Welcome to this very special episode. Back when I started the podcast I did a pre-episode one -- Shenanigan Headlines, which aired on February 6th of this year - 2023. It was a lot of fun, and not Rochester NY based.

I figured it was about time to do a 2nd installment, where we look at some crazy crimes committed around the country -- only I like the title of What Were They Thinking Headlines much, much better.

I do hope that you like this episode and decide to comb through my growing library of true-crime podcasts.

In the spring of 1998, two 12 year old boys rode together on a dirt bike, one balanced standing on the rear tire pegs.

Just outside of Holley, New York, the boys took the bike off-road. They came upon a shallow stream filled with fish. Although they didn’t have fishing poles with them, they didn’t plan on letting that stop them from making a catch.

Unfortunately, during the foray of fun, they stumbled upon something else. They found under some brush, and in the water, a human skull -- and the skeletal remains of a person.

November 9, 1986

Saturday, November 9, 1986, Two unemployed men were arrested on charges they killed five people during a three-day spree of robberies and arson fires that terrorized two Rochester neighborhoods. They call it a 5 People killing spree.

Summer. 1990.

The Armored Motor Services of America truck was taking $11 Million Dollars in unmarked cash to the Federal Reserve Bank in Buffalo when its crew pulled over to buy coffee and donuts at a convenience store in the Rochester suburb of Henrietta.

The unsuspecting guards escorting the cash had no idea what was about to hit them . . . or did they?

In 2009, in the middle of the night, Roderick Scott woke to the sound of someone outside.

Three people were in his driveway, moving across the street, and then were trying the doors of vehicles in the driveway.

Roderick went back into his house, told his girlfriend to call 911, and grabbed his handgun.

No one could have predicted what would happen next.

Shots were fired.

Someone was dead . . .

Did Justice prevail in the town of Greece after something went bump in the night?

It’s mid-December in Rochester New York. Nicholas and Ewo are seniors at the University of Rochester. Their football season with the University of Rochester Yellowjackets has been over for several weeks.

The two are at the frat house playing beer bong. Ewo is texting with a girl who recently friended him on Facebook. She and her friend Leah want to meet up with the football players and have a good time.

Agreeing, Nicholas and Ewo climb into a car with the young women. Only their perceived expectations for a fun night are shattered when instead they find themselves in a reality worse than any horror movie ever made! 

For the next 40 hours -- the two university students want only one thing . . . to survive the nightmare!

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On Friday, March 12, 2021, two people snuck into the apartment of 53-year-old, Steven Carl Amenhauser. He sat in a chair inside his apartment.

They doused the man in a flammable liquid, and then they lit him on fire.

Four days later, Steven died from his injuries.

Who could have committed such an unspeakable, and heartless act? You might be surprised to find out the truth!

Timothy Wells was a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.). His wife, Christine Sevilla, was a former instructor at R.I.T., a photographer, author, and environmental activist. And then there is Riley, their black and white Springer spaniel.

They referred to themselves as The Pack. And to anyone on the outside looking in, it most likely appeared grand for those members of The Pack.

Until one morning, Timothy Wells knew it was time . . . in his mind, all he kept thinking was one thing. Over and over.

"This has got to end."