The Misery Machine

The Misery Machine

There’s a problem with True Crime. Creators idolize perpetrators, shame victims, or are completely checked out on cases while they focus on other things. However, we can’t forget there are victims who lost their lives and families who are still grieving to this day. Furthermore, many True Crime outlets spend their time focusing on themselves or rambling, instead of getting right to the facts of the case. We hear you, this is frustrating. The Misery Machine focuses on cases the media fails to give proper attention to. We want to help give those a voice that never got to have one, to begin with. We also cover aspects of cases that other podcasts might look the other way on, and the way that these cases impact their communities for generations. It’s not enough to simply cover a case, our platform must be used to make a difference.

Episodes

October 7, 2024 38 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back down to Tuscon, Arizona, to discuss the disturbing case of Isabel Celis, a beautiful little girl who was snatched in the night from her bedroom window, only to be murdered and left in the desert. Unbeknownst to the police, a would be serial killer was lingering in their midst, one who liked young girls. That was, until his girlfriend came forward... 

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This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the tragic case of Erica Green, or as she was more famously known, Precious Doe. Erica's mother, Michelle Johnson, and her new man, Harrell, murdered the little girl, decapitated her, and then disposed of her body in the woods. She was discovered by chance by authorities searching for a missing elderly man. Erica's identity was unknown for years, until the most unlikely source came forward... Har...

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Tennessee to discuss the tragic case of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, a lovely young couple from Knoxville that were kidnapped, tortured, sexually assaulted, and murdered. Four males and one female were arrested, charged, and convicted in the case. According to the Associated Press, some bloggers and media critics claimed that the national media ignored the murders because the victims were ...

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September 30, 2024 26 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Lubbock, Texas, to discuss the case of Marion Jester Montoya, a sweet little girl who had the misfortune of being born to a mother, Veronica Weems, who didn't have her best interests at heart. After cheating on Marion's father, Emilio, with his friend, Trevor Rowe, the new "couple" move in together. Although Emilio made several reports to CPS about his daughter's welfare, they simply didn't liste...

September 26, 2024 40 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back down to Texas to discuss the Lonestar State's more notorious whodunnit, and that's the murder of Devon and Damon Routier. The boys lived in Rowlett, and affluent suburb of Dallas, with their parents, Darin and Darlie, and their younger brother, Drake. The family seemed to have everything, but underneath the façade, things had started to crumble financially, leading to tension in the home. On Ju...

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September 23, 2024 27 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Oregon to discuss the tragic case of Zachary Dutro Boggess Jr, a sweet little boy who never had a chance in his mother's presence. After leaving Hawai'i, Zachary's mother, Jessica Analani Dutro, took her kids to Oregon where she met and started a relationship with a man named Brian Cody Canady, with whom she'd have a child. But things were not well in the Dutro/Canady household. The family was in...

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September 20, 2024 20 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Pennsylvania to discuss the tragic case of Grace Packer, a disabled teenage girl who was living in the Keystone State with her adoptive mother, Sara Packer, and her boyfriend, Jacob Sullivan. What was supposed to be a fresh start for young Grace soon turned dark when she was reported missing, and some time later, hunters discovered a decaying torso off a country road. The limbs had been cut away....

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September 18, 2024 24 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to discuss the case of Alexander Lehman Sidney Woodworth, known as Alex to his family and friends. Alex was an intelligent young man with a bright future. He graduated from Osceola High School in 2012 with excellent grades and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in philosophy and biology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2017. When he wasn't studying, Alex worked...

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September 16, 2024 50 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head down to Homosassa, Florida, to discuss the case of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, an adorable 3rd grader who lived in a neatly kept mobile home with her father and grandparents. However, little Jessica's idyllic life in the Sunshine State was rocked in the wee morning hours of February 24th, 2005, when her neighbor, 49-year-old sex offender, John Couey, who broke into her family home while drunk and h...

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September 12, 2024 22 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to rural Kentucky to discuss the case of Elena Hembree, an adorable baby girl who died at the hands of her mother, Erica Lawson. However, the authorities have yet to uncover to what extent, and the lack of information has caused rumor mills to swirl all around the Middlesboro Basin. Those rumors, which were further stoked on by a former Commonwealth Prosecutor, made their way to the internet, where ...

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Florida to discuss the tragic case of 48-year-old Maria Pia Suarez-Cassagne, a mother of 3 who was just trying to enjoy a nice New Years Eve dinner with her children: Mario Andres, Maria Jose (Mary Jo), and Christian. 23-year-old Christian was a complicated young man who claimed to talk to God. Christian often refused to take his medication - claiming that Maria Pia was trying to poison him - and...

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September 9, 2024 32 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Virginia to discuss the horrifying case of Noah Tomlin, an adorable little boy whose body was recovered from the NASA steam plant after his mother, Julia, threw him away in a diaper box. When he was recovered, all that was recognizable was his liver and left leg. Noah's disappearance, death, and subsequent recovery rocked his tight knit community of Buckroe Beach, where Julia lived with her ...

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September 5, 2024 28 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head down to Binghamton, New York, to discuss the case of Cheri Lindsey, a girl whose death still haunts her hometown decades later. Cheri was a 7th grader at East Middle School when she took on a part-time newspaper delivery route in her neighborhood. She was described as punctual, with one of her customers stating that “You could predict the exact second your paper would show up.” But then one day, Che...

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September 3, 2024 37 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy hop a plain across the pond and to the Emerald Isle to discuss the case of Santina Cauley, a beautiful little read haired toddler from Cork who died at the hands of her father's new girlfriend, Karen Harrington. After a night out at the pub, a disagreement between Karen and Santina's father, Michael, ensued. Michael took off into the night to find his cousin who was in town from Limerick, whereas Karen w...

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August 30, 2024 47 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Northeastern Ohio to discuss the senseless murder of Julian Myles Wood, and how authorities could have prevented it. Julian's killer, Bionca Ellis, had several warrants out for her arrest - yet no one wanted to keep her locked up... not when she asked, nor when she confessed to an alleged murder in California... not even when she flat out told the authorities that she wanted to commit cannibalism...

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August 28, 2024 35 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Oklahoma to discuss the Bevers, a deeply religious family living in the suburbs that were annihilated by their wannabee serial killer sons. The boys, Michael and Robert, fantasized about, in their words, achieving kills counts like their "heroes" Jim Jones, Dylan Klebold & Eric Harris, and James Holmes. 

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August 26, 2024 33 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back down to Norfolk, Virginia, to discuss the case of Harley Rae Williams, a beautiful little girl who died at the hands of an all too common monster in our stories... Mom's new man. However, Harley fell victim to bystander apathy as well. Had her neighbor said something when she heard Harley's cries for help, according to doctors, the little girl would still be here today. 

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August 22, 2024 22 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Polk County, Florida, to discuss the case of Willow Kubai, a 4-month-old baby girl who was allegedly killed by her father, Jacob Kubai, before he took off and went to Walmart. As always, we'll review what Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has to say about the case. 

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August 19, 2024 34 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back over to Indiana to discuss the case of Dakota Levi Stevens, a little boy who was so loved by everyone that knew him. Dakota had a very supportive and loving extended family and foster family. However, like many children that we cover on this show, DCFS just couldn't be bothered with keeping this sweet boy in a home where he was safe and loved. No. Instead, he was placed in the home of Jennifer ...

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August 15, 2024 28 mins

This week, Drewby and Yergy take a trip down to Enid, Oklahoma, to discuss the case of Caliyah Guyton, an adorable little 2-year-old girl whose death was completely preventable. In April of 2022, Caliyah and her parents, Chelsea Guyton and Cody Buckingham, took a trip to Enid to visit Cody's parents, who were staying in the Grand Prairie Hotel. What should have been a fun family vacation turned sour when Michael Geiger entered the ...

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