In 1971, decorated Vietnam veteran Bernard Patterson walked into his hometown bank in Mars Hill, Maine, wearing a wig, dark glasses and an ankle-length coat. He left with a fortune and launched an international manhunt that would take his story from a rubber raft in northern Maine to Europe, North Africa — and even a camel.

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Resources
Ronald Chase, The Great Mars Hill Bank Robbery: The True Adventures of Maine’s Zaniest Criminal (Down East Books, 2016). Publisher page.
Ron Chase Outdoors, “The Great Mars Hill Bank Robbery.”
Anthony Brino, “The Mars Hill bank robbery that shocked Maine 45 years ago,” Bangor Daily News, 12 November 2016.
Kathryn Olmstead, “‘Oh, Bernard’: Writer rounds up adventures of Maine’s ‘zaniest criminal’,” Bangor Daily News, 30 June 2016.
Lloyd Ferriss, “Book review: Maine bank robber’s exploits make for absorbing tale,” Portland Press Herald, 10 July 2016.
Kate Irish Collins, “Book details controversial, colorful Maine bank robber: Q&A with Ron Chase,” Portland Press Herald, 15 September 2016.
“The Great Mars Hill Bank Robbery author holding book talk at CVPL,” Daily Bulldog, 23 March 2017.
Paula Brewer, “5 criminals who tainted Aroostook County history,” Bangor Daily News, 19 December 2022.

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

Ralph and Joan Vollmer lived on a farm outside of a small Australian country town. When Joan’s mental health deteriaorated, her feverishly religious husband was convinced she was possessed by the Devil. During a botched exorcism, Joan died. But who was to blame?

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Resources
R v Vollmer and Ors [1996] 1 VR 95 — Victorian Court of Appeal (case cited in legal sources)
Adrian Howe & Sarah Ferber — “Delivering demons, punishing wives: False imprisonment, exorcism and other matrimonial duties in a late 20th-century manslaughter case”
Associated Press, 3 February 1993 — “Australian woman dies after 4-day exorcism”
Casefile — Case 128: Joan Vollmer (consulted only as a comparison source; this script was independently restructured and rewritten)

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated & written by Noel Vinson
Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

If Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story left you curious about Erzsébet Báthory, revisit the accusations and disputed accounts behind “Countess Dracula” with Evidence Locker.
16th century Transylvanian Blood Countess, Erzebet Báthory, was labelled as the most prolific female serial killer in history in The Guinness World Records. It is believed that she tortured, mutilated and murdered as many as 650 young girls, then bathed in their blood to preserve her youthful beauty. Historians are divided whether she was in fact a sadistic landowner or the victim of an effective smear campaign.

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Resources
Most Evil Women in History: Countess Dracula
The Lies about Elizabeth Báthory revealed
Elizabeth Bathory – The ‘Blood Countess’
Nadasdy Muzeum
Wikipedia
Daily Motion – The Lady Killers
The disturbing true story of Elizabeth Báthory, The Blood Countess
Elizabeth Báthory – The Blood Countess
The Bloody Countess?
Inside the ruined castle of a medieval serial killer
Epilepsy: from the early civilizations to modern days

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.