Murder Was The Case
409 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 223 ratingsCriminologist Lee Mellor discusses the darkest, most perverse, bestial crimes known to man. You can’t handle it. Tap out now.
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#243. My Friend Peter and the Times Square Torso Murderer (Composite Sketch)
December 29, 2021 14:40 - 1 hourCoinciding with the release of Joe Berlinger's 'Crime Scene: Times Square Killer' on Netflix, Lee releases nearly two hours of his conversations with Dr. Peter Vronsky on this topic over the past four years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#242. The Bloody Awards 2021
December 20, 2021 13:31 - 49 minutesLive from the bowels of hell, the fourth annual Bloody Awards! We take a look back at the most memorable moments and guests from Murder Was The Case and celebrate the winners you voted for. Special appearances by Ice T, Russell Crowe, Don Frye, Werner Herzog, Jack Nicholson, Dr. Janosz Jakov, Neil Diamond, Keanu Reeves, and Lindsay Lohan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#241. Clustergrave, Part 2: Missed Opportunities (Dive Bar) w/ Blaine Pardoe
December 13, 2021 15:24 - 38 minutesPart 2. Blaine Pardoe returns to Murder Was the Case to go over the unsolved Suitland Slayings with Lee on their 35th anniversary. Five dead women. No answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#240. Clustergrave, Part 1: Corpse Harem (Dive Bar) w/ Blaine Pardoe
December 13, 2021 15:24 - 53 minutesPart 1. Blaine Pardoe returns to Murder Was the Case to go over the unsolved Suitland Slayings with Lee on their 35th anniversary. Five dead women. No answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#239. Nominations: 2021 Bloody Awards
December 04, 2021 23:52 - 42 minutesWho are the nominees for the 4th annual BLOOOODY AWARDS? Muahaha! Patrons go to patreon.com/murderwasthecase and cast your votes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#238. Serial Killer Typologies (Academy)
December 03, 2021 04:52 - 40 minutesLee reviews the Organized/Disorganized and Holmes-Deburger typologies and addresses the flaws to create the beginnings of a new system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#237. The Beatle Bandit (Dive Bar) w/ Nate Hendley
November 24, 2021 13:31 - 1 hourIn 1964, a man in a Beatle wig walked into a Toronto bank with a semi-automatic... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#236. Juror #3, Part 4: No Duty to Suffer (Dive Bar) w/ Mark Farrant
November 24, 2021 13:31 - 48 minutesPart 4 of 4. Mark Farrant battles his way out of PTSD by trying to reform the relationship between Canadian mental health services and jury duty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#235. Juror #3, Part 3: Cracks (Dive Bar) w/ Mark Farrant
November 24, 2021 13:31 - 56 minutesPart 3 of 4 Mark Farrant finishes jury duty and begins his long battle with PTSD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#234. Hallowe'en Homicide-O-Rama, Part 2: The Head in the Water (Dive Bar) w/ Drew Gray
October 31, 2021 11:15 - 1 hourPart 2 of 2. Adam Walsh and Scorpio. New York 'Zodiac'. Scary cinema. The perfect ending to a quiet Halloween indoors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#233. Hallowe'en Homicide-O-Rama, Part 1: Jack to Z'ac (Dive Bar) w/ Drew Gray
October 31, 2021 11:14 - 1 hourPart 1 of 2. Lee and filmmaker/Zodiac researcher Drew Gray swoop on broomsticks through a black and orange audioscape of horror flicks, Canadian frontier mysteries, Jack the Ripper theories, and the Zodiac musings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#232. Juror #3, Part 2: Trial By Fire (Dive Bar) w/ Mark Farrant
October 21, 2021 02:38 - 43 minutesPart 2. When Mark Farrant was called up for jury duty he warned his boss he had bad luck. This would prove to be a hell of an understatement... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#231. Juror #3, Part 1: Bad Luck (Dive Bar) w/ Mark Farrant
October 21, 2021 02:38 - 51 minutesPart 1. When Mark Farrant was called up for jury duty he warned his boss he had bad luck. This would prove to be a hell of an understatement... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#230. MWTC: After the Plague (Update)
October 16, 2021 22:31 - 52 minutesDoc Lee gives his first length public update since the fall of 2019 and discusses the trajectory of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#229. Did They Find the Zodiac? (Dive Bar) w/ Mike Morford & Dr. David Keatley
October 08, 2021 17:22 - 1 hourDid they find the Zodiac? Mike Morford and Dr. David Keatley spill da T. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#228. Netflix and Kill II: The Keepers (Academy)
September 18, 2021 02:01 - 45 minutesLee weighs in on the 2017 Netflix series 'The Keepers'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#227. Crudely Reassembled, Part 2: Eviscerated, Decapitated, Emasculated (Dive Bar) w/ Dan Zupansky
September 13, 2021 17:59 - 54 minutesPart 2 of 2. True crime radio OG Dan Zupansky and Lee discuss one of the most horrific sex murders in Canadian history. What happened when Dan befriended the perpetrator? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#226. Crudely Reassembled, Part 1: Murder Horror Spectacle w/ Dan Zupansky
September 13, 2021 17:59 - 43 minutesPart 1 of 2. True crime radio OG Dan Zupansky and Lee discuss one of the most horrific sex murders in Canadian history. What happened when Dan befriended the perpetrator? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#225. Netflix and Kill: Unsolved Mysteries I (Academy)
September 05, 2021 12:57 - 50 minutesLee looks at the cases of Rey Rivera and Jack Wheeler from the Unsolved Mysteries episodes "Mystery on the Rooftop" and "Washington Insider Murder". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Quick Notice
August 14, 2021 10:19 - 2 minutesImportant message from Lee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
224. Norwegian Blood, Part 6: Bad Penny (Dive Bar) w/ Alex Ralph
August 02, 2021 23:43 - 51 minutesPart 6 of 6. On the tenth anniversary of the 77 murders committed in Oslo and Utoya, Doc Lee and research assistant Alex Ralph analyze the psychosocial development, behaviour, and impact of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik through the lens of expressive/transformative theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
223. Norwegian Blood, Part 5: 2083 in 2011 (Dive Bar) w/ Alex Ralph
August 02, 2021 23:43 - 46 minutesPart 5 of 6. On the tenth anniversary of the 77 murders committed in Oslo and Utoya, Doc Lee and research assistant Alex Ralph analyze the psychosocial development, behaviour, and impact of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik through the lens of expressive/transformative theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#222. Norwegian Blood, Part 4: Lemon - 2 Much 4 the Most Xtreme (Dive Bar) w/ Alex Ralph
August 02, 2021 23:43 - 58 minutesPart 4 of 6. On the tenth anniversary of the 77 murders committed in Oslo and Utoya, Doc Lee and research assistant Alex Ralph analyze the psychosocial development, behaviour, and impact of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik through the lens of expressive/transformative theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#221. Norwegian Blood, Part 3: Desperately Seeking Self (Dive Bar) w/ Alex Ralph
July 22, 2021 11:27 - 48 minutesPart 3 of 6. On the tenth anniversary of the 77 murders committed in Oslo and Utoya, Doc Lee and research assistant Alex Ralph analyze the psychosocial development, behaviour, and impact of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik through the lens of expressive/transformative theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#220. Norwegian Blood, Part 2: Jante Lovin' (Dive Bar) w/ Alex Ralph
July 22, 2021 11:27 - 37 minutesPart 2 of 6. On the tenth anniversary of the 77 murders committed in Oslo and Utoya, Doc Lee and research assistant Alex Ralph analyze the psychosocial development, behaviour, and impact of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik through the lens of expressive/transformative theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#219. Norwegian Blood, Part 1: Meccano Boy *Te2ns* (Dive Bar) w/ Alex Ralph
July 22, 2021 11:27 - 52 minutesPart 1 of 6. On the tenth anniversary of the 77 murders committed in Oslo and Utoya, Doc Lee and research assistant Alex Ralph analyze the psychosocial development, behaviour, and impact of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik through the lens of expressive/transformative theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#218. Ghosts of Atlanta, Part 6: Last Words (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. John Liebert
July 09, 2021 02:13 - 29 minutesPart 6 of 6. Dr. John Liebert, a psychiatrist who consulted on the Bundy killings, joins Lee to talk about his insights during his time working the so-called 'Atlanta Child Murders' and to review the cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#217. Ghosts of Atlanta, Part 5: Why Wayne Williams (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. John Liebert
July 09, 2021 02:13 - 33 minutesPart 5 of 6. Dr. John Liebert, a psychiatrist who consulted on the Bundy killings, joins Lee to talk about his insights during his time working the so-called 'Atlanta Child Murders' and to review the cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#216. Ghosts of Atlanta, Part 4: 1981 (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. John Liebert
July 01, 2021 12:48 - 44 minutesPart 4 of 6. Dr. John Liebert, a psychiatrist who consulted on the Bundy killings, joins Lee to talk about his insights during his time working the so-called 'Atlanta Child Murders' and to review the cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#215. Ghosts of Atlanta, Part 3: Summer of Death and Beyond... (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. John Liebert
July 01, 2021 12:48 - 56 minutesPart 3 of 6. Dr. John Liebert, a psychiatrist who consulted on the Bundy killings, joins Lee to talk about his insights during his time working the so-called 'Atlanta Child Murders' and to review the cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#214. Ghosts of Atlanta, Part 2: First 9 Kids (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. John Liebert
June 21, 2021 22:53 - 49 minutesPart 2 of 6. Dr. John Liebert, a psychiatrist who consulted on the Bundy killings, joins Lee to talk about his insights during his time working the so-called 'Atlanta Child Murders' and to review the cases. This series marks the 40th anniversary of the arrest of Wayne Bertrand Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#213. Ghosts of Atlanta, Part 1: Southern Zeitgeist (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. John Liebert
June 21, 2021 22:53 - 51 minutesPart 1 of 6. Dr. John Liebert, a psychiatrist who consulted on the Bundy killings, joins Lee to talk about his insights working the so-called 'Atlanta Child Murders' and to review the cases. This series marks the 40th anniversary of the arrest of Wayne Bertrand Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#212. Scars & Tattoos, Part 3: Final Perspective (Dive Bar) w/ Chris Duett
June 09, 2021 04:51 - 49 minutesPart 3 of 3. 'Criminal Perspective' host Chris Duett discloses the mysteries of his violent past, and examines how he reached that point and got out before it was too late... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#211. Scars & Tattoos, Part 2: Worse (Dive Bar) w/ Chris Duett
June 09, 2021 04:51 - 54 minutesPart 2 of 3. 'Criminal Perspective' host Chris Duett discloses the mysteries of his violent past, and examines how he reached that point and got out before it was too late... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#210. Scars & Tattoos, Part 1: Straight Edge Raiser (Dive Bar) w/ Chris Duett
June 09, 2021 04:51 - 54 minutesPart 1 of 3. 'Criminal Perspective' host Chris Duett discloses the mysteries of his violent past, and examines how he reached that point and got out before it was too late... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#209. Being and Wickedness, Part 3: Gettin' It Twisted (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Katherine Ramsland
May 26, 2021 12:07 - 45 minutesPart 3 of 3. Docs Lee and Ramsland open up the conversation and blow through Ian Brady, Gerard Schaefer, Ted Bundy, HH Holmes, Israel Keyes, Samuel Little, and Takahiro Shiraishi. They finish on the differences between criminology and psychology and the art of writing true crime and fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#208. Being and Wickedness, Part 2: Bound to Kill (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Katherine Ramsland
May 26, 2021 12:07 - 41 minutesPart 2. Dr. Ramsland reflects on her extensive correspondence and collaboration with BTK culminating in her book "Confession of a Serial Killer". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#207. Being and Wickedness, Part 1: Zen and the Michigan Motorcycle Murders (Dive Bar) w/ Dr. Katherine Ramsland
May 26, 2021 12:06 - 40 minutesPart 1 of 3. Dr. Katherine Ramsland talks about her journey by motorcycle from Michigan into a lifelong academic fascination with deviant minds. When Lee notes that she could have been a potential victim of serial killer John Norman Collins, Katherine's answer is delightfully surprising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#206. Cobwebbed Crimes, Part 3: Exploding Schoolhouse Poison Blues (Dive Bar) w/ Harold Schechter
May 13, 2021 14:16 - 27 minutesPart 3 of 3. After a fascinating foray into the Bath School Disaster, Lee and Harold return to the topic of female serial murder and sexual sadist 'Jolly' Jane Toppan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#205. Cobwebbed Crimes, Part 2: Hell's Belle (Dive Bar) w/ Harold Schechter
May 13, 2021 14:16 - 27 minutesPart 2 of 3. Harold digs up the skeleton of the Belle Gunness case, unveils the mystery surrounding it, and broaches the topic of female serial killing. Cameos by Bela Kiss and Son of Sam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#204. Cobwebbed Crimes, Part 1: Yellow Press Bogeymen (Dive Bar) w/ Harold Schechter
May 13, 2021 14:15 - 33 minutesPart 1 of 3. Award-winning true crime author Harold Schechter joins Lee in the dive bar to look at how myths, murders, monsters and media intersect in the cases of HH Holmes, Ed Gein, Jack the Ripper, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#203. Why Not Me?, Part 3: Waking from the Nightmare (Dive Bar) w/ Sean Cribbin & Steve Sauder
May 10, 2021 03:50 - 42 minutesPart 3 of 3. Sean Cribbin, a survivor of serial killer Bruce McArthur, and his partner Steve Sauder talk about their award-winning documentary 'Was I Next?' and divulge their trials and traumas before, during, and after the attack. wasinext.com May 25, 2021 at 9 pm EST online screening MentalHealthyFit.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#202. Why Not Me?, Part 2: The Room on the 19th Floor (Dive Bar) w/ Sean Cribbin & Steve Sauder
May 10, 2021 03:50 - 43 minutesPart 2 of 3. Sean Cribbin, a survivor of serial killer Bruce McArthur, and his partner Steve Sauder talk about their award-winning documentary 'Was I Next?' and divulge their trials and traumas before, during, and after the attack. wasinext.com May 25, 2021 at 9 pm EST online screening MentalHealthyFit.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#201. Why Not Me?, Part 1: Smoke & Leather (Dive Bar) w/ Sean Cribbin & Steve Sauder
May 10, 2021 03:50 - 50 minutesPart 1 of 3. Sean Cribbin, a survivor of serial killer Bruce McArthur, and his partner Steve Sauder talk about their award-winning documentary 'Was I Next?' and divulge their trials and traumas before, during, and after the attack. wasinext.com May 25, 2021 at 9 pm EST online screening MentalHealthyFit.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#200. Under the Hood I: 'Mason' (Dive Bar) w/ Mike Morford
April 27, 2021 12:13 - 1 hourTo mark our 200th episode, true crime podcast mogul and zodiackillersite.com owner Mike 'Morf' Morford compares his favourite Zodiac suspect 'Mason' to Lee's profile. HOW and WHERE do they match? This episode is the first in a new MWTC staple - 'Under the Hood' - in which we continually search for the Zodiac killer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#199. Zodiac (Profile) feat. Douglas MacGregor
April 21, 2021 22:11 - 51 minutesMy profile of the Zodiac Killer. If you have any questions feel free to ask me them on the MWTC GetVokl video livestream every Thursday night at 9:30 pm ET on https://getvokl.com/channel/lee-mellor For ad free and bonus content become a patron of MWTC at patreon.com/murderwasthecase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#198. In Control of All Things (Mugshots)
April 14, 2021 13:07 - 55 minutesHaving covered the canonical five Zodiac killings, this final chapter in the mugshots series looks at three additional crimes connected to the Bay-Area murderer: the slayings of Cheri Jo Bates and Sgt. Brian McDonnell, and the abduction of Kathleen Johns. And then there's the OTHER letters... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#197. If Anyone Did That to MY Kid, Part 5: So what DO we do about THEM? (Dive Bar) w/ Jody Plauché & Chris Duett
March 27, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutesPart 5. After experiencing sexual abuse and abduction at the hands of Jeff Doucet who was famously killed by his father, Jody Plauché has devoted much of his life to preventing further predation by educating people on the realities of pedophilia, hebephilia, and child molestation. Having told his story, he continues to do so here with Lee and Chris Duett. Link to the Murder Was the Case Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MWTCPod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
#196. If Anyone Did That to MY Kid, Part 4: Pedophilia, Child Molestation, Hebephilia (Dive Bar) w/ Jody Plauché & Chris Duett
March 27, 2021 12:59 - 56 minutesPart 4. After experiencing sexual abuse and abduction at the hands of Jeff Doucet who was famously killed by his father, Jody Plauché has devoted much of his life to preventing further predation by educating people on the realities of pedophilia, hebephilia, and child molestation. Having told his story, he continues to do so here with Lee and Chris Duett. Link to the Murder Was the Case Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MWTCPod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
#195. If Anyone Did That to MY Kid, Part 3: Life After Jeff (Dive Bar) w/ Jody Plauché & Chris Duett
March 18, 2021 20:27 - 55 minutesPart 3. Thirty-seven years ago, a young boy named Jody Plauché was groomed, sexually abused, and ultimately abducted by his karate teacher Jeff Doucet. However, unlike most parents, who only give lip service to the notion of killing anyone who hurts their children, Gary Plauché followed through. Good. Justice. It's that simple, right? Well, let's here Jody's side of the story.... Link to a video featuring the shooting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PUE8fYxjq8 Learn more about your ad cho...