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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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02:09:05

BONUS: A History of the Vampire Film

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2024/10/03

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to Vampire October!All month long we will be bringing you tales of ghoulish blood drinking fiends, and to kick it off, we’re bringing you a bonus episode on the history of the vampire film! And we are pleased to be joined today by long time friend of the show, Mark Conway from the Horror Movies and Shit podcast. We’re going to start with the very first vampire film and go on right up to the very last, exploring the mythos, its effects on modern culture, and tell

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01:14:06

Episode 73: Elizabeth Bathory Revisited

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2024/09/18

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 as a vampiric monster obsessed with youth and beauty who bathed in the blood of virgin servant girls as a means of staying young. Yet there is no historical record of this and these bizarre accusations came a hundred years after her death. History does show us a cruel and sadistic widow who ruled her empire with an iron fist and delighted in

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01:26:27

Episode 72: The Horrific Slaying of Elyse Pahler

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2024/09/11

Today we cover the horrific slaying of Elyse Pahler, a beautiful girl sacrificed to the devil by the teenage death-metal band Hatred.Strap in, ladies and gentlemen, and prepare for horrifying tale of heavy metal, devil worship, teenage angst run wild, and Satanic Sacrifice in Southern California. It’s a post-modern mirror maze of Satanic Panic where life imitates art imitates life in a horrendous murder inspired by the movie THE RIVER’S EDGE that would go on to inspire the movie JENNIFER’S

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01:16:47

Episode 71: The Exorcism of Michael Taylor

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2024/09/04

Today we cover the possession and exorcism of murderer Michael Taylor who was a devoted family man and mild-mannered, working-class Englishman before encountering a strange cult-like sect of the Anglican Church.An utterly bizarre story of strange religious beliefs culminating in a murder so vicious and gory it left seasoned investigators vomiting and shaken to their core. Was it the demons of insanity, violence and murder that caused the horrible killing? And we get into the tale of Derry

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01:22:01

Episode 70: The Two Dr Gilmers

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2024/08/28

When Doctor Benjamin Gilmer started work at the Cane Creek Family Health Center he knew the previous doctor, Vincent Gilmer, had murdered his father, but he just thought it was an odd coincidence that they both shared the last name, something that folks would soon forget about.Little did he know that he would soon find himself descending into a bizarre rabbit hole, one that began with fear, paranoia, and terror, then became a mission of hope and redemption. Ladies and gentlemen, today we bring

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01:12:45

BONUS: Murder Capital of the World author Emerson Murray

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2024/08/24

We are thrilled to have Emerson Murray author of MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD: The Santa Cruz Community Looks Back at the John Linley Frazier, Herbert Mullin, and Edmund Kemper Murder Sprees of the Early 1970s on the show with us today!MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD is a modern classic in true crime featuring unparalleled research into the history of Santa Cruz, California and the horrible murders committed by Edmund Kemper, John Frazier and Herbert Mullin, written by a Santa Cruz native. EMERSON

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01:32:56

Episode 69: David Carpenter the Trailside Killer

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2024/08/21

The Trailside Killer. Welcome back to the finale of our series on Santa Cruz, California, Murder Capital of the World. Today we enter a new decade, the 1980s, as we cover a new killer stalking the redwood forests and beaches, David Joseph Carpenter. David Carpenter held Northern California in a grip of fear, murdering and raping hikers exploring the forests, becoming known as the Trailside Killer. Keep your hands and feet inside the ride as the Murder Coaster plunges back into Santa Cruz,

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SIDESHOW ACT: Karen Greenlee the Sacramento Necrophiliac

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2024/08/14

Karen Greenlee was an unapologetic necrophiliac who confessed to having sex with the bodies of up to forty dead young men, some at the funeral home where she worked, others in mortuaries she broke into at night. On December 17, 1979 ,Karen became infamous after stealing a hearse and absconding with the corpse inside to feed her dark, sexual desires. Hear the whole crazy story right here in the Murder Coaster sideshow tent! And today Matthew is joined by long-time friend of the show Malformed

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01:20:37

Episode 68: Edmund Kemper Part 2

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2024/08/07

Welcome back to Part 2 of Edmund Kemper in our own going series on Santa Cruz California, Murder Capital of the World.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: Ed Kemper: Conversations with a Killer: The Shocking True Story

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01:16:13

Episode 67: Edmund Kemper Part One

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2024/07/31

Today we cover the big bad daddy of the Santa Cruz killers, and when we say big, we mean most literally, for he was a six-foot-nine, 285-pound giant of a man, but with the heart of a sad and lonely little boy, we are of course talking about Big Ed Kemper!Edmund Kemper would be one of the first to define the modern serial killer, being studied by the FBI’s Robert Ressler who would later coin the actual term serial killer after extensive interviews with Ed, a necrophile and cannibal who killed with

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01:19:46

Episode 66: Herbert Mullin

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2024/07/24

Welcome back to Santa Cruz, California, Murder Capital of the world.Today we delve into the life and crimes of serial killer Herbert Mullin, a deeply disturbed man who roamed the redwoods and beaches of Santa Cruz with voices in his head telling him he must kill in order to save California from an imminent earthquake, leaving thirteen corpses in his horrible wake. Yes, step right, step right up, ladies and gentlemen and behold the gruesome and horrible tale of Herbert William Mullin! MURDER

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01:25:02

Episode 65: John Linley Frazier The Killer Prophet

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2024/07/17

In the early nineteen seventies the sleepy college town of Santa Cruz, California, previously famous for surfing and a boardwalk, was plunged into chaos when a mass killer and two separate serial killers began leaving corpses and body parts strewn throughout the beaches and redwoods, earning the town the monicker of The Murder Capital of the World.Today we take a look at mass murderer John Linley Frazier, how psychosis and drugs abuse led a wannabe hippie on a crusade to save the earth to

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01:04:54

Episode 64: The Interrogation of Jeffrey Dahmer

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2024/07/10

On the night of his arrest Jeffrey Dahmer gave a rambling fourteen-hour confession, which we have turned into an audio dramatization, using both the actual interrogation transcripts as well as the memoir of Patrick Kennedy, the homicide detective who conducted the interview.The Interrogation of Jeffrey Dahmer: A Play Told in Four Acts. Starring: Christa Carmen as Jeffrey Dahmer Matthew Brockmeyer as Homicide Detective Patrick Kennedy Bill Selby from the Crimes Killers Cults and Beer podcast

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01:11:46

BONUS: The Incorruptibles An Interview with Author...

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2024/07/03

We are delighted to welcome author and journalist Dan Slatter, who is here to discuss his new book, The Incorruptibles.This riveting work takes a deep dive into the Jewish criminal underworld of New York City in the 1910s, a realm teeming with gambling dens, prostitution, pickpockets, loan sharks, King Pimps and the Queen of Fences. It exposes a world of coke fiends, junkies, horse poisoners, the Yiddish Black Hand, and the seedy allure of sex, drugs, and ragtime music. Amidst this vice and

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01:16:34

Episode 63: Pee Wee Gaskins Part 2 The Final Truth

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2024/06/26

EXTREME CONTENT WARNING!! We’re not kidding around here, folks, it gets extremely disturbing as we delve into the book FINAL TRUTH: The Autobiography of Mass Murderer/Serial Killer Donald 'Pee Wee' Gaskins, one of the most brutal and disgusting books ever put into print.We will meticulously compare this book to both court records as well as the stories Pee Wee told to Professor James Beaty, sifting through the falsehoods and tall tales, seeking out nuggets of truth wherever we can. Prepare

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01:02:12

Episode 62: Pee Wee Gaskins Part One

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2024/06/19

PEE WEE GASKINS, a name infamous in the annals of true crime. He was called the meanest man in America, and the redneck Charles Manson. He drove a hearse and had his own graveyard where he’d dispose of victims, victims he’d poisoned, shot, stabbed, strangled, drowned bludgeoned, even using explosives to blow a man’s head off in the most unlikely of places. He killed men, he killed women, he even killed children, including a two-year-old infant. At the end of his life he’d claim to be a sex

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Episode 61: Samuel Little Part 2

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2024/06/12

In part two of our series on Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in American history, we detail how he was captured and brought to justice, then examine the wild story of his confessions, which includes a cast of larger-than-life characters like something out of a thriller novel.First there’s LAPD detective Mitzy Roberts, a Southern California surfer girl turned crime fighter. Then there’s writer and journalist Jillian Lauren who went from exotic dancer and escort to serial killer

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01:06:51

BONUS: BEHOLD THE MONSTER An Interview with author...

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2024/06/05

Today we are thrilled to have author, journalist and true crime legend Jillian Lauren with us.For over two years Jillian Lauren interviewed murderer Samuel Little, developing a deep relationship with him, through which she was not only able to solve cold homicide cases, but also revealed Little to be the most prolific serial killer in American History, the FBI themselves now confirming over sixty murders. For decades this monster, that Jillian bravely confronted, roamed the country, from coast

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01:04:16

Episode 60: Samuel Little the Most Prolific Serial...

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2024/05/29

Among all the notorious serial killers who dominated headlines in the 1970s and 1980s, none were as prolific and cunning as Samuel Little, infamously known as the "Choke and Stroke Killer.”Similar to Joseph DeAngelo, the notorious Golden State Killer, Little continued his reign of terror well into old age, evading capture until the 2010s when advancements in DNA technology finally led to his apprehension. However, unlike Joseph DeAngelo, Samuel Little's criminal activities were not entirely

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01:35:52

Episode 59: Jason Moss the Teenage Serial Killer...

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2024/05/22

Jason Moss was obsessed with serial killers as a teenager, and wrote letters to John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, Charlie Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer and Henry Lee Lucas, trying to deceive them into telling him their darkest secrets.These interactions led him to incredibly dark places, both physically and mentally. Physically, he found himself in the visiting room of death row with John Wayne Gacy, who abused and threatened to sexually assault the teenager. Mentally he began to have horrible

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