The Decomposing Flower Podcast

In 2016 Sherri Papini went missing for 22 days. When she arrived home on Thanksgiving, she was traumatized severely and the entire town of Redding suffered, not understanding why or who would do this. It wasn't until her husband and the police department found the truth and it completely shattered everyone's view of Sherri Papini. Trigger Warning: Psychological/emotional/physical abuse, child negl...

In today's episode we explore the dark side of the furry fandom and share a few anonymous testimonies from members in the fandom who had a dark experience with Don't Hug Cacti. We also discuss Messy Tails, a twitter user who would post some...interesting things. Note : Please do not attack the furry fandom, or those in the community. These are only a few stories and don't represent the...

In today's episode, Jen goes over the tragic pandemic, The Black Death, that wiped out 1/3 of Europe between the years of 1347-1351. Jen goes through what happened, and the horrific crimes done to some of the Jewish communities during this area, and how it's impacted our world today. Trigger Warning: Bodily fluids, poor medical knowledge, antisemitism Request a case ⁠ Disclaimer: If anything we sa...

In this episode, Kyra goes through the real graphic story of Pocahontas, or also known as Matoaka. A child who was forced into a marriage that ended her life. We also take a deeper look into Highway 16 also known as the highway of tears. A highway located in British Columbia, near Prince George where many Indigenous women go missing, and/or found dead, yet most go unnoticed due to their heritage b...

In today's episode, Jen discusses the murder of Carol Jenkins. An African American woman in the 1960s, who was working her very first day at a new job, after being laid off. She was given a task to go into a sundown town, a town known to be racist, and commit horrendous crimes against people of color. Carol Jenkins was stalked by two men when she entered the town, and was soon murdered by the 10 P...

In this episode, Kyra dives into a deeper look into what happened to Juliane Koepcke. Juliane Koepcke was planning on visiting her father with her mother when the small plane she was in began to malfunction. She was the only survivor, falling 10,000 feet into the amazon forest. We take a close look into how she managed to stay alive in the Amazon Rainforest. Trigger Warning: Plane crash, body harm...

Today's episode, we talk about the Hi-Fi murders, one of the darkest crimes to happen in Utah. In the 1970s 4 men entered the Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah in attempt to rob the store. While doing so, Dale Pierre and William Andrews held their victims in the basement and tortured and murdered them for the course of a few hours. Trigger Warning : Murder, torture, rape Request a case Disclaimer: If anyt...

In this episode we take a close look into the serial killer, William Bonin, also known as the freeway killer. Kyra goes into details of his crimes, who he was, and even a deeper close into the victims. William Bonin, the Freeway Killer, was an American serial killer who murdered young men and boys between the years of 1968 to 1980. Trigger Warning : Murder, torture, sexual abuse, rape, child abuse...

In today's episode, Jen goes into the horrific and inhumane murder and torture of Sylvia Likens and what really happened from July to October 1965 Sylvia Likens and Jenny Likens were just 15 and 16 years old when they went to stay with the Baniszewski's under the deal that their father, Lester would pay Gertrude Baniszewski $20.00 a week while Lester and Betty were away working. Shortly after a fe...

In today's episode Kyra goes into detail discussing what really happened during the collapse of the Weigun Golden Dragon Complex and why it happened. On February 6th 2016, a 17-story Weigun Golden Dragon complex in Tainan suddenly collapsed, shaking the entire community. Trigger Warning : Death, suffocation, building collapse Request a case Disclaimer: If anything we say is incorrect, or ignorant...

In today's episode, Jen goes over the the John/Joan case and/or the story of David Reimer, who went through a gender change at just 22 months old. David was born as Bruce, but was eventually was raised as Brenda Reimer until 14 years old when "Brenda" was told that they were in fact born a male. David Reimer born as Bruce Reimer, was a healthy baby boy. Until he was 6 months old when he developed...

In today's episode Kyra goes into the horrific details of the cult NXIVM. We take a closer look into what happened, how the women were groomed, and share some court details. NXIVM was a cult led by Keith Raniere. In this cult, Keith would have many victims, some as children, that he would force them to do horrific things. Many victims still face the horrors of this cult, and the abuse that Keith a...

In today's episode, Jen goes over the horrific abuse case of Genie Wiley. A child who was endured one of the worst cases of abuse by her own father. Her father strapped Genie down to a makeshift potty chair from the time she was 2 until she was thirteen. Her mother would soon leave the home with Genie. One day her mother went to receive benefits for her blindness, and entered the wrong department....

In today's episode, Kyra goes over the horrific volcano eruption that happened on Whakaari, a New Zealand Island, while tourist were still on the island. On December 9th 2019 the Whakaari active volcano erupted while tourists were on the island. Over 47 people were inside, and estimated that 22 people were killed and 23 were injured. In this episode, Kyra goes through the details and shares the st...

Our first episode we discuss the case of Robert Beckowitz, who was murdered not only his best friend, but his girlfriend in the most heinous of ways. In this episode, our host, Jen, goes into the details of what happened on those 3 days Please note: There are images of the case and we suggest you do NOT look them up due to the nature of the pictures. Trigger Warnings: Murder, body dismemberment, n...