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Episode 595: Listener Tales 89
Weirdos! The Time has come for Listener Tales! We have a great batch of stories brought TO you, BY you, For you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you! On today’s episode, we tell tales of babysitting for a murderer, a story from our best friend (we’re so sorry we accidentally speak over you in the car!! a story about being a ghost writer for an abusive ex, and a nephew who had tea parties with deceased relatives!

If you’ve got a listener tale please send it on over to Morbidpodcast@gmail.com with “Listener Tales” somewhere in the subject line :)

THE BUTCHER GAME comes out on audiobook 9/17 🍁🩸pre-order at the link in our bio!

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴.

Episode 593: Lee Roy Martin: The Gaffney Strangler

In the winter of 1968, reporter Bill Gibbons got an anonymous call from a man who wanted to confess to three murders in the small town of Gaffney, South Carolina. Gibbons thought the call was a prank, but he took it to the sheriff and the two men travel out to the first of three locations where the caller claimed to have left the bodies. After searching casually through the underbrush for a short time, the men discover the nude body of twenty-year-old Nancy Carol Paris, who’d been strangled to death. At the second location, they discovered the body of fourteen-year-old Tina Rhinehart, who appeared to have been killed in the same manner as Paris. Investigators soon learned that the third location the caller gave was where police had discovered the body of Annie Dedmond six months earlier.
In the days that followed, the “Gaffney Strangler,” as the press would come to call him, would contact Gibbons several more times, demanding that he print stories about the murders in the newspaper. He also insisted that Gibbons and the sheriff’s department needed to do something about the fact that Annie Dedmond’s husband, Roger, was sitting in jail for Annie’s murder. Then, a week later, the strangler struck again, this time kidnapping fifteen-year-old Opal Buckson in broad daylight, throwing her in the trunk of his car while her sister watched helplessly. Opal’s body would be discovered a week later, dead like the others.
A few days after the discovery of Opal’s body, police arrested Lee Roy Martin, a local mill worker and father of three who’d been born and raised in Gaffney. The arrest shocked the local residents and left everyone wondering, in a town as small as Gaffney, how could they have lived their entire lives with a violent psychopath and never known it?

Thank you to the wondrous Dave White ( @thatqueerwolf ) of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research & writing support!
🎥: @mikie_sirois

Join @alainatothemax’s virtual event with @TalkShopLive on 8/23 to pre-order NEW SIGNED COPIES of THE BUTCHER GAME!

Didn’t get the chance to pre-order a signed copy of THE BUTCHER GAME, or RSVP for a bookstore event near you?Now’s your chance to hear Alaina chat all things Dr. Wren Muller! Tune in this Friday at the link in our bio, and don’t forget to set an event reminder with the button below!

Episode 592: Nellie May Madison: California’s First Woman on Death Row

On the afternoon of March 25, 1934, Belle Bradley found one of her tenants, forty-five-year-old Eric Madison, dead on the floor of the apartment he rented with his wife, Nellie. Madison had been shot in the back four times with a .32 caliber revolver and there was no sign of Nellie Madison, nor was there any evidence of a break-in or a robbery. In the days that followed, investigators quickly determined that Nellie had shot her husband and they tracked her to a remote cabin in northern California, where she was arrested and taken back to Los Angeles and charged with the murder.
To the Los Angeles police and press, Nellie Madison was suspicious from the very start; not for any obvious reason or evidence against her, but because she openly defied the categories and characteristics used to define a wife and woman at the time. Although she was only thirty-three years old, she had been married five times and yet had no children. She also had a strong skillset from having worked many jobs, and having been raised on a farm in Montana, she was a skilled survivalist who had never needed the help of a man. Going into the murder trial, it was these facts, more than any physical evidence or witness testimony, that would count against her.
After a two-week trial, Nellie Madison was found guilty for the murder of her husband and sentenced to death, making her the first woman to ever sit on death row in the state’s history. However, Nellie’s death sentence was hardly the end of her case; in fact, it was the turning point in the story that would finally bring the truth about Eric’s death into the light.
Thank you to the wondrous Dave White ( @thatqueerwolf ) of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
🎥: @mikie_sirois
📸: Public Domain

Episode 591: The Radium Girls

When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898, the chemical element was quickly adopted by manufacturers for its luminescent properties that would go on to be used in, among other things, the painting of clock faces, watches, and instrument panels, allowing them to be seen in the dark. At the time, the introduction of radioluminescent materials into manufacturing was hailed as a scientific solution to an age-old frustration, but it didn’t take long before that solution was shown to have terrible consequences.
As a radioactive element, radium is highly toxic to humans, particularly when ingested or inhaled. While it seemed unlikely that anyone would ingest or inhale the radium used to paint a clockface, this fact posed a serious problem for the largely female factory workers whose job it was to paint the dials. These “Radium Girls,” as they would come to be known, not only spent most of their day in close proximity to the paint, but also employed a technique in which they frequently wet their paintbrushes with their mouths, consuming small amounts of radium in the process.
Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, hundreds of young women working in at least three radium dial factories in the United States suffered deadly radiation poisoning as a result of working so closely with radium, all without any safety protocols and completely unaware of the dangers. After dozens of deaths, a group of factory workers successfully sued their employers for damages, exposing the widespread disregard for worker safety. While the suits were generally a major victory for the American labor movement, it was ultimately hard-won and little comfort to those who would die within a few years.

Thank you to the wondrous Dave White ( @thatqueerwolf ) of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
🎥: @mikie_sirois
📸: Public Domain

SWEEPSTAKES! To celebrate the release of THE BUTCHER GAME, which takes place in Massachusetts, we’ve teamed up with the @redlioninn in Stockbridge, MA to offer an immersive Berkshires experience this September! 10 lucky winners will be invited to an intimate, interactive Murder Mystery Dinner with @alainatothemax at the historic hotel, and 1 Grand Prize Winner will receive a complimentary weekend stay.

“The Red Lion Inn has always been one of my favorite things about the Berkshires experience. When you walk through the front door, you are immediately transported back into the coziest time and place. History oozes from the walls and it’s the absolute perfect place to visit and have The Butcher Game experience but without Jeremy.” —@alainatothemax

How to enter:
🍁Upload your pre-order receipt for The Butcher Game from any retailer in any format at the link in our bio, or thebutchergame.com - all existing pre-orders qualify! THANK YOU for pre ordering, you beautiful animals!
🍁Grand Prize Winner will receive a two-night stay at The Red Lion Inn from September 27-28, a $50 food & beverage credit, and tickets to a Murder Mystery Dinner on 9/28 at 6pm with Alaina Urquhart (includes a 3-course meal with live actors and audience interaction.)
🍁10 Winners will receive a pair of tickets to the Murder Mystery Dinner on 9/28
🍁Winners will be contacted via email after September 6

Episode 590: The Murder of Albert Snyder

On the morning of March 20, 1927, nine-year-old Lorraine Snyder was awakened by the sound of gentle knocking at her bedroom door and when she opened it, she found her mother bound and gagged on the floor. According to the girl’s mother, Ruth Snyder, someone had broken into the house in the middle of the night, knocked her unconscious and tied her up, then murdered her husband, Albert. Ruth claimed the motive was robbery, but investigators were immediately suspicious of her. Not only was there no sign of forced entry, but Albert’s murder had been particularly brutal and appeared personal. A day later, when police found Ruth’s supposedly stolen items hidden in the house, her story started to fall apart.
The murder of Albert Snyder had everything depression-era Americans were looking for in a media distraction—sex, extramarital affairs, fraud, and murder. From the moment Ruth and her boyfriend, Judd Gray, were arrested for the murder of her husband, they were thrust into the spotlight and would remain fixtures on the front pages of the papers across New York up to and including the final moments of their lives.

Thank you to the wondrous Dave White ( @thatqueerwolf ) of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
🎥: @mikie_sirois

BONUS: Introducing GOSSIP’S BRIDLE: A Chat with Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes!

Weirdos! Spencer and Madison drop by to give us a SNEAK PEAK at their new show, Gossip’s Bridle! Get ready to gossip about the gossips! So, pull up a chair, sit crooked, and talk straight with us!

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Episode 589: John George Haigh: The Acid Bath Murderer

On February 20, 1949, police in London arrested thirty-nine-year-old John George Haigh on suspicion of his connection to Olive Durand-Deacon, a wealthy widow who’d gone missing a few days earlier. Haigh had a long criminal history of fraud and theft, so when police discovered that Haigh had recently pawned several items belonging to the missing woman, they naturally believed he had robbed and possibly killed Duran-Deacon. The truth, they soon learned, was far worse.
After days of interrogation, Haigh eventually confessed to the murder of Olive Durand-Deacon, telling detectives he had drained her of her blood, which he intended to drink, then disposed of her body in a forty-five gallon barrel of acid—but she was far from the first of his victims. By the time his case went to trial, investigators had connected Haigh to six victims, all dissolved in acid, and he’d confessed to three additional murders that were unconfirmed.
In his confession, Haigh claimed he’d murdered his victims in order to drink their blood; though, it’s far more likely his motive was primarily greed. Nevertheless, Haigh’s claim was immediately seized upon by the British tabloids, who labeled him a “vampire killer” and provided endless sensational coverage of the arrest, trial, and his eventual execution.

Thank you to the wondrous Dave White ( @thatqueerwolf ) of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
🎥: @mikie_sirois

Episode 588: The Disappearance of Delimar Vera

On December 15, 1997, ten-day-old Delimar Vera died in a tragic housefire when the Philadelphia home of Luz Cuevas and Pedro Vera caught fire unexpectedly. After a brief investigation, the fire department identified a faulty heater as the cause of the fire and deemed the baby’s death an accident and claimed that the girl’s remains had been completely destroyed in the blaze. Luz Cuevas was skeptical of their explanation and struggled to accept her daughter’s death.
Six years after the fire, Luz was at a party where she ran into Pedro’s cousin, whom she hadn’t seen in several years. The woman, Carolyn Correa, had with her a little girl named Aaliyah, whom she claimed was her daughter, though Luz didn’t remember her having children or being pregnant six years earlier. Even more suspicious was that six-year-old Aaliyah bore a striking resemblance to Luz herself and she couldn’t shake the feeling that Aaliyah was in fact her own supposedly dead daughter, Delimar.
Had Luz Cuevas been right all along? Had Delimar somehow managed to survive the fire? And if so, why was she now in the custody of a strange woman she hadn’t seen in six years?

Thank you to the wondrous Dave White ( @thatqueerwolf ) of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
🎥: @mikie_sirois

Episode 587: The Hartford Circus Fire

On July 6, 1944, an estimated 7,000 people, mostly women and children, gathered at the Barbour Street fairgrounds in Hartford, Connecticut to see the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Baily Circus. Inside the big top tent, the lion show had just ended, and the Flying Wallendas were getting ready to begin their performance when the tent caught fire, sending the large audience into a panic as the spectators and performers rushed to get to safety. The tent, which had been coated in paraffin wax, was quickly engulfed in flames and by the time the fire was put out, 139 people were dead and hundreds were badly injured. In the weeks that followed, another twenty-eight would die from their injuries. At the time, the Hartford circus fire was one of the worst fires in American history, and it remains one of the biggest tragedies in the state’s history.

Thank you to the wondrous Dave White ( @thatqueerwolf ) of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
🎥: @mikie_sirois

Episode 586: The Murder of Bessie Darling

On the morning of October 31, 1933, a gunman burst through the door of Bessie Darling’s home in Foxville, Maryland and shot the woman to death. Police quickly arrested George Schultz, Darling’s boyfriend and business partner, who’d unsuccessfully attempted suicide after shooting Bessie. George confessed to the murder, claiming his actions were motivated by jealousy and a fear that Bessie was seeing other men, and he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison.
In many ways, the story of Bessie Darling’s murder is a straightforward and unfortunately common story of domestic violence. Yet beneath the basic facts of the case is another story of rural development and economic inequality at a time when many in the nation were facing serious economic struggles. These aspects of the story, mostly ignored by the press, shaped how Bessie was portrayed by the media and how people have told and retold her story since her death.

Thank you to the wondrous Dave White ( @thatqueerwolf ) of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
🎥: @mikie_sirois

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COVER REVEAL! I’m SO excited to share that THE BUTCHER GAME, the highly anticipated sequel to THE BUTCHER AND THE WREN, is coming to shelves on September 17! You can pre-order your copy now at the link in my bio - Receive an exclusive signed poster of THE BUTCHER GAME’s cover while supplies last! If you order through Barnes & Noble, you could be one of 3,000 to get a signed copy! 🖤🤘🏻

THE BUTCHER GAME follows Wren as she’s still in shock over the harrowing encounter with her old nemesis, attempting to mend the deep scars of her traumatic past. But with growing evidence that Jeremy Rose (the Bayou Butcher) is leaving a fresh trail of mutilated victims across Massachusetts, Wren realizes the best way to heal is to renew her pursuit of this vicious killer. She sets her sights on Jeremy, only to discover that she may have walked directly into his trap. As their twisted cat-and-mouse game ratchets up to a violent clash of good versus evil, Wren prepares to sacrifice everything to bring the Butcher to justice.