Deliver Us Some Evil

What do bikers, bus stops, and Blockbuster have in common? Find out as Eli and Mel throw down with the beach bums to give you the gruesome details of Hawaii's first serial murders, a mid-80's nightmare that left five women dead and the cops without a single lead. Was it a sleazy patron of the local video store? Was it a mainland killer taking a vacation? Was it the guy in the super suspicious creepy van whose name was liter...

Welcome to the next pit stop on the D.U.S.E.'s road trip across the Fifty States of Murder! Eli and Mel find themselves entering the state of Dungeness crabs, "culture," pinot noir, and of course the Gorilla Man! An infamous turn of the century mad-man who strangled his way across the country and into Canada to escape invisible assassins and his pilgrim upbringing. From Oregon to New York the bumbling police detective...

It's time to hit the Hershey highway as The DUSE tackles the bizarre tale of Pennsylvania's very own unicorn killer! (Disclaimer: No unicorns were harmed in the making of this episode.) It's a bad hair day for the final girl when her Aquanet gets banned and her eco-warrior incel ex-boyfriend decides to do some canceling of his own. The cops take his word that she went out for sprouts and tofu and never came back, but th...

Care for an iced tea? The DUSE hits the road again for a Fifty States of Murder crime spree along the bloodthirsty highways of Arizona! One wrong turn leads to another in the early 1970's as petty theft and forgery takes a pair of drifters down a dark road to assault, robbery, carjacking, and the murder of friends, neighbors, and complete strangers that can only be explained by copious amounts of drugs. Willie Steelman and Doug...

The time-traveling twosome slide into their bell bottoms for a Fifty States of Murder field trip to the mean streets of Atlanta, Georgia... circa 1979! The kids definitely aren't all right as a string of abductions end in murder and no one knows where the killer will strike next as families are advised not to let their children out of sight even for a moment. When a suspect is finally arrested, it's hardly an open and shut ...

Do you know the difference between Hoodoo and Voodoo? How about a cult and a church? Well, you're about to learn! So pack your trunk and join Eli and Mel on an educational ride along Louisiana's terrifying turn of the century railway for a lesson on the strange case of Clementine Barnabet, a woman who took her devotion a little too seriously. Murder, mayhem, and mystery follow in her wake as one neighborhood family after an...

In a state far, far away, there once lived a Karen... but not just any Karen... THE Karen. Yes, we're talking about South Carolina's Homecoming Queen and Mother of the Year, Susan Smith! Way back in 1994 the country was held captive by the gripping story of a pair of missing toddlers and the tearful press conference of their grieving parents, except one of them was already under suspicion and couldn't quite get her facts straight. ...

Did anyone ever warn you not to take candy from strangers? Good thing that doesn't apply to chocolate! Eli and Mel have outdone themselves this time as they unwrap a suspicious package in Delaware and make sure everyone gets a piece of this foil-wrapped story of 19th Century drunken debauchery! This love nest is fully loaded with infidelity, naughty photos, mommy issues, public lewdness, and of course... murder! At the heart of...

What do ladies panties and dynamite have in common? Tune in to the latest episode of Fifty States of Murder to find out as Eli and Mel make a pit stop in the Liberal Hell known as Colorado! Even back in the day, the feminist agenda was making the world a better place as moms were encouraged to drop off their responsibilities at the nearest orphanage. Take the story of John Gilbert Graham, a little boy who got the short end of the s...

Fifty States of Murder hits the Great Plains (or is it the Rocky Mountains?) with a trip to North Dakota! All aboard the Way-Back-and-Way-Whacked Machine as Eli and Mel share the tale of a quiet farming community transformed into a film noir by a double-barreled massacre that sends the neighbors running for the hills. Was it a homicidal maniac or a gang of sentient pigs? Was the hired boy a target or collateral damage? Will the she...

The DUSE drives straight through Arkansas before noticing that it's the topic of this week's Fifty States of Murder! (Sorry, not sorry.) If you've ever been to the state that has another state's name in it, or you know, heard of it, you'll get a kick out of the case of Ricky Ray Rector, a man who turned a three-dollar cover charge into a crime spree that led to one of the most controversial trials in American hi...

Dr. Eli and Nurse Ratched -- err, Mel -- have a prescription for what ails you: another exciting episode of Fifty States of Murder! With their usual charm and tact, the DUSE documents the tragic story of Daniel Marsh, a California kid who waved so many red flags he could have landed a 747 in his backyard. Instead, he landed in the loony bin as the adults in his life decided that the problem wasn't his broken home but his brain ...

Do YOU know where the Antichrist was born? Either way, you'll enjoy this episode of the Fifty States of Murder as Eli and Mel document one of Kentucky's other notorious native sons: Boone Helm, aka the Cannibal Cowboy! After murdering his cousin on his way out of the state, our boy Boone goes on a casual crime spree, stealing and whoring his way across the wild Wild West, hitting California, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, and even B...

In this episode of Fifty States of Murder, Eli and Mel bring you to Ogden, Utah, a sleepy little town where nothing interesting happens... unless you count the infamous robbery at the local Hi-Fi electronics store that ended in -- you guessed it -- cold-blooded murder! Sure they claimed they didn't plan on killing anyone, except that these jerks blabbed about it all over the local Air Force base to every Tom, Dick, and Nancy th...

The Fifty States of Murder hits a high note as Eli and Mel take you on a guided tour of one of Ohio's most notorious murderers: the Cleveland Strangler! Anthony Sowell wasn't the sort of guy you brought home to mama unless mama also had a crack addiction. But he was always a gentleman when it came to the ladies, generously sharing his malt liquor and helping them out of second story windows. After a string of "dates&qu...

In this episode of Fifty States of Murder, Eli and Mel throw a dart at the wall and find themselves in the Blue wasteland that is New York State! And since they have to suffer, you have to suffer... So roll your spliff, pour a drink, and get comfortable as you endure the tale of a ginger rat-bastard teenager who got his get-back by going after an unsupervised child. Ironically the kid was everything Eric Smith wasn't: cute, wel...

The Fifty States of Murder is finally here! Eli kicks off our inaugural episode by making Mel guess the state by way of trivia questions so easy she embarrasses herself by getting them all wrong. (You can see the aurora borealis in Colorado, right??) Then we take a deep dive into a string of murders committed by a man who was either a giant or a midget, a native or a settler, or maybe it was a whole gang, and while we're at it,...

Top o' the morning to ya, D.U.S.E. nation! It's that special Monday morning where all anyone wants to see is green beer! Unfortunately you guys have to go to work. So in honor of your sacrifice, we're here to do your drinking for you! Your host-with-the-most chest infections and death obsessions rings in America's favorite Irish holiday by luring two attractive women into the studio, pumping them full of that Irish ...

Eli and Mel welcome author Paul Lonardo to the show for a first-of-its-kind guest appearance! Paul has published everything from horror to romance, biography to true crime, spec-fic to sports history, horror haikus to a children's book about a goblin baseball player! Eli and Mel pick his brain clean, getting the inside scoop on his lifelong love of the horror genre, how he collaborates with normal people (you know, non-writers)...