Creep Me Out: A Podcast of True Crime, Urban Legends, & the Weird
HistorieJoin 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 II (03:04:45)
For the season 3 finale, Morgan concludes the telling of the heinous crimes of the prolific serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. Citations: -Lionel Dahmer, A Father's Story (Out of Print) -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-20 -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/ -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=14170290 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
- Deep Dive: Jeffrey Dahmer, Part I (02:39:35)
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
- The History of Freak Shows (01:28:34)
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
- Death Culture (01:45:17)
This week Ari and Morgan share the different customs, rituals, and beliefs from around the world surrounding the one thing we all can't avoid, death. Citations: -5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Funeral Industry https://evermore.org/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-funeral-industry/ -HOW THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY HAS EVOLVED https://www.funeralwise.com/resources/funeral-industry/ 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
- Profile: BTK (02:08:39)
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
- Profile: Henry VIII (02:04:51)
This week Ari tells Morgan the story of the notorious English monarch, Henry VIII. Citations: -The Wadsworth Book of the Kings and Queens of Britain, Dr. G.S.P Freeman-Grenville. -The Tudors: The Crown, The Dynasty, The Golden Age., Alison Weir -Henry VIII: King of England, Geoffrey R Elton, John S Morrill https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England 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
- Vlad the Impaler & the History of Vampires (01:33:17)
This week Ari, and Morgan each dive deep in the history of Vampires, and the man, the myth, the legend who started the modern fasciation with the bloodsuckers, Vlad Tepes, better known as Vlad the Impaler. Citations: -Dracula Prince of Many Faces: His Life and Times, Radu R. Florescu & Raymond T. McNally -Vampire History https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/vampire-history -Inside The Bloody History Of Vampires, From Ruthless Rulers To Medical Mysteries, Kaleena Fraga https://allthatsinteresting.com/vampires -Lichtheim, Miriam (2006) [1976]. Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume Two: The New Kingdom. University of California Press. pp. 197–199. -Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic, Karina Wilson https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decomposing-bodies-1720s-gave-birth-first-vampire-panic-180976097/ -How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries, Bella Isaacs-Thomas https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-vampire-lore-emerged-from-shadowy-medical-mysteries -The past stinks: a brief history of smells and social spaces, William Tullet https://theconversation.com/the-past-stinks-a-brief-history-of-smells-and-social-spaces-121383 -The Last American Vampire, Christopher Klein https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-vampire 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
- Mothman (00:58:10)
This week Morgan tells Ari the story of the internet's favorite cryptid, Point Pleasant WV's very own Mothman! Citations: -An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Gwen Mallow https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia -Mothman Festival https://www.mothmanfestival.com -Point Pleasant Register https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http:/www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm -Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters, and Animal Power Symbols: A Handbook, Cassandra Eason https://books.google.com/books?id=s4AP30k4IFwC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PR15&hl=en&source=newbks_fb -From Disaster to Prevention, T. R. Witcher https://ascelibrary.org/doi/epdf/10.1061/ciegag.0001250 -American Society of Civil Engineers 1993-11: Vol 119 Iss 4 https://archive.org/details/sim_american-society-of-civil-engineers-collected-journals_1993-11_119_4/mode/2up -Gray Barker's Book of Bunk, John C. Sherwood https://skepticalinquirer.org/2002/05/gray-barkers-book-of-bunk/ -The Portsmouth Times, Claims in Disaster Denied https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=cJ1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MVMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4537,3056163 -The Blackbird of Chernobyl: Was it a warning? Lauren Dillon https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/chornobyl-blackbird/35908/ 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
- Profile: H.H. Holmes (01:49:35)
This week Ari tells Morgan the story of America's first reported serial Killer, H.H. Homes, and his murderous reign during the 1885 Chicago World's Fair. Citations: -Devil In the White City, by Erik Larson -H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer, 2004 documentary now on Prime. -H.H. Holmes American serial killer, John Philip Jenkins https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes 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
- The Men in Black (01:24:47)
This week Morgan tells Ari the story of the mysterious Men in Black of ufology lore. Citations: Justin Sablich https://www.history.com/news/men-in-black-real-origins -Men in Black" Captured on Surveillance Video Entering Sheraton Hotel in Niagara Falls - FindingUFO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVMEYaQiOBo -The Editors of Publications International, Ltd. https://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/men-in-black.htm -The Coming of Saucers, Kenneth Arnorld and Raymond Palmer https://archive.org/details/TheComingOfTheSaucers/page/n5/mode/2up -CANADA: Strange lights spotted over the falls https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/canada-strange-lights-spotted-over-the-falls/article_cdbc1861-58cb-5b78-bc08-afb69913809c.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
- European Witch Trials (01:22:19)
Welcome to Season 3 of Creep Me Out! To start off the season Ari tells Morgan the story of the lesser known, but just as brutal European witch trials!Citations:-With Trials in Early Modern Europe and new Englandhttps://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/the-robbins-collection/exhibitions/witch-trials-in-early-modern-europe-and-new--History of Witcheshttps://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches-World Bewitchedhttps://rmc.library.cornell.edu/witchcraft/exhibition/dueprocess/torture.html#modalClosed-Additional Citationshttps://www.youtube.com/@SnappyDragonCredits:Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeillyAlbum art: Ben HarrisonHosts: Morgan Benek and Ari GravesProducer: Nick Kizina
- Jonestown (01:19:30)
For the season two finale Ari and Morgan discuss one of the most horrific mass murders in history, Jonestown, as well as the man behind it, Jim Jones. 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
- Profile: The Grim Sleeper (01:05:20)
This week Morgan and Ari discuss one of the most prolific serial killers of all time, Lonnie Daniel Franklin Jr, the Grim Sleeper. 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
- Mormonism (01:23:36)
This week Morgan welcomes her new co-host to the podcast Ari Graves! Ari dives right into their co-hosting duties, and discusses the darker side of the Mormon religion! 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
- Doppelgängers (01:03:35)
This week Morgan has some big news for the future of the podcast, and welcomes Producer Nick to the podcast to discuss the phenomenon of doppelgängers! Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina
- Profile: Jerry Brudos (00:52:51)
This week Morgan and Kat discuss serial killer Jerry Brudos Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina
- Sleep Paralysis (00:53:31)
This week Kat and Morgan discuss the phenomenon of Sleep Paralysis, and the demons which come with it. Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina
- Peggy and Robert, the Haunted Dolls (00:56:45)
This week Kat and Morgan discuss the history and weirdness behind the haunted dolls, Peggy and Robert. Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina
- Elisa Lam (00:49:19)
This week Morgan and Kat discuss the unusual circumstances of the death and disappearance of Elisa Lam.
- Profile: The Warrens (00:56:19)
In this episode Kat and Morgan explore the lives of paranormal investigators, and exorcists, Ed and Lorraine Warren. The pair explore the stories behind them, and the possibility they are con artists. Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina
- Profile: Guilles de Rais (00:45:02)
Welcome to season 2 of Creep Me Out! In the season 2 premiere, Morgan and Kat talk about French nobleman, the inspiration for the fairy tale, Bluebeard, and serial killer Guilles de Rais! Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album Art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina
- Bonus Episode: Cryptids! (01:12:17)
In this bonus episode the girls welcome their friend and producer, Nick Kizina to the podcast to discuss, Cryptids! The trio discuss The Beast(s) of Bray Road, and the legendary Jersey Devil! Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Creep Me Out Intro and Outro music by thesocials Find more of their work at https://www.fiverr.com/thesocials Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina Creep Me Out Artwork: Ben Harrison
- Creepy Dolls (00:49:07)
It's the season one finale, thank you for listening! In this episode the girls ask why are dolls so creepy? Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and preformed by Sean McNeilly Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina Creep Me Out Artwork: Ben Harrison
- The Seven Gates of Hell (00:47:15)
This week the girls discuss The York County Seven Gates of Hell in Hellam PA. They go into the legend behind the story, and how Hellam did not get their name from it. Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and preformed by Sean McNeilly Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina Creep Me Out Artwork: Ben Harrison
- Holiday Special: Krampus (00:37:03)
Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays! For this week's episode the girls dive into the legend of Krampus, and other spooky holiday legends! Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and preformed by Sean McNeilly Hosts: Morgan Benek and Kat Bureman Producer: Nick Kizina Creep Me Out Artwork: Ben Harrison