On July 20, 2012, a packed midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises at the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colorado, turned into one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. Dressed in tactical gear and heavily armed, 24-year-old James Holmes known as the “Colorado Theatre Shooter” opened fire,…
“Clifton Bloomfield” AKA the “Breaking Bad Killer” was Born in Arizona in 1969 with a violent criminal past that landed him in prison as a teenager, Bloomfield was released in 2002 and reinvented himself in New Mexico as a roofer… and a movie extra. He walked the sets of the…
“Alejandro “Alex” Henriquez” also known as the “The Bronx Serial Killer” was a former cab driver in South Bronx, NY convicted in the murder of (3) young hispanic females in the early 1990’s. Convicted mostly on circumstantial evidence, Henriquez to this very day denies any connection to the murders. “50…
“Grant Hardin” also known as the “Devil In The Ozarks” was a former police chief who in 2017 was convicted in the murder of a political rival in a small town in Arkansas. Upon his arrest and submission of Hardin’s DNA to CODIS, he was discovered to have been the…
“Bruce Mendenhall” also known as the “Truck Stop Killer” left a trail of terror throughout the state of Tennessee as well as at least 5 other states in the mid 2000’s while targeting truck stop sex workers in the course of his job as a long haul truck driver. In…
“Westley Devone Harris” was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of (6) members of his girlfriend’s family in rural Crenshaw County, Alabama. What started out as a romance with a 14 year old girl turned into a massacre at the Ball Family Farm when Harris was ran off…
“The Carr Brothers” Reginald and Jonathan Carr were convicted and sentenced to death in Kansas after going on a week long crime spree in the year 2000 resulting in the murder of five people and leaving a string of at least seven victims. The crimes of these two men would…
Wayne C. Doty, is a Florida death row inmate whose life of violence spans two brutal murders and a shocking request for execution by electric chair—the only prisoner in the state to make that choice. Serving a life sentence for the 1996 fatal shooting of night watchman Harvey Horne II…
Texas Death Row inmate Billy Joel Tracy was sentenced to (2) life sentences for the attempted murder of a 16 year old Texas teen. Billy’s evil life behind bars was even worse. His reign of terror would result in 27 separate altercations with correctional officers culmination in a death sentence…
In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast”, Jim dives deep into the story of Tiffany Cole, the Florida convict behind one of the most gruesome crimes in recent history. From her role in the 2005 kidnapping of retirees Carol and Reggie Sumner, to the nightmarish details of their burial alive…
Jim completes his look into what many consider the most dangerous inmate ever incarcerated in the United States prison system, Thomas “Terrible Tommy” Silverstein. Labeled a brutal killer and Aryan Brotherhood leader, Silverstein spent the last 36 years of his life in solitary confinement—the longest such stint in federal Bureau…
In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast”, Jim explores what many consider the most dangerous inmate ever incarcerated in the United States prison system, Thomas “Terrible Tommy” Silverstein. Labeled a brutal killer and Aryan Brotherhood leader, Silverstein spent the last 36 years of his life in solitary confinement—the longest such…
Updated with new information In the pre-dawn hours of August 16, 2012, a quiet trailer park in LaPlace, Louisiana, erupted into chaos as a group tied to the anti-government sovereign citizens movement ambushed St. John the Baptist Parish deputies. What began as a shooting in a refinery parking lot quickly…
In this episode, kicking off the “Hybristophilia” series, which involves “a sexual attraction to individuals who commit crimes,” Jim recounts the case of Bobbi Parker, a wardens wife, who was convicted of aiding in the escape and going on the run for 10 years with convicted murderer Randolph Dial. #randolphdial…
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola recently hosted its first-ever father-daughter dance in partnership with the nonprofit organization God Behind Bars. The event allowed incarcerated fathers to reunite with their daughters, some after years of separation, for an emotional and special bonding experience. Chapters 01:39 APositive Story 02:44 The Dance at…
Jim Chapman brings you inside several stories from convicts themselves who spent Thanksgiving in prison. Chapters 01:40 Thanksgiving in Prison 02:19 First Thanksgiving Stories 07:46 Pandemic Challenges 09:55 Food and Family Memories 14:16 Perspectives on Thanksgiving 23:44 Emotions and Reflections 28:57 Connection and Solidarity Join Bloody Angola on Patreon for…
Jim Chapman recounts the story of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola inmate Doulas “The Swede” Dennis who killed two people while he was incarcerated and then escaped LSP at Angola and remained on the lam for 10 years before being captured. #bloodyangolapodcast #lilboosie #douglasdennis #louisiana #prison #podcast Chapters 01:39 Douglas…
Torrance Hatch Jr. AKA Lil Boosie and later Boosie Badazz was incarcerated in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for 4 years prior to his release in 2014. In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast” Jim Chapman details Boosie’s upbringing in a rough neighborhood in Baton Rouge, his rise to fame…
In 1992 Kipp Gullett, a freshman at Louisiana State University was brutally murdered by Dale Craig with the involvement (3) others after being carjacked and kidnapped in the parking lot of his dormitory on LSU’s campus. The ensuing investigation and legal battle would go on as Dale Craig’s original sentence…
In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast”, Jim Chapman brings you the story of Telly Hankton who in 2011 was dubbed “The Most Dangerous Man in New Orleans” by then New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Telly Hankton and 12 other close family members and associates were indicted by the feds…
In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast”, Jim Chapman brings you the story of Howard Lee Higginbotham who managed to turn a 9 year sentence in a Louisiana jail for burglary into Life with no parole by “turning out” another inmate. #bloodyangolapodcast #HowardLeeHigginbotham #police #louisiana #prison #podcast Join Bloody Angola…
In 1983 Michael Owen Perry murdered five members of his own family in Lake Arthur, LA. Perry then set his sights on Washington D.C. where he planned to murder Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and then travel to Beverly Hills, California to murder film actress Olivia Newton-John who he…
In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast”, Jim Chapman details an armored truck robbery in New Orleans Louisiana that resulted in the murder of Loomis Armored Truck Employee Hector Trochez in December of 2013. Chapters 01:39 Meet Big Daddy 09:32 The Robbery Unfolds 12:17 The Aftermath for the Driver 12:57…
In this episode of “Bloody Angola Podcast”, Jim Chapman details the arrest, incarceration and exoneration of “Cadillac Jack Favor” a rodeo star who spent 7 years inside the wire of Bloody Angola for a double murder he did not commit. Chapters 01:40 A young Cadillac Jack Favor 10:59 The Fateful…
