Cruel & Unusual: A True Crime Podcast
Your weekly dose of all things CRUEL and UNUSUAL: true crime, mysteries, horror, and conspiracies brought to you by best friends who love to heckle each other, Tori Ellis and Cady Verdiramo.
Episodes
Hey Cruel Coven!
This episode is rather short and when you listen, we'll explain exactly why. Today, we're talking about the ongoing, unresolved missing case of Mary Johnson—a woman who disappeared from Washington State. Her family is asking if anyone has seen anyone who even slightly resembles Mary, or if they think they may have seen her, to please reach out to investigators. There is no possible lead that is too small. Please he...
Hey Cruel Coven!
Well, hello. We're back from our hiatus and we've changed a lot of the way we'll be going about recording future cases. Today we're talking about the Jelani Day case. The two of us are from about an hour away from where Jelani was last seen and we were shocked that it wasn't all over our news and being talked about, so we decided to do the best we could to bring this case more traction. Please listen and share so w...
Hey Cruel Coven! Part one of our Love Has Won two-parter is live. On April 28th, 2021, the mummified body of Amy Carlson, or "Mother God", was found enshrined, wrapped in Christmas lights, with glitter makeup around her empty eye sockets. Today, we're talking about the origin of Love Has Won, their beliefs, and their rules.
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Hey, Cruel Coven!
In 1986, nine-year-old Anthonette Cayedito was abducted from her home in Gallup, New Mexico. Her case has remained unsolved for decades. If you have information about this case please contact the Gallup PD at 505-863-9365.
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Hey Cruel Coven!
Today, Cady is telling us all about the terrible murder of 27-year-old Paul Broussard. Paul was brutally murdered by nine teenagers and one adult on July 4th of 1991. Listen to us discuss his life and tragic death today on the pod.
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Murder in Montrose: The Paul Broussard Legacy
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Today we're talking about the double murder of couple Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill, who moved to another state to escape bigotry and anti-gay laws, only to be brutally slain.
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Forensic Files - Printed Proof - Season 12, Episode 25
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Hey Cruel Coven!
Today, Tori is going to be informing you about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a 100-year-old event of mass chaos, murder, and destruction in Tulsa, Oklahoma. From May 31st of 1921 through June 1st of 1921, an angry white mob descended on Black Wall Street in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, a thriving community founded and built up by Black business owners. What unfolded during those hours was complete hell for ...
Hey Cruel Coven!
We're going to Weirdsville, USA today and talking about aliens and what the hell happened (or didn't happen) in 1947 Roswell, New Mexico.
Listen as Cady dives real deep into the Roswell Incident.
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...Episode 61: The Murder of Christa Worthington Part Two
Christa Worthington was a fashion writer who wrote for huge magazines, traveled and worked in Paris, and most importantly, became a mother to a sweet little girl named Ava. Her relationships with men and even her own family could be rocky, but when she had her daughter, she knew she finally had one other person in the world that she would never lose.
On the morning of January 6...
Episode 60: The Murder of Christa Worthington Part One
Christa Worthington was a fashion writer who wrote for huge magazines, traveled and worked in Paris, and most importantly, became a mother to a sweet little girl named Ava. Her relationships with men and even her own family could be rocky, but when she had her daughter, she knew she finally had one other person in the world that she would never lose.
On the morning of Jan...
Episode 58: Peter Nygard
Hey Cruel Coven!
Hey Cruel Coven. Today I (Tori) am going to be doing a deep dive into all things Peter Nygard. Spoiler alert....this dude is vile. Vile VILE VILE, I tell you. Anywho, Peter Nygard is a Canadian"fashion designer" who climbed his way to the top (if the top is owning an estate in the Bahamas, that is) from the very, very bottom.
The mistake he made along the way was assuming the women th...
Episode 57: The Mysterious Life of Lori Erica Ruff
Hey Cruel Coven!
Lori Erica Ruff was always a very secretive person. It helped that she found a husband who didn't bother to ask her any questions about her life before him.
Listen as Cady tells you all about Lori...if that's even her real name....
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Episode 56: The Wrongful Conviction of Timothy Brian Cole
Hey Cruel Coven!
Today Tori is sharing the story of Timothy Brian Cole, a man who was wrongfully convicted of raping Michele Mallin in March of 1985. He was labeled as the "Texas Tech Rapist" and many, even some of his own family members, believed he committed the crime. His closest family members, including his mother, Ruby, knew that Tim would have never done such a ...
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