Status Macabre

Status Macabre

Welcome to Status Macabre! Join hosts Chrissy and Cari as they dive into bizarre true crime cases, the strange and unusual and everything that is MACABRE! They are excited to share their (in a few cases) first hand knowledge and make you chuckle a little along the way.

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August 9, 2022 49 mins

Sylvia Likens was beaten, burned with scalding hot water and cigarettes; she was molested and raped with different objects such as glass bottles on several occasions.

Sylvia’s abusers did these things to her every day for months until he body could not take the abuse anymore. After months of pure torment and hell, Sylvia’s story would become one of the most horrible cases of torture and murder.

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What do you think your last words would be if you were a convicted criminal and you were about to be put to death? What do death row inmates say as their last words? 

Do they ask for forgiveness, tell the world to kiss their asses? Do they tell loved ones goodbye and that they love them? Some do, others …. Well it is pretty interesting.

Todays podcast is all about the last words of convicted death row inmates. 

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July 18, 2022 79 mins

Throughout time Exorcisms have been big part in contemporary alternative medicine and the Roman Catholic Church claims they find a true demonic possession every 5,000 cases.

The purpose of an exorcism is is to expel evil forces that have taken over a living person, and whether you believe they are real or not there are several very compelling cases regarding exorcism. In todays podcast Chrissy talk's about a few cases, we will ...

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July 12, 2022 54 mins

Believe it or not disappearances from cruise ships is very common, so common that it can be considered a regular occurrence.

While there are no solid statistics that are maintained by cruise ships, and if there are it is typically never disclosed to the public. A topic we feel everyone should be talking about, join us as we discuss some of the most interesting cruise ship disappearances.

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July 6, 2022 58 mins

The Bennington Triangle is located in the New England area of the United States that was made popular when several people went missing between 1945 - 1950.

This mysterious triangle is centered on the Glastenbury Mountains encompassing a few logging and industrial towns.

Join us as we dive into the 6 out popular disappearances and what could cause them.

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June 27, 2022 65 mins

Incest vs Inbreeding ... to me both are ugly, but we cannot deny that they have been around for thousands of years. Throughout history from Royals all the way back to the caveman incest and inbreeding have been around.

In present times they are considered taboo, illegal and to some just plain sick. Let's take a deeper dive into incest and inbreeding and see why it happened and what some families suffered because of it.

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June 18, 2022 64 mins

Munchausen is proving to be a very serious form of child abuse that is poorly understood and still quite controversial. Typically taken on by the mother, munchausen victims are typically under the age of 6, but can be anyone in their care including the elderly.

This is such a rare disorder it is difficult to diagnose and determine treatment,. It is very clear that Munchausen is understudied.

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Klara Mauerova failed to protect and defend her two small boys. She is evil in the purist form, she physical and mentally tortured her children.

She even brought a few friends along to help her, her brutality included cutting flesh from her youngest sons buttocks and passing it around to friends to be consumed. One has to imagine if she would never have been caught would her children still be alive today.

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Welcome to History class, on the agenda today kids:

-The myths and legends surrounding Lake Ronkonkoma

-The Sea of Trees aka The Suicide Forrest

-Everything macabre about the Golden Gate Bridge

Welcome! Today's episode is a bit of a melting pot on three (3) topics that really excited us, we hope you enjoy them as much as we did recording them!!

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Episode III of Robert 'Bob' Berdella aka 'The Kansas City Butcher' and 'The Collector' was a notorious serial killer that hunted young male sex workers between 1984 - 1987. He kidnapped, tortured, raped, murdered, and dismembered 6 young men. All of whom he knew in some capacity. He opened his home to these young men when they were in need of food, or a place to stay then he set his deadly plan into motion.

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Episode II of Robert 'Bob' Berdella aka 'The Kansas City Butcher' and 'The Collector' was a notorious serial killer that hunted young male sex workers between 1984 - 1987. He kidnapped, tortured, raped, murdered, and dismembered 6 young men. All of whom he knew in some capacity. He opened his home to these young men when they were in need of food, or a place to stay then he set his deadly plan into motion.

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Robert 'Bob' Berdella aka 'The Kansas City Butcher' and 'The Collector' was a notorious serial killer that hunted young male sex workers between 1984 - 1987. He kidnapped, tortured, raped, murdered, and dismembered 6 young men. All of whom he knew in some capacity. He opened his home to these young men when they were in need of food, or a place to stay then he set his deadly plan into motion.

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March 13, 2022 50 mins

In episode II of Children with Past Lives we discuss young James Madison Leininger's childhood memories and behaviors. There was controversy over whether the Leninger's story was truthful or fraudulent, but one person that absolutely believed his story the sister of the man he claimed to be in a past life. Without a doubt Anne Barron believed little James was in fact her brother reincarnated.

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March 6, 2022 64 mins

Reincarnation memories peak our curiosity but can cause phobias and traumas in the next life.

In this episode Chrissy shares the enamoring story of Ryan Hammons, a four year old who remembers his previous life as Marty Martyn a former film dance director and manager of motion picture actors. Ryan could also recall hearing his mothers disappointment (in the womb) when she found out she was carrying a son and not a daughter, oh ... a...

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February 27, 2022 80 mins

Edmund Emil Kemper III (December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer, rapist and necrophile who murdered six college students before murdering his mother and her best friend from September 1972 to April 1973 following his parole for murdering his paternal grandparents. He is noted for his height of 6 feet 9 inches, and for his high intellect, possessing an IQ of 145. Kemper was nicknamed the Co-ed Killer, as most of his victims ...

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February 14, 2022 42 mins

Edmund Emil Kemper III (December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer, rapist and necrophile who murdered six college students before murdering his mother and her best friend from September 1972 to April 1973 following his parole for murdering his paternal grandparents. He is noted for his height of 6 feet 9 inches, and for his high intellect, possessing an IQ of 145. Kemper was nicknamed the Co-ed Killer, as most of his victims ...

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Ed Gein was one of the most horrific serial killers known to the US. He was responsible for at least 2 murders, collected body parts of corpses and even made a belt made out of women's nipples. His mother was a monster who taught her boys to hate all women and his father was a drunk. No one knew what Ed was capable of until police entered his house. Was he mentally ill or was he truly a deranged serial killer?

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Ed Gein was one of the most horrific serial killers known to the US. He was responsible for at least 2 murders, collected body parts of corpses and even made a belt made out of women's nipples. His mother was a monster who taught her boys to hate all women and his father was a drunk. No one knew what Ed was capable of until police entered his house. Was he mentally ill or was he truly a deranged serial killer?

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Part 2 of Joe Arridy.

Joe Arridy was an American man who was falsely convicted, and executed for the 1936 rape and murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colorado. He was manipulated by the police to make a false confession due to his mental incapacities. It's a sad story that really makes us kind of sick. Join us as we discuss the sad life of Joe Arridy and the details of a crime he absolutely didn't commi...

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Joe Arridy was an American man who was falsely convicted, and executed for the 1936 rape and murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colorado. He was manipulated by the police to make a false confession due to his mental incapacities. It's a sad story that really makes us kind of sick. Join us as we discuss the sad life of Joe Arridy and the details of a crime he absolutely didn't commit.

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