MURDERISH

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MURDERISH is a true crime podcast that delves into true stories of murder, disappearances and other creepy events. Also featured on the podcast are in-depth interviews with high-profile people in the true crime community. This podcast will take you on a deep-dive journey through interesting cases, beginning the date of the crime and ending with the courtroom verdict. If you are fascinated by true crime, and all that embodies the genre, this podcast will appeal to you. Listening to this podcast doesn't make you a murderer, it just means you're murder-ish.

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Tupac Shakur: “New Developm...

12.07.2023

Iconic rapper Tupac Shakur, in his lyrics and persona, foreshadowed his own violent end. Tupac’s bold, brash and fearless demeanor earned him a legion of fans, but it also made him a target. Whether intentional or not, Tupac's “thug life” ...

MURDERISH episodes:

12.07.2023 Tupac Shakur: “New Developments, Old Suspect” \| MURDERISH Ep. 150 Iconic rapper Tupac Shakur, in his lyrics and persona, foreshadowed his own violent end. Tupac’s bold, brash and fearless demeanor earned him a legion of fans, but it also made him a target. Whether intentional or not, Tupac's “thug life” ...
11.27.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E6 "Christy McKendall Murder" In April of 2002, the body of a young female was found floating in an abandoned well. Christy McKendall had been reported missing days earlier after leaving her apartment with three boys, whom she considered friends. Those “friends” would betray ...
11.20.2023 Hervey Medellin: “Hollywood Horror” \| MURDERISH Ep. 149 This special episode is in collaboration with our good friends over at The Minds of Madness, a true crime podcast. On the morning of January 17th, 2012, Lauren Kornberg and her mother were walking a pack of 9 dogs in ...
11.17.2023 The Bling Ring: "Thirsty Thieves" \| Serial Streamers TV Club In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami brings on a VERY special guest …her best friend since eighth grade, Jessi! Jami and Jessi both watched The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist on Netflix beforehand, and they share their spicy opinions ...
11.13.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E113 Alexander Urtula: “The Power of Words” In 2015, 17-year-old Michelle Carter was indicted on charges connected to the suicide of her 18-year-old boyfriend, Conrad Roy Jr III. In a controversial 2017 trial, a Taunton, Massachusetts jury found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter. A similar case occurred ...
11.06.2023 Clear Lake Murders: “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”丨MURDERISH Ep. 148 Christine Paolilla had it rough growing up. Her household wasn’t the most stable, and her social life was a source of trauma. When two beautiful and popular classmates entered Christine’s life, everything changed for the better. Or so it seemed. ...
11.03.2023 Betting on Zero: "ABSURDalife MLM" \| Serial Streamers TV Club In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners/viewers through the 2016 documentary, Betting on Zero. The documentary is about billionaire hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman’s pursuit to take down the multi-level marketing company, Herbalife. Ackman and his partners take ...
10.30.2023 Best of MURDERISH - Ep103 Dr. Teresa Sievers: "Lying in Wait" When an alternative medicine doctor was found bludgeoned to death in her Bonita Springs, Florida home in the summer of 2015, friends and neighbors worried a burglar was on the loose, looking for his next random victim. Detectives with the ...
10.23.2023 Dr. Henry Lee: “Smeared blood, Smeared Reputation” \| MURDERISH Ep. 147 Convicted in 1989 of the brutal murder of 65-year-old Everett Carr in New Milford, Connecticut, Ricky Birch and Shawn Henning were sentenced to 50 years behind bars without any physical evidence tying them to the crime scene. At trial, prosecutors ...
10.20.2023 FYRE Fest: “Handy Andy, a True American Hero” \| Serial Streamers TV Club In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners through the infamous, ill-fated FYRE Festival which was highlighted in the Netflix documentary titled Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. The documentary chronicles Scammy McScammerson Billy McFarland, a wannabe tech ...
10.16.2023 Best of MURDERISH - Fritz Klenner: "Killer Cousins" They say blood is thicker than water. But what happens when that blood bond is exploited by someone who seems to be a narcissist? In this episode of MURDERISH, we’re exploring a twisted case involving two cousins whose trail of ...
10.09.2023 Sakia Gunn “Halfway Justice”丨MURDERISH Ep. 146 Imagine living in constant fear of rejection just because of who you are. That’s a reality for many people in the LGBTQ+ community today. Like others in her friend circle, 15-year-old Sakia Gunn found a place of refuge outside of ...
10.06.2023 Sarah Lawrence Cult: "Couch Crashing Con Man" \| Serial Streamers TV Club In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners through the Sarah Lawrence Cult and the Hulu docuseries Stolen Youth: The Cult at Sarah Lawrence. In the Fall of 2009, a man named Larry Ray began staying on campus with ...
10.02.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E95 Lisa Harnum: “I’m Watching You” On the morning of Saturday, July 30, 2011, the weather in Sydney Australia was perfect. On Liverpool Street, people were having breakfast at the Canopy Café on the bottom floor of a new upscale 34-floor apartment building called The Hyde. ...
09.25.2023 Lana Clarkson: “Hollywood Beautiful”丨MURDERISH Ep. 145 Some might say 40-year-old Lana Clarkson was born with stars in her eyes. She dreamt of the kind of fame that would honor her natural abilities. She also wore her heart on her sleeve - her desire to become a ...
09.22.2023 Gwen Shamblin: "The Way Down" \| Serial Streamers TV Club In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami takes listeners on a journey through The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, a docuseries highlighting the rise and fall of Gwen Shamblin Lara's religious weight-loss regimen. Gwen Shamblin ...
09.18.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E86 "Brown's Chicken Massacre" Late in the evening on Friday, January 8, 1993, the employees in one particular restaurant in Palatine Chicago didn’t know at the time that they would not be going home that night. Hours after these workers began their closing routine, ...
09.11.2023 Brandy DuVall: “Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Color” \| MURDERISH Ep. 144 On a Summer day in 1997, Lance Butler and a friend drove into the Rockies west of Denver. The pair pulled over to dip their feet into the stream below. A glance toward the water’s edge revealed a horrific sight. ...
09.07.2023 Introducing: Lipstick & Lies with Jami Rice and Melissa Moore Join Melissa Moore and myself, two crime survivors, as we lift the veil on lurid tales of lady liars and killers who hid their dark intentions behind a veneer of charm and normalcy. On Lipstick & Lies, Melissa and I ...
09.05.2023 Duggar Family: “19 Kids and Canceled” \| Serial Streamers TV Club In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners through Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, a docuseries highlighting the Duggar family who became famous after starring in the TLC tv series, 19 Kids and Counting. The docuseries exposes disturbing ...
09.04.2023 Best of MURDERISH- E79 “Whitey Bulger: Robin Hood Mob Boss” In one of the most egregious law enforcement scandals of the last century, the U.S. Government helped to cultivate and empower one of the most notorious murderers of our time. A man who was simultaneously hailed as both a savior ...
08.28.2023 Carl Smalls Jr. \| MURDERISH Ep. 143 The sudden brutal murder of Carl Smalls Jr. on December 7, 2002 was classified as a gang hit. But when his convicted killer was freed from prison 16 years early by a secret decree, Carl’s death became a catalyst for ...
08.21.2023 Best of MURDERISH - S&S Liquor Store Murders “A Family Affair” E68 On October 27, 1988, McLean County Coroner William Anderson had just come from the Central Catholic vs. University High School football game. Afterward, he was due to meet with members of his re-election campaign to go over strategies. Before the ...
08.18.2023 Theranos: “Scam Box” \| Serial Streamers TV Club In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners through a documentary that highlights tech company founder and fraudster, Elizabeth Holmes. The documentary, titled: The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, details Holmes’ rise to fame in the tech ...
08.14.2023 Tristan Beaudette: “Murdered in Malibu” \| MURDERISH Ep. 142 In June 2018, Tristan Beaudette and his brother-in-law Scott McCurdy had left their wives in Orange County to embark on a final camping trip together before Tristan and his wife Erica relocated to the Bay Area. Their home for the ...
08.07.2023 Best of MURDERISH- E54 Keith Green On May 11, 2016, the naked body of a man was discovered in a remote field in Sonoma County, California. Investigators immediately began working to find out who would have wanted the young father of two dead. Join me as ...
08.04.2023 NXIVM Cult: “Branded, Trafficked & Tricked” \| Serial Streamers TV Club In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners through the NXIVM cult and the Starz Original docuseries on the topic, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult. Unsuspecting members of NXIVM would eventually learn that the organization’s goal wasn’t to help ...
07.31.2023 Bernice & Ben Novack Jr. “Fortune Turned Fatal”丨MURDERISH Ep. 141 Money can unify or divide society. To many of us, it might seem like the wealthy enjoy lifestyles that only exist in our wildest dreams. Ben Novack Jr. was the only child of Bernice and Ben Novack Sr, who owned ...
07.24.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E47 Lauren Key, “What Happened on the Cliff?” On the afternoon of November 8, 2000, in Rancho Palos Verdes California, a 9-1-1 call would lead to a shocking scene. The details surrounding the victim’s death would take a while to unravel, but when they finally did, the truth ...
07.21.2023 Michelle Carter: "Texting Murder" \| Serial Streamers TV Club On July 12, 2014 the body of 18-year-old Conrad Roy was discovered inside of his pickup truck. The teenager, who had a history of depression, died by suicide. At first, detectives had no reason to suspect foul play in Conrad's ...
07.17.2023 Lawrence Family: “Collateral Damage” \| MURDERISH Ep. 140 When someone gets involved in the drug trade, violence usually isn’t far behind. It’s a dangerous path to tread where survival can hinge almost entirely upon alliances. If you piss off the wrong person, you might pay with your life. ...
07.12.2023 Introducing: Murder, She Told This is an excerpt from Murder, She Told podcast’s “The Danielle Bertolini Story”, originally published in March of 2021. Murder, She Told is an award-winning true-crime podcast created by credentialed victim’s advocate, Kristen Seavey, that dives into the lesser-known cold ...
07.10.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E31 The "Smoked" Murders The triple homicide, known as the “Halloween Massacre,” occurred in Pasadena, California in 1993. As rare as violent crimes are in Pasadena, the Halloween Massacre was the second triple homicide in the City in less than a three-year time span. ...
07.07.2023 Mary Kay Letourneau \| Serial Streamers TV Club In June of 1996, 34-year-old teacher, Mary Kay Letourneau, began a forbidden affair with her 12-year-old student, Vili Fualaau. A media firestorm began when the illegal affair was brought to law enforcement’s attention. Surprisingly, the illicit relationship between the much ...
07.03.2023 Chad O’Melia: “Deaf to Justice” \| MURDERISH Ep. 139 On a warm Southern California night in 2018, 23-year-old Vini Oliveira arrived home from working the late shift. He was greeted by two smiling faces - his roommate 26-year-old Chad O’melia and his new love interest, 27-year-old Bryn Spejcher. As ...
06.26.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E16 The Hendricks Murders In November of 1983, a mother and her three children were found “hacked to death” in their Bloomington, Illinois family home. The prime suspect was the husband and father of the victims, David Hendricks. The prosecution would have you believe ...
06.19.2023 Skylar Neese: “A Best Friend’s Betrayal” \| MURDERISH Ep. 138 Best friends, Skylar Neese and Shelia Eddy, met in 2nd grade and were inseparable ever since. When a new friend entered the picture, the trio seemed to develop a special bond and naturally, they all trusted each other. It would ...
06.12.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E7 Terra Newell - Dirty John In this episode of 'Best of Murderish,' Jami interviews Terra Newell, a woman who was brutally attacked by John Meehan, AKA “Dirty John.” Let’s get social: Follow MURDERISH on Instagram & TikTok @MurderishPodcast. We’re also on Facebook. Visit murderish.com to ...
06.05.2023 Donnivan Schaeffer: Donut Shop Murder - MURDERISH Ep. 137 On March 8, 1992, 22-year-old Donnivan Schaeffer arrived for work at Dig ‘Em Donuts in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was shortly after 8:00 p.m. on a Sunday. As Schaeffer entered the back office, he suddenly realized ..he wasn’t alone. ...
05.22.2023 Ruth Pelke: “A Redemption Tale” \| MURDERISH Ep. 136 In the spring of 1985, 78-year-old grandmother and retired Bible study teacher Ruth Pelke was found brutally stabbed in her Gary, Indiana home. For years leading up to the tragedy, her family had tried to convince her to move out ...
05.15.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E118 Daisy De La O: “TikTok Justice” When Daisy De La O was fatally stabbed in her own community, her friends and family quickly honed in on a fairly obvious suspect. Her case, however, garnered no leads or public attention ..until it was posted on TikTok. It ...
05.08.2023 Ana Walshe: “Google Speaks” \| MURDERISH Ep. 135 When Serbian immigrant Ana Walshe visited her native country back in December 2022, no one in her family thought it would be the last time they’d ever see her. Just a few days into 2023, however, Massachusetts investigators scrambled for ...
05.01.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E115 Michael Redlick: “A Controversial Marriage” Danielle Drohan was in her early twenties when she married a man more than 20 years older. The age gap wasn't the unusual part, though. Her husband, Michael Redlick, had previously been her stepfather. Against all odds, their controversial and ...
04.28.2023 Introducing: TrendVETTERS with Jami Rice Check out TrendVETTERS, a podcast and YouTube series where I, Jami Rice, pull viral trends from TikTok and the internet, then go down the research rabbit hole so you don't have to. I spill the tea on all the latest ...
04.24.2023 Stephen Smith: “Unsolved Murdaugh Mystery” \| MURDERISH Ep. 134 Just after 4 AM on July 8, 2015, a call came into Hampton County emergency dispatch. A driver spotted a body in the center of a remote stretch of highway known as Sandy Run Road. The body belonged to 19-year-old ...
04.17.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E104 Vincent Chin: “Modern Day Lynching” Since the 1880s, immigrants from all over the globe have arrived in the United States hoping to attain a better quality of life, the American Dream. Like so many immigrants before them, Lily and Ben Chin wanted their son Vincent ...
04.10.2023 Christa Worthington: “Personal Life on Trial” \| MURDERISH Ep. 133 While in her 20s and 30s, Cape Cod native Christa Worthington built a successful career in fashion journalism. She rubbed elbows with elite designers, wrote editorials for widely-respected publications like Cosmopolitan, and cycled through high fashion cities like Paris and ...
04.03.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E107 "Nicole Montalvo: Like Father, Like Son” When feelings for another person run deep, people are often inclined to see the best in that person. It’s not uncommon for unsettling behavior to be excused rather than seeing it as a warning sign and acting on it. But ...
03.27.2023 Chuck E. Cheese Massacre \| MURDERISH Ep. 132 It was a Tuesday night at the Chuck E. Cheese in Aurora, Colorado when Margaret Kohlberg, 50, Sylvia Crowell, 19, Ben Grant, 17, Colleen O’Connor, also 17, and 20-year-old Bobby Stephens were working the late shift. They didn’t know it, ...
03.20.2023 Best of MURDERISH - E90 “Marlene Warren: Killer Clown” On the morning of May 26, 1990, Marlene Warren was finishing breakfast with her son and his friends when she heard a knock on their front door. The 40-year-old mother of two wasn’t expecting anyone but answered the door anyway. ...

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MURDERISH episodes:

Tupac Shakur: “New Developments, Old Suspect” | MURDERISH Ep. 150

Best of MURDERISH - E6 "Christy McKendall Murder"

Hervey Medellin: “Hollywood Horror” | MURDERISH Ep. 149

The Bling Ring: "Thirsty Thieves" | Serial Streamers TV Club

Best of MURDERISH - E113 Alexander Urtula: “The Power of Words”

Clear Lake Murders: “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”丨MURDERISH Ep. 148

Betting on Zero: "ABSURDalife MLM" | Serial Streamers TV Club

Best of MURDERISH - Ep103 Dr. Teresa Sievers: "Lying in Wait"

Dr. Henry Lee: “Smeared blood, Smeared Reputation” | MURDERISH Ep. 147

FYRE Fest: “Handy Andy, a True American Hero” | Serial Streamers TV Club

Best of MURDERISH - Fritz Klenner: "Killer Cousins"

Sakia Gunn “Halfway Justice”丨MURDERISH Ep. 146

Sarah Lawrence Cult: "Couch Crashing Con Man" | Serial Streamers TV Club

Best of MURDERISH - E95 Lisa Harnum: “I’m Watching You”

Lana Clarkson: “Hollywood Beautiful”丨MURDERISH Ep. 145

Gwen Shamblin: "The Way Down" | Serial Streamers TV Club

Best of MURDERISH - E86 "Brown's Chicken Massacre"

Brandy DuVall: “Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Color” | MURDERISH Ep. 144

Introducing: Lipstick & Lies with Jami Rice and Melissa Moore

Duggar Family: “19 Kids and Canceled” | Serial Streamers TV Club

Best of MURDERISH- E79 “Whitey Bulger: Robin Hood Mob Boss”

Carl Smalls Jr. | MURDERISH Ep. 143

Best of MURDERISH - S&S Liquor Store Murders “A Family Affair” E68

Theranos: “Scam Box” | Serial Streamers TV Club

Tristan Beaudette: “Murdered in Malibu” | MURDERISH Ep. 142

Best of MURDERISH- E54 Keith Green

NXIVM Cult: “Branded, Trafficked & Tricked” | Serial Streamers TV Club

Bernice & Ben Novack Jr. “Fortune Turned Fatal”丨MURDERISH Ep. 141

Best of MURDERISH - E47 Lauren Key, “What Happened on the Cliff?”

Michelle Carter: "Texting Murder" | Serial Streamers TV Club

Lawrence Family: “Collateral Damage” | MURDERISH Ep. 140

Introducing: Murder, She Told

Best of MURDERISH - E31 The "Smoked" Murders

Mary Kay Letourneau | Serial Streamers TV Club

Chad O’Melia: “Deaf to Justice” | MURDERISH Ep. 139

Best of MURDERISH - E16 The Hendricks Murders

Skylar Neese: “A Best Friend’s Betrayal” | MURDERISH Ep. 138

Best of MURDERISH - E7 Terra Newell - Dirty John

Donnivan Schaeffer: Donut Shop Murder - MURDERISH Ep. 137

Ruth Pelke: “A Redemption Tale” | MURDERISH Ep. 136

Best of MURDERISH - E118 Daisy De La O: “TikTok Justice”

Ana Walshe: “Google Speaks” | MURDERISH Ep. 135

Best of MURDERISH - E115 Michael Redlick: “A Controversial Marriage”

Introducing: TrendVETTERS with Jami Rice

Stephen Smith: “Unsolved Murdaugh Mystery” | MURDERISH Ep. 134

Best of MURDERISH - E104 Vincent Chin: “Modern Day Lynching”

Christa Worthington: “Personal Life on Trial” | MURDERISH Ep. 133

Best of MURDERISH - E107 "Nicole Montalvo: Like Father, Like Son”

Chuck E. Cheese Massacre | MURDERISH Ep. 132

Best of MURDERISH - E90 “Marlene Warren: Killer Clown”

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