Episode 319 - The Witness, The Pilot, and The Murders in Pembroke
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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4.5 • 6.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
It began with an arrest at an airport. A pilot, still in uniform, was taken into custody without warning. But years earlier in Pembroke, Kentucky, Calvin Phillips, Pam Phillips, and their neighbor Ed Dansereau were found dead under circumstances that never quite made sense. As the investigation unfolded, the truth became harder to pin down, and even after the verdict, some questions refused to go away.
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| 1:03.5 | Minds of Madness podcast. Listener discretion is advised.... It was Saturday, May 11th of 2019 at the Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky. |
| 1:46.5 | Passengers shuffled through TSA security checkpoints and the usual fog of mundane travel. |
| 1:52.3 | Shoes off, laptops out, nothing in your pockets. |
| 1:56.5 | Among them was a man in a crisp PSA Airlines uniform, heading for the gate. |
| 2:01.6 | He was the co-pilot of Flight 5523 to Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| 2:07.6 | Then, with that warning, a team of eight law enforcement officers materialized from the crowd. |
| 2:14.6 | Heads turned as the officers converged on the pilot, arresting him in front |
| 2:19.8 | of the stunned passengers. |
| 2:22.5 | That night, the news broke. |
| 2:25.0 | The pilot's name was Kit Martin, a former U.S. Army Major. |
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