Evil Leo: The Crack in the Throne

Signs of Danger: A True Crime Astrology Podcast · Aug 17, 2026 · 37m

In 1976, a career diplomat with the U.S. State Department was passed over for promotion. On the way home, he stopped at a sporting goods store and bought a sledgehammer. That evening, he beat his wife, his mother, and his three sons to death. Then he loaded the bodies into the family station wagon, drove south, buried them in a shallow pit, poured gasoline over them, and lit a match. He left one member of the household alive: the golden retriever. The dog's name was Leo.

His name was William Bradford Bishop Jr. He has been a fugitive from justice for fifty years. The FBI placed him on its Ten…