PTL: The Jim Bakker Scandal Part Two

Support the podcast by joining us at www.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcast to unlock exclusive bonus episodes, ad free listening, and our Discord chat! That's right, message one on one with the hosts 24/7! A true crime case so dark and disturbing it must be told. Rod Ferrell was born into poverty in Murray, KY. Raised by a teen mom who dabbled in the occult. Rod became obsessed with vampires from an early age. He claimed to be a 500 year old vampire named Vesago and became leader of a teenage vampire cult. Heather Wendorf was another misunderstood teenager living in Florida who befriended Rod. He introduced Heather to the vampire lifestyle. Eventually, Rod and Heather will plan to runaway resulting in deadly road trip. Join us for Episode 153 as we examine another Kentucky vampire cult mixed up in murder! Intro Music By Joe Buck YourselfHosts: Heather and Dylan PackerEmail: MountainMurdersPodcast@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

4 Apr 20211h 23min

This week's Offbeat focuses on your stories! That's right, listeners like you emailed or messaged us great stories ranging from black eyed people to spooky stuff in the woods! Email us your story at mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

31 Mar 202146min

Mountain Murders episode 151 takes a look at one of Virginia's most famous cases. Gina Hall was a college freshman who went to a Blacksburg night club on a summer night in 1980. She was never seen again. An investigation leads police to a former college football player with a violent past. Despite the fact there was no body, Stephen Epperly was charged with her murder. The case set a precedent and became known as Virginia's first entirely circumstantial murder conviction. Intro Music by Joe Buck YourselfHosts: Heather and Dylan PackerEmail: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comTo support the show, considering joining us at www.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcast to access exclusive content available only to patrons!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

28 Mar 20211h 33min

Support the show at www.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcast where you can access bonus content! This week's Offbeat continues our series on asylums. Pennhurst State School and Hospital located in Spring City, PA was known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-minded and Epileptic. Very quickly, conditions at the institute deteroriated due to overcrowding and funding issues. Pennhurst gained a reputation as one of the worst facilities in the nation. Eventually, a tv documentary series exposed the conditions. Join Mountain Murders as we discuss some of the brutality at Pennhurst. Hosts:Heather and DylanEmail: MountainMurdersPodcast@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

24 Mar 202127min

Keith Gordan Ham was swept up in the counter culture movements of the 1960s and went in search of a guru. He began studying under a Swami in New York City who was spreading a message of love and peace. Ham became Kirtananda betrays his guru in an attempt to seize control of the Krishna movement in America. Kirtandana decides to form his own Krishna commune in West Virginia. Followers flock to the community known as New Vrindaban. But life on the compoud is not what it seems. Join Mountain Murders as we discuss drug dealing, murder, pedophilia and corruption disguised under the robes of a con artist who exploited the Krishna religion for his own means. Intro music by Joe Buck YourselfHosts: Heather and Dylan PackerEmail: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

21 Mar 20211h 7min

On this week's Offbeat, we continue our series on asylums. The Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (formerly the Weston State Hospital) was a psychiatric hospital that opened in 1864. It was in operation until 1994. The hospital has a unique history through the Civil War and became a participant of the West Virginia Lobotomy Project. It's dark history has become a hot bed of paranormal activity over the years being featured on multiple ghost shows. Hosts: Heather and DylanEmail: Mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comwww.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

17 Mar 202154min

Marc Evonitz was a serial rapist and murderer who killed three teenage girls in Spotsylvania, Virginia as well as abducted a teenager in South Carolina. From a troubled childhood to a disturbed young man, Marc learned how to play the part of a normal guy. Intro Music by Joe Buck YourselfHosts: Heather & DylanEmail: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

15 Mar 20211h 1min

Mountain Murder's Offbeat brings you the first asylum in our series! Broughton Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Morganton, North Carolina with an interesting history. We examine former psychiatric techniques, the paranormal associated with Broughton, and some of the strange true stories at the hospital. Hosts: Heather and Dylan Email: mountainmurderspodcast@gmail.comTo support the show consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/mountainmurderspodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

10 Mar 202144min