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Murder Coaster
Buckle up, keep your hands in the ride and prepare for a rollercoaster deep dive into some of the world’s most bizarre and brutal true crime stories.Presented to you by horror writers Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer, Murder Coaster is a weekly true crime podcast that will thrill and perplex you, delving deep not only into the facts of the case, but the psychology behind the culprits as well.Join us every Wednesday for fascinating takes on wild cases of murder through the ages, that you…
Episodes
Murder CoasterEpisode 45: WILLIAM BURROUGHS An Audio Portrait Part One
Today we bring you a tale rife with murder and mayhem, but also something more. We present to you a portrait of an artist and writer, a literary provocateur…
Murder CoasterEpisode 44: Poetic Justice and the Stupidity of Lyndon McLeod
Murderous scumbag Lyndon McLeod found poetic justice on a Denver cross-roads when he came face to face with what he hated most in the world: a powerful and…
Murder CoasterBONUS: An Interview with author Michael Wolraich about his new book THE BISHOP AND THE BUTTERFLY
Murder, gangsters and political intrigue in the roaring twenties!! Critically acclaimed author Michael Wolraich talks to us about his new book THE BISHOP AND…
Murder CoasterEpisode 43: Richard Ramirez Part 2: Death Row Romeo
Welcome back to part two of Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker. Today we follow the savage and bloody trail of Richard Ramirez as he goes from a West Texas…
Murder CoasterEpisode 42: RICHARD RAMIREZ Part One The Desert and the Graveyard
In the summer of 1985, Los Angeles was in the midst of a heat wave when a serial killer, the likes of which the world had never seen before, struck. A murderer…
Murder CoasterEpisode 41: Daniel LaPlante a Ghost in the Walls
In 1986 Tina Bowen and her best friend held a séance to contact Tina’s dead mother. Instead, they made contact with something much more terrifying than any…
Murder CoasterEpisode 40: ISSEI SAGAWA Scholar, Necrophile, Cannibal, Porn star
Renee Hartevelt was a beautiful 22-year-old college student studying French poetry when fellow student Issei Sagawa shot her in the back of the head, assaulted…
Murder CoasterEpisode 39: Armin and Bernd the Cannibal Soulmates
Many lost souls find each other on the internet, bonding over common interests and shared fantasies. But never in the history of the internet have two lonely…
Murder CoasterEpisode 38: Gypsy Rose Blanchard Revisited
Greetings dear listeners. As many of you may know, Gypsy Rose Blanchard will be released from prison tomorrow, December 28, 2023, after serving eight and a…
Murder CoasterEpisode 37: MERCY BROWN and the Vampires of New England
New England in the 1800s was gripped with a vampire panic. Belief in the undead rising from their graves at night to feed off the living, spreading pestilence…
Murder CoasterEpisode 36: Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden. The name has been etched into the American consciousness through countless books, movies, even a heavy metal band and a haunting and disturbing…
Murder CoasterEpisode 35: BATHSHEBA and the Truth Behind the Conjuring Haunting
Learn the disturbing truth behind the Conjuring Haunting. There’s a legend of a murderous and devil-worshipping witch that once dwelled in Rhode Island in the…
Murder CoasterBONUS: An Interview with Author Christa Carmen
Happy release day to THE DAUGHTERS OF BLOCK ISLAND and congratulations to cohost Christa Carmen!! Christa tells us all about her love of Gothic horror and her…
Murder CoasterEpisode 34: SID AND NANCY Part 2 Love Kills
Welcome back to our second and final episode on Sid and Nancy, the Romeo and Juliette of punk rock. Today we will explore the tumultuous relationship of these…
Murder CoasterEpisode 33: SID AND NANCY Part One Star-Crossed Lovers
Sid and Nancy. They were the Romeo and Juliette of punk rock, star-crossed lovers, each despised and hated by the other's friends and family, bound together by…
Murder CoasterEpisode 32: GATOR and the Horrific Death of Jessica Bergsten
The story of professional skateboarder Gator is a distinctly American tale about a rocket to success and a tumble to disgrace. It is also a story about the…
Murder CoasterBONUS: STARKWEATHER An Interview with Award-Winning Author Harry N MacLean
New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award winning author Harry N MacLean joins us to discuss his new true crime book STARKWEATHER: The Untold Story of the…
Murder CoasterEpisode 31: FANG and the tragic death of Dixie Lee Carney
PUNK ROCK. It was a battle cry for alienated and disaffected youth around the world. Outsider kids who wanted to go wild in a cruel world where they saw no…
Murder CoasterEpisode 30: The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia. Just the name itself evokes mystery and intrigue, conjuring images of a raven-haired and gothic beauty tragically slain at the zenith of her…
Murder CoasterHALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Wendigo Crimes, Trials and Murders
The Wendigo. Today we will examine the origins of the mythological beast, and explore three cases of supposed Wendigo possession that ended in madness, murder…
Murder CoasterEpisode 29: True Crime Werewolf Madness
What does Hitler, Russia’s most prolific serial killer, and a Florida frat-boy cannibal have in common? They’re all werewolves!!! Hitler was obsessed with…
Murder CoasterBONUS: Horror Writers on Werewolves
Horror writers on werewolves! From huge, mainstream, bestselling authors, to underground indie writers of extreme horror and splatter punk, we have curated an…
Murder CoasterEpisode 28: Albert Fish the Werewolf of Wysteria
Albert Fish is one of the most terrifying and notorious figures in the history of true crime. A cannibal and child killer, he was both a sadist and a masochist…
Murder CoasterEpisode 27: Fritz Haarmann The Wolf Man of Hanover
World War I caused astounding economic and social ramifications in Germany. Severe reparations led to an extreme economic crisis marked by hyperinflation…
Murder CoasterBONUS: The History of the Werewolf Film
Mark and Jim from the Horror Movies and Shit podcast join us today as we cover the long history of the werewolf in cinema! Unlike vampires, which entered the…
Murder CoasterEpisode 26: Werewolf Crimes and Trials
In humanity's oldest surviving work of literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh, the goddess of sex and violence transforms her lover into a wolf. This ancient…
Murder CoasterEpisode 25: The Cabin 28 Massacre
On April 11, 1981, a chilling and unsolved multiple murder unfolded in Cabin 28 in the little town of Keddie, California, nestled in the foothills of the…
Murder CoasterBONUS: Richard Chizmar talks about his new book BECOMING THE BOOGEYMAN
Richard Chizmar joins the show to discuss his new book Becoming the Boogeyman a blending of true crime and horror fiction.. Richard is not only a New York…
Murder CoasterEpisode 24: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders
The Wineville Chicken Coop murders stand as some of the most horrifying and unsettling chapters in the annals of true crime, marked by a plot twist so bizarre…
Murder CoasterEpisode 23: Leslie Van Houten Part 2
The Leslie Van Houten Story Part 2: Marauders in the desert, the way of the coyote, arrest, trial, rehabilitation and release. Leslie has gone from…
Murder CoasterEpisode 22: Leslie Van Houten Part 1
From Homecoming Queen to Acid Orgies: The Leslie Van Houten Story Part 1 After 53 years in prison, former Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten is now a free…
Murder CoasterEpisode 21: The Mall Passer Mike DeBardeleben
The craziest suspected serial killer you probably never heard of! In 1982 Treasury Department agents were hot on the trail of a counterfeiter traveling across…
Murder CoasterEpisode 20: The Kentucky Cannibal Levi Boone Helm
Get ready for a rootin-tootin, true-crime good time, as we get into the life of notorious Wild West outlaw, gunslinger, and old-time serial killer Levi Boone…
Murder CoasterEpisode 19: Amusement Park Murder and Terror
Every abandoned place is haunted, if not by the ghosts of the dead, then by the relics of the past. And no place appears more eerie and forlorn than the…
Murder CoasterEpisode 18: The Dooms Day Cult of Lori Vallow Daybell
What were the real beliefs of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell? We get nitty-gritty and trace it back to an 1860 Mormon offshoot group called The Church of the…
Murder CoasterEpisode 17: Freeway Killers Pt 3: Randy Kraft
Randy Kraft was one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, and also one of the most brutal, cruel and sadistic. It is believed he killed at…
Murder CoasterEpisode 16: Freeway Killer Pt 2: William George Bonin
William “Billy” Bonin would be described by prosecutors as, “the most arch evil person who has ever existed.” A decorated Vietnam War hero, he was also a…
Murder CoasterEpisode 15: Freeway Killers Pt 1: Patrick Wayne Kearney
There were upward of twenty serial killers at work in Southern California in the late seventies and early eighties, earning Los Angeles the title “Serial…
Murder CoasterEpisode 14: Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Everyone in the small community of Springfield, Missouri adored Dee Dee Blanchard and her disabled daughter Gypsy Rose. They were survivors of hurricane…
Murder CoasterEpisode 13 Elizabeth Bathory: Vampiric Blood Countess or Iron-fisted Matriarch?
The legend of Countess Elizabeth Bathory has inspired countless horror movies and heavy metal bands. This enigmatic woman has come to be seen by modern culture…
Murder CoasterSeason Finale Bonus: The Truth Behind the Most Terrifying 911 Call Ever Recorded
As a season finale bonus we bring you the truth behind the Ruth Price 911 call! Often cited as the most terrifying 911 call of all time, its origin and…
Murder CoasterEPISODE 12: The 1984 San Ysidro McDonald’s Massacre
The deadliest mass shooting in the history of California took place on July 18, 1984 in a McDonald's in San Ysidro.. In this episode we take you on a…
Murder CoasterEpisode 11: Luka Magnotta Part 2: The Internet Strikes Back!
All the grisly details of the crimes that shook the internet to the core, and how the internet struck back! Join us for part two of our true crime deep dive…
Murder CoasterEpisode 10: Luka Magnotta Part 1, The Post-Modern Mirror Maze of the Internet
Prepare to enter the dark and perplexing mirror maze of Luka Magnotta with the first of our two episode deep dive. There is no greater modern freak show than…
Murder CoasterEpisode 9: Snuff Film Killers
The snuff film. What is it, and is it real or just an urban legend? And what kind of person would get sexual gratification from watching one? We'll explore…
Murder CoasterEpisode 8: The Vampire King of Fresno and the Wesson Family Massacre
Prepare yourselves for a brutal descent into madness and murder as we explore the life of Marcus Wesson, a man who attempted to create a pure vampire race by…
Murder CoasterEpisode 7: The Magic, Myth and Lore of the 1977 Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
In 1977 three Girl Scouts were dragged from their tent in the middle of the night and savagely beaten, raped, and murdered. This is the story of two men, one a…
Murder CoasterEpisode 6: Narcissistic Scumbag of the Century
Our most brutal episode yet! Gerard John Schaefer was many things. He was a cop. He was a murderer and necrophile and friend of Ted Bundy. He was a sexual…
Murder CoasterEpisode 5: Three Modern Day Vampires
It's blood-sucking ghouls time!! Today we compare and contrast the crimes and psychology of three modern-day vampires. The bloody-thirsty delusions of murderer…
Murder CoasterEpisode 4: The Hobo and the Poodle King
Who killed Gerard Soules? Gerard Soules was the youngest and greatest trapeze artist of all time and went on to become the Poodle King of Las Vegas with his…
Murder CoasterEpisode 1: Circus Fever and Carny Power
What is the meaning of the word "freak" and how has it changed through the ages? We'll explore that as well as give a short history of the sideshow, followed…
Murder CoasterEpisode 2: Charlie Manson Iron Cross and Eagle Feather
Everything you didn't know about Charlie Manson! From his death and the legal battle over his corpse, to the strange saga of his cremated remains. Plus a look…
Murder CoasterEpisode 3: Pazuzu Suburban Demon of Filth
Pazuzu Algarad thought being filthy gave him magical powers and started his very own sex cult in his mom’s house, a literal house of horrors that would be…