Episodes

  • Episode 168: Fifty States of Murder: Missouri

    Buckle up for another marathon episode of Fifty States of Murder as The DUSE takes a page from the dictionary under the word… GROSS! The case of Robert Berdella is the poster child for the ugly underbelly of the 1980’s from the drug-fueled gay sub-culture that definitely wasn’t its own worst enemy to the trash […]

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  • Episode 167: Fifty States of Murder: Indiana

    Fifty States of Murder rolls on as Eli stumps Mel with trivia questions (seriously, aren’t Warsaw and Notre Dame in Europe??) before getting too close for comfort with one of America’s most notorious murderers: Gertrude Baniszewski. This chain-smoking mother of seven could have done a lot of things in the summer of 1965 — hosted […]

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  • Episode 166: Fifty States of Murder: New Jersey

    Want to get away with murder? Make sure no one can spell your name! That’s the secret of New Jersey’s famous freelance hit man, Richard Kuklinski, known as the Ice Man, the Devil, or that really big guy over there with the bad temper and the baseball bat. The DUSE leaves no murder behind as […]

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  • Episode 165: Fifty States of Murder: Maine

    The DUSE heads north for some anaphylactic shock and the tragic story of a family torn apart by mental illness and murder — TWICE! Constance Fisher was considered “moody” back in the 1950’s but today she’d be a prime target for all those pharmaceutical ads you see on TV. Paranoid? Check. Depressed? Check. Hearing the […]

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  • Episode 164: Fifty States of Murder: Oklahoma

    The Wild Wild West is back! Saddle up as Eli and Mel hit the wagon trail headed for Oklahoma and the shocking story of the Rufus Buck Gang! It’s a match made in Hell when five cowboys join forces to settle scores, take out random travelers, and strike a blow against American westward expansion in […]

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  • Episode 163: Fifty States of Murder: New Mexico

    Extra! Extra! It’s an extra-special episode of Fifty States of Murder! Eli, Mel, and Ashley join forces to tackle the disturbing case of the notorious Toy Box Killer: David Parker Ray, a man who invested his entire life into kidnapping, torture, and murder. How many women suffered inside the toy box? No one knows for […]

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  • Episode 162: Fifty States of Murder: Alabama

    Guess who’s taking you on a wild trip from wholesome to explosive in the latest episode of Fifty States of Murder! Take a seat right here in the Heart of Dixie and let Eli and Mel school you on the difference between a separatist and a supremacist, and how the road not taken might lead […]

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  • Episode 161: Fifty States of Murder: Hawaii

    What do bikers, bus stops, and Blockbuster have in common? Find out as Eli and Mel throw down with the beach bums to give you the gruesome details of Hawaii’s first serial murders, a mid-80’s nightmare that left five women dead and the cops without a single lead. Was it a sleazy patron of the […]

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  • Episode 160: Fifty States of Murder: Oregon

    Welcome to the next pit stop on the D.U.S.E.’s road trip across the Fifty States of Murder! Eli and Mel find themselves entering the state of Dungeness crabs, “culture,” pinot noir, and of course the Gorilla Man! An infamous turn of the century mad-man who strangled his way across the country and into Canada to […]

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  • Episode 159: Fifty States of Murder: Pennsylvania

    It’s time to hit the Hershey highway as The DUSE tackles the bizarre tale of Pennsylvania’s very own unicorn killer! (Disclaimer: No unicorns were harmed in the making of this episode.) It’s a bad hair day for the final girl when her Aquanet gets banned and her eco-warrior incel ex-boyfriend decides to do some canceling […]

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