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Murder CoasterEpisode 127: Ed Gein the Butcher of Plainfield Part TwoWelcome back to part two of the story of Ed Gein the Mad Butcher of Plainfield. Last week we discussed the troubled relationship of Eddie’s parents George and Augusta, how his father died a drunken invalid, then the mysterious death of his brother, followed by the tragic death of his beloved mother Augusta, and how loneliness, grief and despair led him to begin exhuming bodies from their graves in search of a maternal presence. Buckle up, because today’s episode is going to be wild!   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hoste...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 126: Ed Gein the Butcher of Plainfield Part OneGet ready, today we bring you one of the darkest and creepiest big daddies of them all, the boogie man that has long haunted the American psyche, the butcher of Plainfield, the Wisconsin Ghoul: Ed Gein. Long a subject rumors, innuendos and outright lies, we bring you the facts about the little man from Wisconsin who’d go on to inspire countless books and films, including PSYCHO, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS among others.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 125: 764 the Cult of Bradley CadenheadThere are realms of the internet so disturbing they defy comprehension, places literally dedicated to evil, that wish to accelerate the demise of humanity, and most disturbingly, they are often run by bored teenagers. Places like 764, which was created by a fifteen-year-old, high-school drop-out named Bradley Chance Cadenhead, a network so vile and horrendous that the FBI said it was one of the most disturbing things they’d ever seen and the Department of Justice classified it as a terrorist network. And violent theistic groups like Order of Nine Angles, Temple ov Blood and the Sat...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 124: Ed and Lorraine Warren Part Three It's a Family AffairWelcome back to our third and final episode on Ed and Lorraine Warren: demonologists, ghost hunters and freakshow carnival hucksters. Today we take a hard look at the many scandals that have rocked the Warren family, from the allegations of sexual abuse on a minor to fraud, and the troubling lineage which saw grandson Chris McKinnell, groomed by Ed from youth to be a paranormal investigator and exorcist, be usurped in favor of his stepfather Tony Spera and the very public estrangement that followed. We also delve into the modern fate of the Warren’s Oc...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 123: Ed and Lorraine Warren Part TwoWelcome back to Part Two of our series on paranormal investigators and carnival sideshow hucksters Ed and Lorraine Warren. Last week we discussed their early lives and the beginnings of their work with the supernatural, today we talk about their shift from ghosts to demons, culminating in the Snedeker haunting and some of the most bonkers and insane moments in television history.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/
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Murder CoasterEpisode 122: Ed and Lorraine Warren Part OneHappy Halloween! Today we begin a journey into the controversial life and times of the ultimate ghost hunting duo: Ed and Lorraine Warren. Were they valiant paranormal investigators and Christian superheroes battling demons and saving the world from Satan himself? Or were they frauds, nothing more than carnival-sideshow hucksters selling hoaxes for fame and profit? Or even worse . . . sexual predators?   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/
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Murder CoasterBONUS: HOW TO FAKE A HAUNTING An Interview with Cohost Christa Carmen about her New NovelWelcome back to Ghost October Ladies and gentlemen! Today Cohost Christa Carmen, the Bram Stoker-award-winning, Shirly Jackson-award-nominated author of The Daughters of Block Island, Beneath the Poet’s House, and Something Borrowed, Something Blood Soaked, tells us about her newest novel How to Fake a Haunting.   Christa’s Website: Christa Carmen Buy HOW TO FAKE A HAUNTING on Amazon: Amazon.com: How to Fake a Haunting: 9781662530746: Carmen, Christa: Books   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com F...
2025-10-2253 minMurder Coaster
Murder CoasterEpisode 121: George and Kathy Lutz and the Amityville HorrorWelcome back to Ghost October and the Amityville Horror House! Last week we brought you the story of Ronald "Butch" DeFeo who murdered his entire family in cold blood, and today we bring you the story of the Lutz Family who moved into the notorious house afterwards, and whose chilling paranormal experiences were the basis of the book and movie The Amityville Horror. Was it true? Was it a hoax? Or was it all a bizarre quaalude induced hallucination? Should the real title be the Amityville Quaalude Horror? Join us and find out! Happy Spooky...
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Murder CoasterBONUS: America's Most Gothic an Interview with Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea JanesWe are thrilled to have Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes on the show today to discuss their newest book America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction!! Leanna and Andrea are the team that authored the Bram Stoker Award nominated book Haunted History of Invisible Women. With their new book America’s Most Gothic they weave together a variety true stories featuring castles, ghosts, hidden passages, damsels in distress, deceptive villains, and family curses to give us a kaleidoscope of America’s darkest and spookiest history.   Buy AMERICA’S MOST GOTHI...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 120: Ronald "Butch" DeFeo and the Amityville Horror House MassacreThe story of Butch DeFeo and the Amityville Horror House Massacre is like a Sopranos Halloween Special. The mystery of how six people could be shot, one after the other, with an incredibly loud, high-powered hunting rifle, none of them waking up and just lying in their beds peacefully sleeping, the neighbors not hearing a thing, endures to this day. Join us as we go over all the many theories of the murders which would eventually lead to one of the most famous haunted house tales in the history of the world: the Amityville Horror.
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Murder CoasterEpisode 119: Joseph Kallinger the Shoemaker Part TwoWelcome back to Part Two of the Shoemaker Joseph Kallinger. And be forewarned, today’s episode is one of the most brutal and disturbing we have ever done. All trigger warnings in effect, as we delve back into the bizarre and horrible, life and crimes, of Joseph Kallinger.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permissi...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 118: Joseph Kallinger the ShoemakerThe story of Joseph Kallinger, the shoemaker, is one of the most horrifying and bizarre tales in the history of true crime, shocking beyond belief. Aided by his twelve-year-old son, Joseph Kallinger, suffering from bizarre hallucinations, went on a brutal spree of sexual mutilation, rape and murder, on a mission from God, to kill every person on the face of the earth.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/
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Murder CoasterEpisode 117: Frank the Shank and the Punk Rock Gangs of 1980s Los AngelesPunk-rock gangbanger Frank the Shank was like something right out of A Clockwork Orange, a sociopathic teenager searching the night for ultraviolence and murder, reigning in a bizarre world of punk gangs with names like something out of the Warriors: Pig Children Tribe, Los Angeles Death Squad, Circle One Family, Suicidal Psychos, Fight For Freedom and LMP. Today we take a dive into the punk rock gangs of 1980s Los Angeles and the myth and legend of the murdering psychopath Frank the Shank.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and M...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 116: Amanda Logue Porn Star and KillerIn the early morning hours of May 15, 2010, porn-star Amanda Logue, aka Sunny Dae, and her British-spy boyfriend, gay-for-pay porn-star Jason Andrews, brutally murdered biker and tattoo studio owner Dennis Abrahmson, or Scooter, as he was known, stealing cocaine, oxycontin and $6,000. But this is just the tip of the iceberg in one of the craziest tales of sex, drugs and murder you have ever heard.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 115: David Alan Gore and Tony Ciaglia the Serial Killer WhispererWelcome back to the story of serial killer David Alan Gore. While today’s episode is a sequel, telling the story of David’s time on death row, it is much more than that, it’s an exploration of severe brain injuries and the struggle of those afflicted with them, and the story of how one young man’s fascination and obsession with true crime brought him to disturbing realms, but also, ultimately heroic ones, for it is also the story of Tony Ciaglia, the Serial Killer whisperer.   Buy THE SERIAL KILLER WHISPERER by Pete E...
2025-09-031h 13Murder Coaster
Murder CoasterEpisode 114: The Killing Cousins David Alan Gore and Fred WaterfieldPrepare yourself for darkness, as we take a disturbing ride into the horrible and unbelievably gruesome story of the Killing Cousins: David Allan Gore and Fred Waterfield, a pair of serial killers who terrorized the swamps, citrus groves and highways of Vero Beach and Orlando, Florida.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with m...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 113: Karla Faye TuckerAxe murderer Karla Faye Tucker, who bragged of having an orgasm each time she sunk the blade into her victims, was the first woman executed in Texas in over a hundred and thirty years. While on death row she made a dramatic conversion to Christianity, causing her pending execution to become a lightning rod of debate on the death penalty, appearing on 60 Minutes and Larry King Live, and drawing in support from Newt Gingrich, Jimmy Swaggart and Pope John Paul II, all trying to convince then Texas Governor George W. Bush to spare her life. ...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 112: Mia Zapata and the Snivelling Little Rat Faced GitsToday we present to you a murder mystery solved after a decade by modern technology, but oh so much more, it’s a story of punk rock anarchists, the birth of the Seattle Grunge movement, Riot Grrrls, squatters, freaks and revolutionaries. It is also a terribly tragic tale of an amazing talent cut down before her prime, but it is also a story of hope, music and love. It is the story of Mia Zapata and the Sniveling Little Rat Faced Gits!   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 111: Shelly Knotek and the Raymond, Washington Torture KillingsLadies and gentlemen, we present to you, one of the wildest and strangest tales of gaslighting, manipulation, abuse, torture and murder in modern history. A tale too crazy to be believed, so weird police refused to even investigate it for years, allowing the insanity to continue undaunted, though they were contacted many, many times. The tale of a mother so cruel and unfeeling as to be a literal monster, a psychopathic and murderous redheaded beast cunning enough to fool nearly everyone and appear for all to see as an all-American mom in white-bread suburbia.
2025-07-301h 39Murder Coaster
Murder CoasterSideshow Act: MINEDue to technical difficulties we have to rerecord the episode scheduled for today, but we wanted to give you some content, so Matthew will read his short story “Mine” from his collection UNDER ROTTING SKY. Enjoy! See you next week.   Matthew’s website: www.matthewvbrockmeyer.com Buy UNDER ROTTING SKY: Under Rotting Sky: Stories: Matthew V. Brockmeyer: 9781733778336: Amazon.com: Books   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagr...
2025-07-2335 minMurder Coaster
Murder CoasterEpisode 110: Ronald Gene Simmons and the Mockingbird Hill MassacreLadies and gentlemen, we must warn you, the story you are about to hear is one of the most disgusting and horrible in the history of true crime, a tale so foul and loathsome that it is often shunned and is little known, despite the fact that sixteen innocent people lost their lives. It is a story of savage manipulation and abuse, incest, family annihilation and spree killing, including one of the most horrifying acts of domestic violence ever recorded in American history. Please be prepared, and forewarned, as we tell you the story of...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 109: Randall Woodfield the I-5 KillerRandall Woodfield was many things to many people: a star athlete and high school jock who was drafted into the NFL and played for the Green Bay Packers, a devout Christian involved in prayer groups and fellowships, an all-American son and brother, a charming and good-looking guy who sought to model in Play Girl Magazine. He was also a sexual sadist, a thief, a rapist, a necrophiliac and psychopathic serial killer. Despite these many contrasting personas, he is now known to history under one name: the 1-5 Killer. In 1980 and 1981 Randy Woodfield terrorized...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 108: Claude Dallas Modern American OutlawClaude Lafayette Dallas is considered by many a living embodiment of the American West. Even his name rings of a wild west novel, a name teeming with outlaw bravado, conjuring images of a lone cowboy wandering the desert, surviving off his wits and the fat of the land. But this is no fictional cowboy, Claude Dallas is the real deal, a buckaroo and trapper, a modern-day outlaw, and cold-blooded murderer. But did he kill out of necessity, or was it a sense of wild west justice, or, was it some sick sociopathic need for control...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 107: The Tragic Death of Two Spirit Fred Martinez Fred Matinez was a Navajo teenager who identified as a traditional nádleehi, one born as a male but whose gender is fluid and often functions in the role of a woman. Because of this entwining of male and female spirits, the term “two spirit” is often used as well by indigenous LGBTQ+ peoples. On June 16, 2001 Fred Martinez was brutally murdered, just a quarter of a mile from his home, becoming one of the youngest victims of a hate crime in modern history. This is his story. And from all of us here at Mu...
2025-06-251h 01Murder Coaster
Murder CoasterBONUS: CULT FOLLOWING an interview with J.W. OckerWe are thrilled to have Edgar Award Winning author and weird history expert J.W. Oker on the show to discuss his newest book Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations―and Take Over Our Lives an insightful yet quirky and often times amusing look at thirty different cults, from heavy hitters like the Manson Family, Jim Jones and Aum Shinrikyo, to lesser known groups you may have never heard of like the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven and the John Frum Cargo Cult.   Links to J.W. Ock...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 106: Wayne Nance the Missoula MaulerWayne Nance, the Missoula Mauler, was a serial killer, wannabe sorcerer and bumbling occultist who found Wild West justice in the Rocky Mountains of Montana.   Hear the horrible tale of the Missoula Mauler today on Murder Coaster.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.   FE...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 105: The Satanic Panic and Tommy SullivanToday we cover a crime so horrific, horrible and brutal, and committed by such a young offender, a boy only fourteen years old, that many believed it had to have been of supernatural means, and to this day it is cited as definitive proof of demonic possession. Ladies and gentleman, we present the story of Thomas Sullivan Junior and the Satanic Panic.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/
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Murder CoasterEpisode 104: Jenelle Potter and the Facebook MurdersInternet bullying, cat fishing, cyber-sex, myspace, Facebook, CIA assassins and cold-blooded murder. Ladies and gentlemen, this week we have one of the strangest and most unbelievable cases you probably never heard of: the story of Jenelle Potter and the Facebook murders, a tale of loneliness and group psychosis taken to extraordinary levels of madness. Step right up, step right up, and hear all about it.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: http...
2025-05-281h 11Murder Coaster
Murder CoasterEpisode 103: Lil Devil Christa Pike the Youngest Woman on Death RowChrista Pike is the youngest woman ever put on death row in the United States. She was a wannabe devil worshipper, who, with her boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp, carved a pentagram into fellow Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer’s chest before caving her head in with a rock in a sacrifice to the devil. She has been called evil and a monster, but in many ways she was just what she looked like: a traumatized and lost little girl.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer W...
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Murder CoasterEpisode 102: THE LEAF KILLER Matthew HoffmanWhat comes to mind when you hear the term "tree-hugger"? Most likely a hippie free-spirit and lover of nature, not a deranged psychopathic killer, but that is what we have today.   Matthew Hoffman was obsessed with trees and leaves, spending his days perched on a branch in a tree, and his nights sleeping in piles of leaves he brought into his house, to the point where it is said to have become a bizarre sexual fetish that festered in his mind, a condition known as dendrophilia.   What blood was to Richard Ra...
2025-05-141h 18Murder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com F...
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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.   100 EPISODES!!! Thank you everyone for your love and support.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murde...
2025-04-231h 48Murder Coaster
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.   Buy TONGUES OF DECEPTION on Amazon: Tongues of Deception: Reed, Harry H, Reed, Ryan H: 9798892693509: Amazon.com: Books   Website: Tongues of Deception   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster
2025-04-1653 minMurder Coaster
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!!   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer We...
2025-04-091h 18Murder Coaster
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.   The web of perversion, lies and co...
2025-04-021h 08Murder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.   REFERE...
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com
2025-03-191h 18Murder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by...
2025-03-121h 31Murder Coaster
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.   Act Five...
2025-03-0553 minMurder Coaster
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.   PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN: How a Once Promising Doctor Became the “Pil...
2025-03-0459 minMurder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murder...
2025-02-261h 21Murder Coaster
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 39Murder Coaster
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 43Murder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST   Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter...
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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   Barnes and Noble: Happy Face: A Family of Monsters by Nicole D...
2025-02-0145 minMurder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST   Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.in...
2025-01-291h 22Murder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.   References: American...
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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...
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST   Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST   Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coast...
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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. Christa’s website: Christa Carmen Beneath the Poet’s House: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller: 9781662513275: Carmen, Christa: Books   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by pe...
2024-12-2945 minMurder Coaster
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.   Beneath the Poet’s House by Christa Carmen: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller: 9781662513275: Carmen, Christa: Books   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.   #edg...
2024-12-2522 minMurder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST   Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Buy Christa’s new book: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller: 9781662513275: Carmen, Christa: Books   Cre...
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.   REFERENCES:   A Mystery of Mysteries by Mark Dawidziak   The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Roge...
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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 minMurder Coaster
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   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.   REFERENCES:   Ctrl+Alt+Desire Documentary directed...
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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!   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   ...
2024-11-2052 minMurder Coaster
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...
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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!   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Face...
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.ins...
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matt...
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.   FEATURING MUSIC BY:
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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...
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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...
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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.   EMERSON MURRAY Website: www.emersonmurray.com...
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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...
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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 minMurder Coaster
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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.   References:   Ed Kemper: Conversations with a Killer: The Shocking True Story of the Coed Killer by Dary Ma...
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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...
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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!   MURDER COASTER PODCAST H...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 minMurder Coaster
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.   MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.   References:   W...
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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...
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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 minMurder Coaster
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...
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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...
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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...
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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 minMurder Coaster
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 minMurder Coaster
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! Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderCoaster
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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. Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderCoaster
2023-04-261h 28Murder Coaster
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!! Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter...
2023-04-191h 00Murder Coaster
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. Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderCoaster Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission an...
2023-04-121h 21Murder Coaster
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 Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderCoaster   Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brand...
2023-04-121h 09Murder Coaster
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!! Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderCoaster Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks. ...
2023-04-1253 min