Gruesome and Unnatural

Episode 79: Jaime Osuna

Jaime Osuna had a horrible upbringing starting with his mother neglecting him and allowing his stepfather to physical abuse Jaime. His mom and stepfather would deprive him of food while his siblings were not, although he was allowed to eat on the floor like a dog. This treatment led him into a life of crime, abuse, and murder in the most gruesome way.

Episode 78: The Murders of Claudia Maupin and Oliver Northup

Daniel Marsh first made local headlines in 2008 at the age of 10 after receiving an American Red Cross Heroes Award for using CPR to save his father’s life who was having a heart attack. Although, it was around the same time his parents were going through a divorce due to his mother's affair with his former kindergarten teacher. This really stuck with Daniel and at the young age of 10, he was beginning to be enraged with the woman that his mother had left his father for. He plotted to slit her throat or strangle her to death and began to have dreams of killing people. At 11, he told a therapist about fantasies of torturing people and his desire to make those fantasies come true. Unfortunately, nobody took him seriously and he acted on those fantasies.

Episode 77: The Murders of Wendy and Randall Bjorge

17-year-old Cassandra Bjorge was sent to live with her grandparents Wendy and Randall Bjorge in Georgia after she had been having some behavioral issues with a past of using drugs and running away. She spent several years doing Kung Fu at this point so shortly after moving in with her grandparents she was able to go to China with her grandparents help. They were hoping this would help Cassie to change her life around although little did they know Cassie had other plans alongside her boyfriend Johnny Rider.

Episode 76: Zachary Davis

Zachary Everett Davis was born on July 29th, 1997, to Melanie and Christopher Davis. Growing up Zach was always a quiet child but also had a history of mental illnesses. In 2007, when he was nine years old, his father Chris passed away due to Lou Gehrig’s disease. After his father’s passing Zach became extremely depressed so much so that he eventually wound up in the hospital for psychiatric treatment around 11 years old when his mother started to notice odd behaviors and wanted to get her son treatment. In August of 2012 Melanie took her two sons to the movie theaters but when they returned home Zach would horrifically change their lives forever.

Episode 75: Brian Cohee

On the night of February 27th, 2021, Brian Cohee Jr. and his parents enjoyed a nice family movie night in before Brian went out to take a drive and get some fresh air. Unfortunately, his car would later get stuck in the Colorado River and would take hours to get out. After finally retrieving his car, Brian’s father went to clean the car out and see if they could salvage it although his father would make a discovery that would lead Brian’s mother to an even more gruesome discovery in their son’s bedroom closet.

Episode 74: Paul Stephani - The Weepy Voiced Killer

Paul Stephani was the youngest of ten children. His mother remarried his stepfather when Paul was 3 years old, although he claims his stepfather was abusive towards him and his siblings when he came into their lives. Paul moved to Saint Paul, Minneapolis later on in his life taking on various jobs but just couldn’t keep one and would blame this on the fact that as a child he was diagnosed with epilepsy. He finally met a woman by the name of Beverly Lider and the two married in 1970 and had a daughter together, although that relationship would not work as the couple divorced after 5 years of marriage. Then Paul abandoned his daughter and started dating another woman for about 4 years although she left him for an arranged marriage which she had no control of, this devastated Paul because he thought they were going to get married. He started working as a janitor at the Malmberg Manufacturing Company in 1977 but he was fired from that job. His life started to spiral out of control so he turned to a life of crime and murder.

Episode 73: The Murder of Shad Thyrion

Taylor Coronado met Shad Thyrion when they were in middle school and later dated one another in high school. Although that relationship didn’t last, they did remain friends after high school. One night on February 21st, 2022 Taylor picked up Shad from his mother’s house at around 9:30pm. They drove to her apartment on Eastman Avenue and there one of their friends joined them to hang out and smoke weed. After this friend left both Shad and Taylor smoked meth and injected Trazodone. After going back to Shad’s mother’s house, they engaged in sexual intercourse but one of them took things too far.

Episode 72: Murders of Dorothy Scott & Bernd Brandes/Survival Story of Gayle Corris

Dorothy Scott was enjoying a night out with co-workers when she noticed one of her co-workers did not look well and had a red mark on his arm. Dorothy and another one of her co-workers, Pam Head, decided to take him to the emergency room where they found out he had been bitten by a spider. Dorothy and Pam sat in the waiting room for their friend to be released. After being released Dorothy left them to go get her car in order to pick them up but when she hadn’t returned after a couple of minutes her co-workers started to get worried. Minutes later her car comes flying through the parking lot leaving them behind and that was the last time they ever saw her.
Armin Meiwes was abandoned by his father at a young age turning him into a lonely child just wanting his family to be together again. By the age of 12 Armin began to develop a certain desire most people don’t have the desire for but after putting up an ad people reached out to him with that exact same desire.
Gayle Corris and Charles Foster had been married for a little over a year and had just moved to Ferndale, Washington about two weeks before Charles made a 911 call to confess what he had done and wanted to do.

Episode 71: Nannie Doss - The Giggling Granny

Nannie Doss grew up working on a farm and quitting school by the 6th grade as her father was very controlling and abusive. When Nannie was just 9 years old her family took a train to see family but while on the train it made a sudden stop making Nannie hit her head on a metal pole located in front of her, Nannie was not the same after that. She went on to marry her first husband at just 16 years old producing 4 children. Although, the two youngest would die suddenly from what appeared to be food poisoning. After many people died throughout her lifetime, she finally met Samuel Doss her fifth husband, but he too would die under suspicious circumstances. Finally, doctors ordered to perform an autopsy on Samuel and what they found was astonishing.

Episode 70: Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain was the first born to each side of his family, so he was a spoiled little boy. He grew up drawing and singing at a very young age although by the time he was 9 years old his parents were going through a divorce, and this really tore him apart. He began using drugs, smoking, and drinking alcohol at a young age and didn’t have a stable living situation. After high school Kurt started to form the band Nirvana while dating different women before meeting his future wife Courtney Love. The two used many drugs throughout their relationship even after finding out they were pregnant with a baby girl. Unfortunately, less than just two years after their daughter was born Kurt Cobain was found dead in his home from an apparent suicide.

Episode 69: Serial Killer - Joel Rifkin

Bernard and Jeanne Rifkin adopted Joel three weeks after he was born. He was bullied a lot in his younger years of life which ultimately left him by himself most of the time. Joel started to have deep disturbing thoughts about hurting women and unfortunately, he made those thoughts a reality. He ended up murdering 17 women in the New York area even dismembering some of them. Sadly, a couple of them have never been found or identified.

Episode 68: The House of Horror - The Turpin Family

After meeting at church and eloping at a young age Louise and her new husband David Turpin continued practicing their religion as Pentecostal Christians. As a part of their belief, they were to have numerous children because, “God called on them to do so.” The couple went on to have thirteen children, ten daughters and three sons. Although, after the oldest child was born and attended school for a short period of time David and Louise realized they needed to homeschool their children. By 2014 the Turpin’s were living in a filthy one-story home located in Perris, California. When 2018 came around the children had enough particularity one of their daughters who was determined to save her siblings whether it be life or death.

Episode 67: Adam Strong

18-year-old Rori Hache was last seen leaving a hospital without being seen by a healthcare professional but where did she go and what happened to her? 12 days later a fisherman and his grandson came across a female torso which would later be identified as Rori Hache. Thankfully answers to where the rest of her body was would come soon than later but would she be the only victim?

Episode 66: Serial Killer - Ronald Gene Simmons

Ronald Gene Simmons spent 20 years in the military and retired as Master Sergeant. During his time in the military, he and his wife Becky had 7 children together although Ronald would later be investigated for fathering his daughter’s child and this is when he moved the family in fear of being arrested. This move would be the last for the Simmons’s family as Ronald snapped one day on not only his wife but his entire family.

Episode 65: JonBenet Ramsey

JonBenet Ramsey a beautiful little 6-year-old girl who won many beauty pageants at such a young age. December 25th, 1996 Christmas day the family woke up, opened presents, and then attended a Christmas party that night. Although the next morning would be the worst days of their lives when Patsy finds a ransom note and her daughter missing.  

Episode 64: Serial Killer - Robert Berdella

As a young child Robert Berdella was bullied so he spent a lot of his time alone painting, writing to pen pals, and collecting coins and stamps. Unfortunately, while growing up his father physically and emotionally abused both Robert and his younger brother Daniel. Eventually Robert graduated from high school and enrolled at an art institute although that only lasted a couple years when he unenrolled himself because of his behavior at school. From there Robert turned to a life of murder holding his victim’s hostage while torturing them in unimaginable ways.
 
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Episode 63: The Watcher

Derek Broaddus had just become the senior vice president at his insurance company, so he and his wife Maria were looking to buy a new home to move into with their three children. They finally found their dream home and purchased it on June 6th, 2014. It was located in Westfield, New Jersey at 657 Boulevard. Although letters started showing up in their mailbox saying some very odd things. The Broaddus’s realized that they had a stalker on their hands.

Episode 62: Yuba County Five

On Friday, February 24th, 1978 in Yuba City, California five men were on their way to Chico State to watch a basketball game together. After a successful win for their team the five men headed back home to Yuba City but what happened next is still a mystery to this day.
 
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Episode 61: The Murder of Timothy O’Bryan

On Halloween night in 1974 8-year-old Timothy and his 5-year-old sister were looking forward to a night of trick or treating with their father and the neighbors. After a rainy night of collecting candy Timothy asked his father for a piece but when Timothy ate a Pixy Stix he had received, his life would end just an hour later.

Episode 60: The Salem Witch Trials

In this episode Eric tells us about the Salem Witch Trials.