Why Dey Do Dat?

This week on WDDD? Sarah brings us the second and final part of these tragic and pointless Canadian murders.  The Millard family were known in Toronto for their wealth and family-owned aviation company, Millardair started by Carl Millard in 1963.  60 years later, their legacy is besmirched but not forgotten.  While the Millard name may no longer be known in connection with aviation or business, it...

This week on WDDD? Sarah brings us part 1 of an exciting two-parter.  The Millard family were known in Toronto for their wealth and family-owned aviation company, Millardair started by Carl Millard in 1963.  60 years later, their legacy is besmirched but not forgotten.  While the Millard name may no longer be known in connection with aviation or business, it surely rings bells for locals when it c...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda tells the awful details of a transient psychopath who operated undetected for nearly 20 years.  Traveling all over the US, his heinous crimes occurred far and wide, hitting Arkansas, Texas, Wyoming, Missouri, West Virginia, and undoubtedly, many more.  Tommy Lynn Sells, aka "The Coast-to-Coast Killer" had no qualms whatsoever about his victim type or the types of crim...

This week on WDDD? the girls are honouring International Women's Day on March 8th with a tragic Canadian story of mass femicide.  One of the worst mass killings in recent Canadian history, over 30 years later it still haunts the memories of all who remember it.  Marc Lépine was a social outcast with a slow-boiling hate for women and feminism alike.  He spent his life quietly seething under the sur...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda takes us back to Russia for an encore.  His life growing up is enough to make anyone feel sympathy for the man but that sympathy magically disappears as he transforms into an utter monster.  Luring dozens of children and young people into the forests and outskirts of Rustov, Chikatilo only had one thing on his mind and that was brutal sadistic murder.  Join us for the...

This week on WDDD? Sarah tells the story of Susan Monica, an Oregon pig farmer or, as she would refer to herself, "The Sweetest Murderer in Jackson County". Hiring men off of Craiglist ads and help-wanted posters, Susan paid her farmhands for their work... until her plans changed.  It's hard to say how many victims Susan had but surely she would have taken many more lives if it wasn't for the bond...

This week on WDDD? it's Valentine's Day and in this particular case, love was not in the air.  La Shaunda tells the now-infamous story of when Sally McNeil (aka Killer Sally) killed her husband, Ray McNeil on Valentine's day of 1995. The girls discuss Sally's upbringing in an abusive household, her subsequent abusive marriages, and finally the rise, and fall of bodybuilding's most famous power cou...

This week on WDDD? Sarah tells the story of Jason Dalton aka, "The Uber Killer". Our first "spree killer", Dalton left 6 dead and gravely injured 2 more over the span of a 7-hour Uber shift. With no victim type, no motive, and seemingly no method to his madness this one is a real head-scratcher.  Join us so you can decide whether it was insanity, a devil-made-me-do-it situation or if he is just pl...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda brings you a story straight from Russia with Love.  A terrifying tale about a murderous man and his inanimate accomplice, the Bitsa Park well. Between 1992 and 2006, Pichushkin aka, "The Bitsa Park Maniac" savagely murdered between 49 and 60 innocent people.  Falling just shy of his goal of 64 victims to fill the 64 spaces of a chessboard.  Tune in for all the awful d...

This week on WDDD? Sarah tackles another heavy hitter Ed Gein, or as Sarah and her sister refer to him, "Nipple Belt". The inspiration for such characters as Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs), the life of Ed Gein was nothing but ghastly.  Allegedly killing his own brother to start off strong, Ed went on to take a great interest in...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda shares the terrifying and brutal, "Hello Kitty Murder".  In the Spring of 1999, Fan Man-yee found herself down on her luck and willing to take risks to make ends meet.   Having frequented and worked in the nightclubs of Hong Kong, Fan ends up surrounded by the worst kind of company.  After one bad decision, she's kidnapped and held captive in a room that could only be...

This week on WDDD? we bring you part 2 of David Berkowitz, "The Son of Sam". Sarah brings us back to New York City in the Summer of '76.  The streets are dirty, crime is at an all-time high and the people of NYC are on edge.  An unknown assailant is stalking the young women and lovers of NYC.  Appearing like a shadow in the night, once his victims realized he was there, it was already too late.  T...

This week on WDDD? the girls have a two-part heavy hitter for you!  Sarah tells the story of David Berkowitz aka "The Son on Sam". An incel before the age of recognizing incels, David hunted young women simply for, "being pretty and threatening his manhood".  His reign of terror lasted from 1975 to 1977 and had the entire city of New York looking over their shoulders for a deranged serial killer. ...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda brings us another oldie but a goodie!  We're going all the way back to 1500's Hungary for this one, and you know how brutal the Middle Ages could be! What do you get when you mix therapeutic vampirism with unchecked patrician power?  In this case, basically the female Dracula.  Join us to hear the brutal details of the Countess's lust for blood.         Facebook:  htt...

This week on WDDD? Sarah takes us down a dark and stinky path.  The girls discuss the details of how a seemingly normal child evolves into an angry, murderous demon.  John Lawson seems like your average all-American boy but as time goes by, things get way out of hand.  Wild parties, animal sacrifice, blood-letting, self-inflicted face tattoos, vampire teeth, and this is just the tip of the iceberg...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda shares the terrifying story of how Allison Botha survived the most horrendous ordeal possible.  It's 1994 in Capetown, South Africa and Allison finds herself kidnapped and driven to a remote area by two unknown "men".  With no way to escape or call for help, Allison hopes that if she complies with their demands, she may be allowed to go free.  Her kidnappers however h...

This week on WDDD? Sarah recounts the story of the "Dexter Killer". Using dating apps to lure his unsuspecting victims to his "kill room", Mark Twitchell was little more than a bumbling wannabe. If you know the show Dexter, then you know how Twitchell's plan was supposed to play out.  Things don't always go to plan though when one is as incompetent as he is evil.  Join us for the sad and ridiculou...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda tells the story of another Femme Fatale and another killer nurse at that! When a family out for a day of fishing finds a mysterious suitcase, they discovered way more than they bargained for.  Then another suitcase washes up... and another.  Join us for the brutal case of the New Jersey "Suitcase Killer".       Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ WhyDeyDoDatPod     I...

This week on WDDD? Sarah tells the already well-known story of the killing of Elizabeth Short aka "The Black Dahlia". A beautiful young Bostonian woman moves to L.A. with dreams of becoming a famous starlet.  During her first 6 months in L.A. she struggles to find her place but manages to befriend a number of up-and-comers as well as some high-profile figures of the scene.  Bouncing around between...

This week on WDDD? it's Britney, bitch.  Unfortunately, not the good Britney. La Shaunda shares the details of the tragic and gratuitous murder of a young and beautiful soul, Jayna Murray.  Having finished a long day's work at the Bethesda, MD. Lululemon, Jayna never suspected what fate awaited her as she returned to the store to help out a fellow employee.  By the time she would have realized tha...

This week on WDDD? it's episode 20 and the girls discuss a true fiend.  Sarah regales us with the horrible story of Edmund Kemper aka, the "Co-Ed Killer".   If it's possible to be born evil, this is as close as anyone has ever come.  Referred to as, "a real weirdo" by his own, admittedly horrible mother from the age of 2, Ed seemed to be on the path to depravity right from the start.   Add to this...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda covers the very well-known story of the murder of Travis Alexander. Believing she had an IQ of "somewhere around Einstein's IQ", Travis' disgruntled ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias concocted a murderous revenge scheme against him.  Join us for the sad details of their upbringings, their fateful meeting, abusive relationship, and the macabre photoshoot that marked their fina...

This week on WDDD? Sarah brings us the tragic story of the untimely death of Swedish Freelance journalist, Kim Wall.  Basically your worst nightmare; Kim is lured and then kidnapped by a literal mad scientist.  Kim finds herself trapped in a claustrophobic space beneath the Sea with no escape and no hope to defend herself.  Come dive into the perverse and calculating but surprisingly not-too-smart...

On this bonus episode of WDDD? La Shaunda went wild.  Trigger warning, this is by far our grossest episode.   The girls discuss 3 common, ancient (and surprisingly not-so-ancient) methods of execution from all corners of the world.  Also, what is gerbling and is it a real thing or perhaps just an urban legend (please God, be an urban legend).  Tune in to find out!     Facebook:  https://www.facebo...

This week on WDDD? La Shaunda tells the tale of Nannie Doss, aka, the Giggling Granny.  This lady was creepy af.  Murdering women, men and children indiscriminately, this is not the kind of granny you want baking you apple pie and tucking you in at night. A narcissistic, psychopathic murderess who giggled with glee any time she got the chance to discuss and describe her murders, Nannie Doss defini...