Murder, My Dude

This week, we take a look at one of the most sinister sexual sadists in recent history: New Mexico’s Toy Box Killer. A lifetime of obsession over more and more sinister sadomasochistic acts ended with an incredible escape and the exposure of a sinister network of enablers.

Before that: This Week In Murder updates some old cases and looks at some all-time awful parents. Then Who Died The Worst explores three deaths involving great falls.

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Jackson and B.P. return with an explosion of concussive true crime with comedy as the catalyst.

As you can tell by the awful puns, we’re going to be talking about Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber, who injured many and killed three in a series of attacks where he mailed explosive devices or left them where his unsuspecting victims would find them. Today, we explore his motives, his twisted view on society, and eventual capture.

But first! A modification of our new Local F!%#ing News segment, when we present Local F!%#ing Politics.

We also explore a rapper’s untimely end and an financially-motivate slaying in This Week In Murder, and, as always, we end with Who Died The Worst?

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Everyone knows the names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald.

Charles Julius Guiteau and Leon Frank Czolgosz? Not so much.

So on this Election Day special, we take a look at the two lesser known presidential assassinations in American history, and we do it in signature Murder, My Dude Style!

BUT FIRST! We look at a former fringe candidate for the governorship of Idaho arrested in a decades-old cold case in This Week In Murder. We also explore a murder threat that births a brand new segment!

And we close with a Presidential edition of Who Died The Worst?

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No Gerbils Were Harmed In The Making Of This Podcast.

You’re all cordially invited to our spooky second birthday celebration!

It’s a Halloween episode and an anniversary show all-wrapped up in one! And this week’s episode takes a nod from one of our favorite subgenres of scary movies: short story compilations like Creepshow, Trick ‘r Treat, & Twilight Zone: The Movie. Instead of one big story, we’re going to be taking a look at three smaller Halloween-related true crime tales.

But that’s not all! This Week In Murder explores a supposed Halloween decoration that was something much more sinister and a tragic mass shooting at a Halloween Party. And we even have a Halloween-themed edition of Who Died The Worst!

Check it out, tell a friend, and thanks for your support over our first two years!

It’s the week before we celebrate two full years of Murder, My Dude, and we kick off the countdown to Halloween with a fun-sized episode!

Also, both of your hosts were incredibly tired and decided to make it a short one this week.

But what we lack in length we make up for in body count. Vlad III of Wallachia, aka Vlad Dracula, aka Vlad the Impaler, was an especially brutal ruler even when judging by the especially brutal time he lived in.

Vlad’s on-again, off-again rule over Wallachia was rife with an unthinkable amount of executions for even the most minor of offenses. This week, we explore the life and death of the madman who was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s titular vampire.

But first, we start with a look at a blackmailer and a bad boyfriend in This Week In Murder. Finally, we close with a historical edition of Who Died The Worst?

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This week, we take a look at a love triangle that almost certainly went horribly wrong.

Heather Elvis was 20 years old, studying cosmetology by day and waiting tables in Myrtle Beach at night. In the summer of 2013, she began a whirlwind fling with a married man.

That December, she disappeared. Never to be seen again.

This week, we take a look at the circumstances behind her disappearance and likely untimely death.

BUT FIRST! This Week in Murder takes a look at a fatal mask dispute at a restaurant that totally doesn’t sponsor this show and a case of incredibly awful parenting.

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

This week, we get back into the classic true crime wheelhouse with a look at one of the most brutal, monstrous serial killers of the past twenty years.

Israel Keyes wore a mask as a small business owner, a father, and a loving boyfriend. But upwards of a dozen people got to see his real self firsthand: a brutal, relentless murderer who sadistically killed the easiest possible targets.

This week, we explore Keyes’ life, and the horrible case that got him caught.

Also, This Week In Murder explores a Texas Sheriff facing evidence tampering charges tied to the hit show Live PD and a murder-suicide involving a former MLB Player.

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

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Podcasts may be taking over for terrestrial radio as the world’s preferred form of audio entertainment, but that’s not stopping us from taking a look at the life and untimely death of a rising radio star, and the play and movie(s) it inspired.

Alan Berg had a talent for making great radio. Unapologetic for his politics and Jewish faith, Berg battled and belittled callers up until his untimely assassination in 1984. Berg’s killers were a group of white supremacists who had banded together to strike out against Jewish Americans, and we explore their horrific actions as well.

But first, we take a look at Talk Radio, the 1988 Oliver Stone film written by and starring Eric Bogosian not-so-loosely based on Berg’s life and death.

Elsewhere on the show, This Week In Murder explores another cold case solved and an ambush on a man recently released from jail, and it’s hunting season in an outdoorsy edition of Who Died The Worst!

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This week’s episode takes us back to the early days of Hollywood, and specifically to the mysterious, premature deaths of two top comedic stars.

Known as “The Ice Cream Blonde” and “Hot Toddy,” Thelma Todd went from being Miss Massachusetts 1925 to a star of over 100 short and feature films. Her reputation as a comedic actress was followed by a reputation as a partier, and the aftermath of one party in December of 1935 was followed soon after by her death.

Ted Healy was an early comedy star and a veteran of the vaudeville circuit. These days, he’s most known for being the creator of the Three Stooges. Two years and a few days after Thelma Todd’s death, Healy passed away under mysterious circumstances as well.

And rumor has it, he had been attacked at a party a few days before. A party at Club Trocadero: the same club Thelma Todd had partied at before her death.

We explore both stories this week!

Also, This Week In Murder looks at a new sentencing in an old drunk driving killing and… death by gender reveal party?

And finally, we close with Who Died The Worst!

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This week, we turn back the clock nearly a century and look at two terrible stories from the early days of film.

Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was just a few years removed from signing the first million dollar a year deal in Hollywood History when it all went away following him being accused of rape and manslaughter.

One of his perennial co-stars was deeply involved with not one, but two shootings.

We explore both this week!

Also on the show, This Week In Murder looks at the down side of archery and swimming as Summer comes to a close. Then we play a stage-centric Who Died The Worst!

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