Morbidology the Podcast – 24: The Ewell Family

Podcast released on: 2nd December 2019

Just as families across the world were settling down to celebrate Easter Sunday with their loved ones, a brutal crime scene was being discovered in Fresno, California. East Park Circle Drive was affluent neighborhood in Southern California.


Listen to my podcast

Just as families across the world were settling down to celebrate Easter Sunday with their loved ones, a brutal crime scene was being discovered in Fresno, California. East Park Circle Drive was affluent neighborhood in Southern California. The half-a-million-dollar homes were well-kept and their gardens well-manicured. 

The murders stunned the community and highlighted the fact that violent murders were not limited to Fresno’s Skid Row Areas. It was a bloody reminder that even in your own expensive home in a safe and quiet neighborhood, you could become a victim.


 Show recommendation of the week – INVISIBLE CHOIR. Download the Himalaya app or go to https://www.himalaya.com/choir and enter promo code CHOIR at checkout to get 30 days of premium content, FREE!


BAD BATCH –

In Wondery’s new series Bad Batch, host Laura Beil (Dr. Death) investigates the multi-billion dollar underregulated industry of stem cell therapy where greed and desperation collide. When a group of patients wind up in a Texas hospital in critical condition, the trail leads back to one stem cell company and its charismatic CEO. What happens when a supposed miracle cure leaves you worse off than before? Listen to Bad Batch here!


Sources:

The Fresno Bee, 22 April, 1992 – “Three Members of Fresno Family Found Slain”

The Fresno Bee, 23 April, 1992 – “No Details Provided in Killings”

The Fresno Bee, 24 April, 1992 – “Slaying Victims Remembered”

The Fresno Bee, 24 April, 1992 – “Slain Family Died of Gunshot Wounds”

The Fresno Bee, 25 April, 1992 – “Police Focus on Ewells’ Final Minutes”

The Fresno Bee, 26 April, 1992 – “Ewells Recalled as Sharing Family”

The Fresno Bee, 3 May, 1992 – “Files Show Ewell’s County Conflicts”

The Fresno Bee, 16 May, 1992 – “$25,000 Reward in Ewell Slayings”

The Fresno Bee, 19 June, 1992 – “Ewell Rumours Untrue, Sheriff’s Officials Say”

The Fresno Bee, 11 October, 1992 – “Deadly Record Slayings Touch All Areas, All Walks of Life”

The Fresno Bee, 1 November, 1992 – “Detectives Still Digging in Ewell Slaying Case”

The Fresno Bee, 11 April, 1993 – “One Easter Later, Sunnyside Family’s Slayings Unsolved, Unforgotten”

The Fresno Bee, 3 November, 1993 – “Home is Searched in Ewell Slayings”

The Fresno Bee, 4 March, 1995 – “Ewell Arrest Made”

Daily Breeze, 5 March, 1995 – “Warrant Issued for Son in Slayings of his Family” 

The Fresno Bee, 6 March, 1996 – “Ewell Suspect was Gun’s Provider” 

The Mercury News, 7 March, 1995 – “SCU Grad Denies Killing Parents, Sister”

The Fresno Bee, 12 March, 1995 – “A Family’s Fortunes”

The Fresno Bee, 14 March, 1995 – “Surveillance of Suspects Shows Worries”

The Fresno Bee, 31 March, 1995 – “Ewell Uncles Fighting to Block Inheritance”

USA Today, 3 April, 1995 – “In Calif. A Case of Murder and Money”

The Fresno Bee, 14 May, 1995 – “Ewell Suspect Took Steps to Commit Perfect Crime”

The Independent, 21 May, 1995 – “Spoilt Rich Kid Hired Hitman to Kill Parents”

The Fresno Bee, 8 September, 1995 – “Weapons Altered”

The Fresno Bee, 9 September, 1995 – “Radovich Confessed”

The Fresno Bee, 12 September, 1995 – “Ewell Witness Details Lies, Thefts, Confession”

The Fresno Bee, 5 December, 1995 – “Estate Sale Ewell Family Possessions Sold to Highest  Bidders”

The Fresno Bee, 28 September, 1997 – “Saga of Ewell Tragedy to Move into Courtroom”

Daily Breeze, 17 December, 1997 – “Trial Begins in ’92 Triple Murder”

The Fresno Bee, 17 December, 1997 – “Ewell Slaying Portrayed as a Business Deal”

Contra Costa Times, 18 December, 1997 – “Lawyer Says Client Had No Reason to Kill Parents”

The Fresno Bee, 18 December, 1997 – “Ewell Lawyer Attacks DA’S Key Witness”

The Fresno Bee, 19 December, 1997 – “Fateful Day Recalled at Ewell Trial”

The Fresno Bee, 7 January, 1998 – “Ewells Had Second to Live After Shots Fired”

The Fresno Bee, 22 January, 1998 – “Surprise Witness”

The Fresno Bee, 6 February, 1998 – “Radovich Fingerprint on Kit to Clean Guns”

The Fresno Bee, 10 March, 1998 – “Phone Call Takes Trial Spotlight”

The Fresno Bee, 12 March, 1998 – “Radovich CAlls to Ewell Recorded”

The Fresno Bee, 19 March, 1998 – “Trial Gets to Root of Ewell’s Values”

The Fresno Bee, 25 March, 1998 – “Friend Tells of Ewell’s Greed”

The Fresno Bee, 28 April, 1998 – “Oppliger Closes with Plea to Jury”

Associated Press, 13 May, 1998 – “Jury Convicted Two of Murder in Easter Slaying”

The Fresno Bee, 6 June, 1998 – “Jury Deadlocks on Ewell Penalty”

The Fresno Bee, 15 August, 1998 – “Ewell Will Fight for Portion of Estate”

The Fresno Bee, 24 November, 1998 – “Ewell Fails in Bid for $100,000 Trust”

Audio Sources:

Dateline 2016 Dana Ewell The Ewell Murders NBC Dateline Mysteries

“Three Members of the Ewell Family are Murdered | In Ice Cold Blood Bonus”

“Dana Ewell on Solved”

0 0 votes
Article Rating

You may also like:

0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x