A True Crime podcast where we explore cases involving women and children. Join me, your host Sophie, as we look into crimes from murder to abuse, from the infamous to the obscure.
Murder Bird
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A True Crime podcast where we explore cases involving women and children. Join me, your host Sophie, as we look into crimes from murder to abuse, from the infamous to the obscure.
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Recent Episodes
May 17, 2021
11 - The Death of Renae Marsden
<p>Renae Marsden was entering an exciting period of her life - she was training to be a hairdresser, preparing for her 21st birthday, and planning to move out into her own apartment. She was also in a relationship with a man she had been besotted by for over a year, and she was looking forward to his release from prison. But when that day comes and her boyfriend breaks up with her, Renae does something unthinkable. And then the ugly truth becomes unravelled, and Renae's relationships are put under the microscrope. Who the hell is Brayden Spiteri?</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>References and further reading:</strong></p> <ul> <li>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8002747/Renae-Marsden-inquest-Final-text-Camila-Zeidans-alleged-catfish-victim.html</li> <li>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/20/coroner-condemns-catfisher-over-sydney-woman-renae-marsdens-suicide</li> <li>https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/renae-marsden-coroner-slams-liar-catfisher-over-20yearolds-tragic-suicide/news-story/451cdf0f65adacd92c036d8f63fe0c13</li> <li>https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/parents-of-catfishing-victim-want-laws-changed-and-named-after-renae-20200520-p54uo2.html</li> <li>https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/parents-of-suicide-victim-want-catfishing-to-be-a-crime-20200209-p53z5f.html</li> <li>https://www.mamamia.com.au/renae-marsden-catfish/</li> <li>https://coroners.nsw.gov.au/documents/findings/2020/Marsden_findings_20_May_20.pdf </li> <li>https://expressdigest.com/renae-marsden-inquest-agony-of-suicide-victims-family-as-camila-zeidan-testifies/</li> <li>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8342353/Renae-Marsden-Camila-Zeidan-charged.html</li> <li>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7989951/Renae-Marsden-catfish-case-shock-Camila-Zeidan-gives-evidence.html</li> <li>https://expressdigest.com/renae-marsden-why-hasnt-camila-zeidan-ever-been-charged/</li> <li>https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/alleged-catfish-stalked-and-harassed-ex-lover-inquiry-20200212-p54001.html</li> <li>https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/parents-of-catfish-victim-renae-marsden-speak-after-inquest-into-daughters-death-c-698962</li> <li>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsnqTZUhFYE </li> <li>https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/catfishing-renaes-parents-call-for-new-law-after-daughters-death/8b054266-dcd1-4e87-bb14-ed7896f8092e</li> <li>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap_(Sydney)</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>
May 17, 2021
10 - The Kidnapping and Murder of Yingying Zhang
<p>Yingying Zhang travelled from her home in China to Illinois in April 2017 to spend a year in the US as a visiting scholar. It was supposed to be an exciting year of studying, discovery, travel, and romance as she planned her wedding for the autumn. However, on a Friday afternoon in June, Yingying missed a bus that changed the course of her life. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>**Descriptions of violence and sexual assault timestamp - 23:00 - 24:35**</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>References and further reading:</strong></p> <ul> <li>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yingying_Zhang</li> <li>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-missing-illinois-student-charges-20170630-story.html</li> <li>https://web.archive.org/web/20170620212906/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-06/13/content_29723861.htm</li> <li>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-brendt-christensen-u-of-i-killer-trial-closings-20190624-7egg6wsmxbhrziuaxu7pyeufm4-story.html</li> <li>https://news.wttw.com/2019/06/12/defense-attorney-brendt-christensen-killed-yingying-zhang</li> <li>https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/finding-yingying-trailer-jenny-shi-1234604014/</li> <li>https://www.news-gazette.com/news/mtd-its-wrong-to-blame-bus-driver-who-didnt-stop-for-scholar/article_2e811f61-33e5-50ea-8021-f84a90096f7e.html</li> <li>https://web.archive.org/web/20170807173416/http://police.illinois.edu/dpsapp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/christensen-complnt.pdf </li> <li>https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/ui_police_search_for_missing_person_060917.mp4/view</li> <li>https://www.news-gazette.com/news/missing-ui-scholars-family-will-not-leave-without-her/article_22385a9d-2a6a-5a4e-9f98-1d036e2c03ae.html</li> <li>https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3015488/brendt-christensen-accused-killer-chinese-scholar</li> <li>https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/defense-trial-chinese-scholars-death-63667947</li> <li>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/18/us/brendt-christensen-chinese-student-death-sentence/index.html</li> <li>https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08/07/yingying-zhang-slain-chinese-scholar-body-danville-landfill/</li> <li>https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/brendt-christensen-claimed-killed-12-yingying-zhang-part-67057864</li> <li>https://www.weareresonate.com/2020/11/murder-of-chinese-scholar-yingying-zhang-has-been-turned-into-a-documentary-film/</li> <li>https://abc7chicago.com/brendt-christensen-yingying-zhang-trial-uiuc/5592798/</li> <li>https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/yingying-zhang-investigation-missing-person-kidnapping-case-part-67057774</li> <li>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nNBm51I3vw </li> <li>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-missing-illinois-student-charges-20170630-story.html</li> </ul> <p><br></p>
March 19, 2021
9 - The Skeleton in the Shed
<p>This week's case is a story about an eccentric woman searching for magic stones, and how the disapperance of her husband did not raise any alarm bells until a gruesome discovery was made 18 years after he was last seen alive. Who the hell was Leigh Ann Sabine?</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>**Listener discretion is always advised**</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Thank you to Darwin's Deviations for this week's case suggestion. Listen to Darwin's Deviations below or on your preferred podcast platform:</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darwins-deviations/id1533779060</p> <p><br></p> <p>Support us by leaving a review/rating, or by following us on Instagram and Twitter - @murderbirdpod. You can also email me on murderbirdpod@gmail.com :)</p> <p><br></p> <p>References:</p> <ul> <li>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/19/woman-killed-husband-hid-body-never-caught-leigh-ann-sabine</li> <li>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/08/why-didnt-she-confess-killing-of-john-sabine</li> <li>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35097310</li> <li>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3366447/Haunting-truth-evil-wife-accused-committing-perfect-murder-husband-hiding-body-garden.html</li> <li>https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sabine-confess-murder-stone-frog-11000846</li> <li>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-perfect-murder-leigh-ann-sabines-daughter-speaks-out-about-her-lost-childhood/GSFYUVG7TCAOHRSLU3W35Q6SDA/</li> <li>https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/116980787/dumped-at-a-nursery-and-abandoned-into-a-life-of-misery-jane-sabines-story-on-i-am</li> <li>https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/75319948/leigh-ann-sabine-what-we-know-about-the-accused-murderer-and-runaway-mum</li> <li>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/11/welsh-police-identify-skull-as-man-missing-for-18-years-and-say-wife-is-suspect</li> <li>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-35104524</li> <li>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3598804/Wife-smashed-husband-s-skull-stone-frog-mummified-roofing-felt-plastic-bags-body-wearing-M-S-pyjamas-home-died-18-years-later.html</li> <li>https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/nz-family-had-a-tumultuous-history-with-their-father-whose-body-was-found-in-welsh-garden</li> <li>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-36330451</li> <li>https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/05/20/no-one-believed-she-killed-her-husband-with-a-stone-frog-until-they-found-the-body.html</li> <li>https://www.pressreader.com/uk/real-people/20161117/282724816516948</li> <li>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3601814/How-woman-hid-husband-s-body-attic-18-years-couldn-t-quiet-no-one-took-seriously.html</li> </ul> <p><br></p>
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