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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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Episode 58: The Death Cult of Antares de la Luz

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2024/05/15

Today we unravel the harrowing tale of Antares de la Luz and his twisted cult of sex, death and drugs. The fervent, hippie disciples of Antares de la Luz believed him to be a divine amalgamation of Buddha, Jesus, and Krishna, heralding the impending apocalypse, and when Antares decreed a human sacrifice to thwart evil's advance, his followers willingly offered up an innocent newborn child to be murdered. A narrative so surreal and gut-wrenching it defies belief, yet it stands as a stark reality

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01:06:05

BONUS: Howls from the Scene of The Crime

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2024/05/12

A discussion on the intersection of crime and horror with the editor and authors of the book HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME A Crime Horror Anthology. Christa and Matthew are joined by editor Jessica Peter, as well as authors Joseph Andre Thomas and Gwendlyn Kiste for a lively take on the nuances, similarities and differences of the horror and crime genres and the many ways the converge in this exciting new collection of stories. HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME: Universal

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01:28:27

Episode 57: Leonard Lake and Charles Ng Part 2

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2024/05/08

Welcome back to Part 2 of our deep dive into the life and crimes of the infamous Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, two of the most terrifying serial killers in the history of true crime. Listener discretion is 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 Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with

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Episode 56: Leonard Lake and Charles Ng

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2024/05/01

Leonard Lake and Charles Ng are two of the most infamous and horrible names in all of true crime, the first to document their horrific deeds on video tape. The savagery and inhumanity of these two ex-Marines is soul shattering and evil beyond belief.Today we document the life of Leonard Lake: his childhood in San Francisco, his time in Vietnam, his exploits as a hippie and pot grower on a commune in the redwoods of Mendocino County, how he used a unicorn goat at a Renaissance Festival to seduce a

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Episode 55: The Papin Sisters and Other Acts

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2024/04/24

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our three-act sideshow tent! Come and hear three acts of true-crime carnage and terror, yes, three tales of murder and mayhem! Hear the story that shocked France: the Papin Sisters, servant girls who brutally murdered and sexually mutilated their mistresses. Was it psychosis or class struggle? You be the judge! Hear the tale of an evil clown, and the death of the clown king! And, as our pièce de résistance, we present the elusive Satan Rock that

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Episode 54: Wayne Adam Ford a Killer in the Redwoods

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2024/04/17

A KILLER IN THE REDWOODS.On Monday, November 2, 1998 Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Eureka Sherriff’s Department in Humboldt County, California saying he didn’t want to hurt people anymore. In his pocket was a woman’s severed breast. For years the community had lived in terror as body parts were found in waterways and beaches, and, working as a long haul truck driver, Wayne had left a string of victims across the state, just how many we’ll never know. Join us as we delve into the life and

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Episode 53: Shout at the Devil!!

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2024/04/10

GHOSTS! DEMONS! MURDER!!It's a fight to the end with the devil himself with our old friends Ed and Lorraine Warren as we bring you the real story behind THE CONJURING 3: The Devil Made Me Do It! We uncover the truth, the lies, the scams and hustles, and what really brought on the tragic death of Allan Bono. Buckle up, for today we are going to shout, shout, shout at the devil!! MURDER COASTER PODCAST Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com Facebook: Murder

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01:19:39

Episode 52: The Slave Master John Robinson

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2024/04/03

THE CRAZIEST STORY YOU HAVE EVER HEARD!!The tale of a serial killer and con artist like no other, a monster whose narcissism and arrogance led him on a twenty-five-year crime spree of deception and brutal inhumanity beyond your wildest dreams. A story too insane to be true, yet too unbelievable to be fiction! To his wife and loving children and grandchildren he was a loyal family man, hardworking businessman and entrepreneur, a Sunday School teacher and Scout Master, to the internet he was the

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Episode 51: David Parker Ray the Toy Box Killer

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2024/03/27

Step right up, step right up, ladies and gentlemen, oh, but you must be this tall to ride the Murder Coaster, and we mean that most sincerely, as today we will take you on a journey of torture and sexual depravity that will savage your soul.Buckle up, as we enter the dark mind of David Parker Ray and his Toy Box of depravity and pain. This monster of a man was aided and abetted by not only his fiancée, but by his very own daughter, who’d bring him victims to torture. A story too shocking to

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Episode 50: FIFTY STORY EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

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2024/03/20

Fifty episodes!!! Whoa hoo! And to celebrate we bring you 50 Tales of True Crime and Suspense!Yes, fifty stories in a single podcast, a feat unheard of before!! Tales of blood-thirsty pirates, the youngest known serial killer, Russian cannibals, mafia drug deals gone bad, medical mysteries, ghosts, demons, haunted houses, and much, much more!!!And we've asked our favorite podcasts to join the party and come tell us stories as well!!!Today ladies and gentlemen, you will be regaled with stories from:

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Episode 49: The Corpsewood Manor Massacre

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2024/03/13

What is evil?Some folks see it as a supernatural force from the devil, whose demonic army rises from the pits of hell to influence and possess, and that only religion and church can stop this demonic force.But in reality, sometimes it’s the ones that profess to love God who are the evil ones, and those that hail Satan who are the innocent and good.Today we bring you a story of a professor and scholar, a doctor of neuroscience who stole enough CIA donated LSD to get a town high, and went to the

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Episode 48: The Many Tentacled Enigma of Karla...

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2024/03/06

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Part Two of the Many Tentacled Enigma of Karla Homolka!Like last week, today Matthew is joined by the lovely Cassandra, aka Malformed Malcontent, Christa will be back with us next week.As we examine the complicity of Karla Homolka in the notorious Ken and Barbie abductions, murders and rapes, we’ve studied her ancestry and childhood, catching glimpses of the monster that she’d become sprout from a strange Barbie-obsessed child who was a compulsive liar with a

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Episode 47: The Many Tentacled Enigma of Karla...

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2024/02/28

It’s a doozy today as we cover Ken and Barbie killer Karla Homolka!Cohost Christa is on vacation, so the lovely Cassandra, aka Malformed Malcontent, stepped in to join Matthew in this truly gruesome and disturbing episode.Karla Homolka has been described as a diagnostic mystery and to this day we still have no definitive answers on how complicit she was in the horrible and sadistic crimes in which she was involved with her husband Paul Bernardo.Today we begin a two-part deep dive into the life and

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Episode 46: WILLIAM BURROUGHS Part 2 Patron Saint of...

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2024/02/21

Welcome back to part two of our portrait of literary outlaw William Burroughs. Last week we saw Burroughs go from a shy, introverted child, to a Harvard educated aspiring writer with a wife and child, who was also a petty criminal, drug fiend, heroin addict and proud homosexual with a long arrest record, who, with his friends Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg was forming a new bohemian culture and literary movement that would become defined as The Beat Generation. When we last left off Burroughs had

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Episode 45: WILLIAM BURROUGHS An Audio Portrait Part One

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2024/02/14

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 and countercultural icon whose life and work defied all conventional boundaries: William S. Burroughs.The writing of this elder statesman of the beat generation would challenge societal conventions and shatter censorship laws with its vivid portrayal of taboo subjects such as drug addiction, violence and deviant sex, using a bizarre experimental

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Episode 44: Poetic Justice and the Stupidity of...

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2024/02/07

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 courageous woman.Lyndon McLeod was a product of Generation X culture in the late nineties and early 2000s, moving from a post-modern hippie commune to the medical-marijuana world to tattoos and the back-to-the-land and off-grid community, developing a toxic and deadly hatred for women and society along the way.This deadly misfit would explode

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BONUS: An Interview with author Michael Wolraich...

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2024/02/05

Murder, gangsters and political intrigue in the roaring twenties!!Critically acclaimed author Michael Wolraich talks to us about his new book THE BISHOP AND THE BUTTERFLY: Murder, Politics and the End of the Jazz Age.When femme fatale Vivian Gordon was found dead in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck, it created a firestorm that brought down the mayor of New York himself. THE BISHOP AND THE BUTTERFLY is a fascinating look at crime and politics in the American

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Episode 43: Richard Ramirez Part 2: Death Row Romeo

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2024/01/31

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 drifter, to the feared and terrible Valley Intruder and the Walk in Murderer, and is penultimately dubbed the Night Stalker before finally becoming the Death Row Romeo.Buckle up, it’s a crazy ride, from his horrible crimes in San Francisco, to his infamous capture and arrest on the hard streets of East Los Angeles, to his bizarre and inexplicable

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Episode 42: RICHARD RAMIREZ Part One The Desert and...

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2024/01/24

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 who used guns, knives, hammers, tire irons, machetes, hand cuffs, electrical cords, and his own bare hands and feet to kill with, who attacked his victims at night, while they slept in their beds. A killer that chose his victims completely at random, so that no one was safe. A killer that came to be known as the Night Stalker. Today we delve

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Episode 41: Daniel LaPlante a Ghost in the Walls

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2024/01/17

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 ghost or demon, for within their very walls lurked a monster: a deeply disturbed rapist and murderer by the name of Daniel LaPlante who was haunting the family and literally living in their walls. Daniel LaPlante is known today as “the boy in the walls,” and has become a sort of urban myth, but his story is very true, and much more horrific and

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