James Renner is mostly known for his true-crime journalism. As a reporter for Cleveland Scene, he uncovered new clues and suspects in the cold-case murder of...
Aug 8, 2022
In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Oakey "Al" Kite, Jr., who on the morning of May 24th, 2004, 53-year old Al Kite failed to show up for work. Later that day, investigators would search his house... and found the remains of Al in his own basement. He had been brutally...
Aug 1, 2022
In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. On January 21, 1959, Alfalfa and a friend went to the Mission Hills home of Moses “Bud” Stiltz, to collect a debt Alfalfa believed he was owed. A fight broke out, during which Stiltz shot and killed Alfalfa....
Jul 25, 2022
In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie interviews Ashley McCraw, daughter of Walter Vernon McCraw who was last seen by his parents on July 6, 2018 when they dropped him off at the Waffle House on 1808 E. Dixon Blvd. Shelby North Carolina.
An officer found Vernon sleeping in the grass with his leg in the...
Jul 18, 2022
In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale are pleased to have special guest James Renner on the show to discuss the murder of Lisa Pruett.
Jul 11, 2022
In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles, Donnie and Dale discuss the 1990 murder of Lisa Pruett. She was a popular 16-year-old Shaker Heights High School student who snuck out of her house one late September evening to go visit her boyfriend Dan Dreifort. She was found in the early morning hours stabbed to...