124. The Carnival Mafia : The Murders of Sonny and Pauline Carpenter

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture, True Crime

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🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The aroma of hot dogs, churros, and fried twinkies waft over the fairgrounds. The bright lights, some flashing, some remaining solid with brilliant color, are dazzling to the fairgoer. The sounds of children laughing, carnival workers barking at the crowds to come play a game, bells dinging, the echo of rides spinning and rolling is what draws the people of Barton County to the annual fair. Sonny and Pauline Carpenter had spent their retirement selling handmade jewelry and handbags at fairs across the country. They planned to make the Barton County fair their last before hanging up their vendor life.Little did they know a "hit" had been ordered on their lives.Join Cam and Jen as they discuss the crazy story of The Carnival Mafia: The Murders of Sonny and Pauline Carpenter.Promo by our bestest friend OctoberpodVHS, Please check out his YouTube channel. He's amazing. https://www.youtube.com/c/octoberpodhomevideoHe's the fantastic voice of our listener discretionThe Producer that makes us sound professional with all the editing, sound, and theme music is done by Nico Vetesse of We Talk of Dreams.https://wetalkofdreams.com/Source:https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article222942590.htmlhttps://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/dec/11/5-people-held-in-state-face-charges-in--1/https://www.wibw.com/2020/07/11/florida-man-faces-life-in-prison-for-two-wichita-murders/https://www.gbtribune.com/news/local-news/preliminary-hearing-held-suspect-double-homicide/https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Bodies-of-Wichita-couple-found-in-shallow-grave-in-Arkansas-488543821.htmlhhttps://nypost.com/2018/07/19/carnival-workers-arrested-in-deaths-of-fair-vendors/ttps://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article247179789.htmlhttps://www.kwtx.com/2020/11/16/texas-man-sentenced-for-death-of-2-carnival-vendors/https://www.ksn.com/news/local/woman-makes-court-appearance-in-a-wichita-couples-murder/https://www.kake.com/story/42910062/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-deaths-of-wichita-couple-at-kansas-county-fairhttps://www.4029tv.com/article/woman-pleads-guilty-in-carnival-mafia-murder-case/27483173https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Preliminary-hearing-held-for-accused-leader-in-carnival-mafia-murders-of-Wichita-couple-566287041.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How do you do?
0:01.5	Jen and Cam feel it would be unkind to present this program without a friendly word of warning.
0:07.3	We are about to unfold our true crime podcasts, a podcast of lifelong friends who seek to
0:14.5	examine crimes which were committed without reckoning upon God.
0:19.5	The discussion will be frank and the subject matter will be of a grim and violent nature.
0:25.2	I think it will thrill you.
0:26.9	It might even horrify you.
0:29.4	So, if they are young children listening or if you feel unwilling to subject your nerves
0:34.4	to such a strain, how's your chance to?
0:38.0	Well, we've warned you.
1:00.4	Hi, Jen.
1:01.1	Hey, Cam, how are you?
1:03.0	I'm good. How are you?
1:04.6	We are fantastic here at my household.
1:07.9	School was out on Friday.
1:10.2	Lucky.
1:11.0	And you just have a week.
1:12.6	That's it.
1:13.6	Your son graduates tomorrow.
1:15.9	Hey, I'm telling you, I'm not going to believe it till it's there, you know what I'm saying?
1:18.9	Yeah.
1:20.0	Hand.
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