The Misery Machine

By: The Misery Machine
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  • There’s a problem with True Crime. Creators idolize perpetrators, shame victims, or are completely checked out on cases while they focus on other things. However, we can’t forget there are victims who lost their lives and families who are still grieving to this day. Furthermore, many True Crime outlets spend their time focusing on themselves or rambling, instead of getting right to the facts of the case. We hear you, this is frustrating. The Misery Machine focuses on cases the media fails to give proper attention to. We want to help give those a voice that never got to have one, to begin with. We also cover aspects of cases that other podcasts might look the other way on, and the way that these cases impact their communities for generations. It’s not enough to simply cover a case, our platform must be used to make a difference.
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  • The Case of Amari Nicholson

    The Case of Amari Nicholson
    Dec 30 2024
    This week, Drewby and Yergy head back over to Las Vegas to tell the heartbreaking story of a little boy who was beaten to death for doing what all little kids do... for having a bathroom accident. Amari Nicholson was an adorable little boy who was left in the care of his mother's boyfriend, Terrell Rhodes, after his mother, Tayler Nicholson, took off to Colorado to look after her own mother, Carrie Howard. While in Colorado, Tayler got a call that no mother wants to receive... that her little boy was missing from the motel room the couple shared. Except, there wasn't an abductor, and Terrell would soon crack while being interrogated. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: misery_podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-2-year-old-las-vegas-boys-death-3040140/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-charged-with-2-year-old-las-vegas-boys-murder-reaches-plea-deal/ar-AA1nFXQq?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/las-vegas-man-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-2-year-old/ar-AA1nFclD?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://news3lv.com/news/local/vigil-held-for-2-year-old-amari-nicholson-on-anniversary-of-his-body-being-found https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/father-of-slain-toddler-reflects-on-his-sons-murder-on-what-wouldve-been-his-third-birthday/ https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/prostitution-charges-amari-nicholsons-mother-arrested-held-on-5000-bail/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGki7NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSv9B-fzKZDsjyBBOyz8kqKLHtebR7qJS1ctYbB4RhpouYA3bzySOGGO_A_aem_rTuchT8fxeg23Qgzt9NYJQ https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/video-man-accused-of-killing-2-year-old-amari-nicholson-grabs-police-officers-gun https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-reportedly-confesses-to-killing-girlfriends-2-year-old-boy-after-going-on-tv-with-victims-mother-to-blame-other-relatives/ https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/coroner-determines-2-year-old-amari-nicholsons-cause-of-death https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/911-calls-released-in-amari-nicholson-case https://www.ktnv.com/news/amari-nicholsons-family-held-a-balloon-release-to-honor-his-memory https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-nevada-child-abuse-arrests-homicide-7c172cea98b3900a92f9c89d50ed9a71 https://www.crimeonline.com/2021/05/12/amari-nicholson-mom-says-she-never-knew-anything-after-boyfriend-confesses-to-murdering-missing-2-year-old/ https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/amaris-mom-told-boyfriend-relationship-was-over-before-childs-death-2353316/ https://www.fox5vegas.com/2021/05/13/former-boyfriend-mother-re https://www.facebook.com/events/465233141227134/?active_tab=discussion https://www.change.org/p/clark-county-family-services-amari-s-law?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_28935073_en-US%3A7&recruiter=590422268&recruited_by_id=4fede760-6bdb-11e6-89ba-db366afdbaf8&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=tap_basic_share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rrqCbDrW54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08oimIRVupM https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&v=561244538175551 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeG6Qky-bxg https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/families-no-fundraisers-for-amari-nicholson-funeral-costs-las-vegas-nevada/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/138876518279173m https://soundcloud.com/s-e-t-2/young-amari?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=0&utm_campaign=social_sharing&utm_medium=text&utm_source=clipboard https://amberalert.nv.gov/Home/Features/Guidelines/ https://amberalert.ojp.gov/about/guidelines-for-issuing-alerts https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247911498/amari-jordan-nicholson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKEyjqNP2FU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-laUbvX4_Zw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bFF0LAAj0s
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    28 mins
  • The Case of Lazaro Figueroa

    The Case of Lazaro Figueroa
    Dec 27 2024
    This week, Drewby and Yergy head to South Florida to discuss the case of Lazaro Figueroa, a sweet little boy who was beaten to death by his mother and his mother's new girlfriend. Known to the public as "Baby Lollipops" based on his t-shirt design, line workers in Miami Beach discovered the body of the small boy in the bushes of an affluent neighborhood. By conducting door to door interviews and canvassing area neighborhoods, police soon had a lead... a lead that led to the couple, who at this point, had fled to Disney World. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: misery_podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Lazaro_Figueroa https://www.facebook.com/BabyLollipops/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_boatlift https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/inside-brutal-baby-lollipops-murder-case-that-shook-south-florida-113594/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvira_Hancock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_callosum https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1994/79787-0.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_disclosure https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/343819/file/01-1056_petition.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/supreme-court-overturns-conviction-death-baby-lollipops-case/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baby-lollipops-murder-trial-jury-finds-mother-guilty-3rd-time-miami-beach/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article187949979.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article189668759.html https://www.fdc.myflorida.com/institutions/institutions-list/314 https://pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/OffenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=162180&TypeSearch=AI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lazaro_Figueroa https://abc13.com/baby-jacob-galveston-beach-texas-boy-found-dead-2017/10315648/ https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2017/12/14/mom-guilty-of-killing-son-known-as-baby-lollipops/ https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/closing-arguments-baby-lollipops-murder/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article133422534.html https://www.mirerlaw.com/blog/2010/june/baby-lollipops-murder-trial/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/baby-lollipops-mom-ana-maria-cardona-found-guilty-again-in-sons-1990-murder-119910/ https://wsvn.com/news/local/mother-in-baby-lollipops-murder-trial-found-guilty-by-jury/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zchWuSSAG6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1thqHt4fPA
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    21 mins
  • The Case of Timothy McLean

    The Case of Timothy McLean
    Dec 25 2024
    This week, Drewby and Yergy pay a visit to our neighbors to the north to discuss the case of Timothy McLean, a young man who enjoyed a nomadic lifestyle as a carnival worker. While aboard Greyhound Bus 1170, Timothy was attacked and killed by Vince Li, an undiagnosed and untreated schizophrenic. But what Vince did to Timothy's body in the aftermath of the attack caused onlookers, first responders, and Timothy's family unmeasurable trauma... and caused one RCMP officer to later take his own life. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: misery_podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://youtu.be/_4roKWPtQoc?feature=shared https://youtu.be/WM3k8guPExs?feature=shared https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5671913 https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2009/03/05/tormented_by_mental_illness https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/mclean-family-launches-lawsuit-1.321170 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4760074 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/greyhound-beheading-10th-anniversary-1.4760074 https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/family-friends-remember-beheading-victim-at-vigil-1.313427 https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/trial-verdict-grossly-inadequate-mom-1.376018?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F https://globalnews.ca/news/72876/i-need-to-honour-my-son-mom-of-beheaded-man/ https://winnipegsun.com/2016/01/13/agony-continues-for-tim-mcleans-family https://m.facebook.com/groups/22639421199/permalink/10156562920266200/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28699038/timothy_richard-mclean https://uniter.ca/blog/entry/208 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.703285 https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/hearing-for-vince-li-postponed-one-month-1.322890?cache=%3Ca+href%3D%3FclipId%3D86116 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.757680 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28699038/timothy_richard-mclean https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/quiet-funeral-for-young-man-killed-on-bus-1.314731 https://www.timslaw.ca/2014/07/14/coming-into-force-of-the-not-criminally-responsible-reform-act/ https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.2502104 https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/tim-mclean-s-mother-shutting-down-foundation-1.1646252 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3977278 http://www.timslaw.ca/2009/05/19/petition/ https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4760074 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/vince-li-s-upcoming-move-to-group-home-sparks-winnipeg-protest-1.3068059 https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/hated-church-group-to-protest-tim-mclean-funeral-1.314323?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/tim-mclean-s-mom-shares-victim-impact-statement-1.377944 https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/12795448.bus-cannibal-man-insane-judge-told/ https://globalnews.ca/news/1855998/timeline-of-decisions-in-the-case-of-vince-li/ https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/vince-li-speaks-for-the-first-time-1.830470 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BqKMU9iOeJI&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna29494385 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greyhound-cannibal-interviewer-vince-li-thought-he-was-attacking-alien-in-beheading-of-tim-mclean/ https://news.abplive.com/crime/most-shocking-crimes-vince-li-canada-who-beheaded-a-man-because-he-heard-voice-of-god-1652157/amp https://www.vice.com/en/article/nnqzm8/the-man-who-decapitated-his-seatmate-on-a-greyhound-bus-in-winnipeg-is-getting-out https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-tim-mclean-greyhound/jen-jeffers# https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3979368 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.757680 https://m.facebook.com/groups/22639421199/permalink/10156562920266200/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/national/how-a-madmans-blade-cut-tim-mcleans-reunion-short/article1058285/ https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/tim-mclean-obituary?pid=114723599 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQLNs7FKJI&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2F&feature=emb_title https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/2012/05/19/for-tims-mother-the-issue-is-safety https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4760074 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5671913 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3984141 https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-138970/Mclean_Timothy https://www.timslaw.ca/2009/03/04/79/ https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/he-shone-very-bright-in-our-family-1.313466?cache=%2F7.396071%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Tim_McLean https://www.facebook.com/groups/22639421199/ https://www.facebook.com/colleen.yestrau https://www.facebook.com/carol.dedelley https://www.facebook.com/kendall.dedelley
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    26 mins

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