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Murder Dictionary

Letters: John D. Miller

Murder Dictionary

Brianna Miera

Comedy, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.4645 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

This week we start off letter “L” with some psychology on why killers write letters. We take an in-depth look at how April Marie Tinsley’s murder went unsolved for 30 years while John D Miller left notes around town.


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JOHN D MILLER LINKS:

https://time.com/5339649/april-tinsley-indiana-murder-john-d-miller

https://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/20180720/brother-helped-care-for-accused-killer-ends-ties 

https://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/courts/20181208/aprils-killer-pleads-guilty 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_April_Tinsley

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6520983/April-Tinsleys-family-gets-closure-man-59-sentenced-80-years-prison-30-YEARS.html 



MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE LINKS:
https://www.childhelp.org/hotline/
https://victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims/get-help-bulletins-for-crime-victims/bulletins-for-teens/bullying-and-harassment 
http://stompoutbullying.org
http://www.thehotline.org/?gclid=CjwKEAjwwcjGBRDj-P7TwcinyBkSJADymblT8HNh4scSA-G7d-xEADhi0xODIRWy3zXSWWrGXg2B5hoCdD7w_wcB 
http://www.ncadv.org/  
http://www.crisistextline.org/textline/?gclid=CjwKEAjw9MrIBRCr2LPek5-h8U0SJAD3jfhtHplx6Ibc8Ov7oG79YLibo1TubSfQrumNc-WnXJixDxoCKafw_wcB 
https://www.mentalhelp.net/meeting-finder/ca/woodland-hills/

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Hey there. Welcome to Murder Dictionary. We are Courtney and Brianna. Hello. Hi, guys. Welcome.

0:46.4

So before we get into our story, just a minute of a few things that you'll find in the show notes every single week. There will be links to our

0:55.9

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1:01.8

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1:07.9

follow us. We also have links to all the resources that we use for each week. So if you want to read more about the story, definitely check out those links and look into the case a little bit more. I do sometimes include links to resources as well for any sort of anti-bullying, suicide hotlines, domestic violence causes,

1:30.9

like things like that. So we do have links to that on a lot of our episodes as well. And you will

1:37.6

find links to our Patreon. So over on our Patreon page, we have ad-free episodes, we have bonus episodes, and a bunch of perks for our patrons.

1:49.5

If you want to join, it's patreon.com slash murder dictionary podcast.

1:55.3

And lastly, we want to thank the new people that have joined our Patreon this week. So thank you to Juan,

2:04.5

Christina, Amy, Eke Ivy, I hope I'm saying that right, and Haley, who increased her pledge.

2:13.0

Thank you. So thanks, you guys. We really appreciate you being being on our patreon and we hope you're enjoying

2:19.3

all your perks i wonder if it's haley too i know we're not going to get that lucky that would be

2:24.3

amazing so tonight we are on a new letter thank god murder dictionary i can't I couldn't keep going with the killer kids.

2:35.7

We all were done. It was very poor planning on my part for a personal loss anniversary of a

2:43.0

child in my in my life that happened in October. And so it was the very worst timing to do

2:49.2

killer kids for me. And so there were episodes,

2:51.9

I know we were able to cut out me crying, but it was very emotional. And I feel so silly for even

2:59.4

thinking that we could get away with doing killer kids and not be completely depressed for an

3:04.3

entire month. Yeah. And then the same week, there's a school shooting.

3:07.8

Yes. Less than, you know, 10 miles north of us. It's just crazy.

3:12.6

Insane. I, yeah, my heart has just been broken week after week and so many stories in addition to what's

3:20.1

going on currently. It was way heavy, and I am just so eager to move on.

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