MurdHer: Women in Crime

On this infectious episode of MurdHer, Dani and Gabe decided to not let their own sickness stop them from recording! Dani covers the maze of characters that is the Sarah Hartsfield case. Sarah had a rough start in life, but from that rough start she was able to figure out the best way to charm and manipulate others. This episode is a wild and confusing ride, so I suggest you take a peak at the Mur...

Welcome to season 4 of MurdHer! Dani and Gabe are back with a bang to discuss a story full of twists and turns! Sherri Papinni was your average stay at home mom until, one day, 2 women force her into their black van at gunpoint. Tune in to find out who the real villain is in all of this!     Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/vanishing-act-sherri-papini-fooled-investigators-family-phony/story?id=9...

Gabe and Dani go off the rails this episode! This episode has it all.. from Monsterpalooza to murder. Barbara Stager was a recent widow when she met Russell who had recently gone through a divorce. They hit it off and got married soon after. They're married for 9 blissful years when Russel begins telling his closest friends that he’s worried his wife might kill him. That’s a sign of a healthy rela...

Brandy wanted to be a part of a community, no small feat as a LGBTQ person living in a conservative town. She would often drive hours to meet new people. On May 17, 2012 she went off to meet a new potential friend but never returned. With a lack of help from the police, her mom and friends took it upon themselves to solve her disappearance.   SOURCES: Hulu’s How I Caught My Killer Ep 3 https://the...

Poison, product tampering, and murder?! Listen to this episode of MurdHer to find out the story of Stella Nickell.   Sources:  https://murderpedia.org/female. N/n/nickell-stella.htm https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/stella-nickell-serving-90-years-for-planting-poisoned-pills-killing-2-seeks-release-from-prison/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woman-convicted-for-tam...

Love & Death, Candy, A Killing in a Small Town…The Candy Montgomery story has been told and retold through the fictionalized lens of the camera many times. On this week’s Murdher, Dani and Gabe dive into the real story of Candy Montgomery and that infamous affair that turned fatal.   Sources: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/love-and-death-in-silicon-prairie-part-ii-the-killing-of-betty-...

Lana Clayton, a nurse from Oklahoma, led a normal life until she crossed paths with Steve Clayton, a self-made millionaire from Florida with six divorces under his belt. The two immediately fell in love and married, but there was no storybook ending for this relationship. A Crossbow, eye drops, and the hunch of a family member unraveled one of the strangest cases we’ve uncovered. Tune in to discov...

On this episode of MurdHer, Dani and Gabe discuss Ana Trujillo. She was smart, gorgeous, and manipulative. She went from a stable, responsible mom to an unemployed couch surfer. We will never know what truly happened on June 9,2013 except that it ended in murder.   Sources:  Possessed: The Infamous Texas Stiletto Murder by Kathryn Casey https://murderpedia.org/female. T/t/trujillo-ana.htm https://...

A woman with an IQ of 140 and over 38 aliases? You’d think she would be able to get away with murder.. listen in to find out how it goes!

This episode of MurdHer covers Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser. These 12 year old girls stabbed their best friend as a sacrifice to the fictional, creepypasta monster named Slenderman. SPOILER ALERT: it didn't work.

On this episode of MurdHer we cover Brookey Lee West - the Witch of Vegas. She is considered to be Las Vegas's most notorious female killer. 

On this episode, MurdHer celebrates Valentine’s Day with a classic! The Lonely Hearts Killers were a couple who targeted lonely women looking for love. Martha Beck pretended to be Raymond’s sister to give their targets a false sense of security.    SOURCES: https://murderpedia.org/female. B/b/beck-martha.htm https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/martha-beck-55090.php https://www.ranker.com/list...

In this episode, we go deeper into how Belle lured her victims to sell everything, move in with her, and managed to kill so many people before being found out. Check out the conclusion of Belle's story.   SOURCES: Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter https://murderpedia.org/female. G/g/gunness-belle.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-gunness

In this 2 part episode we deep dive into the infamous Belle Gunness! We first cover Belle’s early life and how she worked her way up from paying rent to live with her sister to owning a 40 acre farm. All it took was a few fires and mysterious deaths..   SOURCES: Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter https://murderpedia.org/female. G/g/gunness-belle.htm h...

It’s a holiday extravaganza! On this special holiday episode Dani and Gabe cover the 9 Criminals of Christmas as well as go over some misconceptions about the holiday season and crime.   Story 1: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-sc-woman-stabbed-spouse-with-ceramic-squirrel-over-beer/#:~:text=NORTH%20CHARLESTON%2C%20S.C.%20%E2%80%93%20A%2041,%2C%2044%2C%20was%20arrested%20Dec .   https://www.usat...

Klara Mauerova was a loving mother to her 2 boys. An unfortunate turn of events led her into a cult and the events that would follow is one of the most horrific stories we’ve covered to date. Find out how this loving mother became a cult following cannibal.  Content warning: this episode contains graphic torture, child abuse, and cannibalism   Sources: The Kurim Cult by Mason Ryan https://second.w...

On this week of MurdHer we cover Amelia Dyer, The Baby Farmer. Amelia murdered anywhere from 4-300+ babies for financial gain. She took advantage of a system that preyed on women for her own gain. Listen in to hear about one of the most cold blooded killers to date.   SOURCES:  Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders by Angela Buckle  https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/amelia-d...

Dorothea Puente opened a boarding house in the 1980s and took in people with mental illness and disabilities. She was an elder, kind looking woman who was filling a need the community had. When the residents began to disappear police began to ask questions. 

This weeks episode of MurdHer brings us a different kind of story. It is the story of Miriam Rodriguez. After her daughter was kidnapped she did everything she could to get her daughter back.. including hunting down cartel members herself.     Sources:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/world/americas/miriam-rodriguez-san-fernando.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/12/mexican-woman-w...

We’re back!! Season 2 is starting off with a very spooky episode where we cover some special witches. First we cover Baba Anujka who made magical love potions that resulted in death. Next we cover Rose Veras who know as the Witch of Delray. However, she may not be as witchy as her blue eyes make her appear.

Season finale is available now! We explain why we went radio silent and discuss Pam Hupp! Pam hears that her old coworker and friend, Betsy, who she hasn’t spoken to in years has terminal cancer. She selflessly forces herself into Betsy’s life and helps Betsy out by driving her to doctors appointments and giving her a shoulder to lean on. However, Pam has a dark, ulterior motive behind her seeming...

As a young, Irish immigrant in the late 1800's "Jolly" Jane Toppan faced many hardships. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, Jane went on to become a respected and well paid nurse, which is where her lust for death bloomed. What could have been an inspirational story of perseverance in the face of xenophobia took a dark turn. To this day it is unknown how many people she murdered, but it co...

Dani and Gabe discuss Myra Hindley, "the most hated woman in Britain", on this week's MurdHer: Women in Crime. TW: Violence against minors.

Laurie Bembenek had been fired from her job as a police trainee. She tried to move on and got a new job and even got married. Life took a turn when her husbands ex wife was murdered and Laurie became the prime suspect. She had no alibi, motive, and the means to commit the murder... but this case isn't as clear cut as it seems

Gwendolyn and Catherine met while working a nursing home. Sparks immediately flew and they fell deeply in love. Naturally, one day their conversation turned to murdering patients at the nursing home. What better way to prove your love than murdering helpless victims? Tune in to find out how it went!