American Malice: A True Crime Podcast

American Malice: A True Crime Podcast

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American Malice: A True Crime Podcast episodes

  • Ep. 15: Kill Them with Fire: The Case of Alysha Green
    When a spate of mothers killing their children plagued the Dallas-Fort Worth area, no one could foretell when, where, or how the next tragedy would occur.
    Sources:
    CBS News
    Associated Press
    The Houston Chronicle 
    ABC13 News
    Fox News
    Dallas News
    The Washington Post
    Futurelearn.com
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    19 min
  • Ep. 14: The Murder of Andrew Kissel
    Just two and a half years after wealthy businessman Robert Kissel's bludgeoned body was found in his building basement, his brother Andrew Kissel's stabbed and bound body was found in his own basement.  How did two such dissimilar brothers meet such similar fates?
    Sources:
    https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Unraveling-the-murder-mystery-of-Andrew-Kissel-1334824.php
    https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15061888
    https://nymag.com/news/features/16861/
    https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2009-02-26-kissel0226-art-story.html
    https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Grisly-photos-shown-police-testify-at-Kissel-842386.php
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084718/
    35 min
  • Ep. 13 A Deadly Kiss-el: The Case of Nancy Kissel
    Everyone thought that they were the perfect couple living the American Dream abroad. But when 40-year-old banker, Robert, goes missing, claims of abuse, drug use, infidelity, and a shopping addiction, reveal the dark and twisted truth behind the facade.
    Sources:
    Investigation Discovery
    Passport to Murder
    The Standard
    The Guardian
    The Daily Mail
    NBC News
    26 min
  • Ep. 12 Bodysnatching for Trophies: The Case of Ed Gein
    When local women go missing in rural Wisconsin, the police suspect the town eccentric.  The unfathomable nightmare they uncover at his dilapidated farmhouse would go on to influence horror writers for decades. The world was not ready for bodysnatcher, cannibal, and necrophiliac Ed Gein.
    Sources:
    Deviant: The Shocking True Story of the Original “Psycho” by Harold Schechter
    Edward Theodore Gein “American Psycho”: Information summarized by Radford University students Brandie Jenkins, Amanda Clark, Cathleen Duncan, & Lacey Robinson
    "The Shambles of Ed Gein" by Robert Bloch
    25 min
  • Ep. 11 Bodysnatching for Profit: The Case of Michael Mastromarino

    What is a body worth?  In the early 2000s, one doctor in New York decided to find out when he began harvesting body parts from corpses without family consent. 

    Sources:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/apr/02/usa.features

    https://www.oprah.com/relationships/husbands-secret-lives-revealed/2

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_Tissue_Services

    https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/body-snatcher-michael-mastromarino-dead-article-1.1392503

    https://nymag.com/news/features/22326/

    Bodysnatchers of New York on Amazon Prime

    29 min
  • Ep. 10 Poisoned Parenting: The Case of Judy Pickens
    When a young brother and sister are hospitalized with a mysterious ailment, doctors are initially baffled.  Soon though, who is poisoning them, and how, becomes all too apparent.  
    Sources:
    https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3392805/st-louis-mother-gets-life-in-prison-for-poisoning-her-two-kids-one-fatally
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/defendant-planned-lawsuit-mother-accused-of-killing-her-child-had/article_e8c1cb6e-2f77-542a-8e29-69dd3364d972.html
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/mother-is-found-guilty-of-poisoning-2-children-prosecutors-said-she-injected-her-ground-up/article_a7c37e0c-9a06-5b65-807f-c854a48bc67a.html
    https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/did-this-mother-poison-her-son-for-attention/Content?oid=2483876
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/mo-court-of-appeals/1553816.html
    https://www.kansas.com/news/article1010303.html
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201303/heroine-rush
    42 min
  • Ep. 9 Poisoned Friendship: The Case of Ryan Furlough
    In 2003, three teens found themselves in a love triangle and one ended up dead.  Was a psychotropic drug to blame for the murder, or was it committed out of good ol' fashioned jealousy?  Tune it to find out.
    Sources:
    The Baltimore Sun
    The Washington Post
    Chicago Tribune
    Psychology Today
    CBC News
    26 min
  • Ep. 8 Poisoned Mind: The Case of Ari Liggett
    When a mother and her mentally ill adult son go missing, family and friends grow increasingly concerned.  What has happened to the 56-year-old nurse and mother is so much worse than they could have ever imagined.  
    Sources:
    Reuters
    9News.com
    Denver.cbslocal.com
    The Denver Post
    The Centennial Citizen 
    The Washington Times
    Findlaw.com
    Our Centennial News
    Intermountain Jewish News
    31 min
  • Ep. 7: Justice for Whom? The Case of Juan Carter Hernandez

    An ex-marine serves a short prison sentence after killing his young wife in 2011.  When he's released, he murders his transwoman girlfriend in broad daylight.    

    Sources:

    https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/mother-friend-remember-trans-woman-killed-in-new-wilmington-attack/

    https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article249456625.html

    https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local_news/man-police-shot-had-been-in-prison-for-killing-wife/article_3e03e148-73ac-11eb-b08f-fb560baf7b67.html

    https://www.4029tv.com/article/vigil-held-for-springdale-woman-who-was-killed-in-pennsylvania/35718474

    https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local_news/police-investigating-shooting-by-officer/article_e22c417b-5afb-5763-8a3d-7e2c18bdead8.html

    https://www.stewart-kyle.com/obituary/1220038

    https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/nc-mom-says-slain-murder-suspect-killed-her-daughter-in-2011/

    https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article249456625.html

    https://www.jdnews.com/story/news/2021/02/22/convicted-murder-richlands-former-marine-killed-after-assaulting-transgender-woman/4542122001/

    19 min
  • Ep. 6 Killed by Kinky Sex: The Cases of Barbara Asher and Gary LeBlanc

    When people die during extreme consensual sex acts, who, if anyone, is to blame?  In this episode, we explore two deaths that occurred during BDSM sessions and the lengths to which the doms go to hide the bodies.   

    Sources:

    https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20010412/news/304129957

    https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20021203/news/312039952

    https://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20110506/news/305069702

    https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11102200

    https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20060120/News/301209920

    https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20060121/news/301219970

    https://www.foxnews.com/story/lawyer-wears-dominatrix-mask-in-courtroom

    https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Dominatrix-Pleads-Innocent-in-Death-10473756.php

    http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/01/31/dominatrix_acquitted_of_manslaughter/

    https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20060118/news01/301189988

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-28-na-dominatrix28-story.html

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dominatrix-denies-manslaughter-20vsqqhzg3r

    https://www.foxnews.com/story/suicide-note-leads-cops-to-body-of-missing-british-tourist

    https://abc13.com/archive/5957659/

    https://www.advocate.com/news/2007/10/12/family-man-who-died-bondage-sex-act-files-lawsuit

    https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20071016/NEWS/310169600


    20 min

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American Malice is a true crime podcast that takes you on a narrative journey into unbelievable crimes and the motives that inspired them. Here, we peer into the darkness of the human heart, and we…