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Kinda Murdery

Welcome to Kinda Murdery, a true crime podcast that’s mostly about murder, and always about the strange and compelling stories that arise when the path less traveled twists to darkness and those who walk its shadows surrender to violence and corruption. I’m your host Zevon Odelberg – we have a perilous journey ahead, so thank you for lending me, your courage and good company.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kinda-murdery--5496890/support.

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48:32

The McStay Family Murders - Part Five (Conclusion)

Kinda Murdery ·

2026/02/19

The courtroom in San Bernardino was built for volume meaning physical space, not raised voices. High ceilings. Pale walls. Wood benches polished by decades of restless hands. By the time opening statements began, it held a different kind of pressure — not noise, but compression. Reporters filled the rear rows. Family members took seats in clusters that did not intermingle. The defendant sat at the defense table in a suit that fit correctly, hands folded, posture still. The state went

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35:11

The McStay Family Murders: Part Four

Kinda Murdery ·

2026/02/13

It started with the calendar. February 4, 2010. Detectives rebuilt the day again, not from the perspective of web traffic or corporate filings, but from physical movement. Joseph’s schedule. His meetings. His calls. His last confirmed face-to-face interactions...Almost four years after the Joseph and his family were murdered, authorities finally arrest their alleged

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46:10

The McStay Family Murders: Part Three

Kinda Murdery ·

2026/02/06

On November 11, 2013, a motorcyclist riding in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert came across something that did not belong to the landscape. The area lay north of Victorville, not far from Interstate 15 but far enough that engine noise fades and the wind carries most of the sound. The ground was hard and pale, broken by scrub and scattered rock. In that dirt, the rider saw what appeared to be a human skull. He stopped. He called authorities. Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s

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33:31

The McStay Family Murders: Part Two

Kinda Murdery ·

2026/01/30

It did not happen all at once. There was no siren moment, no dramatic escalation, no declaration that something terrible had occurred. The transition from concern to action came through a phone call, logged like thousands of others, handled by a department accustomed to uncertainty and delay. The intake process required structure. A deputy recorded biographical details. Ages. Vehicles. Occupations. Known habits. There were questions designed to determine urgency: any history of violence, any

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19:05

Season 8 - Episode 1 - NEW: The McStay Family Murders

Kinda Murdery ·

2026/01/23

The 3400 block of Avocado Vista Lane, Fallbrook, California. The street ends in a cul-de-sac and the houses face the curve. The McStay house sits on that turn. Two stories. Light tan stucco. A white two-car garage door dominating the front, clean enough to catch the daylight when the sun hits it. Above the garage, a tall arched window rises into the second floor. Off to the side, another upstairs window is framed by dark shutters. The front door sits recessed on the right beneath a small covered

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20:07

American Monsters: Guy Rockwell Muldavin

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/12/05

After half a century of mystery, The "Lady of the Dunes," was finally identified as Ruth Marie Terry. Kinda Murdery explores the tragic arc of Ruth's life and the sordid, morally bankrupt career of her probable murderer - who once lived, and may have killed in The Emerald Triangle...Sources:

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38:12

American Monsters: Harvey Church

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/11/21

In 1922, Twenty-two year old Chicago bond trader Harvey Church had a hankering for a particular automobile. Sometimes Hell is unleashed in the most unexpected places. How could Harvey know that his desire for a dream car would lead to a surprising mystery drenched in blood and murder? Find out, only on Kinda Murdery...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kinda-murdery--5496890/support.

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34:15

American Monsters: Louise Peete

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/11/14

At least three murders, and four husbands, ALL of whom committed suicide. Louise Peete's single-minded self-interest gradually evolved into a 40-year reign of terror. Find out how California's famed, "Black Widow," finally made one too many mistakes...Sources: https://crimescribe.com/2021/04/11/on-this-day-in-1947-louise-peete-the-belle-of-bienville/https://murderpedia.org/female.P/p/peete-louise.htmhttps://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/11/the-black-widow-louise-peete-was-executed-1947/As well as

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23:35

Halloween Monsters: Ronald Clark O'Bryan

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/10/31

The seemingly-happy O'Byan family lived In Deer Park, Texas, in the 1970's. However, beneath the facade of suburban normalcy lurked the strain of desperate financial woes. Mr. O'Bryan's mountain of debt was so ovewhelming that it became a recurring topic of conversation among his circle of friends and acquaintances. In the summer of 1974, he alluded to an upcoming windfall, telling some people that he expected to come into a sum of money by the year's end. Given the tragedy that followed, his

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23:01

American Monsters: Blanche Kiser

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/10/17

In 1966, Blanche's Kiser's father, Parker Davis Kiser Sr., passed away. His death was attributed to heart disease at the age of 62. Tragedy struck again in 1973, seven years following her father's death, Blanche discovered her husband, James Taylor, lifeless in their bed. At just 45 years old, he was pronounced dead, with a heart attack cited as the cause. The specter of heart disease seemed to loom over the men in Blanche's life. As our Kinda Murdery story unfolds, the circumstances surrounding

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27:29

American Monsters: James Leeper

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/10/10

In 1990, based on circumstantial evidence alone, Jonathan Fleming was convicted of the murder of Darryl Rush and sentenced to 25 years to life despite having what Brooklyn prosecuting A.D.A. James Leeper called, "a perfect alibi." Twenty-four years later, it would be discovered that Leeper had withheld crucial evidence from the defense, and Fleming wasn't his only victim...Just what the hell was going on in

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45:35

American Monsters: Frank Lindsay with Anson Maddocks

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/10/03

Frank Lindsay was a Seattle-based wife killer. He was also a fry cook, and it was the fry cooking that got him caught for murder. But it also lead to his prison escape...Legendary artist, and frequent co-host, Anson Maddocks, joins Zevon to tell his own Seattle Kinda Murdery story featuring his very good friend, and fellow Magic the Gathering legend, Mark Tedin. After spending the day together at a coffe shop drawing the iconic cards for Limited Edition Alpha, Anson and Mark hit the town, only to

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85:35

American Monsters: Who Killed Carmen Wagner?

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/09/19

On a crisp October afternoon in 1925, local auburn-haired knockout, and Ferndale beauty shop owner, Carmen Wagner left on a hunting trip to the nearby mountains with her fiancée, Henry Sweet. Neither Carmen, nor Henry, would ever be seen alive again. And Henry didn't do it. Find out who did on, "Who Killed Carmen Wagner?"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kinda-murdery--5496890/support.

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35:35

American Monsters: Theodore Durrant

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/09/12

San Francisco, CA. - 1895: Blanche Lamont, a member of the First Emanuel Baptist Church mysteriously disappears. Then, before the the mystery of Blanche's disapperance can be solved, horrified parishoners find the mutilated body of Blanche's best friend, Minnie Williams. Blanche died first, but was discovered second, Her body had been horribly disfigured and shoved up inside First Emanuel Baptist's church steeple, where it was eventually found. Both Minnie and Blanche had been sexually assaulted

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43:10

American Monsters: Greencastle Guillotine

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/08/28

On February 1st, 1893, an African-American teen named John Howling, walking to work in the morning, spotted a young girl, lying in the grass on the side of the road to Fort Thomas Kentucky. At first, John thought she might be sleeping, or worse, taken by the late-winter cold and freezing (or already frozen.) Howling approached and laid a hand gently on the girls shoulder to awaken her. Suddenly, Howling was howling. He let out a blood curdling scream. The girl was headless. John didn't know it yet,

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73:44

American Outlaws: The Murder of Patrolman Masterson

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/08/15

The murder of Patrolman Masterson started out a a commonplace peak-easy stick-up in which a police officer and a girl were wounded, at 2 :55am on the morning of January 31st, 1927, in New York City. Masterson died on the evening of the same and was buried with full departmental honors three days later. But it was anything but commonplace. In fact, an accidentally overheard conversation leading up the shooting, caused one poor man to go insane...CALL 888-MURDERY 888-687-3379 to tell YOUR Kinda

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25:54

American Monsters: Verle Peter Dills

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/08/08

An American golden boy. He was born in 1947, the early years of the baby boom, he was an honor student, an athlete and a student council member. But, somewhere along the way, things went sideways and by 2007, at age 60, Verle Dills became internationally famous as the man who spent years videotaping himself humping street signs - which sounds like an internet punchline, but the truth is much darker than that...What went so horribly wrong?EXCITING NEWS: THE KINDA MURDERY HOTLINE: (888) MURDERY that's

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64:41

American Monsters: Samuel Little - featuring Anson...

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/07/11

Anson Maddocks returns to discuss the case of Samuel Little, the "Choke & Stroke" killer - the most prolific serial murderer in United States History. Little was convicted of killing four women, but then confessed to 89 more murders. He used his photographic memory to paint his vicims, and helped the authorities close 60 (yes, SIXTY!!!) Jane Doe murder cases before he died in 2020. If you'd like to hear more about Little, as well as Anson's opinion of a serial killer's artistic ability, and a

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41:27

American Monsters: Fred Gebhardt

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/06/27

For months, the skeleton of an unknown girl had lain in the Islip woods, still covered in expensive jewelry, a bullet-hole in her skull. Who was she? How could she be identified? Who killed her? What was there motive? In October 1909, the answers to those questions were left up to New York City Police Detectives, William Roddy and Tom Murray. Find out what they uncover on the latest episode of, Kinda Murdery...CALL 888-MURDERY, that's, 888-687-3379, to share YOUR Kinda Murdery story or your story of

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41:41

American Monsters: Petto the Ox

Kinda Murdery ·

2025/06/20

On April 12th, 1903, Mrs. Frances Connors spotted a overcoat draped over a barrel at the corner of 11th Street and Avenue D in Manhattan's Alphabet City. The coat looked new, and it wasn't wet, even though it had been raining all night. "Who gets rid of a perfectly good overcoat?" Mrs. Connors wondered, and, "What's in that barrel?" Curiosity got the better of her, she sidled over to the barrel, lifted the coat, and SCREAMED...Call 888-MURDERY, that's 888-687-3379 to share your story of living with

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