Take a look, it's in a book: Murder, My Dude! We're taking a look at the Stephen King book so controversial, that the legendary author removed it from store shelves. Rage was originally published under a pseudonym, and it inspired a series of horrendous crimes (mostly in Kentucky, for some reason). This week, we explore those stories! BUT FIRST! This Week in Murder explores updates to some old stories and a senseless Bed-Stuy stabbing. And, as always, we close with a game of Who Died The Worst! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/murdermydude/support ..read more

Murder, My Dude returns to Episode 168! (or is it 169?) Dorothy Stratten was not only one of the top playmates for Playboy Magazine in 1980, but she was also seemingly poised for crossover superstardom in Hollywood, where she drew the attention of one director in particular… By the end of the year, she was brutally murdered before her 21st birthday. In this episode, we explore her story. BUT FIRST!!! This Week in Murder explores a Chicagoland Slaughter and a murder/kidnapping trial in England. And, as always, we end with a game of Who Died The Worst?! NOTE: Please excuse the technical/producti ..read more

Murder, My Dude returns for the 167th (and possibly final?) time! In the Winter of 2013, LAPD officers and police in surrounding areas found themselves the targets of a rampaging killer hell-bent on getting even for what he thought was a broken system that had victimized him and cost him his livelihood. Christopher Dorner was a vigilante with a twisted set of targets who targeted the very same police force he was once a part of. This week, we tell his story! But first!!! This Week in Murder explores a domestic incident gone wrong in Texas and a 98-year-old Nazi being tried as a juvenile.  ..read more

It’s September, and back to school season is in full swing on Murder, My Dude! While that usually means homework and recess for most people, for us, it means school bus accidents and one of the most sinister killer’s we’ve ever covered. Andrei Chikatilo’s life was a Stalinist horror story, with an upbringing dominated by birth defects, intentional famines, and World War II. These surroundings helped create a monster - one that would terrorize the Rostov-on-Don section of the Soviet Union for over a decade.  This week, we tell his story. BUT FIRST! This Week in Murder explores the aforemen ..read more

This week’s feature is a rough one, given the age of one of the victims and how preventable his death was. 20 years after his tragic killing, we look at both the murder of one-year-old Zachary Turner as well as the killing of his father, Andrew Bagby. We also explore the tireless efforts of Andrew’s friends and family to make sure that their deaths resulted in reform to help prevent others from suffering a similar fate. BUT FIRST! We play with Chat GPT and explore current crimes in This Week in Murder!  Then, as always, we close with a rousing game of Who Died The Worst?! --- Support thi ..read more

No, it’s not a shameless effort to court Red Hot Chili Peppers fans, this week, we venture North to explore a Canadian true crime case that left the nation fearing for (or just straight up fearing) their youth in the mid/late 1990s. What happened to Reena Virk was every parent’s worst nightmare, and the ensuing legal wrangling is a case study in both the flaws of criminal justice and the power of forgiveness. Join us, and learn about the story before it becomes the latest hit true crime miniseries on Hulu. BUT FIRST! Jackson Wells regales us with tales from dating apps, and This Week in Murder ..read more

It’s a day full of fun and fireworks, and to celebrate the 4th of July, we’re releasing this week’s episode a few days early!  And in our very special Independence Day episode, we’re going to look at not one, not two, but THREE stories of historical American Murders: the first known murderer in the colonies that would become the United States, an infamous massacre that helped kickstart the revolution, and the first fully transcribed murder trial in American history. BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder takes a look at another “self-defense” shooting through a locked door and an unlikely plea fo ..read more

It’s another of our tentpole episodes of the year this week: our 4th rendition of Pride, My Dude! And in this episode, we travel to our CONFIRMED SECOND BIGGEST MARKET!!! In the glorious, wonderful, please recommend the podcast to a friend United Kingdom, where we’ll explore the notorious Grindr (and Fitlad and Sleepyboy) Killer, who exploited questionable policework and killed four victims in the mid-2010s. BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder revisits the 2021 (yes, 2021) Gabby Petito case, and explores a Family Feud Contestant gone bad. Then, as always, we end with a rousing game of Who Died T ..read more

This week, we celebrate the birth of one of our own: Jackson Welles! We do this by discussing The Shining, the film released on the exact day of his birth, and by looking into the case of legendary murderous robbers on the lam Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow. The story of the outlaw duo brought down in a hail of gunfire is so ubiquitous, it seems like folklore at this point. In this episode, Jackson & B.P. explore the real story. BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder explores the latest in the cases of Jordan Neely and Lori Vallow (See our episode, Doomsday, My Dude for more on that one.) The ..read more

In our latest episode, Jackson and B.P. (or is it Maximum Jackson-um and Pope Barnabas?) pay tribute to Florence Nightingale on what would’ve been her 203rd birthday, if only people lived that long.  And they do it in a way only Murder, My Dude can: by highlighting the very worst of the profession that she’s synonymous with. Charles Cullen is one of the most prolific “angel of death” killers in the medical industry, with a death toll suspected to be in the hundreds between the mid-1980s and early 2000s. BUT FIRST - This Week In Murder looks at a brutal killing on an Arizona hiking trail a ..read more