Episode 53 - Michael Swango AKA Dr. Death & The Express Samina Disaster
In this episode Erika is drinking a Quinton Estate Chardonnay and Amber is drinking her gross detox mango tea.
In this episode, the killing spree of Joseph Michael Swango also known as Dr. Death. He went by several aliases, but he was dubbed by the media as "Dr. Death". Dr. Death was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1954 but was raised in Quincy, Illinois by his parents. He graduated High School as a Valedictorian, and went on to join the Marine Corps, where he would be honorably discharged. Swango began his college career at Quincy University, where he would be given a prestigious award. Then to Southern Illinois University School of Medicine or SIU where his poisonous reign of terror would begin. His reign of horror would continue through to the 90’s.
Erika pulled her sources from:
www.murderpedia.org
www.thoughtco.com / Joseph Swango had a License to Kill
www.en.wikipedia.org
www.crimelibrary.com / Fresh Start, Same Symptoms / Joseph Geringer / Michael Swango: Doctor of Death / August 28, 2008
Then Amber covers the Express Samina disaster. On September 26, 2000, the ferry boat the Express Samina, departed from Athens, Greece heading to the island of Paros at 5:00 pm for the 5 hour ride. When the ferry was just 2 miles away from docking in Paros, it collided with a large rock causing the boat to begin to sink as the 540 people on board were forced to jump into the Aegean Sea. This is the story of 2 brace survivors, Heidi and Christine.
Amber pulled her sources:
Wikipedia
Greek Reporter. Com “Samina ferry disaster haunts Greece more than 20 years later” ByNick Kampouris
September 26, 2021
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