Mary Cowan | The Borgia of Maine | Maine's First Serial Killer
The Misery Machine29 Juni 2020

Mary Cowan | The Borgia of Maine | Maine's First Serial Killer

This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the little known case of Mary Cowan, who arguably is Maine's first serial killer. We also touch base on her connections to Lewiston.

Mary A. Cowan, known as The Borgia of Maine, was an American serial killer who poisoned two husbands (Willis W. Bean, and George H. Taylor), and four children between 1884 and 1894 (Gracie, Alice and Mabel Bean - as well as stepson Willis Cowan), and attempted to murder a third husband (Elias Cowan). Convicted of killing her step-son in September 1894, Cowan was sentenced to life imprisonment and sent off to the Maine State Prison, then in Thomaston, for the following two years.

In 1898, her examining physician turned to then-governor Llewellyn Powers with the request of pardoning Mary, as she was in failing health and wished to die peacefully in her Dixmont home. Despite her ailment, Mary gave birth to a child while in prison (an unnamed baby girl - referred to as Mary's final victim), but it, along with herself, died soon after.

Cowan, by then dubbed 'The Borgia of Maine' by the press, was first interned at Etna, where her parents lived, but her body was then moved to the Sawyer Cemetery in her birthplace of Plymouth, where she was buried on the family plot with her murder victims.

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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 Sep 36min

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22 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 21min

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

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12 Sep 11min

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12 Sep 17min

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