Gruesome and Unnatural
A true crime podcast about murder, cold cases, missing people, and unnatural events in the world. New episodes every Monday!
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The Death of Jorge Torres Jr.
*Episode 41*
Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres began dating in 2017 and shortly thereafter moved in together. The couple had a history of domestic violence issues and on many occasions the police were called. On February 24th, 2020 Sarah called 911 but this time for a completely different reason.
The Murder of Skylar Neese
*Episode 40*
Skylar Neese was a bubbly 16-year-old girl who got straight A’s in school and loved to hang out with her best friends Rachel Shoaf and Sheila Eddy. Unfortunately, on July 6th, 2012 Skylar never showed up for work and her friends and family become extremely worried about her. Days later Sheila helped distribute missing flyers with Skylar’s mom Mary but when her remains were found the truth revealed itself and Skylar’s parents were absolutely shocked.
The Doodler Murders
*Episode 39*
Starting in 1974 in San Francisco, California several homosexual men were starting to show up dead in the area. Three of those men got away from this man dubbed the Doodler Murder but never testified in court out of fear of getting murdered themselves. After almost 50 years this man has never been caught for his crimes.
The Murders of Andrea Blankenship, Leon Pye, and Kaeos Yates
*Episode 38*
On February 9th, 2021 Taranzo Pye and Tasha Yates dropped off their 4-year-old daughter Kaeos Yates with her grandparents Delsi and Leon. Little did her grandparents know that their own family member who was let out of prison three weeks prior would murder their neighbor and then attack them.
Serial Killer - Jerry Brudos
*Episode 37*
Eileen and Henry Brudos already had a son Larry so when their second son Jerry was born, they were quite disappointed that it wasn’t a girl. Their parents loved Larry way more so when it came to his brother, they were abusive toward him. Jerry was playing outside by himself one day when he came across a pair of open toed high heeled shoes and that is where his obsession and hatred of women and murder began.
The Hi-Fi Murders
*Episode 36*
Michelle Ansley who had only been working at the Hi-Fi shop in Ogden, Utah for a week was closing on the night of April 22nd, 1974 with her co-worker Stanley Walker. Right before closing four men came into the store with guns and demanded that Michelle and Stanley go to the basement where they were tied up. After three more people came into the store and were tied up the robbers finally executed their plan of killing all the hostages in a horrific way.
The Bever Family Murders
*Episode 35*
After marrying at a very young age April and David Bever had seven children together. April wanted her children to be tech savvy and explore deeply into their passions in life. The Bever family was known in their neighborhood to be quiet and reserved but on the night of July 22nd, 2015 more than just their neighborhood would find out who they were.
Canadian Serial Killer - Bruce McArthur PART 2
*Episode 34*
Five men are now missing in Toronto, Canada and police are narrowing in on suspect Bruce McArthur. After finding not only DNA evidence in his vehicle they find a man tied up and drugged inside of his apartment. After his arrest police find that he was behind the disappearances of 8 victim’s total.
Canadian Serial Killer - Bruce McArthur PART 1
*Episode 33*
When Bruce McArthur was in his younger years of life he struggled with his sexuality. As Bruce got older, he used the church to hide his feelings towards other men and eventually married his girlfriend, Janice. The couple had two children together, but that marriage did not last due to financial struggles. Bruce moved to an apartment in Toronto relatively close to Church and Wellesley which was known as Toronto’s gay village and mysteriously this is where many men in the area started to go missing.
UPDATE: Justice for Jared Bridegan
*Episode 32*
On February 16th, 2022 Jared Bridegan was murdered in front of his then 2-year-old daughter. As of January 25th, 2023 Henry Tenon has been arrested for Jared’s murder but there is still more justice to come.
Episodes
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Kenneth McDuff started committing crimes at a young age, so police knew exactly who he was in the town of Rosebud, Texas. After going to prison on multiple occasions he just kept getting released back into society. Kenneth turned to murder terrifying the community and unfortunately, he would become an American serial killer.
Source credited to "True Crime Case Histories by Jason Neal."
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Rebecca Bliefnick was intelligent and extremely driven to get where she wanted to be. She was married, had three young boys, and had worked at various hospitals. Life was going great until Rebecca and her husband Tim decided to get a divorce in 2021 after 13 years of marriage. For the next two years they fought, got restraining orders against one another, and had many court hearings. Tim was fed up with all of it and decided that he needed to make a change and take Rebecca out of the picture.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
In this week's episode Eric talks about serial killer Pedro Lopez also known as the Monster of the Andes. Pedro is believed to have murdered over 300 girls spanning from 1969 to 1980 in Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
At just 16 years old Gilbert Jordan dropped out of high school and began drinking vodka on a daily basis. Gilbert started to frequent bars where he would find vulnerable woman or sex workers that he could drink with to the point that they would become unconscious. Once they were incoherent, he would take them to his barbershop or hotels where he would continue to pour alcohol down their throats ultimately killing them leading police to believe they died from alcohol poisoning or an accidental death.
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Kim Wall grew up in Sweden but traveled all over the world while becoming a freelance journalist. After finding out about inventor Peter Madsen and his submarine The Nautilus, she decided to reach out and try to get an interview. On August 10th, 2017 Peter and Kim were set out on The Nautilus for about two hours for Kim to get her story. After two hours went by and there was still no sign of Kim, Peter or the submarine Kim’s boyfriend alerted the coast guard. A huge search was set out to find The Nautilus, but nothing was found until 11am the next day. Although Peter was the only one that came out of the submarine.
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
In this episode Eric and Shelley talk about The Manson Family Murders and the tour they took with Graveline Tours all about The Manson Family Murders.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Kelly Anne Bates was only 14 years old when she met James Patterson Smith while babysitting one day. The two began dating without her parents knowledge because he was quite a bit older than her. Her parents were horrified when they found out two years later about the relationship and that Kelly planned to move in with him. James had a history of abusing women, and it unfortunately did not end with Kelly.
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
This week’s episode is brought to you by Gruesome and Unnatural’s host Eric. Eric tells us about the history of serial killers dating all the way back to 331 B.C. From witches to werewolves and even the execution wheel.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Jennifer Fulford worked as a nanny for Reid Berman a commercial real estate executive for the past 6 to 7 years. Since Reid was so busy with work, she would help with household duties and taking Reid’s son to school and picking him up. Although, on September 27th, 2017 Jennifer would go missing after returning from a dentist appointment to the Berman residence and failing to pick up Reid’s son from school. Her debit card was used to withdraw $300, and her car was later found in a supermarket parking lot, but she was still nowhere to be found.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
12-year-old Jasmine Richardson had always been a great kid. She started to get into the goth scene at school and hanging out with much older kids such as 23-year-old Jeremy Steinke. The two would meet at the mall and talk over social media and finally became a couple. Although, this was not okay with Jasmine’s parents because of their age difference. Jasmine had been grounded multiple times for hanging out with Jeremy and failing to take care of her little brother. This is when Jeremy and Jasmine decided they would only be happy if her parents were not around anymore.
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Lauren Giddings was a driven, ambitious woman who was working towards being a public defender. After moving to Georgia for school and attending 3 years at Mercer University she was looking forward to taking the upcoming bar exam. Lauren told her friends and family that if she did not answer any texts or calls that she was fine and that she was just busy studying. Although, when four days go by and still no word from Lauren her friends start to worry.
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Abraham Shakespeare quit school when he was only in the sixth grade to help his parents out with his younger siblings. Now in his 40’s Abraham heads to the gas station to get lottery tickets and one of them just happened to be a winning ticket of $30 million dollars. Abraham takes a lump sum of $17 million and buys a house worth $1.1 million dollars and a few cars. Although, when a woman by the name of Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore comes into his life to help out with his finances everything changed.
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
On the morning of March 12th, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland Lululemon’s store manager Rachel Oertli went to work like any other day. Although when she arrived the door was unlocked, and the store looked like it may have been robbed. Frightened Rachel found an Apple customer next door who decided to help her out and go in the store with her. Not only was the store in disarray but they were about to discover something that would change their lives forever.
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
16-year-old Erin Caffey was known as a shy, well-mannered young lady. One day while working at her job at Sonic an 18-year-old boy by the name of Charlie Wilkinson walks in and the two hit it off. After being together for 5 months Erin’s parents Penny and Terry disapproved of this relationship and told Erin to end it. Although Erin and Charlie had a very different meaning of what “ending it” was in their eyes.
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Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Dr. Mark Sawusch was a successful Ophthalmologist working in the Pacific Palisades while living in a multi-million-dollar beach front home in Malibu, California. Unfortunately, in 2016 Mark burned his hands so badly he was unable to perform surgery anymore. He went to his favorite ice cream shop one day in the summer of 2017 and came across Anthony Flores and Anna Moore and the three hit it off. Mark was struggling with his mental health, so he befriended the couple and allowed them to live at his home rent free in order to help him with daily life. Although that decision would disrupt his life even more.
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
15-year-old Ellen Friar and 19-year-old Gavin Macfarlane began dating in high school, but Ellen’s father Aaron Friar did not approve of this relationship and demanded she not see him anymore. One night when Ellen said she slept over at a friend’s house her father found out she had actually spent the night at Gavin’s house. Aaron confronted Gavin and told him to stay away from Ellen. This infuriated the couple, so they came up with a gruesome plan to murder her father in a horrific way.
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres began dating in 2017 and shortly thereafter moved in together. The couple had a history of domestic violence issues and on many occasions the police were called. On February 24th, 2020 Sarah called 911 but this time for a completely different reason.
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Skylar Neese was a bubbly 16-year-old girl who got straight A’s in school and loved to hang out with her best friends Rachel Shoaf and Sheila Eddy. Unfortunately, on July 6th, 2012 Skylar never showed up for work and her friends and family become extremely worried about her. Days later Sheila helped distribute missing flyers with Skylar’s mom Mary but when her remains were found the truth revealed itself and Skylar’s parents were absolutely shocked.
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Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Starting in 1974 in San Francisco, California several homosexual men were starting to show up dead in the area. Three of those men got away from this man dubbed the Doodler Murder but never testified in court out of fear of getting murdered themselves. After almost 50 years this man has never been caught for his crimes.
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
On February 9th, 2021 Taranzo Pye and Tasha Yates dropped off their 4-year-old daughter Kaeos Yates with her grandparents Delsi and Leon. Little did her grandparents know that their own family member who was let out of prison three weeks prior would murder their neighbor and then attack them.