This podcast details true crime cases.

It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

It is not intended for children.

Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

It's September and for most that equals back to school time.

If you obsessively follow true crime stories,

you know that crimes happen everywhere.

Unfortunately, that includes school campuses. This month I'll

detail three cases, one that occurred on a high school campus, one at a middle school, and

one connected to a college campus.

In this first episode, a 14-year-old high school student commits a horrific act of rape and murder in a school bathroom.

Was Philip Chisham mentally ill

as his defense would later claim,

or was he faking it to get away with murder?

This is chapter one in the series,

Schools Out Forever, the murder of Colleen Ritzer. Tuesday October 22nd, 2013 began like any other school day in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Colleen Ritzer, age 24, arrived at Danvers High School before 7 a.m. to prepare for her student's arrival.

She wore black slacks and a purple top.

It was dressed like a friend day,

and she had coordinated her outfit to match her fellow math teacher and friend

Sarah Gia Quinta. Colleen Ritzer was born in nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts

and was the eldest of three siblings. Her parents were Thomas and Peggy Ritzer. After graduating

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