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Murder CoasterEpisode 101: The Killer Jerry Lee Lewis Part TwoWelcome back to Part Two of the Killer: Jerry Lee Lewis.
Jerry Lee Lewis was a scorching ball of fire, an unstoppable force of nature, dripping with musical talent, whose music is beloved around the world, but he was also an out-of-control sociopath, a liar and thief, an incestuous drug addled madman, a bigamist and absentee father, a tax cheat, a violent and cruel drunk and quite possibly a murderer. This, is his story.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 100: THE KILLER Jerry Lee Lewis Part OneJerry Lee Lewis was the original wild man of rock and roll, known as the Killer, and many people believe the Killer may have in fact have murdered his fifth wife. Some think he may have had something to do with his fourth wife’s mysterious death as well.
Today we bring you the most rock and roll story ever told, the crimes, mayhem, mad music and mysterious deaths involving the Killer: Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 99: Zack and AddieApprochez, mon sha, today the Murder Coaster will be taking a ride down south, to New Orleans, Louisiana, the city that care forgot, for a brutal and disturbing love story like no other, the tale of Zach and Addie.
Addie Hall and Zachary Bowen, wild French Quarter bartenders, found love in the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. And then the unthinkable happened.
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Murder CoasterBONUS: Interview with TONGUES OF DECEPTION author Harry ReedLadies and gentlemen, we are thrilled to have Harry H. Reed on the show to discuss his book TONGUES OF DECEPTION, the story of the 1933 human sacrifice of Lucinda Mills by her son John during a backwoods Pentecostal revival outside Tomahawk Kentucky.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 98: The Cult of Unknown TonguesBefore there was Jim Jones, before there was Charlie Manson, there was John Mills and the Cult of Unknown Tongues.
On February 8, 1933, after a ten-day long Pentecostal revival, John Mills sacrificed his own mother in a religious ceremony.
The craziest cult murder you never heard of! Complete with religious fanatics talking in tongues, handling live rattlesnakes and drinking poison!!
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and hear all about it!!
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Murder CoasterEpisode 97: The Clown, the Candyman and Delta ProjectToday we will be uncovering the horrible connections between John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown, and Dean Corll, the Candy Man, namely the Delta Project, a disturbing network that went by many names, including the Odyssey Foundation and The Hermes Organization.
The Delta Project, run by John David Noman and Phillip Paske, was like a diseased and wretched octopus reaching out its tentacles across the world, destroying lives, and what you are about to hear today will shock you to your core, so be prepared.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 96: John Wayne Gacy the Killer Clown Part TwoWelcome back to Part Two of our series on John Wayne Gacy, the killer clown. Today we discover the origins of Pogo the Clown and the horrifying rope trick.
Proceed with caution, listener discretion is advised.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 95: John Wayne Gacy the Killer Clown Part OneJohn Wayne Gacy, the killer clown, is one of the most infamous and terrifying of modern serial killers and supposedly the inspiration for Pennywise, the monster in Stephen King’s IT.
His horrifying crimes shocked the world, and today we bring you his story. Prepare yourselves for a dark journey into the savage mind of a text-book sexual psychopathic who showed no remorse for the 33 young men he tortured and strangled to death.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 94: The Candy Man Dean CorllPrepare yourselves for a descent into darkness as we cover one of the very first modern serial killers: the Candy Man, Dean Corll.
A sadist and sexual psychopath who lurked in the shadows of Houston Texas for years, abducting, torturing and killing, the most prolific killer in the United States at that time. A case made even darker by the strange underground ties he had with other sociopaths and killers, including John Wayne Gacy, the infamous killer clown.
Discretion is advised.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 93: The Granny Ripper Tamara Samsonova and Other Tales of Russian MadnessBehold! Five bizarre tales of Russian madness, mayhem, butchery, murder and cannibalism. Yes, a five-ring circus of terror presented for your auditory pleasures!
Act One: the bizarre story of Viktor Jasinski and Olga Zajac. A tale too wild to be true? We’ll let you decide.
Act Two: the tale of cannibal husband and wife Dmitry and Natalia Baksheevy. Just whose head was that served for Christmas Dinner?
Act Three: the sad and disturbing tale of Anatoly Moskvin the Russian Doll maker.
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Murder CoasterBONUS: The Pill Mill Killer an Interview with Author Philip EilWe are thrilled to have award-winning journalist Philip Eil on the show today to discuss his debut true crime book Prescription for Pain, the story of the Pill Mill Killer Paul Volkman.
Responsible for up to 34 deaths according to the DEA, this remorseless doctor, both an MD and PhD, was blinded by greed and in 2004 was the biggest purchaser and prescriber of Oxycodone in the nation, in the end he prescribed over 3 million pills, and ended up receiving four life sentences in prison.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 92: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King Part TwoWelcome back to part two of the story of James Earl Ray and the assassination of Martin Luther King.
When we left you last, the intersection of these two men, one filled with hate and anger, the other with hope and love, came to be, in Memphis Tennessee.
And it is here in Memphis that we continue.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 91: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King Part OneThe assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King in 1968 was one of the greatest of American tragedies, a truly horrific moment in time when a man of nonviolence and love, a man who’d fundamentally changed the world for the better, was gunned down before his 40th birthday.
Today we tell the tale of his killer, James Earl Ray, a sad and pathetic excuse of a man, as mysterious as he was confoundingly odd and sociopathic, his very motive up for debate and swollen with conspiracy theories, some of which have yet to be dis...2025-02-191h 39
Murder CoasterEpisode 90: Melinda Loveless and the Horrible Murder of Shanda SharerHappy Valentine's Day, ladies and gentlemen!
To celebrate we bring you one of the most disturbing and bizarre love stories in the history of true crime, a case exceptional because of both the sheer inhumanity, and the very, very young ages, of everyone involved in this horrendous and horrible love triangle.
It’s a tale Shakesperean in many ways, the young star-crossed lovers of Romeo and Juliet, followed by the blinding jealousy of Othello, and the bloodthirstiness of Tamora in Titus Andronicus, yet it’s a tale callously nineteen-nineties as well, indica...2025-02-121h 43
Murder CoasterEpisode 89: The Happy Face Killer Part TwoPart Two of the Happy Face Killer.
Today we see long-haul truck driver Keith Jesperson evolve into a full-blown serial killer, his murders rising in brutality and horror until he spins completely out of control.
Brace yourself for a savage tale, listener discretion advised.
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Murder CoasterBONUS: An Interview with HAPPY FACE A FAMILY OF MONSTERS author Nicole D. PhoenixWe are delighted to have author Nicole D. Phoenix on the show to discuss the chilling and disturbing books she wrote with the Happy Face Killer Keith Jesperson: HAPPY FACE: A Family of Monsters.
HAPPY FACE: A Family of Monsters is out now and available everywhere fine books are sold, including:
Amazon: Happy Face: A Family of Monsters (Straight from a Serial Killer): Phoenix, Nicole D., Jesperson, Keith H, Lestrange, Marie, Borowski, John: 9798894670232: Amazon.com: Books
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Murder CoasterEpisode 88: The Happy Face Killer: Keith Jesperson Part OneKeith Hunter Jesperson was a long-haul truck driver and serial killer who became known as the Happy Face Killer because of the graffiti he scrawled in bathroom stalls and the letters he wrote to the press in the early 1990s.
Join us as on a dark and sinister journey as we explore the life and times of this savage and terrifying monster.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 87: Isreal Keyes Part TwoWelcome back to Part Two of our series on Israel Keyes.
Today we cover his capture, the infamous FBI interviews, other potential crimes, his death and the mysterious clues he left behind.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 86: Israel Keyes Part OneThe FBI called Israel Keyes the most meticulous serial killer in American History.
Raised by survivalists deep in the forest, trained by the military, proficient with any number of weapons or tactical gear, he killed men, women, young, old, all chosen at random, most thousands of miles away from each other, using kill kits he’d buried years earlier full of guns, money, garrotes, ropes and zip ties, sometimes bringing along a camping stove he’d use to torture his victims.
Hear the bizarre and disturbing origin story of this terrifying monste...2025-01-151h 22
Murder CoasterEpisode 85: Edgar Allan Poe Part 4Welcome back to our fourth and final episode on the tragic life and mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.
Today we plunge into the downward spiral of the poet’s mysterious death, exploring the many theories, dismissing those we can, and offering our own, never heard before explanation as well.
Thank you so much for taking this journey with us, we hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed producing it.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 84: Edgar Allan Poe Part 3Welcome back to Part 3 of the Tragic Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.
Today we continue with Edgar living in Philadelphia with Virginia, his teenage cousin wife, and his Aunt Maria, during his most prolific time, when he became obsessed with true crime and began writing the world's first detective stories, Edgar becoming obsessed with the real-life murder of the Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rodgers.
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Murder CoasterBONUS: Beneath the Poet's House an interview with cohost Christa Carmen about her new novel.Cohost Christa Carmen tells us about her newest novel and the brief and forlorn love affair between Edgar Allan Poe and poet Sarah Helen Whitman.
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Beneath the Poet’s House: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller: 9781662513275: Carmen, Christa: Books
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Murder CoasterHOLIDAY BONUS: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan PoeMerry Christmas everyone, please enjoy our rendition of THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 83: Edgar Allan Poe Part 2Welcome back to Part 2 of the Tragic Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, picking up right where we left off, with a wild and wily young Eddie entering West Point Military Academy where whacky hijinks would soon ensue.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 82: Edgar Allan Poe Part OneDearest listeners, we welcome you on our journey through the tragic life and mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.
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Murder CoasterBONUS: The Raven and The Tell-Tale HeartMurder Coaster presents: THE RAVEN and THE TELL TALE HEART
Greetings dear listeners, we’re taking the week off, but didn’t want to leave you without some content for your listening pleasure.
So, in honor of Christa’s new novel Beneath the Poet’s House which is releasing on Tuesday and involves the story of Edgar Allan Poe, we have decided to give you a reading of some of Poe’s most iconic works. Enjoy!
Beneath the Poet’s House: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller: 978...2024-12-0426 min
Murder CoasterEpisode 81: Grant Amato and Ady SweetSex, lies and family annihilation.
Grant Amato would do anything to continue his relationship with cam girl Ady Sweet. Anything. Including the cold-blooded murder of his entire family
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Murder CoasterEpisode 80: The Pappas Brothers and the Tragic Death of Lynette PhillipsBrothers Tas and Ben Pappas skyrocketed to the top of the skateboard world, ranked number one and two in the world, and embarked on a rockstar lifestyle of hard drugs, fast living and bitter feuds before plummeting to the bottom in a pit of addiction and murder.
Hear the whole wild, wild story this week on Murder Coaster!
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Murder CoasterEpisode 79: The Killing of Jesus Jeff and the Fall of the Emerald TriangleIn November of 2016 a group of workers on a pot farm in California’s infamous Emerald Triangle were plotting the murder of their boss Jeff Settler, also known as Jesus Jeff.
At the same exact time Proposition 64 was being passed by voters, legalizing marijuana for recreational use, and the outlaw culture of hippie cannabis farmers would never be the same.
Join us as we take a ride into the Emerald Triangle of Northern California with a tale of pot growing hippies gone terribly, terribly astray, leading to a horrible and shocking murd...2024-11-131h 11
Murder CoasterEpisode 78: Hunter S. Thompson and Lisl AumanWhat happens when a dead head hippie accidentally ends up in a stolen car full of guns driven by a Nazi skinhead and is then framed for the murder of a cop?
Legendary Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson steps in, of course, taking on the Denver Police Department and the State of Colorado in his last great crusade.
Hear all about it this week on Murder Coaster!
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Murder CoasterEpisode 77: Rod Ferrell and his Kentucky Teenage Vampire CultHappy Halloween and a Merry Samhain! It’s the pinnacle of Vampire October and today we bring you an incredibly creepy and sad tale of generation X. The story of lost teenagers searching for anything that would give life their lives meaning and purpose, who found vampires and murder.
This is the story of Roderick Justin Ferrell and his cult of Kentucky teenage vampires.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 76: John Crutchley the Vampire RapistIt’s vampire October and this week’s blood-sucking ghoul is one of the most terrifying killers you’ve ever heard of, a highly-intelligent, sexually-motivated monster with the genius level IQ of 168 who used syringes and surgical tubing to drain his victims of their blood, and used stealth and cunning to deceive law enforcement for decades before his shocking and scandalous down fall.
Strap in, for today we tell you the tale of the horrible and dreaded vampire rapist John Brenan Crutchley.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 75: Richard Chase the Sacramento VampireWelcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to Vampire October!
Today we explore the disturbing life and crimes of one of the most infamous real-life vampires, Richard Trenton Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento, uncovering the dark psychology behind his gruesome murders, his descent into madness, and the horrifying events that shocked the world.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 74: Peter Kurten the Vampire of DusseldorfThe most disturbingly horrifying and frightening tale you have ever heard, today we bring you the story of Peter Kürten: the Vampire of Düsseldorf.
It’s Vampire October and as Halloween approaches, we will be bringing you true tales of blood-drinking ghouls all month long.
Peter Kurten set the standard for what we know today as sexually-motivated serial killers, and his cruelty knew no bounds. He murdered with scissors, knives, hatchets, chisels and his own bare hands, attacking, women, men, children and animals in fits of literal vampiric blood lust.2024-10-091h 19
Murder CoasterBONUS: A History of the Vampire FilmWelcome, ladies and gentlemen to Vampire October!
All month long we will be bringing you tales of ghoulish blood drinking fiends, and to kick it off, we’re bringing you a bonus episode on the history of the vampire film!
And we are pleased to be joined today by long time friend of the show, Mark Conway from the Horror Movies and Shit podcast.
We’re going to start with the very first vampire film and go on right up to the very last, exploring the mythos, its eff...2024-10-032h 09
Murder CoasterEpisode 73: Elizabeth Bathory RevisitedThe legend of Countess Elizabeth Bathory has inspired countless horror movies and heavy metal bands. This enigmatic woman has come to be seen by modern culture as a vampiric monster obsessed with youth and beauty who bathed in the blood of virgin servant girls as a means of staying young.
Yet there is no historical record of this and these bizarre accusations came a hundred years after her death.
History does show us a cruel and sadistic widow who ruled her empire with an iron fist and delighted in the torture of her servants, yet...2024-09-181h 14
Murder CoasterEpisode 72: The Horrific Slaying of Elyse PahlerToday we cover the horrific slaying of Elyse Pahler, a beautiful girl sacrificed to the devil by the teenage death-metal band Hatred.
Strap in, ladies and gentlemen, and prepare for horrifying tale of heavy metal, devil worship, teenage angst run wild, and Satanic Sacrifice in Southern California.
It’s a post-modern mirror maze of Satanic Panic where life imitates art imitates life in a horrendous murder inspired by the movie THE RIVER’S EDGE that would go on to inspire the movie JENNIFER’S BODY.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 71: The Exorcism of Michael TaylorToday we cover the possession and exorcism of murderer Michael Taylor who was a devoted family man and mild-mannered, working-class Englishman before encountering a strange cult-like sect of the Anglican Church.
An utterly bizarre story of strange religious beliefs culminating in a murder so vicious and gory it left seasoned investigators vomiting and shaken to their core. Was it the demons of insanity, violence and murder that caused the horrible killing?
And we get into the tale of Derry Mainwaring Knight, the Satanic Swindler, who ran a scam ridding the world of...2024-09-041h 16
Murder CoasterEpisode 70: The Two Dr GilmersWhen Doctor Benjamin Gilmer started work at the Cane Creek Family Health Center he knew the previous doctor, Vincent Gilmer, had murdered his father, but he just thought it was an odd coincidence that they both shared the last name, something that folks would soon forget about.
Little did he know that he would soon find himself descending into a bizarre rabbit hole, one that began with fear, paranoia, and terror, then became a mission of hope and redemption.
Ladies and gentlemen, today we bring you an utterly bizarre and heart-wrenching ta...2024-08-281h 22
Murder CoasterBONUS: Murder Capital of the World author Emerson MurrayWe are thrilled to have Emerson Murray author of MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD: The Santa Cruz Community Looks Back at the John Linley Frazier, Herbert Mullin, and Edmund Kemper Murder Sprees of the Early 1970s on the show with us today!
MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD is a modern classic in true crime featuring unparalleled research into the history of Santa Cruz, California and the horrible murders committed by Edmund Kemper, John Frazier and Herbert Mullin, written by a Santa Cruz native.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 69: David Carpenter the Trailside KillerThe Trailside Killer. Welcome back to the finale of our series on Santa Cruz, California, Murder Capital of the World. Today we enter a new decade, the 1980s, as we cover a new killer stalking the redwood forests and beaches, David Joseph Carpenter.
David Carpenter held Northern California in a grip of fear, murdering and raping hikers exploring the forests, becoming known as the Trailside Killer.
Keep your hands and feet inside the ride as the Murder Coaster plunges back into Santa Cruz, California yet again with another terrifying tale of ca...2024-08-211h 32
Murder CoasterSIDESHOW ACT: Karen Greenlee the Sacramento NecrophiliacKaren Greenlee was an unapologetic necrophiliac who confessed to having sex with the bodies of up to forty dead young men, some at the funeral home where she worked, others in mortuaries she broke into at night.
On December 17, 1979 ,Karen became infamous after stealing a hearse and absconding with the corpse inside to feed her dark, sexual desires.
Hear the whole crazy story right here in the Murder Coaster sideshow tent!
And today Matthew is joined by long-time friend of the show Malformed Malcontent, as Christa is on...2024-08-1425 min
Murder CoasterEpisode 68: Edmund Kemper Part 2Welcome back to Part 2 of Edmund Kemper in our own going series on Santa Cruz California, Murder Capital of the World.
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Ed Kemper: Conversations with a Killer: The Shocking True Story of the Coed Killer by Dary Ma...2024-08-071h 20
Murder CoasterEpisode 67: Edmund Kemper Part OneToday we cover the big bad daddy of the Santa Cruz killers, and when we say big, we mean most literally, for he was a six-foot-nine, 285-pound giant of a man, but with the heart of a sad and lonely little boy, we are of course talking about Big Ed Kemper!
Edmund Kemper would be one of the first to define the modern serial killer, being studied by the FBI’s Robert Ressler who would later coin the actual term serial killer after extensive interviews with Ed, a necrophile and cannibal who killed with guns, kni...2024-07-311h 16
Murder CoasterEpisode 66: Herbert MullinWelcome back to Santa Cruz, California, Murder Capital of the world.
Today we delve into the life and crimes of serial killer Herbert Mullin, a deeply disturbed man who roamed the redwoods and beaches of Santa Cruz with voices in his head telling him he must kill in order to save California from an imminent earthquake, leaving thirteen corpses in his horrible wake.
Yes, step right, step right up, ladies and gentlemen and behold the gruesome and horrible tale of Herbert William Mullin!
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Murder CoasterEpisode 65: John Linley Frazier The Killer ProphetIn the early nineteen seventies the sleepy college town of Santa Cruz, California, previously famous for surfing and a boardwalk, was plunged into chaos when a mass killer and two separate serial killers began leaving corpses and body parts strewn throughout the beaches and redwoods, earning the town the monicker of The Murder Capital of the World.
Today we take a look at mass murderer John Linley Frazier, how psychosis and drugs abuse led a wannabe hippie on a crusade to save the earth to annihilate the family of an esteemed eye surgeon.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 64: The Interrogation of Jeffrey DahmerOn the night of his arrest Jeffrey Dahmer gave a rambling fourteen-hour confession, which we have turned into an audio dramatization, using both the actual interrogation transcripts as well as the memoir of Patrick Kennedy, the homicide detective who conducted the interview.
The Interrogation of Jeffrey Dahmer: A Play Told in Four Acts.
Starring:
Christa Carmen as Jeffrey Dahmer
Matthew Brockmeyer as Homicide Detective Patrick Kennedy
Bill Selby from the Crimes Killers Cults and Beer podcast as Homicide Detective Mike Dubis and Lieutenant Dav...2024-07-101h 04
Murder CoasterBONUS: The Incorruptibles An Interview with Author Dan SlaterWe are delighted to welcome author and journalist Dan Slatter, who is here to discuss his new book, The Incorruptibles.
This riveting work takes a deep dive into the Jewish criminal underworld of New York City in the 1910s, a realm teeming with gambling dens, prostitution, pickpockets, loan sharks, King Pimps and the Queen of Fences. It exposes a world of coke fiends, junkies, horse poisoners, the Yiddish Black Hand, and the seedy allure of sex, drugs, and ragtime music.
Amidst this vice and corruption, The Incorruptibles also highlights the brave me...2024-07-031h 11
Murder CoasterEpisode 63: Pee Wee Gaskins Part 2 The Final TruthEXTREME CONTENT WARNING!! We’re not kidding around here, folks, it gets extremely disturbing as we delve into the book FINAL TRUTH: The Autobiography of Mass Murderer/Serial Killer Donald 'Pee Wee' Gaskins, one of the most brutal and disgusting books ever put into print.
We will meticulously compare this book to both court records as well as the stories Pee Wee told to Professor James Beaty, sifting through the falsehoods and tall tales, seeking out nuggets of truth wherever we can.
Prepare yourself for a voyage into one of the most...2024-06-261h 16
Murder CoasterEpisode 62: Pee Wee Gaskins Part OnePEE WEE GASKINS, a name infamous in the annals of true crime.
He was called the meanest man in America, and the redneck Charles Manson. He drove a hearse and had his own graveyard where he’d dispose of victims, victims he’d poisoned, shot, stabbed, strangled, drowned bludgeoned, even using explosives to blow a man’s head off in the most unlikely of places. He killed men, he killed women, he even killed children, including a two-year-old infant.
At the end of his life he’d claim to be a sex crazed...2024-06-191h 02
Murder CoasterEpisode 61: Samuel Little Part 2In part two of our series on Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in American history, we detail how he was captured and brought to justice, then examine the wild story of his confessions, which includes a cast of larger-than-life characters like something out of a thriller novel.
First there’s LAPD detective Mitzy Roberts, a Southern California surfer girl turned crime fighter.
Then there’s writer and journalist Jillian Lauren who went from exotic dancer and escort to serial killer whisperer, using her charm, wit and intelligence to get Samuel...2024-06-1258 min
Murder CoasterBONUS: BEHOLD THE MONSTER An Interview with author Jillian LaurenToday we are thrilled to have author, journalist and true crime legend Jillian Lauren with us.
For over two years Jillian Lauren interviewed murderer Samuel Little, developing a deep relationship with him, through which she was not only able to solve cold homicide cases, but also revealed Little to be the most prolific serial killer in American History, the FBI themselves now confirming over sixty murders.
For decades this monster, that Jillian bravely confronted, roamed the country, from coast to coast, seeking out marginalized women and strangling them to death, many of...2024-06-051h 06
Murder CoasterEpisode 60: Samuel Little the Most Prolific Serial Killer in American HistoryAmong all the notorious serial killers who dominated headlines in the 1970s and 1980s, none were as prolific and cunning as Samuel Little, infamously known as the "Choke and Stroke Killer.”
Similar to Joseph DeAngelo, the notorious Golden State Killer, Little continued his reign of terror well into old age, evading capture until the 2010s when advancements in DNA technology finally led to his apprehension.
However, unlike Joseph DeAngelo, Samuel Little's criminal activities were not entirely clandestine. He had been suspected and even arrested for numerous sexual assaults and murders over the years. The...2024-05-291h 04
Murder CoasterEpisode 59: Jason Moss the Teenage Serial Killer WhispererJason Moss was obsessed with serial killers as a teenager, and wrote letters to John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, Charlie Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer and Henry Lee Lucas, trying to deceive them into telling him their darkest secrets.
These interactions led him to incredibly dark places, both physically and mentally.
Physically, he found himself in the visiting room of death row with John Wayne Gacy, who abused and threatened to sexually assault the teenager.
Mentally he began to have horrible nightmares and suffer severe bouts of depression. After wri...2024-05-221h 35
Murder CoasterEpisode 58: The Death Cult of Antares de la LuzToday we unravel the harrowing tale of Antares de la Luz and his twisted cult of sex, death and drugs.
The fervent, hippie disciples of Antares de la Luz believed him to be a divine amalgamation of Buddha, Jesus, and Krishna, heralding the impending apocalypse, and when Antares decreed a human sacrifice to thwart evil's advance, his followers willingly offered up an innocent newborn child to be murdered.
A narrative so surreal and gut-wrenching it defies belief, yet it stands as a stark reality. Join us as we confront the unthinkable on...2024-05-151h 07
Murder CoasterBONUS: Howls from the Scene of The CrimeA discussion on the intersection of crime and horror with the editor and authors of the book HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME A Crime Horror Anthology.
Christa and Matthew are joined by editor Jessica Peter, as well as authors Joseph Andre Thomas and Gwendlyn Kiste for a lively take on the nuances, similarities and differences of the horror and crime genres and the many ways the converge in this exciting new collection of stories.
HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME:
Universal preorder: https://books2read.com/u/mK2...2024-05-121h 06
Murder CoasterEpisode 57: Leonard Lake and Charles Ng Part 2Welcome back to Part 2 of our deep dive into the life and crimes of the infamous Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, two of the most terrifying serial killers in the history of true crime. Listener discretion is advised.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 56: Leonard Lake and Charles NgLeonard Lake and Charles Ng are two of the most infamous and horrible names in all of true crime, the first to document their horrific deeds on video tape. The savagery and inhumanity of these two ex-Marines is soul shattering and evil beyond belief.
Today we document the life of Leonard Lake: his childhood in San Francisco, his time in Vietnam, his exploits as a hippie and pot grower on a commune in the redwoods of Mendocino County, how he used a unicorn goat at a Renaissance Festival to seduce a woman named Cricket, who’d b...2024-05-011h 18
Murder CoasterEpisode 55: The Papin Sisters and Other ActsStep right up, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our three-act sideshow tent! Come and hear three acts of true-crime carnage and terror, yes, three tales of murder and mayhem!
Hear the story that shocked France: the Papin Sisters, servant girls who brutally murdered and sexually mutilated their mistresses. Was it psychosis or class struggle? You be the judge!
Hear the tale of an evil clown, and the death of the clown king!
And, as our pièce de résistance, we present the elusive Satan Rock that Ed an...2024-04-2459 min
Murder CoasterEpisode 54: Wayne Adam Ford a Killer in the RedwoodsA KILLER IN THE REDWOODS.
On Monday, November 2, 1998 Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Eureka Sherriff’s Department in Humboldt County, California saying he didn’t want to hurt people anymore. In his pocket was a woman’s severed breast.
For years the community had lived in terror as body parts were found in waterways and beaches, and, working as a long haul truck driver, Wayne had left a string of victims across the state, just how many we’ll never know.
Join us as we delve into the li...2024-04-171h 19
Murder CoasterEpisode 48: The Many Tentacled Enigma of Karla Homolka Part 2Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Part Two of the Many Tentacled Enigma of Karla Homolka!
Like last week, today Matthew is joined by the lovely Cassandra, aka Malformed Malcontent, Christa will be back with us next week.
As we examine the complicity of Karla Homolka in the notorious Ken and Barbie abductions, murders and rapes, we’ve studied her ancestry and childhood, catching glimpses of the monster that she’d become sprout from a strange Barbie-obsessed child who was a compulsive liar with a morbid cruel streak, to a gifted stud...2024-03-061h 28
Murder CoasterEpisode 47: The Many Tentacled Enigma of Karla Homolka Part OneIt’s a doozy today as we cover Ken and Barbie killer Karla Homolka!
Cohost Christa is on vacation, so the lovely Cassandra, aka Malformed Malcontent, stepped in to join Matthew in this truly gruesome and disturbing episode.
Karla Homolka has been described as a diagnostic mystery and to this day we still have no definitive answers on how complicit she was in the horrible and sadistic crimes in which she was involved with her husband Paul Bernardo.
Today we begin a two-part deep dive into the li...2024-02-281h 30
Murder CoasterBONUS: An Interview with Author Christa CarmenHappy release day to THE DAUGHTERS OF BLOCK ISLAND and congratulations to cohost Christa Carmen!!
Christa tells us all about her love of Gothic horror and her new book THE DAUGHTERS OF BLOCK ISLAND.
It is a book filled with mystery, murder, intrigue, ghosts, red herrings, twists and turns, an underground labyrinth of dungeons and tunnels, and a haunted mansion, everything a Murder Coaster listener would want in a spooky and Gothic tale of crime and deception.
It’s already being lavished with praise.
Book List calls it...2023-12-0123 min
Murder CoasterBONUS: STARKWEATHER An Interview with Award-Winning Author Harry N MacLeanNew York Times bestselling, Edgar Award winning author Harry N MacLean joins us to discuss his new true crime book STARKWEATHER: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America.
In late 1957 and early 1958 nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather went on a spree of crime and murder through the American heartland, much of it accompanied by his fourteen-year-old girl friend Caril Ann Fugate, that would leave eleven dead, including Caril’s own parents and toddler sister.
The crimes sent shock waves throughout the world and became a cultural phenomenon, inspiring numerous films and songs, including Natural Bo...2023-11-131h 05
Murder CoasterEpisode 31: FANG and the tragic death of Dixie Lee CarneyPUNK ROCK. It was a battle cry for alienated and disaffected youth around the world. Outsider kids who wanted to go wild in a cruel world where they saw no future. The rejected, the misfits, banding together and causing chaos. And in many ways, no band reflected the anarchistic spirit of the hardcore punk movement better than Fang, from Berkley California.
Fang would become infamous for their hedonism and drug-fueled debauchery while writing legendary that songs would go on to be covered by Nirvana, Metallica, Green Day, Mud Honey and the Butthole Surfers, among many...2023-11-0858 min
Murder CoasterEpisode 30: The Black DahliaThe Black Dahlia. Just the name itself evokes mystery and intrigue, conjuring images of a raven-haired and gothic beauty tragically slain at the zenith of her youth, of a gritty 1940s Los Angeles straight from a hard-boiled True Detective magazine, revealing the dark underbelly of old-school Hollywood.
Indeed, the Black Dahlia murder is one of the most enduring murder mysteries in the history of true crime, and one of the most gruesome as well. The savage killing of beautiful and enigmatic Elizabeth Short in 1947 sent shockwaves through Los Angeles and beyond, leaving a trail of unanswered questions...2023-11-011h 16
Murder CoasterHALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Wendigo Crimes, Trials and MurdersThe Wendigo. Today we will examine the origins of the mythological beast, and explore three cases of supposed Wendigo possession that ended in madness, murder and cannibalism.
Swift Runner was a Cree Native American in Saskatchewan who is said to have succumbed to the Wendigo spirit and butchered and ate his entire family during the harsh winter of 1878. He would become the first person legally executed in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
The Suker were the last indigenous peoples in North America to still be living by their own laws and customs...2023-10-3138 min
Murder CoasterEpisode 29: True Crime Werewolf MadnessWhat does Hitler, Russia’s most prolific serial killer, and a Florida frat-boy cannibal have in common? They’re all werewolves!!!
Hitler was obsessed with wolves and werewolves. The name Adolf literally means “noble wolf” and Hitler often called himself Father Wolf. He also deployed not one, but two Werewolf Battalions during the nightmare of World War II.
Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov is Russia’s most prolific serial killer. He was also a policeman, who used his badge to lure unsuspecting women into his police car. His acts of murder and sexual sadism wer...2023-10-251h 01
Murder CoasterBONUS: Horror Writers on WerewolvesHorror writers on werewolves! From huge, mainstream, bestselling authors, to underground indie writers of extreme horror and splatter punk, we have curated an amazing collection of horror authors to give us their take on what the werewolf means to them.
The authors featured on today's episode are:
Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Boogeyman and Gwendy’s Button Box, winner of two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild Awards, and the Horror Writers Association Board of Trustees award.
Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times be...2023-10-2340 min
Murder CoasterEpisode 28: Albert Fish the Werewolf of WysteriaAlbert Fish is one of the most terrifying and notorious figures in the history of true crime. A cannibal and child killer, he was both a sadist and a masochist whose sexual perversions knew no bounds.
Albert Fish was the original Boogeyman. For decades he roamed the country, a shadowy figure, abducting children and eating them. Not unlike the Slenderman of internet lore, he would appear and then mysteriously be gone, taking a child with him. Only Albert Fish was very, very real. When witnesses were asked to describe him, they would call him, simply, The Gray...2023-10-181h 14
Murder CoasterEpisode 27: Fritz Haarmann The Wolf Man of HanoverWorld War I caused astounding economic and social ramifications in Germany. Severe reparations led to an extreme economic crisis marked by hyperinflation, unemployment, and widespread poverty. The social fabric of Germany was torn apart, allowing a vast criminal underground to flourish. And one of these criminals was a werewolf, prowling the city of Hanover at night, ripping the throats out of his innocent victims with his bare teeth.
Today, ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the tale of Fritz Haarmann, the Wolf Man of Hanover. His acts of sexual depravity, coldblooded murder and cannibalism...2023-10-111h 02
Murder CoasterBONUS: The History of the Werewolf FilmMark and Jim from the Horror Movies and Shit podcast join us today as we cover the long history of the werewolf in cinema!
Unlike vampires, which entered the realm of cinema with an established mythology, the modern werewolf is a creature almost entirely created by Hollywood. Today we’ll explore how film shaped and influenced our notions of lycanthropy.
Along the way, we’ll let you know which werewolf movies are the best, which are the worst, which ones you have to see and which one you can skip. So bring a pen and pape...2023-10-061h 41
Murder CoasterEpisode 26: Werewolf Crimes and TrialsIn humanity's oldest surviving work of literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh, the goddess of sex and violence transforms her lover into a wolf. This ancient narrative suggests that the concept of the werewolf has been intertwined with human culture since time immemorial.
Join us on a journey into the historical roots of the werewolf, which culminated in the infamous werewolf trials and executions during the Middle Ages. In France alone, an astonishing 30,000 individuals faced accusations of being werewolves, with thousands meeting gruesome fates, either burned alive at the stake or subjected to hanging.
This dark...2023-10-041h 00
Murder CoasterEpisode 25: The Cabin 28 MassacreOn April 11, 1981, a chilling and unsolved multiple murder unfolded in Cabin 28 in the little town of Keddie, California, nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Three victims were found: Sue Sharp, her son John Sharp, and John’s best friend Dana Wingate. They were brutally slain, having been bound, beaten with a hammer and stabbed.
Sheila Sharp, Sue's 12-year-old daughter, was missing. Three years later a skull would be found nearly a hundred miles away, and after a mysterious 911 call, it would be identified as Shelia's.
Despite extensive investigations, th...2023-09-271h 04
Murder CoasterBONUS: Richard Chizmar talks about his new book BECOMING THE BOOGEYMANRichard Chizmar joins the show to discuss his new book Becoming the Boogeyman a blending of true crime and horror fiction..
Richard is not only a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Amazon and Publishers weekly bestselling author, screenwriter and extremely prolific short story writer, he is also the founder of Cemetery Dance Magazine and the Cemetery Dance book imprint, and has won two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild Awards, and the Horror Writers Association Board of Trustees award, and we are truly honored to have him with us.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 24: The Wineville Chicken Coop MurdersThe Wineville Chicken Coop murders stand as some of the most horrifying and unsettling chapters in the annals of true crime, marked by a plot twist so bizarre it defies belief.
Today, we delve into these gruesome crimes through a four-act narrative we've titled "A Tale of Two Mothers."
Sarah Louise Northcott's love for her son, Gordon, knew no bounds. Gordon was a charismatic, intelligent, and gifted young man, a classically trained concert pianist, whom she indulged with luxury cars, tailored suits, and lavish grooming. Yet, Sarah's boundless affection allowed her to turn a blind...2023-09-201h 08
Murder CoasterEpisode 23: Leslie Van Houten Part 2The Leslie Van Houten Story Part 2: Marauders in the desert, the way of the coyote, arrest, trial, rehabilitation and release.
Leslie has gone from flower-power, love-child hippie to marauding, violent outlaw running wild in the desert of Death Valley under the command of the Infinite Soul Charlie Manson.
Then it all comes crashing down. The Family is busted and crazy Sexy Sadie is telling anyone who will listen about their bizarre beliefs, lifestyle, and crimes, including the murder of Sharon Tate.
The trial is a circus and...2023-09-131h 27
Murder CoasterEpisode 22: Leslie Van Houten Part 1From Homecoming Queen to Acid Orgies: The Leslie Van Houten Story Part 1
After 53 years in prison, former Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten is now a free woman. This is her story.
Leslie sang in the choir as a little girl and lived to dance, sliding across the wooden floors of the Harmony Ballroom in Anaheim to the surf rock sounds of Dick Dale.
As a teenager she heard the hippie call to turn on, tune in, and drop out, so she did, wandering up to Haight Ashbury in San Fran...2023-09-061h 06
Murder CoasterEpisode 21: The Mall Passer Mike DeBardelebenThe craziest suspected serial killer you probably never heard of!
In 1982 Treasury Department agents were hot on the trail of a counterfeiter traveling across the country passing off fake twenties at shopping malls, earning him the monicker “The Mall Passer.”
Authorities would eventually apprehend Mike DeBardeleben, and the horrors they would uncover when they searched his many storage compartments was like something straight out of a horror movie.
Far from just a counterfeiter, DeBardeleben was a sadistic rapist, torturer and serial killer, who documented his crimes with photographs and tape recordings.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 20: The Kentucky Cannibal Levi Boone HelmGet ready for a rootin-tootin, true-crime good time, as we get into the life of notorious Wild West outlaw, gunslinger, and old-time serial killer Levi Boone Helm: The Kentucky Cannibal.
The American Frontier of the 1800s was a ruthless, brutal and lawless place where might made right and violence reigned, and no one epitomized this savagery better than Boone Helms.
Boone Helms’s reign of terror and bloodshed is the stuff of Wild West legend. In his murderous journeys across the American Frontier, from Missouri to San Francisco, from Oregon and Ut...2023-08-231h 05
Murder CoasterEpisode 19: Amusement Park Murder and TerrorEvery abandoned place is haunted, if not by the ghosts of the dead, then by the relics of the past. And no place appears more eerie and forlorn than the abandoned amusement park.
Today we will be covering two abandoned and haunted amusement parks.
First there's the Rocky Point Amusement Park in Rhode Island.
Most locals scoff at the supposed Gypsy curse that's said to be upon Rocky Point Amusement Park, but there can be no denying the strange events that have happened there, including suicide and murder most foul.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 18: The Dooms Day Cult of Lori Vallow DaybellWhat were the real beliefs of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell?
We get nitty-gritty and trace it back to an 1860 Mormon offshoot group called The Church of the Firstborn, a dooms-day cult that believed in reincarnation and started a war.
We also take a deep dive into the entire twisted tale of Lori Vallow, detailing the lives of both Lori and Chad, how they met and came to hold the bizarre beliefs that led to multiple murders, including the ritualist killing of Lori’s own daughter and adopted son.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 17: Freeway Killers Pt 3: Randy KraftRandy Kraft was one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, and also one of the most brutal, cruel and sadistic. It is believed he killed at least 67 young men and boys from 1971 to 1983, marking each victim down in code on a score card.
Join us for the third and final installment in our Freeway Killers series, where we have taken deep dives into the methodologies, histories and psychologies of Patrick Kearney, William Bonin and Randy Kraft, three men who became known as the Freeway Killer. Three men who were all killing the same victim...2023-08-021h 17
Murder CoasterEpisode 16: Freeway Killer Pt 2: William George BoninWilliam “Billy” Bonin would be described by prosecutors as, “the most arch evil person who has ever existed.”
A decorated Vietnam War hero, he was also a sexually sadistic serial killer who murdered over 21 young men and boys in a death van with an accomplice dressed as Darth Vader who performed magic tricks to subdue their victims. He would become the first person put to death by lethal injection in the state of California.
Join us for part two of our Freeway Killer series, where we compare and contrast the history, methodologies and psychology of the thre...2023-07-261h 15
Murder CoasterEpisode 15: Freeway Killers Pt 1: Patrick Wayne KearneyThere were upward of twenty serial killers at work in Southern California in the late seventies and early eighties, earning Los Angeles the title “Serial Killer Capital of the World.”
Three of these brutal killers were targeting young men and boys, leaving their bodies strewn over roadways, each of them becoming known as the Freeway Killer.
Over the next three episodes we will take deep looks at each of the Freeway Killers, comparing and contrasting their methodologies, backgrounds and psychological profiles in an attempt to further our understanding of what makes one a huma...2023-07-1955 min
Murder CoasterEpisode 14: Gypsy Rose BlanchardEveryone in the small community of Springfield, Missouri adored Dee Dee Blanchard and her disabled daughter Gypsy Rose. They were survivors of hurricane Katrina and had been through so much. Gypsy was quadriplegic, had been in a wheelchair most her short life, and suffered from a host of ailments, including leukemia, epilepsy, and muscular dystrophy, she was also severely mentally handicapped, but she braved all her struggles stoically, with a smile on her face.
Then in June 2015, after a series of incredibly disturbing Facebook posts, authorities went to their home to discover Dee Dee dead. She’d be...2023-07-121h 01
Murder CoasterEpisode 13 Elizabeth Bathory: Vampiric Blood Countess or Iron-fisted Matriarch?The legend of Countess Elizabeth Bathory has inspired countless horror movies and heavy metal bands. This enigmatic woman has come to be seen by modern culture as a vampiric monster obsessed with youth and beauty who bathed in the blood of virgin servant girls as a means of staying young.
Yet there is no historical record of this and these bizarre accusations came a hundred years after her death.
History does show us a cruel and sadistic widow who ruled her empire with an iron fist and delighted in the torture...2023-07-051h 09
Murder CoasterSeason Finale Bonus: The Truth Behind the Most Terrifying 911 Call Ever RecordedAs a season finale bonus we bring you the truth behind the Ruth Price 911 call!
Often cited as the most terrifying 911 call of all time, its origin and authenticity have been debated for decades. Is it real? Is it fake? We bring you the recently uncovered answer!
Stay tuned afterwards for exciting information about Season 2!!
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Murder CoasterEPISODE 12: The 1984 San Ysidro McDonald’s MassacreThe deadliest mass shooting in the history of California took place on July 18, 1984 in a McDonald's in San Ysidro..
In this episode we take you on a meticulously researched journey back to that fateful day, piecing together the events leading up to the massacre, the chilling details of the attack itself, and the aftermath that forever changed the lives of the survivors and the community.
The perpetrator, James Huberty, entered the restaurant armed with multiple firearms, including a long-barreled Uzi, a shotgun, and a handgun. Without warning, he began firing indiscriminately...2023-06-141h 13
Murder CoasterEpisode 11: Luka Magnotta Part 2: The Internet Strikes Back!All the grisly details of the crimes that shook the internet to the core, and how the internet struck back!
Join us for part two of our true crime deep dive into the bizarre life and crimes of murderer Luka Manotta, and see how even after being capture and put in prison, he continues his bizarre mirror maze of reality, morphing like a chameleon and distorting reality to fit whatever role he chooses.
And see how the apple doesn't fall far from the tree with the antics of his mother.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 10: Luka Magnotta Part 1, The Post-Modern Mirror Maze of the InternetPrepare to enter the dark and perplexing mirror maze of Luka Magnotta with the first of our two episode deep dive.
There is no greater modern freak show than the internet, and this is the realm where Luka Magnotta worked, using thousands of fake accounts to promote himself as a model, gay porn star, murderer and necrophile.
Magnotta's crimes and the subsequent media frenzy captured the attention of the world. We examine the cultural impact of the case, exploring how the digital age and the relentless pursuit of fame intertwine with...2023-05-3154 min
Murder CoasterEpisode 9: Snuff Film KillersThe snuff film. What is it, and is it real or just an urban legend? And what kind of person would get sexual gratification from watching one?
We'll explore these questions, as well as take a deep dive into two men whose obsession with snuff films led them to trying to make their own.
First there's Jamie Reynolds from Shropshire, UK, whose obsession with violent pornography and snuff films led him to murder his 17-year-old neighbor Georgia Williams, filming the entire thing.
Then we get into Danish inventor and...2023-05-241h 02
Murder CoasterEpisode 8: The Vampire King of Fresno and the Wesson Family MassacrePrepare yourselves for a brutal descent into madness and murder as we explore the life of Marcus Wesson, a man who attempted to create a pure vampire race by impregnating his own daughters and nieces, culminating in a family annihilation that left nine dead and experienced police officers shaken to the core and weeping like babies.
Today we cover . . . the Vampire King of Fresno and the Wesson Family Massacre.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 7: The Magic, Myth and Lore of the 1977 Oklahoma Girl Scout MurdersIn 1977 three Girl Scouts were dragged from their tent in the middle of the night and savagely beaten, raped, and murdered.
This is the story of two men, one a killer, the other a law man, one a fugitive, one a purveyor of justice, one good, one evil. But both these men will use ancient Native American magic and medicine to achieve their goals in the largest manhunt in the history of the South West.
A deep dive into a chilling crime, including a brief history of the Oklahoma Cherokee and...2023-05-101h 10
Murder CoasterEpisode 6: Narcissistic Scumbag of the CenturyOur most brutal episode yet!
Gerard John Schaefer was many things. He was a cop. He was a murderer and necrophile and friend of Ted Bundy. He was a sexual sadist and a writer, of sorts, and, as we'll see, he was also the narcissistic scumbag of the century.
Buckle up, this is one crazy ride!
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Murder CoasterEpisode 5: Three Modern Day VampiresIt's blood-sucking ghouls time!!
Today we compare and contrast the crimes and psychology of three modern-day vampires.
The bloody-thirsty delusions of murderer Richard Chase, the Sacramento Vampire.
The sadistic and sexual blood lust of John Crutchley, the Vampire Rapist.
And the saddest road trip ever of the murderous Rod Ferrell, the Kentucky Teenage Vampire.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 4: The Hobo and the Poodle KingWho killed Gerard Soules?
Gerard Soules was the youngest and greatest trapeze artist of all time and went on to become the Poodle King of Las Vegas with his world famous dog act.
But he was found dead with his throat slit and over forty stab wounds.
Who would kill such an amazing man? And did an innocent man spend over two decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit?
Join us to find out!!
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Murder CoasterEpisode 3: Pazuzu Suburban Demon of FilthPazuzu Algarad thought being filthy gave him magical powers and started his very own sex cult in his mom’s house, a literal house of horrors that would be deemed unfit for human occupation and razed to the ground. He also destroyed countless lives and left three murdered corpses in his wake.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 1: Circus Fever and Carny PowerWhat is the meaning of the word "freak" and how has it changed through the ages?
We'll explore that as well as give a short history of the sideshow, followed by the sad and murderous life of infamous freak show performer Gary Stiles Jr., aka, Lobster Boy.
Sarah's paper can be found right here: FREAK SHOW PSYCHOLOGY
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Murder CoasterEpisode 2: Charlie Manson Iron Cross and Eagle FeatherEverything you didn't know about Charlie Manson!
From his death and the legal battle over his corpse, to the strange saga of his cremated remains. Plus a look at the links between the Manson Family and the CIA's MkUltra mind-control program and even the Kennedy assassination!!
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