The Roadside Strangler: Michael Bruce Ross: Day 8: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

It is day eight of our 12 Nightmares Before Christmas. At 5:45 a.m. on May 12, 2005, Michael Ross woke up and got out of bed as usual. It was a partly cloudy morning in Somers, Connecticut, and the day would be warm and pleasant. At 6:00 a.m., Michael had oatmeal for breakfast, then watched television and read the newspaper. After reading for a while, he received communion from a Catholic priest. The day was going well—pretty typical for him, actually. He visited with family and friends in the afternoon for a few hours. The only thing unusual about Michael’s dinner of turkey a la king, rice, fruit, mixed vegetables, and white bread was that it would be his last because, a few hours later, Michael Ross was executed by the state of Connecticut. It was the first execution in the state of Connecticut since Joseph “Mad Dog” Taborsky was electrocuted in 1960.

Join Jen and Cam of Our True Crime Podcast on this episode entitled 'The Roadside Strangler: Michael Bruce Ross.'

Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from Octoberpod AM
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Pawprint

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mAMXqN0Eaw (If you watch or listen to one thing on Michael Ross, watch this one. It's the one Jen spoke about.)

https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r1/ross-michael.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bruce_Ross

https://www.newspapers.com/image/972592729/?
match=1&terms=1.%09Dzung%20Ngoc%20Tu%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/254927798/?match=1&terms=1.%09Dzung%20Ngoc%20Tu%20

https://web.archive.org/web/20050616003937/

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/14/rossexecution.letter.ap/index.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144278/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175726038/dzung-ngoc-tu https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/my-name-is-michael-ross/ (in his own words)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/490184513/?
match=1&terms=%22Paula%20Perrera%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/242556358/?match=1&terms=%22Tammy%20Williams%22

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/michael_ross/index.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/242699683/?
match=1&terms=%22Debra%20Smith%20Taylor%22%20

https://www.newspapers.com/image/970513270/?match=1&terms=%22Robin%20Dawn%20Stavinsky%22

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138698281/wendy-lynn-baribeault

https://www.newspapers.com/image/369000327/?match=1&terms=Wendy%20Baribeault

https://www.newspapers.com/image/970460283/?match=1&terms=Wendy%20Baribeault

https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/21/detective-who-stopped-serial-killer/29175692007/

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0:29.6	This is Edward October, host of October pod on YouTube.
0:34.6	Hear that jingle jingle? It could be Chris Kringle, or a home invader looking for an
0:41.5	open window, a jilted lover looking for revenge, or a disgruntled coworker hoping to spike your
0:48.0	eggnog with arsenic. The girls of our true crime podcast are always on Santa's Nice List.
0:55.2	But the crimes they discuss are very naughty indeed.
0:59.3	Listener discretion is advised.
1:05.3	Music Hey, Jen.
1:21.8	Cam, how you doing?
1:22.9	Happy eighth day.
1:25.1	One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
1:27.3	Yep, it's the eighth day yes it is bo boys this time
1:30.5	flying by is it not it has it has so what do you got for it i have something woo i'm telling you
1:38.1	it's a doozy it's he's yeah I can tell already. Okay.
1:45.0	Don't hold back.
1:45.7	Let's have it.
1:46.8	Let me put my seatbelt on. Everybody's got their Christmas presents that they need to wrap or they've got all
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