Gruesome and Unnatural
by Eric and Shelley
A true crime podcast about murder, cold cases, missing people, and unnatural events in the world.
Episodes
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Episode 89: Alison Botha
Alison Botha was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on September 22, 1967. One day in December 1994, 27-year-old Alison and some friends hung out at the beach and later at her apartment to eat pizza and play games. After everyone left, she drove a friend home. Alison arrived back home around…
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Episode 88: The Story of Dalia and Mike Dippolito
Dalia Mohammed moved to Boynton Beach, Florida at the age of 13. She later went into real estate but when that fell through, she became an escort. After Dalia met a man by the name of Mike Dippolito online they spent some together and before you know it he was divorcing his wife. Mike married…
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Episode 87: The Murder of Alan Helmick
Alan Clarke Helmick was born August 27th, 1945 in Delta, Colorado. He attended school in Delta graduating from Delta High School in 1963. While in High School Alan met a woman by the name of Sharon Leonard and the two became high school sweethearts. After High School he went on to graduate from...
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Episode 86: The Story of Victoria Cilliers
Victoria who also went by Vicki was living in Wiltshire, England and working as a physiotherapist enjoying life and loving her main hobby of skydiving. In the winter of 2009, Emile Cilliers walked into her place of work and soon after the two were married and they had two children of their own....
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Episode 85: The Murder of Jessica Chambers
Jessica Lane Chambers was born to Ben Allen Chambers Sr. and Lisa Lynn Daugherty on February 2nd, 1995 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Jessica was their second child as they already had a son named Ben Jr. The two divorced and Jessica's father spent some time in prison and eventually was released...
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Episode 84: The Cleveland Torso Murderer
An unidentified serial killer who was active in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1930s was known to have murdered anywhere from between thirteen to twenty plus victims. A woman dubbed the "Lady of the Lake" could be included and would be the first victim to the person(s) that was known as the Mad Butcher…
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Episode 83: Elizabeth Short "Black Dahlia"
Elizabeth Short was one of five girls born to Cleo Alvin Short Jr. and Phoebe May Sawyer on July 29th, 1924 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. At the age of 15, Elizabeth she was suffering from bronchitis and severe asthma attacks, so she had to undergo surgery. After the successful surgery the doctors...
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Episode 82: Amber Hagerman
Amber Hagerman received a new pink bike for Christmas in 1995 and was ecstatic to ride it. On January 13th, 1996 Donna took her 9-year-old daughter Amber and 5-year-old son Ricky to their grandmother’s house so they could ride their bikes around the neighborhood. Amber and her brother took off…
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Episode 81: Ellen Greenberg
Josh and Sandee Greenberg gave birth to their one and only child a daughter they named Ellen Rae Greenberg on June 23rd, 1983. It wasn’t until 9 years later in 1994 that the family of three decided to move to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where Ellen later attended Susquehanna Township middle school....
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Episode 80: The Murder of James Bulger
On Friday February 12th, 1993 little two-year-old James Bulger and his mother Denise went to the New Strand Shopping Center in Bootle, England to do some shopping. They were there for a short time before Denise decided to go into the butcher shop to purchase some meat. She held James’ hand the...
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Episode 79: Jaime Osuna
Jaime Osuna had a horrible upbringing starting with his mother neglecting him and allowing his stepfather to physical abuse Jaime. His mom and stepfather would deprive him of food while his siblings were not, although he was allowed to eat on the floor like a dog. This treatment led him into a…
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Episode 78: The Murders of Claudia Maupin and Oliver Northup
Daniel Marsh first made local headlines in 2008 at the age of 10 after receiving an American Red Cross Heroes Award for using CPR to save his father’s life who was having a heart attack. Although, it was around the same time his parents were going through a divorce due to his mother's affair with...
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Episode 77: The Murders of Wendy and Randall Bjorge
17-year-old Cassandra Bjorge was sent to live with her grandparents Wendy and Randall Bjorge in Georgia after she had been having some behavioral issues with a past of using drugs and running away. She spent several years doing Kung Fu at this point so shortly after moving in with her…
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Episode 76: Zachary Davis
Zachary Everett Davis was born on July 29th, 1997, to Melanie and Christopher Davis. Growing up Zach was always a quiet child but also had a history of mental illnesses. In 2007, when he was nine years old, his father Chris passed away due to Lou Gehrig’s disease. After his father’s passing Zach...
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Episode 75: Brian Cohee
On the night of February 27th, 2021, Brian Cohee Jr. and his parents enjoyed a nice family movie night in before Brian went out to take a drive and get some fresh air. Unfortunately, his car would later get stuck in the Colorado River and would take hours to get out. After finally retrieving his...
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Episode 74: Paul Stephani - The Weepy Voiced Killer
Paul Stephani was the youngest of ten children. His mother remarried his stepfather when Paul was 3 years old, although he claims his stepfather was abusive towards him and his siblings when he came into their lives. Paul moved to Saint Paul, Minneapolis later on in his life taking on various…
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Episode 73: The Murder of Shad Thyrion
Taylor Coronado met Shad Thyrion when they were in middle school and later dated one another in high school. Although that relationship didn’t last, they did remain friends after high school. One night on February 21st, 2022 Taylor picked up Shad from his mother’s house at around 9:30pm. They…
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Episode 72: Murders of Dorothy Scott & Bernd Brandes/Survival Story of Gayle Corris
Dorothy Scott was enjoying a night out with co-workers when she noticed one of her co-workers did not look well and had a red mark on his arm. Dorothy and another one of her co-workers, Pam Head, decided to take him to the emergency room where they found out he had been bitten by a spider.…
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Episode 71: Nannie Doss - The Giggling Granny
Nannie Doss grew up working on a farm and quitting school by the 6th grade as her father was very controlling and abusive. When Nannie was just 9 years old her family took a train to see family but while on the train it made a sudden stop making Nannie hit her head on a metal pole located in…
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Episode 70: Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain was the first born to each side of his family, so he was a spoiled little boy. He grew up drawing and singing at a very young age although by the time he was 9 years old his parents were going through a divorce, and this really tore him apart. He began using drugs, smoking, and…
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Episode 69: Serial Killer - Joel Rifkin
Bernard and Jeanne Rifkin adopted Joel three weeks after he was born. He was bullied a lot in his younger years of life which ultimately left him by himself most of the time. Joel started to have deep disturbing thoughts about hurting women and unfortunately, he made those thoughts a reality. He...
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Episode 68: The House of Horror - The Turpin Family
After meeting at church and eloping at a young age Louise and her new husband David Turpin continued practicing their religion as Pentecostal Christians. As a part of their belief, they were to have numerous children because, “God called on them to do so.” The couple went on to have thirteen...
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Episode 67: Adam Strong
18-year-old Rori Hache was last seen leaving a hospital without being seen by a healthcare professional but where did she go and what happened to her? 12 days later a fisherman and his grandson came across a female torso which would later be identified as Rori Hache. Thankfully answers to where…
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Episode 66: Serial Killer - Ronald Gene Simmons
Ronald Gene Simmons spent 20 years in the military and retired as Master Sergeant. During his time in the military, he and his wife Becky had 7 children together although Ronald would later be investigated for fathering his daughter’s child and this is when he moved the family in fear of being...
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Episode 65: JonBenet Ramsey
JonBenet Ramsey a beautiful little 6-year-old girl who won many beauty pageants at such a young age. December 25th, 1996 Christmas day the family woke up, opened presents, and then attended a Christmas party that night. Although the next morning would be the worst days of their lives when Patsy...
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Episode 64: Serial Killer - Robert Berdella
As a young child Robert Berdella was bullied so he spent a lot of his time alone painting, writing to pen pals, and collecting coins and stamps. Unfortunately, while growing up his father physically and emotionally abused both Robert and his younger brother Daniel. Eventually Robert graduated…
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Episode 63: The Watcher
Derek Broaddus had just become the senior vice president at his insurance company, so he and his wife Maria were looking to buy a new home to move into with their three children. They finally found their dream home and purchased it on June 6th, 2014. It was located in Westfield, New Jersey at 657...
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Episode 62: Yuba County Five
On Friday, February 24th, 1978 in Yuba City, California five men were on their way to Chico State to watch a basketball game together. After a successful win for their team the five men headed back home to Yuba City but what happened next is still a mystery to this day. Advertisement Inquiries...
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Episode 61: The Murder of Timothy O’Bryan
On Halloween night in 1974 8-year-old Timothy and his 5-year-old sister were looking forward to a night of trick or treating with their father and the neighbors. After a rainy night of collecting candy Timothy asked his father for a piece but when Timothy ate a Pixy Stix he had received, his life...
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Episode 60: The Salem Witch Trials
In this episode Eric tells us about the Salem Witch Trials.
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Episode 59: The Toolbox Killers
After years of criminal activities from the hands of both Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris the two crossed paths while in jail. They came up with plans to harm young women in horrific ways once they were both released and that is exactly what they did.
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Episode 58: The Murders of Peter Fabiano, Karl Jackson, and Maria Adams
In this week's episode we talk about three different murder cases that occurred on Halloween night. The murder of Peter Fabiano, Karl Jackson, and Maria Adams. Three lives lost over gruesome and senseless acts.
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Episode 57: Serial Killer - Kenneth McDuff
Kenneth McDuff started committing crimes at a young age, so police knew exactly who he was in the town of Rosebud, Texas. After going to prison on multiple occasions he just kept getting released back into society. Kenneth turned to murder terrifying the community and unfortunately, he would…
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Episode 56: The Murder of Rebecca Bliefnick
Rebecca Bliefnick was intelligent and extremely driven to get where she wanted to be. She was married, had three young boys, and had worked at various hospitals. Life was going great until Rebecca and her husband Tim decided to get a divorce in 2021 after 13 years of marriage. For the next two...
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Episode 55: Serial Killer - Pedro Lopez
In this week's episode Eric talks about serial killer Pedro Lopez also known as the Monster of the Andes. Pedro is believed to have murdered over 300 girls spanning from 1969 to 1980 in Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. Advertisement Inquiries https://sponsorship.podbean.com
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Episode 54: The Boozing Barber
At just 16 years old Gilbert Jordan dropped out of high school and began drinking vodka on a daily basis. Gilbert started to frequent bars where he would find vulnerable woman or sex workers that he could drink with to the point that they would become unconscious. Once they were incoherent, he...
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Episode 53: The Murder of Kim Wall
Kim Wall grew up in Sweden but traveled all over the world while becoming a freelance journalist. After finding out about inventor Peter Madsen and his submarine The Nautilus, she decided to reach out and try to get an interview. On August 10th, 2017 Peter and Kim were set out on The Nautilus for...
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Episode 52: The Manson Family Murders
In this episode Eric and Shelley talk about The Manson Family Murders and the tour they took with Graveline Tours all about The Manson Family Murders.
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Episode 51: The Murder of Kelly Anne Bates
Kelly Anne Bates was only 14 years old when she met James Patterson Smith while babysitting one day. The two began dating without her parents knowledge because he was quite a bit older than her. Her parents were horrified when they found out two years later about the relationship and that Kelly...
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Episode 50: The History of Serial Killers
This week’s episode is brought to you by Gruesome and Unnatural’s host Eric. Eric tells us about the history of serial killers dating all the way back to 331 B.C. From witches to werewolves and even the execution wheel.
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Episode 49: The Murder of Jennifer Fulford
Jennifer Fulford worked as a nanny for Reid Berman a commercial real estate executive for the past 6 to 7 years. Since Reid was so busy with work, she would help with household duties and taking Reid’s son to school and picking him up. Although, on September 27th, 2017 Jennifer would go missing...
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Episode 48: The Richardson Family Murders
12-year-old Jasmine Richardson had always been a great kid. She started to get into the goth scene at school and hanging out with much older kids such as 23-year-old Jeremy Steinke. The two would meet at the mall and talk over social media and finally became a couple. Although, this was not okay...
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Episode 47: The Murder of Lauren Giddings
Lauren Giddings was a driven, ambitious woman who was working towards being a public defender. After moving to Georgia for school and attending 3 years at Mercer University she was looking forward to taking the upcoming bar exam. Lauren told her friends and family that if she did not answer any...
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Episode 46: The Murder of Abraham Shakespeare
Abraham Shakespeare quit school when he was only in the sixth grade to help his parents out with his younger siblings. Now in his 40’s Abraham heads to the gas station to get lottery tickets and one of them just happened to be a winning ticket of $30 million dollars. Abraham takes a lump sum of…
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Episode 45: The Lululemon Murder
On the morning of March 12th, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland Lululemon’s store manager Rachel Oertli went to work like any other day. Although when she arrived the door was unlocked, and the store looked like it may have been robbed. Frightened Rachel found an Apple customer next door who decided to...
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Episode 44: The Caffey Family Murders
16-year-old Erin Caffey was known as a shy, well-mannered young lady. One day while working at her job at Sonic an 18-year-old boy by the name of Charlie Wilkinson walks in and the two hit it off. After being together for 5 months Erin’s parents Penny and Terry disapproved of this relationship…
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Episode 43: The Death of Dr. Mark Sawusch
Dr. Mark Sawusch was a successful Ophthalmologist working in the Pacific Palisades while living in a multi-million-dollar beach front home in Malibu, California. Unfortunately, in 2016 Mark burned his hands so badly he was unable to perform surgery anymore. He went to his favorite ice cream shop...
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Episode 42: The Murder of Aaron Friar
15-year-old Ellen Friar and 19-year-old Gavin Macfarlane began dating in high school, but Ellen’s father Aaron Friar did not approve of this relationship and demanded she not see him anymore. One night when Ellen said she slept over at a friend’s house her father found out she had actually spent...
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Episode 41: The Death of Jorge Torres Jr.
Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres began dating in 2017 and shortly thereafter moved in together. The couple had a history of domestic violence issues and on many occasions the police were called. On February 24th, 2020 Sarah called 911 but this time for a completely different reason.
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Episode 40: The Murder of Skylar Neese
Skylar Neese was a bubbly 16-year-old girl who got straight A’s in school and loved to hang out with her best friends Rachel Shoaf and Sheila Eddy. Unfortunately, on July 6th, 2012 Skylar never showed up for work and her friends and family become extremely worried about her. Days later Sheila...
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A true crime podcast about murder, cold cases, missing people, and unnatural events in the world.
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Eric and Shelley
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