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The Misery Machine

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There’s a problem with True Crime. Creators idolize perpetrators, shame victims, or are completely checked out on cases while they focus on other things. However, we can’t forget there are victims who lost their lives and families who are still grieving to this day. Furthermore, many True Crime outlets spend their time focusing on themselves or rambling, instead of getting right to the facts of the case. We hear you, this is frustrating. The Misery Machine focuses on cases the media fails to give proper attention to. We want to help give those a voice that never got to have one, to begin with. We also cover aspects of cases that other podcasts might look the other way on, and the way that these cases impact their communities for generations. It’s not enough to simply cover a case, our platform must be used to make a difference.
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The Case of Nubia Barahona

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to south Florida to discuss the case of Nubia Barahona, a 10-year-old girl who was murdered on February 11th, 2011. Her body was found February 14th, 2011, wrapped in a plastic garbage bag in the bed of her adoptive father's pickup truck on the side of I-95 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her body had partially decomposed from being covered in chemicals, possibly pesticides. Her twin brother, Victor Barahona, was in the cab of the truck with his father, suffering se...

Dec 04, 202334 min

The Case of Lindsay Clancy

This week, Drewby and Yergy head down to Duxbury, Massachusetts, to discuss the case of Lindsay Marie Clancy, a young mother of three who worked as a labor and delivery nurse in Boston. She, her husband Patrick, and their three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, were the picture-perfect upper-middle-class family. That was until Lindsay, who had been battling symptoms of postpartum psychosis, took the lives of her three children before attempting to take her own life by jumping from her bedroom ...

Nov 30, 202322 min

The Case of Sophie Sergie

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Alaska to discuss the case of Sophie Sergie, a young Yu'Pik woman attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In late April of 1993, Sophie's body was discovered in the bathroom of the women's dormitory on campus. But soon, without any leads, her case went cold. That was until 345 months later, when the same DNA evidence techniques used to catch the Golden State Killer pointed the police to a suspect... a suspect living in our own backyard. Support Our Patre...

Nov 30, 202331 min

The Case of Samiah Downing

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Victorville, California, to discuss the case of Samiah Downing. Samiah was a beautiful little girl born to Ronald Greer Jr and Monicka Downing on Valentine's Day of 2008. The couple later separated. But when Samiah went to live with her father and his new girlfriend, Bianca Stanch, the happy home that they portrayed on social media became a nightmare for little Samiah. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/...

Nov 27, 202322 min

The Case of Elliaunna Plummer

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Bedford, Indiana, to discuss the case of Elliaunna Plummer, who was admitted to Riley Children's Hospital with a brain bleed, a broken collar bone, and facial bruising. According to her meth addicted mother, Cheyenne Hill, Elliaunna was "not a nice kid," and was going to be "the next Jeffrey Dahmer" one day. Mind you, little Elliaunna was just 20-months-old... Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: htt...

Nov 24, 202316 min

The Case of Alexee Trevizo

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Artesia, New Mexico, to discuss the strange and sad case of Alexee Trevizo. Alexee was a 18 year old high school senior just months away from both her senior prom and graduation. She enjoyed cheerleading, and spending time with her boyfriend, Devyn Fierro. The young couple even planned to head of to school together at the UNM Las Cruces in the fall. However, on January 26th, 2023, Alexee was rushed to the hospital in extreme pain. At one point during her stay,...

Nov 20, 202325 min

The Case of Marlon + La’Son Brito

This week, Drewby and Yergy head down to Massachusetts, to discuss the case of Marlon and La'Son Brito, two adorable little boys living with their mother, Latarsha, in a third-floor apartment of a multi-family home located at 247 Prospect Street in Brockton. But after Latarsha spirals down a rabbit hole into a world of conspiracy theories and the occult, the two little boys are murdered in a bizarre "voodoo ritual." Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://ww...

Nov 16, 202317 min

The Case of Rudy Eugene + Ronald Poppo

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami to discuss the case of Rudy Eugene, a young man who, while possibly under the influence of bath salts, attacked a 65-year-old homeless man named Ronald Poppo, biting off 75 to 80% of his face. Rudy went viral as the "Causeway Cannibal" and the "Miami Zombie," but this is not the man that Rudy's loved ones want everyone to remember... Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine...

Nov 14, 202317 min

The Case of Dante Mullinix

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to York, Pennsylvania to discuss the heartbreaking case of Dante Mullinix, an adorable toddler who, because of his mother, Leah, never stood a chance. Dante spent most of his short life exposed to horrible men - one of whom gave him an STD. However, when one man tried to take little Dante under his wing, Leah tried to frame him for his murder. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Ou...

Nov 13, 202329 min

The Case of Logan Marr

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Chelsea, Maine, to discuss the case of Logan Marr, a 5-year-old little girl who, along with her sister, Bailey, was unjustly stolen from their parents and placed into foster care by the Maine DHHS system. While in the system, they were placed in the care of DHHS social worker Sally Schofield, who had no plans to return the girls to their rightful parents. Unfortunately for Logan, she would soon lose her life over the gross negligence of the agency that was sup...

Nov 13, 20231 hr 2 min

The Case of Mercedes Losoya

This week, Drewby and Yergy head down south to San Antonio, Texas, to discuss the case of Mercedes Losoya, a 5-year-old little girl who died at the hands of her mother's boyfriend, Jose Angel Ruiz. The little girl was subjected to horrendous torture during her short life, which included being gagged with a urine-soaked sock, having dog feces shoved into her mouth, and having her teeth ripped out. Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: ht...

Nov 10, 202310 min

The Case of Kyon Jones

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Washington DC to discuss the case of 2-month-old Kyon Jones, a little boy who seemingly vanished from his mother, LaDonia Patrice Boggs' apartment. But while giving an interview while high on angel dust, LaDonia made a chilling confession to the whole world... A confession that caused Kyon's father, Carl Jones, to seek revenge. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: ...

Nov 09, 202322 min

The Case of Landon Maloberti

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Delmont, Pennsylvania to discuss the case of Landon Maloberti, a 5-year-old little boy who lost his life at the hands of his adoptive parents, Lauren and Jacob Maloberti. Landon's injuries were so severe, that his brain was described as obliterated. Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachi...

Nov 09, 202310 min

The Case of Riley Ann Sawyers

This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the case of Riley Ann Sawyers, a little girl from northeastern Ohio. But after her mother, Kimberly Dawn Trenor, meets Royce Clyde Ziegler II on World of Warcraft, the pair take off to eastern Texas to be with him. But before long, the fantasy world that Kimberly had been playing out over the computer turns into a nightmare for little Riley. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Fa...

Nov 06, 202331 min

The Case of Shanay Evans + Jaron Wells

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Evansville, Indiana, to discuss the case of Shanay Evans - a 45-year-old mother of two who was found dead in a derelict home. The mother had been shot in the head and left to decay on a dirty mattress on the floor. But as police searched for clues as to who could have done this to a woman who seemingly had no enemies, all sources pointed to one suspect - her own son, Jaron Wells. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www...

Nov 03, 202311 min

The Case of Autumn Lee Hallow

This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the case of Autumn Lee Hallow, a young girl from Minnesota who became a victim of the pandemic... but not because she had fallen ill. Her father, Brett Hallow, and her new stepmother, Sarah Kay Nasby, kept little Autumn away from her mother, Kelsey, and blamed it on the pandemic. On August 13th, 2020, paramedics were called to the couple's apartment after Autumn was found unresponsive. Brett and Sarah claimed that the little girl had simply drown in the bathtu...

Oct 30, 202328 min

The Case of Jazmin Paez

This week, we discuss the case of Jazmin Paez, a South Florida woman who decided she didn't want to be a mother to her young son anymore. But rather than try to ask for help, she decided to enlist the services of the website, RentAHitman.com. Little did Jazmin (somehow) not know that website was meant to be a joke, and the joke was now on her. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIM...

Oct 30, 202311 min

The Case of Alissa Guernsey

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Topeka, IN, to discuss the case of 17-month-old Alissa Guernsey, a little girl who was placed in the custody of her mother's cousin, Christy Shaffer, while her mother, Kelli Sprunger, tried to get on her feet. After Alissa's father, Michael Guernsey, died in a car crash on I-69 S in DeKalb County, Kelli relapsed into her addictive behaviors. What was supposed to be a short term placement with family members quickly turned into a nightmare for Alissa, who quick...

Oct 27, 202330 min

The Case of Teghan Skiba

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Smithfield, North Carolina, to discuss the case of Teghan Skiba, a 4-year-old girl killed by her mother's shed-dwelling boyfriend while she was away for Army Reserves training in New Mexico. Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: misery_podcast Discord: https://discord....

Oct 26, 202325 min

The Case of Riley Lynn Nolan

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Oklahoma City to discuss the case of Riley Lynn Nolan, a 3-year-old little princess found decomposing in the trash bin outside her grandmother's house. Riley's grandmother, Becky Ann Vreeland, had custody of the toddler and her two siblings while their parents, Kyle Nolan and Jenice Smith, did time in jail. But after all eyes are on Becky as the probable suspect, the grandmother spins a tale that gets even more bizarre each time she tells it. Support Our Patre...

Oct 25, 202316 min

Update: The Case of Harmony Montgomery - What We Know Now...

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Manchester, New Hampshire, to give a long-awaited update on the Harmony Montgomery case now that the 54-page unsealed affidavit has been released... Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: misery_podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast...

Oct 24, 202325 min

The Case of Monica McCarrick and Lily + Tori Ball

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to the Bay Area to discuss the case of Monica McCarrick, a young mother who had just reconnected with an old flame in California. After she travels cross-country to be with him with her twin daughters, Lily and Tori Ball, Monica starts experiencing delusions. These delusions and a history of problematic drug use led her to brandish a katana and do the unthinkable. Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: ht...

Oct 23, 202326 min

The Case of Arabella Parker

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to discuss the case of Arabella Parker, a beautiful, red-haired little girl who lost her life at the hands of her mother's new man, Jahrid Joseph Burgess. But rather than sit at her bedside while Arabella was on life support, her mother, Samantha Delcamp, went on the Steve Wilkos show to profess her innocence. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook ...

Oct 20, 202325 min

The Case of Leannah Gardipe

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Missoula County, Montana, to discuss the case of Leannah Gardipe, a 34-year-old single of mother of two, who stabbed her two beautiful children, Namaus and Evelyn Sandberg, to death. A search of Leannah's home uncovered a bloody serrated steak knife underneath a bed, as well as a pool of blood on the floor in the little girl’s bedroom. A cryptic note was also located in the threshold of the bedroom where the children were found. It read, “IT WAS THE ONLY WAY T...

Oct 20, 20238 min

The Case of Jasmine Renne Singletary Bortle

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Bonifay, Florida, to discuss the case of 14-year-old Jasmine Renne Singletary Bortle, a teenage girl living with an unspecified neuromuscular disorder. After being admitted to Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, on July 8th, 2021, Jasmine mysteriously died in her hospital bed a few days later. After an autopsy was completed, officers with the Pensacola Police Department responded to a call from the District One Medical Examiner’s Office rega...

Oct 17, 202312 min

The Case of Mary Anne Welch

This week, Drewby and Yergy head over to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to discuss the case of Mary Anne Welch, a beautiful baby girl born to a religious zealot by the name of Seth Welch, and his wife, Tatianna. When Seth found his daughter dead in her crib, he called his father, who is a lawyer, before calling 911. With regard to Mary Anne's death, Seth believed it to be God's will... the Lord giveth, the Lord taketh. Allegedly, Seth didn't bother to feed Mary Anne because she wasn't big or strong eno...

Oct 17, 202324 min

The Case of Shane + Crystal Robertson

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Sellersville, Pennsylvania to discuss the case of Shane and Crystal Robinson, two parents living with their seven children in a rural trailer park. After a concerned neighbor called 911 after seeing two children breaking into an adjacent abandoned trailer, it's discovered that the Robinson family is hiding a dark secret within their double-wide... one filled with filth, vermin, and exotic wildlife. Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.p...

Oct 16, 20239 min

The Case of Hazel Homan

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Washington state to discuss the case of Hazel Homan, an adorable little girl who, like many of the children we cover on this channel, lost her life at the hands of her evil stepmother, Kamee Dixon. Hazel's injuries included: a broken leg, a broken knee, a broken hip, a broken arm, a broken finger, and fractures in her spine. Her cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head… trauma consistent with shaken baby syndrome. All the while, Hazel's father, Brando...

Oct 13, 202319 min

The Case of Aurelius Dees

This week, Drewby and Yergy head out to Las Vegas to tell the story of Aurelius Dees, a toddler who first responders found dead inside of his suburban home. Aurelius was rail thin, and based on the state of his tiny body, had been dead for some time. But what started as a story about Aurelius' death turned out to be so much more. He and his siblings had been abandoned in a trash filled home by their mother, Philena Dees. It was 90 degrees INSIDE of the home due to a broken AC unit, and the famil...

Oct 06, 20239 min

The Case of Zahra Baker

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to North Carolina to discuss the case of Zahra Baker, a 10-year-old girl from rural Australia who came to the US after her father married a woman by the name of Elisa Fairchild... a woman he'd met on the social networking platform, IMVU. Although Zahra had beaten the cancer that caused her to lose her leg, shortly after moving across the world, she would lose her life at the hands of her evil stepmother. Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://ww...

Oct 03, 202325 min
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