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Court Junkie

Ep 230: The Rhoden Family Murders

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.88.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On April 22, 2016, police in Pike County, Ohio, discovered the bodies of eight family members - all had been shot and killed, execution-style. Who would go to such lengths to kill off an entire family? A special thank you to Patricia Gallagher Newberry with the Cincinnati Enquirer for talking to us about this case. Please subscribe to our new podcast, CIVIL, which covers civil cases and trials. Listen to the trailer here - https://link.chtbl.com/CivilPodcast Sponsors in this episode: Peloton - Learn more at onepeloton.com. Progressive Insurance - Visit Progressive.com to get a quote with all the coverages you want, so you can easily compare and choose. Pluto TV - Download the free Pluto TV app for Android, iPhone, Roku, and Fire TV and start streaming now. Post-Production for the show is provided by Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co. This episode was researched by Nicole Gusmerotti and written by Matt Stroud. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's not a lot of national news that tends to emerge from rural Pike County, Ohio,

0:07.6

but April 22, 2016 was very different.

0:14.1

Investigators with local law enforcement discovered a massacre at a compound less than 30 miles

0:20.4

from the Kentucky border.

0:22.8

It was in a cluster of homes belonging to one family, the Rodin family.

0:29.3

On 7 a.m. on that Friday morning, one of the victim's sisters arrived to feed the pets

0:35.1

at one of the homes.

0:37.4

She found two bodies inside and called 911.

0:42.4

Before police showed up, she discovered two more.

0:46.8

Her brother soon arrived and discovered a third crime scene.

0:51.2

Police would find three more victims there.

0:55.4

There another 911 call, a fourth crime scene.

1:00.0

Investigators discovered an eighth body at a residence in nearby Pikeden Village.

1:06.0

The story made national evening news reports.

1:10.4

And another important story tonight.

1:12.8

Police in southern Ohio have a dragnet out for a killer who executed eight members of

1:19.2

one family.

1:20.8

The murderer hunted down the extended family in several homes in a rural county.

1:27.0

Three young children aged three, six months and four days old were unharmed.

1:34.7

Investigators found the four day old in bed with her mother's body.

1:39.5

In all, seven adults and a 16 year old were killed.

1:44.9

It was like something out of a horror movie.

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