Ep 245: The “Vampire Cult Killer” (Part 1)

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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After a couple is brutally murdered in their home in Central Florida, investigators look to their teenage daughter for answers. Special thanks to Frank Stanfield for helping us with this episode. Check out his book, “Cold Blooded: A True Crime Story of a Murderous Teenage Vampire Cult.” http://frankestanfield.com/ Please subscribe to our other podcast, CIVIL, which covers civil cases and trials. Listen to the trailer here - https://link.chtbl.com/CivilPodcast Sponsors in this episode: Progressive Insurance - Visit Progressive.com for a quote with all the coverages you want, so you can easily compare and choose. The Jordan Harbinger Show - Search for The Jordan Harbinger Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Pluto TV - Download the free Pluto TV app for Android, iPhone, Roku, and Fire TV and start streaming now. Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co provides post-Production for the show. This episode was researched and written by Gabrielle Russon. 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

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0:00.0	The first time I wrote Vampire Cult murders, my hands literally stopped over the keyboard
0:07.0	for a minute.
0:08.0	And I'm thinking, is this for real?
0:10.6	And yeah, it was for real.
0:13.0	Veteran journalist Frank Stanfield found himself covering a double homicide where every
0:18.9	detail seemed to get more bizarre.
0:22.1	The so-called Vampire Cult Killer case made international headlines in the late 1990s.
0:28.9	And Frank worked as a courts reporter for the Orlando Sentinel.
0:33.0	It all started on November 25, 1996, three days before Thanksgiving in rural Lake County,
0:39.7	Florida, in the Orlando suburbs.
0:42.7	Seventeen-year-old Jennifer Wendorf worked a shift at the public's grocery store, then
0:47.9	hung out with her boyfriend before returning home.
0:51.2	She was late.
0:52.4	She snuck past her father whom she thought was sleeping on the couch.
0:56.6	She went into her bedroom to call her boyfriend to let him know she had arrived home safely,
1:01.4	when she realized her phone had been tampered with.
1:04.8	As she walked through the house, she used a different phone.
1:07.5	She saw a red trail by the breakfast knuck, leading into the kitchen.
1:12.7	At 11.25 pm, she called 911.
1:16.4	Her voice sounded unexpectedly calm for what she had just witnessed.
1:21.1	Emergency?
1:22.1	The 911 dispatcher asked.
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