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Murder Was The Case

409 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 223 ratings

Criminologist Lee Mellor discusses the darkest, most perverse, bestial crimes known to man. You can’t handle it. Tap out now.

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Update: MWTC is now Patreon exclusive

March 15, 2023 12:01 - 2 minutes - 3.27 MB

Doc gives an update about where you can listen to MWTC going forward.

#301. Classic Jimbo and the Dreamless Imperceptible (Dive Bar) w/ Kerrie Droban

February 16, 2023 07:52 - 1 hour - 109 MB

Author and attorney Kerrie Droban drops into the divebar to talk about her book 'Aurora' and the conditions which give rise to the American mass murder epidemic.

#300. Smashed Doll Pieces, Part 1: Strategy

January 26, 2023 03:45 - 50 minutes - 66 MB

Doc and private investigator Jason Jensen decide to re-examine the murder of JonBenet Ramsey... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#299. Idaho 4 (Update)

January 11, 2023 23:59 - 40 minutes - 45.7 MB

Doc shares some thoughts on the Idaho student murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#298. Two and a Half Years Later... (Dive Bar) w/ Rafael Mangual

January 04, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 89.5 MB

Two and a half years after rioting in the USA and calls to defund the police, Doc and Rafael Mangual look at how crime rates in the USA and New York City have changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#288. DC '71, Part 7: Exit to Suitland (Dive Bar)

October 18, 2022 21:00 - 39 minutes

Part 7 of 7. Lee and Blaine determine whether it was logistically possible for Robert Askins to be the 'Freeway Phantom' and turn their attentions to a cluster grave in Suitland, Maryland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#287. DC '71, Part 6: Suspicious Suspects (Dive Bar)

October 11, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour

Part 6. Blaine reveals the primary suspects in the Freeway Phantom murders from the horrific Green Vega Gang to unhinged chemist Robert Askins. But do they fit the profile and is there enough evidence to convict? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#286. DC '71, Part 5: Battle of the Profiles (Dive Bar)

October 04, 2022 21:00 - 47 minutes

Part 5. Blaine responds to Lee's offender and geographic profiles. The revelations are intriguing.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#285: DC '71, Part 4: The Freeway Phantom (Profile)

September 27, 2022 21:00 - 45 minutes

After a month of consideration, Lee formulates a 13-point offender profile of 'The Freeway Phantom'. Attached to this post you will find a map reflecting the geographic aspects of the profile and a photograph of Walter Fauntroy working for MICCO in Anacostia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#284 DC '71, Part 3: 1972 (Dive Bar) w/ Blaine Pardoe

September 20, 2022 21:00 - 38 minutes

After lying dormant for 10 months, the killer returns to reap a grim harvest in the fall of 1972. Author Blaine Pardoe reflects on the final known slayings of the elusive 'Freeway Phantom', as Lee prepares the evidence for an offender profile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#283: DC '71, Part 2: "This is Tantamount" (Dive Bar) w/ Blaine Pardoe

September 13, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour

Author Blaine Pardoe and Lee continue to explore the lust murders of young black females in Washington D.C. in 1971, focussing on victims #4 and #5: 'Nino' Yates and Brenda Denise Woodward. When a short but revealing letter is found on the body of Brenda Woodward, a portrait of the 'Freeway Phantom' begins to form...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#282. DC '71, Part 1: A Creepy Killer (Dive Bar) w/ Blaine Pardoe

September 07, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour

Part 1 of 7. Six black females are abducted from Washington D.C. and found raped and strangled at the side of major roads. The killer mocks and misleads the police. Has he escaped justice? Blaine Pardoe, author of 'Tantamount', joins Lee in the divebar to riff on the murders of Carol Spinks, Darlenia Johnson, and Brenda Crockett at the hands of the 'Freeway Phantom'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#281, Personality and Profiling (Academy)

August 30, 2022 18:00 - 41 minutes

Can you look at a crime scene and determine aspects of a perpetrator's personality? When profilers say an UNSUB has a military background, how do we arrive at that conclusion? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#280. Guarding the Door (Dive Bar) w/ Avi Tabib

August 19, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour

On April 30, 2003, Avi Tabib stopped a mass murder... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#279. Terrorplane! (Dive Bar) w/ Philip Baum

August 11, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour

Philip Baum, security expert and managing director of Green Light Ltd, discusses profiling at airports, concerts, and other events. What are the utilities? Controversies? How was terrorist Salman Abedi able to murder 22 people at an Ariana Grande in 2017 even though he was deemed suspicious by security?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#278. Law & Disorder, Part 2: Can't Smell Booze Down the Phone w/ Peter Lamb

July 30, 2022 16:02 - 1 hour

Part 2 of 2. What is the state of the British prison system? Is rehabilitation a right or a privilege? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#277. Law & Disorder, Part 1: Gangs, Delinquents & Narcotics w/ Peter Lamb

July 30, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour

Part 1 of 2. Former defense attorney Peter Lamb gives Lee an overview of organized crime and narcotics in the UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#276. American Cosa Nostra: Origins & Structure (Academy)

July 21, 2022 16:00 - 51 minutes

Doc lays out the origins of the mafia in Sicily, its importation to the New World, and evolution through Prohibition into Five Families and a formal hierarchical structure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#275. Under the Hood II: Kevin Coe (Dive Bar) w/ K

July 12, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour

In this second instalment of Under the Hood, in which Doc compares suspects to his Zodiac profile, K appears to talk about the man who has been driving her nuts for over three years: convicted rapist Kevin Coe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#274. Mixed Nuts, Part 4: A Triangle of WTF (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Chris Kunkle & Dr. Leia McCullough

June 28, 2022 15:04 - 55 minutes

Part 4 of 4. Slender Man Stabbers vs Jihadis. Charles Manson & MKUltra. Stephanie Coyle unsolved killing. Neurodevelopmental markers of sex offenders. Psychopathy in serial murder. Gary Ridgway. Jeffrey Dahmer. Dennis Rader. Dennis Nilsen. Paul Bernardo - classic psychopath. Flat vs Shallow Affect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#273. Mixed Nuts, Part 3: Serial Killer Mysteries (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Chris Kunkle & Dr. Leia McCullough

June 28, 2022 15:02 - 1 hour

Part 3 of 4. Zodiac. Jack the Ripper. Long Island Serial Killer. Israel Keyes. David Fuller. HH Holmes. Serial Killing: addiction vs compulsion. Body counts. David Parker Ray. Gallows humour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#272. Mixed Nuts, Part 2: Marga-daqua-screw-a-lot-on-the-beach (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Chris Kunkle & Dr. Leia McCullough

June 28, 2022 15:01 - 1 hour

Part 2 of 4. Personality disorders: dimensional vs categorical. Biology and mental health. Insanity, IQ, and criminal responsibility. Reality and delusion. Rorschach. Malingering. Rosenhan experiment. Delusional disorder. Schizophrenia. QAnon. Pizzagate. Timothy McVeigh. UNABomber. Anders Breivik. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#271. Mixed Nuts, Part 1: Who's the Boss in the Business of Murder? (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Chris Kunkle & Dr. Leia McCullough

June 28, 2022 15:00 - 52 minutes

Part 1 of 4. Mafia. Terrorists. Jihadis. Cults. Nazis. Jihadis. Michael Franzese. Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano. Richard Kuklinski.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#270. Oklahomicide (Dive Bar) w/ Cade Thomas

June 16, 2022 19:00 - 55 minutes

Forty-five years ago this summer, 18-year-old Laura Long disappeared and was found murdered in Claremore, Oklahoma. Doc speaks with filmmaker Cade Thomas, whose recent documentary 'Laura' explores the unsolved killing and those still haunted by it. You can watch the film on YouTube at: part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YCB7k3khT4 part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plMAMO5H5WU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#269. Big Changes, Exciting News II: Glassbox Media & Citizen Detective (Update) feat. Morf & Naama

May 31, 2022 20:45 - 21 minutes

Murder Was the Case is moving up in the world and Citizen Detective is rearing it's lovely head. Twenty minute update that has been a long time in the making Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#268. Leave Me Alone, Let Me Die (Dive Bar) w/ Tab Ballis

May 25, 2022 23:38 - 1 hour

More Sweet T from the True Crime Film Festival in Athens, Georgia. Meet Tab Ballis - a social worker in Wilmington, North Carolina and director of the unforgettable 'Park View' about the 1990 murder of Talana Kreeger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#267. Nineteen to One (Dive Bar) w/ Team Ortiz

May 16, 2022 14:09 - 1 hour

n the first of three conversations with true crime filmmakers in Marietta, Georgia, Doc goes over the suspicious 1997 conviction of Melvin Ortiz with his fiancee and the three students who made 'Needle in a Haystack'.   Watch 'Needle in a Haystack' here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RFX9PWM9aQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#266. True Crime Film Fest (Dive Bar) w/ Cameron Munson

May 12, 2022 10:44 - 59 minutes

Sweet T. Doc speaks with Cameron Munson, founder and director of the True Crime Film Fest in Marietta, Georgia.  This conversation is an introduction to three films we will be looking at in the month of May.   Link to leave Doc a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/murderwasthecase   Link to MWTC Youtube videos page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg1HBTX-thidDu5H1yuB3cw Films:  'Laura' (part 1 of 2): https://youtu.be/7YCB7k3khT4 'Needle in a Haystack': https://youtu.be/-RFX9PWM9aQ 'Mount...

#265. Bathsalts: Floridian True Crime & Madness, Part 3: Tylenol Benadryl Pie (Dive Bar) w/ Hal, Jason & 'Canada' Jon

April 25, 2022 19:39 - 50 minutes

Part 3 of 3. Doc joins a cadre of Floridiots to talk about the legendary 'Florida Man', Bathsalts, and some of the most bizarre and brutal crimes in Floridian history. Warning: intoxicated masculinity discussing extremely graphic content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#264. Bathsalts: Floridian True Crime & Madness, Part 2: Eating Face (Dive Bar) w/ Hal, Jason & 'Canada' Jon

April 25, 2022 19:39 - 48 minutes

Part 2 of 3. Doc joins a cadre of Floridiots to talk about the legendary 'Florida Man', Bathsalts, and some of the most bizarre and brutal crimes in Floridian history. Warning: intoxicated masculinity discussing extremely graphic content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#263. Bathsalts: Floridian True Crime & Madness, Part 1: Dum Fuk Punch (Dive Bar) w/ Hal, Jason & 'Canada' Jon

April 25, 2022 19:38 - 1 hour

Part 1 of 3. Doc joins a cadre of Floridiots to talk about the legendary 'Florida Man', Bathsalts, and some of the most bizarre and brutal crimes in Floridian history. Warning: intoxicated masculinity discussing extremely graphic content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#262. Somewhere in the Distance a Dog Barked..., Part 4: Officer Down (Dive Bar) w/ Det. Cloyd Steiger & Suzanna Ryan

April 17, 2022 13:54 - 47 minutes

Part 4 of 4. Doc, Cloyd, and Suzanna descend on a Nashville hotel room to catch up in person for the first time since 2019. Final Tennessee episodes in the Murder Was the Case Sweet T southern tour! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#261. Somewhere in the Distance a Dog Barked..., Part 3: Big Dawg (Dive Bar) w/ Det. Cloyd Steiger & Suzanna Ryan

April 17, 2022 13:54 - 46 minutes

Part 3 of 4. Doc, Cloyd, and Suzanna descend on a Nashville hotel room to catch up in person for the first time since 2019. Final Tennessee episodes in the Murder Was the Case Sweet T southern tour! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#260. Somewhere in the Distance a Dog Barked..., Part 2: Nightmare on Seattle Street (Dive Bar) w/ Det. Cloyd Steiger & Suzanna Ryan

April 08, 2022 10:38 - 44 minutes

Part 2 of 4. Doc, Cloyd, and Suzanna descend on a Nashville hotel room to catch up in person for the first time since 2019. Final Tennessee episodes in the Murder Was the Case Sweet T southern tour! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#259. Somewhere in the Distance a Dog Barked..., Part 1: The Gypsy Hit (Dive Bar) w/ Det. Cloyd Steiger & Suzanna Ryan

April 08, 2022 10:38 - 55 minutes

Part 1 of 4. Doc, Cloyd, and Suzanna descend on a Nashville hotel room to catch up in person for the first time since 2019. Final Tennessee episodes in the Murder Was the Case Sweet T southern tour! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#258. McMurder, Part 3: Overindulgence (Dive Bar) w/ Judith A. Yates

March 18, 2022 03:02 - 45 minutes

Part 3 of 3. After more than two years of pandemic-abetted Prohibition, Lee gets hammered in Nashville with author and criminologist Judith A. Yates and learns about "Fast Food Killer" Paul Dennis Reid and his victims before stumbling rat-arsed into West Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#257. McMurder, Part 2: Just Desserts (Dive Bar) w/ Judith A. Yates

March 18, 2022 03:02 - 49 minutes

Part 2 of 3. After more than two years of pandemic-abetted Prohibition, Lee gets hammered in Nashville with author and criminologist Judith A. Yates and learns about "Fast Food Killer" Paul Dennis Reid and his victims before stumbling rat-arsed into West Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#256. McMurder, Part 1: Unhappy Meal (Dive Bar) w/ Judith A. Yates

March 18, 2022 03:02 - 1 hour

Part 1 of 3. After more than two years of pandemic-abetted Prohibition, Lee gets hammered in Nashville with author and criminologist Judith A. Yates and learns about "Fast Food Killer" Paul Dennis Reid and his victims before stumbling rat-arsed into West Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#255. Night Marauder, Part 2: Decoiffed! (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Nancy Locklin-Sofer

March 11, 2022 16:46 - 58 minutes

Part 2 of 2. Doc sits down with Dr. Nancy Locklin-Sofer at Maryville College to learn about a 1920s east Tennessee serial killer she unearthed for her History of Murder class.  How did she stumble across The Night Marauder? Who was this mysterious fiend? Can we still solve this case today? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#254. Night Marauder, Part 1: The Devil and Will Sheffey (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Nancy Locklin-Sofer

March 11, 2022 16:46 - 1 hour

Part 1 of 2. Doc sits down with Dr. Nancy Locklin-Sofer at Maryville College to learn about a 1920s east Tennessee serial killer she unearthed for her History of Murder class.  How did she stumble across The Night Marauder? Who was this mysterious fiend? Can we still solve this case today? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#253. Fear and Loathing at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum (Dive Bar) w/ Ally Pennington

March 05, 2022 01:16 - 38 minutes

Doc stops into the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to learn about Bundys, and Gacys, and bears, oh my! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#252. Headshot, Part 2: 'Parading Around the Morgue...' (Dive Bar) w/ Landen Wilson

February 21, 2022 00:29 - 57 minutes

Part 2. Sweet T (Georgia). Landen Wilson describes his role as a death investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) until finding himself at the centre of a media scandal that cast him into a professional Land of Nod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#251. Headshot, Part 1: Death Investigator (Dive Bar) w/ Landen Wilson

February 21, 2022 00:29 - 1 hour

Part 1. Sweet T (Georgia). Landen Wilson describes his role as a death investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) until finding himself at the centre of a media scandal that cast him into a professional Land of Nod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#250. Episode 250 - A Retrospective (Composite Sketch)

February 21, 2022 00:29 - 2 hours

Celebrating 250 episodes of Murder Was the Case, great conversation, and free discourse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#249. Sweet Tea/Bitter Tea (Update)

February 15, 2022 04:00 - 10 minutes

Lee announces his plans for all forthcoming dive bars in 2022 and how they are intrinsically tied to his recent trip through the southeastern United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#248. Ritchie, Where's My Mother's Head? (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Peter Vronsky & Jennifer Weiss

January 26, 2022 22:44 - 1 hour

Fresh out of Netflix's "Crime Scene: Times Square Killer", Dr. Peter Vronsky and Jennifer Weiss, the daughter of victim Deedeh Goodarzi, join me to share some shocking news and insights that were not revealed in the docuseries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#247. Clustergrave, Part 3: Profiling the Suitland Slayer (Profile)

January 20, 2022 01:53 - 24 minutes

After much consideration, Lee formulates a profile of the 'Suitland Slayer', as discussed in parts 1 and 2 of the Clustergrave series with author Blaine Pardoe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#246. Homicide Headlines 2021, Part 3: Blackened Blue (Dive Bar) w/ Nate Hendley

January 12, 2022 19:38 - 58 minutes

Part 3 of 3. In 2021, two police officers emerged as lust murderers in Europe - Wayne Couzens in the UK and Francois Verove in France. Then there was the incident at Christmas in Wisconsin... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#245. Homicide Headlines 2021, Part 2: Strange Ripples (Dive Bar) w/ Nate Hendley

January 12, 2022 19:37 - 50 minutes

Part 2 of 3. Nate and Lee look at the vile crimes of 'Bedsit Killer' David Fuller in the UK and touch upon the DV homicide of Gabby Petito in the USA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#244. Homicide Headlines 2021, Part 1: Ghosts of Headlines Past (Dive Bar) w/ Nate Hendley

January 12, 2022 19:37 - 45 minutes

Part 1 of 3. Nate Hendley joins Lee to review the homicide headlines of 2021, beginning with Toronto's annual murder rate and developments in the murders of pharma billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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