The Cigarette That Caught a Killer- February 13 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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This Episode is sponsored by Better Help Get 10% off your first month with betterhelp.com/morningcup Morning Cup of Murder Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ MERCH: https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ February 13th: Roy Allan Melanson Born (1937) Sometimes the smallest piece of evidence can break open an entire case. On February 13th 1937 a career criminal was born who went decades thinking he got away with murder only to finally be brought down by a stolen car and a tiny, easy to miss, cigarette butt. Morning Cup of Murder Season 1: https://morningcupofmurder.com/mcom-yr-1 Morning Cup of Murder Season 2: https://morningcupofmurder.com/mcom-yr-2 Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Listen to The Cryptid Catalog: (Scary stories for kids) https://open.spotify.com/show/7vwn8JNkTPOmxwRoHsVDc1 Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written, and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on Instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Melanson, https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/killer-of-anita-andrews-dies-in-prison/article_90f1ab2f-71bb-5745-a63b-3a11f0370d90.html, https://kentuckyfriedhomicide.com/roy-melanson/, https://crimecapsule.com/convicting-serial-killer-roy-melanson-the-shoddy-soddi-defense/, https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/MELANSON_Roy_Allan, https://www.denverpost.com/2010/06/07/convicted-colorado-killer-may-never-be-tried-in-other-states-despite-dna/, https://wildbluepress.com/smooth-talker-steve-jackson-killer-denied-parole/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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