Murder, My Dude

This week, we celebrate the birth of one of our own: Jackson Welles! We do this by discussing The Shining, the film released on the exact day of his birth, and by looking into the case of legendary murderous robbers on the lam Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow.

The story of the outlaw duo brought down in a hail of gunfire is so ubiquitous, it seems like folklore at this point. In this episode, Jackson & B.P. explore the real story.

BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder explores the latest in the cases of Jordan Neely and Lori Vallow (See our episode, Doomsday, My Dude for more on that one.)

Then, as always, we finish with a game of Who Died The Worst?!

In our latest episode, Jackson and B.P. (or is it Maximum Jackson-um and Pope Barnabas?) pay tribute to Florence Nightingale on what would’ve been her 203rd birthday, if only people lived that long. 

And they do it in a way only Murder, My Dude can: by highlighting the very worst of the profession that she’s synonymous with. Charles Cullen is one of the most prolific “angel of death” killers in the medical industry, with a death toll suspected to be in the hundreds between the mid-1980s and early 2000s.

BUT FIRST - This Week In Murder looks at a brutal killing on an Arizona hiking trail and takes a deep dive on the killing of Jordan Neely.

And finally, we close as we always do: with a rousing game of Who Died The Worst!

In our latest episode, Murder, My Dude returns to the land of the rising sun to take a look at a pair of killings that drew international attention to a controversial custom.

Carita Ridgway and Lucie Blackman were both hostesses, workers at Tokyo nightclubs who were tasked with being extra-attentive to parts of the club’s clientele - generally older, affluent businessmen. Carita and Lucie came to Tokyo from Australia and England, respectively, and though they lived there eight years apart, their deaths came at the hands of the same man.

This week, we explore their stories.

BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder explores the killing of a tech executive and a rash of “stand your ground” shootings.

And, as always, we close with a game of Who Died The Worst!

This week's episode finally delves deep in to a thrilling, cutthroat world that we've never explored before: the insurance industry.

On a serious note, the brutal death of terminally ill Betsy Faria showed how depraved human beings can truly be. The terminally ill wife and mother of two was stabbed over 50 times, including once through an eye, and was left with a knife sticking out of her neck.

When her husband called the gruesome crime in as a suicide, suspicion immediately fell on him, but all was not what it seemed.

We explore Betsy's story this week!

BUT FIRST! You may want to skip to around 50-55 minutes if you're looking just for true crime content. At that point, This Week in Murder explores the fatal pursuit of a high-ranking Maryland government official turned fugitive and explores the mind of a family annhilator.

And, as always, we wrap things up with a rousing game of Who Died The Worst!

The weather is warming up, and schools are letting out. It’s time once again for SPRING BREAK!!!

But the fun and frivolity all too often turns deadly, and perhaps never more horrifically than in the case of Mark Kilroy, a Texas Longhorn who went to the Gulf Coast to party like it was 1989, and he never returned.

The story of his demise has to be heard to be believed.

BUT FIRST!!! This Week In Murder explores the death of a mentally ill murderous musician and a dentist gone bad.

Then, as always, we close with a game of Who Died The Worst!

For the fifth time, Murder, My Dude turns its eyes toward the Emerald Isle to celebrate our oldest special: Murder O’Dude.

And it’s a wild one, filled with bad accents and butchered pronunciations! Oh yeah, and a case. The death of Mary Gough Whelan was caused by an accidental fall down the stairs according to her husband, Colin. Investigators soon suspected something more sinister, but the wily widower had more than one trick up his sleeve…

BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder looks at a death row inmate taking a parting shot at a governor and the assassination-style killing of a former Murder, My Dude subject.

And, as always, we close with a game who Who Died The Worst! And this one will make you want to stay home instead of going to that big concert.

And this week, we do something completely different!

It’s an extra-special Murder, My Dude with more of a freeform conversation and a bit of a rest for our usual segments.

Instead, we’re going to take a look at our favorite murder-themed TV shows and movies.

And, unlike always, we DON’T play a game of Who Died The Worst!

The weeks immediately following the attacks on September 11, 2001 were wrought with paranoia and a sense that something else bad was going to happen imminently.

Those fears were made real on a smaller scale when it soon emerged that members of the media and the United States Senate were mailed letters containing spores carrying the deadly anthrax bacteria.

Though terrorism was initially feared, suspicion later fell on the scientific community who’d have the access and know-how to carry out the attacks. In 2008, they identified the suspected perpetrator, but did they get it right? We explore the case in this episode!

BUT FIRST This Week in Murder explores the Michigan State mass shooting and the murder of a transgender TikToker in the UK.

And, as always, we close things out with a game of Who Died The Worst!

Stay away from the woods (and wooded areas) - this week we’re taking a look at the Green River Killer!

Gary Ridgway currently holds the second-largest confirmed body count of any serial killer in American history. He was able to evade law enforcement for decades by hiding in plain sight (and because DNA testing was in its infancy).

This week, we look into his story!

BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder explores a basketball game riot that ended in tragedy and a deadly doppelganger.

And, as always, we end with a game of Who Died The Worst!

Be careful who you pick up on the side of the road. In our 6th Season Finale, we cover a case straight out of your Netflix watch list and explore the case of Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker!

Was the charismatic vagabond a folk hero, a cold-blooded murderer, or something in between? We explore his case in this smash, smash, su-MASH of an episode!

BUT FIRST - This Week In Murder explores a cold case solved and updates a horrific movie set shooting. And to close, a foul game of Who Died The Worst!