Kocktails & Killers

On April 6, 1997, the Lillelid family was shot and killed by six young people. A chance meeting with six young people from Kentucky, ranging in age from 14 to 20, proved deadly in Greene County when they kidnapped the family, forced them to drive their van to a remote gravel road to steal, and lined them up along a ditch before gunning them down.

Juana Barraza is a Mexican serial killer and former professional wrestler dubbed La Mataviejitas "Little Old Lady Killer". She was sentenced to 759 years in prison for the killing of 16 elderly women, however, she is suspected of killing over 40. Join us as we talk about this hot mess of a story!

We're back!!! Come listen to the first episode of season 2 as we talk about Robert William "Willy" Pickton, a Canadian serial killer and former pig farmer. He is suspected to be one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history, supposedly having killed 49 women.

April Millsap was a 14 year old girl from Armada, Michigan. On July 24, 2014, April went out to walk her dog Penny on a bike trail near her home. A husband and wife walking on the trail found Penny walking around by herself. Penny led the couple to a ravine, where April was found dead. Come listen in as we discuss this horrible crime and how it was solved!

In 2007, retirees James and Vivian Gray are found murdered in their Kentucky home. The police suspect their only son Anthony, and he eventually confesses to the murders. But the Grays are not who they seem, and neither is the investigation or Anthony's confession....grab a drink and sit with us for awhile as we discuss this murder investigation gone wrong.

In June 1970, Nancy Dean Morgan, a 24-year-old federal VISTA volunteer working in the Shelton Laurel community of Madison County, North Carolina, was found dead – nude, hogtied and strangled in the back seat of her government car at the end of an old logging road in the Pisgah National Forest. Her murder was never solved. Grab a drink and have a listen as we discuss all the corruption that took place in this case and why it will likely never be solved.

This week we are talking about David Parker Ray, a sick and twisted kidnapper, torturer, rapist and suspected serial killer. He was accused by his accomplices of killing several women and suspected by the police to have murdered as many as 60 women from Arizona and New Mexico. Come listen in as we have some margaritas and talk about this abhorrent man and his horrible crimes.

This week we are talking about Lexington, Kentucky's oldest cold case: the murder of 19-year-old Betty Gail Brown. A sophomore at Transylvania University, she was found October 27th, 1961 strangled to death in her car on campus. Grab a drink and listen along as we discuss all the twists and turns this case takes.

Robert Durst is a New York City real estate heir suspected of murdering Kathleen McCormack Durst, his first wife, who disappeared in New York in 1982, and Susan Berman, his longtime friend, who was killed in Los Angeles in 2000. He was tried for the murder of his neighbor, Morris Black, who was killed in Texas in 2001, but was ultimately acquitted of his murder on the grounds of self-defense. Pour a drink and join us as we delve into the bizarre world of Mr. Durst.

This one is a doozy folks! Trigger warning for this episode as Mr. Kemper is a very twisted individual who did some unspeakable things to his victims. Ed murdered ten people, including his paternal grandparents and mother. He is noted for his large size (6 feet 9 inches) and for his high intellect, possessing an IQ of 145. Kemper was nicknamed the Co-ed Killer as the majority of his victims were female college students.

Harold Fredrick Shipman was a convicted English serial killer. A doctor by profession, he is among the most prolific serial killers in recorded history with 218 murders being positively ascribed to him, although the actual number is likely much higher. Some speculate as high as 250 if not more.

Trigger warning: This episode is about a tough topic, a child serial killer. Come listen in as we talk about this waste of space, Westley Allan Dodd. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theater. Westley kept detailed accounts of his murders in a diary which was found by police. After pleading guilty to the charges of murder, he received the death penalty. He refused an automatic appeal, and his execution by hanging was carried out on January 5, 1993. Good riddance.

Sit back and have a drink as we talk about this jackass you may have never heard of. Israel Keyes was a serial killer who traveled around the country to kill random victims in order to avoid detection. To finance his actions he robbed banks and burglarized homes. 

Nannie Doss was a serial killer during the first half of the 20th century who earned the monikers: “The Giggling Granny,” and “The Jolly Black Widow” after a killing spree that began in the 1920s and concluded in 1954. She ended up being responsible for the deaths of 11 people. Nannie's favorite hobbies included serialized romance magazines and poisoning her relatives. Grab your drink and get ready for this crazy story!

Buckle up, because this is a long one! Today we are discussing all the evil deeds committed by the man whom the FBI considers "society's most infamous and notorious serial killer", Theodore Robert Bundy. Ted was commonly described as a charming, articulate and intelligent man, though nobody knew his hidden side. Grab a drink, settle in, and come with us as we dive into the dark and crazy world of Mr. Bundy and his legacy of horror.

Grab a drink and join us for a discussion of Richard Ramirez, known as "The Night Stalker". He is known to be one of the most prolific and vicious serial killers to have terrorized the streets of Los Angeles in the ’80s. Richard who was a self-professed Satanist, was found guilty of 13 counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, 11 counts of sexual assault, and 14 counts of burglary, all crimes he committed within the span of 14 months. Most of these crimes were committed in the victims California homes. 

For our very first podcast, we decided to discuss a less well-known serial killer named Dorothea Puente, a.k.a "The Death House Landlady".  In the 1980s, Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California and murdered various elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks. Her total count reached nine confirmed murders, and six unconfirmed. Many of her victims were found buried in the boarding house’s yard. So, grab your favorite cocktail and join us for this wild discussion!