218. Blame It On The Game: Mary Towey
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On April 13, 1984, in a suburb of St Louis, Missouri, eighteen-year-old Mary Towey never showed up to the Friday the 13th party she was hosting at her parents' home. Within a week, her body would be found, and her murderers arrested. Since it was the 80s, one of her killers would try to use the Satanic Panic to his advantage. Join Cam and Jen as they discuss Blame It On The Game: Mary ToweyResearch and writing by Lauretta Allen Listener Discretion by Edward October from OctoberpodVHS & OctoberpodAMProducer Nico at We Talk of DreamsThank you to HelloFresh for sponsoring this episode. We truly love using the HelloFresh meal kits!You can get 16 FREE meals plus free shipping by going to HelloFresh.com/otcp16 and using code OTCP16.HelloFresh, America's #1 Meal Kit. Sources:https://www.amazon.com/Dungeon-Master-Disappearance-Dallas-Egbert/dp/0395355362https://apnews.com/article/a1121256e68b13b701eea0bc355a6a5chttps://apnews.com/article/a1121256e68b13b701eea0bc355a6a5chttps://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/court-of-appeals/1987/50199-0.htmlhttps://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/court-of-appeals/1987/50199-0.htmlhttps://www.oxygen.com/in-ice-cold-blood/crime-news/in-ice-cold-blood-dungeons-and-dragons-moral-panic-explainedhttps://limsk.tripod.com/pulling.htm https://doctorow.medium.com/takes-one-to-know-one-104d7d749408https://www.grunge.com/47814/easter-eggs-missed-dd/https://mirrornews.hfcc.edu/news/2020/03-28/its-time-roll-dungeons-dragons-resurgencehttps://www.newspapers.com/image/140794216/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794234/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794219/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794213/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140820757/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794778/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794734/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/679238660/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/938709865/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/938709865/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140795850/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140857018/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140831302/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833182/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/562445082/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833892/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/679549926/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833242/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140832999/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140846235/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833634/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140833634/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/679563696/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140904739/?terms=Mary%20Towey&match=1https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47138592/mary-christine-toweyhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/140794315/?terms=Mary%20Towey%20Obituary&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794315/?terms=Mary%20Towey%20Obituary&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140794734/?terms=Pezzani&match=1https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-set-off-a-moral-panic.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Radeckihttps://winteriscoming.net/2022/07/12/stranger-things-inspires-600-search-increase-dungeons-dragons/https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/09/disappearances-dragons-the-james-dallas-egbert-iii-story/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_controversieshttps://www.newspapers.com/image/140833634/?terms=mary%20c%20towey&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/140847382/?terms=mary%20c%20towey&match=1https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/899/735/272658/https://www.kmov.com/2022/01/21/horror-st-louis-hills-gary-consolino-ellen-dooling-murders-that-shook-city/https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/19/290/629222/