Deliver Us Some Evil

The DUSE is back with another installment of Fifty States of Wholesome Family Entertain-- I mean, Murder! What do you call a young man who marries a cheerleader, has a successful career, and a bright future? A lucky guy, right? Wrong! He ends up on the business end of a murder plot, but please don't call him a victim. That word belongs to his murderer! In fact, we aren't even sure how the guy was killed when no one in the media cared enough to find out. All they wanted was bikini pics of the teacher accused of his murder. Wait, she wasn't a teacher? Who cares! Pamela Smart was hot and she had options in... New Hampshire!

Fifty States of Murder bundles up and heads north for the tale of a man who couldn't help himself when it came to brutally attacking women -- and then picking up the phone to confess it all. It was the early 1980's and Paul Michael Stephani earned the nickname the Weepy-Voiced Killer as he claimed the lives of three victims and then made hysterical calls to the police. Was he truly remorseful or just looking for attention? The DUSE shares a clip of his chilling confessions so you can decide for yourself in... Minnesota!

Fifty States of Murder wraps up Black History Month with the shocking story of the youngest serial killer in American history: Craig Chandler Price. At the ripe old age of thirteen he went from petty crime, stalking, and theft to the brutal murder of a neighbor. Without a single clue left behind, the case went cold. Two years later he struck again, butchering another neighborhood family. When the police finally knocked on Price's door, the teenager was so unconcerned he fell asleep on the couch while they searched his family's property. The cops had to wake him up to arrest him! Why was he so indifferent? Craig Price knew the law: he'd be tried as a juvenile and walk away with a clean record in just five years in... Rhode Island!

It's double trouble as Fifty States of Murder takes on Black History Month with the 2002 Beltway Sniper duo of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. Not quite father and son, the two drove cross country in 2002 and ended the lives of seventeen victims, culminating in a national panic in October as the D.C. metro area witnessed one random attack after another. Even Eli has a story to tell, sharing the heartwarming memory of how the 24-hour news cycle reached into his childhood home and left an unforgettable impression. The cops and the FBI finally managed to track down the Chevy Caprice with the suspicious modifications and put an end to the terror that had gripped the public for three agonizing weeks in... Virginia!

It's a buy-one-get-two-free triple threat this week as Eli and Mel nail St. Patrick's Day, Black History Month, and Fifty States of Murder all at once with the harrowing tale of a mid-80's murder spree that covered six states and left eight people dead. Alton Coleman and Debra Brown committed their brutal crimes during the same era as Canada's infamous power couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka -- and for many of the same reasons. These were twisted people who just couldn't keep their deviancy to themselves. The FBI even added an eleventh slot to their Ten Most Wanted list just for Coleman as they hunted the two killers over one terrifying summer in 1984, baffled by stolen cars, fake IDs, and any motive other than pure evil in... Wisconsin!

Get ready for a double-whammy Black History Month Fifty States of Murder DUSE-style extravaganza as Eli and Mel connect the dots to reveal the truth about one of the oldest and most violent cults in American history: the Black Hebrew Israelites. The first congregations were founded over a hundred years ago but the words of their prophets, Frank Cherry and William Saunders Crowdy, are at the heart of the historical revisionism that pervades modern black culture -- and cults. One such cult was that of Peter Lucas Moses Jr., a man whose family values included brainwashing, polygamy, and murder in... North Carolina!

The DUSE might be fashionably late to the Valentine's Day party, but what better way to celebrate than with a box of gas-station chocolates and your favorite podcasters! Eli and Mel get romantic with the story of Stephen Grant, a real-life Mr. Mom who had it all and still said enough is enough when he called the cops to report his wife missing on Valentine's Day, 2007. Not even a tailored pantsuit could save Tara Lynn Grant from her apron-wearing husband as he becomes the prime suspect and then hightails it out of town, turning a local mystery into a national media circus. We'll let you decide what's more disturbing, Eli's lozenge ASMR or what the cops found in the garage in... Michigan!

The natural born podcasters are back with another installment of Fifty States of Murder! The setting is the Midwestern powder keg of 1950's America when a teenaged boy with nothing to lose joins forces with his questionably-aged girlfriend and lights the fuse on a killing spree that leaves eleven people dead and a community terrorized by its own greatest fear: juvenile delinquency. Charles Raymond Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate have been elevated to cultural icons, romanticized, fictionalized, misunderstood, denigrated in the media, condemned by the courts, and ultimately became a mirror held up to the darkest aspects of American society. The forces that drove them to strike back against an unfair world hit a little too close to home even today in... Nebraska!

Fifty States of Murder puts the pedal to the metal and takes on one of the biggest cases of serial murder in American history: BTK, aka Dennis Rader. His brutal crimes went unsolved for decades as he taunted the police through cryptic letters, dropped out of sight for years at a time, and crafted a wholesome public persona. Dark humor abounds as Eli and Mel try to reconcile the antics of a man who consistently flubbed the details of his attacks while also leaving a trail of bodies behind him and was so good at living a double life he was able to fool both his family and his entire community. In fact, his identity might still be a mystery today if he hadn't gone one step too far with the cops in... Kansas!

What do mashed potatoes have to do with murder? Tune in and find out as Eli and Mel travel back in time to 1981 to investigate the family values of John Mathis, a mid-western pig farmer who may or may not have used a .22 caliber to re-enter the singles market. As a bonus for our loyal listeners Eli shares his top-secret recipe for garlic pudding. YUM! So if you're about to ride a horse into a public fountain you better make sure it's wearing pants in... South Dakota!

The wait is over! The update is finally here! Eli and Mel dive straight into the deep end as they revisit one of the first cases the DUSE covered way back in 2022: the quadruple murder of four college students in Moscow, Idaho. Sure, Eli's theory about a local cult having a hand in the brutal slayings was wrong -- very wrong -- but the truth is even harder to believe. From the bizarre story of the surviving roommates to the bungling of the investigation at every level, including the FBI, there's just nothing satisfying about this case. Bryan Kohberger took a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, and maybe he really did do it, but if you're looking for conclusive evidence you're better off watching an episode of Law & Order in... Idaho!

It's a very merry murdery Deliver Us Some Evil Christmas special! Eli and Mel slide down the chimney to share the gruesome story of one family who just didn't have what it took to get through the holidays in one piece. It might not have been a dark and stormy night back in 2013 but Christmas morning revealed something much worse than a stocking full of coal to the windy city when eighteen-year-old Alexis Valdez dialed 911. And if that's not enough to jingle your bells, Eli reaches back into his own personal history for a heartwarming story of his own, one that luckily had a different ending. So deck the halls and spike that eggnog 'cause Old Saint DUSE is coming to town in... Illinois!

The DUSE rises to #33 on the top Fifty States of Murder chart with a damning expose on the fraud, hypocrisy, dirty dealings, and general scumbaggery just beneath the surface of the country music industry. It all came as a surprise to Kevin Hughes when he took a bullet for daring to demand honesty instead of a bribe. It was 1989 and even the cops couldn't fathom corruption so deep it could cost a man his life for only a few thousand dollars. Whodunit? Find out as Eli and Mel belly up to the bar for a double shot of payola in... Tennessee!

What do you get when a rich woman goes missing, there's no shortage of suspects, but almost no evidence? The latest episode of Fifty States of Murder, of course! Eli and Mel document the unsolved disappearance of Jacqueline Levitz, a wealthy social climber who went through three husbands before vanishing in late 1995. Was she bumped off by jealous relatives? Or maybe it was one of the working stiffs she stiffed when she liquidated her husband's assets? Or was it a robbery gone horribly wrong? We're not sure of much, but we're pretty sure she never stood a chance in... Mississippi!

The DUSE waxes philosophical in our latest episode of Fifty States of Murder as Eli and Mel paint a picture of innocence lost in post-WWII America and the influence of pivotal thinkers like Soren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, and of course Friedrich Nietzsche. What does existentialism have to do with murder? We're glad you asked! It took disenchanted jazz musician Melvin Rees to figure it out after he dropped out of college and turned his deep conversations about the morality of murder into a real world experiment. It was a dark time in America, and The DUSE pulls no punches, taking a hard look at our violent origins and how a man like Rees might just be more American than apple pie in... Maryland!

Get ready for another trip to the wild wild west as The DUSE books a room for you at the Murder Inn! The hostess is one heckuva cook so long as you like your steak dinner with a wink and a nod and a generous helping of arsenic. Then again, Polly Bartlett didn't target just any old traveler. She wanted a very special kind of man: the kind with too much cash, too few friends, and an eye for the ladies. Check-in is whenever you arrive, but don't bother with housekeeping. The only bed you'll be sleeping in is six feet under in... Wyoming!

The West Coast has seen its share of murderers but how many of them flagged down a cop and said hey, I'm thinking of becoming a murderer? TWICE! And how many cops, parole officers, and shrinks who encountered this guy just passed him off onto someone else? If you guessed all of them, you're right! Eli and Mel found no evidence of an actual clown car but they're sure there must have been one as the notorious Barfly Strangler, Carroll Cole, bounced from state to state, getting picked up for mail fraud, public drunkenness, and probably a few parking violations all while racking up a body count that might have numbered as many as fourteen women. What happened in Vegas didn't quite stay in Vegas when mistakes were made in... Nevada!

Fifty States of Murder rolls on -- right across that overgrown lawn your neighbors are always complaining about. That's right folks, it's time for another pit-stop on our cross-country tour: the story of William Devin Howell, a man who earned the nickname The Sick Ripper in a year-long rampage of violence and death. Eli and Mel are here to give you the facts, mock the fiction, and warn you in no uncertain terms to stay the hell away from that van in... Connecticut!

Happy Halloween from your friendly neighborhood true-crime pumpkin heads at Deliver Us Some Evil! And what better way to celebrate the spooky season in style than putting a new spin on an old story: the infamous Salem Witch Trials! If you think necks were stretched over religious hysteria, food poisoning, or something out of a Women's Studies class... well, YOU'RE WRONG. It was a land grab! Eli and Mel trace the roots of the conflict all the way back to Europe and the tangled history of kings, money lending, and real estate. It all came to a head in a little town called Salem when a family feud turned into a literal witch hunt in... Massachusetts!

What's the difference between a podcast host who researches serial killers as a hobby and a budding psychopath who researches serial killers as a hobby? Motivation? Destiny? Being in the right place at the wrong time? Seriously, we're asking you. We don't know. What we do know is that Eli and Mel have been doing the DUSE for three years! The only casualty has been a few marbles here and there, which is more than we can say for this episode's criminal mind: Israel Keyes. Raised in isolation in the Pacific Northwest, Keyes grew up an uber-religious White separatist who rapidly became the family's black sheep. It wasn't his grotesque acts of sadism that drove a wedge between them, or even his friendship with junior domestic terrorist Chevie Kehoe, but his declaration of atheism. That was the last straw. Shunned by the only people willing to put up with him, Keyes took his show on the road, criss-crossing the country to set things on fire, rob banks, kidnap, rape, torture, murder, and... fish? Yep. Fish. We may never know how many victims he took with him to the grave between Alaska, New York, Washington, Texas, Oregon, New Jersey, and Florida, but he definitely did some fishing in... Vermont!

The DUSE turns the turntables on this week's episode of Fifty States of Murder as they destroy the reputation of the one state in the union that never fails to put the capital T in capital punishment. It wasn't mercy that opened the prison door for convicted murderer Kenneth McDuff, but paperwork shuffling bean-counters who wanted to flood the streets with criminals. Can you guess what was on his bucket list as soon as he became a free man? That's right, folks, keeping a murderer behind bars just might have saved a few lives in... Texas!

Buckle up for another marathon episode of Fifty States of Murder as The DUSE takes a page from the dictionary under the word... GROSS! The case of Robert Berdella is the poster child for the ugly underbelly of the 1980's from the drug-fueled gay sub-culture that definitely wasn't its own worst enemy to the trash "journalism" of Geraldo Rivera that was determined to link every possible (and impossible) situation to the Satanic Panic. We're not opening Al Capone's vault here, but we deliver on our promise when it comes to pure evil in... Missouri!

Fifty States of Murder rolls on as Eli stumps Mel with trivia questions (seriously, aren't Warsaw and Notre Dame in Europe??) before getting too close for comfort with one of America's most notorious murderers: Gertrude Baniszewski. This chain-smoking mother of seven could have done a lot of things in the summer of 1965 -- hosted a block party, learned to crochet, started a book club for single ladies, you know, normal stuff. Instead she tortured sixteen-year-old Sylvia Likens to death. They say it takes a village, and that's just what old Gerty did, recruiting her own children and a handful of neighborhood kids to destroy the life of a girl whose only crime was not hating herself in... Indiana!

Want to get away with murder? Make sure no one can spell your name! That's the secret of New Jersey's famous freelance hit man, Richard Kuklinski, known as the Ice Man, the Devil, or that really big guy over there with the bad temper and the baseball bat. The DUSE leaves no murder behind as Eli and Mel go the distance with a marathon episode that covers everything from Kuklinski's nightmare childhood and his teenage gang angst to a web of seedy mob connections, a meet cute at a urinal with a fellow psychopath, and the famous hit man's downfall by way of hubris, betrayal, and a cop in a bad wig in... New Jersey!

The DUSE heads north for some anaphylactic shock and the tragic story of a family torn apart by mental illness and murder -- TWICE! Constance Fisher was considered "moody" back in the 1950's but today she'd be a prime target for all those pharmaceutical ads you see on TV. Paranoid? Check. Depressed? Check. Hearing the voice of God telling you to do evil things to your children? Check! Side effects may include paranoia, depression, auditory hallucinations, and cold-blooded murder in... Maine!

The Wild Wild West is back! Saddle up as Eli and Mel hit the wagon trail headed for Oklahoma and the shocking story of the Rufus Buck Gang! It's a match made in Hell when five cowboys join forces to settle scores, take out random travelers, and strike a blow against American westward expansion in an eleven day rampage. Liberals want you to believe these were good men pushed too far, but The DUSE doesn't take too kindly to retconning the lives of scoundrels. So tune in as we load up two boots of ammo and try to avoid dying of dysentery in... Oklahoma!

Extra! Extra! It's an extra-special episode of Fifty States of Murder! Eli, Mel, and Ashley join forces to tackle the disturbing case of the notorious Toy Box Killer: David Parker Ray, a man who invested his entire life into kidnapping, torture, and murder. How many women suffered inside the toy box? No one knows for sure. What we do know is that Eli has the deets, Mel has the heebie-jeebies, and Ashley has more questions than answers in... New Mexico!

Guess who's taking you on a wild trip from wholesome to explosive in the latest episode of Fifty States of Murder! Take a seat right here in the Heart of Dixie and let Eli and Mel school you on the difference between a separatist and a supremacist, and how the road not taken might lead to something far worse than a quiet rural homestead. There might be a quiz, so make sure you take notes on the case of Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph, a man whose convictions led him to mayhem, murder, and a life sentence in federal prison, proving that it's possible to find common ground with a man's beliefs and still condemn his actions in... Sweet Home Alabama!

What do bikers, bus stops, and Blockbuster have in common? Find out as Eli and Mel throw down with the beach bums to give you the gruesome details of Hawaii's first serial murders, a mid-80's nightmare that left five women dead and the cops without a single lead. Was it a sleazy patron of the local video store? Was it a mainland killer taking a vacation? Was it the guy in the super suspicious creepy van whose name was literally on a post-it note found on a victim's desk and who went to the police to show them exactly where the last body could be found? Who knows! Unsolved for decades, the Honolulu Strangler might never be identified, not even by a psychic in... Hawaii!

Welcome to the next pit stop on the D.U.S.E.'s road trip across the Fifty States of Murder! Eli and Mel find themselves entering the state of Dungeness crabs, "culture," pinot noir, and of course the Gorilla Man! An infamous turn of the century mad-man who strangled his way across the country and into Canada to escape invisible assassins and his pilgrim upbringing. From Oregon to New York the bumbling police detectives were hot on his trail discovering one woman after another who mysteriously offed herself in the strangest ways. IGNORE THE WOMEN WHO SAY OTHERWISE! This story proves that even when the coroner does get it right it takes Canada not giving a fuck to catch a gorilla in....Oregon!

It's time to hit the Hershey highway as The DUSE tackles the bizarre tale of Pennsylvania's very own unicorn killer! (Disclaimer: No unicorns were harmed in the making of this episode.) It's a bad hair day for the final girl when her Aquanet gets banned and her eco-warrior incel ex-boyfriend decides to do some canceling of his own. The cops take his word that she went out for sprouts and tofu and never came back, but the neighbors complain about a peculiar odor. His new girl has her suspicions too, but does she investigate the reeking box of soup in their bedroom? Of course not! She does what every good college-educated feminist does and makes an art film about how she's being traumatized by the situation. You could look it up and watch it yourself, or sit back and let Eli and Mel grab the unicorn by the Ira Einhorn in... Pennsylvania!

Care for an iced tea? The DUSE hits the road again for a Fifty States of Murder crime spree along the bloodthirsty highways of Arizona! One wrong turn leads to another in the early 1970's as petty theft and forgery takes a pair of drifters down a dark road to assault, robbery, carjacking, and the murder of friends, neighbors, and complete strangers that can only be explained by copious amounts of drugs. Willie Steelman and Douglas Gretzler made a name for themselves in the worst way possible, their reign of terror only coming to an end after a brutal massacre. Eli and Mel fire up the darkest of humor to light the way through this tale of senseless slaughter, demanding justice for Miss Tiddies and her homeless kitties in... Arizona!

The time-traveling twosome slide into their bell bottoms for a Fifty States of Murder field trip to the mean streets of Atlanta, Georgia... circa 1979! The kids definitely aren't all right as a string of abductions end in murder and no one knows where the killer will strike next as families are advised not to let their children out of sight even for a moment. When a suspect is finally arrested, it's hardly an open and shut case. Wayne Williams took the fall, but why did the police ignore eyewitness reports of brutal attacks? How did photographic evidence mysteriously disappear? Who was the other man seen during the kidnappings? And get your tinfoil hats ready as Eli connects the gruesome dots between local Atlanta scumbags, East Coast mob bosses, powerful political figures, and even the JonBenet Ramsey case! So hang on to your peaches as we shine a spotlight on the Atlanta child murders in... Georgia!

Do you know the difference between Hoodoo and Voodoo? How about a cult and a church? Well, you're about to learn! So pack your trunk and join Eli and Mel on an educational ride along Louisiana's terrifying turn of the century railway for a lesson on the strange case of Clementine Barnabet, a woman who took her devotion a little too seriously. Murder, mayhem, and mystery follow in her wake as one neighborhood family after another are brutally slaughtered. Was it religious zealotry or divine vengeance? Was she working alone? Or was she part of a cult that preyed on the innocent? Find out as The DUSE punches your ticket for a one-way trip to a whole lot of dark and stormy nights in... Louisiana!

In a state far, far away, there once lived a Karen... but not just any Karen... THE Karen. Yes, we're talking about South Carolina's Homecoming Queen and Mother of the Year, Susan Smith! Way back in 1994 the country was held captive by the gripping story of a pair of missing toddlers and the tearful press conference of their grieving parents, except one of them was already under suspicion and couldn't quite get her facts straight. Was she carjacked by an imaginary black man? Or did she just sort of, you know, change her mind and decide she didn't want to be a mother anymore? If you think fate is cruel, you haven't met Mrs. Smith! Just remember, when life gives you lemons, insist on speaking to the manager in... South Carolina!

Did anyone ever warn you not to take candy from strangers? Good thing that doesn't apply to chocolate! Eli and Mel have outdone themselves this time as they unwrap a suspicious package in Delaware and make sure everyone gets a piece of this foil-wrapped story of 19th Century drunken debauchery! This love nest is fully loaded with infidelity, naughty photos, mommy issues, public lewdness, and of course... murder! At the heart of it all is the only thing that mattered to the infamous Cordelia Botkin, more than family, more than money, more than her reputation, the one thing that drove her mad with unconquerable desire and animalistic lust: CHEESECAKE! I mean, can you blame her? Mmmm... cheesecake... So slip into your best frilly dress and show us a little ankle in... Delaware!

What do ladies panties and dynamite have in common? Tune in to the latest episode of Fifty States of Murder to find out as Eli and Mel make a pit stop in the Liberal Hell known as Colorado! Even back in the day, the feminist agenda was making the world a better place as moms were encouraged to drop off their responsibilities at the nearest orphanage. Take the story of John Gilbert Graham, a little boy who got the short end of the stick and went without a mother's love until he was a grown man with a job, a family, and a criminal record. In walks Mommy Dearest and things suddenly blow up: his marriage, his career, and other kinds of explody things. It all comes down to a vending machine, a handful of newspaper clippings, and a beet field in the middle of nowhere in... Colorado!

Fifty States of Murder hits the Great Plains (or is it the Rocky Mountains?) with a trip to North Dakota! All aboard the Way-Back-and-Way-Whacked Machine as Eli and Mel share the tale of a quiet farming community transformed into a film noir by a double-barreled massacre that sends the neighbors running for the hills. Was it a homicidal maniac or a gang of sentient pigs? Was the hired boy a target or collateral damage? Will the sheriff get his man before the lynch mob does? Just how much rope is too much rope for a man to hang himself? Tune in as the DUSE shines a light on this dark day in the history of... North Dakota!

The DUSE drives straight through Arkansas before noticing that it's the topic of this week's Fifty States of Murder! (Sorry, not sorry.) If you've ever been to the state that has another state's name in it, or you know, heard of it, you'll get a kick out of the case of Ricky Ray Rector, a man who turned a three-dollar cover charge into a crime spree that led to one of the most controversial trials in American history. This episode's like a hearty meal at a franchise buffet. We've got a generous helping of dark humor to go with your chicken-fried steak, delicious tangents about mysterious mouse meat, and a big ol' slice of pecan pie that might just take your appetite away. So join us on the short bus for a true-crime tour of... Arkansas!

Dr. Eli and Nurse Ratched -- err, Mel -- have a prescription for what ails you: another exciting episode of Fifty States of Murder! With their usual charm and tact, the DUSE documents the tragic story of Daniel Marsh, a California kid who waved so many red flags he could have landed a 747 in his backyard. Instead, he landed in the loony bin as the adults in his life decided that the problem wasn't his broken home but his brain and sent him off to Pharmaceutical Wonder Land with a cocktail of drugs all labeled 'Not For Use in Children.' With role models like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer, what could go wrong? Even the FBI was left scratching their heads! This is one grim tale that doesn't end happily ever after in... California!

Do YOU know where the Antichrist was born? Either way, you'll enjoy this episode of the Fifty States of Murder as Eli and Mel document one of Kentucky's other notorious native sons: Boone Helm, aka the Cannibal Cowboy! After murdering his cousin on his way out of the state, our boy Boone goes on a casual crime spree, stealing and whoring his way across the wild Wild West, hitting California, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, and even British Columbia, and all the while picking up traveling companions and then picking them out of his teeth... And whenever he's not seasoning his campfire beans with human ears he takes time out of his busy schedule to help the Church of Latter Day Saints deal with "inconvenient" people before getting booted out of town for being a scumbag. His life of crime ends in Montana where he betrays his buddies, perjures himself, and gives a righteous middle finger to the law, but it all began in the bluegrass state of... Kentucky!

In this episode of Fifty States of Murder, Eli and Mel bring you to Ogden, Utah, a sleepy little town where nothing interesting happens... unless you count the infamous robbery at the local Hi-Fi electronics store that ended in -- you guessed it -- cold-blooded murder! Sure they claimed they didn't plan on killing anyone, except that these jerks blabbed about it all over the local Air Force base to every Tom, Dick, and Nancy that couldn't run away fast enough! Our villains? A sadistic Caribbean who just wanted to cause mayhem, a wing-man who thought HE was the sadist until he met the other guy, and a get-away driver who did a lot more than load stereo equipment into the van. Four of their victims never stood a chance. But that fifth guy? He was an OG, proving that Superman really is more than a comic book character. So, do you have what it takes to come with us as we visit...Utah?

The Fifty States of Murder hits a high note as Eli and Mel take you on a guided tour of one of Ohio's most notorious murderers: the Cleveland Strangler! Anthony Sowell wasn't the sort of guy you brought home to mama unless mama also had a crack addiction. But he was always a gentleman when it came to the ladies, generously sharing his malt liquor and helping them out of second story windows. After a string of "dates" file police reports and then remember that they hate cops and refuse to testify, neighbors harass city hall over the horrible smell coming from his house, and yet another family member files a missing persons report after they haven't seen their drug addicted daughter in a month, the jig is up, the news is out, and someone draws the short straw and has to dig up that back yard! It's not a competition, but even the Corpse Collector might have second thoughts about this one as we uncover the smelly truth about... Ohio!

In this episode of Fifty States of Murder, Eli and Mel throw a dart at the wall and find themselves in the Blue wasteland that is New York State! And since they have to suffer, you have to suffer... So roll your spliff, pour a drink, and get comfortable as you endure the tale of a ginger rat-bastard teenager who got his get-back by going after an unsupervised child. Ironically the kid was everything Eric Smith wasn't: cute, well liked, and not a ginger! It just goes to show that despite what Governor Hochul wants you to believe, not everything is as sweet as it seems in...New York!

The Fifty States of Murder is finally here! Eli kicks off our inaugural episode by making Mel guess the state by way of trivia questions so easy she embarrasses herself by getting them all wrong. (You can see the aurora borealis in Colorado, right??) Then we take a deep dive into a string of murders committed by a man who was either a giant or a midget, a native or a settler, or maybe it was a whole gang, and while we're at it, it might have been a cryptid, an urban legend, or that one guy from the Yukon, or if Mel's theory is right, every corpse the mysterious Klutuk sent floating down the river was really the fault of a wiener dog from Hell! (And we all know Mel's right... right?) Either way, there's nothing quite like old-fashioned frontier justice to lift you off your feet in the Fifty States of Murder: Alaska!

Top o' the morning to ya, D.U.S.E. nation! It's that special Monday morning where all anyone wants to see is green beer! Unfortunately you guys have to go to work. So in honor of your sacrifice, we're here to do your drinking for you! Your host-with-the-most chest infections and death obsessions rings in America's favorite Irish holiday by luring two attractive women into the studio, pumping them full of that Irish water, and asking them questions they can't answer about serial killers and whatever else he could think of. Don't worry, you too can get in on the Leprechaun games! Chill out, pour your preferred beverage, and hunker down while we test your true crime knowledge and prove once more that everything is more fun when you add alcohol to...2 Gurls 1 Mic!

Eli and Mel welcome author Paul Lonardo to the show for a first-of-its-kind guest appearance! Paul has published everything from horror to romance, biography to true crime, spec-fic to sports history, horror haikus to a children's book about a goblin baseball player! Eli and Mel pick his brain clean, getting the inside scoop on his lifelong love of the horror genre, how he collaborates with normal people (you know, non-writers), the pitfalls of writing true crime, what motivates a man to write a horror haiku a day for an entire year, and even exchanges nostalgic stories with Eli about the mortuary sciences... which isn't creepy at all... So join us for a DUSE original as we drop the mic for an interview with Paul Lonardo!

Eli and Mel wrap up another blockbuster Black History Month by plumbing the depths of the social-media cesspool so you don't have to! What did we find? Black supremacist cults! Did you know that the United States is really Egypt? Or that Quikrete has been used to literally cover up the truth? And how about that talking wall-mounted fish down in Memphis? Does anyone trust that guy? Learn all about the real history of America, the Tartarian Empire, mud floods, Pennsylvania's pyramids, the Mississippi (or is it the Nile?) River, the Grand Canyon, biblical misdirection, conspiracies that span hundreds of years, and just what that guy said on the bus the other day. All of which will leave you face to face with the truth about America's social powder keg, the consequences of widespread illiteracy, and... Gator Raiders!

The D.U.S.E. tackles an unsolved mystery as we document the trail of bodies left behind by the Washington D.C. Freeway Phantom in a Black History Month whodunit from way back in 1971! We have no answers but plenty of questions, like what happened to the victims' shoes? Why weren't suspicious characters like step-fathers and boyfriends ever investigated? Which flavors of doughnuts kept the cops from doing their jobs? And why are there people out there wearing 72-hour spray-on deodorant instead of showering? Who knows! All we know is that when you add it all up it's just about...Tantamount to Murder!

Those at the D.U.S.E. would like to make you feel loved this Valentine's Day but we all know that's impossible. So instead they've chosen to tickle your cockles and whatever else you want them to feel-up with this heart-warming story of a suave man with black hoodoo magic getting what he wants from any woman, and a woman that he wants nothing more than to get away from, but can't! That's right folks, this ain't your grandma's love story! We've got a con-man who likes to bang lonely older women before robbing them, a grotesque single mom who likes the sound a hammer makes on a human skull, two kids left at the Salvation Army like last year's sneakers, traumatic head injuries, abandoned women, a father who makes it big in Spain, a brother who REALLY loves his sister, mo' money, and unrequited love so bad we'll convince you that some people truly are...Tortured By Love!