Grief, Suspicion and Murder - June 19 2025

BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ September 18th: Mesac Damas Flees(2009) Determining a person’s level of competency to stand trial is an important step in any legal process. It makes sure that those who need help get it and those who are simply dangerous stay behind bars. At least, that’s what it’s supposed to do. On September 18th 2009 a man fled the country after brutally killing his entire family. A man who, by all accounts, seemed like he needed the help of a mental health professional. But, when he finally got it, they came back saying he wasn’t sick, but simply playing the long con.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Murderpedia, Wikipedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Sep 202111min

BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ September 17th: Eric Christopher Houston’s Sentence Upheld (1993) Some people are incapable of taking the blame for the hardships in their lives. That’s not to say there aren’t some outside factors but, for most, we can take all the bad in our lives and try our best to turn it around and make some positive change. On September 17th 1993 a judge in California was set to decide the sentence for a man who sat in the rubble of his crumbling life and only had 1 person to blame. His high school civics teacher. Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Murderpedia, Wikipedia, cncpunishment.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Sep 20217min

BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ September 16th: Washington Navy Yard Shooting (2013) Mental health awareness is incredibly important. Diagnosing, understanding, and helping an individual out can, quite literally, save a person’s life. Or, in this case, 13 lives. On September 16th 2013 a man took the lives of 12 individuals whom he had no personal connection to. A man who, had anyone tried to help, may have gotten the treatment he so desperately needed.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, CNN, BBC, nytimes.com, cbsnews.com, archive.defense.gov, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Sep 202112min

BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ September 15th: Norbert Poehlke Born (1951) Money can make desperate people into dangerous people. On September 15th 1951 a man was born who would take his desperate money situation and let it make him into a cold-blooded killer.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, Murderpedia, murdermurdermurder.com, prabook.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Sep 20218min

BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ September 14th: The Standard Gravure Shooting (1989) Firearms and medication seem like a deadly mix. On September 14th 1989 a shooting took place that still reigns in Kentucky history books as it’s deadliest mass shooting. A shooting that, in the aftermath, saw blame placed on a drug and the company who created it.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, courier-journal.com, wdrb.com, wave3.com, whas11.com, wlky.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Sep 20219min

BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ September 13th: First Victim of the Bowraville Murders Goes Missing (1990) Our world has, for hundreds of years, been plagued by the dark motives of racism. An issue that can be clearly seen, especially now, affecting all aspects of the world we are living in. On September 13th 1990 a young girl went missing from an Aboriginal community in New South Wales. She became the first of 3 in a seemingly unsolved murder case that has indigenous people in the area screaming racism and foul play.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, the Guardian, abc.net.au, graziamagazine.com, nambuccaguardian.com.au, theconversation.com, dcj.nsw.gov.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Sep 202111min

BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ September 12th: Conrad Roy Born (1995) Can someone be responsible for murder if they aren’t the person holding the weapon? It’s a question that, still to this day, gives a lot of people pause. How much responsibility does it take to change a case from suicide, to manslaughter, to murder? On September 12th 1995 a young boy was born who would go on to take his own life. A crime that his teenage girlfriend, a girl who did nothing to help him, went to trial over.   Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, CNN, people.com, boston.com, boston25news.com, BBC, elle.com, eonline.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Sep 202113min

BRAND NEW MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ September 11th: Cathy Woods Released (2014) Not all confessions should be taken with absolute certainty. False confessions exist and, while it seems odd that someone would confess to killing someone when they are innocent, there are extenuating circumstances that we may never understand. On September 11th 2014 a woman was released after decades behind bars for a crime she did not commit.  Wikipedia, rgj.com, law.umich.edu, LA Times, kolotv.com, thisisreno.com, usatoday.com, komonews.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Sep 202112min