Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! Sorry to our patrons out there as this won’t technically be a new episode for you. But for all of you who aren’t on our Patreon while we take the week off to continue our research of our next book, we figured we would drop you some juicy Patreon exclusive content. Liv takes us on a deep dive into Larry Ray and the victims he brainwashed, extorted, humiliated, and much more from Sarah Lawrence College. This is still a p...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back to our regular format this week! Mack starts us off and unpacks a lot with the murder of Kimyala Henson, and her missing daughters Shaina and Shausha. While Liv takes us back to the 1800’s to discuss arsenic, it’s history and the death of Thomas Ball? Was he poisoned by his wife Mary or did he accidentally take arsenic on his own? This episode contains foul language, discussions about murder, sex traficking...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! Hey guys we decided to drop in during our break to release what was originally a patron exclusive bonus episode. Over on our patreon we treated the GRK series a bit like a book club. So with this episode we answer some outstanding questions listeners had along with our personal thoughts and opinions on the books we read to cover this series. We will be back in just a few short weeks to bring you some regular content, a...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we bring you the finale in our 7 part series on the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. We dedicate this entire episode to his arrest in 2001, his confessions after his arrest, and his sentencing hearing in 2003. We also cover the remaining four victims discovered throughout 2003 and later. This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, child abuse, and necrophilia. We’ll do our be...
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 57 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week to bring you part 6 of Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer. We continue our story by covering a lot of ground, starting with victims #40-45, along with years 1988-2001. This update finds the task force with a depleted budget, no answers, and growing unrest in the community. This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, child abuse, and necrophilia. We’ll do our best...
Mar 20, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week to continue our dive into the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. We cover a lot of ground this episode including the initial FBI profile, a survivor story, and task force updates. We pick up where we left off and continue to detail victims 30-39. We wrap up this episode in 1987 when Gary Ridgway has his first major scare in becoming found out when a search warrant is issued for his property. This e...
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we continue our dive into Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, by detailing victims #26-29. And then we take a break to introduce the history of Judith Mawson, Gary Ridgway’s third wife. We touch a bit on his life outside the murders, and give you updates on where the task force is at throughout 1984. This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, child abuse, and necrophilia. W...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we continue our dive into Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, by detailing victims #16-#25. We touch a bit on his life outside the murders, along with how the task force was operating. We end the episode on a bit of a high note with a Green River Killer survivor story. This episode contains foul language, graphic discussions about rape, murder, body sites, and decomposition.. We’ll do our best to stay on tr...
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we continue our dive into Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer. This episode solely covers GRK victims #2-#15, we pick up right where we left off with victim #2, Debra Lynn Bonner. We cover a lot of ground this week and touch on a few of Rigway’s dump sites, including a major site that will be further discussed in next week’s episode; the Star Lake Site. We end the episode in October of 1983 when Kelly Ware i...
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are starting season three with a major episode, something we’ve wanted to cover for a while. This week starts our multi-part series on Gary Ridgway, better known as the Green River Killer. In this episode we cover Ridgway’s past, starting at his childhood, diving into how he was raised, and how that shaped the adolescent and adult he would later become. We end the episode in 1982 which is when our first verified GRK...
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! Surprise, we are back! Not for season three just yet, but we decided to throw in a spooky, fun episode to hold you guys over until season three drops. This week Liv takes us all around the world to talk about the supernatural phenomenon (aka scientifically speaking), sleep paralysis. She dives into different cultures and their beliefs surrounding sleep demons and witches, who are ultimately to blame for sleep paralysis...
Jan 31, 2020•59 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week Liv starts us off with an old case but a very important case. It involves Thomas Brady who was charged and convicted of murder. His case is the one we can thank for the Brady Violations being put into effect. Mack takes us to London and covers the Thames Torso Murders. She covers a span of history where body parts where coming up all over London, and the particular set that Mack dives into most likely had not...
Jan 17, 2020•1 hr 21 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week Mack starts us off with our very first cult! She covers Victor Barnard, the leader of the River Road Fellowship; his rise to cult leadership, his disgusting sex crimes, and his downfall. Liv takes us to London for a really recent Buzzfeed Investigates topic covering the dangers of GHB in the gay community. How predators are using GHB, the very heartbreaking death of Gerhard Venter, and what his husband Ashley...
Jan 10, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week Mack starts off 2020 with a very recent, and very local murder. The murder of Carla Burns, this one is so recent that her killer has yet to be sentenced. Liv brings you a really strange case from Alaska, that’s all we're saying so nothing is given away. Just know there is death, possible murders, and a missing person. This episode contains foul language, topics regarding murder, fucked up police work, very am...
Jan 03, 2020•1 hr 18 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! Since it is the holiday season Liv thought it perfect timing to bring in a little history with our murder. She talks about the history of the Winter Solstice, things you can do this weekend to celebrate, and an old timey cold case that happened on the Winter Solstice. Mack brings you a big bummer to even out our holiday cheer. She talks about the unjustified murder of Nancy Zanone, and dives into her killers background...
Dec 27, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week Liv starts us off with a real bummer that has some major controversies. She covers the crimes of Russell Bucklew the most recent death row inmate to be executed in Missouri. Mack brings us an infuriating cold case, the murder of Linda Sherman. Just when you think her case can’t get anymore twisty turny, it does, over and over again. Her ending will leave you wanting answers. This episode contains foul languag...
Dec 20, 2019•1 hr 19 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! And Happy Friday the 13th! This week Mack brings us a really gruesome and infuriating case. She covers the Dardeen family murders. Were they a randomly targeted family? Or was their killer somehow involved with them? She dives into possible theories including a known serial killer’s confession. This episode contains foul language, really graphic depictions of murder, rape, and child murder. We’ll do our best to stay on...
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We have a super long episode for you guys, so get ready. Liv covers numerous cases along Highway 20 in Oregon that all have one thing in common, some connection to John Ackroyd. Mack brings you a really fun episode about a local mad doctor, specifically Dr. Joseph McDowell. You’ll hear all about his history, his work, and some illegal activities that led to his demise. And to wrap it up we get a ghost story of the maid...
Nov 29, 2019•1 hr 56 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week to bring you a few legends and their possible true crime origins. Mack brings us the Hook Man Legend and it’s possible association with Texarkana Moonlight Murders. Liv brings you the Babysitting Horror story brought to life with the murder of Janett Christman, along with another possible connection. This episode contains foul language, topics regarding murder, rape, child murder and rape, and spo...
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 27 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week with a super long episode to hold you over for our break next week. This week Liv brings you the Waco Lake murders of Jill Montgomery, Raylene Rice, and Kenneth Franks. We say it about a million times in the episode but please check out the link to the Texas Monthly article, that spans more than a years worth of investigative journalism to cover this case. Warning: it runs deep and it will make yo...
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 37 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We hope everyone had a great Halloween! This week we are back to our original format! Mack is here to give us not one, but two body snatching tales (well kind of, we’ll get into it), along with a lot of gross details about what can happen to your body after death. I bring you guys the murder of Zona Heaster and how her ghost helped to solve her death. This episode contains foul language, topics regarding murder, body h...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! Happy almost Halloween everyone! This week we bring you another long form episode, where I dive into a possible serial killer from the 90’s in St. Louis. He has been dubbed the Package Killer, and his victim count is unknown. He could very well still be active. I talk specifically about three of his victims that police believe are linked, dive into their history, and what it was like to live in St. Louis in the 90’s. T...
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week with part 2 of Mack’s in depth two parter! She covers the Clark family, specifically the Clark brothers Haddon and Bradfield. This week she picks back up where she left off and dives into Haddon’s crime sprees, some super shady police work, and the questions we still want answers to. This episode contains foul language, topics regarding murder, child murder, and mommy issues. We’ll do our best to ...
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 33 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week with part one of Mack’s in depth two parter! She covers the Clark family, specifically the Clark brothers Haddon and Bradfield. This week she focuses on their family history, their childhood, and then gives us a very graphic detail of Bradfield’s crime. You’ll have to wait until next week to hear about Haddon’s criminal activity. This episode contains foul language, topics regarding murder, some r...
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week with our first October Spook Season installment! This week Liv brings you fairies, witches, folklore, and husbands killing their wives. Liv goes into detail about the burning of Bridgette Cleary, her last days on earth, and the deeply rooted believes in fairies in rural Ireland. This episode contains foul language, topics regarding murder, witches, and folklore. We’ll do our best to stay on track,...
Oct 04, 2019•55 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week with part two of two! Both of our stories ended up being about an hour each so we decided to break this one up for you guys. This week Mack brings us back to St. Louis with not one, but two murders. The murders of Felicia Gayle and Debra McClain; one of which remains unsolved, while the other has an inmate waiting on death row, but did he do it? This episode contains foul language, sensitive discu...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week with part one of two! Both of our stories ended up being about an hour each so we decided to break this one up for you guys. This week Liv tells the unsolved disappearance of Mary Shotwell Little. Fair warning this case is infuriating, we have twists and turns, and a possible connected murder, sex scandals, and no answers. This episode contains foul language, sensitive discussions about murder, an...
Sep 20, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We are back this week with two stories that will most likely enrage you. I cover murderer Adam Leroy Lane, dubbed The Highway Killer, and his month long crime spree that led to him being caught red handed. Mack covers the absolutely infuriating murder of Shele Danishefsky, the years following her death with no answers, and finally a conclusion I think we can all get on board with. This episode contains foul language, s...
Sep 06, 2019•1 hr 37 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! We don’t technically have a new episode to release today. During this off week, and with all of the new patrons we’ve been getting, we wanted to give everyone a taste of what you get as your bonus Patreon content. Mack tells the story of Chris Coleman, a father of two from Columbia, IL who seemed to be a hardworking father and husband, but he was leading a double life. Chris was in over his head, and had planned an esc...
Aug 30, 2019•1 hr 49 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we bring you some hot button topics and some major tragedies, lots of young lives lost in this episode. Liv covers the murders of Nick Brady and Haile Kifer, along with the disturbing audio file of their deaths. Mack brings us the 25 year old cold case of the abduction and murder of Tammy Zywicki. This episode contains foul language, discussions about murder, robbery, gun violence and rape. We’ll do our best ...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 41 min
