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Murder Coaster

Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer

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 will

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01:02:48

Episode 89: The Happy Face Killer Part Two

Murder Coaster ·

2025/02/05

Part Two of the Happy Face Killer.Today we see long-haul truck driver Keith Jesperson evolve into a full-blown serial killer, his murders rising in brutality and horror until he spins completely out of control. Brace yourself for a savage tale, listener discretion advised. MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Creepy Amusement

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BONUS: An Interview with HAPPY FACE A FAMILY OF...

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2025/02/01

We are delighted to have author Nicole D. Phoenix on the show to discuss the chilling and disturbing books she wrote with the Happy Face Killer Keith Jesperson: HAPPY FACE: A Family of Monsters.HAPPY FACE: A Family of Monsters is out now and available everywhere fine books are sold, including: Amazon: Happy Face: A Family of Monsters (Straight from a Serial Killer): Phoenix, Nicole D., Jesperson, Keith H, Lestrange, Marie, Borowski, John: 9798894670232: Amazon.com: Books Barnes and Noble:

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01:22:49

Episode 88: The Happy Face Killer: Keith Jesperson...

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2025/01/29

Keith Hunter Jesperson was a long-haul truck driver and serial killer who became known as the Happy Face Killer because of the graffiti he scrawled in bathroom stalls and the letters he wrote to the press in the early 1990s. Join us as on a dark and sinister journey as we explore the life and times of this savage and terrifying monster. MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder

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01:40:56

Episode 87: Isreal Keyes Part Two

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2025/01/22

Welcome back to Part Two of our series on Israel Keyes.Today we cover his capture, the infamous FBI interviews, other potential crimes, his death and the mysterious clues he left behind. MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many

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01:22:31

Episode 86: Israel Keyes Part One

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2025/01/15

The FBI called Israel Keyes the most meticulous serial killer in American History.Raised by survivalists deep in the forest, trained by the military, proficient with any number of weapons or tactical gear, he killed men, women, young, old, all chosen at random, most thousands of miles away from each other, using kill kits he’d buried years earlier full of guns, money, garrotes, ropes and zip ties, sometimes bringing along a camping stove he’d use to torture his victims. Hear the bizarre and

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01:34:02

Episode 85: Edgar Allan Poe Part 4

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2025/01/07

Welcome back to our fourth and final episode on the tragic life and mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.Today we plunge into the downward spiral of the poet’s mysterious death, exploring the many theories, dismissing those we can, and offering our own, never heard before explanation as well. Thank you so much for taking this journey with us, we hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed producing it. MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew

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01:19:10

Episode 84: Edgar Allan Poe Part 3

Murder Coaster ·

2025/01/01

Welcome back to Part 3 of the Tragic Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe. Today we continue with Edgar living in Philadelphia with Virginia, his teenage cousin wife, and his Aunt Maria, during his most prolific time, when he became obsessed with true crime and began writing the world's first detective stories, Edgar becoming obsessed with the real-life murder of the Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rodgers. MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew

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BONUS: Beneath the Poet's House an interview with...

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2024/12/29

Cohost Christa Carmen tells us about her newest novel and the brief and forlorn love affair between Edgar Allan Poe and poet Sarah Helen Whitman. Christa’s website: Christa Carmen Beneath the Poet’s House: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller: 9781662513275: Carmen, Christa: Books MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Creepy

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HOLIDAY BONUS: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar...

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2024/12/25

Merry Christmas everyone, please enjoy our rendition of THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH by Edgar Allan Poe. Beneath the Poet’s House by Christa Carmen: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller: 9781662513275: Carmen, Christa: Books MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter,

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01:21:16

Episode 83: Edgar Allan Poe Part 2

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2024/12/18

Welcome back to Part 2 of the Tragic Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, picking up right where we left off, with a wild and wily young Eddie entering West Point Military Academy where whacky hijinks would soon ensue. MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Buy Christa’s new book: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller:

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01:17:06

Episode 82: Edgar Allan Poe Part One

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2024/12/11

Dearest listeners, we welcome you on our journey through the tragic life and mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks. REFERENCES: A Mystery of Mysteries by Mark Dawidziak The Beautiful Cigar Girl:

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BONUS: The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart

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2024/12/04

Murder Coaster presents: THE RAVEN and THE TELL TALE HEARTGreetings dear listeners, we’re taking the week off, but didn’t want to leave you without some content for your listening pleasure. So, in honor of Christa’s new novel Beneath the Poet’s House which is releasing on Tuesday and involves the story of Edgar Allan Poe, we have decided to give you a reading of some of Poe’s most iconic works. Enjoy! Beneath the Poet’s House: Amazon.com: Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller: 9781662513275:

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01:01:39

Episode 81: Grant Amato and Ady Sweet

Murder Coaster ·

2024/11/27

Sex, lies and family annihilation.Grant Amato would do anything to continue his relationship with cam girl Ady Sweet. Anything. Including the cold-blooded murder of his entire family MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder Coaster Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/ Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many

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Episode 80: The Pappas Brothers and the Tragic Death...

Murder Coaster ·

2024/11/20

Brothers Tas and Ben Pappas skyrocketed to the top of the skateboard world, ranked number one and two in the world, and embarked on a rockstar lifestyle of hard drugs, fast living and bitter feuds before plummeting to the bottom in a pit of addiction and murder. Hear the whole wild, wild story this week on Murder Coaster! MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder

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01:11:39

Episode 79: The Killing of Jesus Jeff and the Fall of...

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2024/11/13

In November of 2016 a group of workers on a pot farm in California’s infamous Emerald Triangle were plotting the murder of their boss Jeff Settler, also known as Jesus Jeff. At the same exact time Proposition 64 was being passed by voters, legalizing marijuana for recreational use, and the outlaw culture of hippie cannabis farmers would never be the same. Join us as we take a ride into the Emerald Triangle of Northern California with a tale of pot growing hippies gone terribly, terribly astray,

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01:07:14

Episode 78: Hunter S. Thompson and Lisl Auman

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2024/11/06

What happens when a dead head hippie accidentally ends up in a stolen car full of guns driven by a Nazi skinhead and is then framed for the murder of a cop? Legendary Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson steps in, of course, taking on the Denver Police Department and the State of Colorado in his last great crusade. Hear all about it this week on Murder Coaster! MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder

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01:25:14

Episode 77: Rod Ferrell and his Kentucky Teenage...

Murder Coaster ·

2024/10/30

Happy Halloween and a Merry Samhain! It’s the pinnacle of Vampire October and today we bring you an incredibly creepy and sad tale of generation X. The story of lost teenagers searching for anything that would give life their lives meaning and purpose, who found vampires and murder.This is the story of Roderick Justin Ferrell and his cult of Kentucky teenage vampires. MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder

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01:16:48

Episode 76: John Crutchley the Vampire Rapist

Murder Coaster ·

2024/10/23

It’s vampire October and this week’s blood-sucking ghoul is one of the most terrifying killers you’ve ever heard of, a highly-intelligent, sexually-motivated monster with the genius level IQ of 168 who used syringes and surgical tubing to drain his victims of their blood, and used stealth and cunning to deceive law enforcement for decades before his shocking and scandalous down fall. Strap in, for today we tell you the tale of the horrible and dreaded vampire rapist John Brenan Crutchley. MURDER

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01:11:39

Episode 75: Richard Chase the Sacramento Vampire

Murder Coaster ·

2024/10/16

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to Vampire October! Today we explore the disturbing life and crimes of one of the most infamous real-life vampires, Richard Trenton Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento, uncovering the dark psychology behind his gruesome murders, his descent into madness, and the horrifying events that shocked the world. MURDER COASTER PODCAST Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder

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01:19:15

Episode 74: Peter Kurten the Vampire of Dusseldorf

Murder Coaster ·

2024/10/09

The most disturbingly horrifying and frightening tale you have ever heard, today we bring you the story of Peter Kürten: the Vampire of Düsseldorf. It’s Vampire October and as Halloween approaches, we will be bringing you true tales of blood-drinking ghouls all month long. Peter Kurten set the standard for what we know today as sexually-motivated serial killers, and his cruelty knew no bounds. He murdered with scissors, knives, hatchets, chisels and his own bare hands, attacking, women, men,

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