36: Муѕрасе Rоmаnсе Lеаdѕ Tо Murder? The Ѕtоry оf Riсhаrd ‘Sykо Sаm’ MсCrоѕkеy
The Criminal Makeup
Danielle Kirsty
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🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal Makeup Podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history and today we're |
| 0:19.5 | going to be talking about the case of Richard McCroskey, aka Psycho Sam. And today's case is also |
| 0:25.5 | known as the Farmville murders, which I just want to clarify right now has nothing to do with the |
| 0:30.7 | game Farmville, which is exactly what I thought when I first came across this case. I was like, |
| 0:35.7 | what the hell does the game Farmville have to do with this murder? But the answer to that is nothing. |
| 0:40.6 | So this case actually surrounds an online teenage relationship gone horribly wrong. And the tragic |
| 0:46.8 | events involved here take place in Farmville, Virginia, hence the name Farmville murders. And this |
| 0:51.9 | case also takes place around 2008 and 2009 when my space was still a thing. Do any of you remember |
| 0:59.5 | my space? And two teenagers Richard and Emma met on my space and they bonded over their shared |
| 1:06.1 | passion of a pretty extreme genre of music known as Horacle. And well after that as often happens |
| 1:14.1 | in these cases, things go horribly wrong. There are a lot of twists and turns and there are some |
| 1:19.9 | absolutely awful events. So let's just dive in. |
| 1:28.9 | So Richard Alden, Samuel McCroskey, the third, it's a bit of a long name isn't it, was born on |
| 1:36.3 | the 26th of December 1988, making him a Capricorn. He was born in Hayward, California. And I hadn't |
| 1:43.9 | realized this until just now, but we're doing a hell of a lot of California cases aren't we? |
| 1:48.4 | And Richard lived with his parents and his sister Sarah. As a child, Richard is described as quite |
| 1:55.3 | shy, quite timid, but also well-mannered and kind. He was just the kind of child that just kept |
| 2:01.2 | to himself, like didn't cause anybody any issues. And music was a huge part of Richard's life. |
| 2:07.6 | His dad played guitar in a rock band. And his dad had a huge influence on his musical taste. |
| 2:13.2 | His dad introduced him to bands such as Metallica and Primus. |
| 2:17.2 | Richard was also seen as kind of an outcast in school as well. And he just always struggled, |
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