The story of Rod Ferrell is one straight out of 1990s horror nostalgia. Occultist, cult leader, murderer, goth, and true, real-life vampire, Rod Ferrell
“Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield” is scheduled to air at 8 p.m.
The show features original trial footage from 1998 and interviews with people familiar with the case. One of those witnesses will be journalist Frank Stanfield, who has covered the case for decades, including Ferrell’s rehearing, for the Daily Commercial.
Ferrell and a small band of followers from Kentucky came to Florida to pick up cult member Heather Wendorf, 15, and head for New Orleans.
Heather left in a car with two cult members. Ferrell, 16, and Howard Scott Anderson, 16, snuck into the house in the 24000 block of Green Tree Lane in search of the keys to the family’s Ford Explorer.