Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea
Kudzu Killers is a true crime podcast featuring an honest-to-goodness southern gal sharing compelling tales of southern style homicide and ghoulish acts of terror.
Episodes
Is this what we've come to?
Is this what we've become? A society of haters who believe that murder is okay as long as it suits their purposes? This week, Kim discusses recent events, where it seems that violence is okay, as long as you're taking out someone who doesn'…
The Freeway Strangler - William Bonin Episode 82
William Bonin, known as the Freeway Killer or Freeway Strangler, terrorized the streets of Los Angeles and Orange Counties in a murderous rampage from 1979 to 1980, murdering at least 21 young men and boys. Before that, he had a long histor…
University of Idaho Victims: Kaylee, Maddie, Xana, and Ethan
Kudzu Killers is back! Kim has got a season planned of provative stories, and her sometimes controversial take on the crimes.While you've most likely heard about the University of Idaho murders from back in 2022, and that the murderer accep…
The Shopping Cart Killer
He doesn't fit the profile for a serial killer. He met his victims on a dating app......And he disposed of the bodies using a shopping cart. The Shopping Cart Killer this week on Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea
The Disappearance of Morgan Nick
Morgan Nick was just 6 years old when she was abducted from a Little League park in Alma, Arkansas on June 9, 1995. Join Kim today on Kudzu Killers: Homicide and Sweet Tea to hear the details of the abduction and see if you can offer some i…
Season 2 Kudzu KIllers trailer
Back with Season 2, all about unsolved cases and missing persons, and other things in between.
Good vs Evil: Steven and Cary Stayner
When Steven Stayner was kidnapped in 1972, the world watched as police and his family searched for him. Then he emerged a hero in 1980 when he rescued little Timmy White from suffering the same fate of torture, molestation and rape he'd end…
Bringing Back the Firing Squad
With lethal injection and electrocution pretty much off the table in most states, some are reconsidering firing squad as a form of capital punishment. Is it really more humane than other methods of execution? You be the judge.
The Lurker in the Library: Serial Killer Gregory Davis
Little is known about the case of Mississippi Serial Killer Gregory Davis, but Lark pieces together his crimes and the aftermath. Ever feel like you were being watched through the stacks? Promo for Harpy Hour podcast.
Finally Solved: The Colorado Hitchhiker Murders
When two female hitchhikers were murdered in separate incidents on the same day back in 1982, the only evidence was some blood on a glove and a tissue. It took 39 years and many man-hours of genetic genealogy tracking to finally identify th…
Unjustified: The Tragic Execution of Joe Arridy
Joe Arridy's IQ was 46, meaning he had the mental capacity of a 6-year-old. When he was arrested for the rape and murder of 15 year old Dorothy Drain in 1936, he didn't understand what was being asked in his interrogation. There were so man…
The Case of the Suspended ME
What happens when a respected veteran medical examiner is found to have missed something major on an autopsy? Do you call into question every autopsy he performed in his 40 years of service? That's a decision being mulled over in Fort Worth…
Torture Mother: The Slow Murder of Sylvia Likens
When Sylvia Likens's parents dropped her and her sister, Jenny, off at the home of Gertrude Baniszewski for a few months while they traveled, they never imagined the horrors their daughter would go through. Starvation finally claimed Sylvia…
Forensic Friday and the Deep Freeze
Sorry, folks. No Forensic Friday episode this week. Here's why, and have a wonderful weekend. See you next week! Stay safe and warm.
Solving the Murder of Christy Mirack
Christy Mirack was violently murdered in 1992 as she was getting ready for work. But who would kill the beloved 25-year-old school teacher? No one knew the answer for over 25 years. Then genetic genealogy stepped in.
The Police Chief's Harem
In this story, that's still developing, Lark discusses the Facebook face-off of a small town police chief's mistresses, their comparing of notes, forged paperwork, and the downfall of a small town officer of the law.
Attack on Lover's Lane: The Colonial Parkway Murders
A series of unsolved homicides between 1986-1989 that still haunts us today. Young couples in love, going to their favorite parking spots, never expecting to be the next victims of a sadistic serial killer. Will we ever know who the killer …
Stupid Is As Stupid Does: The Lighter Side of Crime
Instead of Forensic Friday, today we have Funny Friday. Stories of criminals being dumb. Really dumb.
Satanic Sacrifice: The Murder of Elyse Pahler
When three teenagers decided they wanted to make a human sacrifice to the devil in the hope it would make their heavy metal band famous, they chose the purest girl they knew: Elyse Pahler. But how they killed her, and what they did to her b…
Death Row Widows: Why Do Women Fall for Murderers?
There is a term for women who fall in love with serial killers on death row: hybristophilia. From Ted Bundy to Richard Ramirez, some women go for the ultra bad boys. It's a complex psychological issue that Lark explains in this episode of F…
Gypsy Rose -- A Lifetime of Abuse Avenged
This is the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was physically and emotionally abused by her mother, who suffered from Munchausen's by Proxy. After years of fear of her mother's punishments and abuse, Gypsy made a deadly plan to escape.
The Identification of Mostly Harmless
When a hiker identified only by his trail name, Mostly Harmless, was found dead in his tent near the Florida everglades, the mystery surrounding his true identity grew. Was he a dying man trying to complete his bucket list of a hike from Ne…
The Walker Family: Murdered in Cold Blood
What happened when Christine "Tilly" Walker came home early on December 19, 1959? Who was at the home who would rape and murder her, then wait until her husband got there 30 minutes later and slaughter him and their two young children? Was …
Obsessive Love: The Murder of Alisha Bromfield
Twenty-one-year-old Alisha Bromfield was 6 and a half months pregnant when her boss, who had verbally and sexually harassed her for five years, murdered her and her unborn daughter. He claimed he was too drunk to know what he was doing. Ali…
The John/Joan Case: A Tragic Experiment
When their child's circumcision went horribly wrong, the Reimers were told by Dr. John Money to raise him as a girl, and his twin brother as a boy. Bruce became Brenda. But Money's nature versus nurture experiment was a failure, and the res…
Sliced from the Womb: The Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett
Bobbie Jo Stinnett was 23 years old and about to become a mother on December 16, 2004, when she was murdered and her baby ripped from her womb by a woman named Lisa Montgomery. Montgomery is set to be executed on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. …
The Sledgehammer Killer
Fifteen-year-old Zachary Davis wanted to be a serial killer. On the night of August 10, 2012, he chose his first victim: his mother. Includes jailhouse interview with Dr. Phil.
The Necrophiliac Wore Stilettos
What do you do when your mama dresses you like a girl, then abuses you for wanting your own pair of patent leather pumps? Well, you kill woman and molest their dead bodies, of course. Lark tells us about the case of Jerry Brudos, serial kil…
Sign of the Zodiac: Solving the Final Cipher
A case that has baffled police, reporters, and the general public for over 50 years. The Zodiac Killer terrorized Vallejo, California and the Bay Area during a year-long killing spree, taking the lives of at least 5 people, possibly more. A…
Nipped in the Bud: A Case of Penilectomy
When a Florida man was pulled over for his third DWI and given a prison sentence, he never expected he'd come out missing body parts. Enter the urologist from Hell, Dr. Paul Perito. Listener discretion, especially those in possession of...u…
Thrill for the Kill: Teenage Murderer Alyssa Bustamante
A diary entry was the downfall of teen thrill killer, Alyssa Bustamante. In 2009, she murdered 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten, just to see what it felt like. Then she wrote about her feelings in her diary. Listen in as Lark tells the s…
Wet-Vac Your Way to DNA
When there's no way to lift DNA from a piece of evidence, it's M-Vac to the rescue. One of the latest developments in DNA harvesting technology. We cover three cases where this instrument has assisted in solving cold case murders.
The Eyes Have It: Charles Albright, the Dallas Eyeball Killer
Charles Albright, Renaissance man, great guy, generous to a fault. Murderer. Check out the story of the Dallas Eyeball Killer.
Jack Attack! The Infamous Jack the Ripper
For their 50th episode, Kim and Lark decided to cover the crimes that brought them to true crime. Leather Apron, The White Chapel Murderer, infamously known as Jack the Ripper. Lark tells the gory detailstr of the victims and the resulting …
The Gruesome Murder of Tara Lea McCarthy
Delmar Anholt didn't want the baby his girlfriend, Tara McCarthy, was carrying, so when she was eight and a half months pregnant, he murdered her and the baby in the most gruesome way imaginable. This episode is extremely explicit regarding…
Captured in Time: The Bog Bodies
In 1950, a discovery in a peat bog in Denmark became known as Tollund Man, a 2,000 year old body perfectly preserved by the elements of the bog, complete with noose around his neck. This Forensic Friday we discuss the nearly 2,000 bodies si…
Fish Food: The Story of Rapist, Murderer, and Cannibal, Albert Fish
Albert Fish's DNA was messed up from the get go, with more family members suffering from mental illness than were normal. Spending 5 years in a sadistic orphanage brought out the crazy in him, and laid the groundwork for the sick and twiste…
Death Race 1890: The First Use of the Electric Chair
After several less than successful hangings, the State of New York, indeed the whole country, was looking for a more "humane" method of execution. In steps a cast of irregulars, including George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and a dentist an…
The Life and Times of Ed Gein
Ed Gein was the ultimate mama's boy. This is the story of an unstable man with a sadistic mother, who has been the inspiration for many horror movies, novels and characters.
The Secret Life of Professor James St. James
In 1967, James Wolcott murdered his entire family, and was sentenced to 6 years in a mental institution. After his release, James Wolcott disappeared. He reinvented himself as a college professor. This is his story. Any opinions are our own…