Nefarious New York Podcast

This is an episode about domestic and child abuse. Joel Steinberg and Hedda Nussbaum illegally adopted Lisa and Mitchell. Things went horribly wrong.

George Weber found someone to fulfill his smothering fetish on Craigslist. The encounter ended with George being stabbed 50 times.

A beloved local taxi driver is murdered in his car. The police think robbery but the real story goes much deeper.

A son wakes up to find that his parents have been beaten and murdered. Did the son murder his parents or was it someone else?

Lisette was a doting mother of 2 beautiful children. Did jealousy or postpartum psychosis make her kill her children?

Simeonette Mapes Crupi was found by her husband. She was murdered and at first glance it looked like a burglary gone wrong. 

Audrey Herron disappeared on a rainy night in 2002. Her case is unsolved.

Seven children and their father died in a house fire in Cohoes, New York. The only survivor was the wife and mother. 

In this episode we cover Peter Muhlbach, a teacher at Long Island City High School. We also cover Irwin Goldberg, a teacher and dean at Stevenson High School.

A young entrepreneur is murdered and dismembered. 

The Worst Woman on Earth. This episode takes us way back and we absolutely have more laughs than usual. If that will be offensive to you maybe this isn't the episode for you. We support all mental health issues and our finding some humor in this is in no way meant to offend anyone in anyway at all. 

Bonnie and Richard met and fell in love at Yale. When Bonnie wanted to break things off Richard did the unthinkable. 

Michelle Walker was 14 when she was assaulted and murdered, Patricia England was 19, and Lisa Gibbens was 25. Their cases went unsolved for over 15 years. Finally, DNA brought their killer to justice.

A young, beautiful, vibrant nursing student at Binghamton University is murdered. The case takes us from Upstate New York to Nicaragua. 

This is the conclusion. The men get exonerated but are they linked to other cases? Did the police have the right guys or did science clear them without question?

This is a case about a young girl that went missing and later turned up dead. Were her killers caught or were they wrongly convicted? The deeper you look into the connections the less sure you are. 

Trigger Warning. This is a story of incest and abuse and how the victim escaped her abuser.

Peter and Joan Porco were brutally attacked by an intruder with an axe. Could it have been one of their own children?

Michelle Lee was an up and coming forensic scientist in the NYPD. Her boyfriend Gary MCGurk is the prime suspect in her gruesome death. Her diary proves to be a valuable piece of evidence.

Child Abuse Trigger Warning. Nixmary Brown was murdered at 7 years old by her mother and stepfather. Her story of abuse and the failings for the Administration for Children's Services prompted changes in the system and reforms in the laws. 

Albert Fish might be the most depraved criminal that we have covered. This episode is not for the faint of heart.

A domestic violence case so listeners be aware of triggers. This is the case of Linda and Anthony Riccardulli. All the information is from New York newspapers. 

Mary Beth Tinning and her husband had 9 beautiful children. Each child died at a very young age. It wasn't until their last child died that the truth came out. 

Two young students are abducted and murdered.

The first pin up girl is brought to NYC and seduced by Stanford White. She then falls victim to Harry Thaw. This forms a love triangle with tragic consequences.

A love triangle leads to the death of one of the people in upstate New York. Fred Andros, Dawn Silvernail and Susan Fassett are all involved. One manipulated the other to commit murder.

The real life boogeyman terrorized Staten Island. His name was Andre Rand.

Carolee Koster's sexual discrimination lawsuit leads to the death of a federal judge-Richard Daronco.

Anti-gang activist is killed at her daughter's memorial 2 years after her daughter, Kayla Cuevas was allegedly killed by the local gang.

John Jamelski abducted and kept girls and women in his underground bunker. He subjected them to daily abuse. His favorite captor was his undoing.

This episode unravels the life of the infamous Sid and Nancy. Nancy's life has a complicated start and continues on that path. Then she meets Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols. Both of their lives have tragic ends.

Two young children go missing in the middle of the night and later turn up dead. The police focus on the mother. Did she do it or was it a witch hunt?

Laurie Kellogg met Bruce when she was 16 and years later one of them would end up dead.

The conclusion of the murder of Jill Cahill. After her husband beat her with an aluminum baseball bat, he snuck into the hospital to finish the job leaving his two children motherless.

As financial pressures mount, Jeff and Jill's marriage struggles. Jeff beats Jill's head in with an aluminum baseball bat during an argument. Against all odds, she survives.

In 1989, Eban McDowell, a schizophrenic, attacks and murders 4 members of his family.

An affair between Gjelosh (Joe) Rukaj and Rigaletta Nikc has disastrous consequences.

Angelika Graswald and Vince Viafore have a tumultuous relationship that ends in one of their deaths.

In 1990 a Utah tourist is murdered in the NYC subways.

The episode covers the murder of Angela Correa and the conviction of Jeffrey Deskovic, her classmate.

A five year old boy dies from salt poisoning. This case shows one of the worst cases of Munchausen by Proxy.

A school for troubled boys and a nice quiet neighborhood. The combination ends in the death of Eleanor Prouty.

A double murder happens in a quiet suburb in Westchester County New York.

A suburban wife murders her husband. She suffered from paranoia or organized stalking.

Grace Brown, a simple farm girl, and Chester Gillette. Their relationship comes to an end on Big Moose Lake.

The subway vigilante - Bernard Goetz takes the law into his own hands on a NYC subway.

From Westchester County New York - Meredith and Alison gives updates.

On November 7, 1997 Camden and Michael went out for a jog and were never seen again. This main suspect was never prosecuted and the case remains unsolved.

In this mini we cover the case of Martin Crumblish who has been missing since 1981 from Dobbs Ferry, New York.

In 1963, 2 women were brutally murdered. They represented the young women that were moving to the big cities to make careers for themselves.