Gruesome and Unnatural

Dalia Mohammed moved to Boynton Beach, Florida at the age of 13. She later went into real estate but when that fell through, she became an escort. After Dalia met a man by the name of Mike Dippolito online they spent some together and before you know it he was divorcing his wife. Mike married Dalia the week his divorced finalized. The two were happily married but after six months a horrible tragedy happened to Mike while Dalia was at the gym. Dalia learned her husband had been killed but by who and why?

Alan Clarke Helmick was born August 27th, 1945 in Delta, Colorado. He attended school in Delta graduating from Delta High School in 1963. While in High School Alan met a woman by the name of Sharon Leonard and the two became high school sweethearts. After High School he went on to graduate from Adams State College with a degree in physics. Alan and Sharon ended up getting married and the two over many years had four children together. Alan even created his own company, Helmick Mortgage Corporation and become very successful. Unfortunately, Sharon passed away New Year's Eve 2003 leaving Alan alone and severely depressed. He picks up dancing as a hobby where he meets Miriam Giles however, that relationship would end in his murder.

Victoria who also went by Vicki was living in Wiltshire, England and working as a physiotherapist enjoying life and loving her main hobby of skydiving. In the winter of 2009, Emile Cilliers walked into her place of work and soon after the two were married and they had two children of their own. However, Emile started putting the family into a lot of debt and for him there was only one way for him to get out of his financial situation.   Credit: 60 Minute Australia     

Jessica Lane Chambers was born to Ben Allen Chambers Sr. and Lisa Lynn Daugherty on February 2nd, 1995 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Jessica was their second child as they already had a son named Ben Jr. The two divorced and Jessica's father spent some time in prison and eventually was released starting a new life as a mechanic. However, her relationship with her mother was troubled so she moved in with her father creating a better relationship between Jessica and her mother. On occasion she would stay at her mother's house as she did on December 6th, 2014. Jessica took a nap at her mother's house and after waking up to a phone call and a short conversation she told her mother she was getting gas which would have taken her 10-15 minutes and that she would be back, but hours passed with no sign of Jessica until a couple calls 911 due a car fire and everything changes.

An unidentified serial killer who was active in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1930s was known to have murdered anywhere from between thirteen to twenty plus victims. A woman dubbed the "Lady of the Lake" could be included and would be the first victim to the person(s) that was known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run or the Cleveland Torso Murderer. Kingsbury Run is a prehistoric riverbed running from The Flats to about East 90th Street. Kingsbury Run was a dark and dangerous place in the 1930s and unfortunately the murderer has never been caught.

Elizabeth Short was one of five girls born to Cleo Alvin Short Jr. and Phoebe May Sawyer on July 29th, 1924 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. At the age of 15, Elizabeth she was suffering from bronchitis and severe asthma attacks, so she had to undergo surgery. After the successful surgery the doctors did recommend that she relocate to a milder climate in order to prevent any further respiratory problems. For the rest of her life, she lived in different state such as Florida, Massachusetts, and California. In 1947, after a short trip to San Diego, she made her way back to Los Angeles getting dropped off at the Biltmore Hotel never to be seen alive again. Elizabeth Short is dubbed the Black Dahlia, and her case has been unsolved for more than 75 years.

Amber Hagerman received a new pink bike for Christmas in 1995 and was ecstatic to ride it. On January 13th, 1996 Donna took her 9-year-old daughter Amber and 5-year-old son Ricky to their grandmother's house so they could ride their bikes around the neighborhood. Amber and her brother took off down the street telling their mother they wouldn't go too far however Amber did not listen to her mother's instructions and went to the corner store while her brother turned around without his sister. Ricky headed back alone not knowing it would be the last time he would see his sister alive.

Josh and Sandee Greenberg gave birth to their one and only child a daughter they named Ellen Rae Greenberg on June 23rd, 1983. It wasn't until 9 years later in 1994 that the family of three decided to move to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where Ellen later attended Susquehanna Township middle school. After graduating high school, she attended Penn State graduating with a major in communications later realizing that was not the path for her, so she decided to attend Temple University in order to earn her teaching credentials. She later obtained a job teaching the first grade at Juniata Park Academy located in Philadelphia. By January of 2011, she was loving being a teacher and was even engaged to be married that same year although, that day would never come for Ellen.  

On Friday February 12th, 1993 little two-year-old James Bulger and his mother Denise went to the New Strand Shopping Center in Bootle, England to do some shopping. They were there for a short time before Denise decided to go into the butcher shop to purchase some meat. She held James' hand the entire time until it was time to purchase her chops, as Denise let go of his hand James wondered off and seemingly vanished within seconds. Denise would not have answers about what happened to her son until days later.   

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.  

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.   Advertisment Inquiries: https://sponsorship.podbean.com/

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.

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.   Advertisement Inquiries https://sponsorship.podbean.com//

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.

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

After years of criminal activities from the hands of both Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris the two crossed paths while in jail. They came up with plans to harm young women in horrific ways once they were both released and that is exactly what they did. 

In this week's episode we talk about three different murder cases that occurred on Halloween night. The murder of Peter Fabiano, Karl Jackson, and Maria Adams. Three lives lost over gruesome and senseless acts.     

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."

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.

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.   Advertisement Inquiries  https://sponsorship.podbean.com

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.   Advertising Inquiries https://sponsorship.podbean.com/user/register

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.

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.

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.

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.   Petition to keep Rachel Shoaf in prison: https://www.change.org/p/keep-rachel-shoaf-behind-bars-for-the-2012-murder-of-skylar-neese?source_location=search Website: podbean.com/gruesomeandunnatural Advertisement Inquiries: https://sponsorship.podbean.com/explore/podcasts?keywords=gruesome+and+unnatural

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.

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.