Married to Macabre Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:46:06 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2529125 en-us © 2026 Married to Macabre yes 2592ffbe-1da1-5438-a31a-b35311c68196 marriedtomacabrepod@gmail.com Dee & Isaac episodic true She tells him tales....He regrets everything.


A wife into all things true crime and spooky and a husband who would rather not. Sit down with Dee, as she tells Isaac tales of true crime, hauntings, and supernatural situations. Filled with research, facts, and occasional laughs....because after all, the kids of Halloween town were right, life's no fun without a good scare.




]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Dee & Isaac marriedtomacabrepod@gmail.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/p5oc2vop3vapa3ye6jyy8gu5oz3m?.jpg Married to Macabre Smoke and Mirrors: The Trial of Karen Read Smoke and Mirrors: The Trial of Karen Read It was supposed to be just another night—drinks, friends, a ride home. But by morning, John O'Keefe was lying in the snow, and the story of how he got there would fracture into two completely different realities. One version says it was simple: a drunken mistake, a tragic accident, and a man left to die. The other? That the truth never made it past the front door.

And when this case finally made it to trial, it only got crazier. Because in this courtroom, the jury didn’t just have to decide what happened…they had to decide what they believed.

this  is a story where the dead tell no tales—but the prosecution sure tried.



SOURCES:

Law&Crime, Expert Legal Analysis of the Karen Read Trial (2024), https://lawandcrime.com

Court TV Staff, Analysis of Evidence and Testimony in Commonwealth v. Read (2024), https://www.courttv.com

The Boston Globe, Karen Read Trial Coverage (2024), https://www.bostonglobe.com

Eric Levenson, Karen Read Murder Trial: Key Moments and Evidence, CNN (2024), https://www.cnn.com

NBC News, Karen Read Trial Coverage and Updates (2024), https://www.nbcnews.com

ABC News, Massachusetts Murder Trial of Karen Read Explained (2024), https://abcnews.go.com

Commonwealth v. Read, No. ___ (Mass. Super. Ct., Norfolk Cnty. filed 2022).

]]> It was supposed to be just another night—drinks, friends, a ride home. But by morning, John O'Keefe was lying in the snow, and the story of how he got there would fracture into two completely different realities. One version says it was simple: a drunken mistake, a tragic accident, and a man left to die. The other? That the truth never made it past the front door.

And when this case finally made it to trial, it only got crazier. Because in this courtroom, the jury didn’t just have to decide what happened…they had to decide what they believed.

this  is a story where the dead tell no tales—but the prosecution sure tried.



SOURCES:

Law&Crime, Expert Legal Analysis of the Karen Read Trial (2024), https://lawandcrime.com

Court TV Staff, Analysis of Evidence and Testimony in Commonwealth v. Read (2024), https://www.courttv.com

The Boston Globe, Karen Read Trial Coverage (2024), https://www.bostonglobe.com

Eric Levenson, Karen Read Murder Trial: Key Moments and Evidence, CNN (2024), https://www.cnn.com

NBC News, Karen Read Trial Coverage and Updates (2024), https://www.nbcnews.com

ABC News, Massachusetts Murder Trial of Karen Read Explained (2024), https://abcnews.go.com

Commonwealth v. Read, No. ___ (Mass. Super. Ct., Norfolk Cnty. filed 2022).

]]> Dee & Isaac Buzzsprout-18991501 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0400 3514 1 9 full true The Candyman: An Origin Story The Candyman: An Origin Story Razors in apple, poison in candy, strangers hurting children.... OH MY! 

Everyone knows that halloween candy can be poisoned and why is it that?? Turns out it is all because of an urban legend ANDDDDD this guy. Its halloween in 1974 and 8 year old Timothy O'Bryan hits the streets for the trick or treat excitement, but what happened when he came home was something never expected that caused waves of fear to overwhelm all parents on halloween night... even today.


Sources:

Associated Press. (1975, June 4). Texas jury sentences man to die in Halloween poisoning. Associated Press Archives.

Associated Press. (1984, March 31). “Candy Man” executed for son’s 1974 Halloween poisoning. Associated Press Archives.

Best, J. (1985). The myth of the Halloween sadist. Society, 22(5), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695540

Best, J. (1990). Threatened children: Rhetoric and concern about child-victims. University of Chicago Press.

Harris County District Court. (1975). State of Texas v. Ronald Clark O’Bryan, No. 75-CR-____ (Harris County, TX).

Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (1984). Execution report: Ronald Clark O’Bryan. Huntsville, TX.

Time. (1974, November 11). Murder on Halloween. Time Magazine Archives.

United Press International. (1974, November 2). Boy dies after eating Halloween candy. UPI Archives.

United Press International. (1975, June 3). Texas man convicted in Halloween cyanide case. UPI Archives.


]]> Razors in apple, poison in candy, strangers hurting children.... OH MY! 

Everyone knows that halloween candy can be poisoned and why is it that?? Turns out it is all because of an urban legend ANDDDDD this guy. Its halloween in 1974 and 8 year old Timothy O'Bryan hits the streets for the trick or treat excitement, but what happened when he came home was something never expected that caused waves of fear to overwhelm all parents on halloween night... even today.


Sources:

Associated Press. (1975, June 4). Texas jury sentences man to die in Halloween poisoning. Associated Press Archives.

Associated Press. (1984, March 31). “Candy Man” executed for son’s 1974 Halloween poisoning. Associated Press Archives.

Best, J. (1985). The myth of the Halloween sadist. Society, 22(5), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695540

Best, J. (1990). Threatened children: Rhetoric and concern about child-victims. University of Chicago Press.

Harris County District Court. (1975). State of Texas v. Ronald Clark O’Bryan, No. 75-CR-____ (Harris County, TX).

Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (1984). Execution report: Ronald Clark O’Bryan. Huntsville, TX.

Time. (1974, November 11). Murder on Halloween. Time Magazine Archives.

United Press International. (1974, November 2). Boy dies after eating Halloween candy. UPI Archives.

United Press International. (1975, June 3). Texas man convicted in Halloween cyanide case. UPI Archives.


]]> Buzzsprout-18863704 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400 2880 1 8 full true Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel WE ARE BACK and boy, did we miss you!!!! Let's skip the small talk, let's talk about an eerie elevatory video, a missing young woman, and a hotel with a body count. Today, we discuss the very strange tragedy of Elisa Lam who went missing at an infamous haunted hotel. When she disappeared, she left behind many, many questions that were written off way too quickly in our opinion... like...... what about the LID?!!


Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. (2013). Autopsy report: Elisa Lam. County of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Police Department. (2013). Missing person investigation and surveillance footage release: Elisa Lam. City of Los Angeles.

Alpert Reyes, E. (2013, February 21). Body of missing Canadian tourist found in water tank at Cecil Hotel. Los Angeles Times.

Alpert Reyes, E., Queally, J., & St. John, P. (2013, June 21). Elisa Lam death ruled accidental drowning; bipolar disorder cited. Los Angeles Times.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (2013, February–June). Coverage of the disappearance and death of Elisa Lam. CBC News.

The Guardian. (2013). Elisa Lam case: How an elevator video became an internet obsession. The Guardian.

The New York Times. (2013). A young woman vanishes, and the web runs wild. The New York Times.

Netflix. (2021). Crime scene: The vanishing at the Cecil Hotel [TV series]. Imagine Entertainment.

Investigation Discovery. (2015–2019). Documentary episodes on the Cecil Hotel and Elisa Lam. Discovery Communications.

Los Angeles Conservancy. (n.d.). Cecil Hotel. https://www.laconservancy.org

]]> WE ARE BACK and boy, did we miss you!!!! Let's skip the small talk, let's talk about an eerie elevatory video, a missing young woman, and a hotel with a body count. Today, we discuss the very strange tragedy of Elisa Lam who went missing at an infamous haunted hotel. When she disappeared, she left behind many, many questions that were written off way too quickly in our opinion... like...... what about the LID?!!


Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. (2013). Autopsy report: Elisa Lam. County of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Police Department. (2013). Missing person investigation and surveillance footage release: Elisa Lam. City of Los Angeles.

Alpert Reyes, E. (2013, February 21). Body of missing Canadian tourist found in water tank at Cecil Hotel. Los Angeles Times.

Alpert Reyes, E., Queally, J., & St. John, P. (2013, June 21). Elisa Lam death ruled accidental drowning; bipolar disorder cited. Los Angeles Times.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (2013, February–June). Coverage of the disappearance and death of Elisa Lam. CBC News.

The Guardian. (2013). Elisa Lam case: How an elevator video became an internet obsession. The Guardian.

The New York Times. (2013). A young woman vanishes, and the web runs wild. The New York Times.

Netflix. (2021). Crime scene: The vanishing at the Cecil Hotel [TV series]. Imagine Entertainment.

Investigation Discovery. (2015–2019). Documentary episodes on the Cecil Hotel and Elisa Lam. Discovery Communications.

Los Angeles Conservancy. (n.d.). Cecil Hotel. https://www.laconservancy.org

]]> Dee & Isaac Buzzsprout-18614303 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:00:00 -0500 2745 1 7 full true Miranda Rights: An Origin Story Miranda Rights: An Origin Story Are you ready for the ultimate law enforcement origin story? Ok....maybe it's not that serious, but it is important! You have the right to remain silent if you get questioned by law enforcement, and you probably already know that because of a ridiculous man named, Ernesto Miranda. So, press play for a true crime history lesson that will leave you with whiplash and a little knowledge of your Constitutional rights!


Sources: 

1. Broward County Bar Association, Miranda v. Arizona... The Story Behind the Opinion, Broward County Bar Ass’n, https://www.browardbar.org (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

2. The Miranda Decision, 51 Years Later, Am. Heritage, https://www.americanheritage.com/miranda-decision-51-years-later (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

3. National Constitution Center, Ernesto Miranda’s Role in Constitutional History, Nat’l Const. Ctr., https://constitutioncenter.org (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

4. Miranda, Ernest, Encyclopedia.com, https://www.encyclopedia.com (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

5. You Have the Right to Remain Silent, Am. Heritage Mag., https://www.americanheritage.com (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

6. Ernest Miranda — Life of Crime, Law JRank, https://law.jrank.org (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

7. Ernesto A. Miranda, Citizendium, https://en.citizendium.org (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

]]> Are you ready for the ultimate law enforcement origin story? Ok....maybe it's not that serious, but it is important! You have the right to remain silent if you get questioned by law enforcement, and you probably already know that because of a ridiculous man named, Ernesto Miranda. So, press play for a true crime history lesson that will leave you with whiplash and a little knowledge of your Constitutional rights!


Sources: 

1. Broward County Bar Association, Miranda v. Arizona... The Story Behind the Opinion, Broward County Bar Ass’n, https://www.browardbar.org (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

2. The Miranda Decision, 51 Years Later, Am. Heritage, https://www.americanheritage.com/miranda-decision-51-years-later (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

3. National Constitution Center, Ernesto Miranda’s Role in Constitutional History, Nat’l Const. Ctr., https://constitutioncenter.org (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

4. Miranda, Ernest, Encyclopedia.com, https://www.encyclopedia.com (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

5. You Have the Right to Remain Silent, Am. Heritage Mag., https://www.americanheritage.com (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

6. Ernest Miranda — Life of Crime, Law JRank, https://law.jrank.org (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

7. Ernesto A. Miranda, Citizendium, https://en.citizendium.org (last visited Oct. 26, 2025).

]]> Dee & Isaac Buzzsprout-18184434 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500 2581 1 6 full true The Tylenol Murders The Tylenol Murders The year is 1982. Neon is in, synth-pop is it, and America's favorite headache cure is suddenly… well, a terminal headache. Join us as we unpack the OG corporate crisis—where Johnson & Johnson had to prove their best-selling pain reliever wasn't a secret cyanide delivery system. It’s a story of random victims, a nationwide panic, and the birth of the tamper-evident seal. Because nothing says "we care" like a plastic wrap you can barely open.


Sources:

Netflix’s Tylenol Murders Doc Dives Into a Chilling Unsolved Crime

https://time.com/7287680/tylenol-murders-documentary-netflix/


Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders

Netflix


“Revisiting Chicago’s Tylenol Murders: An Oral History” Chicago Magazine

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2012/chicago-tylenol-murders-an-oral-history/?utm_source=chatgpt.com


Who Was Tylenol Murders Suspect James W. Lewis?

https://www.biography.com/crime/a64853063/james-w-lewis-tylenol-murders?utm_source=chatgpt.com


“How an unsolved murder case changed the way we consume medicine”

https://www.ksbw.com/article/unsolved-murder-case-changed-way-consume-medicine/62930659?utm_source=chatgpt.com


“Chicago Tylenol Murders: 3 members of Janus family died in 1982…”

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/1982-tylenol-poisoning-murders-janus-family/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

]]> The year is 1982. Neon is in, synth-pop is it, and America's favorite headache cure is suddenly… well, a terminal headache. Join us as we unpack the OG corporate crisis—where Johnson & Johnson had to prove their best-selling pain reliever wasn't a secret cyanide delivery system. It’s a story of random victims, a nationwide panic, and the birth of the tamper-evident seal. Because nothing says "we care" like a plastic wrap you can barely open.


Sources:

Netflix’s Tylenol Murders Doc Dives Into a Chilling Unsolved Crime

https://time.com/7287680/tylenol-murders-documentary-netflix/


Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders

Netflix


“Revisiting Chicago’s Tylenol Murders: An Oral History” Chicago Magazine

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2012/chicago-tylenol-murders-an-oral-history/?utm_source=chatgpt.com


Who Was Tylenol Murders Suspect James W. Lewis?

https://www.biography.com/crime/a64853063/james-w-lewis-tylenol-murders?utm_source=chatgpt.com


“How an unsolved murder case changed the way we consume medicine”

https://www.ksbw.com/article/unsolved-murder-case-changed-way-consume-medicine/62930659?utm_source=chatgpt.com


“Chicago Tylenol Murders: 3 members of Janus family died in 1982…”

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/1982-tylenol-poisoning-murders-janus-family/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

]]> Dee & Isaac Buzzsprout-18063809 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400 3789 1 5 full false The Dyatlov Pass The Dyatlov Pass Today, we go to Russia. Well, actually we go back to the USSR where war wasn't the only thing that was cold. Dee tells Isaac about the fate of 8 hikers that lost their lives on the now named Dyatlov Pass. But what happened? Was it Nature or something more sinister? 


SOURCES:

https://dyatlovpass.com/case-files

www.History.com — “The Dyatlov Pass Incident: Why the Hiker Deaths Remain a Mystery”

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-tragic-mystery-of-the-dyatlov-pass-incident-has-a-new-scientific-explanation?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/has-science-solved-history-greatest-adventure-mystery-dyatlov?


]]> Today, we go to Russia. Well, actually we go back to the USSR where war wasn't the only thing that was cold. Dee tells Isaac about the fate of 8 hikers that lost their lives on the now named Dyatlov Pass. But what happened? Was it Nature or something more sinister? 


SOURCES:

https://dyatlovpass.com/case-files

www.History.com — “The Dyatlov Pass Incident: Why the Hiker Deaths Remain a Mystery”

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-tragic-mystery-of-the-dyatlov-pass-incident-has-a-new-scientific-explanation?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/has-science-solved-history-greatest-adventure-mystery-dyatlov?


]]> Dee & Isaac Buzzsprout-17984887 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:00 -0400 4162 1 4 full true Amy Weidner Amy Weidner We're back with another episode where a strange phone call leads to very interesting findings in a cold case. Dee tells Isaac about a murder in 1987 that sat in a cold case pile for 22 years until it was solved by a very dedicated NOT homicide detective. You have to hear this one to believe it. 


Sources

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-weidner-murder-a-look-at-the-evidence/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-amy-weidner-cold-case-a-familys-quest-for-justice/ - Decades of Decit

MRBallen Podcast episode  “Sick Day”

Crime Junkie Podcast episode MURDERED: Amy Weidner

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/04/17/hours-takes-rape-murder-amy-weidner/7819631/


]]> We're back with another episode where a strange phone call leads to very interesting findings in a cold case. Dee tells Isaac about a murder in 1987 that sat in a cold case pile for 22 years until it was solved by a very dedicated NOT homicide detective. You have to hear this one to believe it. 


Sources

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-weidner-murder-a-look-at-the-evidence/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-amy-weidner-cold-case-a-familys-quest-for-justice/ - Decades of Decit

MRBallen Podcast episode  “Sick Day”

Crime Junkie Podcast episode MURDERED: Amy Weidner

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/04/17/hours-takes-rape-murder-amy-weidner/7819631/


]]> Buzzsprout-17945765 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400 3635 1 3 full true Teresita Basa Teresita Basa Want to hear a scary story? Good, because this week Dee tells Isaac about a Murder case. A Murder Case with some interesting supernatural events and possibly a new spectral legal defense.

Sources:

Rob Warden, The Washington Post, “‘Voice From the Grave’ Evokes a Murder Trial” (Sept. 17, 1978).

AllThat’sInteresting — “How Teresita Basa’s ‘Ghost’ May Have Solved Her Murder” 

Esquire Philippines — “Teresita Basa: The Filipino Nurse Who Solved Her Own Murder”

John O’Brien, Chicago Tribune, “‘Voice From Grave’ Case a Mistrial” (Jan. 27, 1979) 

John O’Brien & Edward Baumann, Chicago Tribune reporters, co-authors of Teresita: The Voice From the Grave 

Chicago Tribune report of police discovery of the “Get tickets for A.S.” note and early investigation in 1977 

Chicago Tribune reference in Decatur Herald, March 1979: “Man Pleads Guilty; Named by ‘Voice From the Grave’.”



]]> Want to hear a scary story? Good, because this week Dee tells Isaac about a Murder case. A Murder Case with some interesting supernatural events and possibly a new spectral legal defense.

Sources:

Rob Warden, The Washington Post, “‘Voice From the Grave’ Evokes a Murder Trial” (Sept. 17, 1978).

AllThat’sInteresting — “How Teresita Basa’s ‘Ghost’ May Have Solved Her Murder” 

Esquire Philippines — “Teresita Basa: The Filipino Nurse Who Solved Her Own Murder”

John O’Brien, Chicago Tribune, “‘Voice From Grave’ Case a Mistrial” (Jan. 27, 1979) 

John O’Brien & Edward Baumann, Chicago Tribune reporters, co-authors of Teresita: The Voice From the Grave 

Chicago Tribune report of police discovery of the “Get tickets for A.S.” note and early investigation in 1977 

Chicago Tribune reference in Decatur Herald, March 1979: “Man Pleads Guilty; Named by ‘Voice From the Grave’.”



]]> Buzzsprout-17880232 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:00:00 -0400 2807 1 2 full true Paul Warner Powell Paul Warner Powell On today's Episode, Dee tells Isaac about the gruesome and unimaginable crimes of Paul Warren Powell, who thankfully also happened to be one of the dumbest people to ever exist.

Episode notes: I mistakenly refer to this criminal as Paul WARREN Powell, his middle name is WARNER.

Sources:

  • Paul Warner Powell #1198 http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/powell1199.htm
  • PAUL WARNER POWELL v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Record No. 031421 https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1031421.pdf
  • Paul Warner Powell : Rapist-Killer Executed by Electrocution https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-warner-powell-pictures-rapist-killer-executed-by-electrocution/
]]> On today's Episode, Dee tells Isaac about the gruesome and unimaginable crimes of Paul Warren Powell, who thankfully also happened to be one of the dumbest people to ever exist.

Episode notes: I mistakenly refer to this criminal as Paul WARREN Powell, his middle name is WARNER.

Sources:

  • Paul Warner Powell #1198 http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/powell1199.htm
  • PAUL WARNER POWELL v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Record No. 031421 https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1031421.pdf
  • Paul Warner Powell : Rapist-Killer Executed by Electrocution https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-warner-powell-pictures-rapist-killer-executed-by-electrocution/
]]> Dee & Isaac Buzzsprout-17679785 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:00:00 -0400 3972 1 1 full true