The 1916 murder of orphan tennis star Freida Weichman was a callous and brutal act. But, the arrogant bungling of her killer, Milo Piper, "The Untalented Mr. Ripley" is a darkly comic master class in the Dunning-Kruger effect. Nick Viau author of Life and Longbows and Clumsy Predators - coming in July - joins Zevon as Kinda Murdery travels to Muskegon, MI and Nick schools Zevon on the violent history of the Great Lakes Triangle. Be sure to hang around for the surprise ending…

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San Francisco, CA. - 1895: Blanche Lamont, a member of the First Emanuel Baptist Church mysteriously disappears. Then, before the the mystery of Blanche's disapperance can be solved, horrified parishoners find the mutilated body of Blanche's best friend, Minnie Williams. Blanche died first, but was discovered second, Her body had been horribly disfigured and shoved up inside First Emanuel Baptist's church steeple, where it was eventually found. Both Minnie and Blanche had been sexually assaulted. These horrible killings were dubbed, "The Steeple Murders," and suspicion quicky centered on a young medical student, and ardent church-goer, named Theodore Durrant. But Durrant was handsome, charming, pious, and well-liked, from a good family, with no hint of violence or criminal activity either in his past, or in his social circle. He seemed an unlikely choice for, "The Demon of the Belfry," San Francisco's own Jack Ripper...But was he?

Find out on this episode of Kinda Murdery!

Sources:
https://archive.org/details/true-detective-feb-1929
https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/killer-theodore-durrant/
https://the-line-up.com/theo-durrant-the-demon-of-belfry
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Theodore-Durrant-Demon-of-the-Belfry-SF-murders-10418597.php

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On February 1st, 1893, an African-American teen named John Howling, walking to work in the morning, spotted a young girl, lying in the grass on the side of the road to Fort Thomas Kentucky. At first, John thought she might be sleeping, or worse, taken by the late-winter cold and freezing (or already frozen.) Howling approached and laid a hand gently on the girls shoulder to awaken her. Suddenly, Howling was howling. He let out a blood curdling scream. The girl was headless. John didn't know it yet, but he had discovered the body of beloved Greencastle, Indiana socialite, Pearl Bryan. She was obviously dead, but why had the killer decapitated her, and where was Pearl's head now? Find out on the latest episode of Kinda Murdery!

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Sources: https://ia601502.us.archive.org/9/items/true-detective-march-1929/TrueDetectiveMarch1929.pdf
https://www.nkytribune.com/2020/08/our-rich-history-shoe-dealer-solves-ghastly-murder-of-pearl-bryan-found-missing-her-head-in-1893/

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Tune in for Northern Virginia's very own urban legend, "The Bunny Man," followed by "The Medici Easter Murder," and, "The Easter Massacre," on Kinda Murdery's very special Easter episode.
Happy Easter everyone!

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Sources:
https://www.fodors.com/news/history/how-an-easter-murder-at-florences-most-famous-site-changed-the-renaissance https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/easter https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/06/06/easter-day-killer-11-family-members-dead-age-88/7538521001/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_(1950_film) https://wamu.org/story/17/10/31/true-story-bunnyman-northern-virginias-gruesome-urban-legend/




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The title says it all. from 44 AD to 2020, Zevon delivers tales of notorious farts that triggered horrific violence. From "Fart out of Jail Free Card," to "I'll Gut You in a Dollar General," there's no limit to just how murdery human beings can be. Sometimes "Cutting the Cheese," leads to "Cutting a B****." You won't want to miss this episode, as Kinda Murdery explores the lighter side of murder, and the darker side of farts...

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Sources:
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2020/08/a-taxi-driver-has-been-arrested-for-wielding-a-weapon-while-arguing-with-a-passenger-who-kept-farting https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/06/man-arrested-after-causing-stink-friends-house/2825071001/ https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/criminal-defense/girl-16-fatally-beaten-over-flatulence-jokes/ https://apnews.com/article/oddities-yvette-wilson-florida-320fd8a37709486596e6670f86a35fec https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/woman-arrested-after-fight-with-husband-over-farts/news-story/5d940970192560a22ffa19d30e614301 https://apnews.com/article/oddities-yvette-wilson-florida-320fd8a37709486596e6670f86a35fec https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/10-most-wtf-crime-stories-of-2017-126987/man-farts-at-detective-until-hes-released-128529/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna41180961 https://historycollection.com/the-fart-that-killed-10000-people-and-other-weird-moments-from-history/5/

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Darren Marlar from Weird Darkness Podcast joins Kinda Murdery for The Shotgun Slaying of Frieda Beckley, and a wide-ranging conversation about life, inspiration, and over-coming mental health challenges.

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The conclusion of a wide-ranging, hilarious, and, at-times-heart-wrenching, conversation with original Magic the Gathering Artist, Anson Maddocks. Zevon finishes the story of Gosha the Wizard and Anson brings a personal Kinda Murdery story all his own...

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Sources:
https://www.rt.com/news/moscow-wizard-models-killings-244/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-magician-murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Martirosyan_(serial_killer)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/rasputin-history

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Iconic, original Magic the Gathering Artist - Anson Maddocks returns to dive into the story of Gosha the Wizard, and to discuss his work, the inspiration for Sengir Vampire, and, in particular, the ways in which, the darker side of art can be used as a form of personal therapy. There's still plenty of humor woven throughout, and Anson tells a great story about the emotional impact of his encounter with a huge, "Kinda Murdery," spider...

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Sources:
https://www.rt.com/news/moscow-wizard-models-killings-244/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-magician-murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Martirosyan_(serial_killer)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/rasputin-history

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Legendary, original Magic the Gathering Artist - Anson Maddocks - the MOST, "Kinda Murdery" artist in the 30-year-history of Magic, joins Zevon for a wide-ranging and frank conversation. During an often-hilarious discussion woven throughout the murder stories of Rasputin and Gosha the Wizard, Anson tells us why punk-rock stubborness inspires his work, talks about growing up with fellow Mount-Rushmore-Magic-Artist, Mark Tedin (and which Tedin card art he wishes he'd drawn/painted himself). He lets slip that the, "Lost Works of Anson Maddocks," may still exist, and tells us why his mother didn't think much of Mr. Rogers...

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Sources:
https://www.rt.com/news/moscow-wizard-models-killings-244/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-magician-murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Martirosyan_(serial_killer)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/rasputin-history

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A new suspect has appeared. He's the out-of-town boyfriend of a local Westfield teen and he's obsessed with dark video games. In one of them he plays as a character called, "THE WATCHER."

Find out what happens next on the thrilling conclusion of, "The Watcher: 657 Boulevard."

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Sources:
https://www.thecut.com/article/the-haunting-of-657-boulevard-in-westfield-new-jersey.html https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/the-watcher-657-boulevard-update.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/the-watcher-house-owner-true-story-netflix-b2219719.html

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