gone Dark, we begin the case of Rae Carruth and Cherica Adams, the woman whose life would become forever tied to one of the most shocking true crime cases in NFL history.

This episode walks through Carruth’s early life, his rise into professional football, his time with the Carolina Panthers, and the unraveling relationship with Cherica Adams that would eventually lead to devastating consequences.

What happens when fame, control, fear, and responsibility collide? How does a promising NFL career turn into a criminal case that shocks the sports world? And why does Cherica Adams’ story still deserve to be remembered at the center of it all?

This is Part 1 of the Rae Carruth case, and the first episode of Pure Malice: Athletes Gone Dark.

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The Billionaire Murders case only gets more complicated in Part 2.

After the bodies of Barry and Honey Sherman were discovered inside their Toronto mansion, the early theory of murder-suicide began to collapse under the weight of new findings, family pressure, private investigation, and growing public scrutiny.

In Part 2 of Pure Malice, we continue the still-unsolved case of Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife, philanthropist Honey Sherman, by looking deeper into the investigation that followed their deaths.

As the Sherman family pushed back against the original conclusions, a second autopsy raised even more questions. The scene that once seemed confusing became even more unsettling, and the case began shifting toward something far more deliberate: a possible targeted double homicide.

In this episode, we walk through the private investigation, the competing theories, the public reward, the surveillance footage, the possible motives, and the powerful people surrounding one of Canada’s most controversial unsolved murder cases.

Who wanted Barry and Honey Sherman dead? Was their killer someone close to them, someone connected to Barry’s business world, or someone hiding behind the chaos of wealth, lawsuits, and influence?

Years later, the case remains unsolved. No arrests. No convictions. No clear answer. Only a mansion, a fortune, a trail of theories, and a question that still hangs over Toronto: Who killed Barry and Honey Sherman?

This is Part 2 of The Billionaire Murders: The Unsolved Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman.

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