This week, Drewby and Yergy head to both Midland, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada to discuss yet another case where methamphetamine and "mom's new man" are a lethal combination. Logan Cline was an adorable boy with his whole life ahead of him. That was until his mother, Stormy Johnson, got involved with Corey Allen Trumbull, a meth addict who was cruel to animals and obsessed with death. Not only did Corey get both Logan and his older sister, Lexi, hooked on the drug, but he started physically abusi...
Jul 15, 2024•29 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to LaPorte, Indiana, to discuss the case of 4-year-old Judah Morgan, who was placed in a loving home, only to have that stripped away 18-months later. CPS took Judah from his foster parents, and placed him in the home of his biological parents, Mary Yoder and Alan Morgan. During this time, Judah was tied up with duct tape and thrown into the basement of the couple's squalid home, only to die from blunt force trauma due to all of the beatings he suffered at Alan's...
Jul 11, 2024•28 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Florida once again to discuss the case of infamous family annihilator, Ronnie O'Neal. Once a community activist, Ronnie snapped after falling victim to a random drive by shooting. Although he was separated from his wife, Kenyatta, at the time, she welcomed him back into their home once he was released from the hospital as he had nowhere to go. The couple shared two children - Ron’ Niveya, who had cerebral palsy, and Ronnie IV, whom they called "Little Ronnie."...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Happy 4th of July Week if you're living in the States. We hope that you're all safe and with your loved ones. This week, Yergy and Drewby head up to the PNW to discuss the horrifying case of Tesslyn O'Cull, which is by far, one of the worst stories we're ever covered on this show. After her mother, Stella Ann Kiser, gets involved with Jesse Caleb Compton, poor Tesslyn's life becomes hell on earth. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themise...
Jul 03, 2024•31 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to New Mexico to discuss the horrifying case of James Dunklee Cruz. James was an adorable little boy who lost his life because CPS failed him repeatedly. Child Services in New Mexico ignored 13 different reports of abuse in his home. In the end, poor James' cause of death was blunt head and torso trauma, caused by multiple fatal blows involving different parts of the body. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.payp...
Jul 01, 2024•30 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Florida to discuss the case of 4-year-old Bryan Boyer, who just a year prior, escaped civil unrest in his home country of Haiti, only to be killed by the adoptive mother who was supposed to save him. Support Our Patreon: 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 #th...
Jun 27, 2024•21 min
This week, Yergy and Drewby head to both Minnesota and Virginia to discuss the case of Heaven Watkins, a young autistic girl with cerebral palsy who was killed by her mother, Latoya Monique Smith, and her new boyfriend, Demont Harris. Even more infuriating than the fact that this beautiful little girl was killed, is the fact that Demont was being paid by the state of Virginia to care for her - but he didn't. He did the exact opposite of that. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiser...
Jun 24, 2024•27 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Albuquerque to discuss the case of Omaree Varela, a beautiful little boy who was abused by both his mother, Synthia Varela, and his stepfather, Steve Casaus - who was a violent criminal. Things came to a head on December 27th, 2013, when Synthia became so upset with Omaree that she literally kicked him to death. Much like many of the cases we've discussed on this channel, CPS and local authorities were very much involved in the family's life, and failed i...
Jun 20, 2024•43 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the tragic case of 22-month-old Shaylyn Ammerman, a beautiful toddler who lived in a house with her extended family in Bloomington, Indiana. On March 24th, 2016, Shaylyn was found to be missing from the bed located in the family's living room. Kyler Parker, an acquaintance of the Ammerman family, was arrested and soon confessed to raping and murdering the toddler before discarding her body in a wooded area. However, what was thought to be an open and shut case...
Jun 17, 2024•36 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Virginia to discuss the tragic case of Khaleesi Cuthriell, and adorable little girl who didn't have a chance to grow up. After being placed in the custody of a con-artist and her 29 time felon boyfriend, Khaleesi's appearance quickly began changing for the worse in pictures shared on social media. As of the date of this recording in 2024, Khaleesi is still missing and presumed dead, and is thought to be among the rubbish in a 90 thousand cubic acre landfill. S...
Jun 13, 2024•35 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Syracuse, New York, to discuss the case of Nefertiti Diamond Harris, a beautiful little girl who was placed in the custody of her loving godmother, Niosha Smith, after her mother, Latasha Mott, was unable to care for her. Nefertiti, who Niosha called "Tuti," thrived in her godmother's care. Unfortunately, she was returned to her mother when she was just just shy of 2 years old. Like many of the children that we've discussed on this channel, CPS failed to ...
Jun 10, 2024•26 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head out to Gary, Indiana, to discuss the case of Christian Choate, a beautiful little boy who was locked inside a dog crate by his father and stepfather, who also ordered his older sister to act as his jailer. Christian was kept in that dog crate for about a year until he was ultimately beaten to death. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 In...
Jun 06, 2024•33 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Houston, Texas, once again, to discuss the case of Jazmine Rose Robin, who was killed just 11 days after coming home from the NICU. Medical Examiner Dr. Pramod Gumpeni found a total of 96 fractures on the infant. Her skull was fractured in two places. One of these head wounds was a fracture of the right parietal bone, which measured 8.5 centimeters – that’s a crack almost 3 and ½ inches long on a tiny newborn skull. Her ribs were broken in 71 places and t...
Jun 03, 2024•25 min
This week, Yergy and Drewby head to Texas to discuss the tragic case of Samuel Olson, a little boy whose story has become all too common on this channel... A child is born, the parents separate, and then one (or both) of the parents get involved with a significant other who means nothing but harm to their child. In this case, Samuel's father, Dalton, became involved with a woman named Theresa Balboa. Theresa was no stranger to the court system, having already lost custody of her own children pre...
May 30, 2024•26 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Wale to discuss the tragic case of Lola James, a toddler from Haverfordwest who at the time of our story, was living with her mother, Sinead James, and her mother's boyfriend, Kyle Bevan. On July 17th, 2020 (into the early morning hours of the 18th), Kyle beat little Lola near death, documenting the abuse of his cell phone. Lola passed away at the hospital just days later. Meanwhile, Kyle claimed that the family dog, Jessie, tripped Lola, causing her to tumble...
May 27, 2024•37 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head out to Northeastern Ohio to discuss the chilling case of Shannon Graves, a beautiful young woman who was killed after she found herself in a love triangle. her then boyfriend, Arturo Novoa, had been carrying on a secret relationship with a single mom named Katrina Layton, who had been plotting to murder Shannon for weeks. But it's what the pair did AFTER the killed Shannon that was even more horrific... With the help of their friend, Andrew Hermann, Shannon's bod...
May 23, 2024•25 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Canada to discuss one of the country's most tragic stories... the senseless and brutal murder of Victoria "Tori" Stafford. Tori was a spunky little girl who loved Hannah Montana and dressing up for Halloween. Her favorite color was purple, and she had an older brother named Daryn who loved her very much. On April 8th, 2009, Tori was walking home from school when she was approached by 18-year-old Terri-Lynne McClintic, who offered to show her a Shih Tzu puppy. ...
May 19, 2024•49 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Denver, Colorado, to discuss the case of Yun Mi Hoy, a beautiful South Korean woman who was living with her husband, Ryan Hoy, and her daughter from a previous marriage, Isabella Guzman. As young Isabella got older, she began to exhibit violent behavior problems and often acted out, leading Yun Mi to become afraid of her own child. On August 28th, 2013, after not being taken seriously by police, tragedy struck the Hoy household... Support Our Patreon: https://...
May 17, 2024•22 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the case of Timothy Ferguson of Michigan, a 13-year-old autistic boy who lived with his mother and stepfather, Shanda and Adam Vander Ark, as well as his older brother, Paul Ferguson. But when Adam suffered a serious of medical events that caused him to be placed into the care of his parents, Shanda and Paul turned Timothy into a literal prisoner in his own home... locking him in a closet, monitoring him with cameras and motion sensors, depriving him of both s...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 6 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Colorado to discuss the bizarre case of Dylan Redwine, a 13 year old boy who, along with his older brother Cory, happened upon questionable pictures of their father, Mark, on his laptop. After Dylan threatened to use these photos as collateral against his father (whom he didn't want to see anymore), things turned deadly... Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https...
May 09, 2024•23 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Galveston, Texas, to discuss the case of Jayden Alexander Lopez, who was known to the community as "Little Jacob" after his body washed ashore in Galveston Bay in 2017. With the help of forensic sketch artist, Lois Gibson, as well as a shocking photograph of the dead child's face that was released to the public, detectives were able to track down "Little Jacob's" caretakers - his mother, Rebecca Suzanne Rivera, and her girlfriend, Dania Amezquita Gomez. Suppor...
May 06, 2024•27 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Arkansas to discuss the case of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, a beautiful young mother who was expecting her second child with her loving husband, Homer. But that all changed when she met Taylor Parker, a deeply troubled woman who only wanted one thing... a baby. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: m...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 27 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Georgia to discuss the infuriating case of Laila Daniel. Laila was an adorable little girl that got caught up in the foster care system with her older sister, Millie. After being placed in two different homes, Laila and Millie went to stay with Jennifer Rosenbaum, who, coincidentally, was a former foster child who knew the girls' mother, Tessa, from a group home years prior. DHS thought that this was a great placement, that was until the girls began showing si...
Apr 29, 2024•53 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Davenport, Florida, to discuss another case in Sheriff Grady Judd's territory - and that's the case of Regis and Arhonda Tillman. The couple met at church and proceeded to have a little girl together. At the time of our story, that little girl, who has not been named by the police, was 3-years-old, and Arhonda was already pregnant again. On Tuesday, May 10th, 2022, deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, along with members of fire and rescue respon...
Apr 25, 2024•23 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the case of Porchia Bennett, a 3 year old girl from Philadelphia, PA, who was dumped off at a random man's house along with her siblings after her mother, Tiffany Bennett, didn't want to be a mother anymore. That man, Jerry Chambers, inflicted horrors onto the children, which was later described by the District Attorney as the worst case of child abuse that he'd ever seen in the city... one that would cost little Porchia her life. Support Our Patreon: https://...
Apr 22, 2024•34 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Fort Worth, Texas to discuss the case of Amari Demontre Boone, an adorable little boy who was loved very much by his parents, Rodney Boone and Ariana George. However, Amari's parents fell on difficult times and reached out to CPS for help, after which, Amari and his younger brother were placed in the care of Deondrick Foley and his partner, Joseph Delancy. What at first seemed like a great placement soon turned into a nightmare for little Amari, who suffered a...
Apr 18, 2024•33 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Michigan to discuss the case of Damian Sutton, an adorable little boy with giant blue eyes and a love for Elmo. After his mother, Nikki, fell on hard times, she moved in with a man named Ronald DiMambro and his family. The two were not a couple, but Ronald was willing to help the young mother get back on her feet. Doing what she felt was right for her son, Nikki accepted the offer. However, Ronald, who had a violent history, began harboring resentment for litt...
Apr 15, 2024•27 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the case of October Perez, a little girl from Montana who was killed by her mother's new boyfriend, David Hyslop. October was forced to sleep on a broken bed in a filthy basement, and suffered a catastrophic spinal cord fracture at the hands of this monster. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: ...
Apr 11, 2024•26 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the case of Charlette Dawkins, an adorable little girl from Voorhees, New Jersey who was killed by her mother's new boyfriend. On March 13th, 2017, Travis Graham got frustrated with Charlette because allegedly she pinched him, and then proceeded to backhand the little girl down their stairs. On March 14th, 2017, Charlette was pronounced legally dead, although she was kept alive for two more days in order for her organs to be donated. Support Our Patreon: https...
Apr 08, 2024•24 min
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Illinois to discuss the tragic case of Riley Fox, a little girl who was found in a stream after disappearing from her family's home in the middle of the night. What happens next is a tale of police corruption and tragedy upon tragedy for the Fox family. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: miser...
Apr 02, 2024•28 min
