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The Apex & The Abyss

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The true stories behind what keeps you awake at night and afraid of the dark. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-apex-the-abyss--4303840/support.

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  1. Chasm | 19: The Mad Trapper of Rat River

    A mystery man appears on Rat River near Fort Mcpherson in the Northwest Territories in Canada. He appears to be a loner, but when the RCMP try to get close to them he would prove to be more than that....he would be lethal. This episode was written, researched and produced by Erika Gwynn ----...

  2. 46 | The Craigslist Killer

    Phillip Markoff was a young med student with his whole life ahead of him, but instead of helping people...he would only do harm. This episode was written, researched and produced by Erika Gwynn ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website:...

  3. Chasm | 18: Artemus Ogletree

    Artemus Ogletree lived a life a mystery. He would travel the country under different aliases for reasons unknown to us still to this day. When he turned up severely injured in a hotel room authorities had no clue who he was and it took them years to find out... This episode was written…

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  4. 45 | Lauren Giddings

    Lauren Giddings was on her way to becoming a great lawyer. As she was prepping to take her bar exam she seemingly vanished into thin air. Her friends and neighbors searched for her alongside authorities...little did they know that the perpetrator was hiding in plain sight. This episode was…

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  5. Chasm | 17: Glamour Girl Slayer

    Harvey Glatman started his life of crime from a very early age. However, his many stints in prison did not stop him from documenting and committing some of the most heinous acts the world has seen. This episode was written, researched and produced by Erika Gwynn ---- twitter: @apexandabyss...

  6. 44 | Russell Williams

    Col. Russell Williams lived a shocking double life. On the outside he was a successful pilot for the Canadian Forces, but just underneath the surface was a depraved deviant. This episode was written, researched and produced by Erika Gwynn ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss…

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  7. Chasm | 16: The Gragg Family Murders

    Ralph Gragg had an evil streak in him and had a plan to get back at his wife for leaving him and their 8 children, but no one realized how far he would take his revenge. This episode was written, researched and produced by Erika Gwynn ---- twitter: @apexandabyss Instagram: @apexandabyss email:...

  8. 43 | Dorothea Puente

    On the outside, Dorothea Puente appeared to be a sweet older woman who took care of the less fortunate in her community, but on the inside, she had much darker intentions. This episode was written, researched and produced by Erika Gwynn ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email:...

  9. Introducing: Monster Madness!

    Welcome to Monster Madness, a podcast dedicated to all sorts of creature features! On this quick introduction you get to meet the hosts of the show and learn about what's in store on this season of Monster Madness! Links: Twitter: @monstermadpod Instagram: @monstermadnesspod Facebook:...

  10. 42 | John Wayne Gacy

    John Wayne Gacy is one of the most notorious serial killers in the world. He was convicted of 33 murders, but are there more? and did he do it alone? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss...

  11. Chasm | 15: Dallen Bounds

    Some men walk the Earth and leave their mark whether it be with an idea, a creation or just the mere notion of trying to do good while they are alive. Dallen Bounds left his mark and effected the lives of many, but he did not have good intentions... ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram:...

  12. 41 | Jerrod Murray

    Jerrod Murray was always looked at as the odd man out. He wore black suits and trench coats all the time and frequently spoke of violent things, such as, making bombs and harming people. Most people believed that what he said was just talk. However, in December of 2012, Jerrod Murray decided to...

  13. Chasm | 14 - The Bloody Benders

    The old saying, "The family that plays together stays together." has an entirely different meaning when it comes to the Benders. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss...

  14. 40 | Yeardley Love

    Yeardley Love had her whole life in front of her but it was tragically cut short by the hands of her ex-boyfriend George Huguely. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss...

  15. Chasm | 13 - Skid Row Slasher

    Bodies of transient men are beginning to pile up in the streets of Los Angeles, California. The police would find them with their throats slashed and their bodies would be surrounded by salt and cups of blood. Who was committing such acts and why? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram:...

  16. 39 | Jeffrey Dahmer

    Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most notorious serial killers in the world. He would lure, drug, and murder 17 men over the span of 13 years. His goal was to create human zombies that would listen to his commands, but that objective would fail over and over again. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss...

  17. Chasm | 12 - Melvin Rees

    Melvin Rees was a musician who wanted nothing more than to break out big in the mid 1950s jazz scene. However, there was a darker side to Melvin that no one knew about... ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links:...

  18. 38 | BTK

    Dennis Rader was a family man, a church goer, a boy scout leader and, also, one of the most notorious serial killers in America. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss...

  19. Chasm | 11 - Dolores Della Penna

    On July 12, 1972, Philadelphian Dolores Della Penna was on her way home after a night out. Just before midnight, Dolores was taken by a group of men to a garage in Kensington where she was beaten, tortured and sexually assaulted. What provoked these men to kidnap Dolores? ---- twitter:...

  20. 37 | Unabomber

    Theodore Kaczynski was a highly intelligent individual who believed in being self sufficient. He felt as though the technological world was a poison to nature. So, he was going to do his best to derail the world from moving forward... ------------- witter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss...

  21. Chasm | 10: The Butcher of Elemendorf

    In Elemndorf, TX the Ball family thrived. Joseph Ball, a Saloon owner, was known for a few things: his wandering eye and his pet alligators. As lovers and random bar patrons start to turn up missing rumors would fly around that Joseph was murdering people and feeding them to his sharped tooth...

  22. 36 | The Railroad Killer

    Angel Resendiz used box cars on the railroad to travel all across the US. His only motive while traveling was to survive. However, Angel had more vicious intentions for the individuals he would cross paths with as time would go on. ------------- witter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss…

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  23. Update | Wanda Barzee Release

    In 2002, Brian David Mitchell kidnapped Elizabeth Smart from her home in UT. Wanda Barzee, Mitchell's wife, played an instrumental role in keeping Elizabeth captive for 9 months. On September 19, 2018, Wanda Barzee was released from prison. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss...

  24. Chasm | 9 - The Beast of Jersey

    The Isle of Jersey is being terrorized by a masked man. Who is this haunting figure who is lurking in the night? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss https://www.zazzle.com/apexandabyss...

  25. 35 | Aileen Wuornos

    Aileen Wuornos is one of the most notorious female serial killers in America. What caused her to go down her ruthless path of killing? ------------- Twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss...

  26. Chasm | 8 - John Fiocco

    On March 25, 2006, John Fiocco attended a college party and returned to his dorm in the early morning hours. Within a short timeframe, John disappeared into thin air. No trace of him was found until investigators noticed a dark substance pooling around a dumpster...this substance would be John's...

  27. 34 | Columbine

    On April 20, 1999. It was a beautiful day in Littleton, CO. The sun was shining and the students at Columbine High School were enjoying a normal day. For Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, this was more than a normal day, this would be the day they had been waiting for. This was the day they would...

  28. Chasm | 7 - The Monster of the Andes

    If what he has confessed to is true then Pedro Lopez is the worst serial killer to ever walk among us on this earth. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss…

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  29. 33 | Maria Ridulph

    December 3, 1957. Maria Ridulph and her friend Kathy are outside playing when a young man by the name of "Johnny" comes up to them. Kathy returned to her house for a brief moment to get gloves to warm her hands, but when she came back outside Maria and Johnny were no where to be found... ----...

  30. 32 | Elizabeth Smart

    In 2002, 14 year old Elizabeth Smart was taken from her home in the middle of the night. She was held captive by two individuals for 9 months before she was discovered. This is her story of survival. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website:...

  31. Chasm | 6 - The Otaku Murders

    Killer. Cannibal. Necrophile. These are the words used to describe Tsutomu Miyazaki..... ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss https://www.zazzle.com/apexandabyss...

  32. Chasm | 5 - The Hinterkaifeck Murders

    On March 31, 1922, a family of 5 and their maid were murdered at their farm. Was it a scorned lover? Was it a ghost from the past? Will we ever get answers to this brutal crime? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com…

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  33. 31 | Selena

    Selena Quintanilla - Perez was a music sensation. She was a beautiful young woman who was breaking down barriers left and right within her genre of music until one day in Corpus Christi, TX when the President of her fan club snapped. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email:...

  34. Chasm | 4 - Paul Kapitz

    Paul Kapitz moved from WI to AZ to pursue a career as a mechanic. He had a decent job and many people in his life who loved and cared for him. Paul thought this move out to AZ would be the start of something great...unfortunately Paul would fall victim to a senseless act of violence.…

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  35. 30 | Megan Kanka

    The violent sexual assault and murder of a young girl shook a small New Jersey town, but what no one realized at the time was that this event would cause a massive ripple effect that would be felt nationwide. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected]...

  36. 29 | Daniel Holtzclaw

    Daniel Holtzclaw seemed like a great guy. He was an OKC police officer with a bright future, but this persona would be destroyed in an instant. After only a few years on the force - Daniel was accused of abusing his status and power as a police officer to sexually assault women he carefully...

  37. Chasm | 3 - Brenda Spencer

    Brenda Spencer lived across the street from the Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, CA. One day when she was just 16 years old...Brenda opened fired on the school from a window in her home because, she would later claim, she didn't like Mondays. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram:...

  38. 28 | Sylvie Cachay

    33 year old Sylvie Cachay was a young and driven fashion designer. One day, in December of 2010, Sylvie was found strangled in a bathtub at the elite SoHo House in NY. ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links:...

  39. 27 | Amityville Massacre

    In 1974, Ronald Defeo Jr. quietly walked through his home in Amityville, Long Island, NY at around 3am in the morning. Ronald Jr. gazed upon his parents and 4 siblings as they slept. He could see the rise and fall of their breath, but what they couldn't see was that their son....their…

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  40. Chasm | 2 - Kobe Child Murders

    In Kobe, Japan children are being murdered and attacked. Police were able to close in on the attacker fairly quickly...who it turns out to be will is shocking...---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links:...

  41. Chasm | 1 - The Disappearance of Chip Michael Campbell

    Chip Michael Campbell walked out of Circle K on March 8, 2016 and was never seen again. Where did he go? What events lead to his last known moments? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss...

  42. 26 | The Zodiac

    A serial killer who seems to be targeting young couples is on the loose in CA. This unknown man will send letters and ciphers to news outlets and police taunting their efforts to try and catch him. Will they ever discover who this man is or will his identity forever remain a mystery? ----twitter:...

  43. 25 | Robert Hansen - The Butcher Baker

    Robert Hansen was a quiet yet well known man in his quaint town in Alaska. He was nicknamed Baker Bob by the locals because of the delicious goods he would make in his bakery. He was also an avid and skilled hunter. No game was too little or too big for him. He would hunt sheep, wolves, bears and...

  44. 24 | The Co-Ed Killer

    Edmund Kemper was a troubled young man all of his life. He was severely abused mentally and emotionally at the hands of his mother causing him to bottle his rage. Until one day...he snapped... ----twitter: @apexandabyssinstagram: @apexandabyssemail:...

  45. 23 | Skylar Neese

    Skylar Neese snuck out of her house at midnight one night to go joyriding with her two best friends, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf. This late night cruise would be a front for an unthinkable crime. ----twitter: @apexandabyssinstagram: @apexandabyssemail:...

  46. 22 | Thurston High School Shooting

    15 year old Kip Kinkel was a student at Thurston High School in Springfield, OR. One day, back in 1998, Kip snapped. He would murder both of his parents and then open fire in high school cafeteria. What pushed Kip to do such a thing? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email:...

  47. 21 | Lee Kaplan

    Lee Kaplan, a Bucks County man, was able to brainwash an entire family into thinking he was a prophet of God. To the point, where Daniel and Savilla Stoltzfus gifted to him their young daughters to be his wives. Kaplan would sexually abuse most of these children and even father two children with...

  48. 20 | Ben McDaniel

    On August 18, 2010 Ben McDaniel enter an underwater cave in Vortex Spring and never came back out. At first, it seems like an accidental drowning, but could there be more to it? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss...

  49. 19 | Natalee Holloway & Stephany Flores Ramirez

    In 2005, Natalee Holloway and the graduating class of Mountain Brook High School took the trip of a lifetime to Aruba. In the early hours of May 30th, the day they were all set to return home, Natalee is no where to be found and will never be seen again. The last person who was allegedly with her...

  50. 18 | The Dark Strangler

    In the 1920's a killer with a taste for wanderlust goes from boarding house to boarding house murdering older women with his bare hands. Will police ever find the crazed Dark Strangler? ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: [email protected] ---- Links:...

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The true stories behind what keeps you awake at night and afraid of the dark.

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