061: Easter Killer Tour

Today, we dive into two tragic cases that occurred on Easter Sunday. The case of Robert Irwin, who took his rage of rejection out on a family with whom he had previously boarded, senselessly murdering Veronica Gedeon, her mother Mary Gedeon, and Frank Byrnes, an Englishman who was boarding with the Gedeon family. Then, we discuss the horrific massacre of 11 family members at the hands of James Ruppert, a once docile man whose paranoia caused him to snap and kill his brother, sister-in-law, mother, and his 8 nieces and nephews.

Robert Irwin

Robert Irwin under arrest

Veronica “Ronnie” Gedeon

Veronica Gedeon on magazine cover

James Ruppert on trial

Leonard, Alma, and their 8 children - Leonard III, Michael, Thomas, Carol, Ann, David, Teresa, and John

Bloodstained floorboards of the Ruppert House

James Ruppert

References

• Time - CRIME: Easter Killer

• Discovery Plus - A Crime To Remember: Such a pretty face

• NY Daily News - The 'Beekman Hill maniac': The story of sculptor Robert Irwin's Easter weekend killing spree

• Timothy Hughes - Rare & Early Newspapers: Robert George Irwin arrested....Gedeon murders...

• Schechter, Harold. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation. New Harvest ; 2014.

• Cincinnati Post - BUTLER COUNTY CORPSE IS GRUESOME REMINDER

• UPI - James Ruppert, 48, described as a paranoid pyschotic who...

• NY Daily News - The 1975 Easter massacre: Uncle Jimmy Ruppert kills his family

• Jounrnal-News - No parole for James Ruppert in Easter mass murder

• Sentinel-Tribune - Haunting memories of 1975 family slayings linger in Ohio

• The Lineup - James Ruppert and the Easter Sunday Massacre

• NY Daily News - JUSTICE STORY: Easter Sunday massacre wipes out entire family

• Murderpedia - James Ruppert

• WCPO Cincinnati - Living in a murder house: Hamilton mom copes with her home's dark past

• NY Times - A Motive Is Sought in Slaying of 11 in a Family in Ohio

• YouTube: WCPO 9 - Living in a murder house