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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot
by Cayla Kinley and Kaitie Kelly
A True Crime podcast. Pour yourself a glass of your drink of choice (we're partial to wine), get comfy, and join us while we dive into new cases every week! Host/Creator: Cayla Kinley Host/Creator: Kaitie Kelly
Episodes
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot: Unsolved: The Sad Case of Dorothy Jane Scott
On May28th, 1980, Dorothy Scott offered to give one of her co-workers a ride to the E.R. after a work meeting. Another co-worker tagged along with the two and made their way there. After the group was set to leave the hospital, Dorothy went outside alone to retrieve her car and pull it up to the...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 39: Missing: Dennis Martin
In June of 1969, what was suppose to be a fun camping trip to The Great Smoky Mountains for young Dennis Martin and his family, turns into largest national park search and rescue operation in history. What happened to young Dennis? Did he wander off? Fall and hit his head? Did an actual animal…
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 38: Insane or sinister? The Story of Austin Harrouff
While waiting in her garage on her husband John Stevens to return from walking their dog, Michelle Mishcon is brutally attacked by a young stranger. Their neighbor, Jeff Fisher, hears the screams and goes to help only to be attacked himself. Jeff makes it back to his home where he calls 911. From...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 37: The Murder of Missy Bevers
It was a rainy morning in Midlothian, Texas on April 18th, 2016. That didn't stop Fitness Instructor Missy Bevers from hosting her workout class at Creekside Church of Christ. Instead of having the class outside, they would just have it inside. Little did she know when she made her way into the...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 36: The Bizarre Case of Cari Farver
In late 2012, Dave Kroupa thought he would try his hand at online dating. He meets a woman named Liz Golyar and things go well, but 6 months later meets a woman named Cari Farver at his work and sparks fly for 2 weeks. Suddenly, Cari has disappeared from sight after sending Dave a weird message....
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 35: The Richardson Family
What does a preteen girl, a 300-year-old Werewolf, and the 1994 film Natural Born Killers have to do with one another? Well, murder, that's what. When three members of The Richardson Family were found murdered in their home, the police had two big questions: Who did it and where was the...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot: Bonus Episode: Episode 34: Grant Solomon
***This is a special bonus episode for our listeners this week. Carlie is Cayla's niece and also one of Kaitie and Cayla's best friends. She was gracious enough to sit in for Cayla while Cayla and her family were on a trip this past December. Enjoy!*** On July 20th 2020, Grant Solomon headed to...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 33: The Longo Family
After having financial difficulties and marriage issues, most couples would just opt for divorce as their last resort, but Christian Longo had another idea: cold blooded murder. The Longo family was made up of five members: Mary, Christian, and three small children. After Christian gets caught in...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 32: The Landlady of Death: Dorothea Puente
Once upon a time, there lived a little old lady in Sacramento, CA in the 1980s. Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house for the sick and elderly. She provided a room to stay and food to eat, but no one could have imagined what she was really doing. Dorothea spent her time as a landlady poisoning…
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 31: Fugitive: Sean Williams
In October of 2023, Sean Williams escaped police custody while on transport in Greene Co, Tn. We did a deep dive into all of Sean's alleged crimes that span years and states. Also, we had a special interview with Mikayla Evans, who mysteriously fell out of Sean's fifth floor apartment in 2020....
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 30: Mysterious Death of Phoebe Handsjuk
On December 2nd, 2010 a strange and horrific discovery was made inside a trash compactor room in the basement of an apartment complex. Phoebe Handsjuk, just 24, lay on the concrete floor dead. A death investigation is started and the conclusion is suicide. Phoebe’s family takes it upon themselves...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 29: Our Ghost Stories
Today we thought it would be fun to share our own scary stories with each other and you guys! If you have any scary stories you would like to share please feel free to send them our way, we would love to read them!
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 28: The Bell Witch
In 1817, the Bell’s were a prominent farming family in Red River, Tennessee (which would later be named Adams, TN). They lived seemingly normal lives until strange occurrences started happening at the family home. From seeing strange looking animals, to hearing voices, and even enduring physical...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 27: The Rotherwood Mansion
Rotherwood Mansion has lived as a local haunted legend since its first brick was laid. The mansion holds years of sadness and cruelty, with walls full of stories. These stories still live on today in the form of hellhounds and women in white gowns.Sources:...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot: Episode 26: The Hollywood Ripper
In 2001, Los Angeles fashion student Ashley Ellerin was found murdered inside of her home. As police are interviewing friends, family, and neighbors, they're given one name that sticks out the most: Mike, The Furnace Man. As police are looking into this name and trying locate him, they get an...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 25: Mysterious Death of Aaron Hedges
Aaron Hedges and two friends had decided to go on a routine hunting trip in The Crazies. After Aaron loses most of his supplies in a horse accident, he decides to hike to his hunting cache a few miles north of their campsite. When Aaron's location is revealed on GPS, he is miles east of where he...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 24: Murdered: Mary Jones
Mary Jones was just 16 and Mitzi Holt Sizemore just 15 in the summer of 1980 when a man pretending to be a police officer lured them into a trap. Mitzi survived the vicious attack but tragically, Mary did not. Police did not have much to go on at first but they did have Mitzi, who was ready to…
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 23: Missing: Bryce Laspisa
Bryce Laspisa had a successful first year in college, but when he returns for a second year something happens that sends Bryce into a spiral of strange behavior. His parents find out about his alcohol and drug use and ask that Bryce come home. Bryce's odd behavior continues on his drive home…
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 22: Missing: Amy Lynn Bradley
In March of 1998, The Bradley's went on what they thought was going to be a relaxing yet fun vacation on a cruise ship to the Caribbean. However, it soon turned into their worst nightmare. Amy Lynn Bradley, just 23 years old at the time, went missing one early morning after a night of dancing on...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 21: Betty Sue Short
Betty Sue Short was 65 years old at the time of her murder. The twisted and curious pieces to her puzzle fall together and land the police on one man, Jonathan Slemp. It is claimed that Betty Sue Short was entangled in drug exchanges with Slemp, but is that really why he killed her? Or...are we...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 20: The Weepy-Voiced Killer
On New Years Eve 1980, Karen Potack was attacked by a man who came out from the shadows. Miraculously, she survived, but it would be the beginning of a series of attacks against women in the Minneapolis area. What was strange, was that the killer would call police after these attacks and...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 19: The Twisted Papin Sisters
We have all known a pair of sisters that are attached at the hip, but Christine and Lea Papin take this to a new level. After a traumatic childhood, the two form a special and incestuous bond. The Papin sisters felt like it was the two of them against the world. One evening the two snap and...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 18: Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden took an axe…and used it to commit a gruesome crime. Or did she? With no physical evidence found at the crime scene, lack of blood throughout the house, and Lizzie Borden being a woman of her time, she was found not guilty. But, with the motive and time, she is the likely...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 17: The Suspicious Death of Ellen Greenberg
TW: Suicide/Self HarmJanuary 26th, 2011 was just another winter’s day in Pennsylvania. That is, until Sam Goldberg tried to re-enter his apartment that he shared with his fiancé, Ellen Greenberg. After having to break into his own apartment, Ellen is discovered lying on her back in the kitchen...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot: The Tragic Story of Scotty Trexler
Scotty Trexler was a 21-month old that was living in East Tennessee in 1987. After enduring abuse his entire life at the hands of his mother, Tammy Trexler, and her live-in boyfriend, Kerry Bowers, he eventually succumbed to his injuries and died on May 29th, 1987. Scotty had to live through...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 15: The Murder of Lindsay Buziak
In 2008, budding real estate agent, Lindsay Buziak, gets a career changing opportunity. Lindsay finds a house that she thinks her high end client will love. What Lindsay didnt know was that there was a sinister plot at play and she was the target. Sources:...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 14: Villisca Axe Murders
In the early morning of June 10th, 1912 the eerie and horrific murder of a family of six and two young girls staying with friends took place. The entire Moore family and two family friends, the Stillinger sisters, were struck several times in the head by a crazed axe murderer. Several strange…
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 13: Killer Clown
coulrophobia /kälrəˈfōbēə,ˌkōlrəˈfōbēə/ The extreme or irrational fear of clowns. That’s a pretty common fear. But killer clowns are something we see in the movies, right? Well in 1990, it became a deadly reality for Marlene Warren. For years, investigators had their main suspect but never enough...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 12: The Stalking and Murder of Shana Grice
What do you do when you believe you're being stalked? One would think to contact police, but that was not the case for 19-year-old Shana Grice. Shana was aggressively stalked for eight months by Michael Lane. For those eight months, Shana called police six separate times pleading for help, but…
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 11: The Yogurt Shop Murders
When a Yogurt Shop catches fire on December 6th, 1991 in Austin, TX, everyone thinks it is just an after hours kitchen fire. When firefighters start combing through the building, they find the bodies of 4 teenage girls brutally murdered. Over 30 years later, we’re still asking the question, “Who...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 10: Missing: Summer Wells
June 15th, 2021 would shock the northeastern community of Hawkins county, Tennessee forever. That day, five year old Summer Wells would go missing. After many man hours searching the mountainous terrain around her home, virtually no evidence has been found almost two years later. People don’t…
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 9: The Coleman Family
In 2008, Chris Coleman was the body guard for Televangelist Joyce Meyer. Dealing with hate mail and threatening emails towards Joyce, was just part of the job. When Chris himself started getting emails and letters, no one could figure out why Chris was the target. Why were him and his family…
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 8: Hell's Belle
We thought it was time to share a little history during National Women’s History month. What better way than to tell-all on a female serial killer? Belle Gunness, better known as Hell’s Belle, was an active female serial killer for years in the early 1900’s. Gunness did anything she had to for a...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 7: The Murder of Emma Walker
TW: Suicide, Self-Harm, Domestic Violence. On the outside, Emma Walker and Riley Gaul seemed to be the quintessential high school couple. However, their relationship wasn’t as it seemed and took a turn for the worse. Then, when Emma ended it, it turned deadly. Cayla tells the story of Emma Walker...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 6: The Man in the Walls
Daniel LaPlante was just 17 years old when he committed the heinous murder of a mother and her two children. Just months before he murdered the three, he was found living in the walls of a family's home to feed his creepy obsession with the family's oldest daughter. Remember to check your...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 5: Missing: Dr. Sneha Philip
Dr. Sneha Philip went shopping on September 10, 2001 near the Twin Towers but was never seen again. Did she perish in the Twin Towers the next day? Did she use 9/11 as an excuse to start a new life? Or did something else happen entirely? Sources:...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 4: The Hinterkaifeck Murders
On March 31st, 1922, a family of six were brutally slain while in their farmhouse. The Gruber-Gabriel family were found April 1st, 1922 by their neighbor, Lorenz Schlittenbauer. Andreas Gruber, Cazilia Gruber, Viktoria Gabriel, Cazilia Gabriel, baby Josef, and maid Maria Baumgartner had their...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 3: The Delphi Murders
Abigail Williams (13) and Liberty German (14) were sadly murdered in Delphi, Indiana on February 13th, 2017. The two young girls lives were cut short at the hands of a heinous criminal. Liberty German had the wherewithal to video the girl's attacker. Thanks to both of the girl's bravery, we have...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 2: The Redhead Murders
Throughout the 70's, 80's, and 90's, the serial murders of red-headed young women were happening all across the southeast. Most of these murders remain unsolved to this day. Few suspects were named in the investigations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr0T7Se5J7k...
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Murder, Mayhem, & Merlot Episode 1: The Lillelid Murders
On April 6th, 1997 the gruesome murder of three took place in Baileyton, Tennessee. Vidar, Delfina, and Tabitha Lillelid were found gunned down on the side of the road. The youngest of the family, Peter Lillelid, miraculously survives, leaving him the lone survivor. A group of young adults and...
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A True Crime podcast. Pour yourself a glass of your drink of choice (we're partial to wine), get comfy, and join us while we dive into new cases every week! Host/Creator: Cayla Kinley Host/Creator: Kaitie Kelly
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