The Murder Mafia

Join the Mafia as we once again deal with a tragic case, but this time hear directly from the victims brother. Join the Mafia as we talk to special guest's Eric Landin from True Consequences and Laine from Suffer the Little Children. Murdered at 9 months, confession given to police, a failed polygraph. Yet no arrest ever made. Years of stalking, abuse, manipulation and evil, and yet no justice ever served for Jacob, Eric or their mother. Join the Mafia on a case that literally had the host shaking his head. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A 18 month old little girl who was trusted with family starts to show up at the doctors with strange bruising, scabs and her hair falling out.  A care taker that literally beat a baby to death in her car seat while her sister watches. A doctor, prosecutor and judge that break the law over and over to protect a killers father and reputation. A murderer that because of it served 77 days in jail. Join the Murder Mafia to remember one of the most tragic and hidden cases of child murder ever. We tell poor Alissa's story to mark the 10 year anniversary of her death with the wonderful help of Laine from Suffer the Little Children blog and podcast. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A case that is literally gripping the World. A mother abandoning her 3 children at the request of her boyfriend. A 6 year old chasing his mothers car, grabbing and holding on for dear life. Eventually, his grip gives out and he is run over and killed. An hour later the mother comes back, takes her sons  lifeless body and her other 2 children and goes home. 24 hours later, she throws his body into the Ohio river, where he is yet to be found. Join the Mafia as we have a heartbreaking conversation with Karin Johnson, a reporter with WLWT News in Cincinnati. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

THE MURDER MAFIA IS BACK!!!!!!!!!The kidnapping, torture and eventual murder of a 16 year old child that wanted nothing more then acceptance. 16 year old Suzanne, lured with the promise of meeting a boy she has a crush on finds herself trapped in 7 days of hell. After being beaten, tortured, shaved, having her teeth ripped out and finally set on fire, she dies 4 days later. Join the Mafia on our return episode as we look at a crime that captivated a nation. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

One of the most tragic fails by CPS/DCFS in the world. A almost 6 year old boy that weighed a sad 29 pounds at death. Beaten, starved and abandoned by his mother, grandmother and aunt. The only known picture ever taken of him, was in the hospital during an abuse investigation. A DCFS cover up after his death that included forging court documents, putting out false press releases and internal memos thanking "God" the press never followed up. Join the Mafia as we look at a heart breaking case. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A little girl who's only dream was to become a Dr. is beaten by her fathers girl friend. Instead of rushing her to the hospital to deal with all of the deadly internal injuries, she takes a road trip for more heroine and a baby shower gift for someone. A grandfather that calls CPS 17 times in a 3 week period, they refused to return his calls. A CPS case worker that said her living conditions were something she would not let her dog live in, yet leaves Brook. Join the Mafia as we look at a case close to home in Rochester NY, the story of Brook Stagles. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

Like a scene taken out of the Godfather movies. A family plans and carries out a plot to murder an entire family of 8. Leaving a 5 day old baby, in her dead mothers arms in bed. The motive? Getting custody of a 4 year old little girl. Years after the Murders a Sheriff is also arrested, was he part of the cover up? Join the Mafia as we take a trip to Ohio and look at a story that rivals the Hatfield's and McCoy's. The Pike County Massacre!!!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

27 times police come to a house. 27 domestic violence calls, 27 drunk and disorderly calls, 27 drug calls, 27 chances. Daniel Pelka weighed 27 pounds at almost 5 years old. Daniel was caught stealing food from trash cans at school, eating dirt covered pancakes on the playground, caught on camera searching trash cans in the school hallways. Yet no one cared enough to do anything. Poisoned with salt, and held underwater until he passed out  as a way to help him sleep. His mother and her boyfriend convicted of murder and both found dead in prison within 3 years. Join the Mafia as we look at the final of the UK triad cases. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

*****TRIGGER WARNING / EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING*****WTF is going on with so many CPS cases!!! Another case from over seas, sent by a loyal listener. A baby seen 2x a week for 8 months. A baby seen the day before he dies with a broken back, paralyzed from the waist down, 7 shattered ribs, his ear partially torn off and 6 fingernail / toenails ripped off. But the Dr. does not notice anything? A mother released after 4 years in jail, rearrested for selling nude pics of herself. 5 agencies blaming each other. Join the Mafia next as we look at the brutally sad life of Baby P. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

***TRIGGER WARNING***The case that broke our host. A little boy beaten, tortured, murdered and fed to pigs. Meanwhile, his father and step mother record and take pictures of the whole thing. Abuse that went on for years. And a CPS department that didn't bother checking on him for even longer. Join the Mafia as we literally look as the case that broke my heart. The Story of Adrian Jones. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

*****BREAKING NEWS*****A "mother" reports her daughter missing. The issue? She said it happened months ago. As she starts talking to Police, her pathetic web of lies totally unravels. A Nation searching, caring and mourning for Evelyn more then her own mother is. After one too many lies and 6 months of wonderful police work, she is finally charged with 19 counts, including felony murder. Join the Mafia next as we bring breaking news about Evelyn Boswell!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A father goes on a killing spree. His victims? 16 people including 14 family members that includes his wife, 3 sons, 5 daughters, 3 grand children, 2 son in laws and 2 strangers that had "wronged" him. He choked his grandson to the point of finger prints being left in the bruising on his neck. Afterwords he laid them under the Christmas tree, covered them with presents and went to the bar for a drink. Join the Mafia as we look into possibly the most prolific family annihilator in the world, Ronald Gene Simmons!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A pair of foster parents and their live in lover go on a 3 day family reunion vacation. The problem? They left their 3 year old autistic foster son Marcus home, hog tied, taped up and rolled in a wool blanket while they went to have sex. He literally baked to death in a 115 degree closet. After a series of lies and press conferences about him "missing" police finally find enough of his burned remains to fill a teacup. One walks away with immunity, one gets 15 years and one 54. Join the Mafia as we look into another horrendous abuse case. The Story of Marcus Fiesel.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A known Nazi leader is gunned down in his own home, execution style. The killer? His 10 year old son. The police and court allow a child to waive his constitutional rights without a Lawyer. Join the Mafia as we look into a case that has the host scratching his head. Did the son kill a monster, or did the court lock a potential monster up?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A man that literally terrorized a small island for decades. A man that kidnapped, assaulted, raped and then returned 33 boys and girls to their families when he was done with them. An everyday construction worker that would worship the Devil and dress like some ones worst nightmare. Join the Mafia as we look into the mind of a madman, The Beast of Jersey. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

2 nurses aide and friends, turned lovers and killers. An evil plot to spell out the word "MURDER" using the initials of elderly victims. 1 killer blames the other and is already free after 5 murders. Another killer says no one even died and is serving 5 life sentences. A medical examiner that changes the death from natural to murder with no proof. Join the Mafia as we look at a case sent in by a friend of the show.  And we try to put together lies and truth.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A serial rapist and killer like the world has NEVER known. A M.O. that included cutting the penis and heads off of 300+ boys. After he was done raping and killing the boys, he would shove the genitals in the decapitated skulls. A Colombian killer sentenced to 2847 years, but might actually be released after just 40! Join us on the Mafia as we look at "La Bestia" the Beast, Luis Garavito. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A case sent to me by a family member of Dante. A little boy who is suffering from severe ulcers on his genitals and anus. Sexually abused and given an STD. A body and face covered with bruises that his mother never noticed. Family members file for emergency custody but the mom doesn't show to court, the next day little Dante falls unconscious and never wakes up again. Join the Mafia as we look at the heart breaking case the family requested I cover. See if you agree that his mom should be charged with murder. #JusticeforDanteSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A man that might or might not be the most prolific serial killer the world has ever known. A killing spree that spanned 36 years, 17 States and possibly 93 victims. Rape, kidnapping, torture and murder were the only constants. A man that was convicted of rape at 14 and had 2 dead bodies to his name within a month of being released from prison at 25. Join the Mafia as we look as true evil, but is he the killer he claims? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A fan submission sent from over the pond in the UK. A girl literally beaten beyond recognition then murdered. A child entrusted to her Great Aunt, after the promise of an impressive French education. Turns out that the whole promise was nothing more then a scam. But things turn violent when her Aunt decides to move in with her boyfriend. 20 hospitals, child protection agencies, police agencies and Churches are well aware of the abuse little Victoria was enduring. The problem? They were all waiting on the other to act. A case that literally changed the way a Country handles child abuse. Join us on the Mafia as we look at what is the most frustrating case to date. The story of Victoria Climbie. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A serial rapist, kidnapper and murder that killed a minimum of 22 and as many as 120 women. One of the most prolific serial killers the world has ever seen, and yet almost no one knows who he is. Join the Mafia as we try to make sense of the totally unknown story of Carl Watts, The Sunday Morning Slasher!!!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A group of 6 "friends" decide to kidnap, torture, rape and murder a mentally disabled woman. Why? Jealousy! Over a 2 day period, Jennifer is beaten, raped, tortured, tied up to look like a Christmas tree, forced to drink urine and feces and finally murdered. Join the Mafia as we look as a case requested over and over, the story of Jennifer Daugherty. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

****BONUS****A career criminal, turned meth maker, turned murderer. 5 dead bodies including 2 little girls ages 6 and 10. Finally convicted, sentenced to death and executed 1 week ago. Join us on the Murder Mafia as we look as the latest execution by the U.S. Federal Government and what got him there. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

The most prolific serial killer the world has ever know. A serial rapist, torturer and murderer that most have never heard of. Convicted of 52 counts of murder. A signature that includes sexual torture, cutting the uterus out of young girls and the penis off of young men. The Butcher is the stuff that real nightmares are made of. Join the Mafia as we go to Russia to try and understand the psychotic killer knows as the Butcher of Rostov.    Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A seemingly quiet and helpful boy, turns into the most prolific rapist and murderer you have never heard of. Aided by his 2 teenage lovers, Dean Corll lures 27 young men with the promise of seeing a magic trick. And after repeatedly raping and torturing many of them for days, he makes them disappear. His helpers are paid $200 for each friend they can bring him. Join us next on the Murder Mafia as we look at one of the most demented men to walk the planet. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A mother that is divorced 5 times by 30 and has 6 children by 28. Becomes so jealous of her own daughters and so terrified of her own self worth that she decides to start to take it out on her girls. Suesan 17 and Sheila 20 become the target of their mothers rage. Not to be out done, Theresa makes her sons dismember, dispose and set on fire the bodies of both girls. Join the Mafia as we look as a story that has inspired several movies, tv shows and books.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

*****Trigger warning, Extremely Graphic Content from FBI Recording*****One of the most evil, cruel men to walk the planet. A serial killer like no other, that was actually never convicted of murder. A FBI tape recording played to each and every victim before the torture starts. A converted tractor trailer turned into a Toy-Box. Join us nest on the Murder Mafia as we look into the sickest individual I have ever studied, David Parker Ray!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A woman that is not the abused in the relationship but the abuser. A woman that stabs her husband because he can only "perform" 3 times on there wedding night. A woman that kills her next boyfriends dog to prove what she can do to him. Finally she kills her next partner, skins him, cooks his butt and serves it to his children as a steak dinner......Join the Mafia next as we take a wild ride and talk about The Cannibal Bride......Katherine Knight. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

On July 5th 2019, Jose and Ursula say their son drowned in the pool, bruises prove otherwise. A little boy removed then given back to abusive parents on 4 occasions. A great grandmother that begs the caseworker to let him continue to live with her. 15 documented complaints to DCFS. Little Noah complained to family that his "butt hurt", no one knew it was a cry for help because of the sexual abuse inflicted by his father.  A Judge orders he finally be removed, the DCFS Assistant Regional Supervisor decides to ignore the court order until THEIR investigation is complete. Join us on the Mafia as we try to make sense of how little Noah was never protected. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A beautiful 3 year old Bella, entrusted to her father while her mother gets her life on path. On June 9th 2020, police are called to Bella's home where she is unresponsive. What police find during the investigation is unimaginable. Video of little Bella hog tied, gagged and blind folded. A sibling kicking the screaming baby while she is on the ground. And her father, his wife and her sister laughing about it. According to the ME, baby Bella was extremely physically abused, extremely sexually abused and starved to the point she was basically a skeleton. Join the Mafia as we try to get #JusticeforBella  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A 12 year old girl, abducted, tortured, set on fire and murdered while her high school aged killers eat McDonald's and joke about how she looked like a burnt sausage. A case covered by every media outlet in the country when it happened. Join the Mafia as we look into one of the most baffling and senseless cases yet. The murder of Shanda Sharer.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A little girl entrusted to a friend of the family. Everything is fine until the money promised stops showing up. A mother, her children and neighborhood kids convicted of brutally beating, torturing and killing a beautiful girl. Kids that come over and pay a nickle to watch a naked girl get kicked down a flight of stairs. A case that sill by many is considered the most brutal in Indiana history. Join the Mafia as we look as a much requested case. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

3 teens ages 17, 16 and 15. Commit one of the single most brutal murders we have covered. After being tied to a tree and beaten for 10 hours, then set on fire. The teens comeback the next day and realize their victim is still alive. Their solution? Go to target, buy a butcher knife, cut his throat and then RETURN THE KNIFE TO THE STORE!!!!! Join us on the Mafia as we look as the unfairly light sentence of one of the killers and new laws that might set the other 2 free!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A case that absolutely gripped the nation. A 3 year old baby boy, found beaten, teeth knocked out, skull caved in and with his diaper duct taped to his body. The only thing people know what to call him is by the lollipops on his shirt. His mother and her lover tried and convicted 3 times. Join us as the Mafia looks at a case that still haunts Florida today. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A friend and babysitter whose is living a lie decides to murder her friend and cut her unborn baby from her womb. 3 days later goes back to drown her friends 3 children, Demond 7, Ivan 3 and Jinella 2. After all of this, she stuffs them in the washer and dryer and goes about her life. Join the Mafia as we look into another of the most senseless crimes we have covered. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A daycare provider out shopping at Target, leaving 7 babies ages 1-7 alone with a pan of cooking oil burning on the stove. 4 children die in the fire, 3 are seriously injured. Join us on the Mafia as we try to figure out if this is a tragic accident or a brutally cold murder.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

One of the most prolific serial killers that no one knows about.  Robert Hanson has admitted to killing and raping 37 young women. Plot twist........he would fly them into the Alaskan wilderness and hunt them like wild game. Join the Mafia as we look into the mind of one of the most unknown killers in US history. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A mother of 8, suffering from postpartum depression, decides to take the lives of 7 innocent people. Her plan? Drive over 100 miles per hour, the wrong way down the freeway. The result, 7 dead including 3 of her children, her nephew and 2 strangers children and their father. Join the Mafia as we look into the mind of a mother on the edge. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A known white supremacist and his co-defendant hatch a plan to rob and eventually murder a man, his wife and their 8 year old daughter to further their sick beliefs and attempt to create a white Christian pure country. The State proves he had nothing to do with the murder of the little girl, but uses her death to make sure he is sentenced to death while the ring leader gets life? Now the victims family and the prosecuting US attorney say his death sentence should be commuted to life due to several major legal errors.....Join the Mafia as we look at the case and all of the legal arguments. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

***Trigger Warning***A mother places ads for men to come have sex with her 2 young children, because she gets off on watching. She moves her boyfriend in after knowing him a week so he can have  sex with her daughter whenever she wants. Then her boyfriends cousin (a convicted sex offender)move in so the can BOTH have sex with her 9 year old daughter. They proceed to repeatedly  rape, murder, dismember and set her little girl on fire, all on her 10th birthday. Somehow the "mom" only gets 12 years in prison?!?!?!?! Join the Mafia next for the Absolutely Evil story of Victoria Martens.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

Listen in on the Mafia as we give you all of the insane twists and turns that you had no idea existed. From all 5 of her marriages to all 6 bodies that she might be responsible for. Listen to body cam footage, police interviews and her family actually defend her. Join us as we explain all of the insanity surrounding the short lives of JJ and Tylee. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

DCFS is called to the home of little AJ Freund almost 20 times. After being removed and returned several times, finally the beatings became too much for little AJ's body to take. Forced to take a freezing cold shower and being beaten for wetting the bed. His mother decides to video tape herself screaming and berating little AJ in his crib, naked, bandaged, ice packs covering both eyes. That night, someone googles "child cpr" 2 days later his father calls police to report him missing. Follow the Mafia as we cover a case that left the world wondering about AJ's story........Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A 16 year old girl prostituted and trafficked by a 34 year old man. He winds up dead, she faces life in prison. Before this happens, Police find thousands of child porn pics, hundreds of videos of child porn and dozens of videos of him having sex with children as young as 12. If the Police had done their job and not let him walk free, she would not be in jail......or would she? Does the evidence they have prove she was planning this anyway? Follow the Mafia as we look as a Guilty Victim. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

****Trigger Warning****A mom and her boyfriend drown her 3 children so she can spend all her time and money on him. She serves 14 months, he gets life. The state then takes away 3 more children she has after release, justified? Join us next on to discuss the tragic murders of Christopher 6, Austin 3 and Kyleigh 23 months.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

*******Trigger/Content warning*******A beautiful 11 month baby that dies on his 1st birthday. Little Hoss is taken to the hospital unresponsive and what the doctors find defies logic. 89 severe injuries on his 11 month old little body. 38 to the head and neck, 4 major injuries to each of is eyes, 19 to the legs and arms, 6 to the torso, 7 burns on his right foot, 4 to his left and 7 major injuries to his genitals and anus. Repeatedly raped, beaten and tortured by his mother and her boyfriend. Follow the Mafia as we try to make sense of what happened to poor little Hoss. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

One of the worlds most prolific and unknown killers. Police didn't even know that Israel Keyes was a serial killer, till he told them he was. Rape, dismemberment, murder and one of the smartest and most calculated killers we have ever studied. Join the Mafia as we talk about Israel Keyes and find the key to the monster......Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A 16 year old girl, riding her bike on the way home from school. What happens next, no one  in the world expected. Held captive 44 days by 4 classmates, beaten, tortured, mutilated, raped over 500 times by 100 men until her body finally gave out. Join us next for a fans choice Friday episode that left me wondering if it was even real. Listen in as we describe Junko's last 44 days on earth and why the 4 boys responsible got off so easy. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

Maybe Americas oldest female serial killer? Dorothea Puente has a life long history of criminal behavior. But when police unearth 9 dead bodies, jurors struggle with sentencing. Join the Mafia next as we look at the story of Dorothea the cookbook killer......Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

*******WARNING******* Graphic discussion and description. A mothers job is to love and protect their babies. Mikel Fetterman's mother Theresa and her boy friend Keith Lilly Jr. did the opposite. On March 26th police responded to a 911 call, what they found was a 2 year old baby, beaten, bruised, battered and raped by the man his mother chose to take care of him. His mother said when she woke up to her baby screaming, she went back to bed. Join the Mafia as we try to get Justice for Mikel. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A mother is supposed to protect her children with her life. So what happens when a mother is charged with stabbing 2 of her own children to death and faking her own murder attempt? Join the Mafia as we look at this most confusing case. Listen as we explain how the Police, Court system and Darlie herself made massive mistakes. The question in our eyes isn't if Darlie is guilty.....but who helper her kill her children?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)

A man gunned down while doing nothing more than jogging. A DA that evokes a never used clause in the Georgia to help ex cop Greg and his son Travis McMichael get away with murder. A sister that posts pics of the dead bloody body on her snap chat. Join the Mafia and listen to 911 calls,  defense attorneys, a lawyer representing the mother of Ahmaud Arbery and his mother herself. We should all seek #JusticeforAhmaudSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/themurdermafia)