Gruesome: Horrific True Crime

Sylvia Likens was your typical teenage girl, with her entire life ahead of her until her and her sister were sent to live with Gertrude Baniszewski while her parents were working for a traveling carnival. The horrors that Sylvia was forced to endure make this case the most gruesome in Indiana’s history. Brace yourself, this one is a difficult one. Please don't hate Coni after she tells you this on...

During a slumber party on October 1, 1992, Polly Klaas was abducted by a career criminal, Richard Allen Davis in Petaluma, California. Meg recalls her childhood in the same Northern Californian county during the time that Polly was taken and relates this case to her own kidnapping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

November 28th, 1985 the Blount Family from the suburbs Fort Worth Texas sat down for what they thought would be your typical family Thanksgiving, only to have it end in horrible tragedy. Coni leads Meg on an emotional journey as to what happened to this family. This one is a doozy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between 1909 and 1912, a string of ax murders that decimated entire families kept citizens on high alert in Louisiana and Texas. The killer, a supposed teenage, voodoo priestess named Clementine Barnabet is thought to have murdered more than 17 people before she was even an adult herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Vincent Gillis was a seemingly normal guy. He had a girlfriend, loved Star Trek, had friends, etc. What everyone would eventually realize was he was not your normal nerd next door. Gillis was a brutal serial killer who took the lives of 8 women. This jerk gets a 0/10.   Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male. G/g/gillis-sean.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ13Nwrvv3M http://susanmustafa.c...

Renee Hartevelt was murdered and EATEN by classmate and actual human monster, Issei Sagawa. Meg takes us through this very disturbing case that shows, once again, your friends can be some of the most deranged people that you know.   Sources: https://www.vice.com/en/article/7bwvvx/whos-hungry-502-v16n1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa https://filmdaily.co/news/issei-sagawa/ Learn more abo...

Coni takes lead on THE most brutal crime that she has ever researched. For Episode 3, we tackle the extremely difficult case of Kelly Anne Bates, the 17 year old who was groomed, abused, and eventually murdered by her disgusting pig of a boyfriend. This case is one of the most brutal cases of domestic violence that we have ever encountered. COVID has brought us many challenges for 2020, including...

Meg, co-host and abduction survivor, details what happened to her after she was pulled in to a van, and taken by a man she had never met. A man who possibly had done it before.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tricia Lynn Reitler disappeared from the Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana on March 29, 1993. To date, there has been no arrests nor has a body ever been recovered. Join Meg and Coni as they discuss the importance of this case to Coni, possible suspects, and how this case is related to our second episode. On Wednesday's, We're Gruesome.   Sources: https://ch27.tv/27-unsolved-the-disap...

It's Coni and Meg here, trying to save you from 2020. Follow us as we plunge into the horrific world of true crime this Halloween. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices