Creep Me Out: A Podcast of True Crime, Urban Legends, & the Weird
Creep Me Out: A Podcast of True Crime, Urban Legends, & the Weird

Creep Me Out: A Podcast of True Crime, Urban Legends, & the Weird

Modern Mythos Network

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Join friends Morgan Benek, and Kat Bueman once a week every season, as they dive into stories of true crime, urban legends, spooky history, and the paranormal.

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Deep Dive: Jeffrey Dahmer, Part I
NOV 5, 2024
Deep Dive: Jeffrey Dahmer, Part I

This week Morgan tells the first part of the story of one of the most notorious serial killers in history, Jeffrey Dahmer.

Citations:

-Lionel Dahmer, A Father's Story (Out of Print)

-Dvorchak, R., & Holewa, L. (1992). Milwaukee Massacre: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Milwaukee Murders.[Kindle]. Dell Publishing.

-Festival that Dahmer victim was planning to attend 6/18/78. (1978, June 17). Newspapers.com.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-festival-that-d/38114889/

-Jeffrey Dahmer. (n.d.). In Federal Bureau of Investigation, Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts (No. 7-MW-26057-Section 2). Retrieved June 19, 2024

https://vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-lionel-dahmer/jeffrey-lionel-dahmer-part-03-of-19

-Jujjavarapu, A. (2024, May 23). Who Is Jeffrey Dahmer’s Brother David Dahmer & Where Is He Now? Yahoo. Retrieved June 19, 2024

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeffrey-dahmer-brother-david-dahmer-122616166.html

-Masters, B. (2020). The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer [Print]. Hodder Paperbacks.

-Norris, J. (1992). Jeffrey Dahmer [Book]. Constable Limited.

-Rosewood, J. (2017). Jeffery Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism (The Serial Killer Books Book 1) [Audiobook].

-Sullivan, C. (2022, January 27). Jeffrey Dahmer Biography: The Cannibal Killer. Biographics.

https://biographics.org/jeffrey-dahmer-biography-the-cannibal-killer/

-The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search. (n.d.).

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JTUdAAAAIBAJ&pg=6988,58204

-Why Jeffrey Dahmer Waited Almost a Decade After Killing His First Victim, Steven Hicks, Before Murdering Again. (2022, October 12). A&E. Retrieved June 19, 2024

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/steven-hicks

-Inside Edition. (2018, November 27). Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer’s Chilling Jailhouse Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWjYsxaBjBI

-Jordan, J. (2022). Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes. Netflix. 

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81408930?trackId=14170289

-What happened to Jeffery Dahmer's Army Career? Sarah Sicard

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/2022/09/28/what-happened-to-jeffrey-dahmers-army-career/

-Soldiers, sexual abuse – and the serial killer: The US military’s secret sexual assaults

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/soldiers-sexual-abuse-and-the-serial-killer-the-us-military-s-secret-sexual-assaults-8679271.html

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Album art: Ben Harrison

Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves

Producer: Nick Kizina


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159 MIN
The History of Freak Shows
OCT 29, 2024
The History of Freak Shows

This week Ari tells Morgan the history of a past time of a bygone era, Freak Shows.

Citations:

-CIRCUS HISTORY: FREAK SHOWS AND SIDESHOWS, Kim Hart

https://www.aaastateofplay.com/circus-history/

-Freak Shows in the United States (1840-1940), Combined sources article 

https://disabilityhistory.org/2021/12/29/freak-shows-in-the-united-states-1840-1940/

-Freak Shows in the United States (1840-1940), Michael M Chemers

https://www.britannica.com/art/freak-show

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Album art: Ben Harrison

Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves

Producer: Nick Kizina


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88 MIN
Profile: BTK
OCT 15, 2024
Profile: BTK

This week Morgan tells Ari the story of the saddest, most pathetic serial killer in American History, Dennis Radar better known by his self appointed moniker, BTK.

Citations:

-Katherine Ramsland, Ph. D Confessions of a Serial Killer

-FBI Records: The Vault

https://vault.fbi.gov/dennis-rader/dennis-rader-part-01/view

-Matthew Crawford, Dennis Rader, The BTK Killer: Psychology of a Psychopath

https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Profile-of-a-Serial-Killer-Part-5-Dennis-Rader-The-BTK-Killer

-Michael Ruiz,Serial killer’s daughter confronts him behind bars over explosive diary entry that suggests she too was victim

https://www.foxnews.com/us/serial-killers-daughter-confronts-him-behind-bars-over-explosive-diary-entry-suggests-she-too-victim

-Scott A Bonn Ph. D,The Extreme Narcissism of Serial Killer BTK

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/202402/the-extreme-narcissism-of-serial-killer-btk

-Scott A Bonn, Ph. D, Evolution of a Serial Killer: Dennis Rader, BTK

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/202202/evolution-serial-killer-dennis-rader-btk

-Quote Catalog

https://quotecatalog.com/quote/dennis-rader-those-three-dud-8abQ3Mp

-Elena Nicoladu, Read The BTK Killer's Shocking Letters For Yourself

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/08/240763/btk-killer-letters-victims-mindhunter-season-2

-Netflix, Catching Killers, S2:E1

https://www.netflix.com/title/81264650

-American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Stitistical Manual of Mental Disorders V

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Album art: Ben Harrison

Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves

Producer: Nick Kizina


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128 MIN