15. Ruth Eisemann-Schier & Gary Steven Krist, Part 2
This episode (also) has everything! Prison escape! Actual aliases! Love on a boat! More underground things! Drug running! Narcissism! There's so much going on here! In this second (longer) episode of our two-parter, we hear the origin stories of Ruth Eisemann-Schier and Gary Steven Krist, how they managed to pull off the wild kidnapping of Barbara Mackle, and what their lives were like afterward.
Sources:
83 Hours Till Dawn by Gene Miller and Barbara Mackle
Corrections 1: “Notorious Georgia kidnapper out of prison again” by Arielle Kass
United Press International: “Mackle kidnapper says he is now a ‘good guy.’” (from the archives, no byline)
ABC News: “Man Who Buried Girl Alive Becomes Doctor” (no byline)
Coastal Breeze News: “The Daring Kidnapping of Barbara Mackle” - 3 part series by Craig Woodward
TrueTV.com: “Gary Krist: The Einstein of Crime” by David Krajicek
Let’s Go to Court Podcast, Episode 127: “Patreon Bonus Episode: The Candyman & Buried Alive”
Our True Crime Podcast, Episode 35: “Buried Alive: The Kidnapping of Barbara Mackle”
The Darker Side of Life Podcast: “The Kidnapping of Barbara Mackle”
Krist v. State of Georgia
Murderpedia entry for Gary Steven Krist
Wikipedia
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