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Episode 189: Fifty States of Murder: New Hampshire
The DUSE is back with another installment of Fifty States of Wholesome Family Entertain– I mean, Murder! What do you call a young man who marries a cheerleader, has a successful career, and a bright future? A lucky guy, right? Wrong! He ends up on the business end of a murder plot, but please don’t call him a victim. That word belongs to his murderer! In fact, we aren’t even sure how the guy was…
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Episode 188: Fifty States of Murder: Minnesota
Fifty States of Murder bundles up and heads north for the tale of a man who couldn’t help himself when it came to brutally attacking women — and then picking up the phone to confess it all. It was the early 1980’s and Paul Michael Stephani earned the nickname the Weepy-Voiced Killer as he claimed the lives of three victims and then made hysterical calls to the police. Was he truly remorseful or just looking…
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Episode 187: Fifty States of Murder: Rhode Island
Fifty States of Murder wraps up Black History Month with the shocking story of the youngest serial killer in American history: Craig Chandler Price. At the ripe old age of thirteen he went from petty crime, stalking, and theft to the brutal murder of a neighbor. Without a single clue left behind, the case went cold. Two years later he struck again, butchering another neighborhood family. When the police finally knocked on Price’s door, the…
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Episode 186: Fifty States of Murder: Virginia
It’s double trouble as Fifty States of Murder takes on Black History Month with the 2002 Beltway Sniper duo of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. Not quite father and son, the two drove cross country in 2002 and ended the lives of seventeen victims, culminating in a national panic in October as the D.C. metro area witnessed one random attack after another. Even Eli has a story to tell, sharing the heartwarming memory…
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Episode 185: St. Patrick’s Day Special: Wisconsin
It’s a buy-one-get-two-free triple threat this week as Eli and Mel nail St. Patrick’s Day, Black History Month, and Fifty States of Murder all at once with the harrowing tale of a mid-80’s murder spree that covered six states and left eight people dead. Alton Coleman and Debra Brown committed their brutal crimes during the same era as Canada’s infamous power couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka — and for many of the same reasons.…
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Episode 184: Fifty States of Murder: North Carolina
Get ready for a double-whammy Black History Month Fifty States of Murder DUSE-style extravaganza as Eli and Mel connect the dots to reveal the truth about one of the oldest and most violent cults in American history: the Black Hebrew Israelites. The first congregations were founded over a hundred years ago but the words of their prophets, Frank Cherry and William Saunders Crowdy, are at the heart of the historical revisionism that pervades modern black…
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Episode 183: Fifty States of Murder: Michigan
The DUSE might be fashionably late to the Valentine’s Day party, but what better way to celebrate than with a box of gas-station chocolates and your favorite podcasters! Eli and Mel get romantic with the story of Stephen Grant, a real-life Mr. Mom who had it all and still said enough is enough when he called the cops to report his wife missing on Valentine’s Day, 2007. Not even a tailored pantsuit could save Tara…
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Episode 182: Fifty States of Murder: Nebraska
The natural born podcasters are back with another installment of Fifty States of Murder! The setting is the Midwestern powder keg of 1950’s America when a teenaged boy with nothing to lose joins forces with his questionably-aged girlfriend and lights the fuse on a killing spree that leaves eleven people dead and a community terrorized by its own greatest fear: juvenile delinquency. Charles Raymond Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate have been elevated to cultural icons,…
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Episode 181: Fifty States of Murder: Kansas
Fifty States of Murder puts the pedal to the metal and takes on one of the biggest cases of serial murder in American history: BTK, aka Dennis Rader. His brutal crimes went unsolved for decades as he taunted the police through cryptic letters, dropped out of sight for years at a time, and crafted a wholesome public persona. Dark humor abounds as Eli and Mel try to reconcile the antics of a man who consistently…
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Episode 180: Fifty States of Murder: South Dakota
What do mashed potatoes have to do with murder? Tune in and find out as Eli and Mel travel back in time to 1981 to investigate the family values of John Mathis, a mid-western pig farmer who may or may not have used a .22 caliber to re-enter the singles market. As a bonus for our loyal listeners Eli shares his top-secret recipe for garlic pudding. YUM! So if you’re about to ride a horse…
