The Murder of Charlie Howard | Maine's Most Notorious Hate Crime | The Real Adrian Mellon
The Misery Machine8 Kesä 2020

The Murder of Charlie Howard | Maine's Most Notorious Hate Crime | The Real Adrian Mellon

In honor of Pride month, this week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the tragic case of Charlie Howard, a young gay man that was murdered in Bangor, ME in 1984, who never really received justice due to his sexual orientation.

As Howard and his boyfriend, Roy Ogden, were walking down the street, three teenagers, Shawn Mabry, James Baines, and Daniel Ness, harassed, assaulted, and murdered Howard for being gay. The youths chased the pair, yelling homophobic epithets, until they caught Howard and threw him over the State Street Bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream, despite his pleas that he could not swim. He drowned, but his boyfriend escaped and pulled a fire alarm.

Charlie Howard's body was found by rescue workers several hours later. The boys were sent to the Hancock County Jail and later released into their parents' custody. They were tried as juveniles and sentenced on 1 October 1984 to the Maine Youth Center not to exceed their 21st birthdays, however all parties served less than 24 months. This event galvanized the Bangor community in ways similar to the killing of Matthew Shepard, although the case never attained the same level of national notoriety.

This incident inspired a similar scene near the beginning of Stephen King's novel It, in which three homophobic teenagers throw an openly gay man, Adrian Mellon, over a bridge and into the Kenduskeag, where he was set upon and murdered by the monster It in the form of Pennywise.

Today, a short distance from the site of Howard's death, a memorial has been erected; engraved on the stone are the words: “May we, the citizens of Bangor, continue to change the world around us until hatred becomes peacemaking and ignorance becomes understanding.” July 7, Howard's death date, is now Diversity Day in Bangor.

Join Our Facebook Group to Request a Topic: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1
Support Our Patreon For More Unreleased Content: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine
Instagram: miserymachinepodcast
Twitter: misery_podcast

#podcast #documentary #truecrime

Jaksot(443)

The Case of Ashley Biggs

The Case of Ashley Biggs

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Akron, Ohio, to discuss the case of Ashley Biggs, a young mother who after leaving the Army, was in the middle of a brutal custody battles with her ex, Chad Cobb, and his new wife, Erica. After a bogus pizza delivery call, Ashley was lured to her death in a dark parking lot. But even after arrests were made, there was far more to the story than investigators imagined...👩 Thanks for Kitsch for sponsoring this video! Follow my link https://kitsch.yt.link/3dhjWqH to get 25% off your order which will auto-apply at checkout!Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://youtu.be/wuDCNv4GAcI?si=8u4AF8WwmnWklfEx https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/01/12/ashley-biggs-mother-prepares-erica-stefanko-re-trial/ https://militarymurderpodcast.com/category/domestic-violence https://lawandcrime.com/crime/court-reverses-womans-murder-conviction-because-her-co-defendant-ex-husband-testified-against-her-remotely https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2022/03/11/jackson-ohio-murder-ashley-biggs-someone-they-knew-true-crime/9438007002 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ZxUlJe2kw https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/12/31/rittman-teen-prevails-despite-loss-parents-murder-and-prison/6546397002 https://www.forevermissed.com/kimohio1959-gmail/about https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/ohio/name/ashley-biggs-obituary?id=20981523 https://cases.justia.com/ohio/court-of-claims/2020-2019-00597pq-0.pdf?ts=1583533111&utm_ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/on-june-20th-had-you-spoken-with-erica-or-chad-i-had-one-news-footage/1462724767?show-asset-scope=true https://www.courttv.com/news/oh-v-erica-stefanko-pizza-delivery-murder-retrial/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuygV2pomOk&t=1651s https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/01/16/live-blog-deadly-delivery-retrial-underway-2012-murder-army-veteran-summit-county/ https://prosecutor.summitoh.net/news/32021/only_pdf/erica-stefanko-sentencing-020124.pdf https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/rittman-woman-found-guilty-in-second-trial-of-pizza-delivery-drivers-murder https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/11/17/ex-wife-made-bogus-call-luring-woman-murder-site-man-testifies/6315386002 https://www.thedailybeast.com/erica-stefanko-convicted-of-murdering-army-vet-ashley-biggs-by-luring-her-with-fake-pizza-delivery/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct750HUNdDA https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/summit-county-erica-stefanko-guilty-retrial-2012-murder-pizza-driver/95-6ba13d83-b109-4dd0-a9a2-a372b49412ec https://truecrimecasespodcast.com/2021/01/25/the-murder-of-ashley-biggs-justice-for-ashley https://news.yahoo.com/killer-daughter-slain-woman-tells-204402516.html https://www.billowfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/ashley-biggs

25 Syys 36min

The Case of Julissia Batties

The Case of Julissia Batties

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to NYC to discuss the case of Julissia Batties, who was failed repeatedly by child welfare officials. Even after her grandmother, Yolanda Davis, provided recorded proof that her granddaughter was in distress, the powers that be turned a blind eye. Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://nypost.com/2025/03/14/us-news/grandma-of-slain-bronx-girl-7-numb-after-verdict-not-fair/https://nypost.com/2025/03/12/us-news/nyc-mom-admits-she-beat-7-year-old-daughter-to-death-but-son-charged-with-molesting-girl-to-go-free/https://bdnews24.com/world/americas/at-6-days-old-she-went-into-foster-care.-at-7-years-old-she-was-deadhttps://www.bronxda.nyc.gov/downloads/pdf/pr/2022/72-2022%20bronx-mom-teen-indicted-child-homicide.pdfhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231395951/julissia-batties https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-death?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-deathhttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-grandmother-says-she-fought-for-custody-before-girl-died-of-injuries-suffered-athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-julissia?utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer&fbclid=IwAR2eauyj4Xy4O6sql2a2LFaRBjFGpLXv3jeEhM0FPDF-yZzq5ggvm14i17Ihttps://nypost.com/2021/10/31/nyc-girl-julissia-batties-funeral-arrangements-scheduled/https://nypost.com/2021/11/02/julissa-batties-wake-draws-nyc-mourners-demanding-justice-for-abused-7-year-oldhttps://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/7-year-old-bronx-girl-dies-julissia-battieshttps://meaww.com/julissia-batties-murder-bronx-girl-begs-granny-to-not-send-her-with-mom-in-audiohttps://youtu.be/WnEIAuwHuvk?si=qpBDrbgDTOsZVatLhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-deathhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/public-safety/2023/04/24/the-case-of-7-year-old-julissia-battieshttps://pix11.com/news/local-news/bronx/julissia-batties-stomach-injuries-old-new-grandmother-says/https://childwelfaremonitor.org/2021/https://dreamindemon.com/community/threads/sentenced-7yo-girl-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment-with-head-body-injuries.125276/https://bdnews24.com/world/at-6-days-old-she-went-into-foster-care.-at-7-years-old-she-was-deadhttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-7-barely-knew-her-mom-before-she-died-of-injuries-suffered-at-her-bronx-homehttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-7-barely-knew-her-mom-before-she-died-of-injuries-suffered-at-her-bronx-homehttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/public-safety/2023/04/24/the-case-of-7-year-old-julissia-batties https://www.englishoutdoors.org/blog/8-surprising-facts-about-brooklyn#:~:text=Brooklyn%20is%20one%20of%20the,its%20fast%20growth%20and%20development

22 Syys 25min

The Case of Reygan Ajai Moon

The Case of Reygan Ajai Moon

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Georgia to discuss the case of Reygan Ajai Moon, a 2-year-old little girl who never had a chance at life. While her mother, Devin, was working 12-hour shifts at a local "adults only" club, little Reygan was locked in a feces filled closet without food or water.Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime***Source Materials Available Upon Request As The Sheer Amount Of Links Exceeds The Character Count Allowed On Spotify***

19 Syys 26min

The Case of UK Necrophile David Fuller & the Bedsit Murders

The Case of UK Necrophile David Fuller & the Bedsit Murders

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back over across the pond to discuss the case of David Fuller, a British man who committed a serious of heinous crimes in the 1980's known as the Bedsit Murders. But it wasn't until recently that the full scope of David's crimes would come to light... In addition to the murders, David had defiled the corpses of over 100 victims ranging in ages from 9 to 100 years old, and videotaped his deprived acts. Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mortuary-sex-corpse-murder-fuller-b1951834.html#:~:text=On%2023%20June%201987%2C%20the,sexually%20assaulted%2C%20beaten%20and%20strangledhttps://news.sky.com/story/david-fuller-what-were-his-crimes-and-how-did-he-evade-justice-for-so-long-13018147#:~:text=Five%20months%20after%20killing%20Ms,restaurant%2C%20which%20he%20had%20visitedhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/08/david-fuller-1987-killings-of-two-women-in-tunbridge-wells#:~:text=A%2067,UK%E2%80%99s%20longest%20unsolved%20homicide%20caseshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/15/david-fuller-jailed-for-of-two-women-and-abuse-of-over-100-corpses#:~:text=Handing%20down%20a%20whole,Fuller%20would%20die%20in%20jailhttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/david-fuller-sentence-trial-family-kent-morgue-b971925.html#:~:text=Fuller%20had%20met%20Ms%20Knell,his%20photographs%20to%20be%20developedhttps://people.com/david-fuller-case-british-hospital-necrophiliac-murderer-8729224#:~:text=Knell%2C%2025%2C%20was%20found%20naked,But%20there%20was%20no%20suspecthttps://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/R-v-David-Fuller-sentencing-remarks-071222.pdf#:~:text=Sentencing%20Remarks%201,and%20well%20publicised%20investigation%2C%20youhttps://deanwilson.co.uk/nhs-trust-agrees-compensation-protocol-for-families-of-david-fullers-mortuary-victims#:~:text=On%208th%20November%202021%2C%20The,to%20report%20in%20early%202023https://www.nusghani.org.uk/campaigns/leading-action-extending-sentencing-necrophilia#:~:text=The%20Independent%20inquiry%20announced%20and,%E2%80%9Dhttps://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/mortuary-abuser-killer-david-fuller-who-sexually-abused-the-bodies-of-more-than-100-women-and-girls-is-jailed-for-longer-3945940#:~:text=Fuller%20is%20originally%20from%20Portsmouth,Crown%20Court%20in%20the%201970shttps://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/man-on-trial-for-1987-bedsit-murders-256651/#:~:text=Mr%20Atkinson%20said%3A%20,addresses%20where%20victims%20were%20residenthttps://www.lbc.co.uk/news/david-fuller-wife-bedsit-killer-david/#:~:text=The%2067,know%20the%20names%20of%2078https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58250043https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-59134272

15 Syys 21min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Enthusiastic Lady Chops Off S*x Offender's Willy

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Enthusiastic Lady Chops Off S*x Offender's Willy

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 23min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Crazy Woman Has Multiple Babies With a Mannequin

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Crazy Woman Has Multiple Babies With a Mannequin

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 11min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Feces: The Internet's Hip New Drug To Get High On

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Feces: The Internet's Hip New Drug To Get High On

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 17min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Are Labubus Secretly Satan’s Beanie Babies?

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Are Labubus Secretly Satan’s Beanie Babies?

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 11min

Suosittua kategoriassa True crime

jaljilla
maanantaimysteeri
murhan-anatomia
piinan-kirous-2
i-dont-like-mondays
palmujen-varjoissa
rss-paha-syntyi-pohjolassa
viimeinen-havainto
kurja-juttu
rss-jaljilla
hiljaisia-huutoja
rss-maanantaimysteeri-2
poissa
rss-murhan-anatomia
motiivina-mustasukkaisuus
rss-lopullinen
paha-syntyi-pohjolassa-bonuskausi
huijarit
rss-palmujen-varjoissa
free-opa