The wind whipped through the empty Montana wilderness, carrying the name that made even the toughest folks shudder—Boon Helm. His story wasn’t like the usual tales of outlaws chasing riches or revenge. Helm was different, something darker. He didn’t just cross the line; he destroyed it, carving a brutal path through the Wild West. Wherever his shadow fell, fear and death weren’t far behind.

He wasn’t the kind of legend you admire. Helm was the kind you prayed you’d never meet. Cruel and ruthless, his actions tore away any sense of decency, leaving only horror in their place. Now, we’re stepping straight into his nightmare. Beneath the screams and the smoke lies a story of survival, violence, and the kind of darkness that lingers long after the fire’s gone out. And at the center of it all is Boon Helm, waiting.

Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. 

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Episode Reference Material 

Vigilante days and ways; the pioneers of the Rockies; the makers and making of Montana and Idaho by Nathanial Pitt Langford

Kentucky Cannibal in Cariboo by Ron Young

Levi Boone Helm – Murderer, Cannibal & Thief by Emerson Hough

Wrath of the Kentucky cannibal by Marc Hoover

Kentucky’s Jeffrey Dahmer: Chronicling the ‘Kentucky Cannibal’ by Matthew Duckworth



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