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Eden & Briana: Boo, bitches! Hello, hello. It is officially spooky season. zone Yes it is. I'm itching to. Drag out my stuff So.
Eden & Briana: Welcome back to another episode of Miners of Mayhem, a troop. Mm -hmm. Ugh! True crime. Crap. Crime? podcast that deep dives into minors who commit murder.
Eden & Briana: Wow. How's your tongue this morning? I guess it's going to be kind of one of those days. Or wait, it's afternoon, isn't it? What time is it? Two. Oh goodness. Yeah. a little earlier than We normally do. So it feels like it's like five.
Eden & Briana: Feels like bedtime. Like, beyond. So what's that? What's up? Oh, are you going to fill everybody in on our exciting? are exciting traumatic crap that happened last weekend.
Eden & Briana: Oh. ambulances and hospitals and so Last Thursday. I dropped the kids off at school and I was Headed across the state to do my group.
Eden & Briana: my annual girls trip with ah my best friend Amanda. And... I'm... probably a good two and a half hours away at this point and I get a phone call from the school saying that My daughter...
Eden & Briana: has possibly dislocated her pinky. So... I'm... I panic. I'm like... ah ah Okay, okay.
Eden & Briana: Okay. Okay, let me let me let me let me call my mom because I'm halfway across the state right now. I did not know what to do. Called you. And then. I...
Eden & Briana: Luckily my best friend Sam who lives like 30 minutes away, she was able to get Ezra, take her to my mom to take her to the yeah ah ER.
Eden & Briana: And luckily, Garrison didn't touch it. because she ended up having to go to Bismarck to a surgeon. And.
Eden & Briana: They initially just wanted to numb her. put nerve blocks. on both sides of her pinky. Because... What was it?
Eden & Briana: The break went into the growth plate yeah and they don't like messing with the growth plate that much. So... They wanted to set it.
Eden & Briana: while she was awake and I said absolutely not you're not going to traumatize my daughter that way no And well, well. um me and amanda did end up meeting you guys in bismarck yes for that.
Eden & Briana: and then they weren't able to
Eden & Briana: get a surgeon that day so we had to wait till the next day which was on Friday So we kind of decided. you were going to take her home and me and Amanda would go back to our destination.
Eden & Briana: and meet you back in Bismarck. for the operation. Friday. They... put her under anesthesia and Luckily they didn't have to cut her open to put a pin in it. Yeah, because they were talking about that. They were talking about cutting her open and putting a pin in it.
Eden & Briana: and the pin would stick out. And I'm like, oh God, my grace. Yes. Her nickname. from me is Grace. Since she was about one.
Eden & Briana: When she started walking, we started figuring out she is a klutz. But we love her. Yes. Um. she did She did very well with...
Eden & Briana: anesthesia and I mean obviously it was her first time going under anesthesia so she was very anxious but I was like it's going to be the best nap of your life yes and she was She loved it. She woke up just fine.
Eden & Briana: She... didn't get sick like I do when I get off anesthesia. she She did really good. And she's like, mom, that was the best nap of my life. Can I have another surgery? And I was like, no, you cannot. she Please no.
Eden & Briana: That Thursday. after. We've seen that the initial appointment. Mm hmm. I had to take the kids to Buffalo Wild Wings because that was their request. So that is what we did we because she wouldn't be able to eat until.
Eden & Briana: you know. She couldn't eat again until like after. 10 or whatever. She couldn't have any food. Yep. so buffalo wild wings it was And then... She was a trooper.
Eden & Briana: Like right after she came out of surgery and right after I loaded her up in the car. And you guys went back to your destination and I took her home with me. We stopped at Tractor Supply And she was a total trooper. like She did so well. But Eli held on to her the whole time. Aw. Yeah, Eli got to...
Eden & Briana: missed school on I pulled them out Thursday. You pulled them out Thursday. And I pulled them out Friday. Pulled them out on Friday. mm -hmm He was not gonna say let no fur He wasn't gonna...
Eden & Briana: Have no for an answer. Nope, that wasn't happening He was... attached well they've always been so attached to each other they're four months apart so yeah I've been growing up since. I don't know. Yeah. They've been growing up together since they were little, but yeah, it was. ah It was... literally A little bit of a shitshow. and Luckily, like, Amanda's so...
Eden & Briana: awesome like she's like wow I actually get to experience you know the day -to -day life with you like You know the coolest thing I thought about the whole thing?
Eden & Briana: Is where you went was not your initial destination? That was our fourth. Place. First we were supposed to be in color. Yep. the second time was... Canceling.
Eden & Briana: the whole thing. Third time was Medora. and Medora, you can get electrical out. Fourth. It was...
Eden & Briana: destination. I'm so sorry. Yeah. So the fourth one was the destination. And it's so weird how that worked out. I think what the universe put you where you needed to be. Yeah, for sure. Because you were only two hours away from me. If we would have been Medora, it would have been three hours away.
Eden & Briana: And then, well, Colorado, that's a whole. I would have been doing it by myself. And then... But she was she she she was a trooper through the whole thing. She helped calm me down and think rationally because I'm trying to figure out, like...
Eden & Briana: What are we fucking doing? Sorry, Brad. She was a little nervous about that. Apparently she's never had an x -ray. Amanda? No. Oh, Ezra, no.
Eden & Briana: Huh. yeah So grandma went in with her. I was like, this doesn't like, you could see the fear on her face. I'm like, this doesn't hurt. You're not going to feel a thing. It's just an x -ray. It's just, yeah. it's good And I said, have you ever had one? And she goes. Uh -uh. I'm like, oh. Well, she did on her jaw.
Eden & Briana: For her teeth. But that was just. you know, like a... Yeah. I think she but they I think they bite down on something and then just... I don't know.
Eden & Briana: So it was quite entertaining. It... all worked out we still got to do our girls trip and Nana hat is. You had us and...
Eden & Briana: I... It was a mess, but it worked out. if We still had a lot of fun. Oh. So... Enough banter. What you got for...
Eden & Briana: Well, wait a minute now. let's go to How many days until Krista Pike is executed? Three. We're down to three days. Three days. she gets executed on September 30th.
Eden & Briana: And today is the 27th. if she doesn't get clemacency clemency. well so far so far no no but i think he's got up until the last minute. I think so. I'm not 100 % sure on that. but Did we talk about like her excuses last time?
Eden & Briana: Of like... think so like she's using sexual abuse as Asking for an all ladies team. Well, no, before that.
Eden & Briana: Oh, huh What was before all of that? I don't remember I'm drawing a blank. that being executed would be too hard on her mental health oh yep yep yep you're right yes Well, yeah I'm sorry. You're going to die. Your mental health ain't going to fucking matter. Right. when you're Dead. I'm sorry.
Eden & Briana: I mean, I'm not sorry. nobody thought about Colleen's mental health when you were beating her to death. And carving in her body. And quote unquote having lunch with her. Yeah. piece of her skull in your pocket and you weren't thinking about those things stupid she's just trying everything to Good.
Eden & Briana: Out of it. Yeah. Three days, we'll know. Three days. to And today's what? Sunday? Monday. wednesday on wednesday i'm gonna have to sit up all night and watch the news right Oh goodness. I'm gonna be tired on Thursday.
Eden & Briana: So. so What you got for true crime news, girl? Ooh! I don't like that sound. Great. So even though it is spooky season...
Eden & Briana: We're going to be talking a little bit about Christmas. Oh. a little early for that. In... Ticonderoga, New York 75 -year -old... Clarence Russell was arrested on September 5th after police investigations led them to believe he had been arranging Sexual Encounters with Minors Online
Eden & Briana: He was charged with attempted second degree rape of a victim less than 15 years old oh and attempted. endangering the welfare of a child. The worst heart.
Eden & Briana: is that he was once employed at Santa's workshop in North Pole, New York. and portrayed as Santa Claus.
Eden & Briana: At the children's Christmas themed... amusement park. No. The investigation is still going. is still going on and for more information you can find it on True Crime News dot com.
Eden & Briana: So he had all these littles up in his lap for pictures I'm assuming.
Eden & Briana: Oh my God. This is why. I... Don't let your children take pictures with Santa Claus. Easter Bunny, the... santa claus anything like that i i refuse i don't agree with it Especially since like now it's.
Eden & Briana: getting... almost too common? That's crazy. I don't... This guy was 70 years old. 75. 75? And he legit looks like... Sneet, sorry.
Eden & Briana: Sorry. Like it. Santa Claus. Oh my God. The glasses, the white, everything. Wow. Yeah. That's just. horrifying. So let's not.
Eden & Briana: Give money to those attractions, please. I boycott them. Let's not put our children in their laps. I'm sure. I mean, standing next to him, sure, whatever. Ten of them are perfectly fine.
Eden & Briana: But it's that little tiny one that you just don't know. Yeah. i am um keep your i'm not taking I'm not taking that risk. We're not doing that. No. So...
Eden & Briana: Yes. Who are we doing today? Hmm hmm hmm. Oh boy. We're going back. Aways. Okay. On today's episode, I'm taking you way back to eight.
Eden & Briana: Teen. 93. Oh my, that's... You heard that correctly. eight Eighteen. 93. Okay, that's a minute. Yep.
Eden & Briana: The Year Reda Maccabi. was born. and this is this is in uh Troy, New York. Hmm. Yeah.
Eden & Briana: A lot of New York shit going on today. Yes. everybody over there In October... 1897 When Retta was just four years old.
Eden & Briana: Reports from Troy described Retta as a beautiful child with blue eyes and golden blonde hair. and at first glance she would appear smiling, dimpled, good -natured.
Eden & Briana: you know, a good natured little girl. but In a blink of an eye, her expression would turn into a quote -unquote.
Eden & Briana: demonical Malvolence. Mo. Malevins. malevolence malevolence yes malevolence i can't read my handwriting that's okay uh with forehead wrinkling, mouth tensing, and her body assuming a predatory stance.
Eden & Briana: Okay. in a Oh. ah four Four -year -old. yes okay In these states, she would display homicidal and suicidal tendencies.
Eden & Briana: I gotta flip my page here.
Eden & Briana: Okay. So. Several weeks before the most wild, wild... Woof! No!
Eden & Briana: But for the most widely... circulated reports. She fatally injured her infant brother. According to the accounts, she seized the baby.
Eden & Briana: hurled him to the floor with force. proceeded to jump on him and beat him. my thought Her infant brother.
Eden & Briana: died about a week later. oh um when she was told that her brother quote -unquote was asleep to wake no more. Ra -da!
Eden & Briana: Whoop. reportedly chuckled. Oh. Okay. the ship Is she even old enough to understand? Are you old enough at four years old to understand what that is?
Eden & Briana: uh, I don't really know. oh
Eden & Briana: um I don't mean to laugh. sorry okay On or around October 21st, 1897, she was found at Troy's Union Station, which was many blocks away from her home at Madison and Fifth Avenues.
Eden & Briana: in the southern part of the city. She insisted on sitting. on the railroad tracks in the path of approaching trains. Passengers were trying to intervene and several women nearly fainted at the sight of it.
Eden & Briana: Um, when Retta was pulled away. She screamed. bit and fought so fiercely. that a policeman repeatedly had to set her down.
Eden & Briana: for fear of serious injury to the face. Oh my goodness. When... Hang on, I gotta to take a drink here. Sorry.
Eden & Briana: This is... This is a four -year -old girl. Yes. Um.
Eden & Briana: Hmm.
Eden & Briana: When she was finally placed in a cell at the second precinct, precinct Precinct. precinct.
Eden & Briana: mm -hmm She started raving and pulling her hair. like pulling out her hair. Okay. she's having a full -on fit Hmm.
Eden & Briana: oof Finally, her episode passed and she became a... a Sunny little creature. again. Even though she was...
Eden & Briana: dirty and disheveled from fighting with the police officer and being on the railroad tracks and Okay. but ah quote -unquote sunny little creature.
Eden & Briana: Interesting. On the way to the Humane Society, which... It's so funny to me because when I think of humane society, we... acknowledge it animals but this is for Yeah.
Eden & Briana: children. On the way to the Humane Society. She broke out into yet another episode. Okay. At the Humane Society headquarters, Retta showed very...
Eden & Briana: Unusual. Physical agility? climbing onto a chair, throwing yourself to the floor Onto our hands and turning rapid hand springs.
Eden & Briana: that left the staff in quite literal shock.
Eden & Briana: What the heck? Help. um
Eden & Briana: I don't know It sounds like a story. It does, or it sounds like. Like... She's freaking possessed or something. Oh my goodness. Okay. uh Retta ran into a door hard enough to knock herself down.
Eden & Briana: And then bit the matron. who tried helping her and lunged toward other children that were present. huh Officials noted her habit of catching children of her age.
Eden & Briana: and stuffing. buttons or beans in their ears and nose. Okay. She also showed a strange attraction to burnt matchsticks.
Eden & Briana: And she wanted to collect them. like really badly. She would like... eagerly. collect them that's weird Yeah. Okay.
Eden & Briana: Local. authorities, and the medical community in Troy. and even surrounding areas were completely baffled at Retta. They faced a problem.
Eden & Briana: Retta was too young for the Syracuse.
Eden & Briana: Sarah Chris? Yeah. institution for feeble -minded children who wouldn't accept children under the age of seven. oh boy The only option was to return Retta home to her parents. Oh no. However... Reports indicate that she already terrorized her neighborhood children.
Eden & Briana: and that her parents would most likely be unable to keep her safe.
Eden & Briana: As you can imagine, her story was wildly spread. via newspaper. because that was the only Only form of communication. Yes.
Eden & Briana: the world. of New York. Which is a... newspaper.
Eden & Briana: Publication. Yes. of October 24th. fifth 1897 ran a lengthy article with a headline
Eden & Briana: Da. Quote, Child, Jackal, and Hyde. unquote. Oh my. The killing of the baby brother, the railroad track incident.
Eden & Briana: physical attacks and the stuffing of objects into other children's noses and ears. The Marine Journal. In California... even wrote a similar version in early 1898.
Eden & Briana: So her story got spread. All the way to... California. The opposite side of the freaking United States. Yes. So obviously in the late...
Eden & Briana: 19th century, the understandings of childhood mental illnesses was pretty basic. Right. Um, Retta's behavior later would be recognized as severe behavioral disorders, possible neural neurological conditions.
Eden & Briana: or even trauma related issues. um There has been no... reliable public records that have surfaced about Retta's later life, treatment, or her death.
Eden & Briana: um Meaning? The historical record basically ends with the newspapers. coverage in 1897 through 1898.
Eden & Briana: Wow. My sources. Okay. Word. this case. Read it? cdnc .ucr .edu Unknown misandry?
Eden & Briana: Ms. Andri? dot blogspot .com x in youtube Oh my gosh.
Eden & Briana: Yeah. All right.
Eden & Briana: So it just, it... it it it It just comes to show that like... mental illness has been around for centuries.
Eden & Briana: Yeah, but damn Four? It just makes me wonder what in the hell. like If she was... What kind of home did she live? I mean, it doesn't really elaborate on any of that. It just, there's gotta be more.
Eden & Briana: somewhere. is we'll never know I know It's crazy. Thanks for leaving me hanging like that. i was I was a little upset too, I'm not going to lie. but I liked it. Crazy.
Eden & Briana: Yeah. It... What? What? Kind of baffles me. is The police officer. which is a grown human. has to put a four -year -old down can't hold on to a four -year -old.
Eden & Briana: But the way they say her physical abuse. Agility? abilities were. I... Will she turn into a raging superhuman freak?
Eden & Briana: She's scared. I mean, give me. Anybody should be able to bear hug a four -year -old and not get hurt. Yeah. Apparently not. that one. Apparently. it must have been a Slimy little... booger or something. I don't know.
Eden & Briana: That just leaves me with wanting so much more. Because you know there's got to be more to this story. We just don't know. Yeah. That leaves me wanting. I don't like it.
Eden & Briana: So. If you liked today's episode and you would be so kind to leave us a rate and a review. We would. Greatly appreciate it. Just do it.
Eden & Briana: um If you... Ugh. Oh my gosh. I raised such a little lady over here. It hurt. It sounded like it.
Eden & Briana: If you have questions, comments, concerns, case recommendations, or if you just want to jibber jabber, talk. talk the Talk the talk with us. By now, you should know. but You can email us at miners of mayhem at gmail .com.
Eden & Briana: You can look us up on Facebook. Make sure you hit that follow button. And that's all I got for you. Except we've... Don't take your kids to those freaking attractions where they sit on somebody.
Eden & Briana: Random's lap. Don't do it. We've had one close to home over this weekend oh that we might be covering. yeah Someday. Could be a possibility. That's only what 30 miles from you this took place 17 miles 17 miles Yeah.
Eden & Briana: It's not that far Apparently some kids had a beef with another kid. and or That's... Not. but We're not speculating. This is all rumors.
Eden & Briana: Yeah. Just because. there's not a whole lot of there's not information as of yesterday names are not released but even as of yesterday i don't think all of the family members were contacted yet yeah But that's close to home and it's just... yeah freaky and it involves juveniles and it's just Crazy, crazy, crazy. All right, beaches.
Eden & Briana: We love you. Goodbye. Bye.
