Gruesome and Unnatural

As a young child Robert Berdella was bullied so he spent a lot of his time alone painting, writing to pen pals, and collecting coins and stamps. Unfortunately, while growing up his father physically and emotionally abused both Robert and his younger brother Daniel. Eventually Robert graduated from high school and enrolled at an art institute although that only lasted a couple years when he unenrol...

Derek Broaddus had just become the senior vice president at his insurance company, so he and his wife Maria were looking to buy a new home to move into with their three children. They finally found their dream home and purchased it on June 6th, 2014. It was located in Westfield, New Jersey at 657 Boulevard. Although letters started showing up in their mailbox saying some very odd things. The Broad...

On Friday, February 24th, 1978 in Yuba City, California five men were on their way to Chico State to watch a basketball game together. After a successful win for their team the five men headed back home to Yuba City but what happened next is still a mystery to this day.   Advertisement Inquiries https://sponsorship.podbean.com//

On Halloween night in 1974 8-year-old Timothy and his 5-year-old sister were looking forward to a night of trick or treating with their father and the neighbors. After a rainy night of collecting candy Timothy asked his father for a piece but when Timothy ate a Pixy Stix he had received, his life would end just an hour later.

In this episode Eric tells us about the Salem Witch Trials.

After years of criminal activities from the hands of both Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris the two crossed paths while in jail. They came up with plans to harm young women in horrific ways once they were both released and that is exactly what they did. 

In this week's episode we talk about three different murder cases that occurred on Halloween night. The murder of Peter Fabiano, Karl Jackson, and Maria Adams. Three lives lost over gruesome and senseless acts.     

Kenneth McDuff started committing crimes at a young age, so police knew exactly who he was in the town of Rosebud, Texas. After going to prison on multiple occasions he just kept getting released back into society. Kenneth turned to murder terrifying the community and unfortunately, he would become an American serial killer.       Source credited to "True Crime Case Histories by Jason Neal."

Rebecca Bliefnick was intelligent and extremely driven to get where she wanted to be. She was married, had three young boys, and had worked at various hospitals. Life was going great until Rebecca and her husband Tim decided to get a divorce in 2021 after 13 years of marriage. For the next two years they fought, got restraining orders against one another, and had many court hearings. Tim was fed u...

In this week's episode Eric talks about serial killer Pedro Lopez also known as the Monster of the Andes. Pedro is believed to have murdered over 300 girls spanning from 1969 to 1980 in Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.   Advertisement Inquiries  https://sponsorship.podbean.com

At just 16 years old Gilbert Jordan dropped out of high school and began drinking vodka on a daily basis. Gilbert started to frequent bars where he would find vulnerable woman or sex workers that he could drink with to the point that they would become unconscious. Once they were incoherent, he would take them to his barbershop or hotels where he would continue to pour alcohol down their throats ul...

Kim Wall grew up in Sweden but traveled all over the world while becoming a freelance journalist. After finding out about inventor Peter Madsen and his submarine The Nautilus, she decided to reach out and try to get an interview. On August 10th, 2017 Peter and Kim were set out on The Nautilus for about two hours for Kim to get her story. After two hours went by and there was still no sign of Kim,...

In this episode Eric and Shelley talk about The Manson Family Murders and the tour they took with Graveline Tours all about The Manson Family Murders.

Kelly Anne Bates was only 14 years old when she met James Patterson Smith while babysitting one day. The two began dating without her parents knowledge because he was quite a bit older than her. Her parents were horrified when they found out two years later about the relationship and that Kelly planned to move in with him. James had a history of abusing women, and it unfortunately did not end with...

This week’s episode is brought to you by Gruesome and Unnatural’s host Eric. Eric tells us about the history of serial killers dating all the way back to 331 B.C. From witches to werewolves and even the execution wheel.

Jennifer Fulford worked as a nanny for Reid Berman a commercial real estate executive for the past 6 to 7 years. Since Reid was so busy with work, she would help with household duties and taking Reid’s son to school and picking him up. Although, on September 27th, 2017 Jennifer would go missing after returning from a dentist appointment to the Berman residence and failing to pick up Reid’s son fro...

12-year-old Jasmine Richardson had always been a great kid. She started to get into the goth scene at school and hanging out with much older kids such as 23-year-old Jeremy Steinke. The two would meet at the mall and talk over social media and finally became a couple. Although, this was not okay with Jasmine’s parents because of their age difference. Jasmine had been grounded multiple times for ha...

Lauren Giddings was a driven, ambitious woman who was working towards being a public defender. After moving to Georgia for school and attending 3 years at Mercer University she was looking forward to taking the upcoming bar exam. Lauren told her friends and family that if she did not answer any texts or calls that she was fine and that she was just busy studying. Although, when four days go by and...

Abraham Shakespeare quit school when he was only in the sixth grade to help his parents out with his younger siblings. Now in his 40’s Abraham heads to the gas station to get lottery tickets and one of them just happened to be a winning ticket of $30 million dollars. Abraham takes a lump sum of $17 million and buys a house worth $1.1 million dollars and a few cars. Although, when a woman by the na...

On the morning of March 12th, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland Lululemon’s store manager Rachel Oertli went to work like any other day. Although when she arrived the door was unlocked, and the store looked like it may have been robbed. Frightened Rachel found an Apple customer next door who decided to help her out and go in the store with her. Not only was the store in disarray but they were about to di...

16-year-old Erin Caffey was known as a shy, well-mannered young lady. One day while working at her job at Sonic an 18-year-old boy by the name of Charlie Wilkinson walks in and the two hit it off. After being together for 5 months Erin’s parents Penny and Terry disapproved of this relationship and told Erin to end it. Although Erin and Charlie had a very different meaning of what “ending it” was i...

Dr. Mark Sawusch was a successful Ophthalmologist working in the Pacific Palisades while living in a multi-million-dollar beach front home in Malibu, California. Unfortunately, in 2016 Mark burned his hands so badly he was unable to perform surgery anymore. He went to his favorite ice cream shop one day in the summer of 2017 and came across Anthony Flores and Anna Moore and the three hit it off. M...

15-year-old Ellen Friar and 19-year-old Gavin Macfarlane began dating in high school, but Ellen’s father Aaron Friar did not approve of this relationship and demanded she not see him anymore. One night when Ellen said she slept over at a friend’s house her father found out she had actually spent the night at Gavin’s house. Aaron confronted Gavin and told him to stay away from Ellen. This infuriate...

Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres began dating in 2017 and shortly thereafter moved in together. The couple had a history of domestic violence issues and on many occasions the police were called.  On February 24th, 2020 Sarah called 911 but this time for a completely different reason.

Skylar Neese was a bubbly 16-year-old girl who got straight A’s in school and loved to hang out with her best friends Rachel Shoaf and Sheila Eddy. Unfortunately, on July 6th, 2012 Skylar never showed up for work and her friends and family become extremely worried about her. Days later Sheila helped distribute missing flyers with Skylar’s mom Mary but when her remains were found the truth revealed...