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Send a textJoel Rifkin was New York's deadliest killer in the late 1980s and early 90s during a four year killing spree.  Joel the Ripper, as he came to be known as, beat up, abused, and strangled many women, later stating that his behavior was an urge that he felt he couldn't stop.  In this episode we talk about his upbringing and what led him to give into his terrible urges.  We also share an update about where Joel is today, and who he may be talking to nowadays.  It's challenging to find humor in these dark stories.  Somehow, the guys are here again with laughs as they talk us through the life story of Joel Rifkin.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textIn this episode we dig into the unexpected stories of famous people who’ve done some seriously bad things, from accidental deaths to straight-up murder.  Some of these names will totally surprise you.  Listen as we break down the details, create humor from tragedy, and talk about what really goes on in the everyday lives of the rich and famous.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textWhere we record our podcast, the weather is getting chillier and the subject matter is pretty cold this week as well.  This crime took place in Siberia!  Have yo heard of Mikhail Popkov, the Russian cop who turned out to be a serial killer?  He used his uniform to gain people’s trust, only to lead a secret double life as one of the most prolific murderers in Russian's history.  The guys break down how he got away with it for so long and how he was eventually caught.  Grab your headphones and get ready for a short, but wild ride through small-town Russia where there was bad police work, lots of borscht, and the chilling mind of a man who thought he was above the laws he was being paid to enforce.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textIn an effort to cover the most disgusting evil-doers, we thought of a particularly chilling story - The Butcher of Plainfield - the story of Ed Gein.  Ed was a quiet man who had dark secrets.  Secrets that the guys uncover over the next 44 minutes.  Listen to the disturbing family trauma that shaped him and how his story forever changed true crime and horror.  Listener discretion is advised.  This episode is grotesque.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textIn our twenty-second episode the guys cover possibly the most sexually brutal American villain.  David Parker Ray was never convicted of the crime we all know he committed - murder.  However, he was caught and sentenced to 224 years in prison for his horrendous and nearly unspeakable behavior of kidnapping and sexual torture of women in his chamber of disgust and secrets.  This sickening room became known as his toy box.  Welcome to another slice of crime with an extra large size yuck factor and somehow some humor.  This is the Toy Box killer.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textThe Nazis intent to annihilate the Jews was over a decade long tragedy we call The Holocaust.  This episode contains a few astonishing stories you may have not heard from that time.  We start by sharing some background on how this inhumane disaster originated.  We tell you about human experimentation and the mass murders.  We share a few stories that may come as a surprise, such as the account of Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 children during the war, a secret he kept for 49 years.  Welcome to some incredible, factual stories that stemmed from some of the darkest and deadliest years in our world's history.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textWe had too much 90s content to fit into one episode!  Therefore, we are publishing the remainder of the 90s stories and fun in this Part two episode!  Put down your Lisa Frank homework binder and finish licking the cheese off the short red stick in your Handi-Snack crackers.  It's time to turn up the volume on some more nostalgic listening from one of the better decades - the 90s!Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textEvery so often we have to lighten the murderous mood with some fun.  This is another decades episode!  In this episode we talk about things you didn't know and things you were trying to forget about the 1990s!  We share interesting stories about history and pop culture.  So, talk to the hand, and listen with your ears to our 19th episode.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textPart II of the Zodiac!  The focus of this episode is a dive into the suspects and conspiracies.  There are many other murders with such extreme similarities to the Zodiac's that it's incredible that this killer was never caught.  The Zodiac slipped through the cracks of time.  His ciphers will linger forever, along with many people's frustration that he will never be caught.  This is the final of four episodes in our unsolved killer miniseries.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textIn this episode, the guys take on part one of a two episode show on one of America’s most elusive serial killers - the Zodiac.  From taunting letters sent to newspapers to multiple to-this-day unsolved cryptic ciphers, the Zodiac killed and played games.  With each victim came another message, another clue, and another dead end for the San Francisco Bay area police.  The guys sift through the facts.  This is our third of four episodes in our unsolved killer miniseries.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textThe second episode in our unsolved miniseries dives into the killer who got his nickname from his habit of sketching his victims before luring them to secluded areas and killing them, typically by stabbing.  The investigation was hampered by the victims being predominantly gay men who feared being known as such.  Some of the victims were famous individuals, too.  This is the story about a still unidentified serial killer known as The Doodler.  The guys open the episode with an intense, information filled update on the Fox Hollow Farm murders.  They will inform you about an erratic man, we now know as Mark Goodyear.  Was Herb Baumeister the only murderer?  There is a lot to unpack here.  Let us dig in.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textThis is the first episode in our mini unsolved murders series.  Have you heard of The Alphabet murders?  Do you know about the high number of murderers that lived in Rochester, New York in the early 1970s?  The Alphabet Killer was one of them.  It seems he chose his victims based on unique criteria - all were innocent young girls and each of the girl's initials and city where their bodies were found started with the same letter.  The guys dive into each of the victim's deaths and the likely suspects, including one victim's dad who probably needs to think before he speaks next time.  Welcome to The Alphabet Killer case.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textIn episode 14 the guys get into the assaults and murders of several young women in 2003 and 2019 by two different young men, each viciously killing for what seems like no reason.  The world considered both of these young murderers attractive men, and the phenomenon of attention that surrounded one of them during his trial and while in prison was absurd.  Mark Twain would have called these men gilded -  beautiful exterior with a rotten core.  Welcome to the episode about killers Christopher Kornberger and The Deadpool Killer, Wade Wilson.  Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textThe Bystander Effect is a psychologically curious happening that has occurred throughout history and still today when people witnessing an emergency, crime, or person being harmed or in distress, do nothing to help or to help stop it.  There are many documented occurrences where bystanders could have helped, but did not.  One of the more famous cases is a murder that took place in 1964 in Queens, New York.  The victim was young woman named Kitty Genovese.  Here is the story of her murder.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textIn episode twelve the guys discuss the still unknown killer that shook the Whitechapel area in London in the fall of 1888. A mysterious man was brutally murdering women. He was named Jack the Ripper. We still call him this to this day, as no one was ever proven guilty or even arrested. In early 2025, DNA evidence showing a probable attacker came to light. The guys touch on this, as well as, their own beliefs about the Ripper’s identity. A little history lesson, a little graphic butchery - this episode is a bit grisly, but packed with the guys' dark humor and satire.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textThomas Sweatt is a convicted serial arsonist.  His crimes: many - including arson, destruction of buildings, and murder.  His illness: pyrophilia.  Our illness: telling you about his sick crimes with a twist of sour humor.  Let's roast this villain!Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textWant a refresher of John F. Kennedy's assassination with some recent updates?  Did you know that in January 2025 The White House put out a declassification statement about the full release of all records pertaining to JFK's death?  This episode is going to give you some insight you may not have known about the JFK death monstrosity.  Imagine clothing pockets full of brain matter and a little meat curtain chit chat.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textCombine government cover ups with two guys who want to reveal the truth or at least make sure you know what's real and what's not.  The result is an hour of ridiculous banter about a few absurd, and a few serious, conspiracies.  This is a history lesson about guns bullets that dissolve, the blood sacrifice month, an alien battle, a presidential "Weekend at Bernie's," and much more.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textThis episode tells the story of London bloke and serial killer, Dennis Nilsen, who murdered many young men after luring them into his residences in the late 70s and early 80s.  Dennis kept the bodies around his residences for long periods of time, a key part of his postmortem sex fantasies playing out.  When he did get rid of the bodies, he did so in peculiar ways.  Find out Dennis' motive, killing techniques, and a little background from his childhood that helped turn a young man struggling with his desires into a 33 year old serial killer.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textDid you know that the opening scene of the movie Jeepers Creepers was based on the true events that took place in a local Michigan rural area in 1990?  This killer lived very close to where our podcast sessions take place!  Dennis DePue killed his ex-wife, a sweet, beloved high school counselor and left behind an infamous life story that even drew the attention of a horror movie as it was being written.  Listen to us tell the story of Dennis' poor life decisions.  Combine some van life, bad teeth, a beating, and an episode of Unsolved Mysteries, and you get the story of Dennis "Hank Queen" DePue.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textEverything you didn't know about the 1980s.  Everything you can't get enough of about the 1980s.  Cool stories and facts with our comedic twist from that one tubular decade we all love.  It's all right here in our first episode of the year.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textWhen was the last time you purchased ground pork or sausage?  If you were doing so in Port Coquitlam, a town outside of Vancouver, Canada, in the 1990s and 2000s you might want to consider being a vegetarian.  Robert "Willie" Pickton was The Pig Farmer Killer.  He owned and operated a pig farm, turned nightclub, turned human slaughterhouse. The details are nearly as gruesome as they come, especially for our northern neighboring country, whose crime rate has dropped significantly since Willie was on the streets collecting women.  This episode topic came to us from a listener who wanted us to cover this disgusting killer.  So, grab some Canadian bacon and Timmies coffee.  We hope you enjoy, eh?Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textA high class farm property and house, turned forever home to over a dozen victims.  A husband of 25 years living a double life cheating on his wife and murdering his short-lived lovers.  The wife claims she knew nothing.  We dive into the story of Herb Baumeister, who should have been an ordinary Midwest businessman living with his wife and children in his magnificent estate.  Instead, Herb is Indiana's worst serial strangler.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textHe came out of the womb as one of the largest newborns on record, but that turned out to be the only thing he couldn't hide well.  This genius level serial killer loved the kill of high class young women.  He helped develop a formal psychometric test used to gauge inmates and then used the test to his advantage.  Ed Kemper was very intelligent, but couldn’t control his homicidal and sexual impulses.  This guy is a piece of work.  You'll see.  Let’s dig in.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textTwo consenting men commit what may be the sickest crime you've ever heard about in our second episode. A cannibalistic German and his victim pursue each other and complete a gruesome act of desire in a country where cannibalism was legal. Does this mean the cannibal winds up being the victim? Listen to this show and you can decide.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website

Send a textDo you want to know the the connection between two of the most prolific serial killers in American history? Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgeway were connected by their dark fantasies that they fulfilled for a time.   We focus on the horror these serial killers created with a comedic twist.  If you are looking for a podcast full of humor and disgust, while we explain some of the lesser know facts about these two killers, this episode is for you.Listen, Before We Get Cancelled Website