The Massacre Matinee

The Massacre Matinee

Murder, Mayhem, Massacres of all types. Odd Topics, Building Tensions, and Killer Cases, too. We have you covered for all things morbid. Join Kate and Ari weekly for the Monday Matinee.

Episodes

April 22, 2024 • 14 mins
It's been a good run with the Massacre Matinee, but it's time for us to stop. The passion for this hobby burnt out, and with death and loss in our families it made it harder to focus on death and gore and murder for the podcast. Let us know down below what your favorite episode was!
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Hi Guys! Welcome back to the Matinee! In the interest of keeping everyone informed on the goings on about the podcast, Ari and Kate need a mental health break. Between loss in the family for Kate and overwhelming stress for Ari, we are hoping that you will all forgive our need for a bit of time.

Going into the future, after our one month break, the podcast will be going to episodes EVERY OTHER WEEK. This will give us a chance to be...

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March 25, 2024 • 23 mins
Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today's episode includes a live reaction to a video taken immediately following the murder of America Thayer. In 2021 a headless corpse was found in the middle of an intersection, and the neighbors caught it on video. Today Kate tells us about the brutal murder of America Thayer! With all of our episodes being uncensored, there are always possible triggers. These triggers may include, but...
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Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! In Sam's first official hosting episode she's talking about Carl Großmann, a man with many murder victims and many sausages made from the flesh of his victims. This one is another just like our Karl Denke case, the Germany area of Europe in the early 1900s. Stick around, its a doozy! With all of our episodes being uncensored, there are always possible triggers. These triggers may include, ...
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Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Top O' The Mornin' to ya! Well. Top o' the afternoon anyway. For St. Patrick's Day we cover the unsolved murder case of 14 year old Rachel Hurley. After over 30 years the culprit hasn't been named. The lack of information is baffling and her best friend has been the biggest advocate for trying to get the crime solved ever since the day it happened. Strap in, don't get too drunk, and hang on t...
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March 11, 2024 • 26 mins

Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today a new guest The Lioness (Sam) host joins us as Ari talks about Karl "Papa" Denke and his string of murders against the homeless in early 1900s Poland (before it was even really Poland.) This case and the next are INCREDIBLY similar, in nature and in era of occurrence. Join us to learn more about it! With all of our episodes being uncensored, there are always possible trigge...

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Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today we talk about Marv. Prior to his attack on the town of Granby, Colorado, Marvin Heemeyer made a series of audio recordings explaining his side of everything. Clips of those tapes are included in the episode as we talk about what happened to this man that pushed him to such a far breaking point that he spent over a year planning and building a Komatsu D355A Bulldozer into what he called ...

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Happy Leap Day! CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Search The Massacre Matinee on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peak into the next episodes! Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today's "holiday" episode is on Richard Ramirez, better known as The Night Stalker. Honestly, the only thing tying him to the leap day holiday is his birthday, but we ain't picky lol. His reign of terror in the greater L.A. area was u...

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February 26, 2024 • 37 mins
SUGGESTED BY FOLLOWER abi ON SPOTIFY! Thanks Abi!! CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Search The Massacre Matinee on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peak into the next episodes! Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today, thanks to a suggestion from a follower, we are going to talk about Helen Ruth Spence, known as the White River Swamp Angel. The early 1900's were a different time, and in the 1930's some choices made by a few l...
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February 19, 2024 • 50 mins
CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Search The Massacre Matinee on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peak into the next episodes! Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today, Kate is going to tell us about the Slenderman Stabbing, which happened in good ole Wisconsin. At the height of the Creepypasta popularity, a 12 year old girl with a family history of hereditary mental health issues felt like she had gotten her calling from the...
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CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Search The Massacre Matinee on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peak into the next episodes! Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Our Valentine's Day special is about Oscar Pistorius, a former para-Olympic champion who shot and killed his then-girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The facts are a little fuzzy on this one, so along with our own speculations we wonder if it was truly an accident, or an earl...
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CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Search The Massacre Matinee on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peak into the next episodes! Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! For Mardi Gras, we looked into the 2001 Seattle Mardi Gras Riot, which resulted in the murder of Kristopher Kime, an innocent man that was trying to render aid to a woman that was the victim of assault. Knowing now in 2024 that Seattle chose to make drugs legal AFTER t...
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February 12, 2024 • 19 mins

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February 10, 2024 • 20 mins
CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Search The Massacre Matinee on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peak into the next episodes! Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today, for a bonus episode on the day of Lunar New Year, Ari is going to tell us about the 2023 Monterey Park Shooting, which happened during Lunar New Year celebrations just blocks away from the main festivities. With all of our episodes being uncensored, there ar...
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February 5, 2024 • 26 mins
CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Search The Massacre Matinee on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peak into the next episodes! The National Suicide Hotline is (800)273-8255 You can also call or text 988 for The Lifeline or text "Home" to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line. There is always help, if you need it PLEASE ask for it, these numbers can help. Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today, Kate is talking about Timmothy Pit...
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January 29, 2024 • 39 mins

CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Search The Massacre Matinee on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peak into the next episodes! Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today, Ari is going to talk about two different cases involving pedophilia, both with an interesting twist. First up is Jason Vukovich, a man who robbed and assaulted three men in Alaska following his years of trauma at the hands of his step father. Our second case t...

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Welcome back to the Massacre Matinee! Today, Kate is going to tell us about John Norman Collins, aka the Ypsilanti Ripper from downstate Michigan. Collins was the original Co-ed killer before Ed Kemper, but with some key differences in the way he brutalized women in the late 1960's. With all of our episodes being uncensored, there are always possible triggers. These triggers may include, but are not limited to: foul language, ...
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Welcome back to Season 2 at the Massacre Matinee!


Today, Ari is telling us about the execution of Joseph Wood, who murdered two people in 1989. In 2010 the medication for lethal injections was experiencing a shortage and it caused some...interesting side-effects.


With all of our episodes being uncensored, there are always possible triggers. These triggers may include, but are not limited to: foul language, gore, abuse, a...

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January 8, 2024 • 30 mins
Welcome back to Season 2 at the Massacre Matinee! Today, Kate is going to tell us about Natascha Kampusch, a 10 year old who was kidnapped in 1998 on her first morning walk to school alone. The things this girl went through prior to her escape to freedom are disturbing, and there are two books written by Natascha herself (3096 Days & 10 Jahre Freiheit). Join us for this intense survival story as we wonder about how things could ha...
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Welcome to Season 2 at the Massacre Matinee! To ring in the New Year with a holiday horror episode, we are going to discuss the disappearance of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope, a pair of young folks from New Zealand that vanished in the early morning hours of New Years Day following a MASSIVE celebration. Problem is, we still don't actually know what happened to them. Today's snack, despite not being mentioned in the episode, is a glas...
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