Gruesome: Horrific True Crime

The Playboy Bunny Curse

Playboy is an iconic brand but are the women that work for them doomed? Meg takes you through some of the most horrific cases that affected Playboy bunnies and women that have worked for the magazine. Were these women cursed or are these troubling stories just a string of sick coincidences? 

The Murder of Arlis Perry

Arlis Perry was brutally murdered in the church on Stanford Campus in Palo Alto California in October 1974. In a time of "Satanic Panic", coming off the heels of the Manson Family Murders, did Arlis cross paths with a satanic cult? Could her murderer have been one of many infamous serial killers who were active during the time of her death? Coni takes you through the case that rocked the Stanford Campus for almost 50 years.

The Murder of Holly Bobo

It's a listener request this week! Holly Bobo was a beautiful 20 year old who had her entire life ahead of her when she was approached by a man in her driveway and lead into the woods, never to be seen alive again. Who would want to hurt Holly? And better question, why would anyone want to hurt her? Meg takes us through this heartbreaking case and the events that followed.

Andy Castillo

Andy Castillo was arrested in January 2020 on charges of cyber stalking realtors. When over 100 realtors reported that they had been receiving harassing text messages along with pictures of their children that had been taken from social media. What investigators didn't expect was a DNA sample that would unlock the mystery of a pair of 17 year old cold cases.

Nickel Mines Amish School Shooting

School shootings are a very real part of our existence in the US and they leave the communities they occur in reeling. Meg takes you through a shooting in Pennsylvania, detailing what happened when Charles Roberts entered the West Nickel Mines Amish School, murdered 5 students, wounded 5 others, then turned his gun on himself. 

The Brutal Murder of James Bulger

The UK was rocked in 1993 when two year old James Bulger was lured away from his mother while shopping at the Strand Shopping Center. It wasn't just the brutality of the crime that shocked the country, it was the fact that the suspects in the case were ten years old. Coni takes you through one of the the most difficult cases we have covered.

Kitty Genovese and Winston Moseley

In every Psychology 101 textbook, the case of Kitty Genovese is referenced when discussing the bystander effect– the idea that people won’t help a victim if other people are around. Meg takes you through the murder of Kitty and the several other atrocities that Winston Moseley committed during his crime spree in the 1960’s. 

David Edward Maust

Coni takes you through a tale that we've seen too many times -- a man ruined by neglectful parents and a broken system. A serial killer with genuine remorse and a desire to remained incarcerated? It almost sounds too crazy to be true. David Edward Maust is an anomaly in the serial killer world who had Coni feeling something she usually doesn't feel when researching serial killers in addition to her disdain.

The Love Triangle of Bill and Louise Bergen and Edythe Klumpp

Meg takes your through a classic love triangle gone wrong. Did Edythe Klumpp murder the estranged wife of her boyfriend, Bill Bergen? Did Louise Bergen point a gun at Edythe? Why is Bill the worst? Answers to all of these questions in this episode!

The Faces of Human Trafficking

40.3 million victims: that's the number of human trafficking victims worldwide in 2021. On the heels of the most trafficked event in the United States, the Super Bowl, Coni covers the difficult topic of human trafficking by reading survivors stories in their own words.

 

Source Material:

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/human-trafficking-nena/554846/

https://www.ijm.org/stories/kashi

https://ag.nv.gov/Human_Trafficking/HT_Signs/

https://ourrescue.org/blog/6-forms-of-human-trafficking-exploitation-and-how-o-u-r-fights-to-end-each-one/

https://exoduscry.com/blog/shiftingculture/a-survivor-of-teen-porn-trafficking-speaks-out-on-pornhub/

 

Human Trafficking Resources:

Domestic Violence: National Domestic Violence Hotline, 24 hour Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Missing Children and Child Pornography: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 24 hour Hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST (843-5678)

Sexual Abuse: Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 24 hour Hotline: 1-800-656-4673

Text the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 233733

Contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline Web Chat via www.humantraffickinghotline.org/chat