Melanin Mayhem Podcast
A true crime podcast that highlights lesser-known criminal masterminds, focusing on cases involving Black individuals. The show aims to bring attention to stories that are often overlooked in mainstream true crime media.
Episodes
Hubert Geralds Jr.
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comThis week, Your Favorite Country Girl is headed to 1990s Chicago, where the Englewood neighborhood had more than enough mayhem to go around.Hubert Geralds Jr. had been in and out of trouble since his teenage years, but petty crime was only the beginning. After landing in Chicago and making himself comfortable at his sister’s house, Geralds graduat
The Monster of Montmartre
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comParis. The City of Light. The city of romance. The city of fashion.And for three terrifying years in the 1980s, it was also home to a pair of predators who turned some of its most vulnerable residents into targets.When elderbuns across Paris began turning up beaten, bound, tortured, and murdered inside their own apartments, police were baffled. Th
Aeman Acting A Fool
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comHe wanted fame. Instead, he became one of Georgia’s most chilling modern serial killers.This week, your favorite country girl heads to the Peach State to unpack the disturbing case of Aeman Lovelle Presley—a failed actor, self-proclaimed gang member, and drifter whose frustration with life turned deadly in 2014. Over the course of just a few month
Cults, Chaos & Cosmic Foolishness
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comWhat happens when a convicted predator reinvents himself over…and over…and over again—until hundreds of people believe he’s a prophet sent to save humanity?This week, your favorite country girl is taking Noir Nation down the rabbit hole of one of the wildest cult stories you may have never heard: the rise and fall of Dwight York. From Brooklyn beg
Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series | The Inheritance
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comBrielle Livingston has spent her whole life wondering where she came from.One decision changed everything.A family she never knew. A grandfather she never met. A hometown her mother swore never to return to.But when death strikes twice in a matter of days, Brielle starts to wonder…Was her mother hiding the truth?Stay connected:www.melaninmayhempod
Silky-Smooth Serial Killer
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comWayne “Silk” Perry wasn’t just feared in the streets of Washington D.C.—for some, he became a legend.This week, your favorite country girl heads to 1980s and 90s Washington D.C., when crack cocaine, fast money, and violence turned Chocolate City into the Murder Capital of America. At the center of whispers, rumors, and street mythology stood one m
The Witness | Ending C | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comWhat if the witness wasn’t as innocent as she seemed?In this alternate ending of The Witness, grief turns into obsession, old wounds refuse to heal, and Shemeka’s need for justice starts looking a whole lot like revenge. As secrets from the past begin to surface, one thing becomes clear: everybody ain’t telling the same story… and some people are
The Linden Area Rapist
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comFor more than a decade, women in one Columbus neighborhood lived in fear of a man who slipped into their homes in the dead of night. Police were hunting a serial rapist. DNA existed. Victims kept piling up. So what went wrong? This week, your favorite country girl drags the audacious and diabolical Robert Patton Jr.—aka the Linden Area Rapist—to t
The Beast of Bastille
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comParis was on edge. Women were being followed… hunted… and murdered in their own homes.For years, the attacks seemed random—different neighborhoods, different victims, no clear suspect. But behind the chaos was one man hiding in plain sight… slipping through the cracks of a broken system.This week, Guy Georges—also known as the Beast of Bastille—ta
The Witness | Ending B Teaser | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Subscribe now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comShe walked out of that courtroom free… but some things don’t stay behind when the case is over.Trying to outrun the past, Shemeka starts over in a quiet town—only to find that guilt has a way of getting louder when everything else gets still. What begins as an attempt to make things right slowly turns into something far more complicated… and far mor
The Melanin Mix
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comWelcome to The Mayhem Mix—where your favorite country girl takes you beyond the headlines and into the stories behind them.If you’ve been rocking with Melanin Mayhem, then you already know what it is—I don’t just tell stories… I pull them apart, piece by piece, and give you the context, the details, and the parts they don’t always say out loud.Thi
The Mississippi Hacker
Subscribe today: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comThey arrested the wrong man first.Then they caught Alonzo Robinson at the post office and when they searched him, something in his pocket blew everyone away.From grave robbing… to missing women… to a brutal double murder in 1934—this is one of them stories that don’t sit right no matter how you look at it. Even from way back when. Come on in and p
The Witness | Ending A Teaser | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Subscribe now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comShemeka moved on. Built a life. Kept it pushing.But some skeletons don’t stay in the past… no matter how far you go they find you.In this teaser of Ending A, we step into a life that looks picture perfect on the surface—but something’s shifting… and it’s only a matter of time before it shows.If you think you know how this plays out…you might want to
The Witness | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Shemeka Carter made a choice.In a matter of seconds, she told a lie that changed everything—for her… and for a man who had nothing to do with it.What started as a routine night turned into a murder, a cover story, and a decision that couldn’t be undone.Now an innocent man is facing life behind bars…and the only person who knows the truth is the one who put him there.But here’s the thing…This story
The Clairemont Killer
Subscribe Now at: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comThey called him the Clairemont Killer… but he wasn’t hiding.Cleophus Prince Jr. was targeting young women in their homes, in broad daylight, same neighborhoods, same pattern and still slipping through the cracks.Missed signs. Wrong leads. People who heard… and did nothing.Until DNA said otherwise.Tap in, Noir Nation. This one? Yeah… it’s a lot.St
Paid In Full | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Subscribe today for the endings to the story: https://melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.com/What starts as love… ends in liability.Tasha Monroe thought she found stability in Dre—a man who showed up when her life was falling apart.But love has a way of blinding you to what’s going on right under your nose.Because one signature turns into another.One favor turns into a pattern.And before you know it…
Christopher Dorner
Subscribe for more mayhem:https://melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.com/Christopher did everything “right.” College educated. Navy veteran. LAPD officer with something to prove.But when he spoke up, the system labeled him a liar.And Christopher couldn't get over that. What started as a fight to clear his name turned into a calculated war against the people he believed destroyed his life.This week
Anthony Balaam | The Trenton Strangler
Subscribe Now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comThis week, we’re headed to Trenton…where a trifling predator turned late-night transactions into deadly encounters.What started as a hustle in the shadows…ended in a pattern of violence that would leave multiple women deadand a city on edge.And when the truth finally came out?It was DNA—Definitive. Not Alleged.This is the story of Anthony Balaam…The
Blood is Thicker Than Water | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Subscribe now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.com/Two families.One lie.And a revenge that didn’t end when it started.Because in 1949…something was taken that could never be returned.And the people living with the consequences?Don’t even know it yet.But when the truth finally comes out…It won’t just change the story—It’ll change who everybody is.Press play.Stay connected:www.melaninmayhempodcast.co
A Real-Life Horror Movie *Flashback Episode*
Subscribe now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.com/This week’s mayhem maker didn’t kill anybody. Didn’t assault anybody either.But what he did?So foul…lawmakers had to step in and make sure it could never happen again.So we’re taking it back with a replay of one of the wildest stories from the vault.We’re heading to the Tri-State Crematory—where things were NOT what they were supposed to be.And at
The Come Up | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Subscribe now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.com/Everybody wants a come up.A way out.A break.Something that finally shifts life in your favor.But what happens when that opportunity shows up…and it’s just a little too easy?Nick has spent his whole life waiting for his moment.And when it finally comes?All he has to do…is take it.The only question is—what comes with it?Stay connected:www.melaninmayh
The Favor | Ending C | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Subscribe Now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comNoir Nation…You heard the ending that was voted to win, now how about the second runner up to give you a different perspective?Everything ain’t what it looked like.Because at some point…Danielle stops trying to get out…and starts understanding what she stepped into.And once she sees the bigger picture?The move she makes next…changes everything.Press
The Favor | Ending B | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
Subscribe Now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.comNoir Nation… y’all made your choice 👀And baby, I hope you stand on it.Because this version?This ain’t about loyalty.This ain’t about friendship.This is about survival.Danielle is sitting in that room with everything pointing straight at her… and the only thing standing between her and a life she didn’t sign up for is one decision.One move.One name.A
The Real OG's of Death Row **Replay w/ Bonus content**
Hey Noir Nation, today it's flashback mayhem with some bonus content to help you get over the hump including an update on the poll results for how the Melanin Mayhem Story Series - The Favor will end. We have one more Wednesday to get through and I will be back with fresh mayhem for everyone.I went antiquing with this one… and not the cute, little knick-knack kind either.I’m talking way back…w
The Favor | Melanin Mayhem Original Story Series
You ever did somebody a favor… and wished you never did?Danielle Brooks thought she was doing a friend a small favor. Just hold a bag for a couple days. No questions. No drama. But when that bag leads to a dead man, a police interrogation, and a friendship built on lies, Danielle realizes too late that some favors don’t come cheap. Welcome to the first installment of the Melanin Mayhem Original St
The Black Widow of Maryland *Replay episode*
***Flashback Episode***She played in everybody's face as the grieving widow when all the while she was playing them like poker chips. This week, we dive into the twisted tale of Josephine Gray — a woman whose lovers had a nasty habit of ending up communing with the Lord. But while the bodies dropped, her bank account grew, getting fat off life insurance payouts. With voodoo, manipulation, and
Soldier Turned Sniper
A peaceful protest in Dallas. An ex-soldier armed to the teeth. And a night that at the time would become the deadliest attack on law enforcement since 9/11.This week we examine the case of Micah Xavier Johnson — the Army veteran who turned a BLM demonstration into a battlefield. Who was the man that would ultimately carry out a shocking act of violence that left multiple police officers dead and
Penitentiary Ready
In this week’s episode we are diving into one of the most disturbing stories this podcast has ever covered.Joshua Anderson terrorized a North Tulsa neighborhood in the mid-2000s with a relentless, unforgiving pattern of violence—assaults, robberies, shootings, and intimidation that left residents too afraid to speak out and essentially prisoners in their own homes. The violence reached unimaginabl
A Real-Life Horror Movie *Flashback Episode
Subscribe now: melaninmayhempodcast.supercast.com/This week’s mayhem maker didn’t kill anybody.Didn’t assault anybody either.But what he did?So foul…lawmakers had to step in and make sure it could never happen again.So we’re taking it back with a replay of one of the wildest stories from the vault.We’re heading to the Tri-State Crematory—where things were NOT what they were supposed to be.And at t
The Trash Bag Man
Three women. Nine months. One garage on Hayden Avenue.In the summer of 2013, a stretch of road in East Cleveland was engulfed in a smell nobody wanted to name. What started as whispers of missing women turned into trash bags, flies, and a predator hiding in plain sight.But this isn’t just a story about a serial killer. It’s about what happens when warning signs get ignored, when entire neighborhoo
The Most Protected Killer in History
In 1920 Kentucky, a brutal crime shocked a quiet ruralcommunity — but the crime itself isn’t what made history. What happened after did.When Will Lockett was accused of the murder of a 10-year-oldgirl, outrage spread fast. A lynch mob formed. Thousands gathered. The entire town braced for blood. But instead of turning him over… the government did something almost unheard of in American history.The
Bishop Bling Bling
This week we’re talking about faith, flash, and felonies.Meet Lamor Miller-Whitehead — the designer-dripped preacher who built a brand on prosperity, power circles, and pulpit performance… until the feds came knocking.From mortgage fraud to fake financial documents, political name-dropping, and a church robbery that had the internet in shambles — this is the story of a man who blurred the line bet
Milwaukee North Side Strangler
For nearly 30 years, women were being found dead on Milwaukee’s north side — and nobody saw the monster standing right in front of them.This week we are dragging a career criminal who was in and out of jail, in and out of police files… and somehow still walking free while women kept turning up dead around his mama’s house.He was violent.He was reckless.He was a known problem.And still — he slipped
The Southside Strangler
In Virginia in the 80s, women were being attacked, little evidence was being left behind, and the wrong man was sitting in a prison cell.This week I bring you the unbelievable story of Timothy Wilson Spencer — a serial killer whose audacious crimes were eerily quiet, yet the impact was like a bomb going off in these bedroom communities of Arlington and Richmond. A story of investigatory missteps,
Robert Nixon AKA Brick Basher
Noir Nation… this one is WILD. We’re going back in time for a dusty and disgusting tale of brick-to-the-dome brutality, creepy break-ins, and press coverage so racist you’ll want to fight the newspaper. Robert Nixon was a young cat committing grown-man crimes—and the system wasted no time making sure he didn’t live long enough to become anything else.But here’s the twist: the deeper you dig, the u
The Shotgun Stalker of DC
This week on Melanin Mayhem, we’re dragging James Edward Swann Jr., aka the “Shotgun Stalker.” In 1993, DC had a real-life nightmare rolling through two very different neighborhoods in the metro area and baby—this case is equal parts terrifying and infuriating. Random victims. A hunting ground that he never switched up. And a police response that’ll have you yelling at your speaker. Press play and
2025 Top 10 Countdown
It’s been a year of audacity, diabolical behavior, and pure mayhem — and now it’s time to run it back.In this 2025 Year-End Review, your favorite country girl counts down the Top 10 Melanin Mayhem Podcast episodes of the year, based on listener engagement and the sheer what-the-hell-did-I-just-listen-to factor.From serial offenders and scandalous lovers to insurance schemes, courtroom chaos, and c
Inaugural Episode- Roberta Elder
America’s Forgotten Black Female Serial KillerThe FBI says serial killers are usually white men — but Roberta Elder shatters that profile. In this retelling of the inaugural episode of Melanin Mayhem, your favorite country girl brings you the chilling story of a Black woman in Jim Crow–era Georgia who is believed to have poisoned at least 13 people, including husbands, children, relatives, and boa
The End of the Road – Love Kills: Last Chapter
For the final episode of Love Kills, your favorite country girl is closing the series with a story that begins in love and ends in devastation. What starts as a young family building a life together slowly unravels after a husband returns home from war… changed.As isolation tightens, paranoia grows, and control replaces care, a once-happy home becomes something far more dangerous. When the road fi
The Samuel Little Files Part 4: Quiet Carnage
This isn’t about glorifying a killer—this is about the women he tried to erase and the system that helped him do it. In Quiet Carnage, I'm closing out The Samuel Little Files by confronting the part America avoids: the deadliest violence is often the violence nobody treats like an emergency. We’re talking unchecked movement across state lines, cold cases that lost urgency the moment Sam died,
The Samuel Little Files Part 3: Voices Lost
This chapter isn’t about Samuel Little. It’s about the women whose voices were stolen long before their lives were taken.In Part 3 of The Samuel Little Files, we shift the focus where it always should’ve been—on the victims the system ignored, dismissed, and failed to protect.Many of these women lived on the margins, and because of that, their disappearances didn’t raise alarms. Their names weren’
From the Womb to the Tomb
It’s New Year’s Eve… and there’s a man laid out dead on the floor.This wasn’t random — it was a setup. And once the body dropped, the heat came down fast looking for somebody to pay.One stupid ass decision cost one brother everything.So lock in, because this is a story about how sibling love can turn lethal. And nah — this ain’t Cain and Abel. This diabolical duo is giving Menendez-style brothers,
The Samuel Little Files Part 2: Catching a Killer
America’s deadliest secret was exposed in 2012. It all started with a traffic stop in Kentucky which led to a cheek swab in California. This DNA sample would link what looked like an unassuming senior citizen to being a serial killer. They knew they were prosecuting a killer; they had no clue they would be uncovering the most prolific serial killer the US had ever seen.In Part 2 of The Samuel Litt
The Samuel Little Files Part 1- Born Bad
You've asked and now it is my pleasure to give yall what you want. Your favorite country girl is bringing you the story of the killing-est killer to ever kill- Samuel Little. In order to do it justice I am bringing you a four-part series on America's most prolific killer past or present. In this episode we go back to the beginning and learn how it this killer came to be. From the red clay
Flashback Friday *Replay* Holy Hell: The Cult of Marcus Wesson
Happy Black Friday Noir Nation. Enjoy a replay of one of the top Love Kills episodes. I'll be back in 2 weeks with a brand-new episode for your listening pleasure. When religion turns to manipulation and devotion becomes deadly, what’s left is a twisted legacy soaked in blood. In this episode of Love Kills X Melanin Mayhem, I'm diving into the disturbing case of Marcus Wesson—a man who cal
The Predator on Parole
This week we’re headed to St. Petersburg, Florida for a story that proves once again—that some people should never be given second chances. A teenager with a violent past grows into a full-blown menace the moment he hits the free world, leaving a trail of mayhem that went unnoticed for far too long. From vanished women to cold cases that refused to stay buried, this episode digs into how one man s
The Axe Woman of Lafayette
In 1911, a family was slaughtered in their sleep in Lafayette, Louisiana. By 1912, a young woman named Clementine Barnabet had been branded the Voodoo Murderess — accused of killing at least fifteen people and a part of a blood stained cult called the Church of Sacrifice.But separating fact from fiction is tricky. Was Clementine the OG serial killer or was she caught up in the South’s obsession wi
Insured to Kill
Love, money & murder — things that never mix well in Texas.In 1987, Frances Newton’s quiet Houston home became the scene of unthinkable tragedy: her husband and two children murdered. The police called it diabolical. The press called it cold-blooded. And the state of Texas called for justice. A life for a life. But was Frances really a calculating killer… or a woman caught telling the wrong st
The Forces of Evil
In 1978, the city of Columbus, Georgia was shooketh.Headlines screamed about a serial killer targeting the elderbuns and all the while another monster was hiding in plain sight a melanated baddie with delusions of grandeur. For months, our mayhem maker terrorized the city, murdering women near Fort Benning and sending letters to police pretending to be something he was not. His twisted deception p
Paradise for a Predator
Orlando in the 80s was all sunshine, theme parks, and vacation dreams… until it wasn’t. Tourists were flying in for fun in the sun, but someone waiting in the shadows turned paradise into panic. A teenage terrorist with a taste for mayhem was using a popular tourist strip as his personal hunting ground, and his crimes would leave Orlando shooketh. This week, we head to the Sunshine State to unrave
Little House of Horrors
Behind the doors of a quiet Houston home, David Conley turned a family’s love into a chamber of terror. What started as control and manipulation ended with eight lives stolen in cold blood — eight futures wiped out in one night of pure evil. They say home is where the heart is, but inside this little house, horror reigned supreme.In this week’s Love Kills, your Favorite Country Girl breaks down th
Dopehead Demon of Death
This week I am headed to Springfield, Massachusetts to bring you the story of a disgusting doped up demon that was disconnecting black women like he worked for the power company. Alfred Gaynor was not only chasing a fix — he was chasing victims. Women overlooked and under investigated by police, all raped and killed by a dope smoking killer who thought his crimes would disappear like the crack smo
The Seminole Heights Killer
This week, Noir Nation, we’re headed to Tampa, Florida, where the Seminole Heights neighborhood was under siege in late 2017. For 51 days, residents were shooketh because of a serial killer whose random, unprovoked attacks left four people dead and an entire community terrified. The man behind the violence? Someone no one ever would have thought could or would be behind it all- a young man named H
DJ Dusty Dick
This week on Love Kills x Melanin Mayhem, we ain’t talking about some far-off case in another city—nah, this one hit me right in my backyard. I knew the people. I worked with them. And when the news broke, it shook me to my core.What happens when a dusty, trifling DJ decides he’d rather destroy his wife rather than let go? What happens when the trigger man shows up not only at the crime scene, but
The Busted Beer Bandit
Noir Nation have you ever seen somebody get caught with their hand in the cookie jar… then burn down the whole damn kitchen? This week’s Melanin Mayhem maker turned a petty hustle into pure carnage and went from “caught slipping” to “counting bodies” in minutes. This week we're going to Connecticut, and I've got a crazy story of how one man made the leap from misdemeanor theft to felony mu
The Teatime Treachery
In the winter of 1857, a Mississippi plantation dinner ended with more than just indigestion — we got a dead body, a master and mistress poisoned, and all fingers pointing to the cook. Was she serving dinner with a side of revenge, or was she the perfect scapegoat in a house already boiling with jealousy, colorism, pettiness and lust?This story has everything: a master who couldn’t keep out of his
The Devil You Know
This week on Love Kills x Melanin Mayhem, it’s ugly, y’all. I can't even dress it up for you. I'm bringing you the story of a love triangle between a broke-down, ain’t-shit 21-year-old predator with a jealous ride-or-die dumb girlfriend, and a pregnant 14-year-old girl caught in the middle. One day in Richmond, all that toxic mess turned into a bloodbath — and got everybody paying the pric
The East End Killer
For years, a staggering number of Black women turned up dead in Bridgeport, CT. They died a horrific death- raped, strangled, stabbed, even burned. The streets whispered about a serial killer on the loose, but nobody knew who he was. Our mayhem maker on the surface was just another working man, blending into the fabric of the neighborhood like he belonged. But in reality, he was hiding evilness in
Mayhem on a Train
This week’s Melanin Mayhem maker turned an ordinary commute into a nightmare. Picture it, a crowded train, rush-hour passengers just trying to get home, and in a matter of minutes— bullets start flying. The aftermath? Chaos and tragedy that stunned New York and the nation.But the mayhem didn’t end there. What followed in the courtroom was a spectacle unlike anything the justice system had ever see
Side Piece Trilogy
The Virgos have linked up, and y’all already know that means trouble. In this special collaboration, I’m joined by Tiffany from Melanin Mysteries and Brittany from A Sip of Redrum to bring you the Side Piece Trilogy—three twisted tales of when love triangles explode.We’re talking passion, betrayal, and the deadly fallout of being “the other one.” Because when 1 + 1 = 3, somebody always gets cut ou
The Chuckie Cheese Massacre
Chuck E. Cheese is supposed to be all about kids running around on a sugar high, eating nasty pizza, and parents trying to survive the chaos. But in Aurora, Colorado, one night in ’93 turned into anything but fun.See what happened when a job went left, and a disgruntled employee decided not to do the right thing. His anger didn’t just stop at a pink slip. It came back with a gun. And what should’v
Scarface
Today we are starting out in Colorado to spill the tea on a man whose face and life were forever scarred, both literally and figuratively and forever branded with the nickname “Scarface” after a childhood trauma. Barely skating on murder charges for a shocking crime in Aurora he then embarks on a crime spree in Virginia and New York. Join me as I delve deep into the life and crimes of Joshua Wayne
Love, Lies & Chalk Outlines
Today’s cautionary tale is straight outta Virginia, where one man’s madness ripped through not one, not two, but three families. Cola Beale wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill narcissist—he was a gaslighting, smooth-talking storm who turned deadly on the very people he claimed to love. The boldness of his crimes will leave you shaking your head, because this wasn’t no secret rage—it was audacity on f
Royally F*cked
I don’t usually cover gang shenanigans, mostly because I like my edges intact. But today I got some vintage tea on a wild story about one of Chicago's most vicious gang- the Royal Family, where “no witnesses, no mercy” wasn’t a motto; it was protocol.This story has everything- murder, drugs, intimidation and hitmen for hire. But the real gangster shit didn't happen in the streets, it went
FAFO
Listen, fam — you can only push somebody so far before they show you better than they can tell you. Emanuel Burl Patterson wasn’t a career criminal, wasn’t out here terrorizing folks… until one morning in Huntsville when an argument over a CD player turned into a mass shooting. This ain’t your typical “snapped” story — this is a cautionary tale about what can happen when you clown the wrong one. N
Red Flags, Deadly Intentions
This week we are headed to Dayton to tell the story of a man with a rap sheet a mile long who received a second chance to do the right thing but instead he walks right back into the same story he already wrote in blood. This episode tracks Nicole “Nico” Cunigan. We unpack the red flags, the parole piece, and how the system looked away while a mother, her unborn child, and a teenager paid the ultim
Livestreamed Mayhem in Memphis
Picture it, Memphis, September 2022. A teen with a long paper trail of criminality since he was knee high to a butterfly hits “go live” and turns a regular Wednesday into a citywide nightmare—random shootings, carjackings, and panic streaming in real time. In this episode, we trace Ezekiel Kelly’s path from early charges and second chances to the hours-long rampage that shut the city down and left
From Crack House to Death Row
Kimberly McCarthy had the kind of smile that could disarm you — and a hustle that could leave you dead. Once an occupational therapist, she fell deep into the streets, trading scrubs for a crack pipe and a dangerous game of survival. But when a sweet-talking “visit” to her elderbun neighbors house turned into a savage murder, Texas was ready to make an example out of her. Then all hell broke loose
Murder at Mule Creek
When love walks into a prison and never walks back out…Two women. Two “family visits.” Same California prison. Same deadly ending. In less than five months, 47-year-old Tania Thomas and 62-year-old Stephanie Brinson each stepped into Mule Creek State Prison to spend private time with their husbands — one serving life for attempted murder, the other serving four life terms for a quadruple homicide.
Paroled to Kill
When a charming smile hides a bloodstained truth, how many warnings get ignored before the mayhem boils over? This week on Melanin Mayhem, we head to New York to dissect the chilling case of Nathaniel White—a convicted killer who stalked the Hudson Valley in the early '90s, leaving behind a trail of brutalized Black women. Despite a prior conviction and multiple red flags, White managed to sta
One Shot Willie
Today we are taking the way back machine to 1902 to learn about the story of how one black man with one rifle held off a mob that was determined to get to him by any means necessary. This week we’re digging into the story of a man whose trigger finger made history, even if most folks have never heard his name. Lock in as we unravel the chaos, the carnage, and the calculated aim of one of the South
All Fired Up
Love Kills X Melanin Mayhem brings you the firey tale of a neighborhood vigilante whose warped sense of righteousness led to the death of nine innocent people in Akron, Ohio. In this scorcher of an episode, we’re striking the match on Stanley Ford — the Akron man who turned petty neighbor beef into a deadly firestorm. Stanley appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner, anyone he thought wasn&#
The Black Widow of Maryland
She played in everybody's face as the grieving widow when all the while she was playing them like poker chips. This week, we dive into the twisted tale of Josephine Gray — a woman whose lovers had a nasty habit of ending up communing with the Lord. But while the bodies dropped, her bank account grew, getting fat off life insurance payouts. With voodoo, manipulation, and a cold heart, Josephine
The Predator In Her Bed
This week on Melanin Mayhem, we’re shining a spotlight on William Jennings Choyce — a wolf in sheep's clothing. He wasn’t just living a double life; he was living a deadly one. William Choyce terrorized California’s streets for years, slipping through the cracks and leaving bodies in his wake. How did he keep up the double life for so long? And what finally brought him to justice? Tap in as we
He Let Her Cook, Literally
This week on Love Kills x Melanin Mayhem, we dive deep into what happens when 'let her cook' goes wrong.When passion turns poisonous, some lovers don’t just walk away—they ignite a fire that consumes everything. Raymond Eugene Johnson set his entire world ablaze, literally. In Oklahoma, a woman and her baby paid the ultimate price when love turned into a living nightmare.Tune in as we unra
Minister Merk a MF
This week on Melanin Mayhem:In Alabama, they called him Reverend… but he didn't have a pulpit. But Rev. Willie Maxwell was stacking bodies and cashing checks. Family members kept dropping like flies, and somehow the “Voodoo Preacher” always had an insurance policy ready to cash in.Was it voodoo? Was it hustle? Or was it just cold-blooded murder wrapped in a church robe? For years, Willie Maxwe
Justice Delayed, Mayhem Delivered
This week on Melanin Mayhem:Stewart Weldon was no stranger to a jail cell — in and out, time after time. His criminality on repeat. Each time, he slipped right back into his same routine, never facing the true weight of his crimes. A never-ending game of “pass the buck” between the courts, until his final arrest ripped the mask off for good.What they found behind closed doors was the things nightm
Love Don’t Live Here No More
Love ain't always enough—and sometimes, it turns deadly. This week on Love Kills x Melanin Mayhem, we going to Detroit, where a relationship spiraled into something dark, violent, unforgettable and unforgivable. What happens when your baby daddy turns from deadbeat to diabolical? Tragedy, heartbreak and one lone survivor.Tap in… because where there's love, there's always a little mayhe
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She served up sin with a side of Southern charm — and business was always booming. This week on Melanin Mayhem, we peel back the bedsheets on Nellie Jackson, the legendary Natchez madam who turned her brothel into the hottest hoe house in Mississippi. She wasn’t just turning tricks — she was turning profits, protecting her girls, and playing the game better than most men in power. Nellie wasn’t ju
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Today, I’m bringing you the story of a man who went from church pews to cold-blooded chaos. Franklin DeWayne Alix didn’t just dip a toe into the dark side—he dove in headfirst. Over the course of six violent months, he left a trail of bodies, broken lives, and a city on edge. Prosecutors labeled him the “poster boy for capital murder,” and trust me… they meant that.This week, we’re going all the w
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