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Episode 150: Fifty States of Murder: California
Dr. Eli and Nurse Ratched — err, Mel — have a prescription for what ails you: another exciting episode of Fifty States of Murder! With their usual charm and tact, the DUSE documents the tragic story of Daniel Marsh, a California kid who waved so many red flags he could have landed a 747 in his backyard. Instead, he landed in the loony bin as the adults in his life decided that the problem wasn’t…
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Episode 149: Fifty States of Murder: Kentucky
Do YOU know where the Antichrist was born? Either way, you’ll enjoy this episode of the Fifty States of Murder as Eli and Mel document one of Kentucky’s other notorious native sons: Boone Helm, aka the Cannibal Cowboy! After murdering his cousin on his way out of the state, our boy Boone goes on a casual crime spree, stealing and whoring his way across the wild Wild West, hitting California, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, and even…
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Episode 148: Fifty States of Murder: Utah
In this episode of Fifty States of Murder, Eli and Mel bring you to Ogden, Utah, a sleepy little town where nothing interesting happens… unless you count the infamous robbery at the local Hi-Fi electronics store that ended in — you guessed it — cold-blooded murder! Sure they claimed they didn’t plan on killing anyone, except that these jerks blabbed about it all over the local Air Force base to every Tom, Dick, and Nancy…
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Episode 147: Fifty States of Murder: Ohio
The Fifty States of Murder hits a high note as Eli and Mel take you on a guided tour of one of Ohio’s most notorious murderers: the Cleveland Strangler! Anthony Sowell wasn’t the sort of guy you brought home to mama unless mama also had a crack addiction. But he was always a gentleman when it came to the ladies, generously sharing his malt liquor and helping them out of second story windows. After a…
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Episode 146: Fifty States of Murder: New York
In this episode of Fifty States of Murder, Eli and Mel throw a dart at the wall and find themselves in the Blue wasteland that is New York State! And since they have to suffer, you have to suffer… So roll your spliff, pour a drink, and get comfortable as you endure the tale of a ginger rat-bastard teenager who got his get-back by going after an unsupervised child. Ironically the kid was everything Eric…
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Episode 145: Fifty States of Murder: Alaska
The Fifty States of Murder is finally here! Eli kicks off our inaugural episode by making Mel guess the state by way of trivia questions so easy she embarrasses herself by getting them all wrong. (You can see the aurora borealis in Colorado, right??) Then we take a deep dive into a string of murders committed by a man who was either a giant or a midget, a native or a settler, or maybe it…
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Episode 144: St. Patrick’s Day Special: 2 Gurls 1 Mic
Top o’ the morning to ya, D.U.S.E. nation! It’s that special Monday morning where all anyone wants to see is green beer! Unfortunately you guys have to go to work. So in honor of your sacrifice, we’re here to do your drinking for you! Your host-with-the-most chest infections and death obsessions rings in America’s favorite Irish holiday by luring two attractive women into the studio, pumping them full of that Irish water, and asking them…
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Episode 143: Drop the Mic: An Interview with Paul Lonardo
Eli and Mel welcome author Paul Lonardo to the show for a first-of-its-kind guest appearance! Paul has published everything from horror to romance, biography to true crime, spec-fic to sports history, horror haikus to a children’s book about a goblin baseball player! Eli and Mel pick his brain clean, getting the inside scoop on his lifelong love of the horror genre, how he collaborates with normal people (you know, non-writers), the pitfalls of writing true…
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Episode 142: The Great Egypt Conspiracy: Gator Raiders
Eli and Mel wrap up another blockbuster Black History Month by plumbing the depths of the social-media cesspool so you don’t have to! What did we find? Black supremacist cults! Did you know that the United States is really Egypt? Or that Quikrete has been used to literally cover up the truth? And how about that talking wall-mounted fish down in Memphis? Does anyone trust that guy? Learn all about the real history of America,…
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Episode 141: The Freeway Phantom: Tantamount to Murder
The D.U.S.E. tackles an unsolved mystery as we document the trail of bodies left behind by the Washington D.C. Freeway Phantom in a Black History Month whodunit from way back in 1971! We have no answers but plenty of questions, like what happened to the victims’ shoes? Why weren’t suspicious characters like step-fathers and boyfriends ever investigated? Which flavors of doughnuts kept the cops from doing their jobs? And why are there people out there…
