Highway to Hell

Occasionally there's a story with so much to it and so much nuance, that we break it up into two pieces instead of making a three hour episode. So here is part one! On May 5, 1993, three eight-year-old boys—Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers—were reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies were discovered the next day in a drainage ditch in an area known as Robin...

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of extreme violence, sexual abuse, and the murder of minors. Listener discretion is strongly advised. This episode examines the crimes of Dean Corll who operated in early 1970s in Houston, Corll, later dubbed “The Candyman”, used manipulation, coercion, and the assistance of two teenage accomplices to abduct, torture, and murder dozens of boys a...

Welcome to our new release schedule! Midnight every Tuesday (we'll explain more next episode about the schedule change) Want ad free episodes? Bonus content? Early access to merch? Become a Hellion for $5 a month on patreon at patreon.com/highwaytohellpodcast Opened in 1829, Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most radical and influential prison in the world. Built on the belief that isola...

Christmas Eve release for a Christmas Eve crime! Thank you so much for the love and support from new Hellions who have become followers and subscribers! Follow us on IG at @highwaytohellpod Topic you want to hear? Highway@montemader.com On December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson, eight months pregnant, disappeared from her home in Modesto. Investigators uncovered inconsistencies in Scott Peterson’s state...

For more than a decade, Jersey (one of the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy) was haunted by a figure locals came to call the Beast of Jersey. A masked man who moved through hedgerows and farm lanes at night slicing phone lines and entering homes while families slept. He abducted women and children from their beds assaulted them in their rooms or out in the fields and then returned them ho...

In this episode, we examine the rise and tragic end of Heaven’s Gate, one of the most infamous cults in modern American history. Founded by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, the group fused New Age spirituality, Christian apocalypticism, and science-fiction belief into a rigid worldview centered on ascension to a higher evolutionary level. We trace the group’s origins in the 1970s, its recru...

Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe! Herman Webster Mudgett — better known as H.H. Holmes — is often regarded as America’s first documented serial killer, but long before the murders came fraud, reinvention, and carefully engineered charm. A medical student with a fascination for cadavers, he began his criminal life forging documents, taking out insurance policies on stolen corpses...

And here's the Albert Fish episode! Sorry every body I uploaded them out of order on accident. But here we are. TW: Extreme child abuse and assault Albert Fish (1870–1936) was an American serial killer, cannibal, and sadomasochist whose crimes in the early 20th century remain some of the most disturbing in U.S. criminal history. Raised in an abusive orphanage and plagued throughout his life by...

Please review and subscribe to our show! Between 1976 and 1977, Oakland County, Michigan was gripped by fear as four children—Mark Stebbins, Jill Robinson, Kristine Mihelich, and Timothy King—were abducted and murdered in what became known as the Oakland County Child Killer case. This episode walks listeners through the verified timelines of each disappearance, the forensic evidence recovered, the...

Nestled in the heart of Los Angeles’ Skid Row, the Cecil Hotel was meant to be a beacon of glamour when it opened its doors in 1927. Instead, it became one of America’s most infamous landmarks—a towering witness to tragedy, violence, and urban decay. This episode dives deep into the history of the Cecil: from its grand opening during the Roaring Twenties to its rapid decline during the Great Depre...

In this episode, we delve into the life of Ed Gein — the isolated Wisconsin boy whose descent into necrophilia, murder and grave-robbing would ripple through popular culture to become the blueprint for some of horror’s most iconic monsters. We trace his roots: a domineering, religious mother whose moral fanaticism and isolation of her two sons planted the seeds of psychosis; a father whose abusive...

We are back! Welcome to the second season and total revamp of Highway to Hell where we take you all across the country and the world telling the craziest true crime, the scariest paranormal stories and if you are a true crime fan like us, we give you the best places in the area to see, eat and drink. Who doesn't love a little spooky in their travels. SO happy to welcome my cohost Andy Jones, m...

29 missing children and young people 29 bodies Was Wayne Williams guilty? Or a scapegoat?

I wanted to do something lighter this week! a collection of some of the funniest "Florida Man" true crime ending with a "Florida Man Mayor"

VERY DISTURBING CONTENT. The "Toy Box Killer," David Parker Ray, was an American criminal who is believed to have tortured and killed numerous women in the mid-1990s. Ray lived in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, and worked as a mechanic for the New Mexico Parks Department. His crimes came to light in 1999 when a woman named Cynthia Vigil escaped from his trailer, where she had been held capt...

In 2010-2011, 10 bodies were dug up on the shores of long island. The body count of one killer hiding in plain sight. Please subscribe and share!

Please like and subscribe! Follow on instagram @highwaytohellpod Send story ideas! Step into the chilling world of one of history's most notorious serial killers: Jeffrey Dahmer. In this gripping episode, I delve into the disturbing life and gruesome crimes of the Milwaukee Cannibal. From his troubled childhood and early signs of a twisted psyche to the horrifying murders that shocked the nation,...

Please like and subscribe! Traveling to Wyoming to discuss the heartbreaking stranger murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student that shocked and changed the nation. Follow me on IG @highwaytohellpod Thank you to my sponsors!

Please like and subscribe! Traveling to South Carolina Lowcountry to explore the life and crimes of Alex Murdaugh and the entire murderous Murdaugh family!! Don't forget to follow on social media! @Highwaytohellpod

Lets travel to Washington DC!!!! We'll discuss the history of exorcism, the real life story that inspired the exorcist and the movie itself. Follow the pod on new socials: IG: @highwaytohellpod FB: @Highway to Hell Podcast Email: Highwaytohellpod@gmail.com

Fred and Rose West were a British couple who became infamous for their series of brutal murders and sexual assaults, primarily during the 1970s and 1980s. They were responsible for at least twelve known murders, including those of their own children. Please like and subscribe!

Please Rate and subscribe! Comments and questions to monteashleymader@gmail.com The Children of God cult, also known as The Family International, is a religious group that originated in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, founded by David Berg. It gained notoriety for its extreme beliefs and controversial practices under the guise of Christian fundamentalism. Key elements of the cult included it...

Please rate and subscribe!! questions/comments to monteashleymader@gmail.com A gang rape and assault... or was it? An innocent man is abducted and murdered... or was he? Lets travel to Honolulu and investigate the scandal of an era. A rocky marriage, racism, murder and a miscarriage of justice on this weeks Highway to Hell Episode. Instagram: @montemader

Please rate and subscribe! Email questions and comments to monteashleymader@gmail.com The Sun Gym Gang, led by Daniel Lugo, Adrian Doorbal, and Jorge Delgado, embarked on a spree of violent crimes in the 1990s in Miami, Florida. Their modus operandi blended bodybuilding prowess with a penchant for ruthless criminality. Among their most infamous crimes was the abduction and extortion of wealthy bus...

Please like, rate and subscribe! Thanks for listening Questions and comments: monteashleymader@gmail.com Follow on Socials: www.instagram.com/montemader Show Outline:  History of Savannah The Life and Execution of Alice Riley The Haunted Sorrel-Weed House The Paranormal Investigations of Savannah Theater  Travel Tips (start at 46:48)Things to do:  Ghost Tours- Genteel and Bard Tour Sorrel- Weed Ho...