This week we discuss all the events leading up to the New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot. Our first part of the riot coverage digs into the terrible conditions, tension with guards, & how inmates were unable to effect change through non-violent methods. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murd...
Sep 06, 2019•1 hr 8 min
This week we start letter J for Jailhouse murders with Christopher Scarver, the inmate who killed Jeffrey Dahmer. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / This episode has been edited by Dimitris Kokkos. Contact him at mypodcasthero.com for all of your audio, productio...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 18 min
This week we are giving you a peek into the episodes that are on our Patreon page. We discuss Clara & David who were both successful dentists, until infidelity caused a downward spiral that would end their love story. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com /MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / Pleas...
Aug 13, 2019•53 min
This week we discuss Andrew Goldstein, who had been hospitalized countless times, and assaulted many people, but was still desperately trying to get mental health treatment for many years. Tragically, he was on a wait list for a long term facility, when he murdered Kendra Webdale, but the case did lead to increased funding & change in legislation. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionary...
Aug 02, 2019•1 hr 14 min
On this episode we go back to the first insanity defense in the US, when a philandering politician named Daniel Sickles killed his wife’s paramour, after finding out his wife had started seeing someone else. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / This episode has bee...
Jul 25, 2019•1 hr 13 min
This week we explore how Zakieya & Monifa believed that they were Demon Assassins, charged with identifying & getting rid of demons. Satan told them they had to kill to save souls, & they decided to “save” their family members first. This episode contains graphic details. Please skip 29:30 to 46:15 if you do not want to hear the description of the crime. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/M...
Jul 19, 2019•1 hr 16 min
This week we dive into the story of a dentist named Glennon Engleman, who combined his love of manipulating women & hunting, to start a new career of murdering husbands for life insurance money. After a disturbing number of his murders were ruled accidental, or went unsolved, the law finally caught up with him when he tried to stage a murder to look like a mob hit. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.co...
Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 10 min
This week we discuss Woody Harrelson’s father Charles Harrelson, who killed several people for money, including a federal judge. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / This episode has been edited by Dimitris Kokkos. Contact him at mypodcasthero.com for all of your a...
May 24, 2019•1 hr 8 min
This week we discuss The Godmother Griselda Blanco’s chief enforcer Jorge “Rivi” Ayala, who failed upwards from small time Chicago car thief, to contract killer for the cartel in Miami. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / This episode has been edited by Dimitris K...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 13 min
This week we discuss how when Nathon Brooks was grounded from playing video games, he decided he needed to get rid of his parents. Although everyone initially thought it was an intruder, the truth came out because his entire crime was caught on their home’s surveillance video. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can ...
Apr 28, 2019•1 hr
This week we discuss how Daniel Petric rebelled against his strict religious parents rules by playing violent video games. After disobeying his parents one too many times, his video game was confiscated, and he severely overreacted by trying to stage a fake murder suicide between his dad and mom. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & o...
Apr 19, 2019•1 hr 12 min
This week we kick off letter G with some information about how violent video games have been shown to increase aggressive impulses, & decrease empathy. Our first gamer murderer is Devin Moore, who copied Grand Theft Auto when he stole a cop’s gun, & killed 3 officers, before stealing a police cruiser. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone c...
Apr 09, 2019•1 hr 12 min
This week we explore how criminals use social media as part of their tool kit. We discuss a case where a catfishing criminal named Manuel Guzman lured in Eddie Leal on Facebook, so he could rob and murder him. The investigation takes a turn when detectives find evidence that helps them solve a 30 year old cold case. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, ...
Mar 29, 2019•1 hr 27 min
This week we discuss how Jenelle Potter got so upset over being unfriended, that she concocted a story that she was being bullied severely enough for the CIA to get involved. Her parents believed the deception so wholeheartedly, that her father Buddy murdered her former facebook friends Billy Payne & Billie Jean Hayworth. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shir...
Mar 22, 2019•1 hr 7 min
For our first Facebook Murder episode, we examine performance crime, & how it’s becoming more common for criminals to broadcast on social media. We discuss how Steve Stephens’ lost his home and girlfriend as a result of his gambling addiction, so he shot a stranger named Robert Godwin, then posted it online. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phon...
Mar 08, 2019•1 hr 20 min
This week we discuss 84 year old Melissa Ann Shepard, who is known as Canada’s Internet Black Widow. She has repeatedly married men for their money, then drugged them, & attempted to murder them. Even though she has been convicted multiple times, she was out violating parole as recently as 2016. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, &...
Feb 26, 2019•1 hr 15 min
This week we discuss how Faye and Ray Copeland killed multiple farm workers as an elaborate check fraud scam. By the time their scheme was discovered, they were in their 70’s & became the oldest couple sentenced to death in America. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadle...
Feb 08, 2019•1 hr 8 min
This week we discuss how age influences criminal behavior. We also detail how Tamara Samsonova was caught on CCTV leaving a trail of blood from a dismembered body back to her front door. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / This episode has been edited by Dimitris ...
Feb 01, 2019•1 hr 4 min
On this D for Dirty Cops episode we talk about how Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa were kept on retainer to provide confidential information to the Lucchese family. In addition to obstructing the NYPD’s investigations, Lou and Steve gave up the identities of confidential informants that resulted in many people being murdered. Eventually their bosses turned informant, & they were convicted of 8 murders. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please ...
Jan 18, 2019•1 hr 23 min
On this D for Dirty Cops episode we discuss how LAPD officer Stephanie Lazarus was so distraught about her former college booty call moving on with a new woman, that she began stalking his wife Sherri Rasmussen. When Sherri was murdered, the detectives didn’t question Stephanie, even though they were informed about the stalking & recent confrontations. Sherri’s murder would go unsolved for 23 years, until the cold case unit finally matched Stephanie’s DNA to forensics left at the crime scene...
Jan 11, 2019•1 hr 34 min
This episode we discuss how Charles Becker went from a bouncer at a bar to one of New York’s finest. After several scandals, he failed upwards to the anti-vice squad, where he extorted, bullied, & eventually orchestrated a murder. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless...
Jan 04, 2019•1 hr 4 min
This week we talk about how Gregory Scott Hale escalated from a creepy metal head dude who worked at a slaughter house, to a full fledged murderer. Gregory finally acted on his cannibal urges when he offered Lisa Marie Hyder a ride home, so he could dismember her and eat her body. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you ...
Dec 13, 2018•1 hr 14 min
This week we discuss Leonarda Cianciulli, whose tragic childhood caused her to seek solace in superstition and rituals. In order to spare the life of her favorite child, she began sacrificing people, then making them into soap and tea cakes which she ate with her son and other people in the neighborhood. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases,...
Dec 07, 2018•1 hr 17 min
This episode we discuss how Antron Singleton rose to minor notoriety as a horrorcore rapper named Big Lurch. After developing a PCP habit he attacked his roommate Tynisha Ysais while dusted, & ate her lung, then chewed on her face. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadles...
Nov 20, 2018•1 hr 1 min
This week we discuss the former president of The Outlaws MC, Harry Joseph Bowman AKA “Taco”, who was a chameleon that was able to move seamlessly between the biker underworld and straight society. Under Taco’s leadership and direction, the Outlaws club members committed beatings, bombings, and several murders. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone ...
Nov 13, 2018•1 hr 10 min
This episode we go through all the details of the Shedden Massacre, which claimed the lives of eight bikers. Racist ringleader Wayne Kellestine convinced his crew to torture & execute their fellow club members, and try to blame the murders on the Hells Angels, in order to become fully patched members of the Bandidos. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, m...
Nov 06, 2018•1 hr 33 min
This week we discuss the infamous concert at Altamont, where racist Hell’s Angels killed a black teenager named Meredith Hunter, while The Rolling Stones performed. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / Please rate, review, subscribe & follow us on Instagram, Fa...
Oct 25, 2018•1 hr 42 min
This week we discuss how Kelly Cochran murdered her boyfriend, then her husband, & possibly fed her boyfriends remains to her neighbors at a BBQ. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / Please rate, review, subscribe & follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & T...
Oct 18, 2018•1 hr 34 min
This episode we talk about how Jean Harris dated Herman Tarnower for 14 years, while he was dating Lynne Tryforos half of the time they were together. Eventually Jean confronted Herman, & she shot him in a tussle. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / Please rat...
Oct 12, 2018•1 hr 25 min
This episode we talk about how Betty Broderick continued to lash out at her ex husband Dan Broderick, & his new wife Linda Kolkena, culminating with Betty ultimately taking both of their lives. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com / Please rate, review, subscribe...
Sep 27, 2018•1 hr 10 min
