Mask of Sanity

By ORACL3 Network

What's Mask of Sanity about?

A weekly podcast hosted by Melanie Peterson, an Air Force veteran turned NYC actress. Join her each week as she guides listeners through different cases of the world’s most notorious killers.Mask of Sanity is partnered with the ORACL3 Network.

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Mask of Sanity episodes:

10.29.2021
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALVIN!!!
Hi friends! Long time, no see! Today is a very special day - it is October 29th, 2021, which is the birthday of my oldest nephew, Calvin. Calvin always wants to listen to my show but is not allowed because...
06.30.2021
Bonus Patreon Episode: Antone Costa
Hi friends, for today, I am releasing one of my Patreon episodes from last year while I finish up my first Beyond the Mask episode since March! Enjoy!Antone Costa, who was later known as the Cape Cod Casanova, was a...
06.16.2021
A Conversation with Juleen Moreno, the Host of It Goes Down In The PM
Hi friends, for today’s episode, I’m joined by the host of It Goes Down In The PM, Juleen Moreno, who speaks openly and candidly about the car accident that changed her life on November 11th, 2019.Join me on social media...
06.02.2021
54. Stephen Stanko
Stephen Stanko’s life was seemingly derailed after he failed to earn an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy after high school. This failure triggered a change in his behavior where he soon resorted to petty crimes which eventually...
04.27.2021
#JusticeForKatiePalmer: An Analysis of the BodyCam Footage, Part Two
On April 21st, 2020, John and Katie Palmer went out for an early morning walk around 7:30am. Within 15 minutes, their lives would be forever changed. They were hit by a F250 driven by Cory Todd Foster, which knocked them...
04.21.2021
#JusticeForKatiePalmer: An Analysis of the BodyCam Footage, Part One
On April 21st, 2020, John and Katie Palmer went out for an early morning walk around 7:30am. Within 15 minutes, their lives would be forever changed. They were hit by a F250 driven by Cory Todd Foster, which knocked them...
04.15.2021
#JusticeForKatiePalmer
On April 21st, 2020, John and Katie Palmer went out for an early morning walk around 7:30am. Within 15 minutes, their lives would be forever changed. They were hit by a F250 driven by Cory Todd Foster, which knocked them...
04.07.2021
Bonus Patreon Episode: Fritz Haarmann
Fritz Haarmann, the Butcher of Hanover, murdered at least 27 young boys and teenagers between 1918 and 1924 in the city of Hanover but the actual number of victims is most likely higher. He would lure runaways and sex workers...
04.05.2021
#JusticeforJacob
Hi friends, I'm sharing a message from my friend, Eric Carter-Landin, the host of True Consequences. From now until April 10th, he is asking for your help to put pressure on Socorro County District Attorney Clint Wellborn and convince him...
03.31.2021
Beyond the Mask: The Amityville Horror
Welcome back to Beyond the Mask, where host Melanie Peterson combines her passion for true crime with her love of all things horror. In this episode, Melanie dives into the real life horror and possible supernatural experiences that inspired the...
03.24.2021
#StopAsianHate - A Message from The Dumb, Found Dead Podcast
Hey there friends, today’s episode is different. I am choosing to share a message from my friends John and Patrick from The Dumb, Found Dead Podcast in response to the March 16th shooting in Atlanta, George that claimed the lives...
03.17.2021
53. The Zodiac: Part Three
Hey there friends, welcome to Part Three of my coverage for the infamous Zodiac murders. So far, I covered the victims, the letters, and some of the main suspects. This week's episode will include the investigation and key players as...
03.10.2021
52. The Zodiac: Part Two
Hey there friends, welcome back to Part Two of my coverage for the infamous Zodiac murders. Last week, I covered the victims and the letters while this week, I'm walking you through some of the main suspects. Next week's episode...
03.03.2021
51. The Zodiac: Part One
Hey there friends, this one is going to be a really bumpy ride! I’m going to break down the infamous Zodiac murders in a multiple-part series where I will cover the victims, the letters and ciphers, the suspects, and the...
02.26.2021
Beyond the Mask: The Strangers
Welcome back to Beyond the Mask, where host Melanie Peterson joins her passion for true crime with her love of all things horror. In this episode, Melanie dives into the three real-life events that inspired writer and director Bryan Bertino...
02.24.2021
50. The West Port Murders
William Burke and William Hare were the original bodysnatchers. They were responsible for 16 murders over a 10-month period in Scotland in which they had worked out a deal with Doctor Richard Knox. Knox would pay them anywhere from eight...
02.17.2021
Bonus Patreon Episode: Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo
Was Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo a psychic who could predict the future or was he the ultimate scam artist who also enjoyed murdering those he perceived as a threat? In this episode, I take you through Constanzo’s upbringing, including how...
02.10.2021
49. Dean Corll
Dean Corll, known as the Candy Man, convinced two teenage boys to be his accomplices for his diabolical plan to kidnap, rape, torture, and murder as many boys as he could. When Corll was finally shot to death by one...
02.03.2021
Justice for Jacob: A Conversation with Eric Carter-Landin
Today is a first for Mask of Sanity. I am honored to be joined by the host of True Consequences, Eric Carter-Landin. Eric is working tirelessly to spread awareness about child abuse and murder in New Mexico and opens up...
01.29.2021
Happy Pod-iversary!!
Mask of Sanity is officially one year old so here’s a special Q&A; bonus episode to celebrate! Make sure to subscribe to Mask of Sanity wherever you listen so you don’t miss an episode!Join me on social media by following...
01.27.2021
48. Paul Durousseau
In 2007, Paul Durousseau, known as the Cabbie Killer, was convicted of the 1999 slaying of 24-year old Tyresa Mack and received a sentence of death by lethal injection. After he was arrested in 2003, he was also charged with...
01.22.2021
Beyond the Mask: The Donner Party
Welcome back to Beyond the Mask, where host Melanie Peterson joins her passion for true crime with her love of all things horror. In this episode, Melanie dives into the doomed Donner Party that very loosely inspired the 1999 film...
01.20.2021
47. Robert Black
Robert Black was given up by his birth mother and spent several years in residential homes after his foster mother passed away when he was 11. He recalled that he began having an extreme fascination with female genitalia from as...
01.13.2021
46. David Russell Williams
Colonel David Russell Williams was a distinguished military man. He commanded thousands, he was a respected leader, he even flew the Queen of England on a few occasions. But what no one knew was that Williams had a sinister side....
01.06.2021
45. John and Lavinia Fisher
Was Lavinia Fisher really America’s first female serial killer or have her exploits been greatly exaggerated over the last 200 years? She and her husband John ran a hotel outside of Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1800s and the...
12.30.2020
Beyond the Mask: The Phantom Killer
Welcome back to Beyond the Mask, where host Melanie Peterson joins her passion for true crime with her love of all things horror. In this episode, Melanie dives into the case of the unidentified Phantom Killer and the Texarkana Moonlight...
12.16.2020
44. Lesley Eugene Warren
Lesley Eugene Warren, also known as the Babyface Killer, manipulated women into caring for him, making them feel comfortable around him, but then, in a flash, he would murder them, strangling them and then dumping the bodies in various locations....
12.11.2020
CrimeCon House Arrest: Victimology featuring Mask of Sanity
Here’s a special bonus, my friends! I was honored to join Victimology host Melissa Lee as a special guest for CrimeCon House Arrest on November 21st, 2020. During our session, we discussed familicide, often referred to as family annihilators, what...
12.09.2020
43. Juan Corona
Juan Corona was a migrant worker turned labor contractor in Yuba City, California during the 1960s and 1970s. He had a reputation for being hard-working but occasionally a bit gruff with a ferocious temper. He would pick up transients and...
12.02.2020
42. The Moors Murders
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley kidnapped, tortured, and murdered five children, burying at least four of the bodies on Saddleworth Moor, over a three year period during the 1960s in Manchester, England. They were finally stopped when Hindley’s brother-in-law, David...
11.28.2020
Beyond the Mask: Earle Leonard Nelson
Welcome back to Beyond the Mask, where host Melanie Peterson joins her passion for true crime with her love of all things horror. In this episode, Melanie dives into the case of Earle Leonard Nelson, known as the Dark Strangler...
11.25.2020
41. John Cannan
John Cannan, known as “The Lady Killer,” is a rapist and murderer who was convicted of the sadistic murder of Shirley Banks on October 8th, 1987. He is also believed to be the prime suspect in the two unsolved murders...
11.18.2020
40. Audrey Marie Hilley
Audrey Marie Hilley lived for the finer things in life. She always dressed well and wanted to be seen and known for having expensive things and a lavish lifestyle. Despite what she wanted, Marie knew she needed more money than...
11.11.2020
39. Robert Spangler
For decades, Robert Spangler got away with the murders of two wives as well as his two children from his first marriage. It wasn’t until he was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer in 2000, that he finally confessed to...
11.04.2020
38. Gilles de Rais
Gilles de Rais was a French nobleman and highly respected military man who was suspected of murdering at least 140 children. It was alleged that he did this in the pursuit of the Philosopher’s stone as well as the fulfillment...
10.31.2020
Beyond the Mask: Ed Gein
Welcome to the first Beyond the Mask episode, where Mask of Sanity host Melanie Peterson combines her love of true crime with her love of all things horror! This episode goes through the case of Ed Gein, the Butcher of...
10.28.2020
37. Elizabeth Báthory
Elizabeth Báthory, the Blood Countess, was accused of torturing and murdering at least 650 young girls in the 1600s. The legends of her brutality have lasted centuries and she’s said to have played a part in author Bram Stoker’s inspiration...
10.21.2020
36. Andrei Chikatilo
Andrei Chikatilo, later known as the Butcher of Rostov and the Rostov Ripper, was convicted of murdering 52 people over a 12 year period during the Cold War and through the eventual collapse of the USSR in 1991. The judge...
10.14.2020
35. Peter Kürten
Peter Kürten, the Vampire of Düsseldorf, endured a horrific childhood, starved of love and suffering unimaginable abuse at the hands of his father. By the time he was nine years old, he was introduced to bestiality, which eventually escalated to...
10.07.2020
34. Richard Chase
Richard Chase, notoriously remembered as the Vampire of Sacramento, was in and out of mental institutions for years, ultimately being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Eventually, he was released from the American River Hospital just outside of Sacramento and, without the...
09.30.2020
33. Moses Sithole
Moses Sithole, known as the ABC Killer, is considered South Africa’s most prolific serial killer after he was captured and convicted of 38 counts of murder, including the two-year old son of one of his female victims, as well as...
09.23.2020
32. Leonarda Cianciulli
Leonarda Cianciulli, known as “The Soap-Maker of Correggio,” had a volatile childhood and lived in fear that the predictions of a fortune-teller who told her that every single one of her children would die, would actually come true. When her...
09.16.2020
31. Jane Toppan
Jane Toppan, also known as “Jolly Jane,” was an organized lust serial killer in Massachusetts during the turn of the 19th century, who poisoned her patients when she worked as a nurse, as well as close friends and family members,...
09.09.2020
30. Robert Berdella
Robert Berdella, known as The Butcher of Kansas City, brutally tortured and killed at least six young men between 1984 and 1987. After years of bullying as a child, the sudden loss of his father at age 16, being sexually...
09.02.2020
29. Joe Metheny
You want fries with that? Maybe not while you listen to this episode. Melanie covers the grotesque case of Joe Metheny, a serial killer who preyed on drug addicts and prostitutes and then to hide the evidence, he used parts...
08.26.2020
28. John Justin Bunting and the Snowtown Murders
In the United States, the name John Justin Bunting and the Snowtown Murders may not be a household name, unlike Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer, and you might even shrug your shoulders, not knowing anything about him or the murders....
08.19.2020
27. Charlie Brandt
Carl “Charlie” Brandt is something of an enigma. When he was 13, he shot his father and killed his mother, seemingly without provocation. Due to his age, he could not be indicted for the murder but a grand jury ordered...
08.12.2020
26. Danny Rolling: Part Two
Danny Rolling, having been groomed as a menace to society from years of abuse at the hands of his father, would go on to murder five college students in Gainesville over a four-day period, causing students to flee the campus...
08.05.2020
25. Danny Rolling: Part One
Danny Rolling, having been groomed as a menace to society from years of abuse at the hands of his father, would go on to murder five college students in Gainesville over a four-day period, causing students to flee the campus...
07.29.2020
24. Derrick Todd Lee
Derrick Todd Lee, known as the Baton Rouge Serial Killer, stalked women. He watched them through the windows of their homes, where they felt safe. When the moment was right, he would either sneak in through an open window or...

What's Mask of Sanity about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Mask of Sanity episodes:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALVIN!!!

Bonus Patreon Episode: Antone Costa

A Conversation with Juleen Moreno, the Host of It Goes Down In The PM

54. Stephen Stanko

#JusticeForKatiePalmer: An Analysis of the BodyCam Footage, Part Two

#JusticeForKatiePalmer: An Analysis of the BodyCam Footage, Part One

#JusticeForKatiePalmer

Bonus Patreon Episode: Fritz Haarmann

#JusticeforJacob

Beyond the Mask: The Amityville Horror

#StopAsianHate - A Message from The Dumb, Found Dead Podcast

53. The Zodiac: Part Three

52. The Zodiac: Part Two

51. The Zodiac: Part One

Beyond the Mask: The Strangers

50. The West Port Murders

Bonus Patreon Episode: Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo

49. Dean Corll

Justice for Jacob: A Conversation with Eric Carter-Landin

Happy Pod-iversary!!

48. Paul Durousseau

Beyond the Mask: The Donner Party

47. Robert Black

46. David Russell Williams

45. John and Lavinia Fisher

Beyond the Mask: The Phantom Killer

44. Lesley Eugene Warren

CrimeCon House Arrest: Victimology featuring Mask of Sanity

43. Juan Corona

42. The Moors Murders

Beyond the Mask: Earle Leonard Nelson

41. John Cannan

40. Audrey Marie Hilley

39. Robert Spangler

38. Gilles de Rais

Beyond the Mask: Ed Gein

37. Elizabeth Báthory

36. Andrei Chikatilo

35. Peter Kürten

34. Richard Chase

33. Moses Sithole

32. Leonarda Cianciulli

31. Jane Toppan

30. Robert Berdella

29. Joe Metheny

28. John Justin Bunting and the Snowtown Murders

27. Charlie Brandt

26. Danny Rolling: Part Two

25. Danny Rolling: Part One

24. Derrick Todd Lee

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