Melanin Mayhem Podcast

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, and the reality that “Jane Doe” is somebody’s daughter whether the world respected her or not. This week I wrap this series with reflections on how a killer traveled the U.S. like a rolling stone, how “women on the margins” became a loophole in the system, and how the machinery of justice failed so consistently it might as well have been policy. Sam is gone—but the conditions that made him possible? Still here.Tap in, Noir Nation—then meet me in the discussion group, because we need to talk.@melaninmayhempodcast@melaninmayhempcmelaninmayhempodcast@gmail.comGet your Melanin Mayhem Merch: Shop Melanin Mayhem PodcastLink to the FBI website for Samuel Little:Samuel Little: Confessions of a Killer — FBI

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’t shouted from headlines. In many cases their names were never even known. Their cases weren’t pursued with urgency because in many cases nobody knew they were missing. And Samuel Little not only counted on that silence, he capitalized on it.This episode honors the lives lost. In this episode we say her name, as much as we can. This episode brings to light how apathy and bias allowed a predator to move freely, and asks the uncomfortable question: how many voices were lost because no one was listening?

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 Little Files, I am going to walk you into the interrogation room where the man that had lived in the shadows, keeping the lowest of the low profiles, finally started talking and drawing revealing decades of murders hidden in plain sight.

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 of Georgia to the sunny skies of the city of angels. I am spilling all the tea on the most audacious one of them all. Tickets for the live BTCC show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1947314021659?aff=oddtdtcreator

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 slipped through every crack in the system…and how many lives were destroyed because of it. Tap in, Noir Nation and let me know what you think of this week's Melanin Mayhem maker Mr. Tony Ables. Tickets for the virtual BTCC show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1947314021659?aff=oddtdtcreator

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 with fear, faith, and a Black woman they needed to see as a monster?For tickets to Season's Slayings:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1947314021659?aff=oddtdtcreator

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 played the city and the cops like a poker chip. Come take a ride with me as I break down the story of William Henry Hance and the Forces of Evil that never was.

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 unravel the story of Isaac Green that the travel brochures never mentioned.

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 smoke.You know how I bring it, and this story is a whole ass mess, so get comfortable and let's spill all this tea on Alfred's shenanigans.

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 Howell Emanuel Donaldson III.From the fear on the streets to the jailhouse drama, this case is a chilling reminder that sometimes the predator is the boy next door.

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 murder to busting hell wide open. I’ll walk you through how it all went down to become one of the worst workplace massacres you’ve probably never heard of committed by a melanated baddie named Omar Thornton.

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 slaves’ beds, a mistress burning with rage, house slaves pitted against field slaves, and one pot of tea that changed everything. From whispered gossip around the cabins to a courtroom packed with lies, betrayals, and technical loopholes, this case shows how one woman may have turned the tables in the deadliest way possible.So, grab your cup, Noir Nation — because this week we’re sipping on a vintage tea as I lay out the story of Josephine the enslaved woman whose cup was overflowing with get back.

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 plain sight.When police turned up the heat, he flew south to avoid detection, but his sick twisted ways followed him to Georgia. Different states. Same pattern. More bodies.It would take years, a mandatory cheek swab, and a backlog of ignored evidence before investigators finally connected the dots. And what they uncovered was worse than anyone expected.This week I'm bringing you the chilling story of the man who came to be known as the East End Killer —Mr. Emanuel L. Webb. Tickets for the live BTCC show:⁠⁠⁠https://btcc-presents-crime-cocktails-canvases.cheddarup.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hotel booking:⁠⁠⁠https://group.homewood-suites.com/yfpzox⁠⁠Get your Melanin Mayhem Merch: www.melaninmayhempodcast.com

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 seen—complete with shocking testimony, conspiracy-laced rants, and a defendant determined to represent himself no matter how outrageous it became.Join me as we peel back the layers of one of the most underreported, diabolical and infamous cases in black true crime history and see how one train ride spiraled into horror at the hands of the Long Island Rail Road Killer Mr. Colin Ferguson.

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’ve been another night of flashing lights and arcade tickets turned into one of the deadliest acts of workplace violence the city had ever seen.This week's Melanin Mayhem maker is Nathan Dunlap and this ain’t just a story about a mass shooting—it’s a story about how fast resentment can turn deadly and how any workplace can become a battlefield.Tickets for the live BTCC show:⁠⁠⁠https://btcc-presents-crime-cocktails-canvases.cheddarup.com⁠Hotel booking:⁠⁠⁠https://group.homewood-suites.com/yfpzox⁠⁠Melanin Mayhem Podcast official merchandise:www.melaninmayhempodcast.com

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 Andrews—his troubled upbringing, his violent spiral across states, and the legal twists that took him from dead man walking to 3 hots and a cot for the rest of his life Was he a product of circumstance, or a man hellbent on crashing out whenever and wherever he could? Tune in to “Scarface” and decide for yourself.Tickets for the live BTCC show:⁠⁠⁠https://btcc-presents-crime-cocktails-canvases.cheddarup.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hotel booking:⁠⁠⁠https://group.homewood-suites.com/yfpzox⁠⁠Get your Melanin Mayhem Merch: ⁠⁠www.melaninmayhempodcast.com

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 down at the courthouse. Come join me for the tale of Roger Lee Collins, William Bracy and Murray Hooper and the southside mayhem that followed.Go down the rabbit hole: (4) Chicago Gangs Folks Vs People Vs Renegade | The Royal Family (New Breed Black Gangster) Gang History | FacebookTickets for the live BTCC show:⁠⁠⁠https://btcc-presents-crime-cocktails-canvases.cheddarup.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hotel booking:⁠⁠⁠https://group.homewood-suites.com/yfpzox⁠⁠Get your Melanin Mayhem Merch: www.MelaninMayhempodcast.com

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. Noir Nation, buckle up. FAFO is in full effect.Tickets for the live BTCC show:⁠⁠⁠https://btcc-presents-crime-cocktails-canvases.cheddarup.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hotel booking:⁠⁠⁠https://group.homewood-suites.com/yfpzox⁠⁠Get your Melanin Mayhem Merch: ⁠⁠Shop Melanin Mayhem Podcast

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 families forever changed. This YN was a domestic terrorist and I'm spilling all the tea on how it all went down. Tickets for the live BTCC show:⁠⁠⁠https://btcc-presents-crime-cocktails-canvases.cheddarup.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hotel booking:⁠⁠⁠https://group.homewood-suites.com/yfpzox⁠⁠Get your Melanin Mayhem Merch: ⁠⁠Shop Melanin Mayhem Podcast

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 during sentencing and put Kim on a whole 'nother level of mayhem, Kimberly wasn’t just in the headlines — she was making death row history.Tickets for the live BTCC show:⁠⁠https://btcc-presents-crime-cocktails-canvases.cheddarup.com⁠⁠Hotel booking:⁠⁠https://group.homewood-suites.com/yfpzox⁠Get your Melanin Mayhem Merch: ⁠Shop Melanin Mayhem Podcast