Felony Friday - House of Horrors (Patreon)

Just after midnight on May 28th, 2015, deputies with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrived at a home on Bowden Circle East intending to serve and arrest 54-year-old Russell Tillis on an outstanding warrant and for violating a protection order from one of his neighbors. Over the three years that Russell had taken ownership of the home and property left to him by his mother, the mobile home slowly turned into a makeshift fortress - complete with high junk piles, intrusive surveillance cameras, and booby-traps throughout to stave off intruders. Neighbors also claimed to have regularly heard screams from women on multiple occasions coming from Tillis’ compound… his so-called ‘House of Horrors.’ But what really went on inside? Police were about to find out after a horrific jailhouse recording revealed the secrets…

Written by Ryan Williams, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway.

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Written/Audio Sources:

• Family, records give glimpse of Joni Gunter’s life
• Florida home owned by man who ‘killed woman’ pictured
• Former prostitute recounts Russell Tillis’ alleged House of Horrors
• Grisly confession describes ‘torture chamber’ inside accused killers home
• Woman’s body found under booby-trapped home
• Evidence gives look into property where body was found
• Joni Gunter Obit
• Tillis Jailhouse Confession Transcript
• Russell Tillis | Charged with Murder and Dismemberment | Police Interrogation
• Ex-prostitute recalls fleeing so-called torture chamber
• 2016 Jailhouse interview with Russell Tillis
• Russell Tillis Press Conference
• Russell Tillis competent to stand trial
• Notice of intent to seek death penalty
• Disturbing jailhouse confession becomes centerpiece of trial
• Grim evidence, jailhouse confession in Russell Tillis’ trial
• “He threatened to kill me”
• Former victims of Russell Willis testify Wednesday
• UNCUT: Russell Tillis testifies in his murder trial
• Jacksonville ‘House of Horrors’ convicted killer Russell Tillis sentenced to 2 consecutive life sentences
• Motion for New Trial

Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “There is Always a Plan” by Piper Ezz
• Closing Track: “Caelestis” by Caleb Etheridge

Music & Sound Effect Sources

All music and sound effects used with express permission under unlimited blanket license authority from Epidemic Sound ® and SoundStripe ®.  Individual sources are available via request at info@invisiblechoir.com