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In light of Black History Month, this week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the tragic murder of James Byrd Jr. in the small Texas town of Jasper in the late 1990's, and the Anti-Hate Crime legislation that was passed as a result.  The Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing: http://www.thebyrdfoundation.org A very special thank you to Levi for supporting our show as our highest tier patron! Levi's Adoption Fundraising Page: https://gofund.me/d658a3a7 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 Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://bit.ly/3u7aCk7 https://bit.ly/2NsRpbq https://n.pr/3denCyb https://nyti.ms/3rTAsWO https://bit.ly/3akCA3T https://bit.ly/2ZjdUSQ

15 Feb 202118min

By popular listener suggestion, this week, Drewby and Yergy revisit the tragic case of Junko Furuta. She would have turned 50 years old this year. If you see something, say something. Like the cases of Sylvia Likens, Shanda Sharer, Suzanne Capper, and Kitty Genovese, we need to end bystander apathy. Resources: National Domestic Violence Hotline or 1 (800) 799-SAFE RAINN - Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network or 1 (800) 656-HOPE A very special thank you to Levi for supporting our show as our highest tier patron! Levi's Adoption Fundraising Page: https://gofund.me/d658a3a7 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 Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://www.buggedspace.com/44-days-of-hell-the-story-of-junko-furuta/ https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/junko-furuta/ https://www.instagram.com/junkofuruta40/?hl=en https://japaninsides.com/44-days-of-hell-the-story-of-junko-furuta/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Junko_Furuta https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/junko-furuta-killer-again-on-trial-chaos-in-the-courtroom/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/junko-furuta

8 Feb 202124min

Join Drewby and Yergy as they discuss the case of Mary Catherine Olenchuk, who has unfortunate the distinction of being Maine's oldest cold case. Was it the work of eco-terrorists? A deranged local? Or a confessed child predator from Massachusetts. Let us know your thoughts! To this date, Mary's case is the oldest cold case in Maine history. If anyone has any information, please contact the Maine State Police at 1-(800)-228-0857. A very special thank you to Levi for supporting our show as our highest tier patron! 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 Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: http://imgur.com/a/lDmHc https://downeast.com/features/unsolved-crimes-closure/ https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/pierce-charles.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/10/19/gen-peter-olenchuk-munitions-expert-dies/eeea6303-4eaa-4bef-891d-5e39833786e1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/08/29/obituaries/b22db7a4-e4be-4f25-a7fb-aecb2b952dfc/ https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/me-mary-catherine-olenchuk-13-ogunquit-9-aug-1970.295367/ http://justiceforunsolvedinmaine.blogspot.com/2015/03/red-rover-by-alex-ferguson.html

1 Feb 202126min

Join Drewby and Yergy as we discuss the Capuchin Catacombs, a 16th century ossuary in southern Italy meant to house the remains of priests and friars, which has become something of a morbid tourist attraction, and the home to the world's most beautiful mummy, Rosalia Lombardo. A very special thank you to Levi for supporting our show as our highest tier patron! 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 Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_Lombardo https://mummipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Rosalia_Lombardo http://www.palermocatacombs.com/explore/rosalia-lombardo https://www.amusingplanet.com/2017/01/rosalia-lombardo-mummy-that-blinks.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombe_dei_Cappuccini https://youtu.be/EOhSd0ugmI4 https://youtu.be/7JwRnps04EM https://youtu.be/yDpNv3DhQJ8

25 Jan 202120min

This week, Drewby and Yergy review the tragic death of an expectant young mother from Skidmore, Missouri, and the perpetrator, who on January 13th, 2021, became the first woman to have a death sentence carried out on a federal level in almost 70 years. Was justice served? A very special thank you to Levi for supporting our show as our highest tier patron! 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 Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://tinyurl.com/y2htphdt https://tinyurl.com/y53f4cch https://tinyurl.com/y29z2tdr https://tinyurl.com/y5ew85aq https://tinyurl.com/y6au5jdh https://tinyurl.com/y2ndmuuc https://tinyurl.com/y349fy9f

18 Jan 202130min

One of Hong Kong's very few murder cases that gained national attention took place between two American expatriates, one of those being a Merrill Lynch investment banker (Robert Peter Kissel), a bored housewife, and an uncommon instrument to commit the murder. A very special thank you to Levi for supporting our show as our highest tier patron! 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 Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Robert_Kissel https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/milkshake-murder-millionaire-banker-robert-kissel-killed-in-hong-kong

13 Jan 202110min

Lam Kor-wan, Hong Kong's first known serial killer, worked as a taxi driver, which conveniently allowed him to pick up female passengers, strangle them with electrical wire, take them to his family home, and dismember them. Lam's English moniker, "The Jars Murderer", was coined after the police revealed that he had kept sexual organs in Tupperware locked away in a metal ammunition container under his bed.  A very special thank you to Levi for supporting our show as our highest tier patron! 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 Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lam_Kor-wan https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2106697/remembering-jars-killer-35-years-after-he-was-caught https://worldofbuzz.com/hong-kongs-first-gruesome-serial-killer-malaysian-man/

11 Jan 202116min

Michael Alig was an American club promoter and convicted felon. He was the self proclaimed "King of the Club Kids," a group of young New York City clubgoers who became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1980s and early 1990s through their flamboyant costumes and their excessive use of party drugs. In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid Andre "Angel" Melendez in a confrontation over amongst other things, a delinquent drug debt. The pair then dismembered the body and disposed of Melendez's remains in the Hudson River, where they were later discovered by children playing on a beach in Staten Island.  A very special thank you to Levi for supporting our show as our highest tier patron! 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 Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime  Source Material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/style/michael-alig-dead.html https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePeeew Documentaries/Films: Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig (2015), Party Monster (2003), Party Monster: The Shockumentary (1998).

4 Jan 20211h 11min